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Mysterious Brewing 1st Birthday party

Mysterious Brewing 1st Birthday party

4th May 2024

New kids on the block Mysterious Brewing are turning 1

And we are very proud to say they have chosen to celebrate their first anniversary at the The Nags Head

This will incude:

10 Mysterious beers on the bar including collaboration brews with Disruption Is Brewing and Ten Tun Brew House

BBQ food from Pattie n Pulled

Live music in the garden from Burghfield Uncommon in the afternoon and Audiotonic in the evening

This should be an absolute cracking party...and everyone's invited! 

 

 


Gary & Mark's Charity Fun Quiz!

Gary & Mark's Charity Fun Quiz!

28th April 2024

If you've not experienced a G&M quiz before then you are most certainly missing out on a fantastically fun filled evening...expect General knowledge rounds, Music rounds, Runner rounds, Bullseye rounds and Who Am I? rounds.

All in the name of charity, plus beer vouchers for the winners and the runners up This months donations will be going to Prostate Cancer UK

 

 


May Day

May Day

26th April 2024

Very happy to be participating in May Day this Friday

May Day is a charity event put on by McColl's Brewery & sponsored by BarthHaas XX in aid of Men's Pie Club, MANUP? and Grieving Pint.

It will consist of 6 collaboration beers brewed at McColl's Brewery featuring Abbeydale , Moor Beer, Rooster's, Brew York, Attic and Anspach & Hobday

15p from every pint sold will go to one of the aforementioned charities, plus here at the Nags we will also be adding Siren Craft Brew's Lumina and Suspended in New Zealand to the mix and will both be donating 15p from each pint

 

 


Siren 11th Anniversary Tap-Takeover

Siren 11th Anniversary Tap-Takeover

28/03/24

Last weekend Siren celebrated their 11th Anniversary

Quite the feat and a big round of applause from all at the Nags! They continue to lead the way for UK craft beer in every aspect of their business and massive kudos to them for hitting the same outstanding standards year after year 

Siren have venues all over the country helping them celebrate their birthday tomorrow...you can view the venues here:

https://www.facebook.com/SirenCraftBrew/posts/pfbid02FCDvW9pjqMNtm8CsEBDnpme7wzQSh8M7msg2BxUddbTgEnSPYRnje8MgaQrDj5KWl

However, in the unique way that the Nags runs....we are celebrating it next Thursday!

We're not taking it lightly mind...added to the 4 special birthday beers will be 12 cask beers and an extra 11 keg beers making it a full tap-takeover featuring 27 Siren Craft Brew beers. If only they did a cider!

Expect this to go on for most of the Easter weekend, however, once they're gone they're gone so get here Thursday if you want to try all 27!!

The Line-Up (subject to change)

 

Cask:

 

Mesmerist

Memento

Black Mirror

Suspended In Columbus

Lumina

Liquid Mystique

Short Story Long

The Night Market

Broken Dream

Party In The Dark

Maiden 2023

Recurring Dream

 

Keg:

 

Guess The Hop: A

Guess The Hop: B

Guess The Hop: C

Black Mirror

Times 11

Oats on Oats on Oats

Snapback

Santo

Suspended in New Zealand

Lumina

Maiden 2023

Calypso (Simcoe)

Leapling

Colourful World

Dark and Perilous Nights

Shattered Dream

Sunlight Shapes

 

 


In the Cask Cellar

WC 18/03/2024

 

Kent – Amarillo,

Burning Sky – Aurora,

Big Trip – Beautiful Things,

Tiny Rebel – Chocoholic,

Brew York – Diana Voss,

Mysterious – Digital Relic,

Pentrich – Drenched In Sun,

Mallinsons – Ekuanot,

Flower Pots – Flower Pots IPA,

Thornbridge – Grand Purposes,

Tiny Rebel – Hop Cross Bun,

Cloudwater - It's A Mild!

