BREWERY NEWS

Mysterious Brewing

This new brewery was recently launched, based in Silchester near Reading. They had a busy launch weekend at the end of May including events at the Nags Head in Reading, The Hoppy Place in Maidenhead and The Hive in Crowthorne. Additionally they were at the Bracknell Beer Festival, where they had a couple of beers on cask and key keg and another brewery, however they hope to move to their own premises and tap room next year. Their initial production of cans included several Pale Ales, as well as Black and Red IPAs, all of which sold out quickly. We look forward to sampling more of their beers at pubs and beer festivals in the area soon!

Indie Rabble

where a few branch members were able to meet the team behind the brewery to hear their plans. At the moment they are doing their brewing using spare capacity at

Another new brewery that is opening soon is Indie Rabble, located in the arches in Windsor. This is from the team behind the Hoppy Place bars. They are currently in the process of setting up the brewery and tap room and have been busy producing a number of collaboration brews, including one with Elusive brewing and another with Stardust. We look forward to visiting soon - with Two Flints brewery next door, Windsor and Eton down the road and many good nearby pubs there is already talk of a potential “Windsor Beer Mile”.

Mike Dixon

Bond Brews

Bond Brews celebrated its 8th Anniversary with a beer festival on 17th June. Over 150 people attended and £200 was raised in donations for Prostate Cancer UK. The festival special was a Coconut Mild.

Another of the monthly Tap Yard events was held on 8th July, with a hog roast and a vegetarian option provided by A Bit Of A Do. These will continue until September, with the remaining dates for 2023 being:

• Saturday 12th August, 12-6pm, with Pizza from TT Catering.

• Saturday 9th September, 12-6pm, with Asian food.

A new beer was brewed to celebrate King Charles’ Coronation in May. Called ‘King Slaker’, the first batch ran out quickly and a second batch was brewed soon after.

Lite Sabre is the seasonal ale for July and August. This is a very rare beer style known as Golden Mild.

Wheat-A-Bier will make a reappearance for September and October. It has the typical herbal and pine flavours of a classic German-style wheat beer.

Wild Tiger, which is a variant of Bengal Tiger will be brewed in October once the locally-harvested wild hedgerow hops have been picked. This gives the beer earthy aromas and a fresh, fruity hoppiness on top of the already complex IPA style, making it a very tasty and enjoyable beer.

Night Screamer Stout will be brewed again for the Halloween and Guy Fawkes firework season.

Depending on demand and capacity, another New Zealand-style pale ale may be brewed later in the year, this time using a different combination of hops to the last batch of Kiwi Pale, which was brewed in 2021.

Bond Brews beers will make an appearance at Ealing Beer Festival and at Sherfest in July, the Wokingham Festival and at Blackwater Cask & Cork on August Bank Holiday, Newbury Beer Festival in September and our own branch’s Ascot Beer Festival on the 6th & 7th October.

Throughout the year, the shop at the brewery and the online shop will be open to take orders.

For further details and current beer availability, visit www.bondbrews.co.uk.