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Beerwolf Books, Falmouth
Falmouth
TR11 3AZ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Beerwolf Books
Situated up a passage off Market Street is this bookshop and bar, accessed up stairs to a room in the attic. To quote WhatPub, “think Waterstone's but with beer instead of coffee!“. Decorated in red and wood, to the rear are three pinball machines. Six cask on in this GBG pub, majoring on Penzance Brewery alongside some ciders. Suspect the cask is under blanket pressure...my Penzance Mild died on its arse fairly quickly after coming out (NBSS 2). Some proper soppy plonkers in attendance (it is a bit Grauniad-upon-Sea round here) but there's no doubting it's a pleasant and unusual venue that a first-time visitor should take in.
On 4th April 2024
- rating: 7
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Ian Mapp left this review about Beerwolf Books
Conceptually, this GBG2024 place should be my dream location. A bookshop, with a bar, with many local ales. The beer - mainly from Penzance Brewery - was indeed fine.
Just didnt seem to click for me as a drinking place. Lots of people looked like they were settled in for the day - nursing a single drink for the duration and probably reading material selected form the shelves before putting it back at the end of the day.
The charity feel of the place extended by the policy of allowing people to bring in their own food. I bet if you looked hard enough, you'd be able to steal the leccy to charge your devices.
Would drive me mad if I was the owner!
Certainly unique.
On 24th October 2023
- rating: 6
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paulof horsham left this review about Beerwolf Books
Beerwolf is just your regular bookshop with bar and pinball machines, plus an indie soundtrack, some of which will be in French. As this isn't Books Galore, I'll pass no comment on the reading material and stick to the beers, which comprised 6 cask from independent breweries and a similar number of craft keg.
It's not exactly brightly lit around the bar, so you may struggle to identify your preferred pint but, having done so, you're in for a relaxing time, perhaps "working" with the help of the free wi-fi.
On 21st September 2023
- rating: 8
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Beerwolf Books
Beerwolf Books is not the easiest place to find. We initially walked up a steep set of steps from the main Market Street shopping area and found ourselves behind and above the building. However, look for a narrow alleyway called Bells Court to the side of Santander to find it.
The alleyway opens out to reveal the pub with the bar and bookshop both being on the first floor. The bookshop area is off to the rear left with seating and 4 pinball machines to the front left. The bar itself is front right, with further seating at the rear of the right-hand side where a few pictures of the building's former use as the Falmouth Working Men's Club can be found.
For me, this pub vies with the Seven Stars as the second best pub in Falmouth. Being more of a traditionalist, I favoured the Seven Stars. However, Beerwolf seems to be popular with the town's younger customers. Many appeared to be students based in the town (this place would be difficult to find if you didn't know of its whereabouts). Although I suspect we weren't the only beer/cider/pub ticker tourist amidst the customer base.
Service was very friendly and whilst they only had 3 real ales on (Penzance Potion No. 9 & Trink & Thirst Class Elephant Hawk IPA), I did spot a couple of boxed ciders. One was Weston's Old Rosie. The other simply said "Stagger". The barmaid told me that a friend of the pub produces a few boxes of the stuff for the pub. It was certainly dry, but set me up nicely for the continued stagger back towards the station.
Craft beers were Holy Gist Conjurer, Wander Beyond Oxford & Loran, Verdant Headband, Black Flag Owl & Pussycat, Jubel Beer Cut With Peach & South West Orchards Craft Cider.
On 12th April 2023
- rating: 7
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Danny O'Revey left this review about Beerwolf Books
Upstairs bar, popular with students, chunky wood tables, dark and moody, with some window seating and a pool table. Good choice of local Cornish beers.
On 1st July 2019
- rating: 8
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Alan Winfield left this review about Beerwolf Books
Beerwolf Books is situated up a passage off Market Street.
Once inside you have to go upstairs,when up the steps you first see the book cases full of books,the bar area is to the right,this is a decent sized area,the floor is bare boarded.
The seating is pew seats and chairs and normal tables which chairs and small stools.
The room has lots of different areas.
There was a decent choice of real ales on the bar,we had a drink of Penzance Lodestar,which was a nice drink,the other real ales noted were Penzance Mild and Hoptimystic,Dynamite Valley Viaduct Pale and Marble Bitter.
There was a full size table tennis table in use to the left,the ball was going everywhere,we were hoping it would roll down the steps,out of the front door and then down the hill,while watching the players chase after it,a shame it never happened.
