A taproom bar lit with hanging bulbs

Brewery Taprooms

The new keg, on the menu before the line settles.

Tap a beer and it’s live at the bar in two minutes — ABV, tasting notes, gluten and milk, all there. The coeliac at the bar knows what’s safe without pulling you away from the pumps.

No card required · Live in under 15 minutes

  • < 2 min
    To get the new keg on the menu
  • £0
    Every tap change, however often they turn
  • 14 allergens
    So the coeliac at the bar knows what’s safe

What we hear most

These are the problems brewery taprooms tell us about most.

  • “Every keg change is a new allergen I’m tracking on a chalkboard”

    Gluten, lactose, fruit, honey — the profile changes with every beer that goes on.

  • “My tap list lives on three apps and a chalkboard”

    There’s no single place showing exactly what’s on right now, with ABV and allergens.

  • “The pies and cheeseboards have no allergen info at all”

    The food partner changes and nobody updates what’s in any of it.

A beer being poured from the tap

Thursday afternoon at the taproom

New keg tapped. Live in two minutes.

You tap the new cream ale at three. On your phone you add it — name, tasting notes, ABV, milk flagged — and it’s live by two minutes past. A customer at the bar reads “contains lactose” and orders the pale ale instead, without calling you over. The chalkboard’s still blank. You’ll get to it tomorrow.

What’s included

Everything your taproom needs. Nothing it doesn’t.

  • A dark, energetic look made for a taproomEssential+
  • New keg on the menu in under two minutes
  • Gluten, milk and the rest, flagged on every beer
  • The pies and cheeseboards covered too
  • One QR at the bar showing exactly what’s on now
  • See which beers get the most looks
  • AI-drafted replies to the Google reviews you paste inGrowth
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Example guest menu in the dark, refined style
Example menu in the Elegante look — Essential and Growth
We do a full tap rotation every two weeks. We were using a chalkboard and an app listing, but neither showed allergens. We had a coeliac customer who couldn’t tell which beers were safe and I had to go away and look it up for 10 minutes. Now the QR at the bar shows gluten status on every beer and I haven’t had that conversation since.
Illustrative example (not a real customer)

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Questions owners ask

Ask us anything
Do my guests need to download an app?

No. Guests scan the QR code on the table and your menu opens in seconds. No app. No account.

How long does it take to set up?

You can be live in minutes. If you can use a smartphone, you can set up Octopus Menu — and Essential and Growth include a free onboarding session.

Can I change the menu during service?

Yes. Change a price, add a special or pull a dish in under 60 seconds, from your phone. It’s live the moment you save — no reprint.

Do you take commission on orders?

Never. Octopus Menu charges a flat monthly fee and takes no cut of anything you sell. No platform cut, no per-transaction fee, nothing hidden.

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No card required · Live in under 15 minutes

Friends raising glasses of beer over dinner