The Fork 'n' Ale Taproom & Kitchen, Weston Central, Weston Super Mare

A trendy modern place - scuffed looking floors and tables with a preponderance of high seating. Two rooms knocked-through, with a weird but 'kind of works' mint green and greyish blue tones of paintwork which gives the place a light and airy feel; fine on a hot early summer day, maybe less so in the winter months. Laid back muzak which complemented proceedings. The place is GBG’23 listed, five pumps with four on from a more unusual set of breweries (note – no Pitchfork or 3D now the breweries are defunct). My VOG VPA was slightly under-par possibly due to it being barrel-end (NBSS 2.5). A choice of straight or handled glass was proffered by the friendly barmaid, something which seems to be a thing in W-S-M. Noted some unusual lager options with a few proper ciders also in the mix. Overall, it's fine, but not essential. Maybe a better pint might have swayed me. I suspect this got in the GBG based on breweries who no longer function? 6.5

Seemingly a 'normal' town-centre, corner pub, but in this case also the Pitchfork tap. The slightly split-level, elongated interior with semi-traditional furniture and decoration is usual enough, but it was doing excellent business early on a Friday evening. I found three of the brewery's beers on the six handpumps, including an excellent Mild (£4.30).

Official site of The Fork 'n' Ale Taproom - forknale.com

Official site of The Fork 'n' Ale Taproom - forknale.com