Tap And Can, Shrewsbury

Part micro-pub, part craft beer bar and part bottle (or rather tin) shop. Narrow, two-part rectangular interior with canteen-style furniture and quite subdued lighting. With two of the four handpumps in use, I found North Riding's Nelson Sauvin (£4.80) and Mixtape - Volume 9 from Fyne Ales being served, together with nine beers of various styles on the keg taps.

This place opened a few weeks before Xmas last year. It's part micropub, part craft bar and to a lesser degree an off licence. It's a long narrow room with the bar counter at the rear. It's a decent size and furnishings are mainly trestle tables but there are a few normal tables and chairs. There was a music track playing. The four hand pumps on my visit had Fixed Wheel Wheelie Pale, Mad Squirrel Big Sea, Thornbridge Made North and Arbor C Bomb. I went for the Wheelie Pale (£3.30) and C Bomb (£4.10) which were excellent. I also tried the keg Little Critters Nutty Ambassador (£6.00) and on a later flying visit before a train Fernandes Black Voodoo Stout (£4.10). These were also excellent. The cans and bottles here are for drinking in or out but I didn't look into them. This is probably the best of the several pubs around Shrewsbury Station. My only reservation is that (Wheelie Pale apart) the prices are a bit steep. I'll be back and it gets a strong 9.