What an absolutely lovely inn! And the fact that it is an actual “Inn” makes it even more special. Great selection of ciders…you’re clearly much stronger willed than I as there is no way I would have been able to leave without being tossed at closing! Great video…thank you so much for sharing…CHEERS!!! 🍻
Yes, that's the pub I visited last Summer when there were two chestnut horses tied up just where you were sitting at the bench next to the river. There's also a couple of reasonable pubs in the village on the English side of the river. And the lovely Ostrich up the road. Monmouth also has some historical taverns including probably the prettiest Spoons I've ever come across. There's a spectacular abandoned bridge on the Wye SE of Monmouth.
lived here all my life, in fact I think I saw myself in the background. this pub has been through a lot in recent years, but i believe its going to a high point at the moment its really a staple of the local community.
A splendid vid sir...For any American viewers watching...You can't get drunk in Wales, stagger over the border to England and drive away, the Gloucestershire constabulary would be awaiting your arrival.
The Badger's Arse jumped out of that list to me too - I regret not trying that now! I wonder if it's a reference to an old Viz joke? If I recall correctly there was a pretend advert for a brand of toilet paper designed to increase productivity in workplaces by making it less desirable to waste time in the toilet.
Thanks David! It does sound a bit weird now I think about it! I sort of grew up in pubs because various members of my family were involved in the trade up until I was about 11 or 12.
Thanks Christine! Robert Plant lived in the village at the time. I assume because of the proximity to Rockfield Studios. One of my Dad's other jobs was the local milkman, and I remember my brother and I helping out on his milk round: my brother once got his foot stuck in Robert Plant's cattle grid. I never went inside the house but Dad tells me all of his golden records were hung up in the toilet!
You should get to Baarle Nassau/Baarle Hertog as they have a pub where you can sit in either the Netherlands or Belgium as the building is in the Netherlands but the outdoor seating is in Belgium! Although I suppose in Winter you'd avoid Belgium!
What a lovely pub and a great review as always. You did very well to get on with your walk. I think I would have abandoned the walk in favour of a few more pints in that beautiful setting.
I’m just rewatching your revisiting Belgravia pubs video. Some of my all time favs on there. Was recently in the nags and had a decent lunchtime chat with the legend that is Kevin Moran.
What a great pub!! Lots of memories of your previous visits, thanks for sharing. I've seen other parts of this abandoned railway down towards Tintern and in Monmouth it's a wonderful walk. That first cider looked great, don't think I've ever tried Perry before. I see the Tweed world has gone mad, I'm off for some GC All the best!!
CAMRA distinguishes between perry and pear cider, with perry being made wholly from pears, and pear cider an apple cider to which pear concentrate has been added after fermentation. The producers (the National Association of Cider Makers) say that the two terms are interchangeable.
I'm fairly sure (I hope!) in this part of the country anything labelled perry is indeed made from proper perry pear varieties. I think May Hill in Gloucestershire is often cited as the epicentre of perry, and I believe it's about 15 miles from Penallt.
As a cider drinker and homebrewer this would be holy land. Wales and cider is already an unpassable combination. Rather the pity that here in Finland you'll be lucky to find anything that's not the apple wine based type that's marketed essentially for, and I quote, women and children who haven't the taste for beer. Put a couple knuckle-dragging derogatory remarks about men who drink cider on top and you largely have the local attitude figured. 6,48€ for a bottle of Black Dragon in the store. In a capital pub it goes to around 12€.
Yes there are some strange attitudes to cider here too! I think it's a beautiful drink and although we've only had (domesticated) apples here since the Romans there has been this incredible flourishing of varieties, and it's incredibly localised. There are cider producers here who have unique varieties of apples in their orchards there aren't even names for.
the review might have been better with a word or two from the old timers. The cheese and chutney sandwich is very interesting. Nice place. Does Mr. Plant still come around I wonder.
I agree but I have a terrible success rate of trying to get other people to talk on camera in my videos, and I find it hugely demoralising every time I pluck up the courage to ask but then get rejected! If I'm honest the cheese and chutney sandwich was a bit underwhelming: pre-sliced bread, pre-sliced cheese, and Branston pickle out of a jar. If you compare that to the care and attention of those same three ingredients at the Harrow Inn in my previous video it's a bit of a disappointment really. It did the job though, and the chips on the side were good; the cider was even better! I think Robert Plant moved away from the area at some point - possibly he now lives in Worcestershire?
I much greatly prefer the videos where you name-check Robert Plant over the videos where you highlight Taylor Swift! Robert just celebrated a birthday and from what I understand still likes to tip back a cider now and then.
😂 Yes the Talyor Swift references in the Kentish Town video probably weren't very well suited to the core audience of this channel! To be clear I'm not a Taylor Swift fan myself - I somehow just found the pairing of pub architecture / interiors / history and some gossip about a modern pop star oddly amusing! I read just now Robert Plant now lives in Worcestershire - still very much cider (and even more so perry) country!
