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The Anchor Tap, Horsham
Horsham
RH12 1HL
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Anchor Tap
This is the pub to drink in when in Horsham if you like beer in all it's forms.It's run by the same people who own the Malt Shovel and is free of tie.The exterior is very traditional and good looking,while the small interior has fewer features save for a very large and ornate Anchor Tap mirror.It has an ale house vibe,with a wooden floor,room for vertical drinking,shelves and high stools to pitch down on and a small rear seating area.Pride of place is the large beer menu on a sidewall showing the extend of the beer choices.On my Friday lunchtime visit that meant real ale options of Marble Uppe Hela Natten (NBSS 4.5),Fallen Acorn Lady Marmalade and Firebird Azzaca with 13 keg beers and two sparkling ciders.The keg choice rotates and included two Budvar lagers,a Beak kolsch,3 pales,two strong IPA's and exotic sounding Siren Castilian Lemon & Honey Cheesecake Sour ,Beaks Coconut Porter and a Fallen Acorn 7% Frose.Needless to say there are a lot of high ABV options and some helpful tasting notes,also excellent beer knowledge behind the bar and tasters offered.
This is an absolute must visit but time your entry as it can get crowded at peak times.An emporium of beer in all its styles,you can spend a long time in here educating your tastebuds .Terrific,with one of the best craft keg offerings in the country.
On 12th March 2023
- rating: 9
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Moby Duck left this review about The Anchor Tap
Quite a small pub with a main room with the bar area at the front and a small room with extra seating to the rear. Four cask beers and a further ten craft keg beers all displayed on a board on the wall to the side of the bar. It's certainly one of the better pubs for beer choice in the town.
On 19th July 2019
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Anchor Tap
Opening in February 2016 in a former tea rooms that was once the tap for the nearby Anchor Hotel, this is the third pub opened by the Dark Star Brewery. The pub occupies a small premises with what you might generously call a front and back room. Both spaces are narrow and can accommodate a minimal amount of seating, especially in the front room where the servery takes up the entire right hand wall. However, with the right amount of customers in, this can create quite a cosy environment in which to enjoy some quality beer and we certainly enjoyed settling down in the back room where there was just about enough room for us to perch around one of the four or five small tables. Decor was quite restrained throughout, although there were a few seemingly bespoke mirrors with various quirky images on them which looked pretty good.
The close conditions lend the pub the feel of a micropub and the fine beer selection certainly enhanced that impression. There were three Dark Star beers on plus a couple of guest ales and a decent selection of craft beers on tap or in bottles. I gave the Marble Pint a try and thought it was in very good shape, clearly mirroring the top quality cellarmanship of their sister pub, The Evening Star in Brighton. There was a pretty good mix of customers in on a late Sunday afternoon and a couple of dogs were lounging around under the tables in the rear room too.
This felt like a quality pub that I was unfortunately only able to enjoy for the length of time it took to have a quick pint before needing to rush back to the station. It certainly felt like this place is a great addition to the town’s pub scene and I would make this my first port of call the next time I’m back in Horsham.
On 21st August 2017
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : No last updated 01 September 2018 by Aqualung .
- Darts : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 21 August 2017 by Pub SignMan
- Function Room : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Jukebox : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No - It comes close. - last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Quiz Night : No last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 15 March 2016 by Aqualung .
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 11 December 2022 by paulof horsham
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 14 May 2016 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 22 May 2016 by paulof horsham
