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The Camden Beer Hall, Kentish Town West, NW5

Pub added by aleand hearty
55-59 Wilkin Street Mews
NW5
NW5 3NN

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Steve of N21 left this review about The Camden Beer Hall

To be fair they have done a bit more to it than just moving into another arch and this reopened a few weeks ago after closing for a while and undergoing a major make over and is now a lot bigger and a lot airier and a lot more corporate internally than the thrown together MDF bar that I remember. The tap wall has moved from the right to the left as you enter and is now twice as long as the old one with several more taps. Much more seating available and unfortunately now some screens for the sport which I don’t recall from before. It has also now undergone a rebranding exercise as is now called the Camden Beer Hall instead of just the Brewery bar. It is a lot larger than before but calling it a Beer Hall is over egging it, and the serving guy who showed us to our table had to admit that the Camden Town marketing guys were being a bit fanciful.
Plenty of Camden brews on, along with a couple of guests and I do like their Ink Stout when you have allowed it to warm up from the frozen state it is served.
In these Covid times you have to book in advance for the internal tables to be sure of getting one of these, but there are still the plentiful amount of outside benches that you can just ruck up to usually.

On 13th July 2021 - rating: 7
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Camden Beer Hall

The Camden Town Brewery Tap appears to have moved slightly into a different arch. However, there is still a vast array of the brewery's craft beers. On this occasion, there was Ink Stout, Session IPA, Modern Lager, India Hells Lager, Off Menu IPA, Hells Lager, Pale Ale, Arch 55 Ice Cream Lager & Wheat Lager, Tank Beer, Italian Pilsner, Gentleman's Wit, Strawberry Hells, Sour IPA, Belgian IPA, Vienna Lager, Camden X Wagamama & Camden X Homeslice.

The Camden Ink was typically cold and a little gassy, but drinkable. Bench tables fill the main bar, whilst there is a reasonably large outdoor seating area in the passageway at the side. Not really my kind of place, but I can say I've tried it. Craft beer lovers will undoubtedly enjoy a visit.

On 11th July 2021 - rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Camden Town Brewery Bar

Busy, buzzing brewery tap underneath the Kentish Town West station viaduct (but with some production still on this site following construction of its new brewery). Not a huge amount of seating inside, but plenty of space on the canteen-style tables out in the alleyway. No real ale, of course, but the variety of 11 craft keg beers from a total of 13 taps would offer something of interest to all but the most curmudgeonly, and I went for the Red Lager (£4.50) which was a bit different and well made.

On 6th July 2019 - rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about Camden Town Brewery Bar

Prior to their 2017 expansion into a new £30 million plant in Enfield, this was the main operational site for the remarkably popular Camden Town Brewery, who still retain brewing facilities next to this modest tap room. The premises are located, in true London brewery fashion, in a series of railway arches beneath Kentish Town West station, with the bar occupying a single arch a little way down from the main road. The approach to the bar is lined with a number of picnic benches, making it a promising spot for some outdoor drinking in warmer months, even if it is mainly in the shadow of the railway line. A huge, glass-fronted arch bearing the brewery logo gives way into the surprisingly compact concrete floored room, with the servery located along the back wall. Corrugated iron clads the vaulted ceiling – a trend many of these railway arch bars seems to adopt, which I always feel is a real shame – whilst the walls have been whitewashed and the servery has a rather austere looking counter made from cheap looking wood topped with a marginally more presentable counter. Hard tables and stools run through the centre of the room, with similarly hard benches and low metal stools to either side, meaning that none of the seating options are particularly comfortable. Potted plants around much of the room add some much needed colour, as do some large, brightly coloured posters and a big TV screen showing endless promotional material. A shelf to the rear left has been stacked with various local listings and craft beer magazines and there was a decent rock and pop soundtrack playing.
The keg taps are all lined up across the bar back and dispense a wide range of Camden Town beers, with options on this visit extending to Pale, Pils, Wit, Ink Stout, Show Off, Oktoberfest and two variations of their Hells beer. The Ink Stout is the only Camden beer I’ve ever managed to get to grips with and it was pretty good here, albeit way too cold at first. The bar staff were very friendly and having arrived to find the place almost deserted, things livened up considerably when a massive band of fancy dress wearing Halloween revellers turned up and instantly packed the place out.
I suppose this place was a front runner of sorts for the numerous railway arch micro-breweries you can find all over London nowadays. The bar here has better facilities and a wider beer range than most of these sort of bars, but then again, Camden are a much bigger brewer than those other breweries and something a bit more refined is perhaps to be expected. I don’t care much for their beer, but this is a decent place to stop off in passing and makes for a good contrast with the more traditional Tapping the Admiral, a short distance away.

