{"id":239995,"date":"2025-07-05T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239995\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T11:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:43:13","slug":"the-tiny-pub-near-the-sea-with-proper-ciders-and-ice-cream-flavoured-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239995\/","title":{"rendered":"The tiny pub near the sea with \u2018proper\u2019 ciders and ice cream-flavoured beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are more than 30 ciders and a dozen beers to choose from\"TheThe Black Cat pub in Weston-super-Mare(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Black cats are often associated with bad luck but there\u2019s nothing unlucky about a visit to The Black Cat pub. Across the road from the Playhouse Theatre, this tiny micropub <\/a>a short walk from the seafront – reputed to be the smallest pub in Weston-super-Mare<\/a> – is quite simply one of the best of its type.<\/p>\n

It was opened seven years ago by Nick Smith, who turned a former clothes shop into the pint-sized pub it is now.<\/p>\n

Hugely popular with locals and visiting beer and cider drinkers, it was recently awarded runner-up in the CAMRA Bristol & District Cider Pub of the Year for the second year running. On the afternoon I popped in, this dog-friendly pub <\/a>was packed with a mix of regulars and first-time visitors who had heard about its reputation.<\/p>\n

And much of that reputation has been built on its vast range of \u2018real\u2019 ciders, including perry – there were 34 different types chalked on the board on a wall surrounded by old beer pump clips.<\/p>\n

There were four cask ales (all \u00a35 a pint) available, all from Cheddar Ales – Goat\u2019s Leap IPA, Ebboriginal pale, Continental (very pale) and Gorge Best bitter.<\/p>\n

The eight craft and keg beers included Attic Ten Acres stout from Birmingham, Cornwall\u2019s Verdant Big Stupid Westy and Nothing Bound Connecticut pale ale from Worcestershire.<\/p>\n

\"InsideInside the tiny Black Cat pub in Weston-super-Mare(Image: Bristol Live)<\/p>\n

Most intriguing of all, perhaps, was the Electric Bear Son of a Beach ice cream sour – a mandarin, mango and lemon ice cream-flavoured sour beer inspired by classic ice lollies that blends vanilla ice cream with sharp and fruity sorbet.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the ciders that catch the eye and some are certainly to be approached with caution due to their strength – especially the Cotswold No Brainer at 6% and the Ross-on-Wye Harry Brown at a knee-buckling 7.4%.<\/p>\n

Other ciders on offer included Sandford Orchards Smack Ma Girdle, the \u2018very dry\u2019 Hogans Pankin Pole and the more commonplace Thatchers Cheddar Valley.<\/p>\n

I tried the deliciously fruity Hogans Lonely Partridge Perry, a cloudy, still pear cider made in Warwickshire – at 5.8% it wasn\u2019t overly strong but you wouldn\u2019t want too many of them.<\/p>\n

Of course, serious drinking requires serious pub snacks to soak it up and as well as \u2018big, thick\u2019 crisps, nuts and pickled eggs, there is a range of \u00a33 stuffed rolls including classic combinations like cheese and onion or pork and stuffing.<\/p>\n

The Black Cat, 135 High Street, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1HN. Tel: 01934 620153.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are more than 30 ciders and a dozen beers to choose fromThe Black Cat pub in Weston-super-Mare(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,9028,16,15,11158],"class_list":{"0":"post-239995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-pubs-and-bars-in-bristol","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-weston-super-mare"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114800453912570769","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}