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Craft Beer Co, Hammersmith, W6
W6
W6 9YD
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Craft Beer Co
Part of the Craft Beer Co. chain,it's all very pink inside,and a convenient location if arriving by Picadilly and District tube line with the entrance from the shopping centre illuminated with a neao OPEN sign .There are fitted pink leather bound bench seats around the perimeter,wooden tables with more pink seats,a mirrored ceiling edged in pink and a series of high tables in one corner overlooking the courtyard.The bar is L shaped with two ranks of 10 keg taps offering a variety of continental lagers,sparkling ciders and indie beers with some style variation,while the handpumps were offering two seaciders and just 2 real ales in Redemption Victorian Mild and Lakedown Extra Special Bitter ,in excellent condition NBSS 4.5.
Food can be brought in from a pizzeria next door,the drinks menu is extensive in wines,spirits and bottled beers,the soundtrack was terrific and despite the limited real ale options,I would glady use it again given the ale quality.
On 3rd January 2025
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about Craft Beer Co
A little modern beer and wine bar in the retail centre under the bus station, next to the District/Piccadilly Line eastern entrance. It is brightly coloured, with arty flooring and tiles, and benefits from a patio area outside. The six handpumps offered 4 ales from Lakedown, Siren and Pillars, plus a couple of ciders and a selection of craft taps. Perfectly pleasant in a modern way and certainly handy for transport.
On 5th October 2024
- rating: 7
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Moby Duck left this review about Craft Beer Co
Set in a shopping centre concourse it's a modernish bar with six handpumps and some 20 craft taps,there were just two cask beers on, £60 Volk's ESB and Moor Tachbrook Bitter, I went with a couple of halves from the keg selection, Gravity Well Cosmic Dust and Bini Brew Under The Manhole Cover. Rather quiet on my visit and not one of CBC's better efforts.
On 23rd July 2024
- rating: 6
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Tris C left this review about Craft Beer Co
Situated in the bowels of Hammersmith Broadway shopping centre, I came here about 10 years ago when it was the disappointing Yardbird.
A return last Friday at a whisker before 10.00pm, to find an interior that has been toned down a bit since CBC first turfed up. There’s a tessellated wood parakeet floor with slats of different shades, then sea green tiles with raised circular motifs; also on display are large protruding honeycomb mirrors; visible on their website, the overall effect reminded me of the TARDIS from the 1970s; an excellent 1980s soundtrack played and what few customers were in evidence, were mixed.
Apart from the 20 keg taps, alongside two Seaciders, there was a very disappointing – for CBC – cask choice of an unused pump, then just Iron Pier Bitter and Newbarns Schmonus, a 4.5% pale at a wincing £6.15 a pint, though really quite decent, served by a friendly barman.
This isn’t a great experience by CBC standards, chosen only as a place for a final pint, knowing that Hammersmith’s surface pubs would be heaving.
On 4th June 2024
- rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Craft Beer Co
First revisit in eight years when it was the Yardbird (and before that the Trout). So different now because it has a much more modern look inside even though it's still like a dull shopping-centre boozer externally. The Craft Beer Co. now offers 16 interesting craft beers on the keg tap founts, but I found Brew York's Make it Mosaic (£6.15), Burton Bridge Best Bitter and a pair of Seaciders being dispensed from four of the six handpumps. Also still as handy as it was for those arranging to meet up before or after a gig at the nearby Hammersmith Apollo.
On 27th November 2023
- rating: 8
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paulof horsham left this review about Craft Beer Co
Burrowed somewhere within the shopping centre that sits beneath the bus station and above the Piccadilly & District Lines, I wandered in what I hoped was the right direction and was pleased to find this pub. Internally, it's a curious pink and green colour scheme, somewhat like what I'd imagine it to be like in an ice cream. Having said that, there's air con, which was extremely welcome on a hot afternoon.
Also welcome was the sight of 6 handpumps, all badged up with premier league small breweries like Vibrant Forest & Brew York. And the ale's properly chilled and served in tip-top condition. Premier league prices, too, with my 4% session IPA coming in at £5.95.
2 banks of keg fonts offer 16 interesting beers from across the styles.
The barman was on good form, so I'd recommend this Craft Beer Co outlet.
On 27th June 2023
- rating: 8
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Craft Beer Co
This branch of Craft Beer Co appears to have gone downhill since my last visit in March, 2020 just before the country locked down and before I joined Pubs Galore.
