The Book of Nottingham Craft Beer 2022

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THE BOOK OF

NOTTINGHAM CRAFT BEER 2022

FRESH. INNOVATIVE. NEON. NOTTINGHAM.

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Contents

Music as a Muse We speak to Thom from Liquid Light Brewery about how music inspires their brewing process

Brewed To Be Wild A look at the unlikely friendship that has grown between Castle Rock Brewery and Notts Wildlife Trust

Matthew Curtis Beer author, podcaster and founder of Pellicle magazine answers our questions

Brew It Yourself We put some questions to Matthew Franks from Daybrook’s haven for homebrewers

Nottingham Craft Beer Venues Our directory of thirty three of Nottingham’s finest craft beer bars, spread over 17 pages and illustrated by The Art of Beer

Credits Words Lizzy O’Riordan George White Jared Wilson

Design Natalie Owen Photography Liv Auckland Natalie Owen

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Music as a Muse interview: Lizzy O’Riordan

Born from a passion for good music and great craft beer, Liquid Light have become known around the city for their psychedelic beer design. Delving into the symbiotic relationship between music and brewing, we learn more about how records inform the taste and design of their beers, and take a look at some of their favourite cans so far…

Bread and butter. Pen and paper. Shoes and socks. We all know these things go together, but perhaps a less obvious (yet equally wonderful) partnership is that between music and beer, two of life’s most enjoyable pastimes. Just here in Nottingham we have a bevy of craft beers inspired by our favourite tunes, from Black Iris’ heavy metal-influenced Motorhead mix, all the way to Liquid Light’s groovy seventies concoctions, including beers like Helter Skelter and Strange Magic.

But why are the two subcultures so intertwined?

This is a question I ask Thom Stone and Jo Joyce from Liquid Light Brewery, located in Unit 9 of the Robin Hood Industrial Estate. “For us, music has always been a big part of who we are,” Thom says. “Our name came from me watching a Pink Floyd documentary with my brother, and seeing the liquid light projections in the UFO club in London. But my whole family has always been in bands, and Jo is in The Church of The Cosmic Skull, so we’ve always moved in those kinds of circles. Plus, we have a lot of bands around here, like Rodenhouse - who have their practice rooms and music studios behind us, and regularly drink here.

“But more widely there’s been a massive crossover in recent years. There was a time where you’d go to a music festival and you’d have

Hobgoblin if you were lucky. But I think there’s been a big shift towards craft beer in gig venues, and having bands on at craft beer festivals too.

Even something as simple as Rock City now having cans of local brews shows you how it’s grown.”

For Liquid Light, the relationship between beer and music is so closely interrelated that it informs every part of their creative process. As Thom explains, “All of our packaging comes from images of our own liquid light shows. Quite often, when we’re doing the analogue light show, we‘ll have a record on and we’ll change the colours according to the music, and that might inform the beer style. But it also works both ways. I really like coming up with the concept of the beer and then asking, ‘What song or album does that remind me of?’”

It’s no surprise, therefore, that Liquid Light regularly hosts music-themed events. “We run a lot of nights for anniversaries of album releases, like from Black Sabbath and David Bowie,” Jo says. “It’s fun because people link music so much with their identity, and it’s really exciting for them to pick up on a flavour [in a special anniversary beer] that reminds them of a song. We also try to have a lot of live music. We've got 94 Gunships coming in, and we’re going to try to have a new gig every month.”

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Less Dangerous Nirvana are one of my all time favourite bands, even if they don’t fit into the sixties and seventies vibe. One of our first beers was Less Dangerous which is a New England Pale. With the colours, we were definitely drawing from the Nevermind album cover. Often with beers, people just make the can the colour of the beer, which we don’t always want to do. Here, we tried to reference both the album and the beer style, so this is quite a thick, hazy, hoppy beer, and I think that green element works for the hops, but also that blue for the album cover.

With The Lights Out After Less Dangerous, we created With The Lights Out, which also references the chorus of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Even though the beer Less Dangerous came first, this actually is the first line of the chorus, so they match and have comparable tastes. Both are very hazy. We wanted them to be similar to each other, but with this one we added even more of a grunge element. I think the speckled effect kind of looks like when people throw bleach on their t-shirts or jeans, and of course, the green and the blue inform the album cover like before.

