What’s on – 26th May to 1st June

If you have updates or want your event to be added, e-mail beer@quaffablereading.com Taproom Events Double-Barrelled Taproom doublebarrelled.co.uk/taproom Double Barrelled have a sour special weekend this weekend, featuring sours from guest breweries, plus Mrs Fisher, Three Day Vacation and Big Fruit Heist from DB themselves. Friday: 4 pm – 10 pm. Food by Leona’s Bespoke… Read More »

Introducing Mysterious Brewing

Reading and its surroundings seems to be a magnet for craft breweries, and we’re lucky enough to be bucking the national trend again with another new brewery opening – Mysterious Brewing.

What’s on – 19th to 25th May

It’s not often that a new brewery launches, so why not head along to the Nags on Thursday to celebrate the launch of Mysterious Brewing. If you have updates or want your event to be added, e-mail beer@quaffablereading.com Taproom Events Double-Barrelled Taproom doublebarrelled.co.uk/taproom If you are heading to Double Barrelled on Saturday, note the times… Read More »

What’s on – 12th to 18th May

At last – a normal weekend. Except not completely normal, because it’s Eurovision weekend with special Eurovision events at Phantom, The Greyfriar, and Grumpy Goat.  If you have updates or want your event to be added, e-mail beer@quaffablereading.com Taproom Events Double-Barrelled Taproom doublebarrelled.co.uk/taproom This week Double Barrelled have released a 5% West Coast IPA, What’s… Read More »

What’s On – 5th to 11th May

It’s May already, and the second bank holiday is upon us. It’s much quieter than last week – either all the venues are exhausted from last weekend and are saving themselves for Eurovision next week, or they just don’t want to clash with the awesome Are You Listening festival. If you have updates or want… Read More »

The Grumpy Goat

When Grumpy Goat moved from their shop in the Harris Arcade to Smelly Alley, one of the things they promised was to open a bar too. The shop in the arcade had been their home for 7 years, but it was barely large enough for 3 customers at a time, so when they moved in… Read More »

What’s On – 28th April to 4th May

It’s the end of April already, and you know what that means – lots of long weekends, starting with this weekend. The local taprooms and pubs are making the most of it too, so read on for lots of fun things to do. If you have updates or want your event to be added, e-mail… Read More »

What’s on – 21st April to 27th April

Oh hello, what’s this – a revival of Quaffable Reading’s Whats On pages? That’s right – I suddenly have the time to write this again. Also, there are three bank holidays coming up soon, so there are lots of interesting events to look out for. If you have updates or want your event to be… Read More »

SOX Tap Room

I haven’t done any reviews since COVID started, because I just didn’t think it was fair on venues to judge them in their diminished state. However, that has basically gone now. We can go to the pub without needing to buy a substantial meal. We can move between tables even after sitting down. And perhaps… Read More »

What’s on over Christmas

I haven’t done any updates in a while, but since I was researching this for myself, I figured I might as well publish an update about when the taprooms are open over Christmas Taprooms Double Barrelled Taproom doublebarrelled.co.uk/taproom Double Barrelled have released a whole host of new beers recently, so why not head along to… Read More »