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And I forgot to mention that the reviewer KevinCook is the ex-landladies father, so sycophantic is may be ...
20 Feb 2012 16:28
And the truth about the last review. The couple that took over from the previous manager were diabolical. The beer was very badly kept, the place was not looked after properly and the ambiance was awful. In the two months they were there they almost killed the pub. Thank God the original landlord is back. The beer is back on top form (now there are 5 beer engines) and changing very quickly, so the chance of a dud beer has gone, unlike before!
All I can say is they were awful people and totally wrong for the pub, any pub. The damage they caused was inexcusable. If they cause The New Inn to miss out on the good beer guide this year there will be quite a few people baying for blood...
18 Feb 2012 21:37
A great little pub set in one of the most beautiful settings. The East Lun river babbling away next to the beer garden is the almost perfect place to sup a pint of the locally sourced ales, all gravity fed from 3 casks behind the bar. I know this can sometimes leave the beer slightly lifeless, but all three were exceptionally kept and in top notch condition!
The food as well is divine. I didn't try the soup (Mixed reviews on here...) but the lamb shanks were some of the best I had eaten. You could tell these were home made with a fantastic rich gravy. Obviously been slow cooked for quite some time as the meat just fell off the bone! Marvellous!!!
Didn't stay in the Rockford (they were full and I was only hiking though the village, or hamlet even) but the little snippets of conversation really made me want to have a look at the rooms. Customers were saying they had just been renovated and were now absolutely amazing. And I went back to a tent... Ho Hum!!
And it was doog friendly when we went, which is great!!!
And it's only an 9 out of 10 as the garden is a bit small.
All in all this pub is one of the best 'out-of-the-way' finds you will probably ever get so I would recommend giving int a try!!!
18 Sep 2011 23:21
A proper old fashioned boozer. Feels like a local pub in town - Fantastic! Eagle IPA as a house beer with 2 others always changing. The landlord is adding a 4th hand-pull soon (I am reliably informed) and also wants to start holding small beer festivals! And it is now a freehouse as it has been bought from Admiral Taverns so the beer is very well priced - �2.00 for a real ale at the moment!!!
It is only a nine out of ten due to the lack of food, which is being addressed as I write...
4 Jan 2011 08:53
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The New Inn, Colchester
Well then. I am back for another review!!!
The New Inn is still a cracking little pub, and still open seven days a week, from midday till eleven on Monday till Thursday, and again Saturday. Friday it is open until midnight, and sunday it closes at half ten.
The real ales are even better now as the Landlord has placed a sixth beer engine on the bar! Blooming Marvellous!!! Eagle IPA from Wells & Young is still the house ale, and the other five are all locally sourced from micro-breweries. And the landlord also brews his own beer which is on tap whenever possible!
And the bestest news yet; they now do food Wednesday to Saturday, and a brilliant lunch on Sunday/ not an Aunt Bessie Yorkie in sight. The food is extremely well priced, the weekly menu is all below �7.00 for a very generous portion of home cooked food, and the Sunday lunch is a pawltry �6.50 for a huge plate of food! I challenge anyone to walk away unsatiated...
All in all this is a cracking little pub; live music, real fires, perfect ales, fantastic selection of Single Malt Whisky, superb wine list, and free parking.
What more could you want...??
30 Aug 2012 17:43