GLASGOW
10. Bath St
There are 22 pub trails in Glasgow. There are ten trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, two on The Southside across the river and four going East.
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, BATH STREET , WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .
Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST and QUEEN’S PARK trails.
Going east are trails for Around THE TRONGATE, up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON
In the West End there are more trails - St George's Cross subway to Kelvin Bridge , BYRES ROAD , KELVINBRIDGE , KELVINHALL TO PARTICK and MARYHILL
Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - 15 subway stops and the closest bars.
Glasgow pubs around Baths St
Leave Central station by the left hand exit onto Hope St (see trails Hope St and Lower Hope St & Wellington St ) and turn up to the right. The second turn on the left should be St Vincent Street (not lane).
GLASGOW: BATH St TRAIL
From central station turn left at main exit and go along to Hope St and at the lights cross diagonally to go along Bothwell St. At the corner there is Bavaria Baurhaus (trail 16). Turn right up Wellington St for two main blocks (ignoring the lanes) to go left along West George St to basement bar, The Golf Lounge, half way along. Leaving here return to Wellington St and continue up it to reach on the next left side corner Buck’s Bar. Continue up to the next corner and turn left into Bath St and on the corner is Bar Bloc. Stay on the left side and almost next door is Pie and Brew at Adobe (closed on visit). Continue along Bath St watching the basements for The Butterfly and the Pig. In the next block is Slouch and closely followed by Palomino. Walk down another two blocks and on the corner across the street is The Griffin.
Return up Bath St again keeping on the left and down Holland St is The State (trail 16) on the right. Next along Bath St at the start of the next block is The Tiki Bar & Kitchen Inn. In the next block is St Judes and in the next Lucky 7 Bar and Canteen (closed on visit).
Continue down Bath St and cross over Wellington St (Bloc Bar opposite) and watch for a basement bar The Howlin’ Wolf. Leave here by the back door onto Sauchiehall Lane and next door on the left is Malone’s. Return to Bath St and walk to The Bay Horse on opposite corner and in basement.
A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.
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
The Golf Lounge
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow - a besement bar
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow - to golf area
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow - a golf booth
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow - golf area and screen
The Golf Lounge, Glasgow
The Golf Lounge is a basement bar with golf theme. tastefully furnished with low lighting and dark wood. Servery to left inside door along left wall. Lots of standing room alongside servery. Right hand side of room has mixture of tall and dining size tables. Middle of room has reception desk for golfing parties. Through back are tables down the middle and on either side large booths for playing golf in using computer screens on the showing the course on wall.
Heavy/IPA: Bitter and Twisted; Heaven cent IPA
Lager: Coors; Carling; West 4; Staroperamen
Cider: Aspall Guinness
Buck’s Bar
Buck's Bar, Glasgow - basement bar at front
Buck's Bar, Glasgow
Buck's Bar, Glasgow
Buck's Bar, Glasgow - from side
Buck's Bar, Glasgow - to basement main door
Buck’s Bar is a corner and basement bar. The basement is reached by a flight of stairs, there is one from each end going down to main door. There are windows either side of this door and also a little outside seating at barrel tables. The hill goes steeply down the left-hand side of the building enabling outside seating, windows and a door into the bar. The basement windows often have a canopy above them but these and the side windows make in quite light inside when accompanied by coloured lights hanging from the ceiling.
The smallish servery is on right side wall and has a tall counter. There are small square dining tables around room the room at the windows with booths for six in middle and at back of room.
It is popular with meals at lunchtime and evening.
Heavy/Pale Ale: Disco Forklift Truck Mango Pale Ale
Lager: Peroni; Budweiser Budvar; Tennent’s
Cider: Magners Dark Fruit
Bloc+
Bloc+, Glasgow - basement bar
Bloc+, Glasgow - basement bar down stairs
Bloc+, Glasgow - servery
Bloc+ is a basement bar/diner with some seating below ground level by the stairs before entrance to the bar. Once in the entrance there is seating to both sides. Wooden tables and metal stools to the right followed by the servery. To the left and up a couple of steps there is seating along the walls with tables and chairs while down the middle left is more booth style seating. Opposite the servery are more wooden tables and higher up wooden benches. As befits a basement bar the ceiling is low however, the lighting is bright. Cooking smells throughout room. The bar always seems to be bustling even when quiet.
