If you fancy a filthily good bit of BBQ in Bristol, then Grillstock have been doing it longer than most. Doing it longer than most places in London, for that matter. And just as with their slow-cooked smoked brisket: the longer you do it, the better it gets.
Oh… man, is their brisket good. It is so astonishingly mouth-wateringly soft, so packed with flavour, so very good. Inna bun, and just a proper ol’ bread bun, none of your buttery brioche nonsense. Their BBQ sauces are about the best I’ve ever had too, so I just kept dousing my brisket bun with it every other mouthful (they don’t dish you out a poncy portion of BBQ sauce, they just have big bottles of the stuff in the middle of the long communal table). I doused my fries with the sauce too. Their fries are bloody excellent, by the way.
Maureen had a burger topped off with chilli brisket. Beef on beef action! The chilli was splendid, you could really taste all the smokey, freaky, dried up chilli peppers that had been slowly cooked into it. The burger was a good’un, though of the cooked through variety.
All their burgers and buns are around the £8 mark. I can report their home-brewed pale ale is a great easy-drinking brew. I can’t imagine that there is a better BBQ to be had anywhere west of Pitt Cue.
Brisket inna bun!