Cosmic Debris This one’s Cosmic Debris, which is a Frank Zappa song from his fifth studio album Apostrophe. The packaging was created back when Bell Fisher did all of our artwork, and he chose this piece of liquid light that has very fine bubbles that look like a salt explosion in space. It works because this is a blueberry Gose, which is a slightly salty sour style, so we’ve gone for that blueberry colour, but it also literally looks like that cosmic debris of the song. Same again, it makes sense because it encapsulates the feeling of the song and the beer.

Loomer This is the Loomer, which is named after the My Bloody Valentine song. And this was really chosen by Liv Auckland, as she does all our can labels. She was really excited about this one because she’s a big My Bloody Valentine fan as well, and it really captures them. It has almost the exact same palette as the album cover of Loveless, and it’s got that wash effect you hear in the song. They describe the guitar music as a glide guitar and I think it totally encapsulates that wash of sound. Liv completely nailed this one.

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Matthew Curtis interview: Lizzy O’Riordan

Award-winning beer writer and co-founder of Pellicle magazine, Matthew Curtis knows his way around a British pub. That’s why he decided to write Modern British Beer, his new book all about the changing beer landscape. Ahead of his NCBW event, we caught up with him about the importance of third spaces, modern drinking culture and a more diverse future…

You’re going to be joining us for Nottingham Craft Beer Week to discuss your book Modern British Beer, which is included with the event.

Can you give us a taste of what it’s about?

Modern British Beer is part-observation, partphilosophy. The original idea came from the realisation that if you turned eighteen tomorrow and walked into a pub, the selection of beers available is vastly different to what you could have ordered ten or twenty years ago. Since 2002 the number of breweries in the UK has more than doubled, so I wanted to figure out what caused that change, why it matters, and why British beer is in such a good place right now.

It also gave me a chance to explore my own feelings on beer. I’ve been lucky enough to have written about beer for over a decade now, and over that time it’s become my full-time job.

So I used it as an opportunity to get my own philosophy of beer onto paper, figure out the reasons why we drink and enjoy beer in the first place, and why British beer culture is so important.

Alongside the obvious interest in the drink, it sounds like the book will delve into the human side of beer. What drew you to this more community-based approach?

Pubs hold a very special place in my heart. They form a vital bridge between work and home life, that ‘third space’ (as I like to call it) where 8

the point is to unwind and let the worries of the day ebb away. Pubs can be intense spaces if you think about it; people hold wedding receptions and wakes there, meet their partners, break up, meet their friends' kids or partners' parents for the first time. Life happens there!

But they can also be the exact opposite, a place where you simply rest and let the mind untangle itself. The common thread between all of the above is that, in the pub, this typically happens with a pint or two of great beer in hand. We are a beer-drinking nation, and whether it's a pint of lager, a modern IPA, or a cask conditioned real ale, it forms a larger part of our culture than I think a lot of people realise.

It seems like a natural extension of your magazine, Pellicle, which is described as a place to celebrate what makes modern drinking culture so vital…

As I said above, beer is integral to our lives. To paraphrase one of my favourite beer writers, Pete Brown: beer is sticky when it dries because it’s the glue that holds our society together. But as well as being passionate about great beer, I’m passionate about great writing. Having the opportunity to not only use the publication to spread the word on great drinks, but also give freelance writers, photographers and illustrators a place to produce work they’re proud of is an immense privilege. One I’m thankful for every day.

What was the inspiration behind creating the magazine?

The idea actually came from my friend and business partner, Jonny Hamilton, who as well as being a talented brewer is also passionate about great drinks magazines. Over a few beers he lamented to me that there weren’t as many great beer mags as there are other things like food and wine, so I took his lament and together we turned it into what became Pellicle!

over the past couple of decades, but it is still an intensely white, male industry. Again, I come back to my point that being able to publish a magazine is a privilege. Part of that privilege is paying it forward, and ensuring people from a wide variety of backgrounds have the same opportunities to write about beer as I have had. Black people love beer, queer people love beer, and so on. It’s important that beer writing isn’t merely tailored for the existing crowd.

