(Thursday 8th January 2015)
The Hopbunker
Well, here's the big news that some already know...
Work began this week on our brewery tap in Cardiff. It's on the Kingsway, opposite the Castle and close to the end of Queen Street, and is (for those who remember such things) the old Bogiez (and before that, Barfly) rock club.
For those that don't know, it's a concrete cellar below what is now student accommodation, hence the name Hopbunker - it really is like a nuclear shelter down there! We'll be "decorating", if that's the right word, in an industrial fashion which should fit right in with the surroundings.
There are still a few things to be ironed out but we're 95% certain that everything will fall into place and we'll open sometime in February; obviously the plan is to open for the rugby at the beginning of the month... We have a star-studded team being assembled to run it with a very special boss-man who many will already know!
The plans are for UP TO (not necessarily all the time!) 12 cask and 20 keg beers with - obviously - the emphasis on Hopcraft and Pixie Spring beer accompanied by guest beers from far and wide. Our favourite Welsh brewing comrades will be featured prominently but we'll also have brews from all over the UK (sourced from my many contacts!) and there will hopefully be some meet the brewer events and suchlike to sample.
We'll be updating you with more info about this exciting project as soon as we have some, so finally I'll say we hope you can come visit us and sample our beers as an integral part of Cardiff's flourishing craft beer scene.
Cheers, Brothers and Sisters of Myrcene!
) early in 2014, the Pilot's brewing rooom is tiny and Rob had Ambitions to distribute more widely and expand.
RIP Richard
O'Neills in the above news from months ago. I'd just assumed they were refurbishing the O'Neills in which someone got murdered a few years back. Ahem.
