The Bridge Bier Huis, Burnley

Formerly just the Bridge Inn now dignified as a bier huis due to a nice selection of mostly Belgian and German beers in the rear fridges, don’t fret there are six pulls, one with cider the others mainly Moorhouses but with a Lancaster brewery beer on one and Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout on another, it gets in the 2021 GBG. A corner pub hidden by concrete car park ramps, the Charter Walk shopping centre and its car park, it’s not the easiest pub to find, probably best approached via the car park from St James’s Street. The etched windows proclaim “Bridge Inn” with newer (?) ones telling us it’s a Bier Huis. Largely open plan with the counter on the back wall, there’s a raised area to the left probably meant for diners only judging by the smell emanating from a middle aged dining couple. To the right on entry you will find a nice little snug with dark wood and bench seating. Bare boards, cream walls, grey plague woodwork and furniture, the decor is a mixture of old photos and enamelled European beer signs. In true bier huis tradition there is a beer menu with eight pages of keg and bottled beers, and there is a selection of the correct glasses. Friendly enough service but slightly cliquey locals and I’m not sure my beer today rated GBG status.