Beer, Books and Antiques

There's a lot of moving around at the moment, as local businesses flit from one shop to another, and new shops open.

First of all, a new shop - Beer Revolution will be selling craft beer at the Castle Cobbles from next week. They're taking part of the building that used to be the Old Curiosity Shop (the other part is now the Thoughtful Gardener). It's already possible to get some really good beers in Hay. Londis do Wye Valley and several other real ales as well as good local ciders, and there's a very interesting range in the Wholefood shop - at the moment I'm sampling the Left Hand Brewing Company, which is American and does some really good dark beers. So I'll be interested to see what craft beers the new shop will be stocking.
Also up at the Castle, on the 6th December, will be another Castle Tap mini beer festival. It's sponsored by Jones the Brewer, and there will be music from 16 Tambourines and Desmondo Lopez. The first one was very successful, and a lot of fun.
And while we're still up around the Cobbles, Hay Together wasn't the only place that got broken into the other weekend. Sadly, and just before their second birthday party, Eighteen Rabbit were also broken into - but they say their suppliers have been really good, and they got up and running again very quickly.

Down around the Pavement, the shop that used to be Hay Baby is about to become an antique shop. Bullring Antiques is moving, and they will be renaming themselves Timeless Treasures. They're due to open in the New Year.
And down under La Maison, where Barnabee Books used to be, a group of unit-holders from Broad Street Books will be setting up together - they've been busy down there building shelves over the past few days, and should be open soon.