The Stanton Cask, Ilkeston

The Ilson Tap is a micro pub that is situated at the bottom of Bath Street. Once inside there is a small oblong shaped room which is bare boarded,the bar is to the rear of the room on the left side,there is bench seating on the right side with small tables and small stools. There were five real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Aurora Constellation,which was a nice well kept beer,the other real ales were Aurora american Red,Hairy Brewers Belper Trash,Dancing Duck Waitangi and Abstact Jungle Pride. I quite liked this micro pub. Pub visited 22/7/2017

A new micropub and home to the Aurora brewery, the Ilson Tap takes its name from the local pronunciation of the name of the town. We found the pub by accident, as I had planned our crawl of Ilkeston before the pub came into being in June 2017. It's a converted corner shop and there's a small bar in the back corner which has five hand pumps; a number of keg fonts can be seen on the wall behind. As well as their own beers, there are two guest ales. All hand pulled beers were priced at £2.90 a pint. There was a friendly atmosphere, with some grandparents proudly showing off their triplet granddaughters, who looked about the same age as the pub. A very welcome addition to Ilkeston's burgeoning real ale scene.