The Old Cannon, Bury St. Edmunds

The Old Cannon is an interesting little brewpub with a well-trodden wooden floor and some brewery equipment in the front right corner next to a short serving counter that runs to the rear wall. In the left-hand side of the pub the seating is split in half by a central wall. It was busy with most of the tables reserved for later in the evening for the weekly Wednesday quiz, but I managed to grab an unreserved table by the fireplace that sits on the left-hand wall. Available from the counter was a premium keg selection alongside six hand pumps that were all drawing Old Cannon Brewery ales. I went for their 3.9% Best that was OK, but a bit pricey at £5 for a pint. Whilst enjoying my pint I noticed a huge hole in the ceiling above where a barrel was hanging down off a pulley system, and I spotted some sacks of grist stacked by the edge of the hole. I thought the service was polite, but a little bit formulaic like the manageress used to work in a large hotel. I will return when next in town, but probably only for one.

Nice modern fit out including some on show brewery kit, marked as a gastro brewery!