Bristol is home to some fantastic pubs and breweries. I spent this weekend investigating a chunk of them. If I remember correctly (no mean feat with the number visited) there were 17 in all*, with a couple visited twice. Rather than bore you with a mammoth post about all the pubs I'll let the pictures do (most of) the talking. They do say a picture is worth 1000 words after all...
The Old Fish Market
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| New American-hopped seasonal Wild River |
Georges Bristol Brewery
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Bristol is full of Brewing Heritage, and the new breweries look
to reach the same heights of success |
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The Seven Stars
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| Fantastic back-street local's pub |
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| Avoid the Hopping Mad! |
The King's Head
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| Fantastic Historic Interior pub |
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| Ancient beer selection (display!) |
The Cornubia
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| Real Ale Oasis the Cornubia is hidden up a back road |
The Three Tuns
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| Just a few of Arbor's output |
The Grain Barge
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| A bar...on a boat! |
Bag O'Nails
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| Another free house on the way home |
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| That'll be a Moor please! |
The Robin Hood
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| Respite whilst climbing St Michael's Hill |
The Highbury Vaults
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| Ancient Hand pumps in Front Bar |
Beerd
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From one of the Oldest to the Newest
Beerd is Bath Ales' new craft beer & pizza bar |
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| Eclectic interior and a good range of beer |
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| Tiny Rebel Cwtch in Beerd |
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| Aubergine, Goats cheese and Basil - nom! |
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Two Dawkins Pubs:
The Green Man
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The Green Man
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Arbor Single Hop in a cute 1/2 pint tankard
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The Hillgrove Porter Stores
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| Hillgrove Porter Stores |
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| Whilst okay on bottle its stupendous on cask. |
These were all pubs I'd happily return to, unusual to get such a high success rate! There's a number of other pubs left to visit in Bristol, but they'll be for another time!
I also love that I can get Butcombe Bitter, my benchmark on cask in the airport whilst waiting for my plane home. Rare Breed is now also available. Both of these plus others in the range are available in the Colston Yard, their flagship bar at the bottom of St Michael's Hill.
*I didn't quite manage to capture all of them, for the curious amongst you my journeys took me to the following:
Beerd, The Green Man, The Hillgrove Porter Stores, The Croft, The Old Fish Market, The Seven Stars, The King's Head, Cornubia, The Bridge Inn, The Three Tuns, The Grain Barge, The Bag O'Nails, The Hope and Anchor, Zero Degrees, The Colston Yard, The Robin Hood & The Highbury Vaults.
Crikey, you did WELL in one weekend!!
ReplyDeleteWe were in Bristol Monday night/ yesterday and had a couple of brewery tastings/ visits. Fun!
You just missed me, I was there until sunday evening!
DeleteDid you go to the BBF monday tour and tasting?
Looks like a great weekend. I do love Bristol... but I really dislike Butcombe Bitter... each to their own, as they say
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