GLASGOW
7. Around Queen St and Glassford St
There are 23 pub trails in Glasgow. There are eleven trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, three on The Southside across the river and three going East and of course the famous Subway Crawl
Three trails explore three of the main streets in the city centre HOPE St; RENFIELD St and WEST NILE St
Two trails are around Squares; GEORGE SQUARE and the OLD FRUIT MARKET in Merchant City.
Another five, trails take in : QUEEN St & GLASSFORD St, JAMAICA St/ST ENOCH, Around THE TRONGATE, BATH STREET
WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .
Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST , SHAWLANDS and QUEEN’S PARK trails.
Going east are trails for up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON
In the West End there are more trails - GREAT WESTERN ROAD two trails covering Great Western Road and Woodlands Road via St Georges Cross to
Kelvinbridge Undergrounds
BYRES ROAD - two trails one down Byres Road and the other using Ashton Lane ,
FINNESTON,
KELVINHALL TO PARTICK - two routes back and forward between Kelvinhall and Partick subway stations
and MARYHILL - two trails split into top and lower
Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - subway stops and the closest bars.
To get to start
Leaving Central station by the main exit turn to the right and walk along Gordon St to get to the pedestrian area which is Buchanan St. Once on the pedestrian area of Gordon St look on the right for a basement bar called Bier Halle. Leaving here turn continue along and down to the right, Buchanan St, at the corner look across for a narrow alley way called McCormack Lane.
Glasgow pubs around Queen St and Glassford St
GLASGOW: QUEEN St-GLASFORD St TRAIL
Leaving Central station by the main exit turn to the right and walk along Gordon St to get to the pedestrian area which is Buchanan St. Once on the pedestrian area of Gordon St look on the right for a basement bar called Bier Halle. Leaving here turn right and continue along and down to the right, Buchanan St, at the corner look to two narrow alleys walk down to the second and wider alley and walk up to The Lab. Continue up alley and round to left after TheLab to enter Wunderbar. Return to Buchanan St and go down to the left then left into Argyll St. Walk along the left-hand side and cross over the pedestrian area and find Sloans up an alley on the left. Then continue along Argyll St and go, first left, up Queen St. On the left hand side are Rocky O'Sullivans, Strata (both closed) and Max's Bar & Grill. Continue up and turn right onto Ingram St and go down next right, Miller St where on the left is Thundercats and further down is The Spiritualist and then down and across the road is Cairns.
Returning down to Argyll St go up second left, Glassford St, on the right is Steps Bar and a little further on at a corner at Garth St is Blane Valley on the opposite corner is Bacchus. Now turn along Garth St and walk along to the next corner. Round the right hand corner is Rab Ha’s and further down is The Pavement, then returning up past Rab Ha’s on the opposite corner corner is Brewdog. Opposite BrewDogis outside seating and a ramp leading to The Gallery Bar; out the other end of this corridor and opposite is The Amsterdam.
Further down Hutcheson St from Rab Ha’s is The Oriental, which is unfortunately closed at present
A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.
CAMRA in Glasgow
Glasgow guide illustrating top ten pubs in different styles of drinking (and dining) eg Style pubs or Live Music pubs.
Timeout listing of best pubs - controversial
A good proportion of the pubs have real ale but many do not. The west coast still has a bit of a lager flavour - occasionally only lager. Real ale is not limited to trendy style pubs, and not even in many of these.
Glasgow does not have the tourist grouping of pubs as found in Edinburgh - they are mainly aimed at Glasgow folk.
Practically every pub offers food at lunch or all day
Bier Halle
Bier Halle is found in a doorway and down a flight of stairs to a narrow dark room. The servery is in the far left corner. Along the right wall are long high benches with stool seating. Along from the servery and running back past the stairs and to the back of the room are standard sized tables and stools.
