Albert's Shed, Shrewsbury

Quite a change here , the post industrial look of the vodka bar has gone replaced with lots and lots of roughly sawn wood almost Wild West in feel . It is one large room divided in two , to the left there is seating in alcoves and a huge oversize chair for Selfies ! a stage for live music is at the far end , the dividing wall has some large cages filled with various bits of memorabilia and some bicycle parts , there are some shelves for resting drinks on with some metal stools complete with pedals and chainsets .... very strange . The long brick bar is down the right with two long T Bars with lots of keg taps and in the middle four handpulls , the barrels are visible through a glass panel under the pulls . Beers on were Doombar , Alberts Ale and a decent Salopian Lemon Dream , the other pull was Orchard Pig Cider . A mixture of customers , from old timers to young families although the age range was getting younger towards the end of my visit . Its a strange one this , i quiet enjoyed my half hour here although i suspect later in the evening it will be a youngsters bar.

Huge room with the bar down the right hand side. TVs on all over the place. Strongest real ale was 4.5% ABV but it was quite pleasant for once.

First recorded as the Slipper in 1780 this place has had several name changes over the years including the Hope and Anchor and Oddfellows before finally settling on the Old Slipper in the 1860s . The original pub was demolished in the urban development of the Barker Street area in the 1930s and the new pub opened in 1939 behind where the old pub stood . In the early 1990s the pub was modernised into a trendy fun pub and the name changed to first Jacksons then Merchant Stores and finally Rowleys before its last transition to Source . You enter through double doors and the Island bar is straight in front , to the right is an industrial looking staircase that leads up to the VIP area , to the left are a couple of huge TV screens (showing Rugby on my visit)at the far side is a dancefloor and DJ booth . As previous reviews point out this is very much a late night bar/club so very quiet on my early evening visit , despite being 30 years older than the pubs target clientelle the service was very friendly and the bar staff chatty . No real ales available but they have Banks Bitter on keg and a enough decent Guiness Not the sort of place i would normally go but it was friendly enough for a quick early evening pint although the near Pornographic Murals in the Gents were somewhat distracting .