Enjoy Craft Beers at The Hope & Bear in Reading
Experience craft beer excellence in Reading at The Hope & Bear, where we’ve got some brand-new on-tap ales, beers and lagers. Our craft beer range is hand-selected by us to bring you unique flavour notes ranging from crisp citrusy beers to more complex, hoppy numbers.
We’ve introduced 11 craft beers to our collection. They'll be on rotation daily, so be sure to pop in on different days to try our range! Whatever your taste may be, The Hope & Bear has got a beer for you.
Craft Beer on Tap
Brixton - Reliance
Pale Ale – 4.2%
Biscuity malts, pine aromas and citrus flavours. An easy drinking beer for all occasions.
DEYA - Magazine Cover Hoppy Session Ale – 4.2%
Crisp yet soft hoppy session ale with Idaho-7, Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic hops.
DEYA – Steady Rolling Man
Pale Ale – 5.2%
Incredibly soft and delicate with intense tropical fruit hop aromatics and saturation, their vision of the perfect pale ale.
Gipsy Hill – Bandit
Pale Ale – 3.4%
A great Pale Ale that happens to be Gluten Free! Full of Zesty stone fruit and citrus with a vibrant haze.
Beavertown – Lunar Haze
Hazy IPA – 4.5%
Hazy gold in appearance with aromas of pineapple & pomegranate and ripe passion fruit, sweet peach and cloudy lemon flavour.
North - Lost Cosmonauts
Hazy IPA – 6%
This hazy, hoppy IPA is packed with Mosaic, Ekuanot and Columbus hops, providing piney aroma and tropical, stone fruit flavours.
Northern Monk – Faith
Hazy Pale Ale – 5%
A dark yellow colour with a moderate haze and packed with soft fruit flavours of pineapple and stone fruit notes.
Sierra Navada – Pale Ale
Pale Ale – 5%
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a medium-bodied beer packed with flavour and complexity from the use of premium malt and whole-cone Cascade hops.
Signal – Turbo Joost
American IPA – 5%
American West Coast IPA dry hopped with Northern & Southern Hemisphere Hops. Bright, fruity and satisfying.
Signature Brew – Backstage IPA
IPA – 5.2%
Tropical flavours including passion fruit, tangerines and berries. Throw in an encore of pine and crisp citric notes and you’ve got yourself a party. Stack them high and drink them cold.
Wild Card - NEIPA
NEIPA – 5.4%
New England IPA. Juicy, hazy IPA with a tropical, peach and citrus aromas and a sticky tangerine flavour with a very light bitterness.
Craft Beer in Cans and Bottles
As well as our craft beer on tap, we have a selection of craft beers available in cans and bottles. Unlike the tap rotation, our fridges are always stocked with these delicious tipples. See something you fancy? Book a table today.