Interestingly enough, a pellicle is a thing that forms during fermentation and it’s pretty disgusting. It’s a layer of gunk created by bacteria, but underneath it is something truly delicious. The idea is that we are delving beneath the gunk to not only reveal that deliciousness, but to make it as accessible to as many people as we possibly can.

Speaking of writing, how was the process of writing Modern British Beer?

I wrote the final draft of Modern British Beer in lockdown. It was a very insular, intense process.

It was my first full-length, narrative book, and I had no idea how difficult and stressful it would be creating it! What’s great about it is that it pulled together my beer experiences of the past ten years, which has involved visiting hundreds of breweries and pubs, and plenty of beer.

You feature some really exciting voices in Pellicle, including the likes of Pete Brown. How do you discern which topics and voices to focus on?

We just publish the stories we want to read!

We’ve tried to be as open about how to get published in Pellicle as possible, which we did by producing a pitching guide complete with the rates we pay our contributors. It’s fantastic to work with established folks like Pete, but it’s also thrilling to have worked with less well known voices, like David Jesudason, Rachel Hendry, and Jemma Beedie, among many others.

There seems to be a conversation about the lack of diversity in beer culture. With articles on Pellicle about disability, race and gender, do you think it’s important to champion a wide variety of voices?

It’s essential. And honestly, we’re not yet doing enough. Beer has come on leaps and bounds

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And finally, with a book named Modern British Beer, it would be wrong not to ask your favourites. What would be top of your recommendation list?

I always say I try not to have favourites, but as much as I am a writer, I am an enthusiast. Here in Manchester I am drinking a lot of beers from Track, Runaway, and Squawk. In Nottingham, I love what Black Iris and Neon Raptor are doing, plus originally being from neighbouring Lincolnshire, I've always had a soft spot for Castle Rock Harvest Pale. And that’s just scratching the surface! pelliclemag.com

Brew It Yourself interview: George White

Set up in January 2021 on the back of a wave of self-brewing enthusiasm caused by lockdown, Brew Day have since become Nottingham’s onestop-shop for anyone looking to make beer at home - offering everything from beginner ingredients to high-end equipment. We chat to director Matthew Franks about the company’s story so far…

It seemed like home brewing really took off during lockdown. Would you say that was the case?

Yeah, we were a bit behind the curve on that [laughs]. Speaking to other business owners who were operating at the time, they had a big uplift in demand - a lot of the time they couldn’t keep up. There were loads of new people getting into it, but existing brewers also had more time to dedicate to making beer.

I think home brewing has also changed a lot over the years, to the point where I would actually describe it less as home brewing and more as making beer at home. There are bad connotations with home brewing people’s minds go to buying cheap kits from the supermarket that are often undrinkable.

Yet you can now make beer from home that’s on par with a commercial brewery, and I think that’s drawn more people in.

On top of that, beer can be quite expensive when you’re out and about. A pint that you buy from the pub might cost you a fiver, but if you brew it from home it can cost you less than a pound - once you’ve taken off the price of paying for the equipment you need for it, of course!

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Is the idea of creating something from scratch quite appealing to people, too?

I would say there are two distinct camps of home brewer. There’s the brewer that just wants to make as much high-strength alcohol for as little money as possible, and is less concerned about the quality and the crafting process.

And then there’s the other side where, much like cooking, there’s the joy of having complete control over what you’re doing - and designing your own recipes is fun.

So there’s certainly this creative aspect to brewing, and I know that was appealing to me.

Is it something that anyone can pick up?

It’s as easy or difficult as you want it to be, really. At the bottom end of the market all you need is a bucket, some bottles and a beer kit, so you could be up-and-running and making beer for less than fifty quid.

Then as your desire or skill increases, you can elevate that up to more challenging styles of beers. But there’s definitely an easy route in for beginners.

What would be your top tip to those wanting to get started?

Come and talk to us [laughs]. And test the waters. Rather than rushing out and fully committing financially, do a brew, check that you enjoy that process, get an easy introduction and get a few beers under your belt. Then think about where you want your budget and ambitions to go. If you haven’t done it before, you can think there’s a bit of mystique and magic to the process, but there isn’t. It’s relatively simple - anyone can make a good quality beer in their own house.

You have a very collaborative approach, working with local breweries like Neon Raptor and Totally Brewed. Why is this important for you?