Have a pint here
Heavy (Bitter): Caesar Augustus; Punk IPA; Brookland Summer Ale
Lager: Carling; Prevha; Innes & Gunn Lager; Staroperaman; Blue Moon; Samuel Adams; Heineken
Cider: Strongbow 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
Alnwick Ambleside Anstruther Bakewell Bamburgh Barnard Castle Bath Berwick upon Tweed Birnam & Dunkeld Bourton on the Water Bowness on Windermere Bridge of Allan Chester Chichester Dunblane Dunoon Edinburgh Ely Fort William Glasgow Gourock Greenock Helensburgh Inverness Kelso Keswick Knaresborough Largs Linlithgow Lyme Regis Melrose Montrose Newton Stewart North Berwick Norwich Oban Pebbles Penzance Portree Pitlochry Quorn Richmond Rothesay St Andrews Seahouses Seend Shrewsbury Skipton Stirling Stratford-upon-Avon Stockton Heath Whitby Windemere Whitstable York
The Butterfly and The Pig
The Butterfly and the Pig, Glasgow - down to basement bar
The Butterfly and the Pig, Glasgow
The Butterfly and the Pig, Glasgow - servery
The Butterfly and The Pig is a basement bar without a basement feel to it. Instead, it is decorated with a mixture of furniture with a area set out as an old kitchen with ironing board, crockery cupboards and washing hanging over the wine stored in an old sink. To the left of entrance is armchair and couch seating and closer to servery tables with tall set for dining (including white tablecloths). The servery is ahead on the back wall and there is more dining around to the right.
Have a pint
Real ale; Nimbus (Atlas)
Heavy (Bitter): Franciscan Chieftain; Blue Monkey; Belhaven Best
Lager: Carling; Staroperaman; Prevha
Cider: Aspall Guinness
Slouch ★
Slouch, Glasgow - seating at left hand side
Slouch, Glasgow - basement bar
Slouch, Glasgow - basement bar down stairs
Slouch, Glasgow - servery at right
Slouch, Glasgow - servery at right
Slouch, Glasgow
Slouch is a two roomed basement bar with door in middle with a bay window to each side letting in lots of light and giving passers-by a view down into each room. To the left is a room with many dining styles tables against the walls and a large performance are. Music on most nights (Jazz Tues; Blues Wed) and food served until 2am (closes 3am). A wide corridor, where the toilets are, connect to the right-hand room which has almost a square island servery with wooden counter and tiled facia. There are low tables and couches opposite the servery, under the window. There is booth seating along the right wall and also behind the servery with TV. Both ceiling and lighting are low. Dogs are welcome (if staff can pat them). There is some outside seating where steps come down from street to main entrance with wooden benches and barrels as tables. Pride themselves on serving food and offering music and no entry fee.
Have a pint here
Heavy (Bitter): Joker; Caledonia Best
Lager: Tennent’s; Heverlee; St Mungo; 3 Hop lager; Drygate Pilsner
Cider: Magners Guinness
Palomino
Palomino, Glasgow
Palomino, Glasgow
Palomino, Glasgow
Palomino, Glasgow
Palomino is a glass fronted pub/diner. There are three tables for 6 by the front entrance. Then up a few steps to the main room. The wooden servery is along the right wall. There are tall tables in the middle with stools on either side. The left-hand side has booths and there is some more seating in an area at the back.
Have a half pint
Heavy (Bitter): Innes & Gunn IPA
Lager: Heineken; Samuel Adams; Birra Moretti; St Mungo
Cider: Symonds Guinness
PUB QUIZ
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Answer at foot of page
The Griffin ★
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow - windows to short side (Bath St)
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow - down right side
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin, Glasgow
The Griffin looks like an old traditional art nouveau corner bar from the outside. Around the right corner is one room width while the left side is much longer. There are six, six-seater booths down to the left alongside the windows. To right of door is a couple of tall tables then a three-table seating area. The servery is a long thin horse shoe shape with wooden counter and brass foot rail. Tiled floor with ornate high ceiling and old-style lamps with a lot of light coming in the large windows. Walls have large and small mirrors and a tiled dado line. Opposite right side of servery there is some stools at shelves. Through from main bar is a smaller room with a small semi-circular servery called The Gin Palace, with dining style tables.
Have a pint here.
CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024
Real ale; Skye Gold; Skye Black; Sky Young Pretender; Skye Red
Heavy (Bitter): Neck Oil; Skye Blonde; Skye IPA
Lager: Birra Moretti; Cruzcampo; Sky Craft Lager
Cider: Inches Cider Guinness
The State ★
The State, Glasgow
The State, Glasgow
The State, Glasgow
The State, Glasgow
The State, Glasgow
Actually on trail 16
The State is a traditional old pub with large etched windows to the front and doors at each side leading to an oval island bar with marble counter and brass foot rails. The counter has fancy wooden posts around it holding up a curved gantry for glass storage. The main area is dominated by the bar and its fittings. Old photos and theatre posters fill the space in the walls not covered by large mirrors. 4 TVs and modern toilets keep you in the present. Wood, mirrors and counter all sparkling clean. There is some seating to back and to the right-hand side (seating at left has been removed for modern toilets although cornicing and wall have been preserved.) Attractive old fireplace in righthand corner (although not a real fire) with banquette seating and tables to either side. Only midweek lunchtime meals. Blues music on Tuesday night.
CAMRA Glasgow pub of the year 2018
Regular in Good Beer Guide , including 2023, 2024
Have a pint here
Real ale; Winter Wonderloch; Southern Summit (both Loch Lomond); Highlander (Fyne Ales); State No. 3 (Stewart);
Squawk (Pica); Maple Porter (Tryst); Green Devil (Oakham)
Heavy (Bitter): McEwan’s Export; John Smiths
Lager: Tennent’s; Estrella; Innes & Gunn; Staroperaman
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn ★
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - basement bar
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - outside seating and bar to left
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - basement bar
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - basement bar
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - basement bar
Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn, Glasgow - basement bar
Tiki Bar and kitsch Inn is a delightful basement bar with a large outside area, under canvas to the left. The small servery is in the far-right corner and serves on two sides. Basement effect supported by low lighting on low ceiling. Lots of cane and bamboo seating, furniture and shelving. Small semi-circular booths with banquette seating along the right wall. All tables have large bamboo/cane style chairs around table.
Thai food in upstairs restaurant
Lager Tennent’s; Heverlee
Cider Magners Guinness
St Judes
St Judes, Glasgow
St Judes, Glasgow - bar to right
St Judes, Glasgow
St Judes is an entertainment complex over four floors with kitchen and bar, venues and Lola’s Nightclub. The bar is on the ground floor through to right of entrance to the townhouse. This is a long thin room with the servery starting half way along the right wall having a shiny copper counter. At the entrance are two round window seats flanking a DJ station. The right wall has a tall table while the left wall has smaller tables running along the wall and opposite servery. There is a high ceiling with low hanging lights in large lampshades in front half of room. The ceiling is much lower once the servery is reached. servery has metal stools with false wood design on the seat top!
Have a pint here
Lager: Fosters; Heineken; Birra Moretti; Maltsmiths lager; Amstel
The Howlin’ Wolf
The Howlin' Wolf, Glasgow - basement bar
The Howlin' Wolf, Glasgow - rear door in alleyway
The Howlin' Wolf, Glasgow
The Howlin' Wolf, Glasgow
The Howlin’ Wolf is a basement bar on Bath St and has an entrance on Sauchiehall Lane. The servery is along the left side wall. There are three tall tables seating six on either side in the middle of the room with the right side having low seating in the corner and booths along the wall. There is a good bit of standing are alongside servery counter. On far wall there is a wide corridor connecting to a wall panelled square back room with dining sized tables and chairs. This has an entrance from Sauchiehall Ln. Food till 2am. Blues videos.
Have a pint here
Heavy (Bitter): Innes & Gunn Session Ale; Innes & Gunn Barrel Aged
Lager: Tennent’s; Heverlee; St Mungo
Cider: Magners Guinness
Malones Irish Bar
Malone's Irish Bar, Glasgow - alley entrance next to Howlin' Wolf
Malone's Irish Bar, Glasgow
Malone's Irish Bar, Glasgow
Malone's Irish Bar, Glasgow - alley way
Malone's Irish Bar, Glasgow
Malones Irish Bar is a one roomed Irish bar half way up Sauchiehall Lane. Servery is on left side of back wall. Outside wall is mainly windows and exposed brick. Small performance area in corner. Tall tables around walls and windows with four dining height in middle of room.
