Town Owl Taphouse

Town Owl Taphouse Town Owl is a Taproom in Stroud selling local craft keg beer, cider, wine and spirits. BYO Food.

Wow, thanks to everyone who came for our final day. ❤️It was quite a day/night and we succeeded in literally drinking th...
30/03/2026

Wow, thanks to everyone who came for our final day. ❤️

It was quite a day/night and we succeeded in literally drinking the bar dry - so massive thanks! 🍻

We have just about recovered…..

Huge thanks also to the fabulous for putting on a great performance as usual.

So thanks again and goodbye!

Adam & Celia
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🍻✨ So… the FINAL weekend is here… ✨🍻It’s hard to believe, but this is it — our last weekend behind the bar 💛FRIDAY – Las...
27/03/2026

🍻✨ So… the FINAL weekend is here… ✨🍻

It’s hard to believe, but this is it — our last weekend behind the bar 💛

FRIDAY – Last EVER Happy Hour!
⏰ 4–5pm
🍺 £5 pints
🍸 2-4-1 cocktails

SATURDAY – GRAND FINALE 🎉
⏰ Open from midday - BYO lunch one last time
🥂 25% OFF all drinks
🍺 Pints £4.80–£5

Let’s go out properly…
👉 Come and drink the bar dry with us! 🍻🔥

🎶 Live music from the amazing Earl Temple Foundation from 3pm — expect great tunes, great vibes, and a proper send-off 💃🕺

🪴 We’ll also have:

Plants for sale 🌿
Discounted T-Shirts 👕
Branded glassware 🍺
Jugs, wine coolers & more
Even the NEON sign is up for grabs ✨

Come raise a glass with us one last time ❤️

21/03/2026

🍺 I’LL GO NEXT WEEK… 🍺

Please stop fu***ng crying over the "Sold" signs if you didn't help pay the never-ending bills!

I see it every single time a local pub boards up the windows. 🏚️

The Facebook comments section goes into meltdown:
😭 “So sad!”
😭 “OMG! I had my 21st there."
😭 “Another piece of history gone. Someone should have saved it!" ✍️

Give over! 🙄

The council didn't kill that pub. The energy companies didn't (entirely) kill that pub. Even the s**t show government aren’t wholly responsible…and that’s a big statement coming from me!

The "I’ll go next week" crowd killed it. 💀

A pub isn't a museum. It’s not a heritage site you visit once a decade to show your grandkids where Grandad used to get rowdy. 🍺👴

It’s a living, breathing, high-maintenance beast that needs feeding every. single. day. 🦁

While you were sat at home with your supermarket crate, watching a man bake a cake on TV, the pub was sitting there with:
🔥 The heating blasting for three regulars and a dog
💡 The cellar chilling beer that nobody was drinking
🧑‍🍳 A chef prepped for a Sunday Roast rush that never came because "it looked a bit drizzly outside"

You can’t "love" a pub from your sofa. ❤️🛋️

You love a pub by being in it. 🍻

By hearing the laughter, smelling the beer, the food, and contributing to the atmosphere that you claim to miss so much once it’s turned into a row of "Luxury New Builds" the size of postage stamps, with paper-thin walls. 🏢🧱

The British Pub is the only place left where you can walk in a stranger and leave with a best mate, a job lead, or a hangover you actually earned! 🤝✨

But if you treat us like a backup plan, don't be surprised when that plan disappears. 🫥

When you try to go “next week”…only to find out it’s too late! 🪦

I don't want your "RIP" comments in six months. I want your "Same again, please" today!🍺🙌

Share this if you’re actually going to your local this week! 👉📲
Tag the mate who’s been saying "we should catch up" since 2022.👇👇👇🏃‍♂️
Don’t be part of the problem, be part of the solution! 🙌

21/03/2026

✨ The SALE is on! ✨

PLANTS 🌱
GLASSES 🍻
Other stuff!

☀️ It’s our penultimate weekend! ☀️The sun’s shining — perfect excuse to pop down 🍻⏰ HAPPY HOUR 4–5pm🍺 £5 pints🍹 2-for-1...
20/03/2026

☀️ It’s our penultimate weekend! ☀️

The sun’s shining — perfect excuse to pop down 🍻

⏰ HAPPY HOUR 4–5pm
🍺 £5 pints
🍹 2-for-1 cocktails

Plus, great beer back on tap:
✨ Dovet Vous — a delicious IPA from New Bristol Brewery 🍺

Come make the most of it while you can!

🍻💛 Not long to go now until our final weekend – Saturday 28th March! 💛🍻Come and drink the bar dry with us as we celebrat...
12/03/2026

🍻💛 Not long to go now until our final weekend – Saturday 28th March! 💛🍻

Come and drink the bar dry with us as we celebrate the end of an era at Town Owl.

We’re thrilled to have local legends playing 3–5pm to help us send things off in style! 🎶🕺

Head down for a drink, chat and a dance as we say goodbye together. We’d love to see as many of you as possible.

