Hastings Tap Takeover: Everything you need to know about town-wide beer festival

What is claimed to be The UK’s biggest fully independent town-wide beer festival is looking to be bigger and better than ever this year with fifteen independently run pubs, bars and bottleshops each showcasing an

independent brewery of their choice over one weekend.

Over 100 beer lines will be available over for the weekend - the most ever included. No tickets or wristbands are required, simply a venue map, available from the pubs or online, on which to plot the pub crawl of your dreams.

There is a lot to take in so here we cover the venues taking part, what breweries will be showcasing their beers and the opening times across the weekend.

The Crown, All Saints Street, Hastings Old Town, has beers from Uckfield based Only With Love brewery and is open Fri 11am - 11pm; Sat 11am - 11pm and Sun 12pm - 10:30pm.

The Imperial, Queens Road, Hastings, has beers from Floc brewery in Canterbury and is open Fri 12pm - 12am; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 12pm - 10pm.

The Courtyard, at White Rock, has beers from Manchester based Sureshot brewery and is open Fri 12pm - 12am; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 12pm - 10pm.

The Jenny Lind, High Street, Hastings Old Town, has beers from Good Chemistry Brewing at Bristol and is open Fri 12pm - 12am; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 12pm - 11pm.

Seadog, at Priory Meadow, has beers from Mitcham based The Drop Project and is open Fri 12pm - 12am; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 12pm - 11pm.

The Albion, on Hastings seafront/George Street, has beers from Kent brewery Pig and Porter and is open Fri 12pm - 11pm; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 12pm - 11pm.

Collected Fictions, London Road, St Leonards, has beers from Lewes based Beak and is open Fri 11am - 10pm; Sat 11am - 10pm and Sun 1pm - 10pm.

Three Legs at Heist, Norman Road, St Leonards, has beers from Manchester based Track Brewing Company and is open Fri 12pm - 12am; Sat 12pm - 12am and Sun 11am - 6pm.

Marina Fountain, at Caves Road, St Leonards, has beers from Cornish brewery Verdant and is open Fri 12pm - 11pm; Sat 12pm - 8pm and Sun 12pm - 7pm.

The Piper, Norman Road, St Leonards, has beers from Lewes based Abyss and is open Fri 1pm - 2am; Sat 12pm - 2am and Sun 1pm - 12am.

Twelve Hundred Postcards, Queens Road, Hastings, has beers from Revolution, in West Yorkshire and is open Fri 4pm - 10pm; Sat 2pm - 10pm and Sun 3pm - 8pm.

The St Leonard, at London Road, St Leonards, has beers from Hand brewery in Brighton and is open from Fri 5pm - 11pm; Sat 1pm - 11pm and Sun 3pm - 10pm.

The Tower, at Tower Road, St Leonards, has beers from Bristol based Arbor and is open Fri 11am - 11:30pm; Sat 11am - 11:30pm and Sun 11am - 11:30pm.

The Jolly Fisherman, at East Beach Street, Hastings Old Town, has beers from Estonian brewery Pohjala and is open Fri 12pm - 12pm; Sat 12pm - 12pm and Sun 12pm - 12pm.

Eel and Bear, at Waldegrave Street, off Queens Road, has beers from Overtone Brewing in Glasgow and is open Fri 12pm - 10pm; Sat 12pm - 10pm and Sun 12pm - 5pm.

Hastings Tap Takeover was conceived by local bottle shop Eel & Bear andThe Jolly Fisherman pub, to celebrate the abundance of exceptional independent breweries operating in the UK and beyond, as well as to bring together and appreciate the ever-growing wealth of independently run, beer-focused establishments in Hastings and St Leonards.

As each venue hosts its own choice of brewery, the line-up reflects the great diversity of the independent beer scene itself, with this year’s selection featuring some of the most highly regarded independent breweries in the UK today, as well as some of the newest.

This year’s eye-catching poster features a tentacled sea monster getting to grips with a few glasses of beer. There will be tote bags and , for the first time, t-shirts with the logo on available over the weekend.

For more visit www.hastingstaptakeover.com, or follow @hastingstaptakeover on Instagram or Facebook, @HastingsTTO on Twitter.

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