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The Curfew, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
TD15 1AQ
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Curfew
Micropub that can be found up an alley, which leads into a courtyard with tables and chairs. Inside, there is a small bar area and a separate bottle shop area at a slightly lower level.
The young barman was quite knowledgeable about the various beers, whilst a guy who obviously brewed beer was sat next to the bar talking to him. He seemed quite well oiled!
4 real ales were on - Black Isle Porter, Cross Borders Scottish Ale, Ossett White Rat & Swannay IPA. Real ciders were Weston's Old Rosie & Dudda's Tun Dudda's Original. Craft beers available were Rigg & Furrow Jett & Almasty Green.
I'm a bit of a sucker for a micropub. If I lived in Berwick, this would almost certainly be my destination of choice.
On 13th May 2022
- rating: 8
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Quinno _ left this review about The Curfew
Micropub hidden up a discreet side alley so keep an eye out! Enter into a covered courtyard; at first it isn't obvious where the place is but carry on up and you'll see the beer garden in front of you and a door to the right. Enter into a simple main room with wood block flooring, breweriana, plentiful CAMRA awards and a small bar that nonetheless packs in four casks, a couple of ciders and a fridge with some interesting choices from overseas. Cask selection was welcomingly eclectic across a range of styles over my three visits I had beers such as; Dancing Duck Dark Drake (NBSS 5), Mallinsons Trans Pacific (4), Beezlebub’s Tears (4.5) and Columbus (4.5), Five Points XPA (3.5) Neptune’s Forecast Godiva (4.5). Those scores are superb, very few places can knock out that quality and it’s the fact that the cask shifts - fast. There’s a selection of cold pub food, the wild boar sausage roll was very tasty with a bit of sweetness and went down well for £3.25, so much so I also had a venison and game pie as well. Friendly staff and punters (this place was busy every evening whilst most of the other pubs in town were quiet). One small downside was lack of artificial light, they seem to like it Hobbit-like in here but I sometimes found it a tad gloomy. A very minor quibble though. This is a superb ale destination. 9.5
On 10th November 2021
- rating: 9
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Curfew
A friendly micro down an alley, with a couple of rooms and tables outside in the alley. On pump were Oakham Inferno, Bone Machine Swordfish Trombone (yes, really), Marble Stout and TT Boltmaker, plus a couple of ciders. Food is restricted to cold pies and haggis scotch eggs. A serious drinker's pub and well worth a visit.
On 15th August 2021
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about The Curfew
This is set down a short alley leading off Bridge Street but thankfully there is a sign there otherwise it would be really difficult to find.
The pub is at the end of a short alley on the right where there is a courtyard that is probably larger than the pub itself. Inside it's a rectangular room with the bar at the far end and none of the high tables and chairs often found in these sort of places. It's not a large micropub nor is it one of the smallest.
Four beers were available Just A Minute End of an Era, Wishbone Black Porter, Captain Cook Endeavour and Swannay Island Hopping. I went for the Wishbone Porter (£3.30) which was in excellent nick. All in all another good micropub.
On 6th June 2016
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Curfew
Nice to see Will was in here also ! We called here on a Monday afternoon, where we got a nice friendly welcome from the landlady or should I say owner. There was another couple of drinkers on our visit, who were also friendly and chatty, whilst sitting out on the patio. Four ales on handpump on our visit, which were Almasty Amarillo Pale, Bad Seed Farmhouse IPA, Bank Top Porto Call and Adnams Southwold. I went for the Almasty and Bad Seed, both were excellent. We left here around 3pm, when a group of about ten people were making their way in. One of the locals told us the pub is extremely busy mid week and weekends.
On 10th July 2015
- rating: 8
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Will Larter left this review about The Curfew
Although it's only been open a few months, this tiny micropub has clearly already established itself in the Berwick drinking scene. A tiny room, added to the back of the neighbouring business and accessed through a gated alleyway, there's barely enough space for a bar, and the furniture consists of four small tables, some chairs and a couple of pews. There are more tables and chairs in the yard outside, with a canopy covering part of the area, but only hardened smokers were stepping out there when we were here the other night.
On the bar are four hand pumps and a cider polypin. There's no lager, but bottles from Belgium and Germany are available in the fridge behind. A menu details the small snacks that can be provided, or delivered on request from the local tapas restaurant.
Plain white walls are adorned by a few Belgian beer adverts, and by the depiction of the portcullis with clock behind which illustrates the pub's name, deriving from the town's curfew bell which is traditionally rung at 8pm. The pub closes at 9pm on weekdays - which early hour was partly an inspiration for the name - and 10pm at weekends. There's no music or TVs, just conversation and banter between customers and staff. Beer is mostly from English micros, partly because of the difficulty obtaining deliveries from Scotland: two available at the time of my visit came from Liverpool Craft Beer Co and Bank Top of Bolton. Both the beers I had were in excellent condition and reasonably priced, and I was told that the bottled beers are 50p cheaper than the equivalents in Barrels along the road.
On 30th November 2014
- rating: 7
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