BrewDog Stirling, Stirling

This is very much a typical Brewdog bar with a real student-vibe to it, but lacking a bit of the oomph that some of their other Scottish venues seem to have. It’s the usual concrete-floored rectangular room with the bar down the right-hand side and a raised, bare boarded seating area opposite. The bar has a rather ugly, chunky wood panelled counter, a dense collection of pump clips on the bar back and large beer boards above, although notably not the cinema-style boards that seem to be in most of the chain’s outlets these days. A grim, undressed concrete pillar splits the bar counter in two and there is a drinking ledge opposite with a raised area beyond offering standard tables and chairs along with some comfy looking banquette booths. High tables and stools are arranged in the front section, under the windows, where a large Brewdog sign adorns the side wall and a couple of fridges packed with bottled beers can be found. To the rear of the room there is a retro arcade machine and a rather off-putting merchandise area for all your Brewdog t-shirt and mug needs. A decent soundtrack was playing throughout my time here and food was available from a reasonable sounding pizza menu. There were eleven Brewdog beers available, although sadly not one of their ‘live’ beers, with six guests making up the numbers. I tried the Brewdog Kingpin at £4.45 a pint and found it to be incredibly bland and not the sort of beer I associate Brewdog with at all. I generally find that Brewdog bars only really work if you visit in the evening when there is a decent crowd in, as they are pretty soul-destroying in the cold light of day. Such was the case with this place, where I was the only customer for much of my visit, making the place feel flat and joyless. I suspect it’s better than that, but even so, it felt like one of the chain’s weaker outlets and didn’t add much to my mini-crawl around Stirling.

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Official site of BrewDog - www.brewdog.com