Pop'n'Hops

24/11/2024

Books, board games and vinyl sale today! We're open until 8pm.

23/11/2024

Wind back 8/9 years ago and we were relocating to Cardiff and I knew Liz (from The Moon) from booking her bands for shows in London and I had an idea for an indie beer place that could also facilitate live bands etc. So I dropped Liz a message asking what the venues in Cardiff was like. I got a very detailed reply that listed (with pros and cons of each space) all the places and spaces that could host live music from Liz (as always going above and beyond).

Here's the list without the added details:

Tramshed
Portland House
10 Feet Tall
Undertone
Buffalo
Gwdihw
Clwb Ifor Bach upstairs,
Clwb Ifor Bach downstairs
Four Bars At Dempseys
The Full Moon downstairs
The Moon upstairs
Abacus
The Globe
The Gate
Glee Club
Fuel
Chapter Arts Centre
Masonic Hall / Norwegian Church

A pretty sobering list. Admittedly not all these are/were regular venues. But the end that's taken a hammering are the smaller spots for upcoming bands or local acts. Part of the attraction of moving to the city (from London) was it seemed to have a vibrant music scene with plenty of space that could be called 'grass roots'. I think we as a City have lost this. It's really not the same place musically that we chose to move to in 2016.

22/11/2024

New for 2025!

Sunday Beer and cheese tasting sessions. A perfect gift for a beer (or cheese) lover!
;
First dates and tickets released.

Sunday 19th January
Sunday 23rd February

Limited spaces - grab your tickets here:

Beer, Cider, Craft Beer,

21/11/2024

We're not doing an official advent calendar this year but we've had a number of requests for bespoke boxes which means we've got capacity for a few more to be made up. So we have 6 of these boxes left.

This box is very much based on our top rated Advent Calendars of the past 5 years.

Beer, Cider, Craft Beer,

02/10/2024

So just back here to say hello. Keep forgetting to post on on Facebook.

29/08/2024

Mark the calendars - we've got a BIG IPA WEEKENDER coming up 13th-15th September where we explore the wonderful world of IPAs - from West Coasts and NEIPAs to DIPAs and TIPAs

24/08/2024

Plenty of room this evening for tasty beers. Come join us!

17/08/2024

Saturday Service. Here until 10pm. Come join us.

16/08/2024

We've got a fantasy football league for the shop if anyone wants to join:

Code is wwpowa

Official Fantasy Premier League 2024/25. Free to play fantasy football game, set up your fantasy football team at the Official Premier League site.

16/08/2024

Now pouring this filthy Azvex Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Sour!

14/08/2024

This week in the shop.

14/08/2024

Bring your own vinyl night, tonight.

You bring it, we spin it.

12/08/2024

This weeks opening hours

11/08/2024

We now operate in a post twitter world.

01/02/2024

Beery Dates for your diary:

7th Feb - Q***r Brewing Meet The Brewer and Tap Take Over
8th Feb - Rebel Home Brew Club and our Monthly Bottleshare
18th Feb - Afternoon - Guided tasting with new brewery Terra Tempo. Tickets on sale soon.
1st March - Indie Rabble Meet The Brewer and Tap Take Over.