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Quite a diversion in my Guide to the best of the Royal Mile. I found myself in a previously unexplored part of Edinburgh.
A couple of handpulls on with an excellent Deuchars IPA. Took me a while to twig it was a gay bar - with some rather striking art work.
Good beer and worthy of its entry in the 2018 Guide.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2DFiNcF
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Yes this is a gay-friendly bar. But I didn't feel uncomfortable in here and there is a reasonable ale selection - Houston Peter's Well & Slainte & Caledonian Deuchars IPA. They also had Old Rosie cider. Staff were friendly. The interior has some interesting features. Worthy of an entry in the current Good Beer Guide.
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Tried this bar as we had heard ofthe legendary real ale. Loved the comfy bar, atmosphere was great (yes it is primarily a gay hang out - get over it! we are a hetro couple with no prejudices just a love of ale). The beer was very well kept. The bar staff were a bit snippy and too hurried with the pints so the ale wasn't poured in an optimal manner. I forgive that as the quality shone through.
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I absolutely love this pub. Good beer and Guinness and also a mean cup of herbal tea! Really friendly atmosphere, really relaxed and very clean with good service and fairly priced.
WiFi is a bonus and it's lovely to see a pub that will allow dogs to wander around too.
Will visit this bar everytime I'm in Edinburgh... Must remember to try the food next time.
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ETA
Benzyl's 'Bears' are bulky homosexuals, fyi.
Strewth! I've just had this image of a few fat bears rolling in there after and afternoon's cottaging!
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Bears? WTF? Beer was good, WiFi worked. it had more of a private club atmosphere than a pub one though. Not my cup of tea.
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Good clean cosy venue with free wi-fi tasty food and a friendly and helpful bar staff to serve a good beer/wine/spirit mix. Likely to have some bears from Calton Hill in - not that you'd notice unless you looked.
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Good clean cosy venue with free wi-fi tasty food and a friendly and helpful bar staff to serve a good beer/wine/spirit mix. Likely to have some bears from Calton Hill in - not that you'd notice unless you looked.
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