Real Ale Pub on Rutland Road

[Walkley Dave 10]

I called into the (Ex-Foresters Showbar) Woodside pub on the right going up Rutland Rd.

 

Choice of four real ales on hand pump at reasonable prices and kept in excellent condition.

 

A good addition to the Valley of Beer and well worth a call into...

[spooferman 10]

very nice pub, and Gordon is a good host

[spudgun 10]

What beers are they selling? Is it the one about halfway up on the right?

[Lushcannon 10]

Have the torn seats and smell of stale smoke (talking as recent as May) gone then...?

[spooferman 10]

Have the torn seats and smell of stale smoke (talking as recent as May) gone then...?

 

pub is back under control of Garry landord, Gordon runs the bar. place has been cleaned up fresh lick of paint clean WC:)

[daniel3982 10]

Still had the old signs up when I went past last week & didn't look that inviting from the outside.

[mart 71]

Out of interest, does anyone know why the the price of a pint of real ale is not considerably lower (or often dearer) than beer produced by the larger well know breweries

[jake 10]

Out of interest, does anyone know why the the price of a pint of real ale is not considerably lower (or often dearer) than beer produced by the larger well know breweries

 

economies of scale i'd imagine.

[gnvqsos 10]

I called into the (Ex-Foresters Showbar) Woodside pub on the right going up Rutland Rd.

 

Choice of four real ales on hand pump at reasonable prices and kept in excellent condition.

 

A good addition to the Valley of Beer and well worth a call into...

 

This was the last pub to hold a beer only license and spirits were off limits.

[Andy C 86]

Out of interest, does anyone know why the the price of a pint of real ale is not considerably lower (or often dearer) than beer produced by the larger well know breweries

 

Well, two reasons that spring to mind are the economies of scale the big boys enjoy and the fact that the smaller craft breweries use decent ingredients.

 

Basically - you pay for quality.

 

Then other factors that are making all beers in pubs expensive is the ever increasing taxes - beer duty (which goes up above inflation every year), VAT, music licences, tv licence, alcohol licence and all the regulations imposed on pubs...

[rh1000 10]

Pubs around kelham island sell a great choice of real ales on draught at relatively low prices