Posh Pints 28

Saturday 20th November (League)

STOKE CITY KO 1500

HOLY INADEQUATE

67 Etruria Old Road ST1 5PE

Recommended by the BAE Editor! This popular house has a covered beer garden and offers three regular (one from Joules) and five changing ales plus an in-house brewery. A four-time winner of the local CAMRA Pub of the Year award. Scotch eggs and pork pies available all day.

COACHMAKERS ARMS

65 Lichfield Street ST1 3EA

A hidden Victorian gem offering Draught Bass plus three guests and featuring a drinking corridor and small snug plus a real fire. Opposite Hanley bus station. No grub, sadly.

VICTORIA LOUNGE

5 Adventure Place ST1 3AF

Family-run for 36 years, this pub has a well-established reputation for quality. Again, Bass is the long-standing house ale and is complemented by four changing guests. Lunchtime scoff available.

CONGRESS INN

14 Sutherland Road ST3 1HJ

A convivial, multi award-winning, two-roomed pub in Longton, where “it’s hard for the real ale fan to go wrong”. Adnams Broadside, Castle Rock Sheriff’s Tipple, Townhouse Styrian Pale and six changing ales. But no food.

LONDON ROAD ALE HOUSE

241 London Road ST4 5AA

Quirky, one-roomed boozer (you enter via a telephone box door) offering six changing ales plus a range of ciders, bottles and cans. Again, though, no grub.

Wednesday 24th November (League)

BLACKBURN ROVERS KO 1945

BLACK BULL

Brokenstone Road BB3 0LL

A pub for those who appreciate fine beer and friendly conversation, this independent award-winning family-run inn has a brewery attached. Eight handpumps, one of which dispenses the exclusive Black Bull Bitter. No food offered though.

DRUMMERS ARMS

65 King William Street BB1 7DT

Single-roomed bar adorned with breweriana and offering classic tunes from an eclectic jukebox. Three B’s Stoker’s Slake is backed up by four changing ales. Again, no food offered.

HARE AND HOUNDS

78 Lammack Road BB1 8LA

Adjacent to Old Blackburnians FC, should you decide against the walk to Ewood Park, this estate pub offers four changing ales, usually from local breweries like Moorhouse’s. No food!