Badger Badger, Deptford, SE8

Visited 05/03/26. Visited previously 08/06/21 No cask. Keg offering of BBNo 11 session IPA, Umbrella Cider, Pure Pilsner from Purity, Siren Lumina, Weihenstephaner Weissbier, Pretty Decent I could do better at T*Sco for a quid session IPA, the Iron Brew from Vault City, the Keller Pils from L&G, the AF Rothaus Pils, Guinness, Everyday Pale Ale from Purity and the Drop Project Flow APA. Popular work during the day bar by night sort of place. The left-hand side of the glass fronted venue is the bar area and the bar counter down the right-hand wall in the middle of the venue with the open kitchen tacked onto the rear end of it. The venue is ceramic tiled some booth tables down the left-hand side from about level of the start of the bar counter with a mish mash of sofas and regular tables and chairs in the front with a line of tall tables and tall stools down the middle. The lighting is a bit drab, no screens and a non-descript soundtrack. Whilst the venue lacks a little ambience, it does have a decent craft beer offering.

A two sided modern bar,the left side has the serving bar,the right side a vast collection of board games on shelving extending well into the building.Here the tables are quite traditional while on the other side there is a mix,some worn sofas and high seating booths as well as dining style tables.The bar is described as a workspace and a few punters were busy on their laptops using the free password controlled wifi.There is a coffee machine and a small open kitchen while the keg taps were offering Guinness Extra Cold,Purity Everyday hazy pale and Pure Pilsner,Brew by Number 11,Big Drop Reef point AF lager,Lost & Grounded Keller Pils,Drop Project Poppin,Hofmeister Weisse ,Gravity Theory Hazy Pineapple and Hammerton Walk West west coast IPA. Lots of lager but my Walk West was decent enough and this bar was better than I expect from the outside.However not enough to warrant a revisit.

Still much as Will describes below, what I would call a canteen style/semi craft bar. The mixed seating options sit within the rather uninspiringly decorated and furnished shop conversion. The keg offerings were a mix of mostly mid table craft with some more normal stuff. The place was fairly busy with a youngish crowd, it was ok here overall but probably not enough so to draw me back anytime soon.

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A black building, or two buildings, or a building with a large extension - anyway, it's right next to Deptford railway station and it's definitely painted black. The main part - in the extension on the left - is labelled Pub Kitchen Workspace, while the two smaller shop fronts are labelled Hall of Vape and Badger Gaming, dealing in nicotine dispensing systems and computer games respectively, and there seem to be internal doorways linking them all together. There were no real ales on the bar, so I had a half of a beer from Goodness Brewery, based in Wood Green N22, which gets it's name from a "positive and joyful expression", rather than a cry of surprise, as in "Goodness! Who would have thought that a red IPA called Sunset could be so devoid of taste". The third part of the main area's description was confirmed by a number of people working on their laptop computers, while sat on sofas or low chairs around a low table, and several people also had food brought to their tables from the kitchen. If it weren't for my lack of appreciation for cold and fizzy beers I would probably have enjoyed my visit here.

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