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The official page of Hops and Crafts bottle shop located in McCoys Arcade. Bringing better beer to the good people of Exeter.
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Hops and Crafts is Exeter’s premier craft beer bottle shop. Founded on the belief that the people of Exeter deserve better beer choices, the shop features over 200 of the best craft beers from around the UK, Belgium and the USA.. With a wide array of beer styles to choose from, Hops and Crafts is sure to have something for you or the beer-lover in your life. Whether you’re a full-blown hophead looking for high IBU’s or just looking to try something different, your new favourite beer is waiting.

22/11/2024

🌞 Hey there! Here a couple of little extras that rolled in this morning.

🍺 Utopian's beloved ČERNÉ SPECIÁLNÍ (5.9%) is back with a funky new black and yellow can, as well as their brand new core AF pilsner. (0.5%)

🌈 It's been far too long since we had some Polly's in the shop, so here are a couple of their lovely hazies, 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙈 (5.6%) and 𝙋𝙐𝙍𝘼 𝙑𝙄𝘿𝘼 (6%).

Happy Friday!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

21/11/2024

⛄ Hey, the sun's out! (Sort of)

For those of you brave enough to slide down to the shop today, we've got an absolutely righteous drop of new beers. 22 in total!

A few highlights:

🌉 Some lovely oldschool California IPAs and stouts, including Sierra Nevada's 𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (6.8%) and my beloved Firestone Walker 𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙆 (7%), the very IPA that got me interested in beer all those years ago. Ahh the nostalgia 🤗

🐝 Mancunian haze masters Track are turning 10! Here are 3 of their very extensive series of anniversary DIPA collabs, featuring the brewing skills of Green Cheek, Range and Other Half.

🌄 A trio from local beer daddies Stannary, including their excellent 3-hop NEIPA 𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙊𝙁 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙎 (7%) and their bourbon barrel-aged sherbet lemon sour 𝙇𝘼𝙐𝙂𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙏 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙐𝘿𝙎 (4%). If their previous BA sours are anything to go by, this will be super crushable and refreshing!

🌆 The Kernel's 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙒𝙉 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙐𝙏 (9.6%), based on a Victorian London recipe like so many of their other dark offerings. This one might be my favourite beer of theirs bar none.

Plus heaps and heaps of other stuff from AleSmith, Firestone Walker, Yonder, Verdant, Wiper and True and Tynt Meadow. Come check it out! (Or go online if you don't feel like braving the slush.)

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?page=1&sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

16/11/2024

We'll be open for a couple of hours tomorrow for anybody looking to pick up a few tinnies on their way around the flea. See you then! 🍻🤘

15/11/2024

⛄Is everybody excited for the Christmas Market?
There's always so much to see and do, so I've drawn up a handy little map to help you get the best out of this year's offerings.
Happy hunting! ✨

13/11/2024

Delivery day!

🎈 First up of course is the big launch of 's 7𝙩𝙝 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙊:

♾️ 𝘿𝘿𝙃 𝙋𝘼𝙇𝙀 (5.4%) - 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 collab using an increased all-cryo hop bill of Mosaic and Citra.

♾️ 𝘿𝘿𝙃 𝙄𝙋𝘼 (6.3%) - Beak collab hopped with a mighty cocktail of Cryo Citra, Cryo Mosaic, Cryo Idaho 7, CGX Azacca and Strata.

♾️ 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙐𝙏 (11%) - Rich, sweet Azvex collab with generous additions of Venezuelan Cacao, Madagascan Vanilla and just a touch of Brazilian Tonka.

Next up, a very mismatched trio of festivity-adjacent brews from Cloudwater, 𝗗𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲 and Vault City:

🎁 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙔 𝘾𝙃𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙈𝘼𝙎 (3.4%) - 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿's classic session pale, given the Christmas treatment of candied orange peel for bigger flavour and a hint of sweetness.

