London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates
Central London: Bloomsbury
Royal Mile Whiskies, London WC1
Shop (Royal Mile Whiskies)
3 Bloomsbury Street WC1B 3QE
T 020 7436 4763 w www.royalmilewhiskies.com f Royal Mile Whiskies tw RMWEdinburgh
Open 1000 (1200 Sun)-1800 (1700 Sun).
Cask beer None, Other beer 100+ bottles (mainly Scottish & London), Also Outstanding range of single malts and international whiskies, specialist spirits, cigars.
In yet another sign of the growing interest in fine beer, the London branch of this Edinburgh-based whisky specialist now boasts a notably expanded and well chosen range of bottled beers to compliment its expansive selection of rare malts. Appropriately, small and independent brewers from north of the border feature heavily, with names otherwise unseen in London like Colonsay, Islay, Knops, Stewart, Tempest and Tryst alongside more familiar producers like Harviestoun and Williams Brothers, and barrel aged specials like Orkney Dark Island Reserve and Fraoch anniversary editions. London brewers like Kernel, Meantime, Redchurch and Sambrook’s make up the remainder, with one or two craft imports. Only a short step from the British Museum, this small, friendly shop does well from the tourist trade, but prices remain reasonable for an independent retailer and London drinkers should appreciate the chance to explore a national brewing culture that currently offers much of interest.
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