Tennents, Hillhead, Glasgow

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As Bass is now a permanent fixture in here I decided to take the few minutes walk to have a look and see if the place could change my mind from my mildly disastrous visit during latter stages of the Wu-Flu hysteria in 2022. Feels like it’s had a makeover, there’s a nice new tiled floor and fairly recently re-licked black varnish wood. Classic Scottish servery with a clock atop. The ceiling is also impressive. Eight cask on, regional stagers in the main but nothing wrong with that if they are looked-after. The Bass was well-worth its reputation here, weighing in at an NBSS 3.5. I preferred it here to the more lauded Three Judges, there was certainly more ale being shifted in this place, and the GBG listing felt more justified on cask quality merits.

March 2022
Arriving at 5.15 on a Friday we discovered that all the tables in the large open-plan main room were reserved so we were COVID-shoved in a bland basement bar. All the ales were upstairs which made ordering tricky as nobody really knew what was on, so up I trudged to give it a visual, and a bland selection it proved to be with only one of interest. Anyway after an extended faff it eventually arrived, a Northern Monk Eternal (NBSS 3) alongside a softie for the missus; either prices are at the extreme end of the Glasgow spectrum or I was overcharged. Got the feeling some of the staff weren’t that interested in serving a small and mildly awkward order and frankly I was happy to drain it and shove off – why couldn’t they just list the beers downstairs on a piece of paper?? Perhaps securing a seat upstairs would have made for a better visit but you play the hand that’s dealt, and this one was a fold; it certainly doesn’t live-up to the standards described in some of the more sepia reviews below. Rated 5

On 13^th July 2026 - rating: 7
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