I have tried a couple of times with a cravat but they always ended up looking a mess! Mine is an odd aesthetic I agree, I always want to wear a suit, but somehow never feel comfortable with neckwear. It ends up not really pleasing anyone: people who don't like formal attire think I look like a snob, and people who do think I look like a slob!
@@TweedyPubs Being British you have a responsibility to the world. A scarf would be jolly and damn the detractors. Jeeves would approve. A sacrifice on your part must be made.
Penrallt is pronounced, pen 'rallt, you pronounce the r firmly, and the ll by placing your tongue firmly at the top of your mouth and blow gently. Plenty on yt on Welsh pronounciations. Robert Plant has done a lot for Wales.
That's how the Welsh figure out if visitors are English marauding tourists who cross into Wales over the River Wye from Redbrook; they make them pronounce 'Penallt' as a shibboleth... or rather a 'shibboLLeth'??? (but unlike the poor Ephraimites of yore, they won't be slaughtered in the river's edge. Their perry might be bumped up in price though..))
What an absolutely lovely inn! And the fact that it is an actual “Inn” makes it even more special. Great selection of ciders…you’re clearly much stronger willed than I as there is no way I would have been able to leave without being tossed at closing! Great video…thank you so much for sharing…CHEERS!!! 🍻
Yes, that's the pub I visited last Summer when there were two chestnut horses tied up just where you were sitting at the bench next to the river. There's also a couple of reasonable pubs in the village on the English side of the river. And the lovely Ostrich up the road. Monmouth also has some historical taverns including probably the prettiest Spoons I've ever come across. There's a spectacular abandoned bridge on the Wye SE of Monmouth.
Hi Tweedy. Outstanding from beginning to end. Definitely a place to hunt out and embark on a cider crawl. Hic 😮 👍👏👏🍺😀
lived here all my life, in fact I think I saw myself in the background. this pub has been through a lot in recent years, but i believe its going to a high point at the moment its really a staple of the local community.
Thank you Sir for all your efforts to show us these pubs, which I am a fan of. Cheers.
Really glad to hear that - thank you!
@@TweedyPubs Being in London as a tourist is my biggest hobby. I know thebreguoarsnin Churchill Arms in person, and I am priviliged
Now thats a good old boozer. Great Cider selection i must say..cheers John👏
A splendid vid sir...For any American viewers watching...You can't get drunk in Wales, stagger over the border to England and drive away, the Gloucestershire constabulary would be awaiting your arrival.
What a treasure! I would love to have such a place filling my memories of childhood. Thanks.
A really fantastic setting - can see why you have such happy memories there. Didn't look too bad inside. Sort of "eclectic evolution" I'd call that!
Another great video! Thanks for sharing
Another cracking video! Thanks, Tweedy!
Thank you!
What a cracking looking pub. Love the sound of Rosie's Pig Rhubarb but would be too sweet for me, however a Badger's Arse.. Nice.
The Badger's Arse jumped out of that list to me too - I regret not trying that now!
I wonder if it's a reference to an old Viz joke? If I recall correctly there was a pretend advert for a brand of toilet paper designed to increase productivity in workplaces by making it less desirable to waste time in the toilet.
@@TweedyPubs I think you’re right but I definitely get a feeling of being in a “The Fast Show” sketch…
rosie's pig is very sweet, they sometimes have gwatkins barbwire which is similar but much easier to drink
When a pub is a "childhood stalwart", I think I grew up in the wrong country. Or, maybe I just need to relive my childhood. Thanks Tweedy.
Thanks David! It does sound a bit weird now I think about it! I sort of grew up in pubs because various members of my family were involved in the trade up until I was about 11 or 12.
A fine pub, Tweedy. One that would be very tempting in which to spend time.
I love the Robert Plant connection, courtesy of your Father 😄
Thanks Christine! Robert Plant lived in the village at the time. I assume because of the proximity to Rockfield Studios. One of my Dad's other jobs was the local milkman, and I remember my brother and I helping out on his milk round: my brother once got his foot stuck in Robert Plant's cattle grid. I never went inside the house but Dad tells me all of his golden records were hung up in the toilet!
@@TweedyPubs
That’s amazing, Tweedy; fabulous memories.
Thanks so much for sharing them 😊
Superb 👌
You should get to Baarle Nassau/Baarle Hertog as they have a pub where you can sit in either the Netherlands or Belgium as the building is in the Netherlands but the outdoor seating is in Belgium! Although I suppose in Winter you'd avoid Belgium!
Awesome stuff! I love learning about pubs in the UK.
What a lovely pub and a great review as always. You did very well to get on with your walk. I think I would have abandoned the walk in favour of a few more pints in that beautiful setting.
A cider pub - now that is my kind of place!
Me too! I'd love to have anywhere with even half that selection in London.
Nice one tweedy. Looks awesome 😎🍺👍
What an enchanting place!
