Hops and Crafts

Hops and Crafts 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 Exeterโ€™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 youโ€™re a full-blown hophead looking for high IBUโ€™s or just looking to try something different, your new favourite beer is waiting.

๐Ÿพ Mills brewed a Pils!The latest creation from mixed ferm legends ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐™‹๐™„๐™‡๐™Ž (6%) started its life in December ...
24/09/2024

๐Ÿพ Mills brewed a Pils!

The latest creation from mixed ferm legends ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐™‹๐™„๐™‡๐™Ž (6%) started its life in December 2023, fermenting away through the cold months in an open coolship with lager yeast. After this it was transferred to large oak barrels for secondary wild yeast fermentation and subsequent lagering, before being dry-hopped with whole leaf European hops and finally bottle conditioned.

The resulting beer is incredibly light, snappy, floral and fresh tasting, with a nice bitterness and a touch of funk. Enjoy! (I know I will be)

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/products/mills-pils โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿป

โ˜€๏ธ Time for a nice big hazy drop, with a couple of sours thrown in for good measure ๐Ÿ’ฆ- Verdant's latest pair of ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ ...
19/09/2024

โ˜€๏ธ Time for a nice big hazy drop, with a couple of sours thrown in for good measure ๐Ÿ’ฆ

- Verdant's latest pair of ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ anniversary beers with Uchu and Fidens:
๐Ÿ‹ ๐™ญ ๐™๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™ (6.5%) - Hazy IPA with Citra, Mosaic and Yuzu Juice.
๐ŸŒบ ๐™ญ ๐™๐™„๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™‰๐™Ž (8%) - Massive, Citra-dominant DIPA with additions of Nelson Sauvin and NZH-106.

- H+C newcomers, Cheshire-based ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜!
๐Ÿ๏ธ ๐™„๐™Ž๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‹๐™‹๐™€๐™ (4.8%) - Juicy pale ale with Mosaic, Citra and Riwaka Sub Zero Hop Kief (that's the fancy liquid hop stuff).
๐Ÿ’ ๐™๐™‡๐™Š๐™’๐™€๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™‰๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰ (6%) - Dank, tropical IPA with both Kohia Nelson and Riwaka Sub Zero Hop Kief, on top of Citra BBC and a sprinkle of Mosaic.

- DEYA x ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป:
๐Ÿšœ ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™ˆ ๐™๐™๐™„๐™‹ 2024 (6%) - Double dry hopped IPA with Nelson Sauvin, HBC 1090, Strata, Strata CGX & Nelson Sauvin Hop Kief.

- Track Brewing Co.:
โšฝ ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ฝ๐™Ž๐™๐™„๐™๐™๐™๐™€ (5.5%) - Zingy, citrussy DDH pale containing Citra, Citra YCH 702, Motueka & Pacific Sunrise.
๐Ÿช ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฝ๐™„๐™ (7%) - Full-bodied, "bit-of-everything"-esque DDH IPA collab with Dallas-based Celestial Beerworks. Hopped with Nelson, Nelson Sauvin Cryo, Citra, Citra Cryo, Citra YCH 702, Rakau & Riwaka (...and breathe!)

- Vault City Brewing:
๐Ÿงƒ ๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™‹๐™‡๐™€ ๐™Ž๐™Š๐™Š๐™ (4.5%) - Obscenely green apple sour beer. A 5 out of 5 rating on Vault City's brand new ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ makes this a confirmed tangyboi.
๐Ÿ ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‚๐™Š ๐™‹๐™„๐™‰๐™€๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™‹๐™‡๐™€ ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™Ž๐™„๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™๐™๐™„๐™ ๐™‘๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™„๐™‡๐™‡๐˜ผ ๐™„๐˜พ๐™€ ๐˜พ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™ˆ (8.5%) - The name says it all really - Ice cream smoothie sour collab with Overtone Brewing that is effectively a melted Solero in a can. 2/5 tangies, but 5/5 flavies.

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๐Ÿ“ฆ Just in this morning!๐Ÿ ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐˜ฟ๐™๐™‰๐™†๐™€๐™‡ (4.9%), A pleasingly Autumn-coded dark lager collab from twin crispyboi power...
13/09/2024

๐Ÿ“ฆ Just in this morning!

