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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.

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.

04/04/2025

🌤️ Quick before the weather gets better!

It's Devon's very own lager slingers Utopian Brewing with their latest creation 𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙊𝙍! Coming in at a mighty 7.5%, this deep burgundy-coloured Doppelbock has more in common with a traditional strong ale or even a Barleywine than what you'd typically think of as a lager. Rich and warming with big notes of dark bread, dark fruit, dark caramel and anything else yummy and dark you can think of. A liquid treat!

(Don't worry, we've also restocked the Unfiltered for the crispily inclined -- it's looking sunny again 😎)

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

03/04/2025

Open till 6 again today, as per the new hours 🤘

🎁 New brews from Gravity Well (Dark Mild!), Nolo wizard We Can Be Friends (Nectaron IPA!), Ideal Day (ESB!) and The Kernel (Pale hoppy stuff!) await your drinking pleasure. A couple more bits and bobs to drop tomorrow probably. Happy Thursday!

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27/03/2025

⛅ Open till 6 today! Here are five more beers to round off this week's crop, so to speak -- all with a distinctly pastoral, wanderlust-y vibe, no?

🌾 We've got a typically excellent pair of hazies from Beak Brewery in 𝙁𝙄𝙀𝙇𝘿𝙎 #𝟭 (5%) and #𝟮 (6.5%), brewed to highlight the hops from the latest Yakima Chief harvest. Expect nothing less than their gold standard of lupulin wizardry.

🚜 From Duration Brewing we have their glorious Italian pilsner 𝘾𝙐𝙏𝙏𝙄𝙉' 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙎𝙎 (4.5%) -- a personal favourite -- as well as their hazy 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 collab 𝘼𝙇𝙏𝙄𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙊 (4.8%), brewed with the rather unique addition of Quinoa for pillowy softness and a lil' hint of nut. Very moreish.

🍾 Speaking of Two Flints, here's a brand new funky bottle from their mixed ferm side project 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝙑𝙄𝘿𝘼𝙇 (5.8%). It's a blend of 1-year and 2-year-old oak-aged saisons, liberally hopped with whole leaf Jester and Goldings before primary and subsequent oak fermentation. They were then blended and lightly dry-hopped with Saaz and Goldings, before finally being bottled with cane sugar and a smidge of mixed culture for priming.
Long story short: a truly thirst-quenching farmhouse beer with lovely hits of sour stone fruit, vanilla, oak and of course plenty of that good ol' funk. Yummy!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

26/03/2025

🍺 Let's have some beer for a change shall we?

🛫 Three very nice bottles from New England brewing legends Allagash Brewing Company have graced us this week - The much-loved 𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙏𝙀 (5.2%), the bubblegummy 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙋𝙀𝙇 (9%) and the oak & vanilla-esque barrel-aged 𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙐𝙓 10.2%. All meticulously brewed, super drinkable interpretations of classic Belgian beers.

🍋 Next we've got your Verdant fix, with all-Citra darling 𝙁𝙍𝙐𝙄𝙏 𝘾𝘼𝙍 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙓𝙃𝙄𝘽𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (8%) leading the way, closely accompanied by its brand new little brother 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙈𝘼𝙔 𝘽𝙀 𝙐𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙐𝙀 (4.9%) for the Citra sesh heads out there. Joose/10.

Finally, a pair of newcomers to the shop!

💜 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, now based in East London with their squeaky clean new brewhouse, have their juicy core pale 𝙀𝙓𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝘼𝙎 𝘼 𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇 𝘼𝘾𝙏 (5%, GF), as well as a brand new crispy Czech-adjacent pilsner 𝙃𝙔𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙋𝙊𝙋 (5%), along with some sick can art to boot.

