Bottle & Barrel in Ceredigion

A really well stocked bottle shop and tap room. Stumbled across the place by accident but was a great find. Had really fresh local beer and neipa, IPA, sours etc at (I think) very fair prices. Everything I sampled was great over two visits. Live music in the evening and wish I could have stayed for that too. Dog friendly with scooby snacks at the bar

Wonderful micropub. Excellent extensive selection of beers in tap and in cans/bottles to take away, good atmosphere even on a Monday afternoon. Child and dog friendly

I don't usually frequent bars as I don't drink, but I was pleasantly surprises to find Bottle and Barrel offers some very delicious kombucha! The building is very small so finding seating can be a bit difficult at night during the busy hours, and it can also be quite loud, but if you don't mind that, I definitely recommend it.

Brilliant micro pub with a great selection of beers and a chilled atmosphere.

The best pub in Aber! Great atmosphere, huge selection of alcohol and non-alc drinks, amazing team... always so friendly and helpful!

Fantastic little bar, great selection, knowledgeable helpful stuff. Called in for drink and to pick up some beers. Always visit when stay in Aberystwyth

Unique experience in Aberystwyth. Amazing beer selection. Small, but well presented space

Must visit for all beer lovers. Nice selection of gluten free beers too. Highly recommend.

Great little place! Good selection of beer

Great selection of beers and craft ales. Friendly staff. Top marks.

Excellent little pub ! Good beer selection as well as cider, wine and soft drinks.

Great brews with an even greater atmosphere and people!

Large choice of craft beers and some cask ales. The outdoor area is great if the weather is good.

Great funky ambiance and patio. Friendly and helpful bar tender and nice selection of draught beer. Had a wild yeast sour ale that was amazing.

Nice place to taste a craft beer

The guy was super informative of the beers selection and friendly. Would recommend. They also have coolers full of beers to takeaway. Can't go wrong there.

Really cute place to rest your legs on a walk! We both had a different pint, both were fresh and really lovely. Great selection available

Very nice little setup here, a converted terraced house! Friendly and chatty staff, excellent selection of beers and ales and also spirits. Cosy atmosphere, cute little garden area. Will definitely come back for more ‘sampling’

Superb, friendly, knowledgeable staff and superb range of craft beers and a couple of cask too. Bit pricey but then some of the beers are mad strong!

Great bar. Great service and spotlessly clean.

Great choice of craft beers. Good atmosphere. Friendly and knowledgeable staff.

Ok as a generic micro pub , been to better.

Nice craft beer pub. The bartender knows some good recommendations if you are new to craft beer like myself.

13/4/24 Saturday afternoon quick beers We two middle aged guys from London were trying out (Cae Caeridigion) CAMRA award winning pubs in Aber. This one came second and we thought it would need a traditional pub. We arrived around 4:15 using gglmps to find a converted terrace house! Inside was a busy modern style bar with hundreds of different bottles of craft beers, ciders, gins, whiskies etc. and an array of taps with mostly beers and a couple of ciders. It looked a bit more expensive than we are used to but on examining the lists found the local stout at £2.50 a half pint, their cheapest on the list. The variety of beers was exceptional. I cannot remember which stout we chose, sorry, and never took a picture of the beer let alone a selfie of our toasting! There was nowhere to sit inside so we took a chance with smokers outside in the small back yard. Thankfully noone was smoking but a small group of locals were chatting away in Welsh. One advised us not to sit on the right as the rain collects in the canopy above and pours down the wall (or your back) in a gust of wind. We chatted and it turned out one knew my partner and another was a Bard of the Gordedd as my partner is! The guy who knew my partner turned out to be the previous Mayor of Aber! Appardntly the two degree of separation rule works here! We chatted and those halves were finished too quickly so we had to leave as we were hungry and wanted to eat elsewhere. We bad farewell to the group and left the establishment sated and happy!

Great little place with lovely, comfy vibe. Feels like a pub in someone's house. V friendly staff & great choice of ales. Dog friendly too & v central. Highly recommended 😁

Great little pub with a great vibe and wide choice of draught ale. Would love a place like this in my home town. Also, if you have a phobia of cats don't go to the toilet 😁

Great little ale house, good atmosphere, worth a visit.