๐Ÿ ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐˜ฟ๐™๐™‰๐™†๐™€๐™‡ (4.9%), A pleasingly Autumn-coded dark lager collab from twin crispyboi powerhouses Utopian Brewing and Braybrooke Beer Co. Brewed with dark malts and a touch of smoked malt, double decocted and hopped with East Kent Goldings. Biscuity, toasty, slightly sweet but with a snappy clean finish. Lovely!

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๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ Something something Thursday. Here's the latest!Pressure Drop Brewing๐Ÿฅช ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐™‚ ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™” ๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™’๐™„๐˜พ๐™ƒ (6.5%) - NEIPA with Idaho-7, ...
12/09/2024

๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ Something something Thursday. Here's the latest!

Pressure Drop Brewing
๐Ÿฅช ๐˜ฝ๐™„๐™‚ ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™” ๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™’๐™„๐˜พ๐™ƒ (6.5%) - NEIPA with Idaho-7, Citra, Simcoe and Nectaron

Pastore Brewing - Birthday collab beers with Superstition Meadery. A blend of barrel aged golden wild ales from Cab Franc, Rioja and Sauternes barrels, conditioned with honey from Cambridge honeybees.
๐Ÿ“ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™Ž๐™€๐™๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™€๐™‰๐˜ฟ #1 (7%) - Raspberries & strawberries
๐ŸŒต ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™Ž๐™€๐™๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™€๐™‰๐˜ฟ #2 (7%) - Prickly pears

Quantock Brewery
๐ŸŒ˜ ๐™‚๐™€๐™ ๐™Š๐™‰ ๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™๐™๐™Š! (6.4%) - NEIPA with Cashmere, Citra and Mosaic
๐ŸŒ  ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™’ ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™๐™๐™Š? (7.5%) - NEIPA with Citra, Motueka, Simcoe and Superdelic

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ“ฆ Big delivery day!๐ŸŒพ In case it wasn't eminently obvious from the photo, it's the triumphant return of Allagash Brewing ...
11/09/2024

๐Ÿ“ฆ Big delivery day!

๐ŸŒพ In case it wasn't eminently obvious from the photo, it's the triumphant return of Allagash Brewing Company's famous and dangerously quaffable ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™ƒ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐™„๐™๐™€ (5.2%), this time in nice big pint cans! It absolutely sailed out last time, so this time around I've made sure to get enough for everybody ๐Ÿ˜˜

๐Ÿฐ Also in today, two more Festbiers join the gang: Flรถtzinger's ๐™’๐™„๐™€๐™Ž'๐™‰ ๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™๐™•๐™€๐™‰ (5.8%) and the elusive Augustiner ๐™Š๐™†๐™๐™Š๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™-๐˜ฝ๐™„๐™€๐™ (6%).

๐Ÿบ In addition to that, we have hazies from Burnt Mill Brewery, a stout and an AF pale from Left Handed Giant, a trio of goodies from ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ (including an Old Ale!), and a colourful collection of fruity Belgian sours courtesy of Brouwerij Boon and Lindemans.

Available now!

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๐Ÿ‚ We're into the "ember" months, which means it's now socially acceptable to start thinking about the end of the year (m...
10/09/2024

๐Ÿ‚ We're into the "ember" months, which means it's now socially acceptable to start thinking about the end of the year (my local Sainsburys got the jump on me this year, already selling mince pies back in August. Ridiculous).

๐ŸŽ Anyway, the world famous ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‹๐™Ž ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐˜พ๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™Ž ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™‘๐™€๐™‰๐™ ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™€๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™ is now available to preorder for you and your loved ones! Expect the usual varied collection of the most delicious beer money can buy, one for each day leading up to Christmas, lovingly curated by yours truly.

๐Ÿ’ธ Due to the skyrocketing cost of being alive, I've had to bump up the price a smidge this year -- from ยฃ110 up to ยฃ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ, payable in full or as a ยฃ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ deposit. (It's only an extra tenner at the end of the day).

๐Ÿบ Check out the full details on the store page, along with a list of last year's beers to give you an idea of what kinds of goodies to expect. You can order online or drop by in person. Numbers are limited as always, so come and grab one before they're gone!
Peace and beer ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

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๐ŸŒ It's Funky Friday! Suffolk-based Little Earth Project is here with two of their wild fermented beauties in 750ml shari...
06/09/2024

๐ŸŒ It's Funky Friday! Suffolk-based Little Earth Project is here with two of their wild fermented beauties in 750ml sharing bottles.

