Mad Squirrel, Chesham

Official site of Mad Squirrel - www.madsquirrelbrew.co.uk

Official site of Mad Squirrel - www.madsquirrelbrew.co.uk

This place is for all intents and purposes a micro pub owned by the Red Squirrel Brewery with a beer and cider off licence on the side. Sadly because of the keg offerings it doesn't qualify for the Micro pub Association which is a shame as the four keg offerings are brewed by Red Squirrel rather than being some appalling dross out of a chemical plant owned by a global abomination. There is a distinct lack of seating as there are some modern uncomfortable looking bar stools and a couple of small cramped alcoves by the windows. I sat at one of the alcoves and tried three of the cask offerings, Milk Stout, Winter's Tail and Penryn Pale from Rebel brewery in Cornwall. All three were in excellent nick, although the Winter's Tail did have a slight haze. I finished by trying one of the keg offerings the Black Squirrel lager, an excellent Black Lager. The prices here are at Spoons level, £2.25 a pint for Red Squirrel brews and £2.50 for the guests. The interesting thing is that the £2.25 price includes the four keg options which were all from Red Squirrel so how do places like Dog Spew, Craft and others justify charging more than double this? The answer is simple, they are blatantly ripping everyone off! Another plus point here is that lined glasses are used. I would gladly return especially as despite the fact it's deep in the Chilterns the Metropolitan line comes here, although it is at least an hour back to Central London.