Review: Getting Hopped Up At Brewhouse & Kitchen
Last Updated 07 August 2017
This taproom is serving a standard but well-executed food menu: IPA-battered fish and chips might not be blowing anybody's minds with the novelty, but the batter's crunchy, the fish is soft and the fries are dusted with garlic-and-hop salt. Cajun gumbo and IPA hummus are both worth a repeat order, too.
The drinks are where they’re nailing it, though. We're not convinced by the NegronIPA — lengthened with ale and losing the sticky, bitter punch a Negroni usually packs. We are, however, extremely convinced by the on-site microbrewery: their Westwood Pale's a light, just-about-sessionable APA that tastes like summer. In a redwood forest.
They've also got an impressive menu of outsider beers, but the recent installation of a revamped brewery system promises an expansion of their own range, with talk of experimental small-batch sours on the horizon. Four stars for food, three for the atmosphere — chainy but friendly — and a solid five for the brews.
Brewhouse & Kitchen, Torrens Street, EC1V 1NQ