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Location: 47 Upper Gough St, Birmingham B1 1JL
Year of Inscription: 2025
Venue Type: Backstreet Boozer / Traditional Pub
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| EBG Rating: | 8/10 |
| Choice/ Quality of Drinks | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Black Country Ales on cask with some guests. Modern craft keg ales available too and some ciders. Decent but more ordinary back bar offering. |
| Style/ Décor | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Frontage of blue glazed tiles is a standout, even when approaching on a grey winters day. Grade II listed, a pub with Victorian heritage that has received a tasteful, suitable decoration inside. A small pub with floral patterned wallpaper, a fireplace to the rear and row of bench seats, there’s an immediately positive impression as you enter. |
| Atmosphere/ Character | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Cosy and social. While a small pub there remains a sense of space and privacy in some corners and an overall coherent whole. |
| Amenities/ Events | ❤️❤️❤️ Snacks, TV, occasional events |
| Value For Money | ❤️❤️❤️ Fairly priced, not cheap but in line with the typical pricing for this part of the city. |
| Description | A successful 2022 restoration by Black Country Ales has brought this corner boozer back to life. Formerly a Holden’s pub, the frontage of blue glazed tiles is a standout, even when approaching on a grey winter’s day. Grade II listed, a pub with Victorian heritage that has received a tasteful, suitable decoration inside. A small pub with floral patterned wallpaper, a fireplace to the rear and row of bench seats, there’s an immediately positive impression as you enter. Black Country Ales on cask are supplemented with a pretty good selection of modern keg ales and some decent cider. Typical for pubs run by this brewery, you can buy cobs, rolls, and pies ’til they’re gone. A pub that manages to draw in a varied crowd without any activity dominating or spoiling it. Although not on the beaten path it is still only a short walk from the Bullring. It is certainly among Birmingham’s best. (Added February 2025) |
