After leaving our meeting pub on my friend's Stag night in Edinburgh, most people needed to check in, and since the other half and I came up the night before, we were tasked to find the next pub. The only thing we were told, \"Make sure it has a lot of ales\".\n\nSo we quested. We asked Yelp. We walked into places, but nothing seemed right. I finally found BrewDog on Yelp, and it sounded like it had potential. When the two of us walked in, we realized we had found the place for our before dinner drinks. We let them know where it was (with specific instructions that the street it was on was a full level below Bridge, so don't try to take Bridge, which they did causing them to take ages to find it, plus Google maps seems to have the location down the street, closer to the bridge), and we settled in to try some beer. \n\nMy first impression was that it was crowded but not too crowded that we couldn't fit 11 people around. Luckily, right before the rest of the group showed up, the people at the couch in the corner left, so we snuck in to steal the area before anyone else did. It's a bit more trendy and modern than most British pubs seem to be, which was nice for a group of mostly young guys. They all were really happy that we found the place.\n\nThe beers. Well they were tasty, but a bit overwhelming on the palate. Mostly due to the overabundance of hops in all the beers (from the BrewDog beers to the guest beers, they all seemed this way). Because of that, there's definitely an American feeling to the beers, much like how Rogue brewery in the US overhops their beers. The difference? American hops are a bit more harsh and perfume-y than British hops, so while it wasn't my style of choice, the beer was tasty. It didn't go down quickly, as all the beer there is quite high in alcohol content. The lowest was under 5%, but just barely--squeaking in at a 4.9%. They serve smaller sizes of beer as you go up in alcohol.\n\nThe 5% beers were standard in pints, go up to 7%, and it's a 2/3 pint. My first beers, the Yin and Yang guest ales broke in at a higher than usual 10%, and were served in 1/3 pint sizes. (Also, one was an amber, one was a stout. You drink half of each then mix together, which made for interesting beer drinking). Of course, if you get the Tactical Nuclear Penguin (coming in at a whopping 38%), it comes in about 10 mL servings. It's like beer liquor. \n\nIt was a great vibe, and quite a bit of fun. About six of us broke out the Jenga (as there is a good selection of board games, well so-so selection, as Monopoly should never be included in a good selection), and we played a few rounds which many of the barstaff and patrons were quite happy to watch. We didn't have any food, but the pizza choices looked very interesting, and I saw some meat and cheese platters come out and they looked amazing.\n\nAll in all, a good time was had, and I would not turn down a trip to another BrewDog (which the closest is in Camden, so a much easier trip). If you don't like American style beers or establishments, this place might not be for you.