Gunmakers Arms, Birmingham

A revisit after 5 years and not much has changed. The beer was only OK. I really want to like this pub but I just can't take to it! I will call again but it will probably be a while!

As described below. Quite a plain place, where there's much art on the walls, which is for sale. A fluffy black cat was on the prowl which proceeded to do a poo on the mat; poorly trained, or was this intended to be in keeping with the pub's ethos, a piece of Performance Art? Either way, the landlord took some time to clear it up. My half of Two Towers Chamberlain Pale Ale was a very decent £1.70, but was perhaps a little tired?

A backstreet local just off the ring road which cannot be described as unspoilt as it has been stripped back and 'industrialized', albeit in a slightly amateur way. The plank-clad walls are liberally hung with artworks for sale, which is interesting but doesn't help the general pub feel at all. Out the back is a large drinking yard which also contains the Two Towers brewery in an outbuilding. Beers as described in previous review and the Porter was certainly past its best. A little disappointing.