June 2024. Wimbledon.
Some bad planning on my part meant that after ticking that Plough Lane brewery tap I’d run out of time to add an Ewell Ember entry by breaking our journey on the way home to Dorking, and I know how keen you folk are to read about Ember inns in Ewell.
In fact, we arrived at the station just too late to venture off for a revisit in posh Wimbledon Village or at the less than posh Sultan.
“That looks nice” says Mrs RM,
sprinting towards the Prince of Wales.
Fair enough. Ex-GBG Young’s rambling boozer, ornate tiling, high pashmina count..
Well, 2 out of 3 is sort of OK, but Greene King run it now,
and it seems to be a Tardis in reverse, making you guess where all the space has gone.
A typically dull cask range for the Untappd fan, the home favourite Coming Soon. That line up looks dated in 1997.
But at least I get to apply The Landlord Test.
Can a busy London pub sell enough of the Keighley Kracker to justify a £6.50 price tag.
Well, almost.
Its cool and rich, a 3.5, putting Mrs RM’s ill-advised Lost & Grounded to shame.
But is it £6.50 good ?
retiredmartin 
That price makes me wanna have a Bud.
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You did better than my last experience of Timothy Taylors, Golden Best changed for a Landlord in my sixth Lichfield pub last Saturday. On asking how long the Golden Best had been on the landlady said “I’m not sure” before a regular interjected “It’s been on about a week”.
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It’s the bellwether beer. If you get a good pint you’re probably in a pub with decent standard, whether the pint costs £3 or £6.50.
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I agree. And the Lichfield pub only had the Golden Best pumpclip in the Lounge while most drinkers probably use the Bar and so didn’t know it was on.
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