Pale Ale: Lagunitas Pale Ale; Bier Halle Pale Ale
Lager: Madri ; Broklyn; Amstel; Fustenberg; Warsteiner; Birra Moretti ; Tiger; Weihenstephan; Blue Moon; Bier Halle Lager ; Staroperamen;
Guinness
The Lab ★
The Lab (Navan Taverns) is a small bar up an alley leading to Princes’ Square. There is outside seating to the left of the small building that is The Lab. Inside the righthand side has the tall wooden servery, with lots of stools, and kitchen at the far end. Along the left-hand wall are banquette seating and dining style tables. The pub is this so this leaves only a little space between the bar stools and those sitting down. Pictures of scientists are on the wall and on a shelf behind the bar are a test tube, flask and beaker, and an old oscilloscope give some explanation of the name.
Bitter: Caledonia Best; Gladeye (Drygate)
Lager: Tennent’s; Stella; Budweisser; Estrella; Menabrea; Erdinger
Cider: Magner’s and Magner’s Dark Fruit Guinness
Pub Jukebox:
Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.
down where the drunkards roll - Richard Thompson
Wonderbar (was Bread and Butter) ★
Wunderbar is in the former Bread and Butter premises. This was up an unattractive narrow alley, called McCormack Lane, with a covered dark narrow seating area with umbrellas outside it and there is also an entrance from back of Prices Square along narrow lanes. Wunderbar does not use the unattractive alley; best approach up the lane to The Lab and round the corner.
Inside is a large square room with servery along the far wall The right side wall is glass through which is an outside area with three large booths for seating; door at the right of the servery. Cocktails and food. Inside the room has lots of TVs and long wooden tables, some sofas and some four-seater booths. Exposed wiring, vents and piping on ceiling give an industrial look.
Have a pint here
Bitter: Jubel Beer; Blue Moon
Lager: Wunderbar Pilsner (by West) ; Madri; Pravha; Staroperamen; St Mungo ; Carling
Cider: Aspall ; Rekorderlig Guinness
PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS
The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them. All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.
There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.
HOME MAP of places visited
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Sloans ★
Sloans is in the city centre but hard to find as it is up an alley. It has outside seating in the alley. Inside is a horseshoe shaped bar with seating in booths. there is an upstairs snug and grand ballroom which has ceilidhs on a Friday. Glasgow's oldest bar and restaurant.
Good Pub Guide 2013
Visited by The Auldest Boozers in Toon
Have one here
real ale: Taylor’s
bitter/pale ale: Neck Oil; John Smiths
lager: Birra Moretti, St Mungo’s, Fosters, Heineken
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Rocky O’Sullivans now CLOSED
Rocky O’Sullivans (CLOSED) is a New York Irish bar. This is shown by Irish and US flags on the ceiling, a harp light in front of a US flag and ice hockey on the TV. There is a metal lined corridor leading to the entrance. Round to the left of the door is a large seating area going down to the outside window. Beyond the door is the servery on the right-hand wall and some seating up the left hand side. At the back of the room the area widens out to show a performance area and more seating round the left.
Have a half pint
Heavy : Tetley’s
Lager: Tennent’s; Carlsberg; Coors; Carling;
Cider: Somersby; Somersby Strawberry & Rhubarb Guinness
Strata (now closed)
Strata is a bar restaurant situated on the corner of an alley and the main street. The entrance has windows ground to ceiling on either side of the door forming a narrow frontage to a bar that stretches back. Inside there is booth seating to either side of the entrance. The long bar servery is on the right-hand wall, with metal stools along the bar. The left-hand side has windows looking into the alley with seating and tables along it. Between the counter and the outer wall is a flight of stairs going to and upstairs area. Beyond the servery is a small set of stairs leading to a square room with seating area
Have a pint here
Lots of bottles of craft beers
Pale Ale : Coast To Coast (£3.00 a half pint)
Lager: Fosters; Amstel; Heineken: Birra Moretti
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Max’s
Max’s entrance takes you to a squarish, dark room with high ceiling. Most of the seating is in a raised area to the right with servery and standing room straight on.
