Small Bar, Bristol

Official site of Small Bar - www.thebigbeerco.com

Official site of Small Bar - www.thebigbeerco.com

For many years this was known as The Bunch of Grapes. Since then it has had various incarnations including Dr. Thirsty’s Surgery and Indigo before ending up as Sublime. It seems to be closed as often as it’s open, and even in it’s current guise I have been past on several evenings and it’s all been shuttered up. Eventually though I found it open on a Saturday afternoon, and ventured in. The left hand bar, which is also where the bar counter is, is a smallish, square dual aspect room, with some large, arched windows to the left. Both bars have rough wooden flooring and an old fireplace, with the larger bar on the right having a few flagstones at the front. This bar stretches back further, and here the seating is mostly low leather sofas. The paintwork is a cream with chocolate brown detailing to match the sofas, and there are a couple of wooden pillars for support. There is a further room upstairs, although this appears to be “work in progress” at the moment. The solitary beer on offer was Doom Bar, although unfortunately even this had run out on a recent visit. Ciders were Thatcher’s Gold and Stowford Press.