Welcome

Welcome to the Horse and Groom in Basford. We are a traditional local public house offering a range of top quality cask conditioned beers from around the country. We pride ourselves in offering our customers unrivaled quality in fine ales and food, served by our friendly and efficient staff. The Horse & Groom is well known for the quality of the real ale served through one of the nine regular rotating hand pumps. We have a permanent pump for differing Milds’, a once popular drink seeing a resurgance and a Regular CAMRA LocAle pump always featuring a beer from the Nottingham Area.

The Horse and Groom in Basford is listed in the Camra Good Beer Guide and regularly recieves perfect 20 out of 20 scores from Cask Marque.

“The Horse & Groom was the first freehouse to receive the Cask Marque Accreditation in Nottingham”

The pub has also been named as a finalist and won many local awards such as being one vote away from winning ‘Best Mild on Trail’ for Nottingham CAMRA Mild in May for 2009. We were also Runners Up in Nottingham CAMRA Pub of the Year for 2009!

In 2007 the Horse & Groom recieved a prestigious Pub of Excellence Award from Nottingham CAMRA as well as ‘Best Mild on Trail’ in the 2006 Mild in May.

The pub is steeped in brewing history. The building was originally the brewery tap for the once great Shipstone’s Brewery on the opposite side of North Gate, with the old school house now known as The Spire that was provided for the families of the workers at Shipstone’s. The building became the training centre for prospective pub managers and tennants and a Social Club and Canteen for brewery employees. Following the Breweries sale to Greenall’s and subsequent closure in 1994 the building stood empty until 1998 when Bartsch Inns purchased their first pub. The plan was to create a traditional style public house which focused on quality – quality products, kept and presented perfectly. An area of interest is the brewery memrobillia posted around the walls of the pub, quite often from breweries which don’t exist anymore, and some items dating back to 1930’s.

Opening Times
  • Monday Midday – 11.00pm
  • Tuesday Midday – 11.00pm
  • Wednesday Midday – 11.00pm
  • Thursday Midday – 11.00pm
  • Friday 11.00am – 11.30pm
  • Saturday 11.00am – 11.30pm
  • Sunday Midday – 11.00pm
Food Service Times
  • Tuesday to Friday 12.00 – 2.30pm
  • Sunday Lunch 12.00 – 3.00pm

Pie & Pint Wednesday’s

Fresh Homemade Pie and a pint of Real Ale, Cider, Fosters or Glass of Wine

Every Wednesday Served between 5pm & 7pm

Only £3.95

News

Children in Need at The Horse & Groom

13th November, 2009

Help raise money for BBC Children in Need at The Horse & Groom

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Cask Marque Inspection!

7th September, 2009

The Horse & Groom was inspected by Cask Marque again today for one of the two surprise inspections each year. The results were 20/20 for five of the six beers tested which included regular ales London Pride & Deuchars with the LocAle Nottingham Rock Bitter also receiving top marks. The other beer tested recieved 18/20. A big Well Done to Mandie & Sheila for keeping the ale in top condition in one of Nottingham’s premier real ale pubs!

Bartsch Inns Coastal Beer Festival!

17th August, 2009

The final plans are now being put together between the managers at all three units for the FIRST BARTSCH INNS BEER FESTIVAL. The theme selected is beers from the coast with a view to completing a coastal trail over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Each pub will be showcasing beers from coastal towns such as Sharpes in Rock, Cornwall or Adnam’s in Southwold, Suffolk as well as Cains from Liverpool.

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