The Anchor Inn - Bradford Street
Digbeth Birmingham
Welcome to The Anchor, a Grade II listed pub built at the end of Queen
Victoria's reign that offers real ales and hearty food in an authentic
setting where you will find a very convivial atmosphere. Stocking
hard-to-find English traditional ales, draught ciders and staging
regular beer festivals and events, our pub has won Birmingham CAMRA Pub
of the Year on four occasions. Please use the menu and links to navigate
our website. However, the best way to explore the pub is to visit in
person. We hope to extend a warm welcome to you in the future.
Fancy striking up a conversation with one of the team behind the
counter? Then Click here to
see what they look like and find out what floats their particular boat.
The Anchor Blog is a part of the website for you to post your views,
opinions and feedback on all things about The Anchor.
Click here to
read the blog or to post a message.
See what Rachel is pouring in our
At The Bar page which details the wide selection of drinks to be
found at The Anchor, the pub where choice really matters. We have real
ale, continental lagers, traditional cider and perry, fruit wines,
Belgian beer and much more.
In addition to sourcing many scarce beers from around the UK, we are
proud to offer a number of specially commissioned real ales from some of
Britain's best microbreweries. Click on our
Guest Ales page to find out
more about our constantly changing choice of finest English beer.
With our counter featuring ever-changing real ales, it is pretty much a
beer festival all year. However, we push the boat out many times during
the calendar and stage special beer festivals with many rare and
sought-after beers.
Click here
for more information.
We are in the 2008 Good Beer Guide. Indeed, we have been in
many a CAMRA Good
Beer Guide because, in addition to offering a huge range of
different beers, we strive to serve them in optimum condition. A good
chunk of Birmingham CAMRA's criteria in judging The Anchor as the "Best
in Brum" is that our beer is consistently good.
We are proud to be included in the National Inventory of Pub Interiors,
a register complied by CAMRA that records and details pub interiors of
outstanding historic importance. The Anchor has retained many of the
original fixtures and fittings that were designed for customers during
the Edwardian era. You can discover some of these in our Pub Detail page
that highlights some of the architectural delights to be found in the
pub.
No googling - answers below
1. Who is said to have been the first to bring potatoes back to England
in 1588?
2. Which state of North America is called the Potato State?
3. Which insect was once the worst enemy of the potato because it ate
the leaves of the plant sometimes destroying whole crops?
4. Which company once used tin space people to advertise their mashed
potatoes?
5. Potatoes are a very healthy food stuff and contain calcium, fibre and
starch. What is the principal vitamin that they contain?
6. What type of potato is pictured above?
7. They are called potato crisps in England - what do Americans call
them?
8. Which former leading American politician was mocked for his public
inability to spell the word potatoes?
9. In France, the potato is called the Pomme de Terre - what is the
literal translation of this term?
10. Pan Haggerty is a dish consisting of alternate layers of potato,
onion and cheese, cooked firstly in a frying pan and then grilled. From
which English county does this dish originate?
