Purecraft Bar and Kitchen

Top notch beer selection, ales and craft beers. All beers are served in excellent condition. A good selection of Purity’s own beers and guests. They’ve had a number of beers on from Roosters, one of my favourite breweries.
Food is damn good too (I recommend the steak).

I love good food and purity ale. This collaboration supply’s both. Great for a quick pint and a bite to eat or they can easily cater for larger groups too. The scotch eggs are amazing and great value. The steak is a decent cut too. My current favourite beer is cwtch welsh ale by tiny rebel. which seems to be a staple in addition to the usual purity range. Definitely recommend.

Venue lovely, food amazing, drinks fantastic, service impeccable. Purity running the bar, Michelin starred Simpsons making the food, it is an awe-​inspiring spectacular sensation. Virtuous — Pure.

I go frequently because the food seldom disappoints. The menu has clarity, though it should having been designed by the man behind local Michelin triumphs Simpsons and The Cross. There are nods to ales on taps and suggestions for what beers to drink your food with that all tie in nicely with its links to Purity. A small plate of barbecued chicken sees cuts from the breast, leg, and wing cooked accurately. The bird is of obvious quality, the skin crisp and with a back note of Dunkel lager that sits well without overpowering. Soured cream provides the little amount of acidity needed to level it all out.
I always turn to the scotch egg here. The runny yoke glistening against the still warm layer of minced pig never fails to disappoint. Here was the worst example I have had at Pure Bar, with the yolk all but missing from one half, which still makes it the best scotch egg in the city. What sets it apart from its competition is the beer ketchup, full of umami savour, which should be bottled and sold on every street corner. A thick slice of toasted sourdough with haricot beans steeped in a spiced tomato with pancetta was good, though all it succeeded in doing was make me remember how great the version at Lewis’s was.
Scotch eggs, beans on toast and bbq chicken. The more deft of you more may have noticed that the small plates all reference classic pub grub, a theme that continues into the mains. Chicken Kiev stayed true to its roots with a breast that oozed a garlic heavy sauce when carved. Its richness countered by a well dressed salad. Best was the fish, chips and mushy peas. The firm Fish of the Day (Coley, I would guess) flaking apart at the suggestion of a prod, with good crisp batter. The peas had enough texture to create interest, whilst the tartar was piquant and sharp.
We have no room for dessert, though I can tell you from previous boozy excursions that they never fail to deliver on a sweet hit of sugar. If ever there was a bar and kitchen that was ready to expand its Pure Bar; the food and drink set-​up makes All Bar One look like a Weatherspoon. The food is well judged and deserves a wider audience. In a market littered with sub-​standard chains, it is a refreshing change to see thought gone into every process. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pure Bar finds its way to other major cities, which, quite frankly, would be a good thing for everyone.

Purebar is a great place to go an experience new beers, they have aproximatley 40 draught beers available. For non beer drinkers they also offer spirits and a couple of wines and ciders. On this occasion we only indulged in bar snacks but I have eaten here before and again I would thoroughly recommend it.

Nice stylish interior with penty of room even when busy. The selection of independent of brews are well described on the menu board so you can get a good idea of what will tickle your fancy. I chose a pale lager and the misses had a local brewed cider, both were really nice and refreshing but came with a hefty price tag, Around 5 to 6 quid a pint…
The crowd were mainly middle aged seemingly well to do people, all on double dates! We people watched for a while then moved on to somewhere for a decent priced pint and a whiskey.

Purecraft (or Purity, depending on where you see the name) is the quintessential gastropub in every way. From the great selection of food and drinks to the excellent service and stripped-​down décor, this place was pure enjoyment.
The beer list is very good with many craft beers (or real ales) on it from regional as well as international brewers. The focus is on English and American breweries, but stretches to other lands as well. The variety is solid and many are on tap.
The food was delicious! I had been comparing different restaurants’ fish and chips offerings at the time and had to agree with my friend from Sheffield when we dug into our baskets, «Thassawroitproppapeezafisch, innit?» Yes, it was! Nice breading, lots of white meat. Good stuff!
Service was attentive and the actually come to your table to take the order; a luxury that I noticed you don’t get in every pub (I’m American, so I wasn’t familiar with all of the customs).
The dining area and bar are both pretty stripped down, industrial chic with lots of raw surfaces, exposed ducting and the like. I was a bit put off by the toilets being downstairs which could prove problematic for anyone with a disability.
I left feeling full and amazing! I really enjoyed Purecraft!

