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The Brewery Tap, Norwich
Norwich
NR3 4LF
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The Brewery Tap
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Old Boots left this review about The Brewery Tap
Brewing in a shed come to life, there’s a brewery on the roadside of the building and a well appointed brewery tap behind. It is a large shed but has a flag floor and a decent hardwood counter with a beautiful naturalistic top, furnished with Britannias and benches and two large drinking shelves with tall stools in the middle. There’s a raised area at one end and the decor is old pub signs, stained glass pub windows and photos of the brewing process. One end has a window into the cold room where some beers (9) are on gravity, the counter has eight pulls and two banks of keg taps giving 18 pours. Blackboards above the servery show what’s available conveniently split by dispense. Busy with the idle middle aged, when I dropped by.
On 21st April 2024
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 3269 recommendations about 2978 pubs]
Will Larter left this review about The Brewery Tap
I'm not normally a fan of brewery taps, and the exterior of this one is no more promising than most. Once inside though a great effort has been made to transform the available space into something that is as pub-like as you could want, with wooden screens or room dividers, hops suspended from beams, old inn signs on the walls and a magnificent varnished wooden bar counter.
I would guess that the separate ownership of the brewery and the tap is for business reasons that needn't concern us, as the bar is dominated by beers from the Fat Cat Brewery. Guests at the time of my visit were from the likes of Deya, Brew York, Oakham and North Riding, but I can drink most of those any time, so I concentrated on the Fat Cat beers. The regular Norwich Bitter was true to style and very enjoyable, though in no better than "good" condition. I also tried a new beer called Bittersweet Symphony, a maltier version of a session bitter, which was in very good condition (NBSS 3.5). As a treat I also had the Wild Cat IPA 6% which was a very good beer that I would not hesitate to drink any time I find it again. Worth a visit to Norwich? Well, perhaps that's going a bit too far, but my quick visit here at the end of a cycling trip on the north coast gave me food for thought. This was my first visit to this brewery tap, I hope it won't be my last.
On 5th August 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3745 recommendations about 3482 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Brewery Tap
First revisit for 15 years to this excellent place, adjoining the Fat Cat brewery but now separately owned and known as The Brewery Tap. Might be considered a bit cavernous by some, but as busy as before so I haven't found it feeling that way, and the breweriana around the walls add interest. Also has outside seating areas front and back. Splendid range of in-house and guest beers from the eight handpumps and the same again served by gravity from the side cool room, but I went for the 'house' Norwich Bitter (£1.75, half) in the end. Yes it is slightly odd (or perhaps quirky), but not in a bad way.
On 13th May 2023
- rating: 8
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- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 14 November 2015 by Pub SignMan
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- Live Music : Yes - Sun - last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
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- Real Ale : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
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- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 14 November 2015 by Pub SignMan
- WiFi : Yes last updated 12 September 2021 by Quinno _
