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Wetherspoons are always good value, so will do well on the rating scale here, but this one is worth a look in for sure. Not much to look at. Maybe it's the fact that you can get some good Scottish sessioners here (including three from Dundee's MoR). Service is really friendly as well. Handy for St Enoch underground station.

Visited on 30 May 2025 at 20:46

jjsint (8803) reviewed

Ticia from MòR Brewing

1 year ago

7/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Handpull cask the the Crystal Palace (JDW), Glasgow. Light to mid-brown, a little translucent with a small loose buff head. Deep chocolate malt aroma, some dark fruit, hedgerow. Sweet taste, fruity and malty with a tinge of bitterness in the finish is. Light body with soft carbonation. Top class stuff, but really simple.

Tried from Cask at Crystal Palace (JDW) on 30 May 2025 at 20:10

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Innis and Gunn Brewery Taproom City Centre

1 year ago

6.8/10 — Setting 7 Selection 7 Service 7 Food Value 6 Overall 7

Whisper it, but this is a nice place. More spacious and comfortable than the West End taproom, this has that typical warehouse-y taproom feel without having to trudge to an industrial estate. And the choice isn't impossible. 7 Innis & Gunn beers on Tap plus four more available packaged. A few gusts including two Inveralmonds and three Campervans, but my guess is that repeated custom would see a diminishing return of ticks. And then here's the issue of the beer itself: I've had some decent beers from Innis & Gunn but some serious stinkeroos as well. So worth trying but I'd imagine few would call this their regular.

Visited on 29 May 2025 at 23:24

jjsint updated a beer: El Capitan Export Stout brewed by Bullhouse Brew Co.
1 year ago

jjsint (8803) reviewed

Schöfferhofer Tropical Fruit from Binding-Brauerei

1 year ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5

Draught at the Stereo, Glasgow. Mid-gold and hazy with a small film of white head and good lacing. Notes of grapefruit, pineapple, papaya on the nose. Taste is mostly sweet with a slight wheat sourness in the latter half of the sip. Chalky aftertaste. Medium body with carbonation slightly on the heavy side. Decent for what it is, if somewhat artificial.

Tried from Draft at Stereo on 28 May 2025 at 21:50

jjsint added a new beer Schöfferhofer Tropical Fruit by Binding-Brauerei
1 year ago

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Canadian Cherrywood Finish from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co.

1 year ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5

Draught from the city centre taproom, Glasgow. Brownish red, translucent with a small beige ring of head and uneven lacing. Woody, rye-spicy aroma. Sweet taste with sweet spice, white pepper, and a dry finish with a medicinal bitterness. Very heavy carbonation. Nice to find an Innis & Gunn I like well enough although it is a bit one dimensional.

Tried from Draft at Innis and Gunn Brewery Taproom City Centre on 29 May 2025 at 22:22

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Project 7 - The Wonka from Stewart Brewing

1 year ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5

Rraught keg at the Raven, Glasgow. Pours amber/red and hazy with a small uneven ring of pinkish/beige head and uneven lacing. Light raspberry aroma but not kuch here. Sweet taste with a little but of sourness in the finish. More berry on the tongue in the aftertaste. Light body with good carbonation. Pretty good, not really remarkable but does the job.

Tried from Draft at The Raven on 29 May 2025 at 21:56

jjsint (1585) reviewed

The Raven

1 year ago

7.6/10 — Setting 8 Selection 8 Service 8 Food Value 6 Overall 8

This is my second trip to Glasgow so my place rating is mopping up a lot of places I didn't get to before plus a couple new places. So with a couple of exceptions it's been a bit disappointing. But the Raven is something else. Going in, it looks and feels like any old pub, a bit laid back and full of students. But it is a proper beer bar with three cask beers and eight proper keg: four from the Cold Town brewery and four guests. I went for a Stewarts that I'd not tried on keg. It was a good beer with a decent price. Very pleasantly surprised by this bar.

Visited on 29 May 2025 at 21:50

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Pot Still

1 year ago

7.8/10 — Setting 7 Selection 6 Service 9 Food Value 9 Overall 8

Not a beer barbper se with over 1000 Whiskies, but the Pot Still still has one of the better Beer selections (small though it may be) around the city centre. Four cask beers, usually sessionable but in perfect nick, from Scottish breweries like Fierce and Stewart. Not all usual suspects either; you'll get ticks.and then there's the Whiskies but that's for another day. As it is one smallish room it can get insanely crowded in the evening. Prices are insanely low.

Visited on 29 May 2025 at 21:45