Curlers Rest, Hillhead, Glasgow

A Nicholson's pub, although not obviously branded as such from the road. Surprisingly large, if dark, interior that stretches so way back but which was quite full so I didn't explore the place properly. Four of the five handpumps were in use, offering Stewart's 80/- and Backing Blue, the 'house' pale ale from St Austell and Wye Valley HPA.

Official site of Curlers Rest - www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk

Official site of Curlers Rest - www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk

By this stage of our Glasgow pub research trip the pubs were beginning to fill up with a Friday afternoon crowd, meaning that impressions were coloured by the difficulty of reaching the bar, and the impact of the noise. Beer selection was from four out of five hand pumps, with one being the St Austell beer that is brewed for Nicholsons, plus Wye Valley HPA (presumably picked up on the way from Cornwall?) and two from Edinburgh's Stewart Brewing. I went for the latter's 80/-, although I've been finding it a bit of a hit and miss beer on this trip. This one was ok (NBSS 3), but at £5.60 a pint it was not a patch on the much better one I had the day before at Diggers in Edinburgh where it was £4 and NBSS 4.