Allanwater Brewhouse

You really do need to know this place is here to find it as it's quite hidden behind a hotel & down a backstreet. (Stayed in the hotel a few years back and didn't notice!) Shame because this was a quick but much enjoyed visit one Saturday morning, a good number of casks of there casks to try & bottles to take away

Small brewpub with 8 cask lines and 2 kegs. Flight of 8 beers for £9.95 or 3 thirds for £5 so pretty decent value. Seems to regularly change the lineup so worth a visit for some ticks. A few bottles available, didn't check if there was food.

Tucked behind and almost underneath the Queens Hotel, the Allanwater Brewhouse is quite an amazing place. It’s like a croft - very rustic and cosy. There’s a woodburning stove and lots of dark wood with round tables and spindly chairs. The bar is basically a row of six barrels and one wall is covered with beer bottles. To the side of the bar there are rickety looking shelves which constitute the shop and the tiny brewery is just beyond that. The brewery used to be Tinpot but it’s now Wash House. They had a good range of beers on offer - ten casks in all. A great place and well worth seeking out. (Visited 31 January 2017).

Small bottle shop and 6-7 taps of tinpot beers

Based largely of the 2nd (July 2016) of two visits to this nano-brewery near Stirling. Brewery specializes in a rotating variety of mainstream and esoteric cask ales. There were at least 8 on tap during each vist, plus at least one cider. It has a cozy, beer-centric taproom. Very good service. Low beer quality detracts from the appeal of this pub.

I found this a really weird place. It is located down a small side street and is not well sign-posted. Inside it is smallish and dimly lit and is a bit shabby, which is a marked contrast to the new website. I visited Monday lunchtime and was the only person in the bar. There are hundreds of old bottles on the shelves around the bar. 6 taps for Tinpot Beers and 2 for cider were in use. The adjacent room had the bottle shop. A lot of Tinpot and TSA beers. A significant number were unfamiliar to me. As I was driving I did not sample the cask beers but bought 8 bottles. Most of them were passed printed best by date and had a new handwritten replacement best by date - Wonder what they will be like. Barman was friendly but did not know much about the beer which was disappointing. I was fascinated by this place and look forward to going back to sample the cask beers, all of which were strange and new to me.