The long oak bar and hand pumps at The Ember & Oak
Fourteen lines · One careful cellar

The bar knows what it is doing.

Cask kept the old way, local beer chosen without sentiment, and a back shelf built for slow decisions.

On the pumps

Six fixtures. Eight good reasons to change.

The house lines stay because they earn their place. Guest taps turn with the season and the brewers who have something worth sending.

Prices and guests change. This board is a useful promise, not a legally binding document.

Ember Best Bitter

Kilngate · brewed for us since 1987

£5.40Bitter · 4.2%

Oakcutter Stout

Mendip Hills · poured slow, twice

£5.80Dry stout · 4.8%

Wharf Lantern Pale

Bristol · three hops, no ceremony

£6.10Pale ale · 4.5%

Ridgeway Still Cider

Herefordshire · straight from the barrel

£5.20Still cider · 6.0%

Nightporter Mild

Kilngate · the regulars' order

£4.90Dark mild · 3.6%

Old Kiln Barleywine

Cellar cask · halves only, rightly so

£4.20Barleywine · 8.1%
Casks stillaged and conditioning in The Ember & Oak cellar
Below the floorboards

A good pint starts three days earlier.

Every cask is settled, vented and tasted before it reaches the hand pump. The cellar sits at eleven degrees year-round and the lines are cleaned more often than anyone enjoys.

Ask what is pouring best. The honest answer might not be the one you planned to order.

11°CCellar temperature
14Lines on the bar
3Days to settle
Beyond the pumps

For every kind of evening

Wine

A short list built for food: English fizz, proper Burgundy, generous house carafes and no bottle chosen for its label.

Spirits

West Country gin, rum with a story, and a whisky shelf that rewards asking the person behind the bar.

Without alcohol

Fresh cordial, draught pale, stout, cider and spritzes made with the same care as the drinks that keep you longer.

Settle in

Bring a friend. Leave the rush outside.

Walk-ins are part of pub life. If you need a sure thing, reserve through our external booking partner.

Reserve with Tablehouse ↗
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