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St Andrews Brew House, Norwich
Norwich
NR2 4TP
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
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Bucking Fastard left this review about St Andrews Brew House
Popped in here for a post curry lastie,it's the home of St Andrews Brewery and has the brewing equipment on view behind a glass partition to the left of the building.The decor is of a modern bar,L shaped with a lower section to the right and it's popular with a young crowd,some circuit drinkers and doormen on duty on a Friday night to keep order.There was one guest in Barsham Norfolk Topper and then house brews Wensum Ale,Festival House (NBSS 2),Cork Cutters (NBSS 3) and Tombland Porter (NBSS 3) sampled for a flight of three thirds.
There are so many great real ale venues in Norwich that this wouldn't make my list for a revisit,it's a bit souless and dull sadly.
On 16th April 2023
- rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about St Andrews Brew House
I couldn't remember much about this place, as I'd visited towards the end of a session in Norwich previously. This time, it was just 3rd on my list of pubs. So, I got a better idea of its true nature.
My previous visit had been early evening, when I recall it having mainly drinkers. Our lunchtime visit found mainly diners, especially in a lower level area. We contented ourselves with propping up the bar. Although there may have been more seating on upper levels.
Rather disappointingly, there were none of the in-house St Andrews beers on. The 4 available were Adnams Ghost Ship & Barsham Spicy Old Santa, Norfolk Topper & Golden Close IPA. I avoided the Christmas beer and opted for the Norfolk Topper, which was nothing particularly special.
This place feels much more like a restaurant than a bar these days and with a depleted selection of ales, I'm surprised that it is still included in the Good Beer Guide considering the plethora of excellent pubs in Norwich.
On 18th January 2022
- rating: 5
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Thuck Phat left this review about St Andrews Brew House
Slotted into traditional buildings on a corner site with large windows.
Inside has been heavily refurbished, nicely so, and is now a large, light filled space which brought to mind the description refectory. It's all white tiled walls, high ceilings with lower hanging lights, scrubbed pine and tall metal tables.
The bar is at the front with the brewery clearly visible behind a glass wall to the left while the larger dining room is at the back.
Tours are offered around the brewery, on request it seemed. A sign to the left of the bar indicated a "Growler Station" which, being with the family, I didn't investigate further and I noted full days with the brewer on offer.
Five St Andrews beers were on hand pump: Tombland Porter, which was very good, Grocer's Ghost, Snapdragon, Wensum Ale and Cork Cutters IPA in addition to Grain Blonde Ash.
There was also a row of 8 keg taps on the side of bar with three from St Andrews and offers from Northern Monk and Weird Beard as well as Redwell and Adnams more locally.
The menu listed modern British pub fare ranging from small dishes through sandwiches and starters to main courses. We tried some of the smaller dishes which were very good and the menu is decent value.
Mrs TP felt that the barman was a "charmless nerk" but he was efficient and informative when asked about the beers and the brewery it was just that when asked to smile, his face steadfastly refused to co-operate.
An excellent, relatively recent addition to Norwich's extensive real ale choice and well worth a visit. Perhaps the best I found in the city centre.
On 19th November 2016
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about St Andrews Brew House
Reimagined as an attractive 'brew house', featuring an alehouse-type bar with the brew plant behind a glass screen at one end and a dining room the far side of the central servery. Five of their own real ales on handpump, including the Grocer's Ghost pale ale (£3.50), plus Adnams Ghost Ship as a guest. Four more of their keg beers on the craft taps too. Only had time for a quick pint, but a really substantial improvement over its previous incarnation.
On 5th November 2016
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Delaney's Irish Bar
This large corner pub consists of an L shaped room with long bar. Floorboards throughout, lots of dark timber and also a pulpit on one of the walls. Only one ale on offer which was Woodfordes Wherry.
On 17th February 2013
- rating: 5
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Alan Winfield left this review about Delaney's Irish Bar
This pub used to be called the Festival House and it was a Watney/Norwich house.
Delaneys is a large pub in the middle of Norwich and it is an irish themed pub.
The pub was very quiet on my visit but this was early saturday dinner there were a couple of handpumps on the bar but only one real ale on this was GK IPA so i decided to have a Guinness which was ok.
On 7th February 2011
- rating: 5
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