Guildhall Tap

An eleven-tap beer bar in a flint building, dark in the good way, with bar staff who will happily talk you out of your first choice.

Where

7 Demo Street, Norwich

Access

Step-free entrance. Accessible WC. Low counter section.

Usual hours

Mon–Sun 5pm–1am

Christmas and New Year hours differ — check the state above on the day.

The drinks

• Stout & Chocolate

  £6.80

  Boozy · 8.0%

  The story

  We reduce a local oatmeal stout down by half over an hour, which drives off most of the liquid and leaves something closer to a syrup, then stir it into hot chocolate until the whole thing turns almost black. It tastes like pudding and drinks like a pint, which is a combination we did not entirely intend. The roasted barley in the stout lines up with the roast in the cocoa, so it reads as one flavour rather than two things fighting. Contains gluten, and no, there is not a version that does not.

  Allergens: gluten, barley, milk. Always confirm with venue staff before ordering.

• Malt House

  £5.20

  No boozevegetarian

  The story

  Everything the stout version does, without the stout. We steep roasted barley the way you would steep tea, strain it, and use that instead of half the milk, which gives the same toasted bitterness the beer was contributing. Whole milk, dark chocolate, a pinch of salt. It still contains gluten because the barley is the entire point, so it is not the safe option it looks like. What it is, is the one you can have two of and still walk home in a straight line, which over a seven-week trail turns out to matter.

  Allergens: gluten, barley, milk. Always confirm with venue staff before ordering.

Buy one of the trail drinks and staff will give you the day’s 4-digit code. Stamping is not built yet (§4.1, A1-02).