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The Rook Taproom

A Taproom with 22 rotating Craft beer lines! Mon-Thurs 3pm -11pm
Fri- Sat 1pm-11:30pm
Sun 1pm-9pm

15/01/2025

Back by popular demand! Wine tasting at The Rook!
Super informal and boozy tasting of 2 whites, 2 oranges and 2 reds!
DM for a place!

13/01/2025

You heard the man. Guess the beer and pub in the photo and you can win a beer at The Rook Taproom!

12/01/2025

I'm sure everyone is aware that our wonderful friends have closed up shop!

Before they closed I grabbed the last of a few of their beers so that we could do a proper farewell!

Not to be dramatic but it's probably the last chance you will ever get to drink Cloak and Dagger beer. So come along and have a good ol' knees up!

10/01/2025

All the new cans!
Big ol' restock from

09/01/2025

The 3rd non alcs of the month has just hit the taps! Yes we are taking it that seriously this year!
A lovely hoppy number from

07/01/2025

For all who want to be dry can come and get wet. Sounded better in my head...
We are going to have a bunch of different non alcs gracing our taps this month so keep your eyes peeled 👀

06/01/2025

Is anyone still reading these at this point?

05/01/2025

Closing early to take everyone out for our Christmas meal!

03/01/2025

Two new permanent wines by the glass!
And a rotating natural wine of the week! (No we aren't copying another certain beer place! We actually did it first!)
Come and check out the tasty new wines this month for wet Jan!

30/12/2024

The text is way too long to post here but Paddy has gone on an absolute ramble here so please read and indulge him!

29/12/2024

Cheeky little fridge top up with some delicious beers from and

24/12/2024

Christmas yay.
This is absolutely banging from
Treat yourself.
Open until 11pm today!

And yes there is a bit missing because I took a sip...

23/12/2024

Issue Six - Is It About My Cube? -

‘Twas the night before Rookmas and all through the bar
Not a creature was stirring, not near nor afar.
The fridges were off, the lights turned down low,
The stockings lined up by the taps in a row.

And down in the cellar, nestled in bed,
The Rook staff all slept, dreams of booze filled their heads.
And deep in our sleep, sans a snort or a snore,
I was startled awake by a knock at the door!

I crept up the stairs, my gown wrapped round tight,
Bracing myself for a heart-stopping fright.
For who, at this time, could be waiting outside?
Who might come and wake us at night this Yuletide?

And who did I spy, through the frosted up glass?
A sleigh, a red coat, a white beard, on Rookmas!
I unlocked the door and he hurried inside.
The big man himself! “Santa!” I cried!

He put down his sack and he stretched out his legs
“I did try the chimney, it’s closed,” Santa said.
He pulled out some presents, stuck them under the tree.
He scoffed a few pies that I’d left there for he.

And as he was leaving, he stopped for a mo’.
“You know, while I’m here, I’ll take one for the road.”
I tried to discourage, “You’re driving a sleigh!”
“The reindeer do most of the work,” he did say.

“I’m really not sure, I could get into trouble.”
Then Santa got mad and his size seemed to double.
“I’m already nine-hundred and eight brandies down,
Look in my eyes, am I drunk? Serve me now.”

“Do you know who I am?” (he was slurring his words),
“I’m bloody St. Nick. At least give me a third!”
I shook my head, firm, “Sorry, no can do.”
He fumed at me, “I’m gonna leave a review.”

And before Santa left, he had one more thing.
He rummaged around in his bag for a min’.
He took out his files and he placed them before me,
Crossed my name off the nice list and wrote it on naughty.

Alone I was left, I wanted to cry.
They say “don’t meet your heroes” and now I knew why.
I needed a drink, something tasty and heavy.
Something to distract, something that tastes merry!

I watched the dark liquid pour from the tube,
An impy by Pentrich, Is It About My Cube?
It’s chocolate, marshmallow, eleven percent.
A s’more pastry stout, it was money well spent.

Honourable M

21/12/2024

Lovely hazy cask on from
Perfect to escape Churchill sq and shopping!

18/12/2024

So many new and wonderful beers hitting the taps this week!

Check out this orange wine pale from and

Definitely a beer for the wine lovers among us!

17/12/2024

Loving the black lagers (or schwarzbier for the purists) at the moment!

This is a lovely collaboration between and

It's not going to last long (because I keep drinking it!)

16/12/2024

Issue Five – Rolling in Clouds – Finback

Picture this: it’s a Wednesday evening in the Rook, I’m standing there, half-pint in hand, leaning against the bar, and I’m listening to my sometimes friend – let’s call him “Eugene” – worry that he’s never going to find his place in this city. Sure, I nod, I might even laugh at some of his stories, but as the conversation continues, I find myself drifting, my mind elsewhere. There was something different about this drink, and I couldn’t help but wonder… what was it?

Faithful readers, I know what you’re thinking but no, this wasn’t the titular Rolling in Clouds, but something else, something more formative for me. You see, I’d tried American beers in the past, I’d even bought a few, but I was tasting something I just couldn’t quite wrap my head around, something new and exciting. I racked my mind, trying to find that hidden clue, that flavour I couldn’t put my finger on, but – readers – forgive me for saying that I found myself eluded.

You see, that might have been my first dance with American beers, a cute but dangerous little number by Hop Butcher by the name of Emits Showers of Sparks, but it certainly wasn’t my last. I ploughed through American beers, desperate for some answers. I tried everything, searched high and low, asked the experts and read the books.

That was until I tried that first sip of something new: Rolling in Clouds by Finback (a fabulously hip brewery in Queens). At first, that alluring flavour threw me headfirst back into my search, but suddenly, I found myself freed, those notes were still there, but subtle, calm. Maybe the real answer I was looking for wasn’t so straightforward, maybe, deep down, there’s something unknowable about all of us. Isn’t that what makes us so interesting?

- Paddy, finding myself, one hop at a time.

Honourable Mentions:

Keygen.nfo – Azvex: “This is like eating a very heavy dinner.”

Talking Backwards – Overtone: “All DIPA’s today it seems? It is Christmas, to be fair.”

12/12/2024

Yay finally. I've been saying forever there needs to be a wham flavoured sour. Surprised it's taken this long for someone to do it...

Did I buy this for the clever wordplay? Maybe... Is it delicious? Yes

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