On Friday, 27 March we have a triple beer event, Cloudwater Chubbles, Siren 13th Birthday and International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day.

Twelve draught beers, ranging from a Triple hopped 0.5% AF Pale to a 13.1% Barrel Aged Ginger cake Imperial Stout!

The IWCBD beers come from women’s collaboration brews at Emperor’s, Hobsons, Tom’s Tap & Brewhouse and Neptune

Get it in your diary.

Cloudwater’s annual collaboration with The Veil is in its 10th year.

Originally it was all about the big TIPA, but over the years more accessible versions have been brewed, including an AF this year. We will have three beers in the range:

Chubbles AF TIPA 0.5% (Bagged keg)
Chubbles 53°N 6.5% DDH IPA (Cask)
Forvever Chubbles Supercharged 8% DIPA (Bagged keg)

Siren’s 13th birthday theme is superstitions. We have all four of the celebration beers on draught:

ZESTINY 5% Mandarin Pale Ale If any fruit can bring good fortune, it’s the mandarin. Associated with sunlight, wealth and vitality, this beer glows with fresh citrus aroma from Citra, Eclipse and Amarillo hops. (Bagged keg)

LUCKY NUMBERS 7% Superstitious IPA – Fortune favours the brave, so Siren made a beer that makes its own luck. Every detail of this IPA has been carefully calculated, from the Idaho 7 hop character to the perfectly timed boil. (Keg)

SHATTERED MIRROR 9.1% Imperial Stout – Siren’s 13th anniversary showstopper dares to tempt fate. Shattered Mirror brings together two of their most intense imperial stouts, Shattered Dream and Black Mirror, in a bold act of dark alchemy. (Bagged keg)

MAIDEN ‘25 12% Anniversary Barley Wine – Maiden is Siren’s yearly anniversary celebration, a blend of barley wine aged in a range of barrels sourced from leading wine and spirit producers worldwide. Each vintage is unique and the 2025 release is a one-off expression shaped by the barrels used this year. (Bagged keg)

International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day beers

Hobsons Six Sirens 4% Amarillo, Godiva and Boadicea Pale brewed by twenty women at Hobsons. The brew also supports a meaningful cause. A portion of proceeds will go to the Lingen Davies Cancer Fund’s appeal for a new treatment centre in Telford. (Cask)

Neptune Together 4.8% Coffee Pale. Light bodied Pale enriched with roasted coffee beans from Girls who grind delivering flavours of chocolate, nougat and praline. Created alongside Ladies that Beer and Two Cents Pizza. Some of the proceeds from this beer go to Liverpool charity SWACA supporting community work for women and children. (Cask)

Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse Contains Politics 6% Tiramisu Stout. Brewed with Ladies of Darkness for International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day 2026. Contains Politics is a tiramisu stout brewed with cacao powder, coffee beans and cacao nibs. (Cask)

Tom’s Tap and Brewhouse Unexpected Friends 7.1% Chocolate Trifle Stout. Brewed with Ladies of Darkness for International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day 2026. (Keg)

Emperor’s Rebel Scum 13.1% Ginger Cake Imperial Stout. Freeze…you Rebel Scum! When you walk into the Emperor’s trap on the Century Moon, you need a little help from your furry friends to get the mission done. …mind you, if these are the Emperor’s “best troops”, maybe it’ll all work out after all. Everything is better with friends by your side. Take this Jamaican Ginger Cake Imperial Stout for instance. Rich, dark and treacley, with sharp, spicy ginger zinging on the palate. This beer was brewed with a band of intrepid women for IWCBD back in 2025. It’s been sat in second-fill Penderyn Madeira Single Malt Whisky barrels for the last 10 months….and just like that Deathstar, it is now fully operational! 10% of all sales are going to Women on Tap. (Bagged Keg)

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We are delighted to be named as a Finalist in the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) Business Awards for the eighth year out of Nine in the UK’s Best Independent Beer Bar or Pub – Rural.

For the second year running two North Shropshire venues are in the final four as the Crafty Dragon in Whitchurch joins us again. In fact all four finalists are the same as last year.

We were the winner in 2020 and Highly Commended in 2024.

The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony in Liverpool on Wednesday, 18 March.