We will be open midday till 11pm.

🍻🎶💛

28/02/2026

📣 PUBS ARE SO EXPENSIVE: PART 2! 📣

Following on from yesterday’s post!

A number of people still queried “why pubs are so expensive”…

And a follower, Kyle Michael, has kindly allowed me to share his post below to explain things a little more!

So here goes…

🤔 What is so hard for some to understand?

🤷‍♂️ Pubs are NOT expensive, the perception of cost is being distorted by the lack of disposable income, not the price!

🏛️ Blame that on government, not the publican who has cut and cut and cut his profit to keep going!

⚖️ Let’s compare beer prices to wages!

Prices used below are the average in April each year, together with the minimum wage at the same time.

Year Pint Min wage %

1998 1.87 3.00 62.3
2000 1.99 3.60 55.2
2005 2.41 4.85 49.6
2010 2.94 5.93 49.6
2015 3.44 6.40 53.7
2020 3.72 8.72 42.6 **
2023 4.56 10.41 43.8
2024 4.77 11.44 41.6
2025 5.17 12.21 41.6

** pubs shut in April 2020 so used July figure, but VAT had been reduced so pint price was artificially lower.

📣 If pubs had stayed with the same % as in 1998, an average pint would now be £7.73!

🚨 YEP: SEVEN POUND SEVENTY THREE! 🚨

👌 Time to adjust your minds and expectations and keep things real, or you simply won't have any pubs left.

Sources:
ONS for Beer Prices https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czms/mm23

Business Info for Min wage
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/national-minimum-wage-previous-rates

So what do you think? Are pubs being greedy? Or is it the government? Let me know below! 👇👇👇

🍺✨ New Beer On Tap! ✨🍺We’ve just poured something special — Weize Choice from Stroud Brewery & Taproom   🙌A proper hazy ...
28/02/2026

🍺✨ New Beer On Tap! ✨🍺

We’ve just poured something special — Weize Choice from Stroud Brewery & Taproom 🙌

A proper hazy hefeweizen 🌿☀️ Expect those classic banana 🍌 & clove notes, a gentle touch of peppercorn warmth 🌶️ and a refreshing, full-bodied finish.

100% organic 🌍
Vegan friendly 🌱
Best served ice cold ❄️
4.6% ABV

Come grab a glass and let us know what you think! 🍻

25/02/2026

Right.
Apparently, pubs are “too expensive.” 😬🥵💰

I hear it every day. 🤯

Usually from someone clutching a £6 artisan coffee, scrolling TikTok on a £1,200 phone, while explaining how £6 for a pint is daylight robbery. 💎

But sure. The pub is the problem. 👌

Let me explain this slowly…

You’re not paying £6 for “beer”! 🍺

You’re paying for an experience, for a community, for…

💸 The heating being on before you arrive.
💸 The lights staying on after you leave.
💸 The loos being scrubbed (you’re welcome).
💸 The glasses being washed.
💸 The staff being paid.
💸 The licences. The insurance. The rates. The tax.
💸 The little bite the card machine takes every single time you tap.
💸 And the fact that when the cellar floods at 11pm on a Tuesday… it’s me in wellies.

You’re not just buying a drink. 🍷

You’re renting a space to exist in public without being moved on. To socialise. To make friends. To feel welcome. To belong. ❤️

Go and sit in the middle of ASDA for three hours debating VAR and see how long that lasts. Try getting banter from a self-checkout. 😅

Pubs aren’t competing with supermarket booze. 🛒

We’re competing with the idea that community should be free. 🏘️❤️

And here’s the bit I find fascinating…

The same people who mourn “the death of the British pub” are the ones who treat us like overpriced off-licences. 🍾

We don’t sell beer. 🍺

We sell:
👉 First dates that turned into marriages.
👉 Wakes where the real stories came out.
👉 “Ok, just one” that became the best night of the year.
👉 Somewhere to decompress when the world’s had enough of you and you’ve had enough of the world.

We sell a place to not be alone. 🫂

If you want cheap: stay on your sofa with a four-pack of lukewarm cans 🛋️🥵🍻

But PLEASE don’t confuse low cost with value! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ll be over here - overcharging for heating, chairs, and human interaction. 🔥🪑🤗

Tag a mate who needs to stop being a tight-arse and buy a round! You know the one. 😂👇

Please note that we will now be closed on Wednesdays & Thursdays for our final 5 weeks.  😢We’re still open as usual:🍻 Fr...
23/02/2026

Please note that we will now be closed on Wednesdays & Thursdays for our final 5 weeks. 😢

We’re still open as usual:
🍻 Fridays from 4pm – join us for HAPPY HOUR!
🍺 Saturdays from midday – beers flowing from lunchtime 🍻

Address

Town Owl Taphouse, 62 High Street
Stroud
GL51AS

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5pm - 10:30pm
Thursday 5pm - 10:30pm
Friday 4pm - 11pm
Saturday 12pm - 11pm

Telephone

+441453798275

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