Have a pint here
Heavy: Joker IPA; Caesar Augustus (lager-IPA hybrid)
Lager: Fustenburg ; Weihenstephan; Hofmeisser; Carlsberg ; Warsteiner; Peroni ; San Miguel; Grolsch ; Brooklyn
Cider: Kingston Guinness
Thundercat
Thundercat is a semi-basement bar just below a few steps down from street level.
Playing on its basement feel the lighting is dark with red. The servery is on the far wall opposite entrance and runs along to left and down to right. There are raised seating areas either side of the door with that to the right along limited windows.
The main bar area has lots of round red tables with chairs or banquette seating and wooden stools along both sides of servery counter.
Lager: Tennent’s; Peroni; Madri’ Asahi
Cider: Magners
The Spiritualist
The Spiritualist is a large cocktail - dining bar with limited draught beer offering. There is a foyer at the entrance with some small round tables and two chairs. Then into a large room with high ceiling. The darker colours and low lighting give an evening vibe even during the day. The long servery is along the right wall and has comfy armchair style stools. The centre of the room has several tall tables seating six. Beyond the servery is a back room with banquette seating The left side has some booths along the wall and a passage the room at the back
heavy/IPA : Cold Beer Town IPA
lager: Cold Beer Town Lager
Cairns
Cairns (Belhaven) is a bar with lounge/diner off of it. The left-hand entrance takes you into the bar which has an oval servery with stools all around it. There are booths at the window, with tall tables, and along the left-hand side wall, with tall tables to the right. The two rooms are connected at the rear. The lounge -dining area has a servery along the left hand wall , with the room full of dining style tables and hairs portioned in middle to split size and offer more private seating.
Have a pint here
Pale Ale: Neck Oil; Level Head Session; Innes & Gunn;
Heavy: Belhaven Best;
Lager: St Mungo; Flint Eye; Birra Moretti; Peroni; Madri; Estrella;
Cider: Old Mout Cider Guinness
The Steps Bar ★
The Steps Bar is a small two roomed pub with an Art Deco frontage. There is a front bar area and small snug off of it. The snug has a stained-glass window showing The Queen Mary. The bar itself is supposed to be a replica of one on board the ship. Fixtures and fittings are all art deco. Cheap and un-trendy but close to Merchant City – unusual.
have a pint here
One of “Scotland’s True Heritage Pubs” here
Heavy: Caledonia Best; Gladeye (Drygate)
Lager: Tennent’s; Heverlee; Stella
Cider: Magners Guinness
The Blane Valley
The Blane Valley is a one roomed corner pub with doors on both streets. There are arched windows; two on the short side and 4 on the longer. The windows give a lightness to the room. The door on the longer side opens to a small area with a fire and servery to the right in the larger space. the door from the shorter side opens into the main room. There is seating looking out of the windows. Food is available and popular with shoppers.
Heavy: Caledonia Best
Lager: Tennent’s; Stella; Heverlee; Manabrea
Cider: Magners ; Blackthorn Guinness
Bacchus ★
Bacchus is a bar which was modern a while ago, or very contemporary, but keeps a good sense of its own style. The outside, name and darkened windows suggest old disco but it is very pleasant inside with a long bar and a variety of table heights available. Food is served. Large basement bar for functions and shows.
Have a pint here
Heavy/Pale Ale: Lunar Haze; Neck Oil (both Beaverton)
Lager: Tennent’s; St Mungo ; Asahi; Madri; Heineken; Peroni
Cider: Strongbow ; Strongbow Dark Fruit Guinness
Rab Ha’s
Rab Ha’s is a small corner pub with outside seating and downstairs restaurant. The ground level has a L-shaped bar in an L-shaped room. Seating around walls and dining tables at right angles to windows. Dark wooden bar and furniture, with subdued lighting. Boutique hotel upstairs.
