Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Athletic Arms
PUB
Nicknamed Diggers, after the cemetery across the street (the gravediggers used to nip in
and slake their thirst), this pub dates from the 1890s and is still staunchly traditional. It
has a reputation as a real-ale drinker's mecca, serving locally brewed Diggers' 80-shilling
ale, and is packed to the gills with football and rugby fans on match days.
(1-3 Angle Park
Tce;
1, 34, 35)
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Auld Hoose
Promoting itself as the Southside's only 'alternative' pub, the Auld Hoose certainly lives
up to its reputation with unpretentious, old-fashioned decor, a range of real ales from
Scottish microbreweries (Trashy Blonde from BrewDog, Avalanche Ale from Loch Fyne
in Argyll), and a jukebox that would make the late John Peel weep with joy.
( 668 2934;
www.theauldhoose.co.uk
;
23-25 St Leonards St; ;
PUB
14)
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Brauhaus
BAR
The bar may be small - half a dozen bar stools, a couple of sofas and a scattering of seats
- but its ambition is huge, with a vast menu of bottled beers from all over the world, ran-
ging from the usual Belgian, German and Czech suspects to more unusual brews such as
Paradox Smokehead (a 10% ABV stout aged for six months in a whisky cask).
( 656
0356; 105 Lauriston Pl;
noon-1am;
23, 27, 35, 45)