Going to breweries and being involved in beer-making on a commercial level is one of the reasons we wanted to get into this industry. It’s a really welcoming and collaborative world - there aren’t many industries where if you need something, you can ring up another company and they’ll lend it to you. Most businesses elsewhere would consider you as a competitor and

wouldn’t want to help. So it’s definitely a really friendly place.

You have quite an experimental approach to recipes, creating bold beers like the cacao, vanilla and strawberry flavoured White Soul. Is this ability to take risks something that drives your work?

Definitely. Beer’s quite a unique drink. While a red wine, for example, can only really vary between being dry and not dry, two beers can be drastically different beverages.

Ultimately, I like brewing beer and trying collaborations we haven’t done before, just because I think it’s interesting. You could spend all your days just brewing pale ales but there’s a whole world of beer out there that’s fun to explore.

Much like making a new dessert and bringing together unusual flavours, there’s an exciting element to doing that with recipes for beer.

I mean, they don’t always work [laughs], but when they do it’s a nice feeling knowing that you’ve matched seemingly incompatible flavours and made them into something that tastes nice. brew-day.co.uk

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Brewed To Be Wild words: George White

Just over two decades ago, an unlikely friendship between Castle Rock Brewery and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust was formed. We chat to Erin McDaid, the Trust’s Head of Communications and Marketing, and Liv Auckland, Head of Brand and Communications at the Brewery, all about it…

Cast your mind back to 2001. Manchester United were cruising to another Premier League title. S Club 7’s Don’t Stop Moving was taking over the air waves. And in our own city, a long-lasting relationship between Castle Rock Brewery and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust was about to be born - although through pure fate, as it turns out.

Yet for all the memorable events from the past twenty one years, one particular moment stands out - a visit from Sir David Attenborough, who once took a trip to Attenborough Nature Reserve and stopped by a local Castle Rock pub for a pint. “Having him pour one of our beers has got to be a highlight for the company,” Liv admits. “That’s our favourite photo of all time.”

“Honestly, it all started from a chance conversation,” admits Erin McDaid, Head of Communications and Marketing at the Trust. “I was meeting with one of our suppliers, and I mentioned that I wanted to bring together two of my passions - promoting wildlife and beer. They said they might know somebody that might be able to help with that, and they introduced me to Chris Holmes, the founder of Castle Rock Brewery. He was really flexible and very supportive from day one, so we decided to give it a go and it all grew from there.”

After initial plans were delayed due to COVID, the companies are now able to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their partnership in the way they know best - with a tasty collaborative tipple for us Notts folk to try. The new beer, called Into the Wild, is made with sustainably sourced coriander and orange peel. Local artist Matt Newton designed the label for this celebratory brew, after winning a competition to do so.

A chance encounter it may have been, but it is one that has proven more than fruitful over the years.

In the two decades since that initial meeting, the pair have worked together on countless projects to promote sustainability across the county - raising over £130,000 through a variety of fun and creative events.

This has ranged from creating pollinator friendly planters to brewing a number of popular collaborative beers. “A highlight has been our Screech Owl,” says Castle Rock’s Liv Auckland, “which was originally brewed as a one-off as part of the Adopt a Species campaign in 2008. That ended up becoming one of our permanent beers. To have something that's such an integral part of our portfolio come from this relationship is really special.”

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As well as offering an exciting new option for beer fans, it is hoped that Into the Wild will help to promote the need for environmental action, reminding us that we can all do our bit to protect the planet. “We now realise that to actually rise to environmental challenges, thousands more people have got to get involved,” Erin says. “Our whole strategy is about getting more people to realise what they can do - and this is just one of the ways that we’re able to do that.” Don’t Stop Moving may no longer be number one in the charts, and Manchester United aren’t the footballing force they once were, but one thing has remained constant since 2001 - the productive partnership between these two Nottingham institutions. castlerockbrewery.co.uk @nottinghamshirewildlifetrust

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Venues The Abdication Micropub With no music, screens or games in the micropub, the Abdication is a warm and welcoming place where ‘Beer is King’ and conversation is the order of the day. Located opposite the old Home Ales brewery in Daybrook.