Have a pint here
Real ale: Jarl; Landlord
Craft ale: Chieftain
Heavy: Belhaven Best
Lager: Budvar; Estrella Galacia; Weihenstephan
Cider: Aldstone Belhaven Black
Poco Loco (was The Pavement)
Poco Loco was formerly The Pavement is still a small bar-restaurant whose front wall has patio doors along it to serve outside seating in pedestrian area. Inside the small servery is against the left wall. and has some stools. On right hand wall there are three small booths while the middle of the room has some dining style tables with four chairs. Wooden floor and furniture with blue and white walls. The large patio windows along wall makes the bar is very light and airy.
Loco Poco has moved on from the beer driven Pavement to being Tapas and Tequila driven.
Have a pint here
Lager: Cold Town lager; Madri; Pravha
Cider: Rekorderlig
BrewDog
Doghouse is a bar and bottle shop for Brewdog. The signage above the bar introduces the beers, their strengths and their, directly related, cost. The entrance takes you a large long room. The kitchen area is in front and then along the back wall is the servery. The room has booths along the outside window. The centre of the room has basic long tables and chairs, the high ceiling has a look at our air conditioning industrial look to it.
Dead Pony Club; jet blackheart; This.Is.Lager; 5am; Punk IPA;
Nany state; Blitz April Rasp
Vagabond. Hinterland; Shipwreck; Tokyo; Born To Die; Mother Puncher;;
Nelson; Sauvignon Milk; Stout all Mikkeller
Beaver Town Gamma Ray
Lindemans Kriek
Saudada (Fyne) Ultraviolet united (Pilot); Double Bastard; First Class Rendezvous (Fallen stone)
The Gallery Bar
The Amsterdam
Amsterdam Cafe /Pub has lots of outside seating however inside is much narrower. The servery begins half way the right wall with seating along left-hand side and an open kitchen at the end. The lighting gives a red colouring to everything. Some tables along front looking into the outdoor seating. Lots of stools at bar.
Pale ale: Gladeye (Drygate); Brewgooder Tropical Ale
Lager: Tennent’s; Kelvin Lager (Drygate); Fustenburg ; Weihenstephan
Cider: Orchard Pig.
Oriental Bar closed
Oriental Bar is an old one roomed bar that has been tastefully done up using tartan seating without going overboard. Lots of small tables and stools in middle of room with padded settles and bigger tables around walls. Wooden floor at bar with carpet from middle to windows. No pictures allowed
Have a half pint here.
Heavy: Belhaven Best
Lager: Tennent’s; Carling; Peroni
Cider: Blackthorn Guinness
Glasgow pub crawls map
Links for Glasgow city centre Pubtrails
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Trail 1 - Around George Square
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Waxy O’ Connors
Dow’s
The Vale (now closed)
Camperdown Place (closed)
Millenium Hotel
The Alchemist
Flight Club
The Ark
The Press Bar
Committee Room No 9
Katie’s Bar
The Piper
Assaggin i(was Doppio Malto)
Drouthys
The Counting House
The Anchor Line
The Citizen (was The Trading House)
The Auctioneers
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Trail 2 -Hope Street
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Stereo
The Old Hairdressers
The Society Room
The Pot Still.
Molly Malone's.
MacConnell's
Ardnamurchan (was Trader Joe's)
Rufus T Firefly
NYC Bar
Hope & Vincent
Ad Lib (closed)
The Toby Jug
The Smokin' Fox (formerly The Hope)
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Trail 3 -renfield St
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The Merchant
The Maltman
The Raven
Lauders.
The Atholl Arms
Walkabout
The Renfield Bar
Revolution
Missoula
Revolucion De Cuba
The Drum and Monkey
The Horseshoe.
Dury Lane Bar & Kitchen
Yes Bar - closed
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Trail 4 - West Nile St
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Vroni's Wine Bar
The Shilling Brewing Co.
