Borough Pub Crawl

Bring on the weekend!  What better way to start than with a good old pub crawl!  Even better a totally unplanned one at that.  We made our way to a favourite drinking spot of ours the Lord Clyde.  The Lord Clyde is a pub that I have been meaning to do a proper review of for sometime and I think I will leave a full review for another blog post but this pub will be on my list of pubs that should be in the good pub guide.  It is a great pub with real natural charm, good beer and a great atmosphere.  I would definitely recommend this pub.  We started our pub crawl with a pint of Hogsback T.E.A and a pint of Doombar standing outside the Clyde. 

Next pub on the crawl was a short walk past Borough Tube station to the previously reviewed (LINK) Royal Oak.  Beer at the pub is always good and well kept.  Being the only Harvey’s pub in London we stuck to the Harvey’s beers.  Unfortunately the porter was off on this visit which Ben was disappointed about.   Feeling the need for a bit more atmosphere with our Friday night out we made our way on to the next pub. 

Dave had been to the The Roebuck before and assured us it was a good pub.  He wasn’t wrong.  It was exactly the kind of lively atmosphere we had been hoping for after the quietness of the Royal Oak.  Looking around it was clearly a pub for the young and trendy of Borough.  They had two ales on tap both from the Purity Brewing Company, Ubu and Mad Goose.  I quite like both of these choices but they could do with two more ales on tap and I moved on to have the Budvar dark for my second pint in there.  They did have a good range of beers with Liberty ales and a few different lagers and ciders too.  The lads I was with spotted a good ‘z’ list celebrity in there, the singer from brit pop band Republica.  Rain delayed the move on to the next pub but we eventually decided to go to George Inn.  

The Roebuck

I’ve reviewed the George Inn locate just off Borough High Street already for this blog and this visit was good too.  We got a seat straight away inside as it was raining and tucked into the ales on tap.  Still well kept as ever.  It’s a cracking pub and it rounded up the crawl nicely.  We’d been out since work ended at 5 and several pints and no dinner were beginning to take effect. 

If you are going to do this crawl I’d recommend grabbing a bite to eat half way somewhere and then carrying on to the Market Porter in Borough Market.  That’d be a cracking end to the crawl.  All in all a good route with really good pubs and good beer.