Brewers Droop

Quirky, shabby chic place on Gloucester Road. Primarily a homebrew supply shop, but it’s a bottleshop too. Lots of ciders, and local beers on offer. There are beers from further afield for sale also. I’d like to see a) more of the stock refrigerated and b) bottles not sat on shelves against a big window for days / weeks / months on end.

A fantastic little store which has actually been in the same place for over 30 years now! They have a great range of beer kits, some interesting christmas ones at the moment, and wine kits and all the gear and additives for home brewing but the beer range is incredible. Got some really unusual stuff here, some 10% beers snd at least three trappist beers! There’s also some cider on draft as well as bottles and mead and fruit wine too so a pretty god find

Despite the scruffy shop-front (let’s call it character) definitely worth a browse. Picked up a bottle of the the Christmas-only Samichlaus to enjoy at New Year - now that’s something you won’t find in Sainsburys.

A shop that is split between home brewing supplies (the best selection in the Bristol area) and drink. Bottles are predominantly cider, with pretty much the full Sheppys and Thatchers ranges plus several from Gwynt Y Ddraig. Also sells 4 or 5 ciders from the likes of Thatchers, Westons and Richs from the barrel to takeaway. Bottled beers on offer include rarely seen Moor ones, plus Cotleigh, Dorset, Bath, Sharps, Cheddar and some German examples. Also has mead and country wines on offer. Worth a visit.