Winners and finalists since the competition started:

2026
Finalists
Northstowe Tap & Social, Northstowe
The Crafty Dragon, Whitchurch
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
The Brewers 1841, Ossett

2025
Winner
Northstowe Tap & Social, Northstowe
Finalists
The Crafty Dragon, Whitchurch
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
The Brewers 1841, Ossett

2024
Winner
Royal Barn, Kirkby Lonsdale
Highly Commended
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
Finalist
Vocation and Co., Hebden Bridge

2023
Winner
Elephant & Castle, Wheathampstead
Finalists
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
The Fox & Hounds Beer House, Caversham

2022
Winner
The Fox & Hounds Beerhouse, Caversham
Finalists
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
The Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden
Too Hoppy, Tavistock

2021
Winner
The Royal Barn, Kirkby Lonsdale
Finalists
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
The Salutation Inn, Ham

2020
Winner
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
Finalists
The Reading Rooms, Wheathampstead
The Wonston Arms, Winchester
Vocation and Co, Hebden Bridge

2019
Winner
Bowland Beer Hall, Clitheroe
Finalists
Kirkstall Bridge Inn, Leeds
The Star Inn, Halesworth
The Harvester, Southam

2018
Winner
The Cove, Kingsbridge, Devon

Finalists
The Bailey Head, Oswestry
Geese and Fountain, Croxton Kerrial, Lincolnshire
Red Lion Inn, Wiltshire

2017
Winner
The Salutation Inn, Ham, Gloucestershire
Finalists
Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
The Old Workshop, Teignmouth, Devon

2016
Winner
Yew Tree Inn, Bunbury, Cheshire

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We launch in cask our two collaboration IPAs brewed with Elusive and Siren on our trip to Finchampstead.

We have two variations on a theme. Elusive Oswald 5.8% is a New England, while Siren Golden Eagle is a West Coast. Both build flavour with Mosaic hops hot-side, and feature an experimental hop variety called Anchovy. Grown in Washington State, they’re known for their unique character of watermelon sweets, raspberry, and pine, which plays perfectly into the styles.

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It is a great privilige to be one of the venues doing first pours of this year’s Siren CCC.

They have had a special guest working on one of the four beers. All will be revealed very soon.

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COLLABAGEDDON IS BACK!

We’re hugely excited to announce that Collabageddon is BACK for 2025. Grab your diary or calendar and circle FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER in red.

We have an amazing lineup of breweries this year, big and small, old and new, and will be bringing you 12 fantastic beers to enjoy. We have secured three of the beers in very limited cask options.

Tasting notes pdf

Brolly x Thornbridge – Perch – Burton Ale – 4.6% Cask

Bullhouse x Fierce – Meet Your Maker – Hazy Pale – 4.5%

Campervan x Wild Horse – North Shore – NZ Double IPA – 7.6%

Castle Rock x Elusive – Junimo – Nelson Sauvin & Juniper IPA – 6% Cask

Duration x Tap Social – Goatfell – Mountain IPA – 5.2%

Elusive x Brolly – Midnight Cruiser – Black IPA – 5.6% Cask

Fierce x Castle Rock – Knight and Rook – 80 Shilling Scottish Export – 4.7%

Hand x Duration – Noki – Schwarzbier – 4.8%

Origins (Fyne) x Bullhouse – Red Grenache Wine Chimera – 5.9% (mixed ferm oak aged sour with Cherry, Raspberry, Cranberry, Redcurrant, Rose, Cinnamon and Pink Peppercorns)

Tap Social x Campervan – Voyager – Czech-style Dark Lager – 4.2%

Thornbridge x Hand – Vega – Transatlantic IPA – 7%

Wild Horse x Origins (Fyne) – Wiwer – White Grenache Wine Chimera – 5.2% (clean fruited sour with Quince, Peach, Marigolds, Borage and Cubeb Pepper)

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Exclusive first pours of Atom X Emperor’s X Bang the Elephant Neutron Death Star II 12%

Bold. Brooding. Beautifully balanced.

Neutron Death Star II is a decadent fusion of roasted malts, deep coffee character and real vanilla pod sweetness. Brewed with Hull’s Blending Room espresso roast and 4 kilos of Ugandan vanilla, the result is a rich, thick stout with layers of mocha, molasses and treacle warmth.

Born form the darkness of Atom’s original 2019 Northern Monk collab, NDS2 marks the return of their annual showcase beer – Brewed this year with the stout specialists at Emperor’s Brewery and the flavour fanatics at Bang the Elephant.

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We will have all four of our collaboration brews from our brewing tour of Yorkshire.

Read all about the tour here.

Brass Castle Morph Red 5%

North Riding Audacia HBC630 4.3% Pale

Rat CAMRAT 5% NEIPA

Turning Point Velvet Goldmine 4 8% NZ Pale

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