Welcome

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every day’s a beer festival

The Malt Shovel Tavern’s superb range of hand-pulled real ales together with a wide choice of other drinks (such as Belgian bottled beers, single malt whiskies, English country wines and many more) make the pub the ideal venue for an informal get-together or celebration.

The Malt Shovel Tavern has achieved many awards over the years, including Northampton’s “community pub of the year (town)” in the Carlsberg Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2011 and the Northamptonshire CAMRA Pub of the Year runners-up in 2012.

What you won’t find is a pool table, jukebox or fruit machines. Just a peaceful, friendly bar in which to relax and enjoy yourself. Why not visit us soon?
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Beers

The Malt Shovel Tavern is renowned for its choice of real aleas, all served to perfection. The secret of delivering the beer to the customer in perfect condition is good cellar management. At the Malt Shovel Tavern automatic stillage gently tilts the casks as they empty, helping to ensure that your beer arrives every bit as …

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Food

The Malt Shovel Tavern serves home-made food from 12 noon until 2pm every day Monday to Saturday. (Sorry, we don’t serve food in the evening.) Our menu comprises a wide range of hot and cold bar snacks and a daily ‘Specials’ board with selected hot meals and puddings.

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General Knowledge and Music quiz nights

We now have our general knowledge and music quiz nights alternating every two weeks on Thursday nights. See the upcoming events panel for the dates. The general knowledge quiz nights start at 8pm. Entry is £1 per person (or £3 to include supper). Maximum team size is 8 players. The music quiz nights start at …

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Live Music

Details of the bands appearing for the rest of 2013 have now been published. See the calendar on the right for more details.

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