Brixton Brewery Tap Room, SW9

Very much a South London tap room nicely contained in a railway arch. All round a nice example of the genre. Was quite quiet on my visit a bit after 7.30pm as not showing the footy and so pretty tranquil. The nearby Boxpark that I passed to get here by comparison was heaving and raucous (as you would expect). The serving area was at the far end of the arch as you walk in, far there not being actually far. Nice mixture of low and high tables, branded with the artwork seen on their tap clips. Some adverts on the walls for their upcoming events plus a selection of their merch to the left of the serving hatch. The space to the right of the serving hatch (OK bar) was occupied by a fridge selling their cans. There were eleven options on the the menu above the bar. Don’t know if it is sorted by popularity, but the top two were the Reliance Pale Ale and the Coldharbour lager. Definitely the two I mostly see elsewhere. Indeed third, and my selection, was the Low Voltage Session IPA, supported my assertion. Other options were then Atlantic (an American Pale Ale), Electric (a West Coast IPA), Crafty Apple Cider (I presume but don’t know that this isn’t one of theirs), Off - Grid (a hazy pale ale), Fist Bump (a Vienna Lager), Raita Passage (a cucumber and mint infused lager), Alternating Currants (a mixed berry sour) and Paradoxical (a hazy nitro pale) that I assume is theirs but not a routinely brewed offering. I think a 6 is a pretty good rating for a tap room to attain and I think this is one of the best mono line examples. It was a very pleasant location with no other punters during most of my stay as everyone was away watching the footy. This has no impact on my score, it was just an added bonus!

A nicely put together profesional feeling arch taproom. Nine keg beers on all of their own beers along with a solitary Crafty Apple Cider. I tried a Wild Gose Chase (see what they did there) and unlike John below I did try Raita Passage the Cucumber and Mint Lager and despite my initial reservations found myself really enjoying it. A good taproom.