Red Elephant Events
Comedy Nights
In association with Truro Comedy we hold a monthly comedy night featuring acts new to the scene and established acts trying out new material. Whilst tickets are free there is a small £1 booking fee. Donations on the night to help the comedians with expenses, are encouraged and appreciated.
Please note – All of our comedy nights are for people over 18 years of age and may will contain strong language and adult humour!!
Due to limited space, if you have purchased tickets and can no longer attend, please let us know so that we can give somebody else a chance to attend.
FUTURE EVENTS:
The next comedy night will be on Thursday 27th November
Evil Dead Trilogy - Rivington
Once again, Rivington collab with three different breweries, for their Evil Dead Trilogy, which takes place every Halloween.
In can, we will have:
The Evil Dead: 5% Smoothie Sour w/ Makemake
Evil Dead II: 8% DIPA w/ Chain House
Army Of Darkness: 10% Imperial Stout w/ Third Moon
These will be available from midday on Friday 31st October.
Past Events …
OKTOBERFEST!
20th September – 4th October
Oktoberfest is the biggest beer festival in the world celebrated since 1810 in the town of Munich. Over 6 million beer-loving people rush to Germany every year and consume almost 6.9 million litres of beer!
Whilst we can’t promise to have THAT much beer available, we will have kegs on draught from Hofbrau, Flotzinger, Paulaner and Sierra Nevada and all the official Oktoberfest German bottled beers, plus some other Festbiers!
BIG PARADE
Parade is Beak’s flagship IPA. It’s the beer that started it all and the modern classic they return to time and time again.
For its fifth birthday, they’ve brought back BIG PARADE. This version has double the hops, double the strength and double the fun. Utterly saturated in Citra, Mosaic and Idaho-7 hand selected from individual farms during the latest Yakima Chief Hops harvest for flavours of mango lassi, pineapple turnover and strawberry bubble-gum. Believe it!
Pouring on tap, and available to take away in can!
Canadian Craft Showcase
On Friday 8th August, we will have a Canadian showcase of craft, from three different breweries: Bellwoods Brewery, Blood Brothers Brewing, and Burdock. 🇨🇦
𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔:
• An IPA We Made With All My Friends: 7% IPA
• A Double IPA: 8.5% DIPA
• Jelly King Mango Margarita: 5.6% Dry Hopped Sour Ale
• Burning Sugar House: 7.8% Maple Nitro Stout (also on keg)
𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔:
• Friendly Beers: 7.1% Oat Cream IPA
• Shoot To Trill: 8.5% Hazy DIPA
𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒌:
• Ducks: 6.3% NEIPA (also on keg)
Weekend Project's 1st Birthday
I’d Rather Be Outside: 8.5% DIPA.
Brewed in celebration of their first birthday, this weekdend – this is the hoppiest beer they’ve ever made. Full with layers of T90 & Cryo Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy for a huge, dank and juicy expression of the style!
This will be available on draught, and to take away in cans on Friday 1st August, alongside another new beer of theirs called Pitch Up, which is a 5% ABV Pale Ale.
Left Handed Giant Showcase
On Friday 25th July we will be hosting a tap takeover with Left Handed Giant. This will be a fringe event the day before Little Summer Beer Bash, which is at Verdant’s taproom this year.
We will have 8 beers pouring on tap, as well as cans to take away. We’re currently curating the beers which will be available – a couple of them are going to be BIG!
More info to follow!
Sharks Week
𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨, punchy & sessionable. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙉𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, the OG NEIPA that started it all. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨, our intense DIPA sibling.
DEYA / Midsommer
DEYA will be launching their yearly Summer Ale on MidSommer, Friday 20th June across the UK. The release will be in selected venues from that day – including ours.
Summer Ale… A crisp, tropical and delicious Pale Ale brewed for warmer evenings and MidSommer celebrations. This year, tropical lots of Nelson Sauvin take the lead on the dry hop, backed up by Idaho7 and Galaxy.
This will be available on draught, and in cans to take away.
Cold Shelter's 1st Birthday!
On Friday 13th June, Cold Shelter Brew Co are celebrating their 1st birthday with two Imperial Ales!
We will have both cans available to purchase:
• Imperial Ironfoot: 8.4% DDH DIPA
• Burnt Out Into Oblivion: 8.4% Coffee, Maple Syrup, Cacao Imperial Stout
Coast To Coast '25
We’re thrilled to announced that Coast To Coast is back for 2025. This project is a collaboration between Verdant and Floc Brewing.
• What We Do: 5% Hazy Pale Ale
• Played Like A Piano: 5% West Cost Pale Ale
This event is set to take place 6th-8th June, bringing together beer enthusiasts across the South Coast of England for a celebration of craft beer from East to West.