Purecraft Bar and Kitchen has been on my radar since moving to Birmingham, and recently I was able to finally experience the bar at a Unilocal quiz night social in January. Purecraft has been around for a year now, and operates in partnership with Purity Brewing Company. Purity is based in Warwickshire, a good hour drive south of Birmingham City Centre. Due to this geographic reach, it’s great that I can experience the full Purity lineup without having to travel far. There are over 20 brews on cask or keg, and tons of choices from the bottle. Although Purity offerings are the main attraction, Purecraft is not a tied venture, and you can find other craft beers from both the UK and abroad. A somewhat hard to find but excellent wild ale from America is Boulevard’s Tank 7, which is on tap for £5.50. On my visit, I tried several of the Purity ales and an imported German wheat beer, all of which were excellent. Their house cider is also a standout.
Purecraft uses an open industrial theme throughout the place, with metal and wood tables, exposed brick walls, concrete ceilings, and subway tile behind the bar. The upstairs can seat a fair, but not huge amount of patrons. There is a downstairs bar as well, which was staffed during our pub quiz. The host here uses a speed quiz app for smart phones/​tablets that allows for a variety of questions (word, picture based) and answers (letter, spelling, multiple choice). The format can be challenging, but feels much more spontaneous and fun than other pub quizzes I’ve experienced. Given the smart phone format and the rapid fire questions, it’s also much harder for teams to cheat using the internet.
Purecraft also features a full menu with upmarket pub classics as well as posh takes on typical small bites like a scotch egg. I haven’t tried the food yet, but most of the items I’ve seen look great, albeit a bit pricey. Overall, I highly recommend Purecraft as a pub, both for their solid selection of Purity Ales and for their fun weekly events.

Review for cider and quiz night:
We joined some fellow Unilocalers this past Monday for the weekly quiz. What a fantastic night! If you’re looking for a fun, casual activity with friends, I’d highly recommend Purecraft Bar and Kitchen’s quiz night. The guy running the quiz uses a speed quiz app which one person in your team downloads on a smartphone or iPad and you buzz in your answers. The fastest team to get the correct answer gets bonus points and the advancing rounds award more points. Each team selects a signature sound which can be quite funny when one team is dominating with the fast answers and you hear their stupid sound (jk) all the time.
The cider on draught is quite good. It has the perfect balance of bubbles to flat and is crisp but not too sweet. I downed 3 full pints during the quiz — very refreshing.
I love the vibe in Purecraft. The décor is a combination of modern clean bright colors, light industrial and mid century. The seating was comfortable and well spaced — I liked that we were close enough to talk to other teams but not on top of each other. The quiz night was hosted in the downstairs seating area, which conveniently has a second bar for ordering drinks.

Having come here for Stoo’s fantastic pub quiz (which team «Where’s Wallis» won!), it would have been rude not to try the food (and drink) as well.
The thing that stood out for me was the mixed feeling you get on entering — is it a pub? Is it a restaurant? Or is it a bit of both? You could get table service or order food at the bar. I liked that.
I opted for the large macaroni cheese with bacon bits and though it looked small when it arrived in its skillet pan, it was very filling and delicious, with its gooey cheese, tasty bacon and the breadcrumb topping. The pint of Purity UBU that I had went with it very nicely.
Later on I sampled their bar snacks, going for the pork scratchings. They were nice and tasty but a bit too greasy for my liking.
I’d definitely go back, it’s a nice place to meet up with friends and have some beer and snacks or even a full blown meal.

Myself and some of the other Unilocalers came here last night for the speed quiz. It was my first one and I absolutely loved it! I have visited the bar itself many times and I always enjoy myself. There is a fantastic selection beers and I like to try different ones each time I visit.
Unlike traditional pub quizzes, it is executed via each teams individual tablet and the time limit on the questions ensure nobody can cheat by having their phone active underneath the table. The questions are varied and a little bit more difficult than other pub quizzes I have been to which, together with the time limit, made it more challenging and therefore exciting.
My team won but I can’t take credit for this as my input wasn’t the best, haha! Teamed with a few pints of Longhorn craft beer, it made for a jolly Monday night. A brilliant way to shake off the January blues!

