Great news and fingers crossed for a CAMRA listing. Surprised real ale is in decline. Pity.
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Lord Clifden Great Hampton Street was closed, now open 2025
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I think so called 'craft beer' has muddied the waters. But I did have an Easter pint of Ulay's Pigs Ear at The Fleece Bretforton - recommended especially with a pie!
Dionysius//88
master brummie
Great news to hear thisJust spotted this
'Icing on the cake' as iconic Birmingham pub reopens
Closed for over a year, The Clifden is back open in Birmingham and new landlord Will Young spoke to BirminghamLive about a future goalwww.birminghammail.co.uk
Dionysius//88
master brummie
Stokkie I couldn't agree more , being an old stick in the mud as I am , craft beers to me mean they look like a lager and they taste absolutely terrible
popped into the lord clifden the other day and can highly recommend it...from the outside you would not be prepared to see what greets you inside...the garden is like stepping into another world..excellent food..bar staff wonderful..nice quirky pub but not too quirky..of course i know this pub very well having worked there in the 80s and it was great to see that the old butchers block is still there after all these years..well done to the new owners... few photos here and yes the old radios were nailed down 
lyn
lyn
Yea i be paying alot of attention to them my younger family members will not understand
Ansells went for a Burton in 1981. I'm surprised that's 44 years ago! The cask conditioned mild stopped being produced in 2012.
lord clifden closed yet again but only for a short time they say..closing a pub for a kitchen refurb is nothing unusual however i do find it odd that it will yet again be under new management..the last owners only being there for just over a year. so begs the question who are the new owners
lyn
www.birminghammail.co.uk
lyn
Future of Birmingham pub confirmed with major change on the way
Before the closure, the pub will pour pints one last time this week
brondrange
HOCKLEY BORN
Thank you for the update.lord clifden closed yet again but only for a short time they say..closing a pub for a kitchen refurb is nothing unusual however i do find it odd that it will yet again be under new management..the last owners only being there for just over a year. so begs the question who are the new owners
lyn
Future of Birmingham pub confirmed with major change on the way
Before the closure, the pub will pour pints one last time this week
thought it best to mention in case anyone had plans to visit however the church tavern just up from the clifden is open...spent a few times rolling out of there at 4 in the morning but great times.. hasten to add this was in the early 80s
these days it just an effort even getting there 
lyn
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lmr3103
master brummie
That doesn't sound too hopeful Lyn....I popped in there last year on a (non drinking!) pub crawl, it seems so hard to keep a pub up and running these days....lord clifden closed yet again but only for a short time they say..closing a pub for a kitchen refurb is nothing unusual however i do find it odd that it will yet again be under new management..the last owners only being there for just over a year. so begs the question who are the new owners
lyn
Future of Birmingham pub confirmed with major change on the way
Before the closure, the pub will pour pints one last time this week