3At3, Ely

A bottle shop with draught beers and limited opening hours, it is tucked away up an alley off Fore Hill. A small shed like building with two rooms, the back is a bottle display area while the front has the counter of old floor boards and a quartet of tables, more seating is available on a large patio at the front. Six keg taps are located on a big pipe, only three in use on my visit, two beers from Duration and one collaboration from St Phantom & Pipeline (Reading & Cornwall), no cask beer of course in spite of a reference to Real Ale on the outside. Interesting in many ways.

Official site of 3At3 - 3at3craftbeer.co.uk

Official site of 3At3 - 3at3craftbeer.co.uk

Funny little cafe bar down an alley (Three Cups Walk), sporting five craftykeg and a selection of local brewery wares in bottle in the room off left. Interior seating for a dozen, quite homely with an almost Mediterranean feel in decor. Tidy paved terrace out front is very agreeable in the sunshine though the wasps are also keen – however I was informed by the two exceptionally friendly ladies behind the bar that a good shake of the lavender plant would help see them off! My half of Yonder Strawberry Shortcake clocked in at £3.50. I liked it here and would absolutely pop in again next time. Note they open earlier than the usual and you can indeed drink before midday – so in a city without a Spoons, this is nailed-on as your first port of call.