Tiny Rebel Cardiff, Cardiff

With a huge stadium in your face, this is an ultra-modern conversion with familiar tropes, such as loud, near fluorescent colours and industrial ductwork. I went for a half of the Castle Rock Our House, which isn’t really my thing, a bit like this pub. Visited by me and not our crawl, I actually found the City Arms immediately to the rear to be preferable.

Opposite the entrance to the Principality Stadium so beware if its match day ,this red stone building has that industrial chic interior with ceiling ducting and exposed pipework which is now almost a cliche ,with a selection of high tables and metal chairs of various garish colours throught out the L shaped tap room,while opposite the entrance corridor is a more sober seating area.In one corner of the tap room there is a wall mural about the "Very Many Varieties of Beer "which was a feature. The handpumps were offering Tiny Rebel Cosmic Pale Peach,Cosmic Pale,an IPA clip turned and Cwtch (decent ,NBSS 4) with guests Salopian Lemon Dream and Castle Rock Our House.I didn't really focus on the keg selection ,nor the packed fridges behind the bar. It's an OK bar for sampling Tiny Rebel output but didn't seem to really showcase the produce from this innovative brewery. Given the paucity of decent real ale outlets in the city centre,it's worth including on any crawl.

Didnt warm to this place at all - maybe Monday lunchtime had something to do with it. Warehouse type conversion, exposed ducting but most importantly, not a comfy seat to be sat on. Most were metallic seats found is school canteens. The beer was in fine quality but you enjoyment will depend on what you choose and your love of the brewery. With hindsight, I should never have ordered a "Hedgerow IPA". But those untapped badges aren't going to get themselves are they?