Hi Guys,
Apologies if this is in the wrong section, but just wondering if you could suggest some good bars with a nice selection of beers in Belfast?
Heading up in mid-October for a work thing, it'll be based around the Hilton, and just wondering if there was anything in that area?
Thanks!
I think The Bot is the only pub in Belfast. Right?
The Crown do cask ales
My stab at Belfast craft bars:
The Brewbot - If you have a beard and brogues
The Errigle - If the brewbot is too intimidating.
The Woodworkers - If you are a student
The Sunflower - If you have a Che Guvera tshirt
The John Hewitt - If you are a poet
The Black Box - If you are in art school
Did I miss any bars/ sterotypes?
The Harp bar - If you are, or are looking for, a divorcee
Laverys - If you lost your way back from the Woodworker toilets
Duke of York - If you're looking for a once decent place that's now full of hicks
Filthy McNastys - If you're looking for a bar that wrongly thinks its name is quirky and ironic, when it is in fact spot on
Hudson - If you like going into bars just to look at the taps in dismay and asking the barman 'what the hell happened?'
The Spaniard - If you like bars that are too full of their own self importance
Wetherspoons - If you're looking for cask ale and a kicking under the same roof
White's Tavern - If you just fancy the kicking.
The Dirty Onion - If you like puzzling over why drinking bad beer in an apparent building site is so popular
The National - If you like being reminded just how unattractive you really are.
The Hatfield - if you're a culchie
Thanks for the guidance guys and the clientele description :P
I'll have to figure out now where will I fit in...
Because I have kids and a short leash, I had to get a takeaway from the Vineyard on the Ormeau Road, great establishment!
The guy there recommended Bittles beside Victoria square, but they had a no kids sign on the door, so I got stuck walking around Hollister & Pull & bear for 3/4 hours :-(
Bittles is a great bar. Room for about 3-7 people maximum. But has one of the best ranges of beer in Belfast, not to mention the whisky, and they charge reasonable amounts too
An old thread from June 2016 but I think most of these are still around
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/belfast-homebrewers/top-ten-belfast-bars/msg150992/#msg150992 (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/belfast-homebrewers/top-ten-belfast-bars/msg150992/#msg150992)
Wow, Hudson at #2 as recently as June last year. That's some fall from grace.
+1 on Bittles. Tiny, but great selection. Was down there 2 Saturdays ago.
Also worth a mention is Voodoo, behind Boots. Used to be Copperfields. Looks rough from the outside but does a great craft selection on draught. Saw the Sleaford Mods play there a couple of years ago. Good gig.
-Barry
Speaking of BrewBot, it's finally official:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/food-drink-hospitality/galway-brewery-taking-over-belfast-brewbot-bar-on-ormeau-road-36212433.html
-Barry
Shame about the Hardware. Think DeLorean.
Thats good news on the GB bit.
Quote from: johnrm on October 10, 2017, 10:33:06 AM
Shame about the Hardware. Think DeLorean.
Back to the Future 4 - McFly travels to the year 2120 in a stylish wood and metal all-in-one brewing machine which saves himself a whopping 55 minutes off a brew day, all for only 8,000 quid.
Quote from: johnrm on October 10, 2017, 10:33:06 AM
Thats good news on the GB bit.
Yeah, happy about that one. Could have been a much worse outcome alright. Hopefully they'll still let us use the place for our meets :)
-Barry