Crafty Fingers Tap Room, Cheddar

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Previously bars under various names, most recently Cabra, this is a slightly odd establishment, and given that it’s not actually a tap room, it is a misnomer. The bar is on the first floor of a commercial building on the main crossroads on the way to Cheddar Gorge. You go up a set of industrial metal stairs to find an irregular open plan room with an octagonal stage in the middle, a bar counter at one side and a food servery somewhat oddly placed near the door. The stage has 4 alternate sides closed in by shelves holding cans of various beers. Other shelves around the walls display beer, snacks and various beer-related merchandise. There is no cask ale, while various strong craft ales are dispensed from taps on the wall behind the bar. They sell their craft beers not in pints but in ‘fingers’, hence the bar’s name. Two fingers is a third of a pint, 4 is two-thirds and so on. They won’t sell three-thirds of the stronger ales, the strongest of which are in the 10% abv area. Available on this visit were beers from Yonder, Left-Handed Giant, Burk and a couple of others, plus a couple of ciders. The barman was knowledgeable and passionate about his beers. It’s a good place to visit out of curiosity, but they don’t have any session beers and it’s expensive.

On 9^th March 2026 - rating: 5
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