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You might think that rocking up on a Friday of a bank holiday weekend for dinner sans reservation could be a bad idea. Wrong! This particular Friday, having had only what can be described as a distraught day at work, we headed down the road to cheer ourselves up with some cocktails, beer and some great food. It was then that we met the lovely Lucy, think J-Lo in ‘Monster in Law,’ bubbly, direct and very, very smiley. Within seconds we were seated and told all about what was on offer and pints of beer from the huge selection available appeared miraculously.

Now for the food for me, GLENARM BRISKET, O’ so tender! Glenarm dry-aged short horn beef, mustard and house spice rubbed, 14 hour hickory smoked with pickled jalapeños, heaven on a plate! For my side I added roast corn on the cob, you never seem to get that quite right at home do you? Golden, roasted and buttered it was perfect.

For Charles, RACK O’ RIBS, house spice rubbed, 5 hour hickory smoked with BBQ molasses and tomato sauce, I don’t know which dinosaur was sacrificed for this plate, so huge was the rack of ribs that I had to help him, and we almost didn’t manage the gorgeous, spicy, thin cut sweet potato fries.

It was decided that after such a stressful day, we deserved a cocktail… or two. For me Rosie & Gin, rose petal infused Beefeater Gin, lime juice, Fentimans Rose Lemonade, Crème de Mure, I could’ve drank it forever! Charlie opted for The English Rum-Naissence, house spiced Havana Anejo Especial, Kings Green ginger liquor, apple jam, lime juice, Malbec, Rhubarb Bitters, it must’ve been fabulous, I didn’t get a taste!

I don’t think I could recommend Bierrex or the staff anymore highly, I was absolutely stunned to find out that there are lunch and brunch deals available for just £4.95 and £5.95 respectively. Sounds like we might have to give in to the wanderlust on the occasional lunchtime too, these are clearly deals too good to miss! l

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