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Bank holiday beer festival starts today.
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Easter beer festival starts today over 50 different beers.
Maybe the last one.
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Xmas party 13th December at 7pm.
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Read somewhere that this is a bike friendly place but we couldn't find anywhere to park the bikes. Went down the left side of the pub but it turns out this is where the landlady lives and she was not happy - make sure you don't do that!
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Bank holiday beer festival starts today includes live music.
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Easter beer festival including live music in Marquee.Coming soon.
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Charmingly historic cosy country pub with a genuine traditional interior. Excellent food for the price (lots of veggie options), and a proper selection of ale and real ciders. Looks like good walking country when the environs are less waterlogged. Not one to miss.
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First ever Xmas party this Saturday at the Viper with the local band in the marquee outside.
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Character pub in idyllic location - one of the few wooded hamlets in Essex
Usually has about 5 ales on offer, all local.
Food is home made, top notch and incredibly cheap, especially given this is an affluent area - on my last visit I had steak pie, new potatoes and veg for £6.95, an absolute steal
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Bank holiday beer festival this Friday.
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Beer Festival starts this coming Friday - Hurrah!
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Must be some building work going on in the loft as last night all you could hear was banging it was very loud.
apart from that the Jake the snake was excellent.
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Made the annual January pilgrammage. Nothings changed, great pub, great beer. GREAT!!
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Last day of the Bank holiday beer festival today.
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Despite the the weather the beer/cider and wine festival continues tonight with the band playing in the beer tent from 8pm.
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The Viper Wine festival this weekend including food and music.
First one.
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Easter Beer Festival kicks off t omorrow!
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Thursday night - lovely pint of Crouch Vale 'Brewers Gold', followed by several pints of Nethergate 'Young Howler' which was a very good substitute for the Augustinian.
If you likek a good honest pub that serves a good honest pint, look no further.
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Its unique as its the one Pub called the Viper in the country.
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Just completed the annual 1st January pilgrimage. Like taxes and death one certainty is that The Viper will always rate 10/10. The Mighty Oak, Oscar Wilde and Woodfordes, Once Bittern were both excellent. Thanks to the wife for sharing the driving.
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Last day of the beerfest today yesterday was packed out.
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Two large marquees erected in the car park and garden last night for the coming beer festival which starts on Friday and continues till Monday and with music on Friday night as well as a bar b coa.
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Still excellent :-)
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Summer Beer festival is Bank holiday week-end.
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Don't forget the Easter Beer Festival: 22 - 25 April
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Please be aware they do not accept any credit or debit cards so bring plenty of cash with you.
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Had several pints of Brentwood Brewing Company's Blind Date last night - very nice indeed.
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Oakham Ales - J.H.B on last night & very nice it was too :-)
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Visited again on the 1st Jan - one of the few pubs in the area open - and supped a perfect pint of Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde followed by an equally perfect Nethergate Augustian. Years may come and years may go but some things, including The Vipe rstay the same - in simple terms perfect.
My News Years resolution is to visit The Viper more in 2011 - wife kindly driving me back 10 miles permitting.
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Two weeks ago had a pint of Brentwood Brewerys Winter Warmer @4.8%.
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Making a visit this Saturday to try the winter ales.
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Popped in on Thursday night - Mighty Oak 'Captain Bob' was in tip top condition. Several pints later, and I was very contented.
Hope to catch the Beer Festival on Monday.
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Hogshead, I'm so happy that you did not transpose the phrase Wan from Bangkok.
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Paid a visit last night and the Beer Tent was being erected by John the resident ready for the week-end and Thai food prepared by Wan from Bangkok.
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Beer Festival....Aug 27-30
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Probably the best Pub in the District its special in many ways but its not a foodie type which makes it even better.
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Happy New Year to all associated with The Viper. Hope to get a few more visits in during 2010.
Surely the best pub in Essex?
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I love this pub and try to visit a couple of times a month. Beautiful location, friendly staff, nice beer garden, cosy pub inside and fantastic home cooked food. Dog friendly too which is a big plus, but incredibly clean everywhere. Only wish it was within walking distance but then would probably be there too often.
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Classic country pub.No music.Great beer.Great food
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The Viper is everything an English country pub should be. A beautiful setting and garden, unspoilt interior, good section of microbrews and no fruit machine, TV or music. I live nearby and have been there hundreds of times and never had a bad pint. Beers always available are VIPA and the excellent Jake (Mighty Oak I think), and Oscar Wilde Mild, plus 2 others, usually micros. Food available at lunchtime of very good quality and value.
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Sadly, the only time I get to drink in this marvellous pub is on my way to Suffolk on holiday. The beer is excellent and fairly priced, the food is good and arrives quickly, and the pub has that special atmosphere, even when it is filled with once-a-year visitors like me. This pub should be in everyone's top five.
anonymous - 24 Aug 2009 22:26 |
Beer Festival coming soon with over 50 different beers including Pucks Folly.
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VIPA was in tip top condition, as was the Tring Brewery 'Blonde' on Wednesday evening. Well kept beer, nice surroundings....bloody nice!
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Tried a VIPA beer last night and it was great other beers include Jake the Snake and Oscar Wilde all local beers and also a Nethergate beer from Clare in Suffolk.
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Great Pub well worth a visit
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One of my favourite pubs; great beers, nice garden, good bar staff, a stereotype of everything good that you would expect of an English country pub.