Probably more of the kitchen than the bar here, they do serve a very extensive (around 15 — 20) range of beers but they lack a really good bar atmosphere and don’t have enough seating for people who are just drinking. That’s a shame really because it’s a nice, industrial style place which would be a good place to go and chat (and never drink the same thing twice).
When you add the food into the equation though it’s an entirely different matter, the food here is top notch. Okay the food menu isn’t extensive but they seem to have taken a focused approach, doing what is on there to the best quality. Food type is very much «elevated pub» you’ll get burgers, scotch eggs and fish and chips etc but it’s all done to the highest standard. Don’t forget to check the specials board either, it’s a little hidden away by the kitchen but they sometimes have some real gems on it, the pig burger was a real winner.
Staff are friendly and they are happy to let you have tasters of the beer and talk you through what might match well with the food, judging from the staff entry during the beer round of a quiz they really know their stuff. If you are eating you’ll get full table service.
Well worth a visit, but go there to eat so you can enjoy the place to its full potential.
Shout out to the Sunday roast as well, truly awesome (as long as you like beef or fish) and, at £14 including a pint, an incredible bargain.
Secondary shout outs to the scotch eggs, they are some of the best you can get, and speed quiz nights on a Monday in the basement, which is the best way to quiz.

I’d had a wander and was ready for lunch, but at 3.00pm there was nowhere serving nearby or the places that were just didn’t tickle me. I was almost ready to get the 101 bus back to the JQ when I remembered down Waterloo Street, opposite where I used to work, was Purecraft. About time I popped in and I could also check out my old office building … the place that first brought me kicking and screaming to Brum. On that, I’m amazed that Adam’s is taking the ground floor.
So, I wander in to the bar and immediately like it. It has a great integrity about it. It just works really well. Everything feels the right quality and it’s spacious and feels quite light. The bar is lovely and wide, great for the staff to work behind. Only bar food by this time I’m told, but am feeling at home so I choose a ham sandwich on sour-​dough with (I think) home-​made piccalilli. A mega garish award winning beers tap stared me in the face, so I asked if I could sample. No problem says the very nice barman. Yum. Dude, that’s good. Serve me a pint of that I say.
No problem finding somewhere to sit this time of day, tho there are several folks in, and it’s a window seat for me looking onto Waterloo Street and away from everyone else. I’m thinking the service here is exceptional. The hipster style dude is A1. This is maybe the only time I’ve had decent service off a beardie. I sip my truly excellent, super-​clear pint. I unfurl the paper and before I know he’s there with my Sarnie. Friendly, discrete, nothing too much fuss.
It’s a great sarnie too. Decent ham of good quality, great bread, nice smudge of good butter, truly awesome Piccalilli on the plate and a small (slightly over-​salted on the dressing) side salad.
Happy as Larry for around £10. Ok, not a cheap sarnie by any means but it was made with love and care and the ingredients where fresh. All in I was very impressed with every aspect of this place and will definitely pop by again when next over that way.

Purecraft Bar & Kitchen is a nice enough addition to the city centre bar scene. I think its door have been open for around a year and it seems to have settled in well, especially with the afterwork drinkers from the offices and workplaces that take over this part of town from 5pm onwards.
The bar itself is exactly what you would expect from a brewery opening up their own venue, a large selection of larger’s and ales are on offer with all of the available drinks being displayed on a chalk board above the bar. We went for an IPA that to my surprise had a great flavour of almost citrus, it was a fantastic drink but at £6 a glass it was a pretty expensive! I think for complete transparency the prices of the drinks should be displayed on the menu board, its is currently only when the drinks have been poured you find out the heavy price tags.
The other negative for me is that I always feel this place lacks atmosphere. It feels a little bit sterile and lacking the buzz you get at other city centre drinking spots. Over all I like this place… i sadly don’t love it, I have however heard that the food here is excellent so I will be back at some point to give it a go.

Visited with a group of Unilocal newbies on a Wednesday evening. It was fairly busy and somewhat basic in style 90’s new york loft style and décor inside didn’t match the exterior. As i walked up to the building i was expecting fine dining and expensive drinks, but when you enter its a whole different story. They need to make a better connection of their image on the exterior of the building because for me personally it was misleading.
Food was good — small plates Average price around £5−6.50 and larger main meals at £11.50 for fish and chips and upwards. The Scotch eggs are lovely and also the cheese board is great too, we also had cocktail sausages.
For me i’m not so much a beer/​ale drinker, but great if you like a wide choice of beers and I guess most going here do, I wouldn’t go again for the drinks but for the food i certainly would do.
For anyone who is super passionate about ales and craft beers they have a small tasting room downstairs where they can hold tasting events for 4 – 10 people. Different packages are available and can be tailored to suit the client. They also offer a public tasting on sundays from 6.00pm. 6 different ales to try for £20.00 a head.
The venue was open plan and spacious and they also have downstairs seating area. good seating areas, but no outside seating. The toilets are clean and fresh. Parking is available on the side streets after 7.30pm its free. Over all an enjoyable evening the drinks are just not for me but the food i can’t fault.

