Just in case anyone from Ross-on-Wye is still reading, I have good from the M50/A49.
The Yew Tree in Peterstow is a bit of a classic, particularly for those of us who like pubs with cider presses (home of Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Co) and camp sites out the back,
and a complete lack of pretension in the furnishings.
A cheery Landlord (behind the bar !) and a beer range to disabuse you of any notion that this is a basic Defford-type Cider House.
In fact, proving that Craft gets everywhere these days, they had a bucket of Salty Kiss on the bar and the cutting edge Lancaster Red coming next on the bar.
No idea why I had the Legless Cow rather than the Hobsons, not like me at all. It was a gorgeous Boring Amber Bitter (BAB ?), a rare NBSS 4 in the dawning of the new Guide.
Being English, I chatted about the weather, rather than the hops in the beer.
The menu looked a real throwback to a 1950s Hereford restaurant I would have wanted to visit, but probably never existed;
- Cider Cooked Ham, Double Egg & Chips
- Smoked Mackerel Pate with Salad Garnish and Toast
- Treacle Tart with Cream, Ice Cream or Custard
Sadly I was on a crisp diet.
I thought I’d better explore the cider shed, which managed to be industrial and mysterious at the same time.
I asked the chap carrying several dozen crates of “bottle conditioned” back to his range rover if he’d got a big night planned.
“All going to the parents’ holiday home in France” he explained. His parents seemed to be doing well on it.
You know my thoughts on bottles; I bought this one for my “Curry and Craft Colleague” Charles, who reciprocated with a bottle he brought back from somewhere rather more exotic. I can’t show you that one.
Finally, since it’s a slow news day, here’s the results from the Westons Scrumpy Supreme League as displayed in the Yew Tree. I know Russ in Canada has been waiting for these since April.
NB Blaze the Biblins would make a great band name.
retiredmartin 
“I know Russ in Canada has been waiting for these since April.”
Has it been that long? 🙂
And my money was on “Sperminators” and “Duck Yew” respectively… which is why I don’t gamble too much.
“No idea why I had the Legless Cow”
Good man. To do otherwise would have been *cough* udderly ridiculous. 😛
“You know my thoughts on bottles;”
I shall leave that for another time (he types; after downing his 8th 12oz can of IPA* at home).
Cheers!
*My “go-to” beer normally is bitter (hence my “good man” note above) but today was an IPA day. It’s just one of those things.
After all, as someone (famous) once said; “the best beer is the one in your hand”.
And with that, I am off to bed. 🙂
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It was Bad Joke Day here yesterday, I believe. You’d have won 😉
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Was the Salty Kiss remaindered then? Sounds like a pub I’d want to go to and I do like a drop of cider now and then.
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I guess so (didn’t check dates). A good allrounder of a pub and award winning cider shed.
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I would have gone for the Hobsons Best,a proper beer and i do like their pump clips,you know how strong or weak they are as soon as you see them.
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I think you’re right there Alan. If someone has just had a beer I always go for that one, to make sure I get a beer that’s been pulled through.
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I would have gone for the cider – when in Rome and all that …
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You just don’t understand GBG ticking do you 😱
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Er … No
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Salty Kiss £2 a can! I wouldn’t have gotten out of there alive
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Tempted to bring some back but the customs officer at Ross may have confiscated them.
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