Anspach & Hobday, Bermondsey, SE1

Will Larter left this review about Anspach & Hobday

Open Wednesday to Sunday, but to ensure there is enough cask beer for Sundays, there is none on Wednesdays and the same often applies Thursdays, as the staff member behind the bar told me today (Wednesday). There are up to a dozen of their own beers on keg taps. I was offered a couple of tasters and had a half of each: Hedgerow Harvest 4.4%, a green hop pale, and Festbier 5.8%, a stronger version of their Helles. These two cost me £7.70, which I suppose is to be expected, what with the price of carbon dioxide these days. An interesting period in the pub, what with the conversation veering wildly between Christians who don't believe in god, and people who peel their potatoes before cooking and mashing them. Both wrong, obviously - how can Christ be the son of god if there is no god, and potatoes without skins is like white sliced bread: empty calories. It's a bit like brewing beer then filtering it, filling it with CO2 and serving it only 4 degrees above zero - it misses out what we like drinking beer for: taste and pleasure. Actually, the two beers I had here were pretty decent, but how much better if they'd been as nature intended. A bit like potatoes with their skins on.

On 28^th October 2026 - no rating submitted
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