Cryer Arts Centre, Carshalton

Official site of Cryer Arts Centre - cryerarts.co.uk

Official site of Cryer Arts Centre - cryerarts.co.uk

The bar of the large modern community arts space on the High Street, which is open all day and is a fair replacement for the long-derelict pub next door. A bright and nicely decorated large room features the bar down one side. Two of the four handpumps were in use, offering Surrey Hills Ranmore and Shere Drop, with a few interesting craft also and some still ciders advertised. Not unpleasant at all.

Rammed on my night time visit.Cant remember much about it other than the barmaid was a tad rude about my Camra discount enquiry and the Shere drop was superb.

The Cryer Arts Centre is a community theatre and events space with a bar/restaurant. The bar has 3 handpulls serving real ales and has also made it into the latest Good Beer Guide. It was very quiet on my Tuesday afternoon visit, with just one other customer present. The barman seemed a bit bored and looking for things to do, whilst a woman appeared (possibly the manager) and asked the barman what he'd done with all of the customers. So, presumably it had been or is normally busier than on my visit. The seating area is quite large and could certainly accommodate a good size crowd. Surrey Hills Shere Drop appears to be the regular beer with Ranmore from the same brewery also featuring regularly. The third handpull was clipped with Animal Siamese Fighting Fish, which was in good condition. A small blackboard on the bar advertised a range of Lilley's ciders. I think these were only available in bottles, unless they had a load of boxes stashed away somewhere. Not bad at all for a theatre bar.