The Brampton Bierhuis, Chesterfield

Small brewery taproom attached to the brewery in a typical small industrial estate setting. Typical limited opening hours as well. Not big by any measure probably twenty foot square with the servery on the back left wall. Furnishing is scaffold based tables or glass topped casks with more comfy stools and chairs than usual. Three hand pumps, two working and two T-Bars with mostly their own products plus Vedett, a couple of nice Belgians and something I didn’t recognise, quality up to scratch for a tap. A few foreign bottles are also available. Interesting decor of brewery signs, Camra awards and a grandfather clock. There’s a single unisex lav’ in the entrance corridor beside the timeclock, customers are not expected to clock in or out.

Inconspicuous brewery tap, hidden away behind a side door in a small industrial estate, but actually a better-than-usual bar of its type. Compact counter and plenty of breweriana about the walls. Brampton Best and Tudor Rose available from two of the three handpumps, with several interesting craft and imported beers on the six keg taps.