Same nonsense trotted out about cask beer supposed to be flat. This kind of idiocy is killing cask beer.
One culprit was an own label Buxton 5% Pale Ale.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Siren Craft - Sound Wave
5.60
Spot-on APA.
Fallen - Grapevine New World Pale
5.40
No condition.
05 Jun 2019 (McGargle)
Very quiet.
Only cask was tired Fierce Cafe Racer so enjoyed Budvar and Schneider Weisse.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
28 May 2019 (McGargle)
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Oskar Blues - Death by Coconut
6.50
With a little more body this would be verging on 5*.
28 May 2019 (McGargle)
Great beer list. Think Firestone Walker, Oskar Blues, Sierra Nevada and Victory.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Firestone Walker - Luponic Distortion
5.80
Old school American IPA.
25 Apr 2019 (McGargle)
Quiet.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Stone (Berlin) - Scarlet Hibiscus
6.20
Dryish pale ale.
Porter House - Plain Porter
4.30
Totally lacking any condition. I was told that was how cask was supposed to be. Ho Hum!
28 Mar 2019 (McGargle)
Not all beers noted. 2 cask and 8 keg lines.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Fallen - New World Odyssey
4.10
£2.61 a pint!
14 Mar 2019 (McGargle)
Busy with a mostly younger set. Good atmosphere but haven't got the keg serve sorted; lots of fobbing.
Beer
ABV
Score
Notes
Northern Monk - Faith
5.40
Light and very hoppy Pale Ale. Perhaps, served a tad cold.
Fallen - Chew Chew
6.00
Bordering 2*. A fine stout failed by the serve. It comes from a jacketed cask behind the bar and was warm and totally lacking condition. The curse of cask - again. £2.90 a pint.
The pub is found in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB11 6PH.
Once a church, then a warehouse for ripening bananas, the premises In Exchange Street, were converted to a Draft House and opened on 8th March 2019. Owned by BrewDog and the first of this pub chain to open outside London.
Committed to stocking two cask ales plus 10 keg beers and with at least on of the cask ales always selling at £2.90 a pint (initially after opening.
Food is tasty pub grub including pies, burgers, fish & chips, sausage & mash, gammon & eggs, wings and more.
We have visited this pub 7 times, seen 9 different beers and tried them all.