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Bottle & Barrel, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
SY23 1NT
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Bottle & Barrel
This was a new pub for me and it is another one popular with the local students. There is a cosy lounge area overlooking the street at the front, with the bar just behind. To the rear is another area with 3 bench-type tables and some shelves against the walls. Further back is an enclosed outdoor patio at the rear. Students seem to prefer the indoor or outdoor tables to the rear, whilst there was a more mature bunch in the lounge at the front.
At the bar, there are a couple of handpulls offering real ales (the pub is in the Good Beer Guide) and a much larger selection of craft beers. There were also a couple of real ciders. All are listed on a screen behind the bar linked to the Untappd app. A fridge near the door also has a further selection of bottles and cans.
Real ales on my visit were Purple Moose Solstice & Tiny Rebel Juicy. Ciders were Hunt's Hazy Daisy & Watergull Orchards Cider With Elderflower. Craft beers were Geiper Pilsner, Polly's Fault Lines, Vault City Kirsch of Life, Overtone Momentum, Double-Barrelled Rivers, Schofferhoffer Watermelon Mint, Glasshouse Begin To Bloom, Marble Stout, Zapato Libro De Fabeloj, Below Ohana, Phantom Summer Jam & Wilderness To The Night And Its Stars.
This is a decent addition to the bar scene in Aberystwyth and one I definitely hope to re-visit the next time I'm in town.
On 10th June 2024
- rating: 7
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Ian Mapp left this review about Bottle & Barrel
Something a little different in the GBG recommendations for this part of the country. A nice little micro - unusually, with some comfy seating. Pleasant owner and his dog, Bella a gorgeous Golden Retriever. Lots of keg and a couple of cask - craving something different, I went for some Keg IPAs and Pales from Neon Raptor and Pollys. Nice selection of welsh bottles for takeaway - which I will export to the west midlands
They have a deal with the kitchen/takeaway over the road - so you can order food to be delivered from there. Dressed crab, sourdough and fine craft beer, make for a decent lunch!
On 6th July 2023
- rating: 8
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Spinko Spinko left this review about Bottle & Barrel
My cask was just about drinkable. Large selection of keg which seems to be the recommendation in Aber now. There's a beer patio on the partitioned road out front - avoid falling bits of roof and seagull droppings.
On 16th May 2022
- rating: 5
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Quinno _ left this review about Bottle & Barrel
They either need better cellar/line cooling in here or they simply can’t shift the cask, my Salopian was a bit warm (NBSS 2). Serves a niche in Aber but I wonder how long the cask will last as part of the offering.
August 2021
A newish opener in Aber, a small bar in the middle of a fairly quiet and semi-residential street connecting two rather larger commercial thoroughfares. There’s a small main drinking room at the front with armchairs and the like, a main bar area made-over in the modern style in the middle, a further high stool/bench drinking area (an extension on the back of the original dwelling) and then a teeny rear courtyard with very small tables. Craft is king here though there were a couple of ales on the go, Electro Brewing Sesh (NBSS 2.5) and Thornbridge Brock (3) with a faint feel of them not really shifting. Also sampled keg stuff from Geipel (Lager), Dog’s Window (Dog Days). Also asked for a bottle of Hafod Dubbel which despite being listed very much confused the staff. It came, eventually, at room temperature, which was disappointing. Overall not bad given the COVID context though the warm bottle at the end was a bit of a let-down. I’d give it another go. 6.5
On 8th May 2022
- rating: 6
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Delboy 20 left this review about Bottle & Barrel
New micropub due to open soon.
On 17th April 2019
- no rating submitted
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