Fifteens, St. Annes Town Centre, Lytham St. Annes

Visited on a Monday lunchtime back in March. 9 hand pulls at the bar with 7 in active service. I had a pleasant Swing Low by Kent Brewery. Sport was showing on the TVs but muted with music playing at a low level instead. Looks like it may be a former bank, as there is a bank vault door towards the rear labelled as the VIP Vault (geddit?). The upstairs area curiously consists of one lone table and other than that just leads to the toilets. There is a disabled toilet on the ground floor to the very rear of the premises. I observed a dart board, Wi-Fi was advertised, and no food or hot drinks are served. A pretty decent offering and one I would be happy to return to.

Facebook page of Fifteens - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of Fifteens - www.facebook.com

As OB says a very impressive building. I've had some poor experiences with Fifteens in Wigan in the past, but I saw all the CAMRA awards and went for a pint of cask. It was cloudy and I was pretty sure it shouldn't have been, so I took it back. It was changed, not exactly with good grace but my replacement Saltaire Blonde was in good nick. We decided to stay for another and I noticed that the original beers pump clip was turned around. I pointed this out and he said " Yeah, it was bottom of the barrel". No apology as such, but he was rather more affable whilst pouring my refill. We will probably call in again next time we're in St Annes, but they're still having problems with quality control in this chain.

A very impressive building on the main street, as described below by PSM in one of his splendidly detailed reviews the interior is the equal of the exterior, which alongside the internal photos will show you just how impressive. Very busy on my Saturday afternoon visit, six of the eight pulls were in operation with a wide choice of beers, including Craven VIP which appears to be Elland 1872 Porter in a different guise. Amongst all the pictures and stuff on the walls are a number of Camra awards.