🍫 𝘿𝘿𝙁 𝘾𝙃𝙐𝙍𝙍𝙊𝙎 (15%) - 𝗩𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆's latest hedonistic double-dunked deep-fried churros impy, which exists solely to deliver wave after wave of thick pastry, cinnamon, brown sugar and chocolate in liquid form. Very sweet!

🏺 𝙊𝙀𝙍𝘽𝙄𝙀𝙍 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝘼 (10%) - Very small batch run of 𝗗𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲's famous Oud Bruin, ABV-supercharged and aged in Amarone red wine barrels for 12 months. Not one to be missed 😋

Finally, for those looking for something completely different, we have a quadfecta of lambic nano-blendery 𝗛𝗲𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗳's finest fruity funk.

🍾 𝙊𝙐𝘿𝙀 𝙂𝙐𝙀𝙐𝙕𝙀 (7%) - Traditional blend of young and old lambics.

🍹 𝙈𝙄𝙍𝘼𝘽𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙀 (7.1) - Blend of young and old lambics macerated with Mirabelle plums from the Alsace wine region.

🍑 𝙋𝙀𝙎𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙉𝘼 (6.2%) - Blend of 1 and 2 year-old lambics with maceration of peach & nectarine.

🍇 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝘾𝘼𝘽𝙀𝙇𝙇𝘼 (6.9%) - Maceration of lambics with mirabel plums and muscat grapes from the Alsace wine region.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

11/11/2024

🎂 Got a very special trio of beers landing this week: it's Pomona Island Brew Co's 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 and we'll be launching these 3 very special collabs right here in Exeter!

♾️ Dubbed 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎, PI have employed the help of kindred brewing powerhouses 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻, Beak and Azvex for a mission statement of "pushing the boundaries of technique, ingredients & flavour" with a DDH Pale, a DDH IPA and a big ol' Imperial stout. You can read up on additional details on the product page.

Preorder now for 10% off!

🎄 On a side note, all but 𝘁𝘄𝗼 of our beer advent calendars are now sold. If you're still on the fence, check out the product page description for an idea of the 24 beers that await you for the festive season. Now's the time!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

10/11/2024

🛍️ Open tomorrow! Just a little announcement, the shop will now be open on Mondays for the rest of the year, so you have an extra day to acquire all your liquids.

(Picture unrelated, just spent a very chaotic weekend moving to Topsham and now get to enjoy this rather nice sunset.)

✌️🍺 Peace and beer!

08/11/2024

🍻 A little slideshow of everything that's come in since Wednesday.

Highlights? Impossible to say. Maybe 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁's characteristically excellent Rotbier? Sureshot Brewing's hazy pale for managing to cram 3 Futurama references onto one can label? Weihenstephan's golden Weizenbock 𝙑𝙄𝙏𝙐𝙎 (7.7%), the most gorgeous banana bubblegum nectar in extistence? or maybe even Titanic Brewery's amaretto-infused cherry porter? I'll let you decide 🙂

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

07/11/2024

🌍 Happy International Stout Day!
Just for today grab 10% off all and any stouts/porters in-shop or online from now until midnight. (Some lovely plum and cherry porters came in yesterday.) Cheers to the dark stuff!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/dark-stouts-porters
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05/11/2024

🎇 Happy 5th of November! Verdant is here with their classic IPA/DIPA duo 𝙁𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝘼.𝙈. and 𝙉𝙀𝘼𝙇 𝙂𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎 𝘿𝙊𝙉𝙀, along with the long-awaited return of 𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙁𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙔𝙈𝘼𝙉 (10%).

It's an old school, rich, roasty black imperial stout whose name reportedly originated from a misheard conversation at 𝗛+𝗖's first ever anniversary party way back in 2016. (Another lifetime ago!)

Surely this is a perfect brew to enjoy in the cold whilst gazing up at colourful explosions, inhaling gunpowder smoke and sulphides.