Delphic – Knee-High To A Grasshopper,

Marble - Marble Mild,

Bristol Beer Factory – Milk Stout,

Magic Dragon – Obsidian,

Gun – On the Plush,

Stonehouse – One Fine Day,

Durham – Pang Wangle,

Rooster's – Parts and Labour,

Gun – Scaramanga,

Disruption – Shadow of Darkness ‘Cherry Coconut’,

Three Acre – Spring Golden Ale,

NorthDown – Squidly Diddly,

Thornbridge – The Big Walk 2024,

Elusive – Timerun,

Vibrant Forest – Together In Static,

Salopian – Valley of the Shadow,

Electric Bear – Werrrd!,

Gun – Zamzama IPA

 

 


In the Keg Cellar

WC 18/03/2024

 

Brew By Numbers – 00 | Citra & Centennial,

Brew By Numbers – 20 | Gluten Free Pale,

Phantom – Bunk Bed Test Drive,

Siren – Calypso,

Bianca Road – Campino,

Elusive - Double Midnight Oregon Trail,

Elusive - Double Sunset Oregon Trail,

Vibrant Forest – Fenton,

Double-Barrelled – Finch,

Phantom – Frico,

Lervig – House Party,

Beak – Hum,

Verdant x Double- Barrelled – Hyphenate This,

Delphic – It's Just the One Hop, Actually,

Bianca Road – Long Play,

Double-Barrelled – Passionfruit Martini Sour,

Phantom – Quest,

Harbour – Resurface,

Signature – Roadie,

Bianca Road – ¡Sabroso!,

Phantom – Shadow Realm,

Siren – Sunlight Shapes,

Bianca Road – Whole Latte Love

 

 


Introducing Bianca Road Brew Co.

25th January 2024

We have 6 exciting beers from a brewery that is completely new to us this Thursday

Bianca Road Brew Co's beers include a strawberries and cream sour, a salted caramel latte stout, and a selection of various strength IPA's. And if trying 6 new beers wasn’t enough, their team will be here giving away a few goodies too!

 

 


New Years Eve 2023

New Years Eve 2023

31st December 2023

NYE tickets are now on sale

£15 each including hot food, DJ GS2, and champagne at midnight

Tickets available from the bar

Sorry no reservations, cold hard cash secures you a ticket/tickets

There are a limited amount of tickets available & when they're gone, they're gone. No exceptions, so please buy yours early if you intend attending.

 

 


Christmas Carols 2023

Christmas Carols 2023

23rd December 2023

The South Berks Concert Band define when the Nags Head start Christmas…
 
And this year Christmas starts from 16:30'ish on Saturday 23rd December (don't tell Robyn, she thinks it began in September!)
 
The tree should be up, Christmas beers should be on, mulled cider will be flowing, the band will be playing…Nags Christmas will have begun ??????????????????
 
Donations to Brass for Africa greatly appreciated
 
 

Collabageddon 2023

Collabageddon 2023

Friday 17th October 2023


Brew York Tap-Takeover

Brew York Tap-Takeover

Thursday 16th November 2023

 

 

 

 


Run Ding

Run Ding

Sunday 5th October 2023

 

 

 

 


Nags Head 16th Birthday Bash

Nags Head 16th Birthday Bash

Saturday 18th February 2023

 

And a couple of days later will see the Nags Head (as we know it) turning 16 years old!

Helping us celebrate this monumental event will be 3 of the best craft breweries in the land:

One, very well known nationally in the craft beer scene (and winner of multiple murky beer awards)

One very well known locally in the craft beer scene (and nationally to those in the know)

One not so well known round here, until we tell you that they brew a pale ale called Joosy (along with many other lovely beers)

 

Cask:

Verdant – Argal

Verdant – Burnthouse

Verdant – Lamanva

Verdant – Penpol

Elusive – Brave Noise

Elusive – Gyroscope

Elusive – Juxtapose

Elusive – Sticky Toffee

UnBarred – Best Bitter

UnBarred – Joosy

UnBarred – Old Ale

UnBarred – The Long Black

 

Keg:

Verdant – Even Sharks Need Water

Verdant – Little Mountains We Move

Verdant – Marylou

Verdant – Nebulous Sky

Verdant – Truckie

Elusive – Element

Elusive – Janet's Brown

Elusive – Miles Per Hour

Elusive – Oregon Trail

Elusive – Sticky Toffee

Unbarred – Amazonian Zing

Unbarred – Blackberry Cobbler

Unbarred – Bueno Shake

Unbarred – Casual Pale

Unbarred – Stoutzilla

 