The Iron Horse - closed
The Station Bar
The Intermezzo
Alfie’s (was Alfredo's)
Cul Cuil (was The Courtyard)
All Bar One
Innes & Gunn Talroom
Los Iguanas
Revolution
Ross's Original Bar
Tabac
August House
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Trail 5 - around the Fruitmarket
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Bar 91
Beer Cafe
The Metropolitan
Marmalade Skies (was Boudoir Wine Bar) - closed
Bar Square (closed)
The Tap Room (was Steak, Rattle and Roll which was Bar Espagnol Mercado)
O'Neil's
Bar Soba
Bar Gandolfi.
Bar Home
Babbity Bowster,
Strathduie (was Macgregor's Pie & Ale Howf and before that Strathduie !)
The Black Bull
McChuills
Connolly’s LIQR (was LIQR and before that The G-Lounge)
Blackfriars of Bell St
Mharsanta
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Trail 6 - Waterloo St and bottom of Hope St
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The Smokin’ Fox (was The Hope)
Kitty O'Shea's (downstairs)
Kitty O'Shea's (was El Camino and was The Drop)
Rhoderick Dhu
The Woods
The Waterloo
The Duke’s Umbrella
Sir John Muir
Oswald’s (was Kellys ;was Quarter Gill)
Lafferty's (was No 16 Bar & Kitchen was Sotto; was The Two Heided Man)
Denholms
Solid Rock Cafe
The Alpen Lodge
The Park Lane
26 Hope St
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Trail 7 - Queen St and Glassford St
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Biere Halle
The Lab
Wonderbar
Sloans
Rocky O' Sullivans CLOSED
Strata CLOSED
Max's Bar & Grill
Thundercat
The Spiritualist
Cairns
Steps Bar
Blane Valley
Bacchus
Rab Ha's
Poco Loco (was The Pavement )
BrewDog
The Gallery Bar
The Amsterdam
The Oriental (closed)
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Trail 8 - Jamaica St- St Enoch
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O'Neil's (was The Royal Scott)
The Grant Arms
The Crystal Palace
Macsorley's
The Imperial
The Mint & Lime - closed
Lauristons
Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s and was Coyote)
Hootenanny
Times Square
Crafty Joe's (taken over by Times Square)
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Trail 9 - Around The Trongate
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Grace’s Irish Sports Bar
Buck’s Bar
Boteco do Brazil
Maggie’s Rock n Rodeo
Avant Garde
13th Note -(closed)
Mono
Whistler on the Green
The Old Ship Bank Bar
The Winds
The Victoria & Clutha
The Scotia
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Trail 10 - Bath St
(red with small square)
Golf Lounge
Buck’s Bar
Bloc+
The Butterfly and The Pig
Palomino
Slouch
The Griffin
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn
St Judes
Howlin’ Wolf
Malones
The Bay Horse
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Trail 16 - Charing Cross
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Bavaria Baurhaus
Slug & Lettuce (closed)
Bon Accord
Chinaski’s
The Locale
Driftwood
The Hall
Nico’s
Kilt & Kocktails
The Hengler’s Circus
The State
East End and Southside links
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Trail 17 - up the Gallowgate
Chrystal Bell & Co
MacKinnon’s (closed)
The Gate (check opening)
Bar ‘67 (check opening)
226 Gallowgate
Hielan Jessie
The Wee Man’s Bar
The Drover
Van Winkle (check opening)
St Luke & The Flying Ox
Traders Lounge
The Old Burnt Barns (check opening)
Braemar
Tollbooth Bar
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Trail 18 - Dennistoun
The Bristol bar
The Louden tavern
The Duke Bar
the Crown Creighton
The Alexandra Bar
The Snug
The Palais
Redmond’s of Dennistoun
The Drover
The Wee Man’s Bar
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Trail 21 -Shettleston
Snedden’s Inn
The Palaceum
The Town Tavern
The Cottage Bar
The Marquis
The Drum
The Portland Arms
The Railway tavern
The Kirkhouse
Miller’s
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Trail 19 - Paisley Rd West
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Lauriston Bar
The Quayside bar
The Union Bar
The Old Toll Bar
The Viceroy
The Bellrock
Grapes
The District bar
Kensington Bar
Park Bar
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trail 22 -Queen's Park
McNeil’s
The Regent
Titwood Bar
TheBbungo
Allison Arms
MJ Heraghty
Victoria Bar
Ryan’s bar
The Bell Jar
The Rose reilly
Queen’s Park Cafe
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Trail 23 - Shawlands
Trail 23 - Shawlands
Old Stag Inn
Quaich
Loc's
The Millwood
James Tassie
Phillies of Shawlands
The Granary
Georgic
The Corona
Sweeney's on the Park
Links for Glasgow West End & Subway Pubtrails
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Trail 11 a nd b - St George's to Kelvinbridge
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The Castle Vaults
The Hug and Pint
The Scallion (was Munro's then The Bull and now ..)
