Cask & Barrel

Visit first time April 2009.

Big spacious pub, with a big open horse shoe like bar, very good cask and keg selection combining traditional and craft, kindly knowledgable. service. Could sit here on and on

Classic, spacious pub, sober wooden decoration. Pretty good cask selection with local stuff. Nice place to make the first pit stop on a long day with a lot of walking.

Traditional ale pub with 8 cask ales, the left hand of the bar seemed to have the guest ales while the right was the more predictable ones (Bass, Deuchars). Beers were in good condition though would have preferred a plain pint glass than a branded Guiness glass when not drinking Guinness. Was in for the football and was a good place to watch it, friendly environment and some nice old fashioned pub signs. Limited but decent selection of Belgian bottles.

Traditional pub with a spacious interior and lots of small tables to sit at, very comfortable on a late Sunday evening. Eight cask ales on offer, with lots of interesting Scottish regionals, mostly in good shape. Fair pricing, friendly barstaff. Not quite as nice as its Newington namesake but still one of the better pubs on our last northside circle crawl.

A few rotating guests and some commonly seen beers, normally good condition.

Fairly large place a short walk away from the city center. Good selection, around 10 cask beers. Some local brews available. Wouldn’t consider it a must visit, but not a bad place to stop for a pint if you’re around.

Ok selection of cask with 4 rotating Guest casks. Friendly service. Good condition. Fair prices.

Beautiful alehouse with a large selection of beers of variable distinction. The cask beer is well kept. There seems to be a lack of the very new innovative breweries but that in itself is somehow refreshing.

Good old fashioned boozer with a good selection of cask ales. Beer was in good condition and the staff moderately friendly. Good place to watch football with a decent beer.