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| Pub in [[Locale Addiscombe|Addiscombe]], in the [[Category Good Beer Guide|Good Beer Guide]]. It's the sister pub of the [[Claret Wine Bar, SM3 8BL|Claret Wine Bar]] in [[Locale Cheam|Cheam]]. Previously known as the Claret Free House <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/1012328532/ photo]</small>, it changed its name to the Claret & Ale in 2016 or early 2017, though nothing else about it seemed to change. |
Nice enough little pub in Addiscombe, in the Good Beer Guide. [[Kake]] visited on a Saturday afternoon; it was just the right amount of full, with enough room to sit but enough other customers (many of whom seemed to know each other) to create a pleasant buzz of conversation. |
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It's quite small, stretching back from a single frontage in a shop parade just down from [[Addiscombe Tram Stop]]. Decor and ambience are traditional. |
Football on a flatscreen was briefly interrupted in favour of horse racing on a couple of small TVs, but neither was obnoxiously loud. About half of the customers were watching the sport, and occasionally shouting at it. |
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We've visited several times now, most recently in June 2018. On a Saturday afternoon in August 2007 it was just the right amount of full, with enough room to sit but enough other customers (many of whom seemed to know each other) to create a pleasant buzz of conversation. Football on a flatscreen was briefly interrupted in favour of horse racing on a couple of small TVs, but neither was obnoxiously loud. About half of the customers were watching the sport, and occasionally shouting at it. |
Westons Herefordshire County Perry (4.5%) was very pleasant at £2.80/pint. Biddenden Dry and Medium (both 8%) were also on, and also £2.80. Many real ales too. The perry at least has to be fetched from the cellar, which is just at the back of the single room that makes up the pub. |
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On a March 2008 visit by [[Ewan]] et al., the pub was busy in the early evening of a public holiday, though there were still some tables down the back of the pub where we got a seat. There was no sport playing at the time. When [[bob]] visited in August 2016 there were about ten people in and the flatscreens were showing cricket and golf. On [[Kake]]'s Wednesday afternoon visit in June 2018 there were again about ten people in, but on this occasion the aural entertainment alternated between goth, Frank Sinatra, and the horseracing. |
There is an unsecured wireless network accessible from the pub, but I don't know if it actually has anything to do with the pub. |
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In August 2007, Westons Herefordshire County Perry (4.5%) was very pleasant at £2.80/pint. Biddenden Dry and Medium (both 8%) were also on, and also £2.80. Many real ales too. The perry was fetched from the cellar, which is just at the back of the single room that makes up the pub. In March 2008 the ales were Palmers bitter, Palmers 200 (a stronger bitter), Slaters Queen Bee, Ossett Brewery's Excelsior and Fine Fettle, and Spitfire. They also had the ciders mentioned above (still at £2.80) and a good whisky list (all at £2.10). Beers were well-kept, with particular praise for the Queen Bee. In October 2011 the ales included Palmers bitter, Palmers Tally Ho, Anglo-Dutch Kletswater, and RCH Hewish Mild, and there were two ciders on, possibly the abovementioned. In August 2016 the ales were Cottage Sunset (£3.40/pint, and fine), Palmers IPA, Cottage Duchess, Thornbridge Rustic, Hammerton Bottle Wreck Porter, and Windsor & Eton Boatman. They don't do any food, but the snacks behind the bar include Scampi Fries and other such delights. See also: * [http://mouthtosouth.com/drinking/review-claret-free-house-croydon/ Mouth To South review] * [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/2699/ Beer In The Evening comments] * [http://fancyapint.com/pub/2710 Fancyapint review] * [https://www.whatpub.com/pubs/CRO/11511/ WhatPub entry] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], June 2018. Opening hours taken from notice in pub, August 2007.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], 4 August 2007. Opening hours taken from notice in pub, 4 August 2007.</div> |
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summary='Good Beer Guide pub in Addiscombe.' summary='Good Beer Guide pub in Addiscombe.' website='http://claretfreehouse.co.uk/ (not currently working)' |
Nice enough little pub in Addiscombe, in the Good Beer Guide. Kake visited on a Saturday afternoon; it was just the right amount of full, with enough room to sit but enough other customers (many of whom seemed to know each other) to create a pleasant buzz of conversation.
Football on a flatscreen was briefly interrupted in favour of horse racing on a couple of small TVs, but neither was obnoxiously loud. About half of the customers were watching the sport, and occasionally shouting at it.
Westons Herefordshire County Perry (4.5%) was very pleasant at £2.80/pint. Biddenden Dry and Medium (both 8%) were also on, and also £2.80. Many real ales too. The perry at least has to be fetched from the cellar, which is just at the back of the single room that makes up the pub.
There is an unsecured wireless network accessible from the pub, but I don't know if it actually has anything to do with the pub.
Last visited by Kake, 4 August 2007. Opening hours taken from notice in pub, 4 August 2007.
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