Saturday 18th February is the date, come down and help us see see in our birthday come midnight 

 

 


Tiny Rebel 11th Birthday tap-takeover

Tiny Rebel 11th Birthday tap-takeover

16th February 2023

The Nags Head and Tiny Rebel go way back to when Gaz and Brad were still brewing in their garage, and in 2015 we were stood at the Tiny Rebel stall at Olympia bagging the first pint of the newly crowned Champion Beer of Britain, 'Cwtch'

On Thursday 16th February it will be a pleasure to be serving all 8 of their mad Birthday celebratory blending beers from our keg wall, including:

 

- Blue Razz Hard Candy ICE Sour - 4%.

- Caramelised Pineapple Spiced IPA - 5%.

- Peach Iced Tea IPA - 6%.

- Freakshake Froozie - 7%.

- Cookie Dough Biscuit Mix Millionaire Shortbread - 8%.

- Limoncello Double NEIPA - 8.5%.

- Blue Razz Hard Candy ICE Sour - 4%.

- Coffee & Popcorn Slow Drip Stout - 10%.

- Creamsicle TIPA. 11%. .

As well as Cwtch on cask to take us back when

 

For more information on the beers visit: https://www.tinyrebel.co.uk/beer/11th-birthday-box

A limited amount of blending boxes will also be for sale on the evening

 

 


Thornbridge & Double-Barrelled pump & tap takeover

Thornbridge & Double-Barrelled pump & tap takeover

2nd December 2022

Thornbridge were one of the original breweries to step up the real ale game and start experimenting with hops and styles of beer that were "a bit more interesting" using only the best ingredients, brewing kit and techniques long before, and arguably the definition of the term "craft beer"

 

Double-Barrelled Brewery were founded right at the other end of the craft beer revolution with a vision to making the best sour beers and imperial stouts on the market. Having realised fairly quickly that this probably wasn't a viable business on its own they branched out into the pale ale game and now make some of the best, fruitiest, piney IPAs on the market. Their sours are up there with the best and having just turned 4 years old their barrel aged stout game has just entered the scene and is fast making its mark competing with some of the best in the business

 

Next Friday 2nd December sees Thornbridge take over all 12 of our handpumps with a huge selection of different beer styles in the cask format, whilst their and our good friends Double-Barrelled take over the keg wall with a selection of top notch IPA's, sours, and a couple of special imperial stouts

 

 

 


Collabageddon 2022

Collabageddon 2022

18th November 2022

We are very proud to again be hosting Elusive Brewing's 6th (technically 5th cos, you know ??) iconic Collabageddon 2022 beer festival...which starts right now next week ??

 

For those of you that don't know how it works, Elusive's owner, Andy Parker (the nicest man in brewing) picks 11 of his bestest brewing pals (no mean feat) and then they all draw straws and team up in pairs to brew one beer at each brewery culminating in 12 unique and delicious collaborative beers from 12 of the best (or certainly nicest) breweries in the land

 

These are then sold at 24 of Andy's favourite craft beer bars or pubs across the land for one night only (possibly more) of craft beer collaboration shenanigans

Or something like that anyway...for more information on beers, breweries and venues read Andy's blog here:

https://www.elusivebrewing.com/blog-1/2022/7/28/collabageddon-2022

 

 

 


15th Birthday Party

15th Birthday Party

19th February 2022

Next weekend sees the Nags (as we now know it) turn 15 years old......

FIFTEEN!!!

 

There are arguments amongst us as to whether it's been "a lifetime" or a "Where did the time go" situation?! But either way we're all pretty damn proud to be celebrating another anniversary at last......and we're going to have a party!!

Beers, BBQ's and Birthday Quizzes is the gist of it...read on for more info on the 3B's: No room for any live music this year unfortunately, however if beer is your thing, and we assume it probably is, then you're going to have a good time!

