Branch Pub of the Year 2023 – The White Lion, Oak St, Norwich
Also City Pub of the Year, Branch Cider Pub of the Year, Norfolk Pub and Cider Pub of the Year and East Anglia Cider Pub of the Year.
The White Lion is a three-roomed pub with a main bar to the front, with six handpumps, a back room with seating and a ‘games room’ with a bar billiards table and more seating to the side. There’s a small patio garden off the games room. Beers are from local breweries, especially Mr Winter’s, Tindall’s, Moon Gazer, Bull of the Woods, and also good independent breweries across the UK such as Three Blind Mice, Ossett and Salopian.
District Pub of the Year 2023 – The Cock, Dereham
The Cock is a traditional ‘back street’ two-roomed pub, with a small, low-beamed front room with a bar sporting four handpumps, and a larger area to the rear, with another bar and seating, including tables for eating. There’s also a pretty courtyard to the side and rear. The real ales are mostly from local breweries such as Tindall’s, Moon Gazer and Wildcraft.