The i newspaper runs a regular feature choosing the ten best of something.
On Wednesday, the subject was country pubs - and there are two on the list which are reasonably local to Hay!
The first is the Bell at Skenfrith, a Jacobean coaching inn on the banks of the River Monnow in Monmouthshire. The article doesn't mention the beer, but it does mention a restaurant that uses produce from the pub's own kitchen garden.
Skenfrith also has a rather good castle (which once featured in a Doctor Who episode!)
The second is the Bull's Head at Craswall, which is described as remote, "but it's worth the effort to get there." Here they mention some fine real ales and farmhouse ciders.
There's a nice picture of what looks as if it might be the original bar, with the big corner fireplace, low beams and stone walls. If I'm right, the old serving hatch (they didn't have a bar at all twenty years ago) would be just off the picture to the left, and the photographer would be standing close to the steps that used to lead to the private house but later were opened up into a restaurant area.
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