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Chain House Brewing Co.Tap, Preston
Preston
PR1 2HB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
With more time to kill in Preston, I made a swift visit to this brewery taproom situated just off a main shopping street in Preston. The building has the feel of a warehouse but with a rather trendy vibe on a Saturday evening. Music was playing and there was a predominantly young crowd in, with no available seating.
Queues at the bar seemed to be a few deep when I arrived but it soon transpired that people were just blocking the bar because there was nowhere else to stand. It was still a fight to get to the bar and to reach the handpulls at the far end, you had to squeeze your way through the crowds to view the pumpclips, only then to find some more bar blockers seated on stools.
Cask ales on were Runaway/Chain House Robust Porter & Glasshouse Altitude. There were some ciders from Ascension - Sonic Titan, Map Change, Dance Commander & Mothership. Craft beers were much more prolific and featured Chain House Taxi For N.Long & The Law of Social Niceness, Chain House/Plau Seventh Circle of Well, Chain House/Keroo These Are Zoot Suits, Chain House/Planet Beer TV Bright Light/Bright Heat, Yonder Maple, Banana & Blueberry Pancakes, Trig Faff Clan, Nothing Bound Claybrook, MakeMake Space Soda, Keroo Queenie & Campervan Extra Black.
I like the beer and cider choice here but the bar was too packed to be enjoyable.
On 31st December 2025
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
Backstreet reconfigured industrial outlet with the usual spartan hipster stylings. Two cask – neither of them being theirs - plus about 10 or so craftykegs. Tried the Triple Point brew which was poor in execution but in good nick on the pour (NBSS 3.5). Technical GBG tick but I’d see no need to do it again given the quality elsewhere in the city.
On 17th November 2025
- rating: 6
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Brainy Pool left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
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?
On 23rd March 2025
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
Fairly typical small brewery tap, a line of fermenting vessels down the right side, mash tun and brewing kettle against the back wall and a breeze block built counter along the left hand wall. This taproom has a food servery in front of the FVs which is different. The usual ten keg taps on the bar back wall supplemented by counter mounted ones with Anspach & Hobday, Budvar, a cider and two hand pulls, one with Triple Point and the other with Ampersand beers on today. Three of the kegs were from the on site brewery the others from a broad mix. There are two toilets near the front door, one with a bowl and urinal, one accessible. The usual basic seating and decor.
On 13th October 2024
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Rob Hunter left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.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.
On 9th August 2024
- rating: 8
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Al Bundy left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
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.
On 26th July 2023
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
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).
On 22nd March 2023
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Chain House Brewing Co.Tap
If you try to enter this Brewery from the main road, you will be disappointed as this side is for the brewery use only at the moment. The public entrance is through the court yard past the Lost Bar and you will see a single door on the left.
Once you're in here you won't want to leave. I found two handpumps on the bar, Track Brewery from Manchester Sonoma Pale Ale, plus Chain House Brewing "But He Knows What He Means". Both were excellent.
There was also a choice of 10 craft beers served from taps behind the bar, which cleverly had welded pieces of chain in place as handles. The young brewer/owner was fab and we could have chatted all day. Really good beer I have to say.
On 1st March 2023
- rating: 8
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