tap room

[melneil]

what are the origins of the tap room

[guyfawkes]

I quote from Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
"Tap or Tap-UpSunday was an old local name for the Sunday preceding October 2nd. when a fair was held onSt.Catherine's Hill, nr Guildford. It is so called because any person, with or without a license, might open a 'tap' or sell small beer of his own making on that day."
So Tap Room was most likely derived from this custom and denotes a room where small beer (not spirits) is sold.
Hope this helps.

[Quizmonster]

I'm sure Tap-Up Sunday is an old tradition, but I'm not at all sure the word 'tap-room' itself had its origin in anything to do with such a particular fair on a particular day.
There is no record of the word before the early 19th century and, at that point, all it meant was a room in a tavern where beer was available, poured from a tapped cask.

[VS Prasad]

taproom: a room in which beer is available on tap
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/taproom?v iew=uk.

BARROOM
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dic tionary&va=taproom

music hall and variety - popular entertainment that features successive acts starring singers, comedians, dancers, and actors and sometimes jugglers, acrobats, and magicians. Derived from the taproom concerts given in city.
http://www.britannica.com/search?query=taproom &ct=

A bar that serves alcoholic drinks, especially beer direct from casks. (Etymology: Early 18c.)
http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3 &Keyword=Taproom&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=E NG