Brewhouse & Kitchen Spellman Sam at the Brewhouse & Kitchen, Lichfield

This is a large brick-based stand-alone building on the edge of the pedestrianised area with tables outside to attract people for a summer garden. Inside, it’s very busy. There’s lots of people sitting around large bench-type wooden tables that wouldn’t be out of place in a German beer hall. The bar is actually quite deserted as waiter dash in and out of the kitchen bringing plates of overpriced food. There’s an assortment of taps but the handpumps are hidden towards the end. We can’t see any evidence of the brewery. Perhaps it’s drowned out by the crowd. The atmosphere is buzzing and there’s no spare tables so we stand at the bar and soak it up. Oddly, we feel out of place. We decide to sup up and move on after a visit to the bathroom which is located up the posh winding stairs in the centre of the building. I hover in the porch before departing through the glass door lobby.