1839 Taphouse

What 1839 Taphouse does

1839 Taphouse is a privately held, for-profit bar and pub located in Columbia, United States. Its offering centers on a 24-tap rotating draft beer program alongside a casual American pub menu that includes pizza, burgers, wings, and traditional pub fare. The "rotating draft" positioning suggests an emphasis on a changing craft beer selection, which is a common point of differentiation in the independent bar segment but does not, on the available evidence, translate into any disclosed technology, digital channel, or proprietary product surface.

The business model is conventional on-premise food and beverage retail: revenue is generated per transaction through the sale of alcoholic beverages and prepared food to walk-in patrons. No pricing model, ticket size, table turnover, or capacity data is publicly disclosed, and no evidence of delivery, franchise, multi-unit, or licensing operations is present in the input. The company's online footprint is minimal — its website (1839taphouse.com) returned only a bot-verification page during data collection, and no social media, app, or third-party platform integrations are documented.

As a single-profile hospitality venue in a secondary US market, 1839 Taphouse operates within a highly localized competitive set in which success is driven primarily by location, foot traffic, beverage quality, and food execution rather than by technology, intellectual property, or scale-based advantages. The available data does not indicate any atypical strategic positioning, corporate development activity, capital structure, or expansion posture.

Name

1839 Taphouse

Website

https://1839taphouse.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

1839 Taphouse is a Columbia, United States bar and pub featuring 24 rotating draft beers plus pizza, burgers, wings, and traditional pub fare, serving walk-in local patrons in a casual on-premise dining and drinking environment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bar & Pub (Casual Dining)

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Taprooms & Brewpubs (CRANACAF)

Keywords

• Craft beer bar
• Pub food service
• Rotating draft beers
• Casual dining
• Neighborhood taphouse

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

1839 Taphouse operates a bar and pub in Columbia, United States, offering 24 rotating draft beers alongside a menu of pizza, burgers, wings, and traditional pub fare served to walk-in patrons in a casual on-premise hospitality setting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Draft Beer Selection

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• BJ's Restaurant: Casual-dining chain with deep craft-beer program and an extensive pub-fare menu. Overlaps with 1839 Taphouse on the beer-led full-service dining experience, though at broader scale.
• TGI Fridays: Established casual-dining and bar chain with bar-centric menus and promotional drink offerings; competes for the same draft-beer and pub-food occasions in similar trade areas.
• Twin Peaks: Sports-lodge chain centered on draft beer, burgers, wings, and pub fare in a themed environment. Competes for the same male-skewing, draft-beer-occasion customer at a larger scale.
• Buffalo Wild Wings: National sports-bar chain pairing wings and beer as core offerings, with broad bar-and-grill overlap to 1839 Taphouse's wings + draft beer proposition.

Direct peers

• Flying Saucer Draught Emporium: Independent taphouse chain known for an extensive rotating draft list and beer-centric events. Conceptually similar in its reliance on beer variety as the primary draw.
• Brass Tap: Craft beer and gastropub franchise focused on 60+ rotating taps with a curated food menu. A direct competitor format, particularly if 1839 Taphouse pursues franchising or multi-unit growth.
• World of Beer: Craft-beer bar franchise centered on rotating taps, beer events, and a gastropub-style food menu. Directly comparable in concept (taps-forward, food-supporting) and target customer to 1839 Taphouse.
• HopCat: Regional craft-beer bar chain with a large draft lineup, burgers, and pub fare. Mirrors 1839 Taphouse's combination of 20+ rotating taps and a comfort-food menu.
• Yard House: National taphouse chain built around an exceptionally large rotating draft beer program alongside a full American pub menu. Closest large-scale analog to 1839 Taphouse's draft-led, full-menu concept.

Emerging players

• Growler USA: Craft-beer-focused franchise combining taproom service with growler fills and a lighter food menu. Adjacent format that could either compete with or complement 1839 Taphouse in a given market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1839-taphouse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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