The Stoneworks, Peterborough

A modern but characterful craft bar with 23 taps behind the bar, as mentioned the shuffle board table is a feature. I had an Abyss Super Pale, a tried and tested beer for me and it didn't disappoint. This is a bar I'd have no problem returning to.

Modern craft beer bar with a slight raised counter area at the far end of the elongated single room featuring 23 keg taps on the bar-back. Quite dark inside, and not a huge amount of seating (partly explained by the space occupied by a shuffleboard table) although there are also a couple of tables at the front. Regular tap takeovers, with ten from Leigh on Sea - including my Beach Hut (£3.75, half) - and 12 from Abyss when we called in.

They're going for a Scandi craft bar feel in here and to that extent they have done it fairly well with wood, exposed brick, dark green paint, an eclectic set of seating options and a shuffle board. Servery is at the far end up a couple of steps. Very friendly and helpful service with tasters offered from the 20 or so options. Unfortunately for me the choice seemed to be mainly lagers, pales and supersweets though the sideways slates weren't helpful for making a decision. My CRAK Farm After Sauna was OK, the white wine barrel aged Freaky Deaky (the barmaid’s recommendation) was much more my thing. It's a decent stab at something different, shame that only me and an obese Jock were the only punters on a Sunday afternoon. I’d be happy to try it again.

Stoneworks is a long thin bar with armchairs, sofas and patio furniture found along its length. There is also a shuffleboard table. The back music was grungy, which I quite like so a tick from me. The bar counter on the rear wall has a large selection of craft beers and after gorging myself on Peterborough’s plentiful supply of Plum Porter I quite fancied a stout. Even though there were four choices the lowest abv was 7%, which is a bit much for a crawl, so I went for a can of Brass Castle’s Bad Kitty Vanilla Stout that was 5% and lovely gear. There’s no food but take-away can be eaten. Yes, this is a trendy bar, and I was a bit older than the other three customers, but the barmaid was very friendly and there was a good atmosphere, especially on a quiet evening. I’d have no problem revisiting.

Official site of The Stoneworks - thestoneworks.co.uk

Official site of The Stoneworks - thestoneworks.co.uk

Long thin shop conversion with the counter at back raised up like some altar to craft. 26 taps on the back wall with a hard to read angled thin blackboard above each. Luckily they’d just had a Kirkstall Tap takeover and 10 of their beers were on , so familiar ground if not dispense. Usual eclectic furniture for these places. It was fairly quiet when I visited so didn’t suffer the old man invisibility that Will attracted.