๐Ÿ› ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™Š๐™‡๐™Ž๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‹ #๐Ÿญ (5.7%) - The brewery's first ever coolship beer from back in 2021, naturally inoculated with wild yeasts then aged in neutral oak barrels for 2 years. Zippy, zesty, dry and funky, with notes of lemon and apple dominating.

๐Ÿฅ‚ ๐™๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‚๐™€๐™‰๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™๐™‚๐™ƒ๐™๐™Ž (7.2%) - Golden sour conditioned on 4kg of Bacchus grape pomace, after having aged in fresh Chardonnay barrels since 2020. Bretty, funky and fruity, with a touch of barrel sweetness.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals?sort_by=created-descending โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿป

โ˜” It's September! So that can only mean... ๐—ข๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜! Here are six lovely Bavarian Festbiers to help you along. (Get 1...
05/09/2024

โ˜” It's September! So that can only mean... ๐—ข๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜! Here are six lovely Bavarian Festbiers to help you along. (Get 10% off all six!)

Additionally, Hammerton and Holy Goat are here to help you through this disappointing weather with some lovely indulgent stouts. Long time favourite ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™” ๐™Š๐™ ๐˜พ๐˜ผ๐™†๐™€ (5.5%) joins ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™ˆ๐™€ (5.6%), a Blackforest Gateau stout with a hit of fresh cherry complimenting the cake-y indulgence.

๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ have really demonstrated a knack for their non-pastry-but-still-interesting takes on traditional stouts, and their new Turning Point collab ๐™’๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™”๐™๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™ (11%) is no exception: A Kveik-fermented imperial stout brewed with nine different malts, plus a nice whack of demerara and muscovado sugar for a big, sticky, roasty treat.

If you want something a little lighter, Verdant and fellow Cornish brewers Ideal Day have joined forces to create a wonderfully sessionable ๐™๐™๐™Ž๐™๐™„๐˜พ ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™€ ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™€๐™ (3.2%), with a clean yet highly ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ yeast character that will pair with almost any food imaginable.

And finally, the ever-versatile ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น have a pair of mismatched classics in ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™€ ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™€๐™ (3.1%) and ๐™€๐™“๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™„๐˜ผ ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐™ (5.6%) that will likely never go out of style.

Happy Thursday everybody! โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿป

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๐ŸŽ‰ It's party time! ๐ŸŽ‰The shop's ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (!) anniversary is on the horizon, so let's have a little get together to celeb...
31/08/2024

๐ŸŽ‰ It's party time! ๐ŸŽ‰

The shop's ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (!) anniversary is on the horizon, so let's have a little get together to celebrate! Expect some excellent draught beers, sharing bottles, exclusive pours and all around good vibes.

๐Ÿ•“ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐Ÿณ๐—ฝ๐—บ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—ฝ๐—บ
๐Ÿบ Tickets cost ยฃ๐Ÿณ and include a ยฃ2 donation to the Exeter Food Bank, plus a free pour of draught beer!
๐Ÿบ If you are purchasing multiple tickets, they will be reserved in the name of the purchaser. You do NOT need to print out your order confirmation.
๐Ÿบ Evening will include pours of some very special bottles from my secret stash.

More details to follow!

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
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๐Ÿบ ๐“๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป, ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป! As if last week's hype juice wasn't enough, here are some more distinguished bangers from Beak Bre...
29/08/2024

๐Ÿบ ๐“๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป, ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป!
As if last week's hype juice wasn't enough, here are some more distinguished bangers from Beak Brewery, FUERST WIACEK, Track Brewing Co., Burning Sky, Makemake and Verdant Brewing. What'll it be?

I managed to visit ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ's brewery taproom up in Manchester on Tuesday, then promptly proceeded to not drink any actual Track beer, so I'm very looking forward to catching up on their collabs with Green Cheek Beer Co. and Eggers Hops. Epigenetic Riwaka DIPA, here we come! (whatever that means)

Also it's crazy to think that Parade is "only" 4 years old when it feels like it's always been a part of the UK haze pantheon. Can't think of a better way to celebrate than with a Big Parade! (Parade man is so big they had to split him into two cans. Tell me that's not big.)

