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Happy New Year!
Whisky tasting is back with a Burns Night tasting event! Here at The Hop Vault we love whisky almost as much as beer, be the first to sample some of the whiskies we'll be stocking on the bar, with a guided tasting by a local whisky expert. Expect lots of laughs, a bit of knowledge, some cheese and plenty of whisky! Tickets available here. Right, first proper stock drop of the year. Sorry it's a bit later than usual some of our deliveries were delayed. It's only a small one as most of the brewers are still hungover from Christmas but there's a...
Last stock drop of 2022!
We're throwing a New Year's Eve party! Tickets are a tenner and include a cheese board and a glass of fizz to welcome in the new year. You can grab them here. Should be good! Right, last stock drop of the year! Well, we might have a little suprise or six for you before 2023 hits... Keep your eyes peeled. Amundsen turn 9 and to celebrate they've collaborated with five world class breweries to brew up five insane birthday beers. Cloudwater have re-brewed the chocolate orange version of their famous My Continuous Improvement series just in time for Christmas. There's...
Stock Drop - 13/12/22
We're throwing a New Year's Eve party! Tickets are a tenner and include a cheese board and a glass of fizz to welcome in the new year. You can grab them here. Should be good! 51 new SKUs on the list today... Where to start? Let's go with the thing we're most excited about: Verdant's new Imperial Stout. They're known for their IPAs but to our minds (and mouths) they might just be the best dark beer brewer in the country. They only brew a few stouts every year and normally only ever one imperial stout so this is a...
Stock Drop - 6/12/22
It's another big one... Let's start with Tiny Rebel. We haven't had any new Tiny Rebel for a while but they've dropped this year's Christmas versions of Stay Puft (Sleigh Puft...) and they're based on Christmas chocolates. We have all four available individually and a limited number of presentation packs. Brew York have released four beers inspired by The Great British Bake Off. There's a new Emperor's collaboration an Export Porter brewed with Staggeringly Good; it's quite delicious. Neon Raptor have re released their super popular peanut butter & chocolate stout Clusters. Polly's are celebrating their fifth birthday by releasing...
Stock Drop - 29/11/22
Brrr... It's definitely stout weather. We've just announced our next whisky tasting event - it's going to be on December 8th, we've upped the ticket price slightly so we can get some very special bottles in. After all, it is Christmas. There'll be cheese (a festively large amount) and biscuits as usual and maybe a mince pie. You can grab a ticket here.The list is pretty long this week and is once again loaded with big releases... The biggest of the big releases this week is probably Cloudwater's latest in their My Continuous Improvement imperial stout series; this is a...