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Oktoberfest is coming to The Hop Vault!  But first a collab-a-trois...  First up, news that may have got us almost as excited as last week's Glasshouse x Nothing Bound collaboration and very similarly excited as the previous week's Deya x Nothing Bound collaboration - a Glasshouse x Deya collaboration! A 5% Pale ale using a brand new hop, Necteron. The collab love triangle is complete! We've restocked the Glasshouse x Nothing Bound beer and we still have a few of the Deya x Nothing Bound cans left so if you're quick you can try them all side by side. If...

In what may become a regular feature we give you a contribution from one of our regular customers. Nick tells us about the beer that started it all for him. Some years (more than 5, fewer than 10…) ago I organised one of Mr Hop Vault’s stag parties, the central details which are extremely geeky and which do not bear repeating here. As part of MHV’s special weekend I thought it would be fun to sort out an IPA tasting session, MHV being ahead of the game in all things that were hipster and beardy even then, and drinking being...

The second Wednesday of the month is fast approaching so book your spot for this month's quiz night! The cash prize is expected to be over £100 and there'll be some extra little spot prizes this time out too. Reserve a table for your team here. Right... First up, news that may have got us almost as excited as last week's Deya x Nothing Bound collaboration - a Glasshouse x Nothing Bound collaboration! Those boys from Stirchley know how to brew up a smashable beer so we're expecting big things from this 4.8% pale ale. There's a second Glasshouse collab...

First up... New Brew York State Of Mind cans! Two different barrel aged expressions of their beer DRADIS; A big, luscious and complex Russian Imperial Stout made from a balance of ten different malts. These are very limited so don't be slow!If two super-hype beers wasn't enough we offer you a couple more from Vault CIty; the long awaited arrival of Iron Brew Extra is here! The original Iron Brew was very popular so we're expecting this 8% version to fly out. It's joined by a rare Vault City stout brewed in collaboration with imperial stout Jedis Emperor's. This big...