21/12/19 - Craven Arms, Birmingham

Good Beer Guide Tick - #422

The Craven Arms, Gough Street, Birmingham

422 ticks from the bible and although I am yet to complete a county, I have now completed a City Centre.

The Craven Arms is not totally convenient for the Xmas Shoppers - but if you're attending a gig at the Academy, its just around the corner.   The Wonderstuff are in town and I find myself with like minded people - even if I think that 50 is a touch too old for a band T-Shirt.

Indie Kids, Punks and Mrs M - permanently on her phone

What to say?   Its a Black Country Ales pub - and once you've been in one, you've been in them all. There's a blue print. Classic old pub, renovated to pubby comfort, an eclectic variety of beers from breweries that you may have heard of, loving displayed on TV screens with a corporate powerpoint theme of white on black.

Tonight I struck lucky - a Titanic that wasn't plum but glacial and an Oakham that was Citra.

Outside is where the beauty lies.

Tiling to make Manchester Proud

Rest of the West Midlands to follow.