Have a pint here
Heavy (Bitter): Open gate IPA
Lager: Bud Light; Heineken; Tennent’s; Pilsner (Open gate)
Cider: Magners 4 x Guinness fonts
The Bay Horse
The Bay Horse, Glasgow - basement bar
The Bay Horse, Glasgow
The Bay Horse, Glasgow
The Bay Horse, Glasgow
The Bay Horse, Glasgow
The Bay Horse, Glasgow
The Bay Horse, Glasgow - basement bar
The Bay Horse, Glasgow - basement bar
The Bay Horse is a basement bar with tops of windows just above street level. Going down the stairs takes you to part of the servery straight in front of you with a slightly longer counter around the corner. The whole bar, including servery, is bright and shiny, and well lit which is a change from dark basement bars. There is a large titled area around the servery for standing in. beyond this there is a step up to a raised area going around the room with some seating under the windows. Round to the right of the entrance is a pool table.
HISTORY - OLD GLASGOW PUBS
Have a pint here
Beer: Caledonia Best
Lager: Tennent’s; Stella; Bud Light
Cider: Magners Guinness
Links for Glasgow city centre Pubtrails
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Trail 1 - Around George Square
(blue with black dot icon)
Waxy O’ Connors
Dow’s
The Vale (now closed)
Camperdown Place (closed)
Georgics
The Ark
The Piper
Committee Room No 9
Katie’s Bar
Drouthys
The Counting House
The Anchor Line
The Citizen (was The Trading House)
The Auctioneers
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Trail 2 - HOPE STREET
(light blue icon)
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
Ad Lib
The Toby Jug
The Smokin' Fox (formerly The Hope)
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Trail 3 RENFIELD STREET
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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
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
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Trail 6 -A circle around Waterloo St & Hope St
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The Smokin’ Fox (was The Hope)
Kitty O'Shea's
El Camino (was The Drop)
Rhoderick Dhu
The Woods
The Waterloo
The Duke’s Umbrella
Sir John Muir
Oswald’s (was Kellys ;was Quarter Gill)
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
The Pavement
The Doghouse
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
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 16 - Charing Cross
(yellow with small square)
Bavaria Baurhaus
Slug & Lettuce
Bon Accord
Chinaski’s
The Locale
Driftwood
The Hall
Nico’s
Kilt & Kocktails
The Hengler’s Circus
The State
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Trail 10 - Bath St
(red with small square)
Golf Loung
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 19 - Paisley Rd West
(dark blue teardrop)
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 9 - Around The Trongate
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Grace’s Irish Sports Bar
Buck’s Bar
Boteco do Brazil
Maggie May's
Avant Garde
13th Note -(closed)
Old Empire Bar (closed)
Whistler on the Green
The Old Ship Bank Bar
The Winds
The Victoria & Clutha
The Scotia
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Trail 17 - up the Gallowgate
Chrystal Bell & Co
MacKinnon’s
The Gate (check opening)
Bar ‘67 (check opening)
226 Gallowgate
Hielan Jessie
The Wee Man’s Pub
The Drover
Van Winkle (check opening)
Luke’s & The Flying Ox
Traders Lounge
The Old Burnt Barns (check opening)
Braemar
Tollbooth Bar
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Trail 18 - Duke Street, 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
Links for Glasgow West End & Subway Pubtrails
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Trail 11 - St George's to Kelvinbridge
(lime green with tick icon)
The Castle Vaults
The Hug and Pint
The Scallion (was Munro's then The Bull and now ..)
Wintersgills
The Lansdowne - closed
Webster's
Inn Deep
Cooper’s
Bakehouse
The Left bank
Stravaigin
The Doublet
Schoolhouse
Dram!
Arlington
The Carnarvon Bar
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Trail 12- Byres Rd
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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
Tennent's Bar
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
No 78
Kelvingrove Cafe
The Ben Nevis
Finnieston
Brass Monkey
Strip Joint
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trail 15 - Kelvinhall to Partick and back
(maroon circle with square or tic)
To To
Kelvinhall Patrick Stumps Bar Three Judges
The Fiddlers The Dolphin
Victoria Bar Bag O’Nails
Quarter Gill Storm Queen
The Linsmor Smiddy Bar
Sparkle Horse Tenement Bar
Bauhaus Windsor Tav.
Record Factory Rosevale Tav.
Gallus 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
The Woodside Inn
The Royalty Bar
UPPER
The First & Last
Kelvin Dock
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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