A quirky pub that we both liked.
Pub visited 13/8/2017
On 30th October 2017
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Beerwolf Books
Really is a bookshop, but the upstairs space is shared with a very pleasant alehouse-style bar. Lots of wood and exposed brick, with a mix of seating in various small areas. Also has some outside seating in the courtyard you pass through as you approach. Four interesting Blackjack beers on handpump, plus Chocolate Marble as a guest, but all at high strength so I opted for just a half of the 7% Red Rye Saison (£2.25) on a precautionary basis. Also had three of four separate handpumps behind the counter dispensing various ciders.
On 15th April 2017
- rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about Beerwolf Books
Easily missed, tucked away down a narrow passage off the main retail street, and set in an unusual building that was once a maritime storage loft, this is a strange hybrid of pub and bookshop. The loft is accessed via a staircase from the main entrance and upon reaching the landing at the top, you are immediately confronted with the bookshop part of this enterprise. Set into a recessed space at the back of the building, there are lots of neatly arranged shelves and display tables full of reasonably priced secondhand books covering a range of subjects. The area is fairly self-contained which means it's easy to visit either the pub or shop without giving much regard to the other, should you wish. The pub occupies the rest of the loft, with the servery to the right of the centrally positioned staircase. The room is bare boarded with modern wood panelled walls, a stone fireplace to the rear and a lot of old portraits and paintings on show. There's a good mix of seating available including pews, benches and low stools around the bar area and to the rear, and standard chairs and pews in the space behind the staircase, including in a small recess at the front of the room. The bar has a nice curved dark wood counter and plain panelled bar back dominated by a large mirror and to one side is a board listing all of Falmouth Working Men's Club's life members - a nod to the building's use prior to the current venture. The room has a high gabled ceiling from which all manner of bits have been suspended, including Chinese lanterns, kettles, cameras, fairy lights and disfigured dolls. The left hand portion of the room serves as something of a games area, dominated by a ping pong table which was proving popular with adults and kids alike. Some nooks along the left house a couple of retro pinball machines and the retro theme was further enhanced by the presence of old clocks, lamps and other such bits lifted straight from your childhood memories. A few people were playing board and dice games and I spotted a couple of carrom boards propped up in a corner, so what with all the games and reading material available, you're unlikely to get bored here - a point underlined by various posters and flyers for an expansive range of events scheduled for the coming weeks.
As if all this were not enough, there is also a pretty good range of ales available, with the line-up on my visit comprising Kinder Half Centurion and Light Railway, Penzance Mild, Wylam Jake Head IPA and Black Jack Moorbrook Pale. Four cider/perry options were also available and there were a couple of interesting keg options as well. I tried the Moorbrook Pale, which was in good shape but a little bland compared to the high standards usually set by this brewery.
I really liked this quirky place and thought it worked well as both a pub and bookshop. It seems that the place acts as a hub for the local creative community and I can't think of any other pub that attracts such a diverse range of patrons who were using the place for a wide variety of purposes simultaneously. This was my introduction to Falmouth's pub scene and I found it was a tough one to better - well worth a visit.
On 8th November 2016
- rating: 9
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Gill Smith left this review about Beerwolf Books
I really liked this interesting pub in a bookshop, or maybe bookshop in a pub. Will get some photos on in a bit. You have to enter up an alley opposite M & S and you see the pub straight in front of you. There are seats outside, and you have to go up a flight of stairs to get to the bar. Interesting inside as the stairs enter from the centre of the room, and you are facing a doorless room with books all shelved by category. The bar had about 4 handpulls of real ale available, and we had the 6% Harbour Pale Ale No 5. Wandered round looking at the posters etc on the walls, and there is a notice asking folk to be quiet when drinking or smoking outside as they could loose their licence which would be a shame. This is a bar I will visit every time I am in Falmouth. There is a table at the entrance of the book area to leave drinks while you browse the books. Fascinating place well worth a visit. And the beer was good too.
The above was in June 2013, and it is a pub we will always pop into when in the area, and we were happy with the beers on 24th May especially the divine Salopian Sentinel at 8.4%.
On 1st June 2014
- rating: 8
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Chris Sawle left this review about Beerwolf Books
In former working men's club hidden in side alley near Marks & Spencer. Wood burner, nicely dark, great ales and apples on. Brilliant selection of second-hand books to boot. Has reinvented how a pub can be.
On 13th October 2013
- rating: 9
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