The Flowerpot, Derby - pub details
Address: 23-25 King Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 3DZ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 917 0007 (ref 5113)
Derby (1 mile), Peartree (2.2 miles), Spondon (3.4 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Live music
- Food served, Real ale
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by VJ on 27 Oct 2003
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user reviews of the Flowerpot, Derby
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| The Flowerpot is Derby CAMRA's pub of the year for 2007 and is situated on the edge of a busy road junction in the City Centre. The deceptively small frontage belies a much expanded interior inside. The pub is the home of the Headless Brewery and rows of beer casks can be viewed through an unusual glass screen in a bar at the back. Immediately on the right as you enter the pub is an area that looks like it could be part of the original pub. Here are some pictures and framed prints , including one detailing Derby County's football fixtures in 1914/15 when such teams as Gloosop, Clapton Orient and Woolwich provided the mouthwatering opposition. Also look out for an amusing framed caricature in another part of the pub of everybody's idea, apparently, of the archetypal "beer ticker". Regular live music is featured in another room towards the back of the pub. The pub is a keen supporter of local micros as well as its own on site beers. The imaginatively named King Street Ale brewed on site was a good tasty pint. In conclusion, unless you're a big fan of live music, The Flowerpot does not strike me as a particularly memorable or inspiring pub, as a pub in itself, but it is certainly worth making the effort to seek out for its splendid beer range JohnBonser - 8 Apr 2009 17:02 |
| A pub that lives two lives. One side of it serves 30 odd different ales, many of which are brewed on the premises (Headless Brewing Company). The other side is a concert hall. Do not let the outside fool you. Step inside and see for yourself. jarofporter - 29 Mar 2009 03:12 |
| Quite dark inside as soon as you step away from the front windows, but not so gloomy that one can't see a vast array of hampumps with all different kinds of interesting brews on offer (including a decent Over and Out Stout from the Headless Brewery out the back of the pub). A real ale drinkers 'must visit' destination. rpadam - 28 Feb 2009 16:58 |
| I first went in this pub 30 odd years ago when it was just a poky local on the ring road.Since it was opened up after the ex-tyre depot next door was aquired its become a beer and music mecca.I like the fact that it still has a pub atmospere with an incredible always changing selection of ales.You can still sit and haxw a quiet drink even when theres a few hundred crammed in the back bar watching a rock band.Just about the best pub on a Saturday in Derby for us oldsters,anyway greyhead - 13 Feb 2009 20:51 |
| My first time at this gem of a pub and it hopefully won't be my last. If I wanted friendly banter at the bar with the locals it was there. If I wanted to sit quietly with a book I could. If I wanted great ales, they were there for the asking. And apparently the live music venue adjoining is pretty good by all accounts. One for my "I wish it was my local" category, I think. Ordinary - 7 Feb 2009 22:33 |
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