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Real fire,real ale,really good pub.No music,great atmosphere.
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Why this pub only has an 8.4 average is beyond me! Every time I go it is faultless.....very well kept beers, good beer choice, well cooked and well priced food, friendly and efficient staff, good guvnor and missus, and friendly locals. Plenty of character and a great location.What more do people want from a pub?
I wish is was my 'local'...
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Paid a visit the last week and beer iswell kept with a choice of 6 on plus one cider.
Food is cheap and the menu varied.
A great mix of locals, visitors and motor cyclists and walkers.
My dog loves the pork scatchings.
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Well priced food, lovely interior, well kept garden and a superb selection of ale make this a place worth visiting.
Add to this attentive service and a good mix of locals, tourists, cyclists gives you an 8/10 or even a 9/10 pub.
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Probably the best real ale pub in the whole of Essex situated in the middle of a forest you need a car to get there.
Its worth visiting if your within a 20 mile radius its thats great.
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Visited on New Years Day in the evening, the only pub open in the immediate are. Been here many times but never posted before. Great location, fantastic beer, food is great too (except not available on this visit). The place is 10/10....always.
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Fine traditional unspoilt country pub, approx 2 miles from Ingatestone Station. The Mild was in fine form. Supports local micros and does a reasonable range of food at fair prices.
Worth seeking out if in the area
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1st class beers, and two fit waitress serving on some days.
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This place really does merit the gushing praise it gets.The ales have been many and varied on my several visits and all have been delicious,particularly the Cotleigh Tawny Owl and the pub's own VIPA.It's also located in an area replete with excellent walks across fields and through woods,and it's a delightful stroll in summer up from Ingatestone station,just watch out in the dark for deer crossing the roads in the vicinity,I've had a couple of near misses in the car.
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Excellent pub. 'Nuff said!
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Super pub. Good beer, from local micro-breweries. Fair prices. Long may it prosper.
anonymous - 19 Jul 2007 00:00 |
Cycled to the Viper again this Bank Holiday weekend and again was not disappointed. Unlike many of the pubs in the wider Brentwood/Chelmsford area this pub serves LOCAL beers, and they are of a high quality. Lunch was also good. I would continue to thoroughly recommend this pub. One note of caution - they dont take plastic - cheques or cash only!
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In a lovely location, with a good selection of beer,this pub is worth a visit.
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Wonderful. Very easy to spend all afternoon here. Nice selection of ales and very friendly bar staff: even the young ones look happy to work there which makes a change. Beer festival in August well worth a visit. Walk back to Ingatestone on country roads always good for a laugh. Best pub in the area by far.
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Great pub in the middle of a wooded area.Three rooms,one of which in on the CAMRA list of national inventory pubs.Normally six real ales on tap,one being a dark beer or mild.The Hissed Off brewed by Mighty Oak for the pub is a first class hoppy beer.A bit off the beaten track but well worth the effort.A taxi from Ingatestone or Shenfield,the latter costing about �12.
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what a pub!! great beers,great staff and greater location. this pub has it all, if you can't get there by public transport(entails a walk through glorious woodland)get a taxi from ingatestone, very reasonable and better if a few of you go it works out cheaper
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Visiting Essex on a business trip and my host stopped at the Viper for a sandwich lunch. What a gem of a pub! Great location and atmosphere. Very friendly Landlord and Staff, but above all great selection of beers. The two that time allowed me to consume were excellent.
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wicked country pub.great beer..well worth a visit..make sure someone else drives and go there and have a great time drinking GOOD BEER.
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Classic country pub with excellent range of real ales and pleasant beer garden. Summer beer festival
Aileen - 2 Feb 2005 14:17 |
Great little pub. Cosy, good atmosphere and fantastic ales, just a few miles off the A12.
Edward - 29 Aug 2004 12:22 |
I finally made it out to this classic country pub last weekend. The walk from Ingatestone station is far enough to build up a thirst and this pub has the beers for the job. The public bar is simply beautiful - an indication of just how much pub heritage we have lost in this country at the hands of the pub chains.
Stephen Harris - 21 May 2004 20:38 |
Also sells excellent Wilkins' cider. Well worth the journey into the wild, wild wood.
caroline - 10 Oct 2003 18:26 |
a small friendly pub with great beer. good food (lunchtime) no music and no fruit machines.
andy wood - 26 Sep 2003 21:45 |
Lovely little pub - ideal place to relax after walking the dog in the countryside - also meet Ben the resident dog. Beer is not only good quality but also good value. Tasty lunchtime bar snacks.
Charles - 6 Aug 2003 06:59 |
The Viper is the perfect English Village Pub. It has been run by the Beard family since 1938. it is to be found down a country lane, in the middle of a wood. It has four rooms, two which form the lounge bar, a public bar with wall benches and a tap room unchanged from the days when your grandparents would have known it and rightly on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors; albeit an Appendix entry. It is in a beutiful setting and has won the local Brentwood in Bloom competition for the last 3 years running. there is no music or fruit machines and Roger Beard is rightly proud of his range of real ales, which includes those from Mighty Oak of Maldon as well as other Independents and Micros. Roger also brews at Mighty Oak his own beers, Viper Ales - Jake the Snake and Hisstaker, which are only sold in his pub (ring him for their availability). This is quite simply my home from home, and under the careful care of Roger and his wife Sharon, long will it remain so.
Tim Havill - 4 Aug 2003 08:21 |