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I'm in Manchester for a couple of days, so local beer wizard ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต is looking after the shop and is here to provide you w...
27/08/2024

I'm in Manchester for a couple of days, so local beer wizard ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต is looking after the shop and is here to provide you with all the fine bevvies you need. Come down and say hi! ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿค˜
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๐Ÿบ๐ŸŽ‰ Surprise birthday beer! By some logistical miracle Verdant's first two ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† collabs have made it here ...
24/08/2024

๐Ÿบ๐ŸŽ‰ Surprise birthday beer! By some logistical miracle Verdant's first two ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† collabs have made it here just in time for the bank holiday.

๐Ÿฅ ๐™ญ ๐™‚๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™€ ๐™‹๐™๐™Š๐™…๐™€๐˜พ๐™ (6.5%) - the long-awaited collab with Kiwi craft superstars Garage Project, of course containing a cocktail of the finest New Zealand Nelson Sauvin, Rakau and Motueka hops.

๐Ÿฆœ ๐™ญ ๐™‚๐™๐™€๐™€๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™€๐™€๐™† (8.4%) - another Green Cheek collab! Based on the original all-Nectaron Cheeky DIPA from last year, except with some Citra and Riwaka thrown in too. There's no way this isn't gonna be good.

Happy Saturday!

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โ˜€๏ธ It's a beautiful Friday in the south west, so let's crack open some local tinnies! โ˜€๏ธStannary brings their newly sess...
23/08/2024

โ˜€๏ธ It's a beautiful Friday in the south west, so let's crack open some local tinnies! โ˜€๏ธ

Stannary brings their newly session-ified, launching-today ๐™‡๐™๐™‹๐™Š ๐™…๐™๐™„๐˜พ๐™€ (5.4%) along with the ever-popular ๐™…๐™๐™‰๐™† ๐™๐™Š๐™Š๐˜ฟ ๐™’๐™€๐™€๐™†๐™€๐™‰๐˜ฟ (6.5%), as well as their Loxley Brewery collab ๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ƒ ๐˜ฝ๐™” ๐™Ž๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ƒ๐™’๐™€๐™Ž๐™ (4.8%).

Left Handed Giant continue their elusive mastery of gluten-free NEIPAs with ๐™๐™’๐™„๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™„๐™€๐™Ž: ๐™‰๐™€๐™‡๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‰ & ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™๐˜ผ (5.2%) and
๐˜ฟ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™ˆ ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™๐™Ž๐™€ ๐™„๐™‹๐˜ผ (6.2%).

Quantock Brewery's NEIPAs only seem to be getting better over time, and ๐™„๐™'๐™Ž ๐˜ผ ๐˜พ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™Ž๐™„๐˜พ ๐™๐™Š๐™ ๐˜ผ ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™Š๐™‰ (5.5%) and ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™๐™๐™๐™๐™๐™€ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ (6.9%) are no exception.

Hopefully that's enough hop haze to get you through this (mostly) sunny bank holiday. Peace and love ๐Ÿ’š

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It's been a while, but California craft granddaddies Sierra Nevada are finally back with their full range of old school ...
21/08/2024

It's been a while, but California craft granddaddies Sierra Nevada are finally back with their full range of old school amber hop nectar, including this year's appearance of the mighty ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‹๐™๐™„๐™ˆ๐™๐™ˆ (11%), the mountain IPA-esque ๐˜ผ๐™๐™Š๐™ˆ๐™„๐˜พ ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™‹๐™€๐˜ฟ๐™Š (9.2%) and the new alc free ๐™๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‡ ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™Ž (0.5%) in two variants. West coast best coast!

Also in today, two new big silly sours from Vault City: A naughty Oreo and blueberry pancake ๐˜ฟ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™€ ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™† (7.1%), and a suitably meme-worthy ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™† ๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™€ ๐˜ฝ๐™๐˜พ๐™†๐™„๐™€, inspired by the famous purple produce of those monks from round here. (8.3%, violence not included).

And finally, a conversation about Pressure Drop the other day got me in the mood for some ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™€ ๐™๐™„๐™๐™€ (4.8%). So here's some Pale Fire!

