We are closed today as we're off to Verdant's beer festival. we'll see a fair few of you there. back open Tuesday 29 July

Join us for a celebration of Belfast to coincide with a Kneecap playing in Plymouth. The line up: Boundary pales Jubilate 4.5% & Camper 4.8% Bullhouse Nitro Stout 4.2% & IPA 6.5% £1 a pint will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians starting Wednesday 2 July. Perfect pre gig warm up.

It's here! Eght taps of one our favourite breweries. Showcasing their Yakima Valley hop selection. Six single hopped pales & all six hops in an IPA, plus a stout. There's a ticket to try all eight, which will get you in the raffle for this poster. We're also open Sunday 3pm to 9pm.

A nice surprise Saturday delivery of the wonderful Holy Goat Brewing Two more fruited sours and an imperial stout. Always worth checking out Untappd menu for full stock and tap list. untappd.com/v/vessel-bee...

Bank Holiday beers. First up, a launch of the new Castle Brewery range Coldframe using raw Cornish barley. Plus four hazy IPAs from Azvex Three hazy & imperial stout from Sureshot Eight taps across a range of styles from Duration. Open 1pm-9pm later if there's a crowd today and Saturday.

A busy start yesterday to our Easter Belgium Tap Takeover New in the fridges: Eight Vault City Five Pipelinebrewco Three St Mars of the Desert including an Ideal Day collab. Plus two Boon non lambic beers. Open 1pm-9pm Friday & Saturday (later of there's a crowd) plus a bonus Sunday session 1pm-7pm

It's the start of our Easter Belgium Tap Takeover today. Eight on tap, across a range of wonderful styles. Open 1pm-9pm Thursday to Saturday (later each day if there's a crowd) Also a bonus Easter Sunday session 1pm-7pm

New in Four Drekker fruit sours. Two Ripe cider I'd planned to post more arrivals, however couriers seem to be enjoying visiting us and have been delivering orders case by case rather than in one If you're curious as to what parts of my orders have already arrived check our Untappd untp.beer/1NGE5

We're expecting a few deliveries this week. First up a plethora of Bluntrock Brewery including three new beers, a wheat pale, NZ pale and IPA

New in from another new Glasgow brewery Mains Brewing four cans, a wit, patersbier, kveik and Belgian Pale. Plus a tap change on two. Expecting to see a new Mason Brewing Co on tap later. Open until at least 10pm tonight

A reminder we are closed Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We've taken a trip up north to drop off some empty kegs, pick up fresh beer and visit friends. Back open as normal on Thursday with some fresh Tartarus Pentrich and Verdant.

Taps to start the week. Fresh on Tegernseer Spezial and Ideal Day Family Brewery Way Out West Open 1pm-9pm.

Tomorrow is our annual Orval Day 2025 We've been ageing Orval since opening in 2016, specifically for this event. This is a non-ticketed event so just turn up and order the beer to drink in. This year we have the following vintages: 6.5 yr old 6 yr 4 yr 3 yr 2 yr 16 months 9 months

Today is the start of Starkbierfest 2025 this German beer festival that pre dates Oktoberfest by over 150 years. A celebration of Doppelbocks, strong dark lagers. We start with six in the fridges, but expect more over the four weeks both in bottle and on tap.

Here's our taps. Today is Left Handed Giant Triple Cheeseburger Launch with Slider pale, Cheeseburger Cavalry IPA and Double Cheese double IPA on tap. Plus we've teamed up with the wonderful Tilt Plymouth to do an exclusive 20% off for food deliveries to the shop this Friday and Saturday.

It’s Verdant Day! As per our annual tradition we have an all Verdant tap list. You can try all 8 today for £27.50, or pick and mix as you like. We want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy these beers today, so we won’t be doing growler fills.

It's the weekend! Fresh DEYA Brewing Company pales, IPA and a double IPA. Four Gravity Well pale, IPA, double IPA and the next in their smoothie range (the last one, upside down pineapple cake was hugely popular). Open 1pm-9pm, later if there's a crowd

A couple of tap updates today. Ideal Day Family Brewery Scenic Route lager and a classic American Imperial Stout Sierra Nevada Narwhal. A reminder it's Vessel Running Club this Saturday at 3pm, all abilities welcome for a run or walk, followed by beer offers.

Fresh in: Six hoppy Pomona Island Four Neon Raptor a fruit sour, 2 IPAs & imperial stout 3 Yonder fruit sours 2 Ideal Day dark beers and a Vault City crunchie inspired imperial stout Plus our taps, which include the exclusive @trackbrewingco.bsky.social pale Open 1pm-9pm (later if there's a crowd)

Lots of new things in the fridges today. A pair of Gueuze, imperial Witbier and Trappist Tripel. A trio of The Kernel Brewery including their 3 way Collab IPA with Elusive and Burning Sky Four from Lakes Brew Co three hoppy & imperial stout. Two alcohol free and a Perry.

A couple of tap updates with a German Pils and Stannary Pale now on. Plus fresh in the fridges, five each from Arbor Ales & Left Handed Giant Brewing (Four gluten free beers in there) and four Sureshot Brewing Open 1pm to 9pm Tuesday to Saturday

Our first full week back open. We've had loads of deliveries during our time off.

