Friday 18 December 2020

Hook Norton Cold Turkey at the Alexandra Arms, Rugby

We were looking forward to coming here as we knew that there was an on-site brewery. We walked in on a cold and wet late Saturday afternoon expecting the pub to be buzzing. We walked into a dark and dingy room. The woman serving our drinks didn’t seem the least bit interested in us other than taking our drink orders, and the beer wasn’t of great quality anyway. We retired to the back room which had a pool table and through the window we could see a makeshift shed which we assumed to be the brewery; but it was too wet for us to venture outside and investigate. We made good use of the pool table and stayed for another drink to sample more beer; though I was keen to move on. Towards the end of our game a band arrived to set themselves up for the evening, but no-one seemed bothered or even acknowledged our presence. Perhaps we visited on an off day. Since then I’ve discovered that they’ve had a refurbishment and they’ve even changed the name of the pub, so I’m willing to give it another go.

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