Beer café
Friendly and popular beer café and bottle shop, which originally opened in 2020 during the Covid crisis, and was able to open more fully during the summer of 2021. The premises are more spacious than the frontage would indicate, and around 50 customers can be seated over two floors, with more benches at the front of the pub. Quickly establishing itself as a local community hub, this is also very dog friendly !
The single small L-shaped bar serves the main room, the contemporary decor displaying artworks (which rotate on a regular basis and are for sale) under bare electric ceiling lights. The basement room is accessed by steep steps and is more intimate with whitewashed brick, hanging sackcloth and framed prints. This plays host to the wide variety of music and other events which are extremely popular.
Up to three cask ales are available as well as an extensive keg beer range of at least twelve taps plus up to six still ciders. Beers are sourced mainly from local and national microbreweries. A selection of Belgian bottled beers are also available.
Up to 150 beers are stored in fridges and are available for off-sales, as well as to have on-site (these also include no/low alcohol beers). Wine, spirits and soft drinks are also available.
Cask Club is held four times a year - mini cask beer festival (advance tickets only), which explores cask ale with exclusive first pours, one offs, rare barrels and classics.
Part of the "Local Brewery Loop": https://www.localbreweryloop.co.uk
Local CAMRA branch joint runner-up Pub of the Year in 2024.
Historic Interest
Situated within a parade of shops built by Syme & Duncan Ltd in 1904 with distinctive architecture including turrets at each end. This was originally called Clock House Parade and served the expanding suburb following the opening of the nearby Clock House railway station in 1890 on what was then called Penge Road.
This Pub serves 2 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Three Hounds Beer Company, Beckenham
Changing beers typically include: Drop Project (varies) , Three Hounds (varies)