Conveniently, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆 have delivered a slew of tasty new hop juice, as well as a bonfire-coded stout of their own, 𝘾𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙀𝙀 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙐𝙏 (4%), in case you fear the Ferryman's ABV just a little bit.

And finally, we have Azvex's latest pair of ever-reliable hazies 𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙊𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙈𝙎 (5.2%) and 𝙑𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙍𝙀 𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙎 (6.5%) for all your joosy hop needs. Peace!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

02/11/2024

🗺️ Happy November! It's all West Country up in here today, with new releases from Devon, Cornwall and Gloucestershire.

We've got a Best Bitter from Ideal Day, Utopian Brewing's excellent snappy 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝙃𝙊𝙋 𝙋𝙄𝙇𝙎𝙉𝙀𝙍 collab with Ramsgate-based GADDS, a whole foursome of fresh Ivybridge brews, as well as DEYA's annual hazy releases of 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙔 𝙍𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙏𝘼 in both classic and DIPA variants. Get them while you can 🚀

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/all?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

30/10/2024

🎃 Part evil, part stupid, all yummy. Here's some fresh barleypop from Rivington, Wylam and Verdant!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

25/10/2024

🌤️ Friday beer roundup! Lots of new stuff today from Pastore, Azvex, Vault City, Burnt Mill and Utopian Highlights include:

🎠 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙊𝙏𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙄𝙊𝙎 (8%), a beautiful milky DIPA with a silky rich stone fruit body, punctuated by Azvex's signature pithy kick. I had one last night, delish.

🥧 𝘿𝙊𝙐𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝘾𝙍𝙐𝙈𝘽𝙇𝙀 (7.5%) - A slight variation of my absolute favourite Pastore beer last year, containing apples, maple syrup, vanilla and blueberries instead of plums this time around. There's no way this isn't gonna sing.

🪐 𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙄 𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙎 (6.2%) - Remember 𝘿𝘿𝙁 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙧 from a while ago? Well, this is the "sensible" version, clocking in at a meagre 6.2% ABV -- practically nothing!

🌄 𝙂𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝙃𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎 (6%) - Green hop westy with fresh Ernest hops in the whirlpool and some classic Pacific C's on the dry hop... and it's gluten free!

Check out these and all the rest in-store or on the webshop here:
https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending
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24/10/2024

🥳 A slightly belated but big warm thanks to everybody who came to the anniversary party last Saturday!

It was pretty much full steam ahead for the entire evening so there are only a couple of photos, but the vibes and the beer were crucially on point. It really is a great feeling to get a bunch of beer lovers in one place to hang out and drink some good s**t (The 3 Sons stout went down an absolute storm), and I look forward to doing the same again, at the very latest next October on the 10-Year (!) anniversary of Hops and Crafts.

Thanks too to everybody who helped to make it happen, provided tables and equipment, and helped out on the night. Love you all!

Peace and beer ✌️🍻

18/10/2024

One last whack of stouts and hazies before the big day tomorrow, courtesy of Howling Hops, Electric Bear and Beak.

🎩 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝘾𝙃 (4.4%) - Classic dark-chocolatey London Stout brewed with roasted malt and a hint of nitro
🐶 𝙉𝙀𝙄𝙋𝘼 𝙉𝙤.𝟰 (5.9%) - Hazy IPA with HBC 638, Citra and Warrior hops
☕ 𝙈𝙊𝘾𝙃𝘼 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙆𝙀𝙉𝘿 (6.5%) - Mocha Stout brewed with coffee and chocolate cream essence
🍒 𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙔 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙊𝙐𝙏 (8%) - Big blackforest-y stout brewed with cherry and cacao nibs
🎶 𝙃𝙐𝙈 (4.8%) - Beak's beloved juicy session pale, brewed with lots of Idaho 7, Motueka and Cashmere hops
📯 𝙏𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙎 (8%) - Eminently juicy DIPA collab with Q***r Brewing, containing copious amounts of Simcoe, hand-selected Citra and Mosaic, with a pinch of Galaxy for that lil' sumthin sumthin. A winning combo!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

