We visited Wimbledon on Thursday and Friday, so had to visit the 3 decent Youngs pubs in the area. All sell good ales, all have plenty of friendly staff working for them, and all sell decent food too...
First was the Crooked Billet, Crooked Billet, SW19. All these 3 Youngs pubs sell good ales, not just Youngs, as we have recently come to expect due to the reorganisation of their relationship with the Bedford lot, but guest ales are common too.
Dan and me really like the Crooked Billet, mind we really like the others too. Crackin' atmosphere, good ales, friendly staff, especially love the manager!
I'll not mention the obvious ales, though they are having a Hogsback season at the moment, but I'll just say what we drank, ie Twickenham Original at 4.2%, and I have not been disappointed by any ales from that brewer. This has a fruity aroma, is easy to drink, a medium coloured bitter (proper colour for a bitter to a Youngs drinker from an early age), and is slightly bitter with a pleasant dry aftertaste. Very nice again...
The Hand in Hand seems to always have very lovely bar staff too, and Youngs again, but I decided to order the Otter Bitter, very disappointed... Oh well, can't get it right every time, but should have gone for the Youngs Special straight away, always excellent here!
The 3rd excellent pub in this Wimbledon Village/Common trio is the Rose & Crown, an old coaching inn, that used to be the last outpost when leaving London from this direction, just before the highwaymen robbed you. Good job the staff are warm and friendly; again, we drank Special here, crackin' ale!
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