89 Mansfield Road Daybrook NG5 6BH theabdication.co.uk @theabdicationmicropub @theabdication

Angel Microbrewery A historic pub, formerly both a church and a brothel, that has been open under various incarnations since the 1600s. Following a big refurbishment in 2016, it now has its own microbrewery and upstairs also hosts regular gigs and events.

7 Stoney Street Lace Market NG1 1LG 0115 9483343 theangelmicrobrewery.co.uk @angelmicrobrewery @angelmbrewery @angelmicrobrewery

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Barley Twist A two-floor craft beer and wine cellar located near Nottingham train station, Barley Twist is a Castle Rock owned establishment with an outstanding selection of beers. It’s also where the brewery launches their small batch experimental ‘Pilot Project’ beers.

91 Carrington Street NG1 7FE 0115 9505456 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @BarleyTwistCRB @Barley_Twist @barley_twist

Barrel Drop A drinkers haven, located less than two minutes walk from the iconic Market Square. This cosy little micropub up an alleyway offers a regularly changing range of cask and keg, a relaxed atmosphere and dog-friendly atmosphere..

7 Hurts Yard NG1 6JD 0115 9243018 magpiebrewery.com @thebarreldrop @thebarreldrop @barreldropnotts

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Venues BeerheadZ Located in the Grade II listed ‘Cabman’s Shelter’ on the right hand side of Nottingham Train Station. This place is a commuter’s dream with enough options on tap and in the fridge to make missing your train seem like a good option.

1A Queens Road NG2 3AS 07914 136055 beerheadz.biz @bhznottingham @bhznottingham @bhznottingham

Black Iris Bottle Shop and Tap Room Sample fresh beers straight from the tap of one of Nottingham’s most exciting breweries. The outside seating area has recently had a major refurb and opens during the summer and on weekends.

Located next to the Shipstone Street NET tram stop.

Unit 1, Shipstone St New Basford NG7 6GJ blackirisbottleshop.co.uk @blackirisbottleandtap @blackirisbrewer @blackirisbrewery

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Venues Brew Cavern A fully-refrigerated craft beer bottle shop in the historic Flying Horse Walk, just a couple of minutes walk from the Market Square.

Hundreds of beer choices and some serious beer knowledge behind the counter if you need suggestions.

9 Flying Horse Walk NG1 2HN 07742 355347 brewcavern.co.uk @brewcavern @brewcavern @brewcavern

BrewDog Everything you would expect from a BrewDog bar and probably a bit more.

Twenty eight different beers on tap and plenty more in cans and bottles. Plus if you’re peckish their sourdough pizzas and charcuterie boards always pair up well.

20-22 Broad St NG1 3AL 0115 9583613 brewdog.com @brewdognotts @brewdognotts @brewdognotts

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Venues Bunkers Hill Sitting at the bottom of Hockley, Bunkers Hill is a tucked away haven for craft beer offering a mix of new UK, US and European brews. The outside beer garden is great in the summer and their room upstairs hosts regular events.

36-38 Hockley Lace Market NG1 1FP 0115 9100114 bunkershillnottingham.co.uk @bunkershill @thebunkershill @thebunkershill

Canalhouse A trailblazing pub for the Nottingham beer scene for almost two decades, and operated

by Castle Rock, so you know their beer is wellkept. A canal that extends into the building makes it one of the most unique venues in the city.

48-52 Canal Street NG1 7EH 0115 9555060 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @canalhousebar @canalhousebar @canalhousebar

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Venues Cock & Hoop Situated in a Grade II listed building, as part of the Lace Market Hotel. The venue dates back to the 1800s but is now a traditional pub predominantly serving local cask and keg ales. They offer some serious midweek deals and some great pub food too.

29-31 High Pavement NG1 1HE 0115 9484414 lacemarkethotel.co.uk @cockandhoop @cockandhooppub @cockandhoop

Embankment Pub & Kitchen Set in a Grade II listed building near Trent Bridge, this is a beautiful, historic pub and kitchen which originally opened in 1907 as part of the Boots the Chemists empire. It’s now a lovely open and airy venue with a great big beer garden out back.

282-284 Arkwright Street NG2 2GR 0115 9864502 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @theembankmentpub @embankmentnottm @embankmentpub

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Venues Fox and Grapes Situated by the hive of creativity that is Sneinton Market Avenues, the Fox and Grapes is a light, airy pub run by Castle Rock Brewery.