On 16th January 2019 - rating: 6
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Moby Duck left this review about Camden Town Brewery Bar

This bar exceeded my expectations as did the beer here, I can't add much to the descriptions below except that the brewery itself occupies a further four railway arches beyond the bar,It appears to be quite a slick operation. There is the opportunity to sign up for a drop in 30 min tour on a Saturday for the cost of a "gold coin donation" on a first come first served basis, or book a more extensive tour in advance.The guys behind the bar were enthusiastic and knowledgeable about there beer and extremely helpful regarding tasters for us keg novices.I have to say the beer was exceptionally good, given that I had a very average Camden Pale in back in December elsewhere, along with Mr Fastard below who I don't think was overly impressed with his Helles Lager that day.However I couldn't fault the beer on offer here, particularly the Ink Stout and Flue Faker,a top notch bar and will be back soon.

On 28th February 2016 - rating: 8
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Camden Town Brewery Bar

Situated off a courtyard to the side of Kentish Town West station,the bar is housed in an arch and you get the occasional rumble of the trains above.The room is quite small with high tables to the left,a fitted bench running around a section to the side of the bar and a shabby chic vibe.There is much more room outside and space heaters are used on chilly nights,while the food shack was turning out flamed burgers and hot dogs which also generated additional warmth.
The young serving staff were most helpful and gave samples .I counted 15 keg taps but the beer menu lists 12 Camden Brewery brews so maybe some taps are doubled up.The range is impressive with a few very high ABV options and while pint pricing starting at £4.10 up to £4.50 may be considered high , not outrageous in my book.Another plus point was that the beers were not heavily chilled and the carbonation wasn't excessive ,so the flavour of my Wit and Flue Faker (smoked ) came through straight away.Free popcorn was another nice touch.I didnt investigate up some stairs but the wall decorations are interesting ,the muzak enhancing the lively atmosphere.
I liked it and would return to have a go at some very good kegged beer,my colleagues also enjoyed their burgers.Worth including on any visit to The Grafton and Tapping the Admiral.

On 27th February 2016 - rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about Camden Town Brewery Bar

Another of the increasing number of small London breweries that seem to utilise railway arches for their brewery premises and this one is tucked away down a passage way just by Kentish Town West station. In front of the brewery is their bar, which is open most days except for Monday with closing at 9.00PM and 11.00PM on a Friday and Saturday. Food is also provided by approved street traders who pitch up in the external space on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, but I sadly had to be on my way before the guys on this Saturday evening got set up.
The bar has the feel of a bit of a prefab structure as you would expect of something built into the railway arches but then there is a decent internal space with high table seating and then a decent sized outside bench seating area under a canopy with heaters.
The beers are dispensed from a line of taps on a white tiled wall and as well as pints and halves you can order a tasting rack of third sized glasses to try a bit of several brews. I’m partial to their Ink Stout so didn’t bother going beyond this. I rate the Camden Town Brewery as one of the better Craft breweries, so this was a decent stop for me and with the Grafton and Tapping the Admiral a short walk away I can see myself returning.

On 4th January 2016 - rating: 7
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