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David Walton left this review about Clarkshaws Taproom
Visited 13/10/24
Cask was a seasonal special cask ale called the Bunny Hop Pale Ale made from green hops and delicious. With a name like that feels like it should be a Spring seasonal beer! They also had their own lager, an American Amber and Hellhound IPA on tap.
This really is one of the smaller tap rooms, indeed it is just a bit of floor space plus some barrels and stools around the small metal bar counter just inside the venue. It was lively on my mid Sunday afternoon visit as the Brixton Beer Trail was ongoing with a decent crowd doing quick stop offs and typically half pints. A most enjoyable venue to have visited. Apparently, they are open Sat and Sunday 12-8pm throughout summer but currently deciding whether to revert to just Sat once the clocks go back in a couple of weeks as at date of visit.
On 22nd May 2026
- rating: 5
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Pub SignMan left this review about Clarkshaws Taproom
You can’t do a crawl around certain parts of London without having to divert inside a railway arch for some overpriced craft beer at some point, and so it was on a recent walk from Camberwell to Brixton, where I found myself in this tiny arch under Loughborough Junction station. I say ‘in’ the arch, but it’s actually so tiny that there’s nowhere to sit inside and the ‘bar’ has been moved to the front of the arch, perhaps a relic of the Covid era, so that you can’t even stand inside either. Now, customers are relegated to a few chairs, mid-height stools and hard benches on the cobbled pavement outside, with just the one long canteen table between them all. It’s not a great space, especially on the cold November night that I visited, with parked cars obscuring your view of the neighbouring blocks of flats whilst loud music pumps out of the Clutch Guru’s garage a couple of arches further down the line.
The venue’s one saving grace was the barmaid, who was really friendly and welcoming, talking me through the limited draught options - an APA, a Lager and a Golden Ale called Gorgon’s Alive - before coming outside with me to wipe the table down and then popping out later to check I was enjoying my beer. It turned out to be a fairly mediocre pint, and at £5.00, hardly represented value for money. Another member of staff ran a few pints down to the Clutch Guru guys as their shift came to an end for the day, which I thought was a nice touch.
I can’t real;y recommend this place based on their current set-up and would imagine that the cramped pavement space would still be an unappealing place to drink even on a warm summer’s day. If they can get the interior opened up again, this might be worth a look, but if you want decent craft beer in a comfortable railway arch, the nearby Friendship Adventure Brewery is a far more satisfying option.
On 3rd January 2023
- rating: 4
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