Our keg wall will be taken over by the New Zealand Beer Collective who are currently celebrating NZ beer month and will feature rare beers from the likes of Yeastie Boys, 8 WIRED BREWING, Deep Creek Brews and Eats, Urbanaut Brewing Co, and @Kereru.

 

Plus our 6 new keg taps will serving special beers that we and various brewers have saved for the occasion, including:

Sonar Biscuit: A special birthday beer brewed by the Nags Head at Elusive Brewing with help from owner Andy Parker living up to his name as The Nicest Man in Brewing! And Ruth feeding us copious amounts of croissants, chocolate brownies and pizza

A Link to the Past: An apt name for a 15 year anniversary is this Double West Coast IPA, a Collaboration between the amazing Elusive Brew and the amazing A Hoppy Place in Windsor.

Philly Cheesecake: Been saving this one for our good friend Gavin, formally of Hopcraft Brewery, cos he loves Philadelphia (the place, not the cheese) and cheesecake, and we both share a love of good sour beers. High hopes for this one as it's brewed by Orbit Brewing , who also brew the legendary Tzatziki Sour.

Caribbean White Chocolate Pancake Stack: Saved back from this year's Project Barista festival by Siren Craft. Weirdly with a name like that this beer needs no explanation, it does what it says on the tin.

Superuser: Andy Parker got to tick one off his bucket list by getting to brew at the legendary Thornbridge Brewery. Both breweries have a love of red IPA's with Thornbridge's Colorado Red being the beer that inspired Andy to win the Craft Beer Co's home brew competition before going on to use the winnings to start up one of our and our regulars favourite breweries...Elusive! It is of course, a red IPA... A Super red IPA!

Dark & Perilous Nights: Another beer from Siren's back catalogue, this Barrel Aged Imperial Dark Ale is Siren's highest ever scoring beer on Untappd, quite the achievement if you know the quality of Siren beers. You won't find this beer anywhere else anytime soon, it has been specially kegged from their barrel store for our birthday

 

Right, now that we've bored you all silly, what else do you need to know?

 

Cal's BBQ will be rolling all day serving up his amazing Wagyu Beef Burgers, Vicar's Hot Dogs, Chu's Spicey Chicken, and Ra's Smokey Baked Potatoes Talks:

Brewery talks from.........na we're just kidding! Plenty of brewing celebrities will be in attendance though who we're sure will be happy for a chat if that's your thing

Sunday: Gary & Mark's Charity Fun Quiz - A special birthday quiz featuring many Nags Head themed questions finishing off the weekend nicely

 

 


Hogwood Industrial Estate Tap-Takeover

12th November 2021

 

Being as Elusive’s Collabageddon and Siren’s Caribbean Chocolate Cake will be taking up 14 of our keg taps and 2 of our cask pumps we though it only right to fill up the other 10 cask with Elusive & Siren cask beers for a full Hogwood Industrial Estate tap-takeover

Here’s what to expect for our biggest joint tap-takeover ever:

 

Cask

Pump 01 - Siren 'Caribbean Chocolate Cake'

Pump 02 - Siren 'Suspended in Trident'

Pump 03 - Siren 'Lumina'

Pump 04 - Siren 'Picture Puzzle'

Pump 05 - Siren 'Storyboard'

Pump 06 - Siren 'Bourbon Turkish' (Project Barista 2019)

Pump 07 - Elusive 'Larellas'

Pump 08 - Elusive 'Gold in Green'

Pump 09 - Middle Child x Elusive 'News Flash'

Pump 10 - Elusive 'Oregan Trail' (UK World Beer Awards winner 2021)

Pump 11 - Ampersand x Elusive 'Arrested Developement'

Pump 12 - Elusive x Turning Point 'International Superstar'

 

Keg

Tap 01 - Leigh on Sea x Neptune 'Phire 'n' Lime'

Tap 02 - Almasty x Elusive 'Farmhouse Pale'

Tap 03 - Neptune x Unbarred 'Albion'

Tap 04 - Unbarred x Zapato 'Cryo Pop'

Tap 05 - Turning Point x Ampersand 'Revolution in Limbo'

Tap 06 - Fyne x Runaway 'Red Flag'

Tap 07 - Zapato x Almasty 'American Brown'

