I came to Paritzan Brewery after having a drink at Kernel just up the road. While wandering around Maltby Street Market, a beer seller had told me about Partizan, and how it was only a little farther down the railway arches should I be interested in trying their brews.
I'm not a huge fan of very hoppy ales, it has to be said, and Kernel's pale ale, IPA and table beer are like a bouquet exploded in a glass. So, a bit let down by my Kernel pale ale which I drank amdist loads of other Saturday market-goers, my friends and I decided to seek out Partizan.
It wasn't a completely straightfoward journey from one brewery to the other, and Partizan is definitely in a more industrial area than the Bermondsey arches Saturday sellers up the road (there will be no ham and cheese seller or bakery for you to pick up your bits, so get sustenance before should you want it). But at Partizan's railway arch, there was cold beer in abundance. Cold, (cheap!) delicious beer. I tried three of Partizan's brews, and they were all steller. The Mosaic (at 7+% abv and £2.80 a bottle) was the standout, but I also tried two of the Grisettes (sage and citrus at 4+% and £2.30 a bottle), and they were entirely too quaffable. I could have spent all afternoon sitting on the benches that were set up outside the arch, drinking beer and sun-soaking on the hottest day of the year to date.
The clientele at Partizan was made up of long-beards and real ale aficionados, rather than the yuppie middle-aged Londoners you tend to find at Kernel.
Well worth a special journey on a Saturday if you're a fan of craft brews. read more