Desperately dull selection of ale saw us enjoying keg and bottles.

Hi Folks, Thanks for your support. Glad you've been enjoying the bar :) We've taken on board your comments on beer variety, but it's a bit of a tricky one. In the past a company called Flying Firkin used to ship beers all over the UK, but they no longer travel this far North. More recently we dealt with Ardoe Ales, but they packed it in 3 years ago, which was a real shame. We try to support Scottish micros where possible, but very few deliver to Aberdeen. It is possible to obtain some more interesting brews via the big brewers distribution networks, but this would be at the expense of the few micros that do distribute direct to Aberdeen. The cynic in me suspects that if those micros stopped their direct service then the big brewers would soon drop all the interesting stuff from their networks and we'd be left with the choice of local beers, Directors Bitter and a bunch a Green King stuff. What we've decided to do is to try and source as many seasonal brews and specials as possible form the existing suppliers, as opposed to the same beers that most other pubs carry. In addition to that we'll take the odd cask from the big boys network and hope for the best. BTW the ale python and pump cooler has been on the blink for a while despite numerous expensive attempts by the refrigeration engineer to fix it. We've bitten the bullet and ordered a new one, so hopefully the temp control will be sorted soon. In the meantime try to order after someone else and you'll get one at 13C as the cellar temp is fine ;)

Busy with the pre-Xmas crowd.

Busy after the football.

Busy, friendly sort of place.

Surprisingly quiet mid-evening. None of the ales had any appeal so enjoyed the kegs and bottles. Good night.

Pretty much the same beer's as last Thursday.

Getting ready for Freshers Week.

Dull beer selection.

Only 2 out of 5 pumps in use. Neither beer of interest so we left.