In the 1900s the venue was nicknamed ‘Pretty Windows’ due to the fact it has ornamented windows on three sides.

21 Southwell Road NG1 1DL 0115 8418970 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @foxandgrapesnottingham @foxandgrapescrb @foxandgrapes_notts

Hop Pole Beeston’s hidden cask ale secret. Located on Chilwell High Road adjacent to the tram stop, the Hop Pole has been a pioneer for cask ale in the town for over twenty years. A traditional two room boozer with low beams and open fires, offering a warm and friendly welcome.

2 High Road Chilwell, Beeston NG9 4AE 0115 9251174 pubpeople.com @hop.pole.beeston @hoppolebeeston

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Venues Hopology Based on a busy high street in West Bridgford, this is like an Aladdin’s Cave of craft beer. Hopology sell over 400 bottled and canned beers from across the UK, USA and Europe. Their Belgian and Dutch beers are particular specialities.

126 Melton Road West Bridgford NG2 6EP 0115 9816346 hopology.uk @HopologyBeerShop @HopologyBeer @hopologybeershop

Junkyard Everything you could ask for in a craft beer bar; right in the city centre. With fifteen taps and two full fridges, it has been at the forefront of Nottingham’s craft beer scene for a decade.

Its sister bar Kilpin Beer Cafe sits next door.

12 Bridlesmith Walk NG1 2HB 0115 9501758 junkbars.com @junkyardnottingham @jydpoho @jydpoho

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Venues Kean’s Head Located opposite the beautiful St Mary’s church in the middle of the Lace Market, it’s like someone’s living room, but with a truly incredible beer and spirits collection.

Originally named in honour of the nineteenth century actor Edmund Kean.

46 St Mary's Gate NG1 1QA 0115 947 4052 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @thekeanshead @keanshead @keanshead

The Kilpin Beer Cafe This beautiful, city-centre pub named after Notts-born AC Milan founder Herbert Kilpin is next door to its sister bar Junkyard. Over twenty taps and hand pulls pouring the best Belgian, German and Czech beers with tasty, homecooked food and Sky Sports on three big TVs. 10 Bridlesmith Walk NG1 2HB 0115 948 4743 thekilpin.co.uk @theherbertkilpin @TheKilpin @the_kilpin_beer_cafe

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Venues Kraft Werks A specialist beer bottle shop and bar set in a former bank in Sherwood, selling hundreds and hundreds of different types of beer for drink in or take out. They’ve recently expanded into natural wine too and if you can’t make it in they offer home delivery.

513 Mansfield Rd Sherwood NG5 2JL 0115 8373090 kraft-werks.com @KraftWerks @KraftWerksNotts @KraftWerksNotts

Lincolnshire Poacher A Castle Rock Brewery owned bar that has been a staple of the Nottingham pub scene for ever. Check out the lovely beer garden out back and the vast selection of more ales and spirits than you will have time to try.

161-163 Mansfield Road NG1 1DL 0115 8418970 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @lincolnshire.poacher.9 @lincpoacher @lincolnshirepoacher

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Venues The Lion at Basford Situated right next door to Black Iris Brewery and a haven for cask ale, craft beer, live music and great food. Winner of multiple ‘dogfriendly pub’ awards, so if you want to make your pooch feel really special take them here.

44 Mosley St New Basford NG7 7FQ 0115 9703506 thelionatbasford.co.uk @TheLionAtBasford @TheLionBasford @thelionbasford

Liquid Light Taproom New taproom and brewery from one of our most exciting local breweries, situated in an industrial estate a few mins walk from Sneinton Market. Packed with tasty beers and retro arcade machines. They put on fairly regular events too.

Unit 9, Robin Hood Industrial Estate Alfred Street South Sneinton NG3 1GE liquidlightbrewco.com @liquidlightbrewco @LiquidLightBrew @liquidlightbrewco

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Venues Malt Cross An iconic venue and one of the only surviving Victorian music halls in the country, if you’ve never paid this place a visit you need to just to see inside. It has become well known for great food, live events and for having a great selection of beer.

