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Visited with the family and enjoyed the experience. Good food, friendly staff and the Black Lager is to die for. On the minus side, the pint of Pale Ale I tried looked like mud - I returned it only to be told by a surly barman that it had just finished brewing so it was cloudy. He and the brewer (if that was true) clearly no nothing about looking after beer as it should stand for some days after brewing has finished.
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Contempary meets "Spit and Sawdust". Tubular, glass -multi-level and reflective, with a busy bar area! I like my ales and my food, and this scored for both - and some atmosphere thrown in for free. The Micro brewery is gaining popularity again, and these ales are interesting and alternative. Can't rememeber the individual brands, but the reddish colour pint was rather sweet....that's not really the point though as the varied and fine selection ensures there's something to keep all real ale fans amused for at leat an evening; if however you prefer the global high St brands, they're there too. We had Pizzas which were averagely priced, home made and delicious. The arrived promptly too on a busy Thursday night.
We got some seats out on the patio, which on a summer's eve is quite nice (if you like pubs by the road). There's a busy more formal restaurant section indoors. Mixed clientelle , weighting on the late 20's and 30's crowd. However there's a more lively buzzing bar next door with noise pollution escaping out to street - and some eye candy to boot.
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This place is unusual in that it's a fusion of two worlds - the normal, unadvenurous trendy world of mega-brands meets with something rather more individual and quirky - and it works. The beer is all brewed on site (which seems to put people off, I guess because some poeple only drink big brands they've heard of) but it's very good beer indeed. I agree with Quinnos's description - a cross between traditional real ale and mass-produced lager.
Try the Black Lager - very tasty if you let it warm up a bit.
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Continental in style ,beer isn't like uk lagers and normally well presented. interesting specials (Bulgarian Honey Beer on our visit).Food excellent,consider sharing a pizza unless really hungry. Staff service excellent.
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Wasn’t keen on the ZD outlet in Bristol, but this one is better.
ZD beer their own beer on site, for those who don’t know. A fair range, it’s continental in style (ie not real ale as such) but it’s a decent halfway house between Stella and Summer Lightning.
The usual Crystal Maze Industrial Zone-style interior for drinking, which I personally don’t like but others think it’s a good design. However the outside façade does look quite striking, in a good way.
Eaten there a couple of times (restaurant area a little more traditional), food is good and the service was of a decent standard – I was quite taken with pizzas.
I wouldn’t be tempted in to drink outside of summer though, it’s often freezing inside and doesn’t look inviting in the same way that the Allied does – quite often you’re standing.
Blokes toilets have some unusual decoration, a tick for that. Girl with the clipboard is my preference.
Trying to something a bit different, so good luck to them. Worth checking out I think.
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It's something a bit different, and it's rather good too. Decent value food, and the beers are fresh tasting and interesting. The pale ale in particular is very nice. The bar seating area already seems to be looking a bit scruffy at times, and can feel a bit impersonal because of all the exposed pipework and steel, but the restaurant section is very pleasant.
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