Chain House Brewing Co.Tap, Preston

small brewery/micropub tucked away off Friargate with a couple of guest cask and lots of keg, with just a few of their own beers on. I tried a session IPA and it was pretty palatable on a nice afternoon. It’s a reasonable friendly place but with no one else in on a Saturday lunchtime I felt like I was just passing time. Standard brewpub furniture inside with brewing equipment on show. Hopefully it does well as Preston needs places like this, but I expected a bit more of their own stuff on tap?

Two cask and 10+ keg taps. Only a couple of their own beers on at the time of my visit a week or so back, with the rest being guests. I haven't had anything by Chain House before, in fact I had never heard of them prior to landing in Preston and I happened to walk the brewery and tap room. I fancied trying one of their beers, which forced me into going down the keg route, "Bad Day To Be A Beer" a 5.2% hazy pale was found to be very enjoyable. Quiet at 4:30pm on Thursday and I was the only customer in at that point, but it did start to fill up in the run up to 5pm. An unexpected find and I would be happy to return.

A tap room in a small brewery. It's a bit hidden and is situated in a small warehouse with all bare brick. 12 taps for crafty nonsense and 2 handpulls at the end of the bar. It's not brilliant but it is acceptable though the cask is on the steep side.

Half brewery / half tap, that can be a puzzle to enter since the little door in the front shutter isn't in use and you have to negotiate the courtyard at the back of Lost to find the entrance. Tidy, if spartan, bar area in front of the smallish brewing vessels. Ten craft beers in a range of styles and origins available from the row of taps on the bar-back, plus a couple of cask ales from a pair of handpumps at the end of the counter. After some consideration, I went for one of the latter; the 6.0% Elevated NEIPA collaboration with Drop Project (£5.10).