THE SUMMER OF BEER ☀️ 😎 🍻 I think we covered everything in our poster. So if you need beer to go stop by the shop and top up on your favourite beverages and snacks! Cheers for the support ! 🍻

Some goodies from The North! If you like your real ale and have visited Manchester or live there, chances are you have had a pint or two or more of real ale from @marblebrewers.bsky.social 1/2

A PINT OF HOPS 7th BIRTHDAY Not much has changed, we still sell lots of delicious beers on tap and in the fridges. We have some OG customers from day 1 but also made new friends along the away.

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BRASSERIE DUPONT TAP TAKEOVER Got upgraded to 6 taps! We are excited to have secured 2 extra kegs for this event. Nothing else has changed it just got better! See you Thursday 5th March from 3pm onwards! Santé! 🍻 @brasseriedupont @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social

BRASSERIE DUPONT TAP TAKEOVER 4 BEERS ON TAP THURSDAY 5TH MARCH 15:00-21:00 We are excited to showcase another great Belgian brewery, that many of you might have come across in your beer adventures and had their iconic beer Saison Dupont. @brasseriedupont @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social 1/4

WARPIGS TAP TAKEOVER 🇩🇰 6 BEERS ON TAP + CANS THURSDAY 12th MARCH 15:00-21:00 Expect some hoppy delicious beers. Cheers to the folks at Cave Direct for sourcing the beers. Skål! 🍻 @warpigs_brewpub_cph @cavedirectuk

POPERINGS HOMMEL BIER LEROY BREWERIES TAP TAKEOVER 3 BEERS ON TAP THU 19th FEB 15:00 - 21:00 Leroy brewery has a great selection of amazing beers but one that we have enjoyed over the years in bottles is the Poperings Hommel Bier @poperingshommelbier @leroybreweries @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social

DE RANKE BREWERY TAP TAKEOVER 4 BEERS ON TAP THURSDAY 5th FEBRUARY 15:00-21:00 This has been in our plans for sometime and now we have the opportunity to put together 4 of their most popular beers all being at different hoppy levels! @bierderanke @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social

PILLARS WEEK @ A PINT OF HOPS Some celebrations take a day but sometimes a week is needed in order to really enjoy things properly. So we are dedicating this last week of JAN 26th until 1st FEB to enjoy some award winning LAGERS & ICEBOCKS brewed by the folks at @pillarsbrewery.bsky.social

WHAT’S ON TAP? @schlenkerla.bsky.social

GOODBYE TO 2025 Many things can be said about this year; there was “good and bad and ugly”, to quote a famous western movie title! But lessons have been learnt along the way and will take the positives and apply them to the new year! 1/3

BALTIC PORTER DAY 2026 PÕHJALA TTO We’ve put together the 6 beers we will be pouring on tap for the Baltic Porter Day! Along with the Baltic Porter there will be 5 other beers perfectly crafted by the team at Põhjala Brewery! Terviseks! 🍻 🍺 @pohjalabeer 🍻 @cavedirect

Baltic Porter Day 2026! Definitely one of our favourite days of the year, it’s mid January and it’s cold & dark outside and what better way to kick the January blues away than sipping on some Baltic Porter! 1/3

WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING! STORE PICK UP FOR NOW! DELIVERY & SHIPPING IN THE NEW YEAR! We’ve been busy this year and the website dropped at the bottom of our to do list! But it’s here, it’s basic and a work in progress! Thank you for your patience and support! Cheers! 🍻 🔗 apintofhops.com

BROKEN BEER FRIDGE! Not ideal before the busiest time of the year but one of our beer fridges has broken down. We will be moving things around and work with 3 fridges until the new year and we will see what the next move will be in the new year. 1/2

Double Christmas beers on tap! Let the celebrations begin! Cheers!

Opening hours for the next 2 weeks of Christmas & New year ! Most days remain the same, with some changes for the main days of celebration ! Malty Christmas & a Hoppy New Year folks if we don’t see you for the remainder of this year ! Been a wet & foamy 2025 ! See you in 2026 ! 🍻🍻🍻

It’s Living Wage Week! 🎊 This week we’re celebrating the movement of over 16,000 employers who are making a huge difference to the lives of thousands of workers by paying the real Living Wage 🙌

Cheers for the visit, always a pleasure having you in! 🍻🍻

We got you covered with the Festbier this Oktoberfest season! From the 6 Munich beers plus other Festbier from Bavaria! Prost! 🍻

O’zapft is! Oktoberfest! 🍻 🥨 🪗 🇩🇪 This year two wood barrels will be available part of the Oktoberfest at the beer shop. @hofbraeumuenchen & @paulanerbrau Beers supplied by @cavedirectuk 🍻 @jamesclaybeers 🍻

LET IT BE BELGIAN BEER @ChimayBrewery @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social

A delicious bitter hopped golden ale from De Ranke 🇧🇪 If you love their XX BITTER you will most certainly enjoy their XXX BITTER. @brouwerijderanke @jamesclaybeers.bsky.social

We’ve been waiting for a while to get these two kegs in the shop, now they’re in and on tap! 20L so they will sell quick! @cavedirect

#omnipollo #cavedirect

Two new BIB at the shop CIDER & PERRY from @CiderTemple via @therealalco CIDER pouring on now, help us make space for the PERRY. Cheers!

O’ZAPFT IS! @paulaner @cavedirect

OKTOBERFEST is still a spring and a summer away but we take any opportunity we can and enjoy some delicious German Lagers. So with Easter week and two bank holidays coming up we have @paulaner Oktoberfest wood barrel & Münchner Hell pouring from Good Friday. Our version of Osterfest!🐣 Prost! 🍻🥨🇩🇪

BEER MEMBERSHIPS Cheers to the 20 folks that have signed up so far🥳🍻 If you’ve signed up early you got 2 months free 🤑 which we hope you’ve enjoyed & made the most of it. 💪 If you’re still thinking about it 🤔💬 you got just over a week before we close the offer.⏳🕚 Cheers🍻

BEER UPDATE! 🚨 📢 We got confirmation on all the beers now so expect some Juice! Juice! Juice! along with Allagash White being the last brewery we wanted to secure, which is a classic and should not be missed on having a pint of it! 1/3

Another year passed another birthday approaches, as always a big thank you to our team, the breweries and the beer merchants we been working the past 6 years and the amazing customers and beer enthusiasts that enjoy the beers we stock at the shop. 1/2

NEW TRAPPIST ALE ON TAP ! SET YOUR ALARMS FOR TOMORROW! THIS IS ONE IS FOR THE COLLECTION! NOT TO BE MISSED! @westmalletrappistabbey

We’ve recently renewed the Untappd subscription at the shop for the 7th time and we have close to 21k beer & cider checkins at the shop. That is a lot of beer when you think about it. We couldn’t have done it without your support that’s for sure. 1/2