August 2025. Atherstone.
As usual each pub on the Atherstone crawl gets its own day in the sun, even if it’s only a minute’s read.
We start just behind the station, and for the record I should confirm that this isn’t Paul Mudge’s train beer,
as Paul doesn’t drop litter.
The King’s Head is your unfussy canalside pub,
rather quieter than you’d hope given its Pub Classics menu, but perhaps the boat folk were still mooring up or whatever it is they do.
Or perhaps £16.95 for scampi and chips in an unpretentious Midlands town is a tad ambitious.
You’ll be noticing my ale choice. With an arduous day of Bass ahead, and you don’t drink Bass in halves, a Pub Man need to pace himself. And if declaring Heineken 0.0 an excellent beer gets me kicked out of CAMRA, bring it on.
I also get to see what the rest of the group thinks of the cask first.
A good turnout for Will and my joint CAMRA/Codger trip, assorted Micks and Garys and Shawn and Peters and Pauls putting cash in pub tills rather than whining about beer festivals.
A comfy, friendly, pub, with just the Hobgoblin on tap, and after the rest of the group had declared it “OK” or better, I decided to score it myself.
NBSS 3+. Bring in quarter points, NOW.
retiredmartin 
You could just have shared a half pint among all of you.
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Something to think about next time, though possibly not in a Sam Smiths pub.
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“and for the record I should confirm that this isn’t Paul Mudge’s train beer,”
Phew! And only because I misread that as his ‘training’ beer!
“as Paul doesn’t drop litter”
(must read past the photo before commenting)
“but perhaps the boat folk were still mooring up or whatever it is they do.”
If they’re stuck on the moors, no wonder they ain’t there then.
“Or perhaps £16.95 for scampi and chips in an unpretentious Midlands town is a tad ambitious.”
Too right mate! I’d call them right ‘scamps’ for charging such a price. 😉
“And if declaring Heineken 0.0 an excellent beer gets me kicked out of CAMRA, bring it on.”
I have the very same in my beer fridge over here; mostly for my darling wife.
” putting cash in pub tills rather than whining about beer festivals.”
Pretty sure they’re not dressed for a ‘proper’ beer festival.
“with just the Hobgoblin on tap”
I’d tap that!
(can you tell that my wife is currently away for a few days?) 🙂
Cheers
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I rate that Heineken 0.0 quite highly for occasions when you want a break from beer but can’t face yet more soda.
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