Virtually opposite the main Derby Railway Station exit is The Victoria Inn, 12 Midland Place DE1 2RR, built in 1878, and familiarly called "The Vic" by locals (website). It is a well known music venue that closed down in 2019, but reopened again in July 2022 with its new licensees, John and Emma, following refurbishment. Again acclaimed as a music venue as well as being an excellent public house, selling 6 rotating cask ales that change weekly, and 12 ciders. Opening times are 09.30 to 22.30 Monday to Saturday, and 12.00 to 22.30 on Sundays.
On our last visit we drank ales from Leatherbritches Brewery of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire (website). I started off with, and returned to it later too, their 4.2% 'Single Hopped Session Ale' Citra Pale; more details of the Citra hop, and regular readers will appreciate this is one of my favourite hops, can be seen at hopslist. Lovely citrus and tropical fruit aroma, with similar taste, notably grapefruit, and a nice refreshing dry bitter finish, good stuff! 👍
We also drank their 3.8% The Bounder, another session pale ale, which had more subtle hints of citrus and tropical fruit flavours in the taste, and slightly spicy too, a wee bit more thin, as you'd expect, but very easy drinking, more good stuff! Apologies for not taking a photograph of the pump clip (it features Terry Thomas, not the reason why I didn't photograph it, I just forgot!), and the hops aren't divulged either, I'm guessing they may change slightly every now and then. 😏
Whatever, well worth a visit folks, cheers! 🍻
