The Brewery Tap, Chester

Posted on 05. Jun, 2011 by Robert Gale in Pubs

The Brewery Tap, Chester

The Brewery Tap is the home of Spitting Feathers, a Chester based brewery established in 2005.

Brief History and Interior

The Brewery Tap is located in the Grade-II* listed Gamul House, a Jacobean hall that once belonged to the Gamul family who were wealthy merchants and landowners. The sandstone and timber framed building is the only medieval stone open hall to survive in Chester and certain features date back to at least 1510.

The building has been altered over the centuries including the front of the building which was once constructed of timber but was replaced with brick after the Great Fire of London.

Inside the hall has a 17th century plaster ceiling and an impressive early 17th century carved sandstone fireplace. Near the fireplace an original piece of wall is preserved behind a glass screen.

As well being a house, the building has also been used as a boarding school and shops before becoming unoccupied and derelict in the 1960s. The local council purchased the building in the 1970s and it was refurbished. The Spitting Feathers brewery now occupy the most of the building with some ground level units being shops.

The Beer

The beer selection at the Brewery Tap is excellent with 7 ales and a cider always available. There is always a mixture of beer from Spitting Feathers and other breweries around the country.

Breweries featured when I visited in June 2011 were Waen, Jarrow, Burton Bridge, Milestone, Phoenix, Woodlands and one beer from Spitting Feathers. Depending on strength, the beer ranges in price from £2.70 to £3.

More Photos of The Brewery Tap

Venue Location

The Brewery Tap

52 Lower Bridge Street

Chester

CH1 1RU

Tel: 01244 340999

www.the-tap.co.uk

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Robert Gale (Twitter: @awv)

Beer Taster, Pub Attendee, Photo Taker

Robert Gale likes beer, pubs and beer festivals. He also likes to take photos of beer, pubs and beer festivals. Most weekends of the year you can find him travelling around the UK (and sometimes beyond) photographing and reviewing good quality pubs and beer festivals. He also has a day job in the form of a web developer for Ozum.

Richard Carr

Excellent pub – I always end up spending longer in here than I mean to whenever I’m in Chester.

http://xo.typepad.com awv

It’s a great place. I was very tempted to spend all afternoon there but needed to check out the other good pubs in the area.