Tap 08 - Runaway x Leigh on Sea 'L’Hommage'

Tap 09 - Leviathan x Brew York 'Duality'

Tap 10 - Brew York x Fyne 'Release the Cranachan'

Tap 11 - Siren 'Caribbean Chocolate Cake'

Tap 12 - Siren 'Caribbean White Chocolate Pancake Stack'

Tap 13 - Siren 'Caribbean Chocolate Mole Cake'

Tap 14 - Siren 'Death by Caribbean Chocolate Cake'

 

 


Caribbean Chocolate Cake 2021 Launch

Caribbean Chocolate Cake 2021 Launch

19th November 2021

 

Running simultaneously alongside Collabageddon we are also an official venue launch for Siren Craft's four 2021 Caribbean Chocolate Cake Beers which will all be pouring on draught
 

This year's four CCC beers are:

 

Caribbean Chocolate Cake

Caribbean White Chocolate Pancake Stack

Caribbean Chocolate Mole Cake

Death by Caribbean Chocolate Cake

 

Gift packs will also be available to take away as Christmas pressies...or just to enjoy yourelf!

 

 

 


Collabageddon 2021

Collabageddon 2021

19th November 2021

 

Yes after a (probably much needed) year off, Collabogeddon is back. Brought to you by the nicest man in beer and owner of local favourite brewery 'Elusive Brewing', Andy Parker is back with 12 collaboration beers brewed between 11 of their favourite breweries, to be served in 20 of his favourite craft beer venues across the UK.

 

The Breweries range from Scotland to Essex and Norfolk to Liverpool and include some well known to the Nags along with a few that are completely new. The beers come in all sorts of styles from Stouts to IPAs and American Brown Ales to Goses, and the venues range from Edinburgh to Plymouth and Norwich to Narbeth.

 

And all will be enjoyed on 19th November 2021

 

You can read all about it on Andy's blog here:

https://www.elusivebrewing.com/blog-1/2021/10/12/collabageddon-2021

 

 


Vibrant Forest 10th Anniversary Beers

Vibrant Forest 10th Anniversary Beers

12th November 2021

Coinciding with Cloudwater’s Together Again event thanks to 6 brand new keg lines:

Vibrant Forest turned 10 in August this year and we managed to get a keg of each beer which we have been saving for a special occasion ever since…and what better occasion than the christening of our 6 brand new keg lines?

 

Here's a few words from Vibrant:

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WOW! This year we turn 10!!

 

To celebrate 10 years of Vibrant Forest Brewery the team have been very busy brewing 6 brand new and very special beers to release at our 10 Year Gathering on August 7. We are thrilled with how all of these have turned out!

 

Now, onto the beers themselves:

 

#1 Imperial Pupa 8% ABV
It was always going to be hard to resist brewing a version of our best selling beer, Pupa, so we did it, of course! We have literally doubled the amount of hops which have gone into this and the extra body from the ABV helps balance all this citrus glory.
Supa Pupa?

 

#2 Talus IPA 6.4% ABV
Lashings of Talus hops take centre stage in this IPA. A huge whack of Wheat and Spelt malt form a thick base upon which citrus, tropical fruit and hints of coconut sit comfortably. Ludicrously good!

 

#3 West Coast IPA 6.5% ABV
Classic West Coast hops Ahtanum and Chinook dominate. Citrusy, piney and big on bitterness with Idaho 7 adding a nice twist to the glass

 

#4 Red IPA 6.4% ABV
This one is all about a little sweet malt from specially selected grains and big citrus hops from bundles of Simcoe and Centennial. An under-rated style which we absolutely love!

