Alexis Nethercleft

Review of The Brewery Exchange

We had three beers here. Not one of them was good....

We had three beers here. Not one of them was good. A Belgian stout, brewed with candy crystals, sounded promising but was really disappointing. It was sour, despite there being no mention of this on the tasting notes, and had none of the characteristics one would expect of a Belgian stout. The black lager was also incredibly sour and had a really nasty odour and aftertaste. The third beer, the only one which was supposed to be sour, was also unpleasant.

The barman asked us how they were and we said we were surprised with how sour the the stout and the lager were. He said words to the effect of 'well, you did choose 3 sour beers'. We hadn't.

I can't help wondering if the wild yeasts and bacteria used in their sour beers had infected their other beers too. Strongly recommend avoiding this place, especially given the extortionate prices.