🔥 South Wales-based 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 found their way into the shop last weekend, but here they are officially now with their NE-style juice bombs 𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙒𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙉 (4.1%) and 𝙄𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙊𝙊𝙏 (6.2%). Awesome hop flavours, the Deadwood in particular punches well above its weight considering its conservative ABV. Highly recommended!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

25/03/2025

📅 Bit of good news as we ease into another week: Effective immediately, we will be open till 𝟲𝗽𝗺 on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 and 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀! The rest has stayed the same, so all of you fine folks who finish work around 5-ish now have time to grab a brew or two on your way home :)

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆: Closed
𝗧𝘂𝗲 - 𝗪𝗲𝗱: 11.00 - 17.00
𝗧𝗵𝘂 - 𝗙𝗿𝗶: 11.00 - 𝟭𝟴.𝟬𝟬
𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆: 11.00 - 17.00
𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆: Closed

20/03/2025

☀️ Got some absolute baddies for you today. (Apparently baddie actually means goodie).

With new stuff from Holy Goat, Pastore, Saint Mars of the Desert, Vault City, Pipelinebrewco and of course Verdant, there is truly a banger for everyone. Date porter? Single-hop Mosaic pale? Schwarzbock? Smoked rye stout? 10.3% Forest Fruit and Waffle imperial pastry sour? Coolship-hopped IPA? Just a nice lager please? Why yes, of course.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

14/03/2025

🌻 Dare I say it, it's starting to feel ever so slightly as if Spring might be arriving. Here are some suitably equinoctial (yes it's a word) brews from Beak, Mills and Azvex, for you this weekend!

🌿 𝙀𝘿𝘼 (6.5%) - ultra-soft, ultra-juicy NEIPA collab with Japan-based Totopia Brewery, liberally dry-hopped with Cashmere, Citra and Nelson Sauvin. And it has a tree on the can! That's do with spring right?

🍀 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙃 𝙃𝙊𝙋 (6.8%) - A typically bright, spritzy Mills offering brewed with heritage Maris Otter, spontaneously fermented in old Bourbon and Scotch barrels for 18 months, then blended with a big pile of fresh harvest Challenger hops just before bottling. Tart, spicy and citrussy, yet also bready from the characterful rich golden malt. Good stuff!

🦋 𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙄𝘾 𝘽𝙐𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙁𝙇𝙔 (4%) - Spring means bugs! This one is a highly quaffable session hazy brewed with El Dorado, Loral & Citra.

🌈 𝙋𝙎𝙔𝘾𝙃𝙀𝘿𝙀𝙇𝙄𝘾 𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙇𝙔 (7.2%) - The mightier of the two bug brews, this fruit juice-loookin' IPA was brewed with lots of Simcoe, Mosaic & Motueka for tropical and honeydew melon notes. Taste the colours!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

12/03/2025

🌐 International hype drop, why not? Omnipollo and Parish Brewing Company are here with some of their finest.

😋 𝘼 𝘿𝙀𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙋𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙔 - 𝙉𝙊𝘼 𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎𝘼𝙍𝙔 (14.2%) - A celebration of Omni's long-running, trailblazing pastry stout. This very special release is a blend of six (!) different impys, aged in various bourbon and Tennessee barrels for an average of 29 months, then finally conditioned on toasted coconut, vanilla and peanuts. Good lord.

🌄 𝙇𝙐𝙕 (4.4%) - An almost sarcastic counterpoint to the Noa, this is about as light, crisp and refreshing as beer can even get. A Mexican-style lager (with a very cool bottle label), complete with lemony Galena hops and clear glass bottles for that authentic on-purpose skunky w**d note! (Going for the hard sell there lol)

👻 𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙀 (8%) - An all-Citra DIPA from the swamps of Louisiana that I do my best to snap up whenever I can. The platonic ideal of a modern hazy. Always perfectly dialled in, always delicious!

💀 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏 (8%) - Enough of that hazy nonsense. Citra is joined by the old boys Cascade and Simcoe for a crisper, pithier, yet also maltier vibe of yesteryear. Ah the memories.

🌟 𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙔 𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏 (10%) - Actually sod that we need more haze. All of it, in fact. A truly transcendental TIPA, hopped to complete saturation with equal parts Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, and Citra Cryo, guaranteed to secure your place in the afterlife (in a good way). Very limited stock!

