Pub 153, Day 57 – Thorncliffe Arms

By Rob

It was 27^th December 2017: exactly one year to the day that we’d attempted to complete the Chapeltown pub crawl. Back then, we’d vastly underestimated the number of pubs in that part of the city. Having visited a healthy 7 in one evening, we’d departed with another 6 still to do.

Arriving at Chapeltown train station once again, we had mixed hopes for the evening. While it’d been great fun the previous year, we knew sequels rarely measured up to the original. Like Terminator 2, The Dark Knight, and quite possibly Aliens, we were hoping to defy the pattern.

First up, we arrived at the Thorncliffe Arms – just a stone’s throw from the station. Inside and out, it wasn’t an especially striking or memorable venue. Spacious, modern, with the air of a chain pub, it was perfectly pleasant. To its credit were a pool table and a not entirely atrocious beer selection.

We each ordered a pint of Golden Ale from the Open Gate Brewery. The beer was typical of Guinness’ forays into lighter ales – sweet and lightly hoppy. Much like the pub in which we consumed it: the pint was perfectly fine, but nothing to write about.

Of course, if Andy and I never wrote about things that are nothing to write about, we’d never write anything at all...

Pub: Thorncliffe Arms (26 Burncross Road, S35 1SF)

Rating: 5.5/10

Pint: Golden Ale

Brewery: Guinness Open Gate Brewery (Dublin)

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