Chesterfield boasts the county’s oldest micropub in The Real Ale Corner which is the second oldest in the UK. Elsewhere, Derbyshire is brimming with such watering holes where beer made by microbreweries pulls in the customers.
The Micropub Association says: “A micropub is a small freehouse which listens to its customers, many serve cask ales, promotes conversations, shuns all form of electronic entertainment and dabbles in traditional pub snacks.”
Micropubs were championed by real ale consumer organisation CAMRA in its 1976 edition of the Good Beer Guide and have since gone from strength to strength.
21. The Crafty One, South Street, Ilkeston
Craft beer, ales and ciders on draught, cask and bottles to drink in or take away are on offer at this micropub and bottle shop, open four days a week, closed Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The Crafty One scores 4.7 out of 5 based on 278 Google reviews. Gavin Shaw posted: "Cracking craft ale not over priced and the two ever changing draught ales on are always in good shape!" Photo: Google