Brewery Market, Twickenham

A shop conversion to an indie beer micro pub with a basic decor,some high tables near the left sided bar,a long refectory table in the middle and a rack with some T shirts for sale.The fridges to the left are marked with beer styles from UK brewers and then some country selections which looked decent.The wall mounted taps were offering a sparkling cider,Omnipollo Prize Pils,FLOC Warm Shade pale,Talking Tides Barkside of the Moon IPA,New Invention Biscoff Stout,Full Circle Eclipse stout,Jawbone Deadrise IPA,Hof Brau Session,Azvex Magnificent Tree Fog pale,Cloudwater Fresh 0.5% and Yonder Lemon Drizzle Sour ,which proved very good. Pricing is by the schooner so will feel steep by real ale standards but the guv'nor is an enthusiastic chap who clearly loves his beer and the wide choice of styles and strengths is commendable. The sort of pub that it's worth calling into to find out whats on,the bewers chosen are towards the top of the game . You wont find any boring brown beer in here,I will be back.

I'm not sure how I'd not even heard about this place until a couple of days ago. It is a bar and bottle shop on the quaint Church Street. Whilst there's no cask ales, there is a good selection of craft beers (plus a mead) on draft and from the fridges. The owners appear to be fairly friendly. Its a man and a woman (not sure if they are partners or related). The chap was from Hull and was very talkative, happy to discuss our travels, beers and pubs. The bar is to the rear left with keg taps on the rear wall. Beers are kept up-to-date on Untappd. For our visit, there was Yonder Boozer & Shrimps And Prawns, Overtone Swally, The Kernel Small Pale Ale Centennial Columbus, Neckstamper Bonebox Cooler & Dark Revolution Velveteen. The mead was Valtona Dragon's Breath and had a strong ginger taste to it. Prices were not too bad at all. There's plenty of old traditional pubs in Twickenham and quite a few trend bars catering for the lager drinkers and rugby crowds. However, there was probably a gap in the market for something like this. So, I wish them continued good luck.

A reasonable craft beer bar in the pedestrianised eating street featuring the usual small counter with a row of wall taps and a side barrage of beer fridges. Decor is generally stripped back but covered in photos and other stuff; furniture is one long benched table in the middle and metal stools round the edges. Beers were a mix of IPAs, sours and a few oddments, including some sort of fizzy mead-based concoction but with a good Bristol Milk Stout for me. Ok for the experimental beer drinker but not my favourite, especially at the predictable craft prices.

This is a small craft beer bar and shop, well positioned on a pleasant pedestrianised street with several other pubs close by. A couple of steps take you down into a compact room with scuffed floorboards and plain white walls. An unusual L-shaped drinking shelf runs around the rear right corner, formed out of old kitchen cabinets, with a row of high stools allowing you to perch here and peruse the collection of books and board games that are stacked up here, but more practical seating options such as canteen style benches, a high table and stools and a low pallet ‘table’ with low stools, can be found through the centre of the room. The left-hand wall is dominated by beer fridges full of take-out options, although you’re also welcome to enjoy them on site. The servery is along the rear wall, over to the left, and has a plain counter and cheap wooden bar back with the taps mounted beneath beer boards and a hop lined section of ceiling. The room has been liberally plastered with old beer bottle and can labels – they’re literally everywhere and add some welcome vibrant colour to an otherwise plain room. There’s also a lot of merch on display, ranging from T-shirts to glassware, bar snacks and water bottles. An old blues soundtrack played quietly in the background, which seemed fitting given Twickenham’s association with the genre, and the pub made it’s dog-friendly credentials very clear by allowing one pooch to sit proudly atop a table. There are also a few tables out on the cobbled street, which would probably be quite nice to bag on a warm day, when punters from other nearby cafes and pubs spill outside to create a nice ambiance along the street. This place only focusses on craft keg beer, so there’s no cask option, but the keg range seemed pretty varied across the eight available lines, with styles such as Gose, Imperial Stout and Hefeweizen represented, whilst a ninth tap was pouring a cider alternative. I tried the Newbarns Innkeepers, which was £3.90 for two-thirds of a pint and seemed like a pretty good example of a 21st Century best bitter. There were only a few other customers in, but it’s a small room, so started to feel a little crowded pretty quickly. I liked some aspects of this place, especially their carefully selected beer range, which I thought was notably different to a lot of craft beer bars who just put a load of pale ales on and hope for the best. This seemed like the pub’s main selling point, but the awkward and limited seating options and lack of cask ale meant I left wondering how likely I would actually be to return – worth a look for something a bit different I would say. Oh, and for God’s sake, please get that dog off the table…

One room square bar/bottleshop. About 7 keg taps and lots of tins and bottles in the fridges.Very reasonably priced for some great beers.Friendly helpful staff.Thirds available on the keg beers.I hope its a success.