Good craft beer + cheese = happy me.
The interior is very spacious, modern and unassuming, and suggests an atmosphere that’s more ‘cocktail bar’ than pub… but Purecraft Bar And Kitchen is definitely a place for the beer lover. It has a fantastic selection of draught beers (about ¼ are Purity ales but the rest are a constantly changing selection of craft beers from all over the place).
Via a Unilocal event I was finally able to try the ‘Kitchen’ part of Purecraft Bar And Kitchen, and it did not disappoint. The best scotch egg I’ve had in Birmingham, a delightful cheese board, addictive BBQ chipolatas, and just generally fantastic snackage go with your beer of choice.
The staff are incredibly accommodating and friendly. Basically a great place to grab a few pints and split a cheese board (or you know, just eat the cheese board yourself because who wants to share that goodness?).

I chose the cwtch beer, which was a good choice. Really aromatic (usually my nose is terrible when it comes to this kind of stuff) and the taste was rather great too. The style of the place is rustic meets industrial chic so is very cool! I like the bar itself. The cheese from the cheese board is divine, especially when tasted with the apple chutney :)

We really liked Pure — it has an industrial yet cosmopolitan interior which was quite unexpected given how pristine and Georgian (?) it looks from the outside.
Long wooden tables, steel furnishings, exposed brickwork and pipes on the bar. As Natalie W says, it could be described as a more elegant BrewDog.
There’s a good separation of the drinkers from the diners, it’s primarily an eatery but the bar is large enough for a casual drink and there’s plenty of communal seating.
Their offering of craft beer is pretty good (recommend Mad Goose) and they have a range of specialist lagers if ale isn’t your thing.
A great informal spot for popping into for a pint or two.

Having visited this venue for a Unilocal event I knew what was in store and decided to pop here on a Saturday night before having a meal.
The atmosphere was great — buzzing and busy and if you are a single lady on the prowl this may just be the place to come as there are plenty of men around!
We almost had to push our way to the bar but was served fairly swiftly and made a beeline for a table upstairs so that we could perch and people watch.
I must admit if I was coming here for a meal I would come during off peak times, as some tables are quite close to the bar area and if you are sitting down people are standing up close by — a bit too close for comfort and not a place for a romantic meal!
In all in all a great bar with plenty of real ales on tap and 75+ bottled beers in modern industrial surroundings. I like it!

Pure Bar is an excellent addition to Birmingham’s fast-​growing craft beer and posh nosh scene. A collaboration between Purity Ales and chef’s from the Michelin-​starred Simpson’s restaurant, it offers delicious beers and food.
The bar itself is stylish — light and airy, with an unstuffy minimalist feel. There are industrial touches, including the light fittings and long benches, which complement the historic building well. The walls are decorated with stripped back bicycle saddles and interesting artwork, which I believe is for sale.
As you might expect, there is an impressive array of craft beers on offer. I try to have something new each time, and have tried several different beers — from the light and hoppy (my personal favourite) to rich and dark. Most drinks are moderately priced and you can get some strong stuff! The bar staff are all very friendly and helpful — they can offer you tasters and advice if you fancy trying something new!
Having boozed at Pure Bar many a time, I finally got my chops around some of their food on a recent visit. I went with Adam S. for a spot of Sunday lunch and we both ordered from the Brunch menu, which offers a range of slightly smaller (although still filling) dishes for around £6/​7. Bargain!
We were served very posh pork scratchings to nibble on while we waited — a nice twist on the bar snack. I had the mini (not so mini) fish of the day, with chips and mushy peas. The fish was absolutely beautiful and flaky. Adam went for a delicious omelette. For afters (I’m greedy, and felt it would be only right to have a dessert in the interests of culinary exploration) I had apple crumble. This was served in a metal pot. Juicy hot apples covered in a layer of cinnamon sprinkled oats and topped off with a slowly melting sphere of berry sorbet. Delicious!
I would definitely recommend Pure Bar to anyone out and about in Birmingham. I’ll definitely be heading back to try more beers, as well as the larger plates on the menu and the bar snacks (including now-​famous scotch eggs).