🔥🍻 Fierce Beer have landed at The Nag’s! The keg wall is looking ridiculously good today - juicy IPAs, crisp lagers, pastry-esque pales, beer coolers, big dark beasts and loads more pouring right now. 👀🍺

🧠🍻 Quiz night returns *THIS* Sunday at The Nag’s Head for extra zhuzh this bank holiday. Gary & Mark are back with another wonderfully fun-filled evening of questions, questionable answers, niche knowledge, and pub quiz glory. Expect laughs, head-scratching, teamwork...

🌮 Baldies Bites join us this weekend for our latest garden food pop-up. 🍻 Mexican-inspired street food, tacos, burritos & loads of flavour! 🌯🔥 📅 Friday late afternoon + Saturday all day Perfect bank holiday fuel alongside a pint in the garden. 😎

🍎🍻 Those of you who know The Nag’s well will probably know Meeko, one of the quiet cornerstones of the pub. After a recent trip down to Cornwall, he returned with something rather special for the cider lovers amongst you… bottles of Cornish Orchards Vintage Cider. 👀

🔥🍻 This time next week, Fierce Beer land at The Nag’s Head for a full keg wall takeover + MTB! 8 craft kegs pouring, brewery folks in the house & plenty of fab beer flying all eve long. From juicy hop-forward no.s to dark decadent pours…they’re bringing the good stuff. 👀

🥟🍜 This weekend in the garden! We’re delighted to welcome Momo Bros x Dhaulagiri Kitchen back to The Nag’s Head for a two-day food pop-up on Fri 15th & Sat 16th May. 🌿🍻 Expect brilliant momos, noodles & flavour-packed Asian dishes alongside top pints in the sunshine. ☀️

If you’ve been enjoying our garden lately...🌸🌿 Just know it’s been a real community effort behind the scenes - from our friend Luke the gardener, to the landlord’s v green-fingered mum, Jody himself, staff, supervisors & locals all mucking in to make the place bloom! 💚

Saturday gone, @mysteriousbrewing.bsky.social 3rd Birthday felt like a festival in the pub garden! 🌿🍻 Rain or shine, you lot dug in, packed out the tents, and made it something special. Shoulder to shoulder, pints in hand, music on…just pure (crazy good) Nag’s energy from start to finish.

Saffron Hill Food join us for a 2-day garden pop-up this coming weekend. 🌿🍴 📅 Fri 8th & Sat 9th May 🌯 Wraps, bowls & Persian dishes 🍺 Perfect with a pint in the garden No tickets, no bookings – just turn up hungry. 😋

Big Saturday incoming! 👀 @mysteriousbrewing.bsky.social turn 3 🎉 Tap takeover, collab beer, live music & Fink street food. 🍻🌮 From midday ‘til late - no tickets, just turn up.

It’s British Cider Week! 🍏🍎 From West Country classics to local & small-batch gems (yep, even Tilehurst apples 👀), the cider lineup is stacked. Sweet, dry, or seriously punchy - over half pouring chilled, the rest served at room temp. Come find your favourite. 🍻

First garden pop-up of 2026! 🌿🔥 Buzzing to welcome Fink for the first time this Saturday ( @mysteriousbrewing.bsky.social 3rd Birthday 🎉). Good-conscious street food + mezze, wraps & loaded fries 🤤 #ReadingEats #BeerGardenVibes #StreetFoodReading #WhatsOnReading #ReadingCommunity

A little look back at a special day at @mysteriousbrewing.bsky.social HQ! 🌾🍻 We got stuck in brewing a collab that’s now resting up nicely… and you’ll get the first taste this Saturday. 👀 Launching on cask & keg at their 3rd Birthday Tap Takeover with us (2nd May). 🎉

Tap list looking fresh 👀 From retro game vibes to viral soundbites (“more passion, more energy!”), there’s some serious personality on the bar right now. 🎮🍻 3 of 12 casks pouring + a stacked keg lineup…plenty to explore.

Back once more @nagsheadreading.bsky.social on Sunday. Usual heady brew of quiz shenanigans and urm.. heady brews. All in aid of the wonderful community efforts of Dee Caf Community Cafe #rdguk

🚨 FOOTIE BUS TODAY 🚨 Reading 🆚 Cardiff City ⏰ 3pm kick-off 🚌 Bus leaves The Nag’s at 2:15pm 💷 £5 return (cash) from Big George 🎟 First come, first served 🤗 All folks welcome No faff, no stress - just a straight run to the Mad Stad and back. Good vibes always! 🍻

🖤 LAST CANS OF COVEN 🖤 Siren’s first gruit + a dark, fruity beauty. 🍇 (Brewed with help from some of our team 💫). Kegs flew… now, just a few cans left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! A fiver per can. 👀

Take a little bit of the Nag’s home with you! 🍻🏠 Our brand new bar towels have recently landed… £10 each, a range of colours, and two designs to choose from. 👀 Perfect for your home bar, kitchen, or just repping your favourite pub. 💛

