Craft Beer Co, Aldgate, EC3

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Latest Craft beer co pub and its very good.Ground floor bar and quite bright basement area.Lots of wood and exposed brick but nicely done.Dull coloured pressed metal ceiling.As usual its the beer that impresses 9 cask and 15 keg.Couple of superb beer drank on the night.

The Trident consists of a basement restaurant, which was closed during my visit two days before Christmas, and a street level bar. Unsurprisingly I wasn’t concerned about the closure of the restaurant, but I was surprised to see an abundance of used cask ale pump clips stuck to the wall at the top of the stairs that leads down to the restaurant and the toilets. The bar is located through a door immediately to the right and upon entry the décor gave me the feeling of a private members club. The handful of punters in situ all seemed to know each other which led me to believe that they were locals, which is not a common site in this neck of the woods. Thankfully this is not a private club and I was given a polite welcome by the lone woman manning the bar which was supporting some usual keg products alongside two jacketed gravity feed casks. Ashamedly I did not note the contents of the casks, but the presence of the aforementioned clips did indicate that the Trident has worked its way through a few beers. I did not note the presence of any televisions, gaming machines or live sport advertisements, but there was some low background music playing. I found this place a little sedate, but I know that there are a lot of people out there who enjoy a quiet beer so maybe this place is worth a look if passing.