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This Castle Rock run pub a short stroll from the football ground was the one I really wanted to visit during my day visit to Chesterfield and it certainly didn’t disappoint.
On the bar are 10 hand pumps with a good range of ales and 2 real ciders. I had Brightside Brewing Company’s Kiwi @ 4.6%, Castle Rock’s Screech Owl @ 5.5% and a few glasses of Darkstar’s Revelations direct from the cellar, this was by far the freshest Darkstar I’d ever had. Well done to the young barman for fetching these from the cellar.
The landlord also brews he’s own on site, I didn’t have a taste but apparently it was quite hoppy.
The Derby Tup is a proper pub with an older crowd. There’s a piano in the main bar area & I cannot forget the Rams head that keeps watch near the bar.
I stayed here for almost 2 hours and could of stayed all night had I not had a train to catch.
A worthy entry into the GBG and quickly becomes one of my favourite pubs…another 10/10 for me.
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Lots of good things to say about this pub, which seemed to us the best of the 6-10 we've tried in town. The beer is exemplary, the interior, locals and staff make for easy chat. A pub like this caters well for its its local and is also a perfect place for away supporters to refresh themselves when coming to watch a match with the Spireites. Taken together, these should give the Tup a healthy future.
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Busy ale pub with various brews on.. Went for a pint of Piston which was nice enough.
anonymous - 4 Mar 2012 15:01 |
This pub is situated right next to Chesterfield's new football stadium and is situated not too far up the Sheffield Road from our first pub The Red Lion. The Derby Tup had a far better ale selection than the Red Lion, but we did not feel that the welcome was as friendly. Having arrived shortly after kick off on a bank holiday Monday, the pub had emptied and there was only one other customer. Beers on were Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Preservation & Screech Owl, Timothy Taylor Landlord, Caledonian Autumn Red, Abbeydale Chocs Away, Kelham Island Easy Rider, Batemans XB & Rosey Nosey & Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild. Westons Old Rosie was the cider. The interior is traditional and there is much to admire. Definitely worth a return visit if I'm ever in Chesterfield again.
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Nice little boozer with good range of beers
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Cannot fault it. Good staff and friendly locals. Fantastic range of beers and all most excellent.
Got a seat by the roaring real fire which made the whole experience even better.
Worth making a special trip up to Whittington Moor for.
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Great pub. Friendly staff, clientele and an amazing range of beers - styles and strengths. From the bargain champion beer Harvest Pale to lovely things like Sarah Hughes mild. Related to the New Barrack in Sheffield but I think I slightly prefer this one...10/10
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Visited en route to the football. Well it was worth the long journey just to try out this pub.proper old style boozer,was packed out and the selection of ales were all top notch. prices range from �1.95 to �3.15 for various pints of ale.
quick service and friendly too. more pubs like this please!!
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Good pub. Great selection of ales and freindly staff. Well worth a look-in!
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Superb pub and totally agree with jarofporter
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They say that seasoned drinkers will award 5 out of 5 for a beer very rarely. Well i've drunk and served my fair share of pints in my time, and i can honestly say that the ales i've had in this pub are right up there at the top. They know how to keep and serve a good ale. The best thing is they say that there is always a stout or porter on. Well I enjoy my dark beers and this place has never let me down. A little outside of chesterfield but definitely worth going out of the way for. If your legs aren't what they used to be (either permanently or temporarily due to a few too many pints of screech owl like myself), you can rest assured that there are no shortages of buses from chesterfield town centre.
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I can remember when this was a good pub.
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There is a new manager in charge and he now opens at noon and not 11:30am as it says outside (and on the Castle Rock website) - don't get there early as there's bugger all else in that neck of the woods...
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Yup, all the other contributors are right.
When you are in Chesterfield, it is worth putting youeself out to go there.
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Not much to add to what others have said; excellent beer drinkers' pub; great choice; friendly staff and a real fire too...
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Great ales and a great old style pub, they had a trad pub games night here and what a place for it. Many changing ales so worth getting along to.
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A truly fantastic alehouse, food home cooked . Quiet .
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Excellent old-fashioned no-frills, yet smart and tidy, boozer on the Sheffield Road. Nine ales from smaller breweries in Derbys, Yorks & Staffs, plus other handpumps available; real cider too. Wooden furniture, stone floors, white walls with old brewery memorabilia neatly mounted and framed. Clientele was mostly 40-60 age range with no music just a lively conversational buzz. Definitely worth the long hike or bus ride from the town centre.
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A straightforward beer drinkers pub with great choice.
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The finest pub in chesterfield for real ale and a good mix of customers. A real old fashioned treat
chris - 5 Sep 2004 19:34 |
