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Disappointment of the week with Real Ale Ray
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Artisan Tap, Stoke-On-Trent
Hartshill
Postal town: Stoke-On-Trent
ST4 6AF
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve C left this review about Artisan Tap
Artisan Tap is a stone floored bar where the entrance opens onto a serving counter to the right, stage at the rear and seating that runs up the left. It feels a bit like a shed, especially when there’s only one other customer. To be fair he was a friendly chap and the barmaid was also polite. I imagine it’s much busier when the advertised regular live music is in progress. Craft keg is available, as is cask ale from the four hand pumps that were drawing Salopian’s Dewdrops, Whim Ales’ Flower Power and Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby alongside Lilley’s Pina Colada cider. The Dewdrop was a decent murky brew that pretty much finished me off for the day. I’d pop back in if passing.
On 27th August 2023
- rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about Artisan Tap
Another interesting addition to the NuL drinking scene and this new beer and gin bar owned by the people who had owned the café next door is now just over a year old. Interesting interior with a main room containing the bar, which I believe doubles as the main music room when the bar puts on frequent live music acts, a very interesting strange décor room at the back well described below, and a good sun trap patio area to the front.
And our visit was clearly better than Will’s inaugural one for this review site as there were quite a few in on a Friday evening and there was a bit of atmosphere. Yes it has three real ales on as described below but from what I could see a large amount of the demographic where this one does float their boat were couples drinking more the craft beers (for the gentleman) and Gin cocktails (for the lady)..
On 2nd July 2018
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Artisan Tap
I went for the Whim Hartington Bitter, which was in decent condition. We took our drinks into the boudoir on the left hand side, which was quite Parisian in style and had some decent seating. The front patio area was also a handy spot for some alfresco drinking on a fine day.
On 24th June 2018
- rating: 7
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Artisan Tap
Easily missed along the Hartshill Road,this is a quirky and charming micro pub.The barmaids were chatty serving from a bar to the right.The real feature here is the room to the left in various shades of pink,with an array of small mirrors hanging along one wall.A tarts boudoir springs to mind,there is a mix of soft furnishings and a central refectory table although my recall may well have been affected towards the end of a long crawl.There were 4 handpumps offering Whim Hartington Bitter,Beowulf Dragonsnake,Salopian Oracle (good nick) and Tiny Rebel Cwtch I think.Worth including on a crawl around Hartshill.
On 17th June 2018
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about Artisan Tap
Right next door to the Old House At Home, the Artisan Tap is a comparatively very recently opened pub, having originally been an extension of the Artisan Cafe on the other side, which is no longer operating. The Tap is established behind the gates of a yard in a building whose original function I neglected to enquire. The young woman who served me - there were no other customers - was happy to answer my questions, but her attention kept on returning to her laptop, so in the end I left her to it. The space inside has had some adaptations done to make it into a bar, but it could hardly be described as publike. There's a bar counter to the right on entering, with three beers on the four hand pumps, plus some craft keg and real ciders in boxes. The lass told me it gets really busy in the evenings, so a place like this presumably floats someone's boat, but not mine.
On 19th April 2018
- rating: 5
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