jjsint
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jjsint (8701) reviewed Project 7 - The Wonka from Stewart Brewing 10 months ago
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.
jjsint (1552) reviewed The Raven 10 months ago
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. Goin in, it looks and feels like any old pub, a bit laid back and 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 jot tried on keg. It was a good beer with a decent price. Very pleasantly surprised by this bar.
jjsint (1552) reviewed Pot Still 10 months ago
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.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Noir from Fierce Beer Co 10 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Pot Still, Glasgow. Dark brown. Close to black with a small beige head. Light roast malt aroma, touches of coffee, blackberry, ash. Sweet taste with a slightly sour dryness on the finish. More fruit and ash here. Light body with soft carbonation. Nice.
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Drum & Monkey (Nicholson's)
located in Glasgow, Scotland
10 months ago
Setting - 9 | Selection - 5 | Service - 8 | Food - | Value - 4 | Overall - 7
Decent Nicholson's pub in the middle of Glasgow. It has a wonderfully opulent feel, and it's slightly quieter than many pubs on a Thursday evening. Now, I used to love this chain but after the Covid lock downs they pared down the beer choice and in my opinion never fully recovered. However I was able to get a tick from the seven handpumps. Good news: I got it on a dimpled jug. Bad news: it was far too warm for my liking. The menu is standard Nicholson's fare with some added local choices (e.g. Balmoral chicken and cranachan). Worth a look in.
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Drum & Monkey (Nicholson's)
located in Glasgow, Scotland
10 months ago
jjsint (8701) reviewed Sunwave from Fierce Beer Co 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Handpull cask at the Drum & Monkey, Glasgow.light to mid-gold, hazy with a very thin layer of white head. Fresh juicy aroma: tangerines, pineapples, maybe a hint of lychee with that tiny touch of vanilla malt. Sweet taste, very fruity but with a light hoppy bitterness nearer the finish. Body is a little thin with no carbonation. Not too bad by any means.
jjsint (1552) reviewed Stereo 10 months ago
Setting - 8 | Selection - 5 | Service - 8 | Food - | Value - 5 | Overall - 7
Youth oriented late night cafe bar off a city centre alleyway. Crikey, I might be twice the age of the next oldest person here. It's dark and BoHo and convivial. A few easily available beers on draught, plus some cans behind the bar. A good selection of low/no options. Not a place for an old ass like me, but probably decent otherwise.
Setting - 9 | Selection - 5 | Service - 7 | Food - | Value - 5 | Overall - 6
Comely old-fashioned bar in the city centre. Massive island bar in the centre. Three cask beers available - two Stewarts and Landord - plus the usual macro suspects. Worth coming in for the charisma of the building but it doesn't have all that much to recommend it beerwise.