A friendly micropub serving cask and keg alcoholic beverages. A good selection of cans and bottles. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. The feline decorations in the toilet are a must see

We were fortunate enough to go to Bottle and Barrel on a lovely, of chilly, day in early February. The staff were lovely, the beer selection fantastic and the atmosphere welcoming. Highly recommend a trip, if you’re anywhere near around.

This is an extremly good place for a beer geek. Met 2 good lads that were very helpful and were passionate about what they do. 5/5

Very cozy, amazing variety of drinks, some of which change almost weekly. Never a dull moment.

Very good place for drinks with friends. Friendly staff and place. Good handcraft beers. The experience was good.

Great find here in Aberystwyth. Stayed for 3 nights and visited each evening. Great atmosphere, friendly staff, good choice of pale ales

Great choices for takeaway or drink in

Good selection of beers and a cosy atmosphere

We visited recently, great selection of ales and nice atmosphere - we stayed and played board games. Dog friendly too!

Love this place, always a great keg and cask range and cans galore. Great service!

Awesome find on recommendation from a friend. Well behaved resident dog that leads you in & walks you out. Incredible selection of drinks.

Great choice of beers, the only place in town where you can regularly find a strong, dark ale.

Fantastic micro pub with a great choice of ales 👍🍻🍻

Bottle and barrel is the best bar in Aberystwyth. Great place to catch up with friends. Very chilled.

Popped in 4 a couple of drinks what a great find friendly staff with reasonable prices 5 ⭐

Absolutely fantastic bar. Stocking all typed of beer - the vast array of choice is testament to the wide range of breweries operating in Wales. Zac has created a bubble of beery perfection here in Aberystwyth. Happy to provide samples of beer that take your interest, and a great knowledge to inform your choice. Cannot recommended the place enough.

Good selection of non alcoholic beers, including one on draught. Smelled too much of beer, though, which stopped us from staying for a pint.

Brilliant place, terrific range of beers, extremely friendly service. The owner helped us with beer choices, then with our young baby's bottle. Bella the pub dog was very friendly and the whole experience was top class. Once you drink here, you won't drink anywhere else in Aberystwyth

Cracking place and good vibe. Superb selection of beers on cask and keg and takeaway cans (clearly marked styles in fridge). Helpful and friendly owner.

The choice of beers is large and local. Very helpful bartender. Would come back to Aberystwyth just for trying the twin bar.

Great range of ales, hipsters vibes, tres chic, not too comfy seating but the elderflower ale was delicious

Visited here almost every day of our weeks holiday. Fantastic range including loads of great local breweries and perfectly kept cask. All of the staff we encountered were really friendly very knowledgeable and an absolute credit to the place. We most certainly did not feel like tourists ;-) Cheese board was brilliant value too. Excellent options for drink in/takeout including some epic local ciders. Big thumbs up!

Great to see a proper craft beer venue in Aber

Great pub , but in quiet times closes early with notice, no last orders just closes

Really nice little pub, excellent beers

Didn't eat in there but great place to drink

Great little place. Primarily a showcase for Welsh brewers but also other beers on tap.

Like having a drink at a friend's house. Excellent selection of ales, including locally produced mead. We ordered food from Jonahs fish kitchen opposite which was delivered to our table. Will definitely be paying a visit in the future.

Seriously great range of quality beers for all tastes

Very cosy pub with a great choice of beer!

Always service with a smile, great knowledge and excellent range of craft beer.

Great little bar,good choice of beers, good atmosphere

Great Place..hope that they have t shirts next time 😆

A homely bar to have a good pint or bottle of ale.

Absolutely brilliant place, amazing selection 👏

Great selection, good parking, friendly host, easy seating, relaxing early on

A surprise discovery - and a most welcome one. Unusual. Splendid pint. Friendly and helpful barman. Interesting cat-themed lav.

What a wonderful micro pub ,excellent service and beer

Awesome beer selection and great service and lovely atmosphere. I have nothing to complain about and will be back often.

Great selection of beer, cider, gin, rum, and local mead. Always excellent service.

Absolutely love this place, great atmosphere, really friendly staff - can't recommend it enough.

Love this place, nice range of gin beer :) very helpful staff with great knowledge, and they are DOG friendly so big Plus from us :)

I really admire the dedication needed to turn your mid-terrance house into a pub. 10/10. Or 5/5 as google say.

