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Tuesday 12pm - 6pm Wednesday 12pm - 6pm Thursday 12pm - 6pm Friday 12pm - 8pm Saturday 12pm - 8pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Eel & Bear

Specialist bottle shop and taproom in central Hastings. Craft beer, natural wine, real cider.

17/01/2025

We're back! Open as normal 12-8 today for drink in and take away.

Lots of new delights on the shelves, including this brace of treats from Pomona Island, plus Arbor's pudding IPA, Faked Alaska (if you know you know), and a very special DIPA.

Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun - 12-5
Tues - Thurs 12-6

www.eelandbear.com

16/01/2025

Many apologies for short notice, but regrettably the shop will be closed today, Thursday 16th.

Well be back as normal tomorrow. So sorry for any inconvenience.

01/01/2025

Happy 2025, most cherished friends and customers!

Last year was quite a year for us one way or another, and this one looks set to be no less insane. We're starting it off by opening on New Year's Day for the smugly sensible and horribly hungover alike, so please pop in for a drink / chat / general top-up.

We have not one but two brand new beers on the taps:

Marshland Creatures is a 6.9% hazelnut, honeycomb and chocolate milk stout from

Big M**f is a 4.2% super hazy all-Motueka pale from

Thanks to each and every one of you who visited the shop or ordered online in 2024, we appreciate your support so very much. Here's to a 🍻🥰🎉 2025.

30/12/2024

Just a bleary and blurry reminder that we are OPEN today (Monday 😱), tomorrow (NYE) and Wednesday (NYD! 🤯) then closed on Thursday Jan 2nd before reopening as normal from Friday. So come and grab your New Year tipple or just swing by for a quiet drink to clear the old Christmas head 🫠

Mon 30th 12-6
Tues 31st 12-6
Weds 1st 12-6
Thurs 2nd CLOSED

20/12/2024

Loads of fresh Beak incoming 🎄

Also gift sets, gift cards, natural wine, cider, cocktails and more beer than you can shake a an impeccably decorated stick at 🪄

We're open every day until Christmas Eve for drink in and take away...

Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5
Mon - Tues 12-6

19/12/2024

Here they are, for your reassurance and delight: our festive opening hours.

Please forgive the terrible composition. For those unable to make head or tail of it, basically we're open every day until Christmas Eve, closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day, then open straight through to New Year's Day. We will then be closed for a single day on Thursday January 2nd before reopening as normal from Friday 3rd. It's all on Google 🫠🎄

14/12/2024

BEER for you and your loved ones at this happy time 🍺🍻🥂🍻🍺

There's loads of it here.

Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5
Closed Mon 16th then OPEN every day until Christmas Eve 🎄

Rivington Floc. Vault City Allkin

13/12/2024

Authentic, bar strength cocktails from Whitebox are back, now including an Espresso Martini that pours with a proper crema 🤩

Perfect for party enjoyment or stylish stocking filling 🥂🧦✨

We're open regular hours all of this week and next, then we'll be here for an extra day on Monday 23rd, open Christmas Eve, then closed on the 25th and 26th and back open on the 27th. More details concerning the festive period to follow.

www.eelandbear.com

10/12/2024

JOY OF JOYS! ✨🍫🍻🎉

Mini M*rs, 6.2% chocolate caramel stout from Vault City is NOW POURING 🤤

All the smooth, rich, decadent chocolate at a very respectable abv. It is quite sensational. Don't miss out.

03/12/2024

IT'S HAPPENING!

December is here, Christmas beers are landing... hard not to feel a wee bit festive? 🎄🎉🥂

We're here for stocking filling, stash building and of course all of your regular independent booze requirements. Drink in or take away, right up to Christmas Eve.

Tues - Thurs 12-6
Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5

We also ship nationwide at www.eelandbear.com

27/11/2024

Can character/s of the week.

Also a strong contender for beer of the week, but it literally just landed, and even we're not quite that quick to crack 'em.

Decadent Beast, 8.4% chocolate fudge stout from Pressure Drop. Excite.

Drink In / Take Away
12-6 Tues - Thurs
12-8 Fri - Sat
12-5 Sun

22/11/2024

🔥 HE'S BACK 🔥

Stoutzilla, UnBarred's annual chocolate, vanilla, coffee and bourbon imperial stout, returns for 2024 in regular (10%) and barrel-aged (11%) form. We have cans of both, but when the barrel-aged stock is gone, it's gone 😱

Drink In / Take Away
Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5
Tues - Thurs 12-6

www.eelandbear.com

15/11/2024

MEAD IS BACK 🍯🎯🍻

Drink In / Take Away
12-8 Fri - Sat
12-5 Sun
12-6 Tues - Thurs

www.eelandbear.com

13/11/2024

Ohhhh you're damn right it's Caribbean Chocolate Cake time! 🤩

And what a lineup of luxurious beauts Siren have bestowed upon us this year.

Caribbean Chocolate Cake, 7.4% - tropical stout with cacao and cypress wood

Rocky Road Brownie, 7.8% - tropical stout with marshmallow. & honeycomb. Collab with Vault City

Chocolate Orange Tiramisu, 8.4% - tropical white stout with cacao & orange

Death by Caribbean Chocolate Cake, 12.2% - imperial tropical stout with cacao, cypress & amburana wood

All contain lactose for added smooooth, sweet and silky delight.

Them cakes don't hang around, so snap 'em up like... hot cakes.

12/11/2024

Just a quick heads up that the shop will be CLOSING ONE HOUR EARLY at 5pm today, Tuesday November 12th.

In the meantime: new Ideal Day in the house! A wonderful wheat beer and delectable best bitter join their lemon balm saison and crisp pale on our shelves 👌

08/11/2024

VBM Day 2024 has arrived! 🎉🥳🪅

This year's trio of obnoxiously beguiling barrel-aged specials from Fierce would make a very handsome start to a Christmas stash... but to be honest we'd be amazed if they make it that far 🤤

Two Year Bourbon Edition: signature VBM recipe, packed with cacao and vanilla, 12.5%

Maple & Hazelnut Edition: VBM plus maple syrup and hazelnut, aged in bourbon infused maple syrup barrels, 12.5%

Rye Old Fashioned Edition: VBM matured in rye whiskey cask with a twist of orange, 12.5%

All vegan.

Drink In / Take Away
Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5
Tues - Thurs 12-6

www.eelandbear.com

30/10/2024

🎃 GET YOUR SPOOK ON 👻

Witches Fingers, 7% bright green DDH IPA from NORTHERN MONK, with magnificent original artwork by Simpsons pictures that I gone and done.

Slime Time, 4.5% ultra hazy, nelson-based pale from Phantom.

Treats for grownup kids.

25/10/2024

Well HEL-LO 🍫🍦🫠🍻

Just landed: Buxton's 10% chocolate, caramel and vanilla imperial stout. If you can't Trillionaire on a wintry Friday, when CAN you Trillionaire?!

Drink In / Take Away
Fri - Sat 12-8
Sun 12-5
Tues - Thurs 12-6

Address

28, Waldegrave Street
Hastings
TN341SJ

Opening Hours

Tuesday	12pm - 6pm
Wednesday	12pm - 6pm
Thursday	12pm - 6pm
Friday	12pm - 8pm
Saturday	12pm - 8pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

01424 602055

Website

http://www.eelandbear.com/

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