Time Out "London's 50 Best Pubs & Bars 2010": Draft House Northcote is top-rated Pub
A gastropub that has not forgotten the '-pub' bit of the term, Draft House in Battersea is run by beer enthusiasts who take pride in their well-chosen selection of 17 (yes, 17!) unusual draft beers - such as Wolf Ale from Norfolk, or Isle of Purbeck Solar Power, a lager from Dorset. There's also a wide range of bottled beers, from Cooper's Sparkling Ale (an Australian that's hoppier than Skippy) to Erdinger Dunkel (a dark wheat beer from Bavaria). Many beers are sold by the third of a pint, which allows you to try a greater variety of brews.The Draft House isn't all home knits, folk music and pork scratchings. A newly-revamped is served in the funky dining room through the back...
View London, 4 out of 5*, March 2010
With 17 draught beers and 50 bottled beers from all over the world, the second Draft House – the first is on Northcote Road in Clapham - is a truly extraordinary experience for anyone with even a fleeting interest in ale. Add to this great food and friendly, knowledgeable staff and Draft House Westbridge is sure to have you coming back again and again...read more here
Esquire, March 2010
A pub that specialises in beer: it doesn't sound that revolutionary. But then not all bars have this many well chosen, well kept and well presented as this venture by Charlie McVeigh, the man behind Rowley Leigh's Le Cafe Anglais. This latest venture, whose format will be replicated across future branches, has an enticing smell of success about it: early evening, early in the week it's buzzing....
Time Out, 4 out of 5*, November 2009
It's rare to find a London bar, that reveres beer, but this place, with 17 beers on draught and three-dozen bottles filling the fridge does just that. Served in third, half and full pints, the beers on tap hail British ales, German weissbier and lager, Budvar half and half, and the rye-based Schremser Bio Roggenbier - all served in the correct glassware...read more here
South London Press, February 2010
The interesting thing about The Draft House, is that if the competition have been paying any attention, they will be quite worried about what the upmarket beer-driven gastropub is doing. To be precise, it's doing exactly what many of the comparable establishments ...do but a whole lot better. The food is great - interesting, well executed and fairly priced - and the beer is, well, the beer is, it's just, it's, it's just the best. Seriously, you will struggle to find a more erudite and diverse selection in South London.
