The Goat Major, Cardiff

Picked a few pubs from the Good Beer Guide before visiting Cardiff and had good hopes for this one. What a disappointment! - pint of SA served from a barrel behind the bar was as flat as a pancake and after drinking about a quartet of it the vinegar taste was starting to come through. Could have gone back to change it but probably would have been a challenge to explain this to the two girls behind the bar who were more interested in messing around than serving good beer.

27 Aug 2013 22:59

Brigantes Bar and Brasserie, York

Proper real ale pub with a range of mostly local real ales - I counted 9 on tap that day. There is also a 'beer menu' blackboard above the bar to make help you make your choice (name/brewery/ABV% etc). Pub is decorated in a modern 'wine bar' style and the friendly service is excellent from apparently knowledgeable staff - I'm sure you could take a pint back to the bar if it wasn't 100% right, although the beers we sampled were excellent. There is also a selection of foreign bottled beers available although we didn't try these. Beers available on my visit included Bah Humbug (Ossett), Guzzler and IPA (York Brewery - brewed in the next street), Mary Christmas (Ilkley), Spicecracker (Treboom) and Buckeye (Rooster's).
Definitely worth a visit.

1 Jan 2013 18:30