I’ve been to Bath Brew House before, but it was before I was Untappd and it was before this blog, so it’s like it didn’t happen…. Anyway, it’s listed in the Good Beer Guide and so I thought I’d visit it again to restore order to my historic record.
Some of the real ale selection. There have been beers brewed on the premises since 2013 when they started with the Emperor and the Gladiator, with a rather more extensive range available now.
The bar area which all felt suitably on-trend and CAMRA note that a modernisation has just taken place. They add:
“Formerly the Metropolitan, and before that the Midland Hotel, the whole building underwent a major refurbishment in the summer of 2013 and re-opened as a brew-pub in September of that year.”
The rear of the venue and there’s also a large external garden area for those who like sitting outside with lots of insects.
My first half was the Caesar Golden Ale which was clean, light, slightly thin but had a pleasant enough flavour.
And my second beer was the Deus which was creamy, chocolatey and slightly sweet.
There was something of a bee incident outside, but I’ll post a separate video about that, which should increase the excitement no end. I appreciate that this may not sound like premium drama, but we all work with the material available to us. Some travel writers have mountain rescues and political upheaval. I had some bees.
All told, I rather liked this pub, it felt a little over-staffed (which is an observation rather than a complaint), but the service was efficient and the ale selection was suitably interesting. The online reviews are reasonable and I hadn’t realised at the time that the pub is operated by Youngs, I had thought that it was a free trade pub. Anyway, the drink prices were reasonable, there were numerous power outlets and the surroundings were comfortable.