real ale

A real ale pub that had been through a turbulent few years until reopening in the early 2020’s. My favourite pub back in the day so I was delighted to be able to pay a visit to the revitalised Pattenmakers Arms in Duffield.

A visit to the Derby suburb of Chaddesden where a former coffee shop is now serving up a different form of liquid refreshment. Now a micropub, I checked out The Hoppy Place.

Situated in the Derbyshire market town of Ripley is a town centre micropub that is aptly named Ripley’s Little Ale House. Little by name, but is it little for everything else?

I was feeling rather hoptimistic about my latest micropub adventure as I set foot in the Derby suburb of Spondon to visit The Hoptimist, a former hardware store that now provides the tools for a relaxing drink or two.

Having visited one of Allestree’s two micropubs it was time to visit the second small watering hole, actually this was the first to open in the suburb – The Pothole.

Named after its building number, the No. 189 is one of two micropubs currently operating in the Derby suburb of Allestree. I’d enjoy a warm evening here in June 2023 checking out this small boozer.