Craft Beer Co, EC1

Rather basic room, a long bar supplements the 16 Handpulls of real ale & cider, with high benches & tables. A fully mirrored ceiling. A bit tatty, but the beer is good.

A well reviewed pub so no extra description needed from me. On our Thursday lunchtime visit the welcome was warm and the staff very knowledgable on all the beers available and more than willing to offer tasters. It was a fine day so many were ordering their drinks and standing outside which left the pub feeling calm but still atmospheric. A wide array of interesting kegs were available and I noted a couple from both Oakham and Thornbridge but the real draw here must be the selection of interesting beers on cask. My visit found the following available: Kent Pale Craft, Cobnut, Altered States and Prohibition, Tiny Rebel Cereal Killer, Northern Monk Peated Soul, Anarchy Smoke Bomb and Anti-Venom and Wild Beer Millionaire, Madness IPA, Wild Goose Chase and Fresh. It does seem that they focus on one or two breweries at a time but with such a broad selection of strengths and styles I had no complaints. The strengths ranged from the Cereal Killer at 3% to the outstanding Peated Soul at 8.4%. Everything I tried was in very good shape and excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and could very easily have spent the rest of the day here.

Amazing to see so many different types of beers along the bar. The majority of the hand pumps were from the Tempest brewery, Kelso, in the Scottish Borders. So we tried two from Tempest the first was Cascadian, a refreshing blonde beer and Ball Park a decent pale ale. Also we went for the Siren Beer Co Oatmeal Pale Ale. If you like beer, then this place will be right up your street.