16/10/2024

🌧️ 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝙳𝚛𝚘𝚙 🍺

First up, four new brews from Neon Raptor Brewing Co., inspired the movies of horror/sci-fi filmmaking legend John Carpenter. Look at that can art! Get the whole set for 10% off :)

🧟 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙔 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 (4.8%) - Blue Bubblegum Sour
🗽 𝙀𝙎𝘾𝘼𝙋𝙀 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙔𝙊𝙍𝙆 (4%) - Pale ale with Mosaic & Vic Secret
🌬️ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙂 (6%) - Hazy IPA with Strata & Mosaic
🕯️ 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎 (5.4%) - Coffee & Vanilla Stout

Next, three hazies and a westy from IPA stalwarts Track and Verdant. Reliable as ever!

Also, the return of 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗸𝘆's classically delicious 𝙍𝙊𝘽𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍 (5.8%), with some new can art 🖼️

And finally, October 16th marks 𝟵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 to the day since 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀 first opened, way back in the distant past of 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱. Where does the time go!

Just a few days left before the big celebration on Saturday. Have your got your tickets yet? Hope to see you there 💚

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

11/10/2024

📯 Friday Beer Roundup!

New stuff this week from Ideal Day, Duration, Stannary, Mash Gang, New Holland, Transient, Verdant and Powderkeg.

Highlights include three (!) barrel-aged imperial stouts from two Michigan-based breweries, 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆's brand new Apple and Seaberry saison 𝘾𝙇𝙄𝙈𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙎 (4.8%) 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻's lovely Verdant-yeast-fermented IPA 𝙇𝙄𝙕𝘼𝙍𝘿 (6.5%), and local gluten-free heroes 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗴's brand new Red IPA 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙇𝘽𝙇𝘼𝙕𝙀𝙍 (5%).

Of course there's plenty more to get stuck into too, have a little browse around!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending ✌️🍻

09/10/2024

🥳 𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝙽𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙰𝚁𝚈 𝙱𝙾𝚃𝚃𝙻𝙴 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙰𝙿𝙻𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝚁𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙰𝙻 🎉

✌️ Just a week and a half until 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀 enters its tenth year of service to the beer lovers of Exeter! Here's everything you need to know for the night:

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿
𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁
𝟳𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟭𝗽𝗺
£𝟳 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻

= 𝗧𝗔𝗣 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣 =

🍺 Beak 𝙋𝙄𝘾𝙊 (5.6%) - DDH Pale with Mosaic, Vic Secret and Citra
🍺 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝙋𝙔𝙍𝘼𝙈𝙄𝘿 𝙎𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙈𝙀 (8%) - Three-way DIPA collab with Track and Beak, hopped with Eggers Special, HBC 1019, Galaxy Spectrum & Riwaka Hop Kief
🍺 3 Sons 𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙂𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝘾𝙏𝘼𝙍 (14.8%) - 2021 vintage Imperial stout blend aged in Heaven Hill and Widow Jane bourbon barrels for an average of 29 months. (Mega hyped about this one!)

Remember your ticket gets you a free pour!

= 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗦 =

We've put together a little list of very special sharing bottles for the evening, including stuff from Cantillon, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, Jackie O's and Pastore, available to preorder for the night.

Be aware that these are in very limited quantities - some of them only one or two of each! - You can find them here: https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/anniversary-specials

Of course I will more than likely be opening up some fun stuff from my own stash at some point in the evening too 😄

In addition, you have the entire wealth of goodies from the shop to explore on the evening, including some belting additional barrel-aged impys that arrived this week from New Holland and Transient Artisan Ales that I've included in the pictures because I'm excited 😊. If you want something else particular put in the fridge to drink on the night, just let me know!

Less than two weeks to go! Grab your tickets if you haven't yet, and come and enjoy a chill evening in McCoys Arcade with the best beer in Exeter ❤️

🍾 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛:
https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/anniversary-specials

🎟️ 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚜:
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