Seething Lane Tap, Tower Hill, EC3

Had been here in the Draft House days but wanted to tick off as Seething Lane Tap in its BrewDog ownership. All the same industrial design features and really quite quiet at 5pm on a Thursday for the City but Easter school holidays I suppose! Had a pint of a Adnams x Vocation collaboration (seems quite trendy these days) that was perfectly quaffable. Didn’t linger when there were more interesting places to trek to - next up the newly re-opened Tipperary!

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Concrete roof, exposed ducting, neon signs, chicken wings and table football. So damn loud. I really should have tried the Tankovna of unfiltered Pilsner Urquell but I had failed to notice it. Instead, one of the five hand pulls was a decent London Lush by the London Brewing Company. Party destination.

A very large industrial feel to the interior,with a high concrete ceiling,exposed ducting and three tanks of unpasteurised Pilsner Urquell above the front door with pipes leading to a copper vessel above the bar leading to dispense.This brought back memories of tanked beer of the 70's,as I assume a tanker must top up the vessels. We were not brave enough ( or foolish enough !) to sample this quirky feature. The interior is noisy,and the neon signs dotted about create a bar atmosphere which the loud music amplifies,while the furniture is often metal and a bit chic.It's popular with a young drinking audience,and food is available from a rear open kitchen. The bar is long and supports a lot of keg,but the short side by a front entrance does support 6 handpumps,and given it's GBG 2018 listed that drew the Friday afterwork visit. One pump was unclipped leaving Sambrooks Pale (the daily cheap pint),Wandle,Thornbridge Lord Marples,Harbour Daymer Extra Pale and Siren Liquid Mistress (only fair condition,£4.50) as the ale choice.The crew sampled widely but felt that condition was below GBG standards,and given the seething nature of the interior we sloped off to the Craft Beer Co. not far away for more pleasing pints and vibe.