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Today we're doing the northern tour, picking up two big DDH IPAs from Cloudwater, then heading up to Wylam to grab their...
16/08/2024

Today we're doing the northern tour, picking up two big DDH IPAs from Cloudwater, then heading up to Wylam to grab their first IPA to use the newly-named Krush hop (formerly HBC 586), then finishing all the way up at Holy Goat for a pair of mouth-puckering mixed ferm sours, one with Alfonso mangoes and the other with British Chuckleberries! (google it)

Enjoy, and may you survive the heat better than I am ๐Ÿ˜Žโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒก๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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I don't usually get excited by spreadsheets but this is kinda cool: The Hops and Crafts Master Beer List (TM) is about t...
14/08/2024

I don't usually get excited by spreadsheets but this is kinda cool: The Hops and Crafts Master Beer List (TM) is about to hit its ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต unique beer! And I haven't even ordered it yet. What might it end up being I wonder? ๐Ÿป

(includes slight spoilers for upcoming releases lol)

Do you like beer? No? Perfect! Imprint Beer Co. from Pennsylvania, US has the solution with 4 of their (in)famous ๐™Ž๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™Š...
13/08/2024

Do you like beer? No? Perfect! Imprint Beer Co. from Pennsylvania, US has the solution with 4 of their (in)famous ๐™Ž๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™Š๐™…๐™€๐™€ series of ultra-thick, ultra-fruited smoothie sours. These things are certified bonkers. And they're technically beer! Limited supply so grab them while you can ๐Ÿ––

๐ŸŠ๐Ÿน๐Ÿจ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿงƒ (๐Ÿบ)

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The New Arrivals page is heaving today, thanks to a nice big "bit of everything" drop, with brand new liquid indulgence ...
08/08/2024

The New Arrivals page is heaving today, thanks to a nice big "bit of everything" drop, with brand new liquid indulgence from Amundsen (doughnuts!), Track (Gold top!), Yonder, (Lilt sour!) Overtone (We Can Be Friends collab!), Pomona Island (Mighty Boosh reference!) and Holy Goat (skeleton stout!).

Have a great day, and stay safe!

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Just one new beer today, but it's a good 'un!๐Ÿƒ ๐™๐™๐™‰๐™‰๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™€๐™ ๐Ÿƒ (5.8%) is the quintessential brew of famed mixed ferm maes...
06/08/2024

Just one new beer today, but it's a good 'un!

๐Ÿƒ ๐™๐™๐™‰๐™‰๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™€๐™ ๐Ÿƒ (5.8%) is the quintessential brew of famed mixed ferm maestros ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Now in its tenth iteration, it has existed for as long as the brewery itself.

Starting life as a malted rye wort and aged hop base, it is fermented and aged in white Burgundy and Bourbon whiskey oak barrels, before being blended and bottle conditioned for a pleasant natural sparkle.

Effervescent, tangy, funky, lemony and all the other words, this is a spontaneous ferm stunner.

Come and grab one now!
(Running optional)

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Fresh from ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜'s annual SMODFEST event, it's a triple love letter to lager with these three excelle...
02/08/2024

Fresh from ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜'s annual SMODFEST event, it's a triple love letter to lager with these three excellent and varied crispypeople.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐™Ž๐™ˆ๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™ (5.7%) - 2024 iteration of St. Mars' classic Bavarian-style Festbier. Spicy bitterness, a hint of smoke and a clean finish.

๐Ÿ’š ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‹๐™๐™€๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™ (4.5%) - Hoppy Franconian-inspired pale lager with Perle and Herzbrรผcker hops from Germany along with NZ-grown Pacifica. Spicy but also juicy!

๐Ÿงก ๐™Ž๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™†๐™” ๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐˜พ๐™†๐™๐™€๐™Ž๐™ (6.9%) - Strong amber lager brewed with beechwood-smoked malt from the Rauchbier capital itself, Bamberg. Lovely full flavour with a surprisingly crisp finish.

Get the whole set for 10% off!
Or don't. Up to you ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿงก

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It just occurred to me (read: I was reminded) that the 1st of August marks one year to the day since I took over Hops an...
01/08/2024

It just occurred to me (read: I was reminded) that the 1st of August marks one year to the day since I took over Hops and Crafts. Where does the time go! Perfect excuse to crack one open ๐Ÿ™‚ That's one year down, I hope to serve you lovely Exeter folks for many more to come. Cheers! ๐Ÿป

(Thanks to Jane from the tea shop for the impromptu photoshoot)

Happy Saturday! I'm still in Germany but Will is in the shop today to serve you lovely folks. We've got 's latest annive...
27/07/2024

Happy Saturday! I'm still in Germany but Will is in the shop today to serve you lovely folks. We've got 's latest anniversary beer, the suitably silly DDF CATERPILLAR CAKE (14.5%), plus 's antipodean collab trio - a Motueka-hopped Pils from , a DDH IPA from and a big juicy DIPA from . Enjoy! ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿค˜

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