The Beartown Tap, Congleton

This is a smallish pub that is Beartowns brewery tap when i went in here i went to the right and sat on a stool at the bar there was the full range of Beartown beers on the bar and i had a drink of kodiak Gold this was a really nice drink. I was quite happy having a few drinks here and would have liked to have stayed longer.

This pub has been a flagship pub for Beartown and Congleton for a long time, however over the last 2/3 years it has just not recaptured it's niche of good well kept local beers.Hence the rating of 6.

Visited in May 2010 As the name indicates, the Beartown Tap is the brewery tap for the local Beartown Brewery situated only a couple of hundred yards away, and which started brewing in 1999. Situated slightly away from the town centre, it's a smallish single bar pub with two separate lounge areas as well as a drinking area around the bar. The interior is comfortable and pleasant, but rather nondescript and a collection of posters and enamel signs from German and Belgian breweries reminded me of The Borough Arms in Crewe ( also incidentally a brewery tap ) where I had been the previous day. In addition, there's some fine old photos of Congleton to admire. There's an outside garden at the back down some stairs. 6 Beartown beers were on and, as is usual, all bore the "bear" name and branding. The Beartown name is in recognition of the fact that Congleton used to have a Bear Warden whose role was to supervise the bear baiting that took place when fairs came to town. The Bearskinful - £ 2.30p - was in good form. The pub has been a CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular in recent years and has won local CAMRA Branch awards. This pub is well worth seeking out

Very traditional pub will the full range of Beartown Brewery ales all in excellent condition plus a couple of guests.Interesting interior with seperate drinking areas and a warm and friendly welcome.This is no place to drink pish lager,get you gob round the Ginger Bear and swill.Top pub a little off the main town circuit.Full marks from me.

The Beartown Tap is run by Bear Town Brewery and sells some very strong and reasoably priced locally brewed beer

The Beartown Brewery official site, with details of all of their beers and further info on the Beartown Tap - www.beartownbrewery.co.uk

The Beartown Brewery official site, with details of all of their beers and further info on the Beartown Tap - www.beartownbrewery.co.uk