Wintersgills
The Lansdowne
Webster's
FORK A
Inn Deep
Cooper’s
The Belle
The French Horn (was Bakehouse)
Bank Street Bar Kitchen
The Left Bank
Stravaigin
The Doublet
or FORK B
Schoolhouse
Dram
FF West End
Arlington
The Drake
Camerons
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Trail 12- Byres Rd (a) & (b)
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Trail (a) Ashton Lane
Curler's Rest
the Wee Pub/The Pub
Innes & Gunn Brewery Tap
Brel
Vodka Wodka
Jinty McGinty’s
Hillhead Book Club
The Parlour
Oran Mor
BeGin
Trail (b) Byres Road
Curler’s Rest
Tennent's Bar
Cottiers
The Rock
Topolabamba (was Bar Soba)
The Aragon
The Hill - closed
Gumbo - closed
The Record Factory
The Three Judges
Bag O'Nails
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Trail 13 - Kelvingrove
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Dirty Duchess
Lebowskis
Taphouse
The Grove
The Big Slide
The Snaffle Bit
The Butchershop
BrewDog
Dukes Bar
The Islay Inn
The Park Bar
El Jefe's
No 78
Kelvingrove Cafe
The Ben Nevis
Finnieston
Brass Monkey
Strip Joint
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trail 15 - Kelvinhall to Partick and back
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Partick to Kelvinhall
Stumps Bar
The Fiddlers
Victoria Bar
Quarter Gill
The Linsmor
Sparkle Horse
West End Tavern
Record Factory
Gallus
Kelvinhall to Partick
Three Judges
The Dolphin
Bag O’Nails
Storm Queen
Smiddy Bar
Tenement Bar
Windsor Tav.
Rosevale Tav.
Deoch An Dorus
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trail 20 - Maryhill
LOWER
The Castle Vaults
The Tower
the Star & Garter
Munn’s
The BrewHaus
The Botany Bar CLOSED
The Woodside Inn
The Royalty Bar
UPPER
The First & Last
Kelvin Dock CLOSED
The Punch Bow;
The Viking Bar
The Lockhouse
Harvey’s Bar
The Ram’s Head
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Trail 14 - Glasgow Subway
Waxy O'Connors
Jackson’s
Castle Vaults
The Hug
The Doublet
Curler’s Rest
The Bag O' Nails
Deoch and Doris
Brechin's
The Louden Tavern
Kensington
The Bellrock
Stanley Bar - closed
The Old Toll Bar
The Lord Nelson - closed
Laurieston
Times Square
Links to pages and sites
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Books on Beer
A variety of recommended books to improve your knowledge of beer and brewing
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Stevenson & MacKay
Craig Stevenson and John MacKay use their bus passes to visit pubs the length and breadth of Scotland.
They have recorded their adventures in seven books.
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Books on Pubs
A veriety of recommended books that describe the history and development of the public house.
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CAMRA
The Campaign for Real Ale
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Places visited by Pubtrails
Villages, towns and cities which appear on this website.
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