Easter Monday = FOOTIE BUS ⚽🐣 It’s also 106 Day at Reading FC! 💙 🚍 Bus to Reading vs Lincoln City 🕒 3pm KO | 🚌 Leaves 2.15pm 💷 £5 return (cash to Big George) ⏳ First come, first served Start at the Nag’s, we’ll get you there. 🍻

🌼🍻 Easter pints are ON! 🍻🌼 Cask highlights: Heathen / Morannon / Stacked / C Bomb Keg highlights: Utopian Lager / Subliminal Messaging / Silent Orchestra / Nadar Bramble Plus loads more beer & cider across the bar! 🍏🍺 Something for everyone this long weekend! 💛🐣

Gutted I just missed this in the @nagsheadreading.bsky.social , spotted @elusivebrewing.com 's Andy in the pub but he's slipped out before I could chastise him. 😄

🌼 Easter weekend at the Nag’s 🌼 We’re open all weekend: 🍻 Fri @ 12PM / Sat @ 11AM / Sun @ 12PM / Mon @ 11AM 🚍 Footie Bus running on Bank Holiday Monday too! 👀 Pop in for a pint, a catch-up, or both. 💛

Celebrating 13 years of @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social today! 🍻✨ We’ve gone all in on the luck theme: 🔮 Fortune-telling fun 🥠 Fortune cookies 🍀 Good vibes all round Plus the anniversary beers pouring: Zestiny 🍊 Lucky Numbers 🎲 Shattered Mirror 🖤 & more! Pop in and see. 🤗 #SirenSuperstitions

⚽️🚍 FOOTIE BUS TOMORROW Reading vs Wigan (3pm KO) 🚌 Leaves 2.15pm 💷 £5 return (cash to Big George) ⏳ First come, first served Home & away fans welcome. 🤝 See you for pre- & post- match pints! 🍻 #ReadingFC #HomeGames #FootieBus #NagsFun

Feeling lucky? 🍀 This Friday (27 March) we’re pouring all 3 anniversary beers from @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social : 🍊 Zestiny 🎲 Lucky Numbers 🖤 Shattered Mirror No tickets - just turn up, grab a pour, and celebrate 13 years of great Siren beer & even greater people. Cheers! 🍻

Sound on! 🔊🐴 Yesterday’s Reading Half Marathon was a belter. Runners smashed it, we brought the noise, beers flowed, & Mile 8 turned into a proper street party. 🍻 Big thanks to everyone who ran, cheered, stopped by or raised a glass with us — that’s what it’s all about. 💛

Pouring something special 🍻 Mysterious Brewing's Citra Triangle Pale is on and fresh off a SILVER at the UK National Indie Beer Awards 🥈 - in the most entered category, no less. Proper beer, done right. Come grab a pint while it’s pouring. 😁

The Nag’s Mile 8 Party returns for the Reading Half Marathon 🐴🏃 🕙 Pub open 10am 🍺 Runner refreshment thanks to Siren Craft Brew & Double-Barrelled Brewery 📣 Bring noise. Lots of it. 🏅 Finishers get a free half-pint when they show their medal. Come help us power the runners through! #ReadingHalf

Footie Bus today for Reading F.C.. vs Plymouth Argyle F.C. ⚽ 🕒 3pm KO 🚌 Bus leaves the Nag’s 2:15pm 💷 £5 return (cash from Big George) First come, first served. Home & away fans welcome. Perfect sunny day for the football! ☀️🍻 #FootieBus #ReadingvPlymouth #HomeAndAwayFans

Hope everyone had a Happy International Women’s Day 💜 Our taps were pouring @IWCBD beers, we had a free talk in the marquee (3–5pm), & the pub was full of lovely people celebrating together. Worth remembering women weren’t allowed to drink in public bars of UK pubs 'til 1982. Not so long ago.

The Reading Ale Trail starts today - and we’re the launch venue. 🍻 Pick up a booklet, visit 24 pubs across Reading, collect your stickers, and earn the T-shirt. Booklets available at the bar today. Trail runs 7 March - 17 May. 📆 See you at the start line! #ReadingAleTrail

The Oregon Trail Pentilogy is pouring today. 🍻 5 takes on @elusivebrewing.com’s Oregon Trail series, all on cask & all singing: Oregon Trail, DDH Oregon Trail, Whispering Trail, Sunset Trail, Midnight Trail. 5 beers. 1 trail. Proper cask exploration. Now on - come try! 🐴🍺👣

Spotted a v nice run of Oregon Trail beers from @elusivebrewing.com in the cellar, so we’re giving them their own event! This Thursday: 5 different iterations on cask, side by side: Oregon Trail Midnight Trail Sunset Trail DDH Oregon Trail Whispering Trail 1 base. 5 expressions. Be there!

