Beerhouse, Market Harborough

Set back from the main road in an anonymous former shop building with an outdoor seating area having all the charm of a builders' merchant yard. The bar itself was a bit larger than I expected, and the three large windows help to lighten what is otherwise a rather gloomy interior. The atmosphere was dead flat too on a Friday lunchtime. However, it certainly has an interesting selection of six cask ales, four ciders and ten craft keg beers. I tried Woodcock's Relish from Nene Valley (£4.50) and the very local Braybrooke Keller Lager (£2.80, half).

I was only here very briefly because of trying to catch up with the rest of the group of pub researchers after my train was delayed by nearly an hour. I went for Grainstore Rutland Beast 5.3% (NBSS 2.5, £5.40/pint), which lacked a little in terms of presentation, having no froth on its surface and being a little chilly for me. It was very quiet here at 2pm on a Friday - maybe it livens up later on, and there's an impressive drinks menu, with six cask beers plus ciders and keg too. The display of pump clips on the partition near the piano is likewise impressive. This place felt like it was waiting for something to happen, but if I had called in at 6pm I would have been saying it was too noisy, in all probability!