BrewDog Edinburgh Cowgate, Edinburgh

Modern bar with the feel of a converted factory, its a trendy craft beer bar found on the dark and uninviting Cowgate. Its not large inside, a long thin bar with the vent pipes on show, trendy seating and slightly dark. Modern bars aren't always a personal favourite, but this feels welcoming and comfortable, despite the building, and the staff were helful and knowledgable. The beer is a personal fave, so that helped, especially as it was on top form.

A very modern pub with functional decor - looks like the inside of an indutrial from a science fiction film, slightly incongruous in its historic EH1 setting. Dark painted walls, exposed heating and ventillation pipes and sparse, functional flooring give it a very industrial feel, a beer factory rather than a pub. The cliemtele are a mixed bunch, mostly the younger element but a few CAMRA types and one or two tourists. Most of Brew Dog's beers were on tap, but I failed to count exactly how many. I had a pint each of Punk IPA and 5AM Saint, both in excellent condition and enjoyable. Well worth a visit if you like beer rather than pub ambiance, but if olde worlde charm and Auld Reekie atmosphere is what you want, stay away. Personally, I liked it and will be back, and it's worth including in a crawl.

Opened a Six on Tuesday 15th March 2011 in premised which housed the long closed Chasers Bar. No cask beers but Brewdog beers on tap the night we visited were Punk IPA £3.50 pt Trashy Blond £3.20 5A.M. Saint £3.50 Punk Monk £3.50 & Hardcore IPA at £2.0 a half. They also had about the same number of guest beers of which the Left Hand Brewery’s Imperial Stout 10.4% at £2.25 a half sent me home with a warm glow.