Guinness
The pint the whole bar is built around. Poured in two parts and left to settle, which is why it takes a minute. Roasted barley gives the colour and the dry finish; the head should sit proud of the rim.
Drinks
Meet the pints
What comes out of the taps, where it is brewed and why it is on the bar. Prices follow with the opening.
Kilkenny
A smooth, creamy red ale with a small, tight head and a toffee note. The gentle one for an evening that is going to be long.
O'Hara's Irish IPA
From one of Ireland's first independent breweries of the new wave. Hoppy and citrussy but still an Irish pint, not a hop bomb.
Stowford Press
Crisp apple cider from a family cider maker in the English west country. Cold, dry, and the right answer on a warm afternoon.
Ganter beers
The bar is supplied by Ganter, the Freiburg brewery just across town, the same as O'Kellys. Which of its beers go on tap is being decided; expect the Pilsner at least.
Plus wines, cocktails, soft drinks, coffee and tea, and a long row of whiskies at the back of the bar: see Whiskey.