The City Tap, Leeds

The City Tap on the CAMRA website - camra.org.uk

The City Tap on the CAMRA website - camra.org.uk

Facebook page of The City Tap - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of The City Tap - www.facebook.com

A large square space in the bottom corner of a modern building as described previously. I called in at a less busy time and it wasn’t too noisy, it was very quiet with the two of us and four other punters. Too many keg taps to count, but only 11 taps in operation all were very interesting beers, that low number may have been due to the financial problems of North. High tables and chairs, and dog friendly. My half of Left Handed Giant; ‘Feels Like Heaven’ (7.1%) was an excellent beer and worth every penny of the £5.70 the half cost.

I certainly wouldn't make this a regular haunt, even if I lived in Leeds, but it was interesting to see this fairly ordinary room in the bottom corner of a large modern building being put to good use. Yes, the background music and chatter was a bit too loud and challenging for my ears; yes, most of the beers - in a long row of keg taps on the back wall - were not what I would ordinarily want to drink; but on the other hand, where else am I going to find a 9% smoked stout brewed in collaboration between North Brewing and Varvar Brew of Kyiv? So, an interesting experience, but if I'm going to repeat it, perhaps I should call in earlier in the day - they're open from 11 - when it is less busy and hopefully not as noisy.