Drink - The Grapes, Bath

Championing Local

We have a wealth of gin and vodka making expertise in this country, though very few distillers take their product from grain to glass.

Well, here at The Grapes we stock nearly all of them. Ramsbury Single Estate London Dry and Vodka hails from their fields on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, Chase Rhubarb Vodka from Kent and The Oxford Artisan Distillery or TOAD, make a marvellous Physic Gin under licence from the cities Physic Gardens & their spicy Ashmolean Gin is inspired by exotic flavours in partnership with the Ashmolean Museum using heritage grains.

Closer to home we stock, amongst others, the amazing Scout and Sage London Dry, Pink Mermaid Gin using strawberries from the Isle of Wight and Bath’s own Rhubarb Hopped which is fantastic with some Franklin and Sons Ginger Ale.

Our Range of Craft Beers and Real Ale

When you come into The Grapes, don’t expect the usual line-up on the bar that you see in the chains around town.

While we do stock global brands such as Asahi Superdry, our other premium lager is Pilsner Urquell, the first pilsner to be made in 1842. Weihenstephaner Hefe, our Wheat Beer is from the Bavarian State Brewery, which at 1000 years is the oldest in the world. Small beer is 3.8% Helles from Calvors Brewery in Suffolk, one of the few in the country that brew to a low ABV, rather than relying on watering down the beer after the brewing process has taken place and we take pride in stocking an IPA and Milk Stout from Bristol Beer Factory and a Kölsch from Bradford on Avon brewers Kettlesmith.

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Fresh From the Farm

Nothing says the West Country quite like apples and most especially cider. From sparkling to traditional still, flavoured to not and including perry, we have a wide range of styles and flavours from local farms and estates.

Honey and Daughters supply our traditional still Midford Cider from the village of the same name just 3 miles from the city centre and our sparkling comes courtesy of Ilford Manor using wild yeasts. The newcomer from Ilford are their Mango and Habanero in bottles using only 100% fruit juice which gives quite a kick but if you’re after something a little less daring Harry’s Cider does a mean still Rhubarb on draught and Honey’s Apple Black uses blackberries, while their Stony Bonk mixes cider with Ginger Beer.

We also have a range of apple brandies from the Somerset Cider Brandy Co and their Kingston Black liqueur forms the basis of our Bath Bellini cocktail, a glass of prosecco finished off with a Morello Cherry steeped in brandy eu de vie.

Sourcing Sustainably

From our energy sources, utilising wind and sun to our electric cargo bike used to source local produce and collect luggage for our visitors from the station, we are fully aware that the hospitality industry is resource intensive and do everything in our power to reduce our carbon footprint. That is why you will find wine on tap behind the bar, as well as more traditional bottled wines albeit from local vineyards now that temperatures in the South West are comparable to the famous wine regions of France twenty years ago.

There is no compromise on flavour though and you will find our kegged white wines deliver a delicious range from Northern Italy while our boxed red wine selection is sourced by local vintners Wolf Wine. Three Choirs, Dunleavy and Smith and Evans are all Somerset vineyards producing exceptional Whites, Rosé and sparkling wines for our cellar but you will also find some fine wines amongst the mix.

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