Had a mini pub crawl last night. The Queen's Hotel at East Markham just off the A1/A57 en route to Lincoln, an Everard's pub where I sampled the very nice Castle Rock Pale Ale and the somewhat sickly sweet Everard's Original.
Onwards to the Turnpike at Bawtry where a very good St Austell's Tribute was sampled and finally to the Eagle and Child at Auckley where an excellent pint of Anglo Dutch's Dusk 'Til Dawn, was tasted.

Ventured to the Old Market Hall at Mexborough and sampled (twice), Uncle Sam's Independence Ale which seems to have hints of melon or peach and is very quaffable at 4.7% plus Mauldon's White Adder, which tasted rather too much of caramel for my liking but may well have been too big a contrast to the Uncle Sam's, so am reticent to write it off.

How so?
And yet you know the price.....that's bordering on criminal that is exploiting someones mistake.

You will have noticed the hike at the Mallard then......did you take your chequebook?

Happy Hour?

About 6.30pm.

Is it 20% off drinks after 5pm at the Sun on a Tuesday?

Well the normal price is £2.45......... he paid £1.96 which is 20% less.
I will have to investigate.

Who knows, perhaps the guy just hit the wrong button??? Still dearer than the Gatehouse or the Old Angel.

BTW The Mallard is expensive, you are correct

Had a pint of Batemans A Taste Of Heaven yesterday in the Eden Arms. I'm usually a fan of Batemans (they produce plenty of quality stuff) and whilst it was still palatable, it just didn't really hit the spot in the way that many of their brews do.

I stopped the night in Bakewell last night,Had a bit of a pub crawl in the day sampled some old ales Black Sheep,Speckled Hen and Bombardier,In the Peacock Inn they had 3 Peak Ales,Swift Nick 3.8%,Chatsworth Gold 4.8% and just plain Bakewell Brew,all really nice and certainly worth a visit.Also sampled cockerhoop a new one for me 4.6% the barman was an aussie and he wasn't very cockerhoop,That was in the Wheatsheaf.Also went in the Newly refurbished Rose and Crown and they had 4 ales on,i sampled Wild One 4.7% and Yan Tyan Tethra (Jennings) 3.8% remember that after 8 pints Also had a indian meal in MAX's first left over the bridge,It was outstanding Lamb Bhuna,Rice, Keema Nan and a pint of Cobra

Just had a couple of days in North Yorkshire (based in Pickering). Plenty of Theakston's, Black Sheep and Timothy Taylors as you would expect but also one or two other nice pints sampled;

Black Dog Rhatas 4.4% in the Black Horse in Whitby.
Camerons Strongarm 4.0% in both the Station Inn, Grosmont and the Goathland Hotel, Goathland.
Wold Top A Hurricane Blew Over Yorkshire 4.8% in the Hare and Hounds, Staxton.

One place I really would recommend is Suddabys in Malton which had no less than 6 real ales available. Their own After Dark Coffee Porter 5.0% was delicious.

Was at the Old George at Sykehouse yesterday and sampled Scorpion by Marston Moor Brewery of York.
Very pale 3.7%
Very nice with a creamy head.