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Some bibulous thoughts
Drink flows (responsibly) through our veins at The Gurnard’s Head. Beer and wine dominate much of our thinking, the sheer variety of each a permanent demand on our attention.
Here are a few rather earnest comments. For more whimsy on wine, look at our Wine page.
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Beer must be loved and cared for in the same way as food or wine. So we do.
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We price our drinks for our local trade, not the stream of seasonal visitors. So London prices can remain in London.
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Carafes of wine are brilliant. We serve them in measures of 250ml or 375ml (third or half bottles). It means we can open more wines and you can have more choice.
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By serving decent sized spirit measures (35ml), we don’t oblige you to order doubles: better for you and better value. And we mix our drinks properly.
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On Draught
We would rightly be sent packing if our beers were not up to scratch. Our local customers are a demanding bunch and tend to grizzle if something is not quite right so we make sure it always is.
We always have three hand pulled ales, currently from Skinners and St. Austell, as well as a smooth from Tomos Watkins in Wales, but are always on the lookout for something new from local brewers.
Our Skreach dry cider is produced on a deliberately small scale by Hugh Chapman in nearby St. Buryan.
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Wines
From as many as 20 wines by the carafe to eccentrically brilliant wine makers, from multiple tastings to innovative pricing, wine is something we approach with a serious mind and light heart.
It obsesses us and to give it its merited attention, we devote a page of our website to it. For what it's worth, the AA think us worthy of an AA Notable WIne List award.
We host a wine supper each January . This year it was on the 28th and was fully subscribed. Email wine@gurnardshead.co.uk for details of future wine events.
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Sherry and Madeira
Every summer, press releases drop on the doorsteps of wine journalists and trade organisations banging the drum for sherry. And every year, the British public seem to respond with a deafening silence.
So please, please do give sherry a chance. In its various forms it is a beautiful wine and does deserve recognition. We have almost a dozen, all by the glass.
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Brandies
We buy most of our brandies from David Baker of Brandyclassics, who may know more about the subject than anyone else in the country.
The result is an intriguing mixture of Armagnac, Cognac and Calvados. And for those with Blimpish tendencies, Julian Temperley’s cider brandies from the heart of Somerset. Rightly very popular.
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