Four years ago today Jacqui and I were signing paperwork in Redwillow in Macclesfield to buy what is now Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse from Michelle. I’m not sure any of us could have predicted what would happen next but here we are four years later still trading. We thought that Read more…
Back in what seems the mists of time when I was working at Pig and Porter we produced a series of cocktail inspired beers starting with the Mango Daiquiri IPA. We knew this was a good beer and start of a series so we decided on a nationwide launch for Read more…
It’s been postponed twice but this year, Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse’s famous cider festival will finally go ahead this year. You could be forgiven for not being aware of our cider festival given the things we’ve gone through in the last couple of years. We held the first one in Read more…
Beer drinkers in South Cheshire have started to realise that Crewe has a lot to offer in terms of independent craft beer. Those of you on social media might have seen references made to the Crewe Beer Crawl and wondered what it is and how it came about. The Crewe Read more…
Those regular readers of you will remember that we usually raise money for a charity with our International Women’s Day. This year we’ve decided to work with local charity Body Positive who are a Cheshire based charity working in the fields of sexual health and LGBT+ awareness for over 25 Read more…
You’ll notice that our comedy nights have been starting to gain a bit of momentum. We’ve had some feedback that some people haven’t come to these yet because they can’t be sure to get a seat due to our limited capacity. With this in mind we have decided to introduce Read more…
We’re very pleased to feature a guest blogger, Louise Brown, for the first time. She will tell you about the latest Ladies of Darkness beer brewed for International Womens Day which we will be launching on Saturday 5th March at 5pm. ******* As happens with most beers I’m involved in, Read more…
In many respects the past year has been different, in many more exactly the same as the previous one. Given that we’ve been stuck in a pandemic for the best part of two years some would say that simply by surviving we’ve done ok. I started preparing this retrospective by Read more…
So, here we are again; facing an uncertain time and not really knowing whether we should stay in for our physical health or go out for our mental wellbeing. Jacqui and I have given this some very deep thought over the week and we’ve come up with the following measures Read more…
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