Pure Bar & Kitchen (City Centre)

• This beer themed gastropub in Birmingham city centre is a joint venture with input from Purity Brewing Co
• My dining partner and I both started with the Scotch Egg with Beer Ketchup
• Ordering the same starter is fairly poor thinking when reviewing a restaurant
• The outside was deliciously crisp
• The ketchup added a nice sweetness and was the beginning of the beer theme which runs throughout the food menu without dominating it
• I followed with the Veltins Pot Roast Cod
• The cod was perfectly cooked and served with a delicious buttery sauce
• The sourdough was lovely and fresh
• The pork had a deliciously thin crackling and serving it with colcannon (an Irish specialty with cabbage and potatoes boiled and mashed together) worked nicely
• 2 Scotch Eggs with Beer Ketchup = £
• Clams and Grains with Sourdough = £
• This is one of the best informal dining venues in Birmingham
• After visiting the Christmas Market in Birmingham we were looking for somewhere to get some dinner
• We came across Pure and were lucky enough to be able to get a table
• We ordered a selection of dishes to share including the Scotch Eggs with Beer Ketchup
• Pumpkin and Lentil Salad and a Pork Pie with Piccalilli
• I think the highlight were the Scotch Eggs
• Everything was delicious and extremely filling
• I have to say we were a little disappointed with this
• Refreshing with citrus flavours
• Really enjoyed the Kolsch which was everything I imagine good German beer to be
• The Czech Dark Lager was strong with an almost liquorice taste which my other half really liked
• The only one I wasn't sure about was the Dunkel
• The egg was cooked to perfection with a soft yolk
• The breadcrumbs on the outside were crisp and the sausagemeat was intensely savoury and really well seasoned
• If the Scotch Egg was anything to go by then I'll probably be back more than once
• 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
• The skin crisp and with a back note of Dunkel lager that sits well without overpowering
• We gathered up the troops here before heeding on to one of Birmingham's best restaurants

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