16 St James's Street NG1 6FG 0115 9411048 maltcross.com @maltcrossnotts @maltcross @maltcross

Neon Raptor Taproom Based right in the heart of Sneinton Market Avenues, this is the home of one of the most exciting breweries in the country. Sample their beers poured as fresh as they can be whilst ogling the kit it was all created on.

Unit 14 Sneinton Avenues NG1 1DT neonraptorbrewingco.com @neonraptorbrew @neonraptorbrew @neonraptorbrew

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Venues The Organ Grinder Blue Monkey Brewery flagship pub offers the warmest of welcomes, the friendliest of staff and a multitude of varied, regular events in a comfortable, laid back setting. Set In the heart of Canning Circus, offering a relaxed and tranquil garden seating for 80+ open all year round.

21 Alfreton Rd. Canning Circus NG7 3JE 0115 9819995 bluemonkeybrewery.com @OGnotts @organgrinder_notts

Poppy & Pint A light, airy, spacious and family friendly Castle Rock pub nestled right at the heart of the Lady Bay community. Massive outdoor beer gardens and lots of indoor space make this a great place to take the family.

Pierrepont Road Lady Bay NG2 5DX 0115 9819995 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @poppyandpint @poppyandpint @poppyandpint

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Venues The Sir John Borlase Warren Standing proudly at the heart of Canning Circus and run by Lincoln Green Brewery, the Sir John offers a great selection of cask beers and one of the best hidden beer gardens that Nottingham has to offer. Check out their extensive menu and tasty Sunday Roasts too!

1 Ilkeston Rd Canning Circus NG7 3GD 0115 9881889 sirjohnborlasewarren.co.uk @thesirjohnborlasewarren @thesirjohn @sirjohnbw

Six Barrel Drafthouse (Hockley) Sat at the top of Hockley, they have a drink for everyone. 200 degrees coffee served all day, six regularly changing cask beers, alongside craft and lager taps, wines, gins and alcohol free options.

But the real gem is the fridges, with over 120 more beers from near and far.

14-16 Carlton Street NG1 1NN 0115 9501798 sixbarreldrafthouse.co.uk @sixbarrelhockley @sixbarreldraft @sixbarrelhockley

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Venues Six Barrel Drafthouse (Victoria) The plucky younger brother to the Hockley venue, tucked in right next door to the Victoria Shopping Centre and with an excellent beer garden for those summer months. The Beavertown mural outside has become quite a regular spot for selfies.

14 Mansfield Road NG1 3GX 0115 9581304 sixbarreldrafthouse.co.uk @sixbarrelvictoria @6barreldraftvic @sixbarrelvictoria

Stratford Haven A charming and traditional Castle Rock pub, which is a short stroll away from Trent Bridge cricket ground and Nottingham Forest FC’s City Ground. Everything you’d want from your local boozer, with a lovely beer garden for those summer months.

2 Stratford Road West Bridgford NG2 6BA 0115 9819995 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @stratfordhavenwb @stratfordhaven @stratfordhaven

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Venues Tap & Growler Great community pub in Eastwood set up in 2015 by Carrie Butler. The stylish bar is full of great independent and often local beer options, with a lovely secluded garden for alfresco drinks. They also put on regular live music events, see Facebook page for details.

209 Nottingham Road Hilltop, Eastwood NG16 3GS 07837 386798 tapandgrowler.co.uk @tapandgrowlermicropub @tapandgrowler_ @tapandgrowlermicropub

Totally Tapped Beeston-based bottleshop and beer tap for Nottingham’s much loved Totally Brewed Brewery. Four hand pulls, seven taps and dozens upon dozens of cans and bottles in the fridge. The kind of pub you can walk into on your own and walk out of with new friends.

23 Chilwell Road Beeston NG9 1EH totallybrewed.com @totallytappedmicropub @totallytappeduk @totallytapped

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Venues Vat and Fiddle Castle Rock’s brewery tap. Thirteen hand pulled ales available including a selection of guest breweries, five draught craft beers plus can fridge, traditional ciders and perries and over twenty malt whiskies. Large live music and events venue out the back known, for obvious reasons, as The Old Cold Store.

12 Queensbridge Road NG2 1NB 0115 9850611 castlerockbrewery.co.uk @vatandfiddle @vatandfiddle @vatfiddle

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