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Quinno _ left this review about Overdraft
The cask has gone now and the place has moved firmly into hipster keg territory – indeed, I was served by a guy who looked like a Stabillo highlighter and had a similar personality. To their benefit there’s a decent selection available and the (high) prices are clearly labelled by the bar. Seating is farily minimal and not exactly comfy. I went for Vocation Mango infused beer which was rather nice. 5.5
November 2017
Winchester's first micropub. Except it isn't really, it's a minimalist hipster-style bar. Three areas knocked through in a long and narrow interior with stripped wood flooring, olive green walls, exposed brick etc. Seating is classic hipster, stools and junkyard salvaging with many people having to make do with a shelf along the wall. Food is tacos for 7 quid. 14 keg, 2 ciders and 4 cask, with the cask via stillage. Cask choices were Wild Beer Bibble, Tiny Rebel Dirty Stop Out, Church End Goats Milk and Urban Island Citra. A half of the latter was unfortunately stillage-like - fairly flat and unremarkable - though an acquaintance who was in earlier in the day said that the Bibble was in good shape. Prices are clearly labelled on slates to the left of the bar and it was interesting to see that all cask was £4 a pint, regardless of strength. A bonus point was gained by the presence of a continental style water dispenser with free lemon and thyme infused H2o. Very busy at 5pm on Saturday so is clearly filling a niche locally. Noted that The Smiths album was actually playing off a turntable further up the room. These sorts of places often leave me a bit cold - it's fine for what it is and I’ll give it another go as it’s near the station (and the ever-reliable Albion). Rated 6
On 7th August 2022
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Overdraft
Narrow craft beer bar extending back towards a small kitchen. Quite dark inside, and the seating is mainly basic wooden trestle tables / benches, although the small number of pavement tables at the front look more inviting... We caught it on a bit of a bad day because on of the coolers had failed so only six of the 12 craft keg taps were working. Still, a good selection of different styles but expensive; my pint of the Unity x Overdraft Stylus collaboration was about the cheapest offering at £5.40.
On 27th July 2022
- rating: 6
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E TA left this review about Overdraft
A former shop and possibly a micro,as described by others below. The first thing you notice when you walk in is the prices, which don't look too bad until you realise some are for halves or thirds. As Tris C hints, below, this is why it's called 'Overdraft'. 'Street food' was on offer, presumably an alternative name for road kill, but we didn't eat. The ebullient bearded barstaff struggled a bit when a group of us arrived,and we had to shuffle around to avoid blocking the door. There was a good vibe, though, including some rather disturbing discussion about bestio-pornographic YouTube videos which we think was initiated by the likelihood of this pub's Millenial target demographic trying to shock. There was a long array of taps - I think it was around a dozen - dispensing craft ales, none of which I had previously encountered, so I went for one of the two boxed ciders, which would have benefited from being served a bit cooler. Unlike the cider I didn't warm to the place so am unlikely to come back as there are better pubs nearby.
On 17th July 2022
- rating: 5
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Tris C left this review about Overdraft
This is a shop conversion dating from October 2017, no longer selling real ale.
It’s as described below with hipster interior, including much planking, bare brick, uncomfortable trestle table and bench seating, bottles of chilli oil on the tables and hanging plants to a smooth soundtrack and the waft of incense.
Due to the lack of cask, I didn’t have a beer, but heard from other drinkers that the place was very expensive, which probably explains the name.
On 16th July 2022
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Graham Coombs left this review about Overdraft
A hipster craft joint gone for the industrial look with scaffold and plank furnishings, bare brickwork and distressed wood. There is a kitchen at the back and an area of pavement tables out the front. No real ale now but a long row of keg taps did offer an impressive selection of crafty brews, albeit at equally impressive prices, and there were a couple of boxed ciders also. Visit if you want to sample a strange craft brew but don't bother otherwise.
On 16th July 2022
- rating: 5
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Moby Duck left this review about Overdraft Winchester
Almost a carbon copy of its sister bar in Southampton,It describes itself as a "Craft Ale Bar and Taqueria" ( it does Taco based food). Sparse in decor,seating is mainly stools around the periphery with shelves for drinks and or food to rest, there is some bench seating inside as well as outside on the pavement. Its mainly about the beer though, on my visit four cask ales were on, drawn direct from the barrel, twelve in total were racked up, Urban Island Citra, Arbor Never A Frown, Tiny Rebel Dirty Stop Out and Church End Goats Milk were the choice on my afternoon visit, these were backed up by fourteen craft keg beers and four Ciders, prices were relatively decent for this type of outlet down south, £3.90 on all casks,£2.00 for halfs and the majority of the keg beers were £5.20. I would consider this a micropub were it not for the fact music was playing via two turntables and also the semi open kitchen to the rear. It is though a definite step up in the beer scene for Winchester.
On 27th October 2017
- rating: 7
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