Memphis Taproom

03/22/2024

Saturday 3/26 is Orval Day!

Orval is one of only five beers on our little beer list at Meetinghouse, & one of only two that isn’t a house beer.

Why?

A few reasons.

Orval was very important to , our predecessor in this space. Their back bar wall was adorned with a massive Orval mural, bottles from multiple dates were always readily available, Orval glass were themselves decor on the back bar. This room was synonymous with Orval. So we serve this beer in part as a gesture of reverence for the decade & a half of amazing work Memphis did here.

Additionally, I’ve just always appreciated Orval for being totally singular. Like our other steady ‘guest beer’ Guinness, Orval is a style unto itself. Iconic, strange, bold, elemental. The center of an international cult of followers. Yet it could hardly be less like Guinness as a drink. Where Guinness is soft, creamy & nearly flat, with an alcohol content set for session drinking, Orval leaps from the bottle with furious carbonation, & an alcohol content that suggests maybe we save this one for special occasions. We think the two beers live together quite happily on our list.

Finally, Philadelphia’s modern beer culture is strongly rooted in a fascination with Belgian imports (thanks in large part to ). But Belgian beer has fallen somewhat out of fashion amid the dominance of hazy hoppy beers, smoothie sours, big stouts, & indeed even the more recent fascination with Czech- and German-style Lagers. & that makes me sad, as someone who kind of discovered beer through Belgian imports – strange & wildly varied beers, always with the distinctive stamp of some house microbes. Orval embodies a lot of what I find special about Belgian beer.

So on Saturday, for , we won’t be running specials, or pushing any sort of fanfare. We’ll just be serving this special beer as we do six days a week – from well-kept bottles, in proper glassware, with a careful pour. But being a new venue for Orval Day, we’ll do it all with an extra appreciation for the lineage we’re taking part in by serving this beer in this space.

-Colin McF

09/15/2023

What a beautiful night to dine outside. We just popped in to to have a few of their house designed beers and nibble some of our new favorites.

If your in the neighborhood maybe we’ll see you. We are so happy for the opportunity to hang out in the outdoor space and enjoy this sweet autumnal evening.

This place radiates community and we are thankful that our family can still have a place that not only brings back amazing memories but can create new ones with our friends. If you have not had the chance to check it out, this weekend looks to be exquisite.

08/25/2023

Last call for the paintings . We will be choosing the 2 winners who will each receive one of the paintings on Sunday night.
Big thanks to for getting these back to us . The $$$$$ is to support one of our local schools . $25 per chance (please enter as many times as you’d like). Venmo the $ to and put Hunter in the comments. Here’s what the $ is for….
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Hunter Elementary is excited to be rolling out a brand new gardening program for the 2023-2024 school year!Students grades K-8 will be enrolled in Gardening class with the goals of learning skills in gardening and horticulture, providing fresh food for our families, and promoting abundance and land sovereignty for the people. Hunter staff are currently raising funds to build our dream garden/outdoor classroom in the school lot on York and Howard streets.
We hope to buy raised beds, soil, seeds, plants, tools and more. Thank you to our neighbors, friends, and everyone who has shown interest in and support for the gardening program at Hunter!

08/20/2023

Hey All
Did ya ever want to own a piece of ?
We have stumbled upon a few things and will be getting them out there in the next few weeks. The kind folks actually took possession of these two beauties by our friends and all things Memphis art’s and the gave them back to Keith and Rita. Please read their message and line up for your shot for this one of a kind offer.

Hello! Many years ago Rita and I were commissioned to do these paintings for the mighty . With the changing of the guard over on Cumberland St it is time for them to find a new home. So we have decided to auction them off to support one of our local schools . $25 per chance (please enter as many times as you’d like). We will pick 2 winners next Sunday august 27 who will each get a painting. Venmo the $ to and put Hunter in the comments. Here’s what the $ is for….
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Hunter Elementary is excited to be rolling out a brand new gardening program for the 2023-2024 school year!Students grades K-8 will be enrolled in Gardening class with the goals of learning skills in gardening and horticulture, providing fresh food for our families, and promoting abundance and land sovereignty for the people. Hunter staff are currently raising funds to build our dream garden/outdoor classroom in the school lot on York and Howard streets.
We hope to buy raised beds, soil, seeds, plants, tools and more. Thank you to our neighbors, friends, and everyone who has shown interest in and support for the gardening program at Hunter!

08/19/2023

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08/17/2023

We are so happy our friends are ready to welcome you into their home. A beautiful experience awaits you when you step through this door. If you are not already, give them a follow. Congratulations Colin, Keith, Marty and Drew, we know how hard you’ve been working, welcome home👏.

04/03/2023

Hey World
It’s been a little while. We’re just hanging around doing a controlled burn today and taking some things off the walls to prepare the building for some new life. A pieces of our art are for sale. Swipe and if you see something you like you can send us a DM with your best bid. We stumbled upon a few shirts too and we’ll grab a quick inventory to let you know what we have. As always thanks for the ❤️.
XXOO
Memphis Tap

02/12/2023

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Photo by Christopher Pierznik For most of us, life is not like a sitcom. We don’t meet up with our friends every single day at Central Perk or MacLaren’s or Cheers, but we do have our s…

02/12/2023

Go Birds 🦅

01/29/2023

Today’s sunset was exactly what ‘s last day deserved. It’s been a beautiful day so far filled with great friends, brotherly and sisterly love and of course delicious food and World Class beer. Thank you , thank you thanks you. We go dark after midnight, it’s been our pleasure to serve you❤️‍🔥🙏🍻

01/28/2023

Wow, it’s been amazing seeing you all and feeling your love❤️‍🔥. We’ll be here for one more day to grab your faves , the kitchen crew is working really hard to keep you happy and appreciate your patience. We will most likely run out of a few things today but we’ll do our best.

Around 1 pm we’ll be in the beer garden with an amazing selection of barrel aged beers with some real bargains available we’ll pop a price list up on our story tomorrow, swipe to see our handwritten inventory 🦾

We will also have what shirts and sweatshirts that are left there’s pretty much something in all sizes.

Thank you for your kindness and patience through the last few weeks and thank you for letting us host you as our guest over the last 15 years♥️🙏🍻
Go Birds 🦅

01/22/2023

Wow 🤩 we were blown away seeing you all today grabbing your gear. It was an honor hearing all of your amazing experiences at the Memphis. First dates than turned into lifelong partnerships, best friends that met when randomly sitting at our bar, celebrating birthdays yearly are just a few of the stories. We are touched that many of you are as emotionally attached to our home as we are and thank you for sharing❤️

We are sorry for those that came a little later when we were mostly sold out , our printer reached out and asked if we needed more things, we may just take him up on it. We are sorry as well to those that had asked to have things shipped as you swipe you can see some of the folks lined up so we are sorry we weren’t able to accommodate you all.

Thank you all for your patience , we know the waits for a table have been long and sometimes we are out of your favorites. We’ll keep it up and look forward to seeing you all over the next week🙏❤️
🦅GO BIRDS 🦅