 

#5 Cucumber & Mint Sour 4.5% ABV
Huge summer sour refreshment loaded with cucumber and a delicate addition of fresh mint. Tangy, refreshing and of course, cool

 

#6 Kviek Nelson Sauvin Pale 5% ABV
Nelson is one of our favourite hops so it simply had to make it into the 6th and last of our special birthday beers. Fermented at a whopping 38C using Kveik yeast and heaps of Nelson Sauvin.
Freshly crushed Gooseberries & Grapes lead the way with with some citrus notes from the Kveik.
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Plus to fill the wall up we also have a couple of kegs of Vibrant’s Simcoe pale ale ‘Perimeters’, and a couple of kegs of Vibrant’s hazy IPA ‘Summer of Sundays’ brewed with Azacca and Sabro

 

 

 

 


Cloudwater Together Again

Cloudwater Together Again

12th November 2021

Yep tap-takeovers are back again and this one sees the big boys of premier league craft beer, Cloudwater Brew Co take over our keg taps to showcase their Together Again series, a selection of collaboration brews between Cloudwater and some of their best friends in the business, including our favourite local brewery, Elusive:

 

Imperial Smoked Baltic Porter, Cloudwater x Donzoko - A rich Imperial Baltic Porter brewed with a portion of smoked malts and given some small 'pastry' additions.

 

Red IPA, Cloudwater x Elusive - A truly red Red IPA which combines both classic and modern hops.

 

Hibiscus and Raspberry Stout, Cloudwater x Rock Leopard - An export strength stout given a twist through additions of raspberry and hibiscus.

 

TIPA, Cloudwater x Rivington - A big juicy TIPA dry hopped with Strata and Sabro

 

Table Beer, Cloudwater x Runaway x Squawk - An NZ-hopped Table Beer fermented with Voss Kveik yeast.

 

Modern West Coast DIPA, Cloudwater x Wild Horse - an NZ-hopped DIPA in the West Coast Haze style.

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The table beer will also be available in cask for you to see the subtle difference between cask and keg beer

 

Read more here:

https://cloudwaterbrew.co/together-again

 

or watch a video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHjxTGQoG_Q

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We are still seeking out a chiller to get our new 6 keg lines working and are nearing a solution meaning there is a possibility that this could turn into a joint tap-takeover with favourite localish brewery Vibrant Forest Brewery...details to follow once we get the taps commissioned.

 

 

 


Reading Half Marathon

Reading Half Marathon

7th November 2021

The 35th Reading Half Marathon will take place this Sunday, and we will be opening our doors at 10am as usual for a few early beverages. Fancy dress, silly hats, and musical (or not so musical) instruments all encouraged to cheer on the runners as they pass the coveted 8K Nags Head Beer Stop, this year sponsored by Siren Craft Brew

All runners returning to the Nags will also be entitled to a well earned half pint of Siren if they show us their medal And if you're a sports fan Arsenal will also be playing Watford at 2pm and West Ham playing Liverpool at 4:30pm, plus the Mexican F1 grand prix in the evening along with the usual NFL Red Zone.

Everyone should sleep well Sunday night!

 

 


The Football Bus is back!

The Football Bus is back!

30th October 2021

 

Yes, while we are still dubious about sticking customers on a big metal tube together in these times it has come to our attention that our customers are all walking into town together and getting on a big metal tube from the station instead, which is arguably less safe than us running our own bus!

 

So from this Saturday the Nags Head Footy bus will be leaving Russell Street at 19:15, straight after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer loses his job at Man Utd, arriving at the Mad Stad in time for a quick pint, hot dog, pee, or any other preference you may have, returning after the match from the same place you got off it, and returning to the Nags just in time for Match of the Day.

 

Closing hours are now back to normal (last orders 23:50) although the garden will be closed from 11pm

 

Unfortunately the price of tickets have had to go up to make it viable but we still think £5.00 return is a pretty good deal for door to door. beer to beer service!
 
 
If all goes well the football bus will be available for all weekend home matches
 
 
Come on URZ ?
 

 

(It's not really that bus ?)

 

 


Takeaway Beer

Lockdown November 2020

TIERS FOR BEERS
 
We might be ending this crazy year in the 4th Tier...but the Nags are still offering takeout beer:
 
Which from today will be DOOR STEP DELIVERY within a 5 mile radius.
 
All beer will be delivered by ourselves in our own private vehicle and all containers sanitised before filling and upon delivery.
 
Please ignore the delivery slots...Orders before 13:30 will be delivered the same afternoon/evening between 14:30 and 18:30, orders after 13:30 may be delivered the following afternoon/evening between 14:30 and 18:30
 
Real Ale can be delivered in free 2.5L plastic containers, or in NEW Limited Edition Nags Head/Siren Craft stainless steel growlers.
 
