Beer Rebellion, Gipsy Hillback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Nothing not to like about Beer Rebellion. Good beer good music and friendly service. No board games, no distressed furniture and no Jus.
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If you like real ales this place is a must. The first time i drank in here there was a a good selection of ales, I sampled a traditional English Bitter, a Milk Stout and a Porter. The second time I visited I opted for the same but different brewers and all the beer was well kept. There was the usual multitude of Pale Ales, Hoppys as every real ale pubs seem to have these days so it's refreshing to drink in a place where you have a good choice. No tv's, no slot machines. A thoroughly ejoyable experience but pricey.
scarr - 15 Jan 2017 19:27 |
Decent, small place opposite Gypsy Hill train station. Run by Late Knights, but oddly had no Late Knights beer when I visited. Had a Milk Stout instead (can't remember vrewery sorry). Toilets are a little odd.
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After 2 pubs and a bottle shop in East Dulwich, we moved onto Beer Rebellion at Gipsy Hill. It's one of 3 Late Knights establishments in the capital and this one is situated right opposite the station. It has a micropub feel with only a few tables and a tiny space. Although a large part is taken up by a semi-open kitchen. There was a good selection of cask ales - Late Knights Morning Glory, Wormcatcher, Crack of Dawn, Peckham Rye IPA & Penge Porter & Dark Star Hophead. They also had a read cider - Abrahalls AD. Craft beers were Late Knights American Pale & Hefeweizen, Siren Liquid Mistress, London Beer Factory Imperial Milk Stout & Orbit Neu. The milk stout was very nice indeed. This was easily our favourite pub of the day. I'll have to try the other branches in Peckham and Sydenham.
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Went last Saturday afternoon. Great real ales and a good buzz about the place. Opposite the railway station which is only half hour of Victoria
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This friendly pub is owned by the Late Knights micro brewery (based in Penge in South East London). Listed as a 'micropub' by Wikipedia it is in a converted shop opposite Gipsy Hill railway station and has a modest bar area (four stools) and three small stool-height tables on the opposite wall. There is a downstairs space with more comfortable seating but no bar.
Late Knights beers are available from cask and keg. When I visited in early January they had 'Morning Glory' (Best Bitter), 'Worm Catcher' (IPA) and 'Frosty Morning' (dark ESB style) all being served from cask and all in perfect condition.
Beer from the London Beer Factory and the local micro Gipsy Hill Brewing Company are regularly available, with 'Chelsea Blonde' and 'Beatnik', respectively, from cask when I visited.
A large range of bottled beers from interesting micros (and canned beer from Beavertown and Pressure Drop) plus cask cider, whisky, bourbon, wine and fancy soft drinks ensure that most visitors can find something to enthusiastically drink.
Food is available from an in-bar kitchen area (aggressive extractor fans stop the cooking smell from overwhelming the bar) and beer snacks include posh crisps, beer sticks (spicy salami), pork pies and 'beerkins' (battered gherkins!) This is not a restaurant or 'gastro' pub though the burgers and hot dogs are made from local good quality ingredients. (I tried the Bratwurst.)
There are no gaming machines, jukeboxes or big screen presentations of sporting events so this is a great pub for convivial conversation with friends. The background music is never intrusive (I recognised the Stranglers and David Bowie from the play-list).
Children (lightly supervised) are welcome and though there is step-free access there is not much space for pushchairs.
Pub friendly dogs occasionally visit with their owners.
Great beer, friendly and knowledgeable staff, tasty, good quality food and space to socialise (or not) make this a destination pub worth a special journey not just a 'local' for the lucky residents of Gipsy Hill.
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Last pub of the evening of my 4 in Crystal Palace & Gipsy Hill and by far the best…what a cracking this place is.
Came in here around 10pm after watching football on the tele in the Railway Bell with 2 friends.
7 ales dispensed directly from the barrels, the ales on offer were from the following breweries Liverpool Craft Beer Co, Late Knights, Whittlebury, Totally Brewed, Brighton Bier and Pitfield and in addition there were 5 ciders dispensed from boxes and a great range of bottled beers.
Between the 3 of us we had 9 pints and all were top quality, I had the 2 offerings from Liverpool Craft Beer Co and 1 from Pitfield….cracking beers from Liverpool Craft Beer Co…worth trying if you like your IPA’s.
I need to also mention the great service, really was top notch.
Top beers, good & varied choice of whiskeys, extremely large bottle selection, marble slab counter, burgers to enjoy in the small seating area, music playing at a decent level….this place gets 10/10 from me…superb!
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