House of Grain, Shrewsbury

Housed in an old Grade 2 listed Corn Warehouse, The House of Grain is a split-level bar / restaurant with the bar on the ground floor and then a restaurant section on the upper floor reached by a spiral metal staircase. Although the decor is modern it does reflect some of the history of the building with its tiled floor and walls and period wood & metal fixtures. When it opened in mid 2017 this craft and cask beer bar had the 10 tap wall on the back of the serving area and four ale hand pumps on the front of the bar. This is now down to two ale pumps and for our visit only one of these was in operation, with Salopian Oracle at £3.50 a pint, so I guess the main target demographic for this one is more interested in the craft options rather than the cask. So I thought i’d join them and went for something called The Anatomy of Taverns, a 6.5% stout from the Newcastle craft brewer Wylam. It was very good but I hoped it would be at £3.25 for a half. The House of Grain was being well utilised for our early afternoon visit and seems to be a solid enough recent newcomer to the Shrewsbury drinking scene.

A smallish craft beer place. There are a couple of handpulls for real ales but they focus on crafty beers with approximately 10 taps along the wall for your pocket-emptying craft stuff. Food is also available and if you want there is pavement seating to the side. Its not too bad a place but as the focus is craft beer I'll leave it to the trendies.