It's a modern-looking bar with funky tiling, which gives it a cold feel. There is an entrance from the shopping centre and another from outside near the Hammersmith A4 flyover.
If you like you're craft beers and have plenty of cash, this place is likely to suit you. However, real ale has now been reduced to one. I do quite enjoy Siren Broken Dream, but it was also the same beer that was sat alone on my last visit to the Hatton Garden branch.
On 5th October 2021
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Craft Beer Co
A recent addition to the CBC portfolio, inside (almost) the Broadway Shopping Centre and rather convenient for the Apollo (indeed, on our way back from there we saw here and popped in). It all fells quite new and shiny inside, with a vibe akin to an ice cream parlour (maybe it was the pink table legs that did it?). Of most interest are the mirrored honeycomb effect ceiling, the embossed tilework and the geometric patterning of the floor tiles, all quite unique and enjoyable. The chipboard bar front spoilt things a bit, why make it look cheap and shit when the rest of the places has been done so well? Similar to PSM below, there was a synthpop soundtrack playing on my visit. Six ales at the bar plus a load of keg (20?) – there are menus on the tables telling you much each individual craft beer is (and you’d be wise to check, with some clocking-in at over £10 a pint); the cask is priced by %abv banding. I tried a Strong Bitter from a brewery I neglected to note (a bit long in the tooth, NBSS 2.5) and Wild Beer Pogo (3.5), the latter of which ended-up as a pint rather than a half due to the hyperactive barman not actually listening. Mrs Quinno also tried a couple of the craft ones and pronounced herself quite satisfied. Overall, it’s a decent stop.
On 11th February 2020
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about Craft Beer Co
This latest venture from the reliable Craft Beer Co chain has a slightly odd location inside the Broadway Shopping Centre, which means it is easily passed when heading to or from Hammersmith tube station. Things didn’t bode well when I arrived post-work and found just two bar staff on with a queue snaking from the bar to the back of the pub – not people spread-out along the bar, but a long, winding queue. I nearly gave up and went elsewhere but decided to persevere and eventually made it to the bar where I found a modest cask range of Thornbridge Ashcroft, Kirkstall Claire & Phil’s, Fyne Ales Jim & Stevie’s and the house Pale Ale from Kent Brewery. Two long keg fonts supplemented this selection with countless craft keg options, but I stuck with the cask, giving the Kirkstall a try, which turned out to be a very drinkable pint, although I would’ve probably drunk anything after a wait at the bar like that.
The pub has a nice contemporary feel to it and doesn’t immediately strike you as an obvious shop conversion (aside from its location in a shopping centre!), thanks to some creative styling. The room has nice diamond patterned tiles, unusual wall tiles with circular concave mid-sections and some hexagonal-shaped mirrors on the upper part of the walls which create an attractive honeycomb visual effect. The L-shaped servery has a basic bar counter with the aforementioned wall tiles on the bar back surrounding a large, retro-style Craft Beer Co pub mirror. Seating is a mix of padded chairs, button backed banquettes and high tables and stools with a good deal of open space in the centre of the room which is ideal for busier times or for forming a long queue in. A few high tables and chairs had been set out in the courtyard to the rear of the pub and there was an interesting synth-pop soundtrack playing, which seemed to suit the young, transient customer base.
I quite liked this place and thought it was an improvement on some of the chain’s other recent openings. The pub is relatively small but has a location with lots of footfall, so having just two bar staff on during the post-work rush hour, prior to a big show at the neighbouring Apollo, was a mistake and would need addressing to ensure repeat custom, but overall there were more positives than negatives and I’m sure I’ll be back again sometime soon.
On 29th November 2019
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Craft Beer Co
The easiest way to find this pub is to take a left out of the underground station, staying on the ground floor and go to the end of the shopping centre and then take a right at the far end. The interior of this Craft house is quite wacky, see my photos. Apart from all the hexagonal shaped mirrors, the concentric patterned timber tiled floor will also send you off balance. Other features in here was the highly polished veneered bar counter, plus the entrance staircase to the ladies toilets was illuminated in pink and very trendy, according to Mrs A. Three cask beers from Anarchy and two from Beatnikz. I went for the Anarchy Blonde Star without any hesitation, as this is a favourite of mine. The young barman was very friendly and helpful when choosing a beer. The majority of the drinkers on our visit were focusing on the keg beers.
On 27th June 2019
- rating: 7
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