N0197 Taproom 47

Formerly The Tap - and named as such due to being a tied house of the Watkins Jameson Pim brewery - this pub was all externally prepped for reopening as Taproom 47 in early 2018, and then nothing happened. For over a year. Local rumour was that there were drainage/sewage issues, and as the pub is split between an older building and the ground floor of a newer apartment block there's good reason to believe this as possible.

But in Mid November, I got indications via boards.ie that it had actually opened, and popped in on an early evening. I was slightly worried that the term "Taproom" was going to be incredibly abused here; but I walked in to a large lounge area with a decent row of Irish craft taps, some foreign products and a good selection of cans and bottles in the fridges - unfortunately no list was available yet for them.

The corner bar of the pub has the standard conventional macro lineup that would be expected in Dublin; and is nearly totally separated from the lounge by a wooden partition.

Prices are pretty reasonable and because it was only just open, it wasn't particularly busy. There's no food on offer (or at least wasn't that soon after opening), so I nipped around to N0192 Bonobo (written up when it was still The Richmond) to get a pizza and came back to have another pint before heading for my tram. Bonobo by comparison was packed - so Taproom 47 could be a good option for when that's the case

I do wish they'd kept the original name, seeing as it was the last active link to the brewery in Dublin; or at least the last that is definitely genuine - the registered address and company name of the producers of Dalkey Mustard is that of Watkins Jameson Pim but I can't find evidence to suggest its actually connected.