Beer from the keg wall is recommended to be delivered in stainless steel growlers only so as to keep the beer properly carbonated.
 
Growers cost £20 for the small 1 litre version, or £25 for the large 2.5 litre version...and would make excellent Christmas presents, especially if full of beer!
 
Fresh casks on today include 'Fairytale of Brew York' from BrewYork, and 'Lumina' from Sirencraftbrew, along with other offferings from Delphic and Vibrant Forest
 
For full tasting notes and prices per litre see our websites:
 
 
Over 300 litres of real ale tapped and ready to go
 
Let's do our best for Christmas Tiers, Christmas Beers and Christmas Cheers...there's a rhyme there somewhere but right now...we've got beer to deliver! ????????

El Pony Pisador + The Longest Johns LIVE

El Pony Pisador + The Longest Johns LIVE

Thursday 19th March 2020

Hoist yer mainsails! Two of the best young Shanty Folk groups around will be joining together for a show in the illustrious Nags head, Reading. Come and join us for a Thursday of sailing songs, rapid paced folk and enough great beer to drown even the most haggard sailors' sorrows!

El Pony Pisador (Transalation; The Prancing Pony) is a group of five young guys from Barcelona that mix traditional music from all over the world with a lively and carefree style. They like Celtic folk music and sea shanties, but you will find sounds from many different places. They dig deep into the music they discover to please both curious first-time listeners and ardent experts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNmtZztLi6M

I doubt any of Bristol's The Longest Johns ever imagined they would be able to get so far on just four voices. In a few short years they have gone from singing sea shanties in a kitchen to International folk festivals, tours, TV appearances and gained a huge online following.

https://youtu.be/kCAUaRFxC_g

Joining them in support will be some upsettingly familiar faces you're sure to recognise from around the pub, delivering their own questionable brand of folksy entertainment to whet your appetites before the pros take the helm and show us how it's done.

FREE ENTRY (But there may well be a hat pass 'cause musicians need to eat too)

Kicking off around 19:30!


Nags Head 13th Birthday

Nags Head 13th Birthday

Wednesday 19th February 2020

So this Wednesday, come 5pm, the Nags Head will become a stroppy little teenager…yep, we will be turning 13 years old…where has the time gone? Actually don’t answer that!
 
To celebrate we will be showcasing Tiny Rebel’s 8th Birthday blending beers…anyone heard of them before?!
 
For those that haven’t, Tiny Rebel have released 8 special beers to celebrate their 8th birthday, which we have gate-crashed to celebrate our birthday!
 
The beers have been designed to be paired up in order to be blended together, hence making a bonus 4 birthday beers
 
The recommended pairing are these:
 
Dodge, Dip, Duck And Dulce - ‘Dulce de Leche Pastry Stout’ - 11%
Here Gose Nothing - ‘Imperial Blackcurrant Pastry Gose’ - 8%
 
Not So Fast Roundboy - ‘Coconut & Vanilla Crème’ - 5%
Shake 'N' Bake - ‘Chocolate & Banana Protein Hardshake’ - 6%
 
Fizzy Bubbly - ‘Key Lime Lager’ - 4.8%
Screwface - ‘Sicilian Lemon Sour’ - 4.2%
 
Holy Hand Grenade - ‘Sabro & Nelson Sauvin NEIPA’ - 6.8%
Paradise City - ‘Loral & Mosaic NEIPA’ - 6.8%
 
But hey, feel free to have a bit of fun and blend them however you like…or just don’t blend them at all!
 
Or don’t drink them at all and just stick to the dozens of nice ales on offer…or the dozens of nice ciders on offer…or just have a nice pilsner…we honestly don’t really mind…maybe we’ll order some MD 20/20 in ??
 
Anyway the long and short of it is we are entering our teens…we intend have a bit of fun…and you’re all invited!
 
Hopefully see you Wednesday (don’t forget it’s a school night...home by midnight)
 
https://www.thenagsheadreading.co.uk/craft-keg/