The Tap, a downtown bar, is working hard to differentiate itself from other bars in town.
The Tap, which originally opened in late 2012, opened a brewpub in November 2014. The bar focuses on craft beer and does not offer any liquor or domestic macro beer.
What’s important to the Tap is offering fresh craft beer and delivering a great experience, Nathan Finney, owner of the Tap, said.
“Our beers are always rotating,” Finney said in an email. “With 50 guest beers on tap, 500 bottles and 18 of our very own brewery beer, we can offer many unique and hard-to-find beers. There is always something for everyone.”
Since expanding into a brewpub, Finney said sales for the bar have been good and increasing. Finney is planning on opening a second location this summer in Indianapolis in the Massachusetts Avenue district and continuing its trend of providing craft beer as a ?microbrewery.
Not only does the Tap feature craft beer, but it also has an easygoing environment that its customers can expect when coming to ?the bar.
“The Tap has a laid-back atmosphere,” Finney said. “We offer a modern and comfortable environment that makes it easy to ?socialize and unwind.”
Finney said he wants to make the bar known to the community as a place people can go to unwind at the end of their day with ?quality beer, entertainment, live acoustic music and a menu full of food to complement the beers that the bar offers.
He said the staff spends their time working hard to provide a great experience for the guests that come and visit each day.
“I like all the different beers that they have,” customer Christy Travis said. ”It’s a really good place to expand your knowledge on beers. I love the live music they have. It’s relaxing and great to hang out with a group of friends or go on a date. It’s somewhere you can go and feel like you can have a really good time and have great service.”
Finney said the Tap is determined to educate its customers on great beer as opposed to typical beers you could find at any other bar in Bloomington. The quality of its beers is a standard that the Tap prides itself on, as well as something their customers are aware of as a consistency from the bar.
“I’ve tried a lot of their own craft beers. I like how their menu is set up and how they’re really good about letting you try samples,” Travis said. “That’s something that’s really good about the Tap, that they have a lot of different kinds of stuff, whether you’re ?experienced or not.”
The Tap wants to ?complete its goal of educating people about quality craft beer from hardworking microbreweries across the U.S., Finney said. The Tap provides an education on craft beer for everyone, whether a person is an experienced drinker or a ?complete novice.
“We hope that the Tap leaves a legacy on Bloomington in regards to always being a place they can depend on for great beer and establishing good ?memories,” Finney said.
