Coopers Tavern
43 Cross Street
Burton upon Trent
BURTON-ON-TRENT
DE14 1EG
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Opening Times
| Monday | closed |
| Tuesday | 5.00 pm - 11.00 pm |
| Wednesday | 2.00 pm - 11.00 pm |
| Thursday | Midday - 11.00 pm |
| Friday | Midday - 11.30 pm |
| Saturday | Midday - 11.30 pm |
| Sunday | Midday - 9.30 pm |
Owner
Joule's
About the Pub
Classic, unspoilt, 19th-century ale house, now featuring five linked rooms after a sympathetic refurbishment and expansion in early 2017. There is a rear entrance via a passage from Milton Street.
Internally, lots of brewery and beer related memorabilia adorn the walls. The front door leads into the main lounge, beyond which a short corridor leads to the intimate Tap Room at the rear, with barrel tables and bench seating, where the beer is served from a small counter, next to the cask stillage, using a mixture of gravity and hand-pumps. Off the lounge there is the small William Bass Meeting Room, behind which is an even smaller room, the Snug. A tiny new bar, with access to the patio, is situated between the Snug and the Tap Room.
Up to 6 ciders/perries (choice varies), plus fruit wines, are also available. Food is limited to pork pies and cheese boards, available at all times, plus filled cobs at weekends.
In addition, there is an arrangement whereby drinks can be taken into the adjacent Indian restaurant, APNE (http://www.apneindiacuisine.com/), which lacks its own licence.
Local folk musicians meet here Tuesday evenings for impromptu sessions; live music some Sunday afternoons (roughly once a month; see Facebook page). Burton Bookworms reading club meets here monthly on Wednesday evenings.
The pub has chalked up several local and regional CAMRA Pub-of-the-Year and Cider Pub-of-the-Year awards.
Historic Interest
Believed to have been built in the early 19th-century for the Bass ‘Brewer-in-Charge’, but later became a store for special malts, and then in 1826 a store for Bass’s Imperial Stout. It appears to have become a sampling room and an unofficial brewery tap until licensed as a public house in 1858. It essentially remained as the Bass Brewery tap until sold to Hardys & Hansons in 1991, who leased the pub to Tynemill from 2003. It was sold again in 2005 to Tuns Taverns, a precursor of Joule's Brewery which was founded in 2008.
Regular cask ales
This pub serves 3 regular beers.
- Draught Bass
- Joule's Pale Ale
- Joule's Slumbering Monk
Changing cask ales
This pub serves 6 changing beers.
At least one guest beer is usually from Joule's.
Source: Regional
Features
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Real Ale Available
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Real Cider Available
Up to 6; choice varies.
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Cask Marque Accredited
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Heritage Pub
Nationally Important Historic Interior
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Quiet Pub
Facilities
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Pub Garden
Block paved patio at rear, with picnic tables and part covered, plus some seating in covered paved alley at side.
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Dog Friendly
Throughout.
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Family Friendly
Children over 5 welcome in front rooms to 8pm.
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Traditional Pub Games
Cards, dominoes and toad-in-the-hole available (no teams).
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Live Music
Tuesday evenings (impromptu folk music) and some Sunday afternoons.
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Real Fire
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Separate Bar
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Smoking Area
Alley at side; covered but not heated.
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Wifi
Free.
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Coopers Tavern
43 Cross Street
Burton upon Trent
BURTON-ON-TRENT
DE14 1EG
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Transport
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Close to Bus Routes
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Close to Railway Station
Nearby Bus Routes (130m)
Midland Classic: 1 (outbound only; limited daytime service; not Sunday), 2 (not late evening or Sunday), 3 (not late evening or Sunday), 8/8H (not late evening on Sunday), 10 (daytime service only; not Sunday), 401 (not late evening on Sunday), 402/402A (daytime service only; not Sunday), 403 (limited daytime service; not Sunday); Trent Barton: V1; Arriva Midlands / Trent Barton: X38 (inbound only; joint service)
Nearby Station (400m)
Burton-on-Trent
Directions
Off Station Street
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