Third-pint pours across a taproom's whole range, the standard way to read Bristol's brewing city, from precision-made lagers to hop-heavy pales and dark milk stouts.
Bristol brews at a density few UK cities match. Bristol Beer Factory restarted the old Ashton Gate brewery's tradition in the mid-2000s, Wiper and True and Lost and Grounded turned precision brewing into local identity, and a taproom circuit grew up around the railway arches and industrial estates. The flight, three or four third-pints on a board, became the standard way to drink it, and in 2026 the city's Independence pale took CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain.
4 editor picks for Craft beer flight in Bristol, ranked by editorial score. All Bristol signature dishes · Craft beer flight across every city.
Wiper and True Taproom ★ 4.4
Old Market · Units 11-15, Easton Road, Old Market, Bristol BS5 0SP
Wiper and True pours Kaleidoscope pale ale and its barrel experiments at a glass-walled Old Market taproom, Bristol brewing at its most polished and precise.
Left Handed Giant Brewpub ★ 4.3
Finzels Reach · Hawkins Lane, Finzels Reach, Bristol BS1 6EU
Left Handed Giant's riverside brewpub brews upstairs and pours downstairs at Finzels Reach, the city-centre face of a Bristol brewery born in 2015.
Moor Beer Company ★ 4.2
St Philips · Days Road, Bristol BS2 0QS
Moor Beer pioneered unfined, vegan-friendly live beer and pours it seven days a week at its Days Road brewery tap behind Bristol Temple Meads.
The Beer Emporium ★ 4.2
Old City · 13-15 King Street, Bristol BS1 4EF
The Beer Emporium runs 32 keg and cask lines in vaulted cellars under King Street, the underground bar of Bristol's self-styled Beermuda Triangle.