Best Ale Beer in Reading

2 restaurant menus in Reading, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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Nag's Head
Nag's Head
90/100 (178 ratings)
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A Great Porter Forgotten It's Name
Beer Draft
Croque Monsieur
Pies
Beer
gin
cold brew
BEEF BRISKET
Cider
Siren Craft Brew Mavka Imperial Stout
Maisel’S Weisse
Roast Lamb Roast Dinner
Draft Beer
Zot Beer
Ale Beer
Rochefort 6
Siren Craft Brew Broken Dream Breakfast Stout on Cask
Cloudy IPA
Siren Craft Brew Yu Lu
Croque Monsieur
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Free Wifi
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Television
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"This place hits the sweet spot of combining a traditional pub and craft beer destination. Excellent tap lineup. Board games. Darts. Sports on the..."
Christopher Thomas
"This place has a reputation that is fully deserved. To say it is a beer drinkers paradise is a huge understatement. Many different styles of beer,..."
danny o'brien
"Massive choice of beers, great knowledgeable staff. Sports on multiple screens. Beers very much niche rather than mass market, excellent range and..."
David Hester
"Really good pub. Loads of craft beers on lots of taps + cask & massive outside..."
Nigel Griffiths
"My favourite pub in Reading! I’m not British but I love a good choice of ales and ciders, and I’m priding myself as being a bit of a nerd when it..."
Iulian Turicianu
"What an amazing boozer. Incredible selection of craft beers and craft cask ales. They must have easily 12 cask pumps and about 6 keg lines. It got..."
G Couto
"What a fantastic pub ! Made to feel very welcome by the staff to start with. Then .... the selection of drinks is amazing, something like 25 cask &..."
Adrian
"Fantastic staff. Very friendly locals and great choice of beer. Enjoy the hospitable staff and..."
Kieran Duffy
"Great place to have a couple of pints with friends. We watched snooker/billiards on the screen while sipping some home brew. Place gets crowded..."
sharad jhingran
"This pub has the best range of ales and craft beer of any pub I've been in. Always a good selection running the colour spectrum from pale ales to..."
Andrew Reynolds
"Lovely afternoon here with friends. Amazing beer selection, all kept really well and just about something for everyone. Delicious toasties..."
Steven Bentall
"Amazing selection of cask ales. Great beer garden out back. My new favourite..."
Matt Ronda
"This is what happens when a neighbourhood pub and a modern taproom have a love child. These folks do their beer up right. Proper brews from proper..."
Brewd&Roastd
"Good drinking pub with a great choice of draft and craft beers. I use their own bus for Reading home football matches . So..."
Chris Daly
"Always an amazing selection of beer and a friendly welcome. They've done a brilliant job with the outdoor space and show sports on large screens. The..."
Andy Parker
"Loved it here. Very covid safe. No drinking in the premises but the garden has been transformed and nearly 100 could get in there safely. Please see..."
Brian Dawber
"Brilliant pub in the centre of Reading with at least 10 real ales on handpull. Lovely atmosphere in the pub and a great beer..."
Sean O'Neill
"Great selection of ales (too many!), friendly atmosphere, great outdoor..."
Cynthia Townley
"Wonderful place and awesome collection of drinks…. Drink menu is online only, scan a QR code to access..."
Avinash Birambole
The Ale House
The Ale House
81/100 (3220 ratings)
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Binghams Vanilla Stout
thee
A Strawberrie Ale from Wild Weather
Cider
Geuze Mariage Parfait
Root Beer
Gift Basket
London Pride
Birre
Ale Beer
heineken
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"The pub is a hub for real ales in Reading, the split level interior has several drinking compartments, all wood panelled. The walls a ceilings are..."
Matt Reid
"Lovely pub. Best one in town. Now video or TV on the wall. Honest real ales and ciders and great..."
Chris Bowen
"Best drinkers pub in Reading. Maze of booths to hide in out the back and lots of great beers on tap on constant..."
Mike Fisher
"Just great. I was looking for a traditional English pub in Reading and The Alehouse seemed like the best option. And so it is! People were so nice,..."
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"An ickle pub with big beer selection. Less of the more modern beers and more of the traditional British styles, but they do have a variety including..."
Brewd&Roastd
"I recently visited The Alehouse and had a fantastic experience! The beer selection was great, and the staff were incredibly friendly and attentive...."
Jurgen Peci
"If you like your beer REAL, not fizzy, not frozen, and a huge choice from the darkest maltiest stouts, to the palest fruitiest IPA's and everything..."
Frank McElroy
"What a great little pub. Found it by accident and would definitely like to visit it again in the future. It has a great selection of tap and bottled..."
Roger Kimber
"Fantastic pub. Great building, and a cracking beer line-up. Don't know if they do food, so can't rate..."
Mike Wellsbury-Nye
"Good selection of well kept ales, but not very large so easily crowded unless the weather is warm enough to go..."
mark foster
"Naughty little boozer. Always make sure I go here when I am in Reading. Lovely staff with a great selection of..."
Joshua Young
"Really enjoyed the unique interior decor, rock music. Definitely a local pub, but a friendly one. Worth a visit for the still..."
Laurel Ellis
"Great selection of drinks. Lovely friendly an knowledgeable bar staff. Proper old boozer decor and dog..."
Mark
"Fabulous snug pub. Great beer, great music playing, perfect..."
Nigel Hewlett
"Iv being in this pub twice . Amazing beer but iv noticed the price of beer is going up every..."
Kevin Geoghegan
"A very pleasant real ale pub. I am happy to report I drank far too much here on Christmas Eve. Lovely beer. Good company. Nice staff. My kind of pub...."
Derek Wray
"Proper old Alehouse serving up a multitude of beers. Quirky old world interior. What's not to like? Ok so the majority of the punters are middle aged..."
Mark Reed
"Pump clips line the walls and ceiling providing a look into the recent history of the ales that have been poured at the pub. The soundtrack here is..."
seth bradley