We're back after our winter break. Straight into a meet the brewer with Wilful. Four of their beers, with an offer to try all four in halves or pints. Also 37 new beers in the fridges, ranging from alcohol free to imperial stouts (with hoppy & sours in the mix too). Open 1pm-9pm Tuesday-Saturday

A reminder we are open today 1pm to 6pm and the same Monday and New Year's Eve. See you all later for a Sunday session or picking up beer and cider for your NYE party.

New beers for Christmas Eve. Four fresh @trackbrewingco.bsky.social Gluten-free pale, porter, black IPA and hazy IPA Plus as a festive treat, we will be pouring Schlenkerla Marzen from 4pm

A reminder of opening hours up to New Year's Eve: Christmas Eve 1pm-9pm Christmas Day 12pm-3pm Boxing Day 1pm-6pm Friday 27th 1pm-6pm Saturday 28th 1pm-6pm Sunday 29th 1pm-6pm Monday 30th Close New Year's Eve 1pm-6pm

Sunday opening 1pm to 6pm today. Avoid the crazy town rush and treat yourself to a decent beer whilst picking up those last minute beer or cider gift boxes. Here's our taps today. Plus a few other beers that have snuck into our fridges this week.

Fridge update. Four new @trackbrewingco.bsky.social hoppy beers in. Seven Bluntrock Brewery three lagers, three hoppy and a milk stout. A re-up on classic European with three German lagers and a wheat beer, plus a trio of Belgian style. Open 1pm to 9pm (later if there's a crowd)

Here's the tap line up for Friday's Ideal Day Christmas party. No booking required, just turn up from 1pm. Making Hay Bitter 4.8% Darkest Before The Dawn Stout 5.4% Two In Tow Dubbel 6.5% Golden Vessel Bretted Belgian Pale 6.2% Extra Pale Lagered Bitter 5%

New on tap to start the week @trackbrewingco.bsky.social pale & The Stannary Brewing Co. IPA Plus fresh in the fridges today from Track, a pale, two IPAs and a double IPA. Still plenty of time to get your Christmas beers. Gift boxes and vouchers are available for those perfect gifts.

A reminder that we will be very busy this evening as we have our Vessel Radlers cycling club Christmas party from 6pm. We will still be open, but with unreserved seating outside only (dress warm)

Hours this week. Tuesday 10th 1pm-6pm Wednesday & Thursday 1pm-9pm Friday 1pm-9pm - we have Vessel Radlers cycling Christmas party from 6:30pm & unlikely to be room for others to drink in. Saturday 1pm-9pm - US Big Stout Tasting at 7pm, tickets still available £24 Sunday 1pm to 6pm

Here's our birthday tap list in all it's glory. Special mention to Ideal Day Family Brewery for brewing our eighth birthday beer. There's an offer to try all eight for £25 (a mix of halves and thirds). Open 1pm to 9pm (later if there's a crowd) Friday and Saturday and 1pm to 6pm Sunday.

Here's our our eighth birthday celebration taps, starting this Friday Ideal Day - Golden Vessel 6.2%. Our birthday beer. A homage to Orval, using British ingredients and with Brett added to the kegs. This has been intentionally ageing since brew day in June for the wild yeast to take hold.

New in: Two St Mars festive beers, IPA and Belgian Brune A trio of @trackbrewingco.bsky.social Hazy IPA and the final two birthday DIPAs. Open until 9pm

Taps to start the week. Epochal Glasgow Pale on, the first off the Burton Union system. Plus a trio of Azvex in the fridges. Open 1pm to 9pm Tuesday to Saturday and our first Sunday opening in the lead up to Christmas 1pm to 6pm

Our De Dolle beer tasting tonight is sold out. There will be some spaces for other drinkers and as there's an event, we'll be open until at least 10pm. Our fridges have some new West Coast beers in, three IPAs and a peanut butter stout.

We’ll be open every Sunday in December, 1-6pm, and on Sunday 1 we’ve got a bit of a different event. Several of our lovely customers have mentioned they’ve got houseplants they’ve propagated and would like to share, so from 2pm on Sunday 1 December we’re doing our first ever plant swap!

Here's our December hours. Bonus Sunday openings and shorter hours between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.

Goodbye advent calendars, hello 12 Days of Christmas This year we have decided to not do advent calendars, we’ve loved doing them, but the minimum order of boxes & storage is challenging We’ve had requests for something to replace them and we’ve come up with something special for our customers.

Fresh delivery of Bluntrock beers in the fridges. Including two new pales, double IPA and fruit sour. Open until 9pm

A couple more events added. Tomorrow we are launching De Ranke Hop Harvest 2024, their annual wet hop Belgian Pale. Bottle pours available from 1pm Saturday 14 December 7pm Big US stout tasting. Six imperial stouts from Alesmith, The Bruery and Firestone Walker. £27 per person

Taps to start the week. We still have some @stfermentations.bsky.social Berliner Weisse on tap, plus the two two syrups. Also four new Yonder stouts in the fridges. Last but not least, only four spaces left for our De Dolle tasting this Saturday 7pm Open as usual 1pm to 9pm Tuesday to Saturday

Upcoming events: Saturday 23 November 7pm we have a De Dolle tasting, five beers from one of our favourite Belgian breweries for £17.50. Our 8th birthday weekend starts Friday 6 December and includes at 3pm on 8 December a Marlobobo mead tasting. Five Norwegian meads £36 Message to book.

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