Get all 3 Ghosties for a discount btw, as per. Peace!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

07/03/2025

⛵ Look what snuck in yesterday: Quantock Brewery's award-winning, full-bodied juice bomb 𝙒𝙀'𝙍𝙀 𝙂𝙊𝙉𝙉𝘼 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝘼 𝘽𝙄𝙂𝙂𝙀𝙍 𝘽𝙊𝘼𝙏 (6.9%) is back, and it's brought its new DIPA counterpart
𝘼𝙉 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉 𝘽𝙄𝙂𝙂𝙀𝙍 𝘽𝙊𝘼𝙏 (8%) with it. Packed full of Citra, Loral and Talus hops, the Bigger Boat is further enhanced with Citra Cryo and Sabro Dynaboost for truly unreasonable levels of citrus, tropical fruit and melon.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

06/03/2025

🌟 Big drop energy today, with something for everybody. (As long as you like beer).

It's a big hop-led affair, with superb pale, IPA and DIPA offerings from Pressure Drop, Duration, Phantom, Track (Gold Top!) and Verdant with Neal and Allen -- It's been nearly 2 years since Allen was in the shop last! New Bristol is in too with a whole bunch of cool pales, IPAs, lagers and stouts.

Yonder is filling in the sour department with a trio of creamy, fruity and tangy dessert sours, and We Can Be Friends is back with their latest bit of alc free IPA wizardry 𝙎𝙐𝙉𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙎𝙏 (0.5%), dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Motueka for a depth of flavour seldom seen in nolo beers.

Burning Sky is here too with their brand new (yet old) dark ale 𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 6%, brewed with specialty malts, noble hops and Blackstrap molasses, then aged on American toasted oak chips for rich, complex, spicy, fruity vanilla notes and a delightful dry finish. I had one of these last night, gorgeous!

Finally, a pair of fruited Belgian classics from Lindemans in the form of their Kriek and Framboise. A perfect entry point into the funky world of lambics!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

28/02/2025

🌻 Look, sunshine! And what goes with sunshine? Czech lager of course! Here are three cracking crispybois from Bohemia Regent and Pivovar Permon for all your sunny weekend requirements. You'd better believe I've put aside a 4-pack for myself 😊

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/all/czech ✌️🍻

25/02/2025

🍍 It's Tinnie Time! We've got sessionable pales, DDH IPAs, TDH westies, trad stouts, crazy sours and even non-consumable glassware this week, courtesy of Azvex, Rivington, Sureshot and Vault City. Come have a look!

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(Unrelated fun fact: each of these photos was taken with vintage camera lenses from in four different countries - West Germany, Soviet Russia, Japan and China. Isn't that interesting? I need to get a life)

22/02/2025

☀️ A little gallery of everything that's trundled in this week. New IPAs from Track Brewing Co. and The Kernel (featuring Elusive and Burning Sky), some tremendous ambers and stouts from Burnt Mill Brewery and Tempest (Mexicake!), and some trusty Utopian tinnies. Look, sunshine!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

14/02/2025

🖤 Finally, some lovely rain to go with that lovely cold we've been having.

🌬️ Need something to lift your mood? How about a Twilight's Kiss? No it's not a goth metal album, it's Woodshedding's latest offering 𝘿𝘼𝙀𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍𝙆𝙐𝙎𝙎 (5%), a Munich Dunkel-style dark lager brewed with lots of titular Munich malt, as well as a portion of unmalted, regeneratively grown wheat, adding a distinct nuttiness to the dark, black treacle-y bread flavours present. Perfect for drinking whilst staring at raindrops on the window, thinking about life. Or whatever.

