
We called next at Odd, oddly enough. We had by contrast, a very warm and cheery welcome there and although the Phoenix Hopsack was in great nick, it was a fair bit too warm. It was likely the first pints poured I suppose and again we paid £3.30 a pop. A step up in both quality, welcome and class next. If you read this blog you will know that I am a great fan of the Port St Beer House. They just do the right things. While many criticise the high prices, these tend to be the fancy keg beers, which like other such places, are charged way beyond what can be justified by ingredients, taxation, or whatever, but you don't have to buy these. The cask beers and indeed some of the weaker keg beers are pretty well priced for the absolute quality, the cheerful service with advice, the offer of tasters and the environment which just makes it a very nice place in wich to drink. Mike,a newcomer to PSBH, was very impressed. We drank Magic Rock Curious, which did have a touch of diacetyl, but in bearable quantities. So much so that we continued with that beer in the main, though I did have a few other halves, trapped there by heavy showers which came just as we finished our pints.

I reckon the thing about the Port St Beer House (and Craft in London too) which sets them apart from, say, BrewDog, is the mix of cask and keg craft. It encourages a good cross section of drinkers, beer styles and beer cultures. I firmly believe that encouraging a cross section of drinkers is just a better way to do things. It is also more pubby that way.
"Aha" I hear you say. What about cask only pubs? Well, what about them?
There's a nice little piece about the owner of Odd here. Quite interesting
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