Frankfort Gate
Plymouth

01752 222220

Plymouth's Specialist Bottled Beer Shop

23 August 2008

More new brews in stock include Alhambra Reserva 1925 (Spain), Bolten Alt (Germany), Bull Box Mid Life Crisis (Norfolk), Cotleigh Monument (Somerset), Floris Honey (Belgium), Goddards Fuggle-Dee-Dum and Goddards Duck’s Folly (Isle of Wight), Julius Echter Weissbier Dunkel, Julius Echter Weissbier Hell (Germany), Kloster Andechs Andechser Dunkel (Germany), Ochakovo Ruby (Russia), Tunnel Meadowland, Tunnel Trade Winds and Tunnel Nelson’s Column (Warwickshire) and Ventnor Admiral’s Ale (Isle of Wight).

Several old favourites back in stock include Blackawton Winter Fuel, Broughton Oatmeal Stout, Daleside Chocolate Stout, Kasteel Brune, Köstritzer Schwarzbier, La Trappe Quadrupel and Sam Smith’s Oatmeal Stout.

New ciders and perries include Cornish Orchards Black & Gold Pear (Cornwall), Hecks Hendre Huffcap Perry (Somerset), Lyme Bay Jack Ratt Vintage Dry (Devon) and Old Moors Blackberry Cider (Devon).

Different beers stocked since we opened: 729

Different ciders stocked since we opened: 74

19th June 2008

New local beers in stock over the past few weeks include Dartmoor IPA (4%), Red Rock Summer Haze wheat beer (4%) and Wooden Hand Cornish Steam Lager (4%). Two Doghouse Brewery beers back in stock but this time brewed at Keltek Brewery are Seadog (4.6%) and Colliewobbles (5.8%). Finally, it is hoped to have the first two bottled beers from the brand new Forgotten Corner Brewery at Maker Heights, Cornwall in stock in the next few days or so.

New beers for the shop include Humpty Dumpty Railway Sleeper, Oakham Hawse Buckler, RCH PG Steam, Spectrum Black Buffle, Thwaites Wainwright and Whittingtons Cats Whiskers (all from England), Floris Framboise and Malheur 10 (both Belgium), Kloster Andechs Weissbier and Schlenkerla Rauchweizen (both Germany), Beer Lao (Laos), Pacifico Clara (Mexico) and Felinfoel Stout (Wales).

Several old favourites back in stock are Achel Blond, Boon Kriek and Rochefort 10 (all from Belgium), Sam Smith’s Taddy Porter and Oakham JHB (England), Belgian Guinness (Ireland), Cave Creek Chilli Beer (Mexico), Innis & Gunn Rum Cask Oak Aged, Orkney Red MacGregor, Orkney Skull Splitter and Williams Fraoch Heather Ale (all Scotland), and Felinfoel Double Dragon (Wales). New ciders on the shelves include Lyme Bay Jack Ratt Scrumpy and Jack Ratt Vintage Medium Sweet.

27th May 2008

The shop is now open 7 days a week as we are now opening every Sunday from noon until 4pm (please see the home page for all opening times).

New beers on the shelves include Stiegl Goldbrau (Austria), Zagorka (Bulgaria), Saku Kuld (Estonia), Lapin Kulta (Finland), Budels Organic Lager (Holland), Sagres (Portugal), Crocodile Lager (Sweden), Thwaites Thoroughbred Gold, and Thwaites Flying Shuttle (both England). New Devon beers in stock are Wizard Lundy Gold, Wizard Druid’s Fluid (both from Wizard Ales of Ilfracombe) and Red Rock Type 2, Red Rock Type 3 and Red Rock Type 4, the latter all brewed by Red Rock Brewery of Bishopsteignton for the Devon Diesel Society who are based at the South Devon Railway. 15p from each bottle sold of these beers will be donated to the Society itself. No new Cornish beers at the moment but there are at least 4 such beers coming soon – keep watching this page for more information!

12th May 2008

20 new beers in stock including Abbaye de Malonne Blond, Blanche des Honnelles, Rochefort 10,and Ezel Wit (all from Belgium), Gaffel Kolsch (Germany), Ochakovo Black (Russia), Nektar (Bosnia), Cropton Balmy Mild, Cropton Endeavour, Elgoods Black Dog Mild and Ventnor Oyster Stout (all from England), Orkney Dragonhead Stout (Scotland) and Tomos Watkin Cwrw Haf (Wales).

Finally, we now have the full range of Sheppy’s cider 500ml bottles on our shelves – 10 ciders in all including their new Oak Matured Vintage cider.

10th April 2008

We now stock the 2 new single varietal ciders from Thatchers – Dabinett and Prince William.

2nd April 2008

New beers in stock this week are Hampshire Wild Thing, Kloster Andechs Hell, Veltins Pils and Bell Lager (from Uganda). Several old favourites are also back in stock including Badger Blandford Fly, Palm Brugge Tripel, Wells & Youngs Double Chocolate Stout, Orkney Dark Island and Left Hand Brewing Juju Ginger (USA). New ciders now in stock are the Churchwards range from the Devon Cider Company of Tiverton.