A very nice place with big variety in beer. The atmosphere is cozy and the decorations stand out.

Great and ever changing selection, very friendly staff, and great atmosphere. I have spent many nice evenings here. If you're unsure about which beer to take, the staff are also happy to help. Big fan!

Amazing ambiance, staff and beer

Great beer selection. Allows you to take in your own takeaway to eat. Selection of board games. Cracking pub.

Looks like it could be good (CAMRA recommended etc.) but my initial experience was being told it was closed when I visited at 10:38 yesterday evening. Thanks for the response, owner. I was aware of the 11pm closing time but not of the 10:30pm stop-serving time, nor have I seen any notices in social media or elsewhere informing of the latter. If there was one in the window I would've missed it anyway as I was in a hurry. Either way, it's a dramatic departure from the standard "last orders at 10-20 minutes before closing time" protocol. Admittedly I don't visit pubs as often as I used to so perhaps this protocol isn't widely followed anymore. I'll reconsider this review at some point.

Very accommodating and knowledgeable

Great booze, cosy atmosphere. All you need.

Nice bar with great range of drinks to enjoy both inside or to takeaway, plus our dog was made welcome.

Superb back street bar serving interesting and diverse beer range. Brilliant

Great little bar with amazing selection of beers

I absolutely love this place. A must for any time I'm in Aberystwyth. Great, comprehensive beer bar. Drink in and take out. Friendly service. Great cat content in the loo.

Fantastic craft beer bar, probably my favourite beer bar in Wales. The menu is perfectly curated with a good selection of Welsh breweries you might not have heard of before. Staff are fantastic, friendly and knowledgeable. There used to be a dog but I haven't seen him recently. If you're visiting Aberystwyth it's a place you can't miss

It is absolutely a great place to stop for some decent beer and cider options. Friendly and welcoming staff, Bella the Dog was a great addition and super chill and friendly.

Cwrw da a staff gwych. Great beer, excellent staff.

Lovely place with all the local and Welsh cider, beer and gin you could ever want. Mostly reasonably priced and very kind and helpful customer service. 👍

Excellent micropub selling an impressive variety of keg, cask and bottled craft ales and other craft drinks. Their current selection can be previewed on Untappd. Friendly and helpful staff. Tasters on request. Though there is background music this is the quieter version of the two pubs these people run, the other being the Bank Vault. No food on the premises but at certain times of day you can order for food to be brought to you from a nearby seafood restaurant.

Great selection of beers and knowledgeable staff who took the time to let my (rather fussy!) partner try a couple of options before deciding what to have. Definitely worth a visit!

English at the end. Ci bach cymdogaeth gyda chwrw drafft da. Dim bwyd yn cael ei weini yma. Awyrgylch ymchwil. Wedi ei hoffi. Small modern pup. Young people in. Great selection of expensive craft beers in bottles an on tap. Had one tasty IPA.

Great selection of craft beers.

Found this pub tucked down a back street, must of walked 🚶‍♀️passed it so many times but won't again. Lots of craft beer to choose from, had the white chocolate and caramac pale ale 🍺

Bottle and Barrel, along with Bank Vault, are destination bars for us, coming down from Lancashire they are a welcome craft oasis in a desert of bland pubs. Awesome beer and great ambience

It's ok, staff are great , bit too small.

Great place to visit A great selection of beer to choose from. Really nice staff who are welcoming The place is clean and well presented

A massive choice of ales with a friendly atmosphere. Also the added bonus that you can order food from the Jonahs cafe on the adjacent corner. Really enjoyed it. There are some rather potent ales there too. A very comfortable place with varied seating. Its an independent ale house and a must visit. Diolch yn fawr. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤🍻🍽

What a great place; a diamond in the rough! Great selection of craft beers, something for all tastes. Great to see students in there, not just old fogies like me. Also a mention for Cegin Jonah's Kitchen over the road. They will deliver great takeaway while you enjoy your beer.

Fabulous range of beers and a friendly setting

Always fabulous, hubby LOVES the beers!

Great selection of beers, gins, and much more.

Loved this place! It's so different to the commercial looking and boring chain pubs and bars. The beer selection is outstanding and the takeaway option is an excellent touch. The gentleman behind the bar was knowledgeable, professional and courteous. Would heartily recommend this place

Ice cubes in the beer on request. Decent.