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Griffin Inn, Shustoke
Warwickshire Pub of the Year 2010

Griffin
                    Inn

With so many excellent candidates out there, it’s always a tough job choosing our branch Pub of the Year for Warwickshire. This year the Griffin Inn at Shustoke is a deserved winner of the accolade. Michael Pugh has been running the pub for around 30 years now and it is a firm favourite with real ale drinkers. He is pictured below receiving their award from branch member, Eric Randall (right of picture).

Griffin Inn presentation

Set in the Warwickshire countryside, around three miles, north of Coleshill, the Griffin Inn is situated on one corner of a tight bend on the B4116. It is a traditional country pub, with low timber beams, inglenook fire places and log burning stoves. There is no music or televisions to disturb the conversations of the customers. At the back of the pub is a conservatory (where families are welcome), an outdoor patio and then a large grassy area, on which kids are often seen playing football.

Normally 10 beers are on tap. Including at least one from their own Griffin Inn brewery, which is located next door. Opened in 2009 and run by Micheal's son Oliver, it has produced a number of beers for the pub and local beer festivals. Free of tie, the guest beers at the Griffin, range from the exotic to the familiar, with Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby and Thornbridge Jaipur being both firm favourites. Also one real cider is also normally available.

The pub offers food at lunch times only (but not Sundays), but does have pork pies for sale in the evenings. The bar also sells locally produced free range eggs, cheeses and honey.

The pub also has a very popular annual Beer Festival. During July this year over 100 ales were available over one weekend.

 

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