Dark Revolution Brewery & Taproom, Salisbury

Good-sized brewery taproom with plenty of canteen-style tables inside an elongated single-storey shed, plus a few wooden benches at the front with a view across to the Old airfield hangars. Also has a side room with a Saturday lunchtime DJ set (quite loud, with penetrating bass lines) but quite a few other events of various types also advertised. 14 of their own and five guest craft keg beers in a wide range of styles, a guest cider and their own New Tricks Bitter on the solitary handpump (£5.40).

Housed in a shed in what is now a small industrial complex, this brew pub has a main bar with brewery plant in one corner, a serving counter opposite and a small function room at the side where they regularly host live acts. There is also an array of benches and tables outside. It doesn't have its own dedicated parking, but there is plenty of space nearby. Inside, it feels like a medium-sized bar structure with plenty of tables and seats, much of it taken up with families when we visited, the children running feral, the mothers busying themselves by handling the Brewery merchandise, trying on the clothing then putting it back on the shelves. It felt more like a creche than a pub. The barman was a bit gormless, not really knowing much about beer, and not able to tell us what was on the solitary handpump on the bar. The full range of Dark Revolution beers was, however, dispensed from a bank of taps on the wall behind, all clipped so there was no doubt, and one of them dispensed Cranborne Chase cider. The beers we tried were all good, as you might expect. It feels more like somewhere to come and be entertained than a pub, but I could be persuaded to come back if passing.

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Official site of Dark Revolution Brewery & Taproom - www.darkrevolution.co.uk