Historical version 9 of Claret And Ale, CR0 7AA (view current version)
- 5a Bingham Corner, Lower Addiscombe Road, CR0 7AA (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- 11:30am11pm MonWed; 11:30am11:30pm Thu; 11:30ammidnight Fri; 11ammidnight Sat; noon10:30pm Sun
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.