🍷 For a very different vibe, we've also got Mills' latest bit of alchemy 𝙋𝙊𝙋 (6.5%), a pleasingly scarlet-coloured brew that is characteristically hard to pigeonhole into any particular style. Mixed-ferm IPA? Dry-hopped lambic? At any rate, it's a blend of three wild fermented pale beers - one of which conditioned on chuckleberries - aged in Burgundy and red Bordeaux barrels, and finally dry-hopped with lots of Simcoe and Mosaic. What a mouthful!
It combines the rich funky tang of a spontaneous fruit beer with the citrus aromatics of an IPA, finishing light and dry. A special bottle of liquid for sure.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

13/02/2025

I just couldn't leave Track out of this week's hazy hype drop! Here are three exemplars of what they do best:

🌄 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙕𝙀 (5.2%) - Pale ale brewed with Citra and Superdelic. Slightly floral, slightly creamy, always fruity.

🌊 𝙐𝙉𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒𝙉 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙎 (7.2%) - DDH IPA collab with NZ brewer/hop grower duo Garage Project and Freestyle Hops. Part of this year's 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗭 series with that gorgeous holographic can art, as well as the obligatory mile-long cocktail of hops, most notably 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘀, a hop powder blend that presents with intensely juicy tropical fruit notes. Who would've thought!

🌈 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 (8.2%) - Another 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗭 collab, this one with Duncan's Brewing and Eggers Hops, brewed with Motueka and the ultra-tropical Riwaka cultivar 𝗘𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, which made the rounds last year as a showcase ingredient for many a standout brew. Delish!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

12/02/2025

👀 A lot of cool fresh s**z in one single photo! Cloudwater Brew Co's 𝟭𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, containing a myriad of awesome styles, plus 𝗗𝗜𝗣𝗔 𝗩𝟭𝟴 (8%), plus new Verdant, PLUS Vault City's latest ridiculous black gold 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 (15%) just for a bit of variety. All on the website now!

And I hear that's not even all the hype juice for this week.... I wonder what's coming tomorrow?

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

10/02/2025

🌧️ Got a bit of a special preorder for you. This Friday, UK craft stalwarts Cloudwater Brew Co are celebrating 𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 of operation with this handsome collection of cans, containing a range of brews in various styles and strengths, both CW mainstays but also a couple of surprises too!

✌️ As a little bonus, there is also a very limited quantity of their latest entry in the legendary V-series for a few extra quid.

❤️ These are expected to arrive some time on Wednesday, so everybody who orders has time to grab them in time for the launch on Friday 14th! (And whatever else is happening that day :)

🕊️ You can find more detailled descriptions of the individual beers in the link below. Peace!

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals/products/cloudwater10 ✌️🍻

07/02/2025

🌙 A pair of dark, warming brews for cold nights, courtesy of Ideal Day. It's not spring just yet!

🔥 𝘾𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙀 (4.5%) - Dry hoppy stout brewed with highly kilned heritage barley. Smooth roasty coffee notes with a nice bitter lick.

♠️ 𝘽𝙄𝙂 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝘿𝙀 (5.2%) - Toasty double mild with flavours of malt and sweet caramel, with just the right amount of bitterness to balance everything out.

https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/new-arrivals ✌️🍻

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18-19 McCoys Arcade Fore Street
Exeter
EX43AN

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Monday	11am - 5pm
Tuesday	11am - 5pm
Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 5pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

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Restocking the German shelf is good for the soul. Come and have a browse! (Sound on for maximum effect) 🇩🇪🍻 https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/collections/german?sort_by=created-descending

There's a nice ol' selection of juicy Verdant goodness in the fridges so let's have a bit of fun for the weekend. Spend £20 on Verdant beer and get a free pint glass worth £6! Offer also works in the online shop -- add £20 or more of Verdant beer plus a Verdant pint glass to your cart and the glass will be discounted to £0! 1 free glass per customer, while stocks last. Offer ends this Sunday at 11.59pm. Enjoy! 🍺 https://shop.hopsandcrafts.co.uk/search?q=verdant

I'm out y'all! Thanks for everything, it's been a fun ride! Tomorrow starts a new chapter - Godspeed, Jack!

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