Dancing in the dark

 

I had one of these while making dinner this evening (Shepherds Pie) It's a new'ish beer from Siren called "South Facing IPA" and is a collaboration with Dancing Man brewery down in Southampton. I visited the Dancing Man taproom/brewery a few years ago with some mates on a day out, it was a great spot for a few beers and IIRC decent food too. I recall we kind of ended up there by accident while looking for another brewpub (Unity, now closed) but we fell on our feet that day, it turned out to be a very cool venue. 

Situated in a renovated 14th century "wool house" on the town quay, the building used to be part of the "old" Southampton, mostly destroyed by Adolf in the 40s, the history of the place is fascinating, for example, in the 18th century it housed French prisoners from the Napoleonic wars, a brutal chapter, you can still see some of their names carved into the wooden beams upstairs! In the beginning of the 20th century (1910) it housed an early aircraft workshop, the "Moonbeam II" made it's maiden flight from the site that's now Southampton airport. 

Now, there's not many town centre "spoons" that can make those kinds of claims!