Doncaster Brewery Tap, Doncaster

I called in here on my way to Peterborough, having arranged a gap between trains to take in a pub or two in Donny. The pub had only just opened (12 noon on Saturday) but there was a ukulele player already warming up and a couple of people on their way to a Pride march through the town. More pertinently, there were a large number of beers and ciders arrayed across a dozen hand pumps on the bar. Service was friendly and the beer I had, the brewery's own Cheswold Bitter in reasonable condition, though a little underwhelming taste-wise. I'm sure I'll be back when Luton Town appear here later in the season. (The toilets are upstairs, which involves going through the door at the back and through the brewery premises and another door - to the right rear - to access the stairs.)

Having opened in 2014 this is now a veteran micropub. It is a proper one with no TVs etc. It's on the larger side and was doing a good trade on a Saturday afternoon. There are now twelve hand pumps which had six ciders, four Doncaster ales and two guests Muirhouse Greedy King and Half Moon Dark Masquerade. I went for the Doncaster Mucky Bucket (£3.00) which was excellent. It's well worth a visit and is GBG 2018 listed.

Called into this 2016 Good Beer Guide bar on a CAMRA coach trip and enjoyed choosing from the selection of 5 Doncaster ales on tap. They also had a guest ale from Raw brewery, and some ciders too. Popular bar on a Saturday afternoon, and there was a piano and some ukulele playing patrons. Good atmosphere.

Basic shop-conversion micro-pub, with little to say for it, apart from the beer and convivial atmosphere of course! Also has an upstairs room; which, like the toilets, is reached via the brewery so you can do an impromptu tour en route. Decent selection of five house ales, including the 1194 Charter porter (£3.00), and two ciders available from a total of nine handpumps. My stop was also enlivened by listening and watching the local ukulele club session in full swing.

Official site of Doncaster Brewery Tap - doncasterbrewery.co.uk

Official site of Doncaster Brewery Tap - doncasterbrewery.co.uk