The Bricklayer's Arms, Putney

I very recently drank in this old favourite pub of mine with my brother, and enjoyed an excellent ale, and it's great to see 200 years old The Bricklayer's Arm's, 32 Waterman Street, Putney, London SW15 1DD (website) well back to form. 👍 I have only just realised, as I'm writing this, that I hadn't visited for 3 years (blog), and I used to visit regularly pre-Covid, where does the time go!?! Opening times are 14.00-23.00 Monday-Thursday, 12.00-23.00 Fridays and Weekends.

Originally opened as 'The Waterman's Arms' in 1826, on the site of an old coaching inn, to provide refreshment to shipbuilders in Putney, changing its name towards the end of the 19th century to The Bricklayer's Arms. This was probably related to the amount of construction locally due to the extension of the District Line (overground/underground line, not just a Womble joke 😉) to Wimbledon in the 1880s. Closed for a while during the Covid Lockdowns, it was saved by Chris Walsh and his family in 2020, it is a genuine family run pub, cheers Chris!   

So, 9 ales from handpumps, including 3 ales from the excellent Mallinson's Brewing Company of Huddersfield in Yorkshire (website), 2 from Timothy Taylor's Brewery of Keighley in Yorkshire (website), 5 Yorkshire ales (!), and 2 from East London's The Five Points Brewing Company (website). Limited for time, we drank just the one pint, I should have had more, but...

We had the consistent and dependable Five Points XPA, a 4.0% American Pale Ale style ale, brewed with Citra (hopslist), Galaxy (hopslist) and Sabro (Hop Breeding Co) hops. This produces a pale beer with plenty of citrus and forest fruits in the aroma and taste, particularly grapefruit, a gentle bitterness with a refreshing dry finish, quite excellent, cheers! 😁

In addition, as you can see from the photograph in the centre of this blog, they had an ale from Hobsons Brewery of Shropshire (website), and immediately above, their own 'house ale' a 3.7% Session Pale., brewed by another of my favourite's Kent Brewery (website); it looks like they have different styles of 'house ales' from various breweries in different seasons. I've had Session Pale before, it's light and pale, of course, sorry, no idea what hops are used, but definitely from the USA, citrussy, dry and bitter, refreshing, I have said "I could drink this all day" before! 😉

A somewhat artistic image above from when the pub's garden was a bit larger, over 6 years ago.

On that note I shall say, until next time, cheers m'dears! 🍻