I just stayed here for a wedding. Decent sized parking area with a very nice garden. Beautiful…read moreplace. It was very welcoming and clean with all new bathrooms with cozy robes, complimentary beer, fizzy water, biscuits, and we enjoyed some great food. Breakfast was included. Also very dog friendly! They provided a dog bed for the family dog. Oh and very lovely beer brewed on side! Will be back for sure!

An absolute gem of a pub in one of Devon's prettiest, most tucked away coastal villages. The…read moreMason's Arms is, quite simply, a fantastic place in every sense of the word. I've stopped off for a snack or a quick drink a couple of times, and it's always really impressed me, and the lunch my parents and I had recently ranks as one of the best pub dinners the Andrews family can remember. Their crab sandwiches were fresh, as were the fish in their delicious creamy leek fish stew, while the ploughmans was huge. Desserts of chocolate and pecan brownie and banana fritters with toffee sauce were gobbled up. Ok, it's not cheap for a Devon pub, but the food is worth every penny - there was hardly anything on the menu I didn't want to scoff down. The pub itself is a charming sprawl of wooden rooms, and a small seating area out the front. It's homely and although the staff run a slick operation, they're still friendly and helpful. The pub was recently taken over by St Austell Brewery, so there's a good range of their beers, plus a couple of guest ales. This includes one local beer brewed in Branscombe. It's quaint, delicious, comfy and sits in one of the most stunning areas of the Devon coast. It is, quite simply, a perfect pub.

Just one stop away from Exeter (and quite literally next-door to the train platform) is this very…read morecozy and beloved pub. As the name implies, the decor is locomotive themed. The beer is a mix of in house brewed and locally brewed, and the food is some of the best I've had in town. I look forward to taking future visitors here. Also unlike what the page says, they do accept cards.

Super cosy pub vibes with a fireplace during the colder season. 5 ales on tap by The Beer Engine…read more Tried two of them and they were great - a lighter session (rail ale) and a brown ale (piston bitter). The staff were friendly and helpful. The dishes were decent portions so we didn't even need to get a starter or dessert.

Tiny micro brewery which produces really, really nice continental style craft beers like Pilsners,…read moreBelgian and Bavarian style wheat beers (my favourite is the Chocolate Wheat Beer) At the moment you can only buy the bottled beer in a few venues in Cardiff (see their website) and in a few festivals, but I believe this about to change and will soon be available in shops. They also hold regular MicroBEER Festivals in the yard outside now and again, so sing up for their e-mails.

The microbeer festivals, the first weekend of every month, are lovely, intimate and busy affairs…read morewith live music and much conversation. The brewery itself is open most saturdays selling bottled beers. The beers are totally delicious and unqiue but not as cheap as your local pub, just a warning which shouldn't put you off since you pay for what you get. The entrance to the beer courtyard is opposite The Diary (formally Pontcanna Pine),just go under the archway. As well as the website the facebook site is an excellent way to keep informed about the festivals etc.

Excellent brewery, came here for a tour which was all you can taste at the end. The staff was…read moreextreamly knowledgeable and friendly, take the tour!

Very polite staff and very friendly and helpful i will be coming back and the prices are greatread more

While I have occasionally had a bad Otter I've had a good…read morepint of each of their beers somewhere, so I know they are very good if they are kept well I like the simple but pleasing design of their pump clips and I feel a bit guilty for liberating a pint glass with their motif on from a pub once. Would love to visit the brewery but seems a bit remote.

Palmers Brewery has a great wine store on site that has a massive range of wines from around the…read moreworld (much better variety than the Morrisons across the road) you can also buy beer from the cask in 4 pint bottles for around the £7-8 mark. The Palmers 200 ale is really good as is the Tally Ho! They also stock a range of vintage wines champagnes and ports so if you are after something special then this is your place! There is also a brewery tour to see how all that lovely beer is made! A great place to stop off if holidaying in the area!

Despite the slightly dodgy name (snicker), Butcombe are a local producer of quality real ales and…read morethey have the award to prove it. So you can buy them all in the shops now and in many pubs now, but they're all brewed right here in a small, one shed factory. I am a fan of all their deep-flavoured, well fermented Gold, Blond, Bitter and Brunel ale varieties. They've even branched out into cider and are in cahoots with other local North Somerset alcohol producer, Thatcher's cider. Visitors are always welcome to the on-site shop, so head on down.

My new favourite brewery! Having been brought up on real ales I've never really fitted in with the…read morewhole cider drinking culture in the south west. So to find Butcombe Brewery just a short bike ride down the road is a real bonus. I'd had a few pints of their bitter since moving to the area (thankfully they serve it in my local pub) I was aware of their mainstream beer already. Then last year I visited the brewery on their open day - what an event! There was a band on, a burger bar and lots of people. They had a wide range of beers on and it really did feel like they'd opened their doors to the public. They even gave away free beer! I did note their brewery tours were booked up well in advance and I'm guessing they might give you a drink or two for free then too. The beer is certainly my new favourite and I hope to pop back at some point to stock up from the shop.

Simon of the Artisan Brewing Company is a very nice man, with a very nice business. He owns a micro…read morebrewery that produces 100% natural , handcrafted, unfiltered, extremely tasty beer. It would be fair to say that he is thriving. So, all is as it should be, suggesting that there may indeed be some justice in this world of ours! I want to apologise to Simon for something. I had hoped to post my review in time for the last micro-brewery beer festival, held in the gorgeous enclave that is home to Bare Naked Beer, just off the King's Road, but I missed the date, (it's been a busy time). Nevertheless, I hear tell that it went down famously without so much as a mention from me... I realise I'm irrelevant! However, the next one is on the 3rd of July. If the sun is shining I highly recommend that you pay Simon a visit! If it's not, perhaps you should go along and try some of his finest beer and commiserate with him, rueing the inclement times we live in... I can think of worse things to do! He does a fine selection of ales, including Altbeer, made how it used to be 250 years ago, and he even does a larger too... he's a progressive man! But best of all, he does a couple of chocolate wheat beers... pure genius!

The Artisan Brewing Company is one of those small businesses that remind us how much fun running…read moreyour own business can be! Predominantly run by one man, and his pal and assistant, the micro-brewery is the reult of the love of good beer, an interest in brewing an urge to share, and then the search for profit. This is a business full of love! I'm only giving it four stars because I am always a bit disappointed it isn't open as a bar every day - probably a good thing as you'd never get me out - but, it does open and when it does, it does properly! Approximately the first Saturday of every month (check the website) they hold a micro-brewery micro-festival. The little courtyard that hold the brewery is filled with revellers (and in the wetter weather, tarpaulin) and with a barbecue and some fab live music on the go, what more could you want? The beer is amazing. It isn't cheap, but then neither is champagne or diamonds. This is a beer to be savoured and enjoyed, and then try another type and savour and enjoy that one. I can particularly reccommend the Chocolate Beer (certainly not for children or chocoholics). But don't panic, there are other ways! Firstly, whilst the beer is amazing fresh from the keg, it can be bought bottled to enjoy at home or a party. And it can be found at various local festivals and bars. Keep an eye out for it. Definitely not your average beer!

Beer has improved no end since the present head brewer has been in charge. An attractive thatched…read morebrewery in a pretty seaside town. All pubs sell cask beer but pricing very high. Tenants are crippled by high rents based on turnover and beer is sold to them at prices approx. 2x what you would pay from a national brewer.