From one eventful Sunday to the next! 💃 Next up: International Women’s Day at The Nag’s! 💜 We’re marking the day the best way we know how - with an IWCBD tap list full of incredible women-brewed beers pouring from 12pm. 🍻✨

🧀 CHEESE 4 CHANGE – TODAY 🍻 Anne-Marie’s brought £300 worth of top-notch cheese & side bobs, and we’re pouring beauties from @double-barrelled.bsky.social to match: 🍺 Skyline Pale (cask) 🍺 Maple Pecan Brownie Stout (cask) 🍺 Ding Lager (keg) 🍺Pub Disco Hazy IPA (keg)

Footie Bus Reminder, incoming folks! ⚽️🚨 📆 Tomorrow (Saturday) 🤝 Reading FC v Bradford City ⏰️ 3pm kick off As usual, we’re running the Saturday Home Game footie bus to get you to the stadium and back nice and easy:

Our 1st Chess Tourno at The Nag’s! Nag’s Knights vs Alehouse Hobgoblins. 12 a side. Pawn to pawn. Pint to pint. We didn’t get the win, but we built something better: proper inter-pub chess community. That’s pub magic. 🍺♟️ Want in? DM us. #PubChess #NagsKnights #PlayChess

🧠 QUIZ NIGHT, TONIGHT! 🍻 Gary & Mark are back at the Nag’s from 7pm for an evening of charity quiz fun. £2 entry in aid of Dee Caf 💛 Brains optional. Banter essential. See you later, folks! #NagsHead #CharityPubQuiz #SupportLocal #ReadingEvents

Hearts full after a very full pub for our 19th birthday 💛🐴🍻 Thank you to everyone who packed the place out on Thursday - six-deep at the bar, old friends, new faces, dancefloor chaos. Exactly how it should be. Huge thanks to Donna & Matt from Vibrant Forest, all our...

🧀 CHEESE 4 CHANGE 🍻 Sunday 1 March | From 2pm At The Nag’s Head Join us & Double-Barrelled for a relaxed afternoon of cheese, beer pairings & good company. 💵 £7 min donation per plate. 💜 All proceeds to Laura’s Lasting Legacy 🍺 Cheeseboards from 2pm Come hungry. Do good!

Starting the week strong with a top-tier cask lineup - and it’s not even our birthday yet! 😏 🍻 Fresh, well-kept, and pouring beautifully. 🍺👌 More deliciousness to come… 📍 On now at the Nag’s.

We've a Reading FC home game tomo against Wycombe Wanderers. And yes, you've guessed it - Nag's Bus is running to/from the Mad Stad! ⚽️ - Kick-off is an early one at 12.30pm - Bus departs at 11.45am - Pub opens at 10am, so you can get some pre-game pints in 😁

One week to go! ⏳️🎉 Our 19th Birthday Party is almost here, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how - with live music, great beer, and top-tier Nag’s vibes. 🍻 🎶 Dolly and The Clothes Pegs ➕ Support from The Golden Funz 🍺 Full Cask Takeover by Vibrant Forest

As #IWD approaches (8 March), we’re proud to share that over the past couple of weeks some of our Nag’s Head gals have been out in the wider brewing world - learning, collaborating, and helping brew beers rooted in belonging. 💜

Monday, but make it indulgent. 🍰🍫🍺 Dessert-leaning cask & keg treats pouring today: rich stouts, warming reds, and cosy sippers. Because Mondays deserve nice things too. 🥰 #MondayMotivation #TreatYourself #CaskAndKegBeers

Some really gorgeous pale cask beers on today - honestly, just look at them. 👀 🍺✨ This is Saturday session perfection, if we say so ourselves. We’ll keep the casks changing onto something spesh. You just bring yourself. 🐴💛🤗 #SaturYay #FreshBeer #PerfectCaskPints

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The Nag’s is turning 19! 🎉🍻 📅 Thurs 19 Feb 🎶 FREE live music – Dolly & The Clothes Pegs 🍺 12-cask Vibrant Forest takeover ✨ Big beers. Big vibes Come raise a glass to 19 years of The Nag’s. 🐴🍻 From 6pm...see you down the pub. #Nags19 #PubBirthday #ReadingPubs #ProperPub

Tomorrow (Sunday) brings the first quiz of 2026 to the pub - oh yeah! 😁 In the words of our fantastic quiz masters: "Back at the Nags for more charity #quiz hijinks, good company, good beer. Come on down #rdguk." 💬

The weekend is ALMOST here, and we'd like to remind you that we've a Reading FC home game against Barnsley on Saturday. Of course, the Nag's Bus is running to and from the stadium! ⚽️

Staff picks from the keg wall 🍻 🍫 Brew York: S’more Tonkoko (Stout): gooey, chocolatey, marshmallow goodness. Dangerously moreish. 🔥 Delphic x Phantom: I’m Made of Wax, Larry (DIPA): big, bold, nostalgic. Like peak-era DIPAs done right. Plenty of others. Taplist always live on website & Untappd!