Falcon Inn, Willenhallback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Great to see that this pub is still up to standard, brilliant beers, keen pricing and a top place for banter by customers or staff.
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Terrific range of beers from Cottage, Salopian, Thornbridge, Exmoor, Hop back and Pardoe's all served to perfection. The constant banter between the landlord, bar staff and customers made this probably the most amusing two hours I have spent in any pub.
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This was the first place I ever saw on bite.com with 9 out of 10 so I thought I should try it. Two years later I finally got there...
I had Oracle by Salopian, Kelham Island's Stars and Bars and Thornbridge's Jaipur. Five or so more were available.
I really liked this place but one local did ask me (probably due to the CAMRA pin badge I was wearing) 'what other pubs I'd been to that day'. The Acorn was the only other at that stage.
He then recommended the Three Crowns and said that the Falcon had 'gone downhill'. Well if it had, I certainly could not tell from the quality of the ale, the friendliness of the lady staff and the charm of the locals (including him!).
I never did make it to the Three Crowns!
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If you want to know what a particular beer should taste and look like, this has to be the place. The staff and customers great to be with, the black country folk are truly superb. Realistic pricing and a real gents, not to be sniffed at.
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Been meaning to come here for a long time, and wasn't dissapointed: great beer, lovely atmosphere.
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I'll keep it short: absolutely superb.
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I am a reader of this site rather than a reviewer and was in two minds whether to add a review here or not. To sing its praises is to reveal a secret world that perhaps should remain secret to retain its mojo, but only one review here is not enough when even your run of the mill Wetherspoons gets a daily update. This is a fantastic pub that uses Samuel Smith (the very definition of "London beer") as its pig swill rather than Carling. The unusual location and interesting beers (Outlaw & Pardoes as guests!) make it the only CAMRA approved pub I visited in the Walsall area worth commenting on. Am I too late to get the first mention in of the Black Country Arms in Walsall town centre?
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This has to be the most unusual pub we visited that day.
The pub appears to be in the middle of a factory estate, and you would expect it to be empty but it was absolutely packed.
The beers were in tip top condition. Just unreal, and all served in oversized glasses so we got a full pint ( I think the barmaid liked us because I think each drink had more than a pint in ).
The atmosphere was boistrous and the locals friendly. So much so we parked ourselves amongst them and had a discussion about what pubs to visit. Thanks to them for that.
This pub is wonderful. A true real ale drinkers paradise. The owner wants to be congratulated on taking a pub that really should be empty every day of the week and turning it into a proper pub that people travel from all over to visit.
Well done.
I rate this pub 9/10.
Overall the best pub we went to in the whole day. We shall be returning.
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