Lyndhurst Through the Beer Glass Pt 6 - The Fox and Hounds

Of course post-covid there’s never been a better time to go to the pub now that VAT on food and soft drinks (but not real ale) has been temporarily reduced....except that it might not apply to pubs apparently...(don't drink the Atlantic White Flash)

...but this post is still pre-covid September 2019 when you could still help yourself to cutlery, and condiments from the bottle.

So after the disappointment of The Swan and the enchantment of the church, we arrived, halfway down Lyndhurst High Street, at the next pub, The Fox and Hounds.  

This is a beautiful old coaching house pub, with a symphony of aged woodwork inside....

...and a nice beer garden in the large rear yard with the old stabling buildings etc.

As a Fullers pub the usual culprits were on the bar, as well as Romsey Gold from Romsey microbrewer, Flack Manor....

...so it had to be that top Asahi beer, Tokyo  London Pride.  Still a very fine beer, still brewed in London and most important of all, still in one of the most ornately decorated beer glasses ever.  

The enclosed rear stabling yard was a lovely place, sunny and isolated from the constant traffic noise of Lyndhurst High Street out front.  Time enough to savour a beer, and appreciate a historic advertising sign for that old staple - Liebig soup...

...and something once made in Britain (apparently...)