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Beer of the Week (w/e 27th April 2025) with Thuck Phat
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Clockwork, Southampton
Shirley
Postal town: Southampton
SO15 3HW
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Clockwork
Clockwork was the busiest of three venues we visited on the Shirley Road on Saturday evening. Unusually for a micropub, a TV in the front corner was showing live international rugby, with Scotland on. This seemed to be occupying most of the customers on our visit.
The bar has 3 handpulls on the left-hand side and a number of keg taps on the rear wall. Flower Pots Heritage Hop & Wadworth 6X were both on, with the third handpull clipped with Iford's New Tradition cider. Craft ciders were Iford's Wild Juice & JJ's Pear-fection, whilst craft beers were New Bristol The Joy of Sesh, Siren Beer o'Clock, Loud Shirt Like Clockwork, True Story Hazy Plan & Staggeringly Good Little Arms Big Ambitions.
With quite a friendly and lively atmosphere in here, this one is definitely worth a visit if touring the Shirley area.
On 4th November 2024
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about Clockwork
A nice little micro with a friendly welcome, comfortable seating and a fair beer selection. A tiny room at the back boasts two tables and a piano. And just to appease those worried about toilet hoggers, they have squeezed in three unisex cubicles! Three cask ales on (from Flower Pots, Steamtown and Exmoor) and half a dozen or so craft keg. One of the better of the micros along the Shirley Road.
On 31st October 2023
- rating: 7
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paulof horsham left this review about Clockwork
In this micropub / small bar, I found 2 handpumps in operation, plus a line of 10 or so keg taps. Sadly, pulling through a whole pints worth of Exmoor Pale couldn't save the beer from mediocre quality - perhaps the Cheriton Pots Bitter would have been an improvement? More likely I'd have been better off with a craft keg Siren or Tiny Rebel.
I wasn't really impressed, so I'll pass by next time.
On 26th August 2023
- rating: 4
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Moby Duck left this review about Clockwork
Still pretty much as Ray found it below, there were just 3 cask beers on when I visited , beers were from Red Cat,Fine Tuned and Steamtown breweries, these were backed up with 8 craft keg beers and a good range of Cider, a couple on tap and several from the box. On this occasion I had a couple of craft offerings Vibrant Forest Picea and Koona Big Wave. The prices are decent, £4.00 a pint for Cask,£4.60 the Cider and £4.80 Craft. The basic internal layout is complimented by comfortable cusioned bench seating, there is outside seating at the front of the pub. A decent and worthy stop off point.
On 30th May 2021
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Clockwork
We found the staff in here to be most welcoming and the beer quality excellent. This one room micro had the bar area situated on the right hand side, with their cask ale dispensed from five handpumps positioned oddly on a wall at the end of the bar. Feature walls were painted in dark blue and the rest in grey. A collection of carriage clocks were displayed on a shelf opposite the bar and various clock parts were set in resin along the bar counter top. Another feature in here was the circular profiles cut into the ceiling, maybe another method of soaking up noise levels. Four ales on our visit, so we went for the Red Cat Pale.
On 7th April 2019
- rating: 7
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Craig O left this review about Clockwork
A modern 'micro' beer bar specialising in cask and craft keg beer. Gin, wine and prosecco also feature.
On 12th February 2018
- no rating submitted
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