Another gem (video and pub). I'm also a big fan of ciders, and I could not have stopped at just 2!
Stellar place for a pint!! 🤩 🍺
I’m just rewatching your revisiting Belgravia pubs video. Some of my all time favs on there. Was recently in the nags and had a decent lunchtime chat with the legend that is Kevin Moran.
Great that the pub is still here and unchanged. Nineteen ciders? I wonder if anyone has actually done the whole list?
Get in! Im waiting for the bus to go the pubs in Carlisle brothers and sisters. Tweedy pubbing it through Carlisle haa
What a great pub!! Lots of memories of your previous visits, thanks for sharing.
I've seen other parts of this abandoned railway down towards Tintern and in Monmouth it's a wonderful walk.
That first cider looked great, don't think I've ever tried Perry before.
I see the Tweed world has gone mad, I'm off for some GC
All the best!!
Thanks David! It's a lovely part of the world isn't it? Yes sorry a bit of a Tweedzkrieg today!
Another pub that I must visit one day.
CAMRA distinguishes between perry and pear cider, with perry being made wholly from pears, and pear cider an apple cider to which pear concentrate has been added after fermentation. The producers (the National Association of Cider Makers) say that the two terms are interchangeable.
I'm fairly sure (I hope!) in this part of the country anything labelled perry is indeed made from proper perry pear varieties. I think May Hill in Gloucestershire is often cited as the epicentre of perry, and I believe it's about 15 miles from Penallt.
@@TweedyPubs the Perry you had is absolutely made of proper Perry pears, the old man who makes the penallt Perry would have it no other way.
Another excellent video as always
Very nice 👌
Great looking place,nice......
Thank you!
I have to go to this place!
You are Pub Curmudgeon blogger and I claim my £5!
Georgian post box there?
Mate, you should have tried Westons Vintage at 8.2%. An excellent cider.
As a cider drinker and homebrewer this would be holy land. Wales and cider is already an unpassable combination. Rather the pity that here in Finland you'll be lucky to find anything that's not the apple wine based type that's marketed essentially for, and I quote, women and children who haven't the taste for beer. Put a couple knuckle-dragging derogatory remarks about men who drink cider on top and you largely have the local attitude figured.
6,48€ for a bottle of Black Dragon in the store. In a capital pub it goes to around 12€.
Yes there are some strange attitudes to cider here too! I think it's a beautiful drink and although we've only had (domesticated) apples here since the Romans there has been this incredible flourishing of varieties, and it's incredibly localised. There are cider producers here who have unique varieties of apples in their orchards there aren't even names for.
the review might have been better with a word or two from the old timers. The cheese and chutney sandwich is very interesting. Nice place. Does Mr. Plant still come around I wonder.
I agree but I have a terrible success rate of trying to get other people to talk on camera in my videos, and I find it hugely demoralising every time I pluck up the courage to ask but then get rejected!
If I'm honest the cheese and chutney sandwich was a bit underwhelming: pre-sliced bread, pre-sliced cheese, and Branston pickle out of a jar. If you compare that to the care and attention of those same three ingredients at the Harrow Inn in my previous video it's a bit of a disappointment really. It did the job though, and the chips on the side were good; the cider was even better!
I think Robert Plant moved away from the area at some point - possibly he now lives in Worcestershire?
I much greatly prefer the videos where you name-check Robert Plant over the videos where you highlight Taylor Swift! Robert just celebrated a birthday and from what I understand still likes to tip back a cider now and then.
😂 Yes the Talyor Swift references in the Kentish Town video probably weren't very well suited to the core audience of this channel! To be clear I'm not a Taylor Swift fan myself - I somehow just found the pairing of pub architecture / interiors / history and some gossip about a modern pop star oddly amusing!
I read just now Robert Plant now lives in Worcestershire - still very much cider (and even more so perry) country!
You really should consider wearing a scarf (ascot). A tie might be a bit much for a modern chap.
I have tried a couple of times with a cravat but they always ended up looking a mess!
Mine is an odd aesthetic I agree, I always want to wear a suit, but somehow never feel comfortable with neckwear. It ends up not really pleasing anyone: people who don't like formal attire think I look like a snob, and people who do think I look like a slob!
@@TweedyPubs Being British you have a responsibility to the world. A scarf would be jolly and damn the detractors. Jeeves would approve. A sacrifice on your part must be made.
Penrallt is pronounced, pen 'rallt, you pronounce the r firmly, and the ll by placing your tongue firmly at the top of your mouth and blow gently. Plenty on yt on Welsh pronounciations. Robert Plant has done a lot for Wales.
That's how the Welsh figure out if visitors are English marauding tourists who cross into Wales over the River Wye from Redbrook; they make them pronounce 'Penallt' as a shibboleth... or rather a 'shibboLLeth'??? (but unlike the poor Ephraimites of yore, they won't be slaughtered in the river's edge. Their perry might be bumped up in price though..))
this is in penallt not penrallt