Silent Brew Co Showcase
Our next brewery showcase is from Silent Brew Co. Currently a keg-only set-up based in Buxton, and about to celebrate their 1st birthday.
We’ll have four of their beers on tap:
Pale Horizon: 4% Pale Ale
1st Birthday: 6% DDH IPA
1st Birthday: 8% DIPA
1st Birthday: 11% Imperial Stout w/ Cherry & Cacao
This event will be on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th May.
Azvex Tap Takeover 👽
On the Easter Bank Holiday, we’ll be hosting a Tap Takeover from Azvex Brewery from Liverpool.
We will have six beers pouring on tap, and cans of each too. More info to follow, regarding the beers that will be available. It’s worth the wait!
⚔️ KNIGHT OF REN - NATIONAL LAUNCH ⚔️
Launching on Friday 28th March 2025 at indie bottle shops and bars across the UK, including ours.
Knight Of The Ren by Tartarus Beers is a 12.2% Coconut, Pistachio & Chocolate Imperial Stout in collaboration with Emperors Brewery .
Other Half Showcase
We’ve been a bit quiet about this one, as we’ve been waiting for the shipment to arrive – but we can now confirm that we will be having an Other Half Showcase from this Friday 28th March, across the whole weekend!
Founded in Brooklyn, NYC in 2014, this highly sought after brewery are known for their juicy and creamy hoppy beers.
𝙋𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙥:
Juice Pile: 8% DDH DIPA
Mosaic Dream: 6% IPA
Greenbacks: 6.8% DDH IPA
𝘼𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣:
G Is For Green: 8.5% DDH DIPA
Daydream In Green: 8.1% DDH Oat Cream DIPA
CananDANKua: 8% DDH DIPA
Hop Duos! (Citra & Nectaron): 6.5% DDH IPA
⚛️ FUSION IS BACK ⚛️
Track are so excited to be teaming back up with their friends Continuous, Yakima Chief, White Labs, & Crips to brew Fusion, the beer that gives back to the industry they love.
A little more below 👇
“Originally created in 2024 to support the on-trade, Fusion is back with a bang and for the first time, in cans too.
The start of the year is always a difficult trading time, due to health-related campaigns, people saving money and even the cold weather. Fusion is our way of giving back to the community that serves us – giving our time and ingredients for free to remove costs for independent venues.
We know it’s no magic wand but, craft beer is built on connection and community and we are honoured to be a part of it. Thanks for playing your part too”
Launch date is Thursday 6th February.
Putty Day 2025
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Putty, their iconic DIPA, is back for 2025! With its lush tropical fruit notes, pillowy soft mouthfeel, and beautiful haze, Putty is a beer that brings people together—and this year, we’re celebrating that spirit with a theme: Let’s Stick Together.
We will have Putty on tap, and in cans (if you’re quick!) We will also have 4 other Verdant beers on tap to showcase this amazing brewery.
Garage Beer Co. 'Mash Showcase'
Fresh from their annual beer festival MASH, Garage Beer Co are bringing the afterparty vibes with collaborations with good friends from Other Half, Fidens, Parish and Mortalis for the ultimate Mash Aftermath series!
Garage have brewed three sensational hop forward beers, and a fruit packed Barcelona (Berliner) Weiss to bring you to another universe. We will have these on Keg and in cans:
- Hyperfine with Mortalis: 6% Barcelona Weisse
- Voidwave with Other Half: 7% IPA
- Echo Scatter with Parish: 8% Oatmeal DIPA
- Spectral Fragments with Fidens: 9% DIPA
A Pretty Decent Collaboration
💛 A Bluntrock x Pretty Decent Double Collaboration 🌊
What happens when two worlds collide… They make beer! I give you not one but TWO releases this week. We took a trip to London and made a delicious 6.5% IPA using Australian hops, with our friends at Pretty Decent Beer Co. In turn they took a trip to Cornwall and made a 6.5% IPA using New Zealand hops.
This Thursday 24th at select venues across London and the South West you’ll be able to sample both side by side!
The Sharks Family Is Growing!
Launching on Friday 26th July. Continuing to celebrate 10 years of Verdant, we will have three variants of Sharks available in can, and pouring on draught:
Baby Sharks: 4.8% Pale Ale
Even Sharks Need Water: 6.5% IPA
Whale Sharks: 8.4% TDH-ND-DIPA
Downside Up Series: A trio of beers brewed by BEAK in collaboration with one of the best breweries and hop farms in Australia and New Zealand. We are inviting you to join us in the UK-wide launch.
Flickers: 6.5% DDH Pale Ale w/ Freestyle Hops (NZ)
Subs: 8% DIPA w/ Future Brewing (Aus)
Flor: 4.8% Pilsner w/ Wildflower (Aus)
A Brewery Back to the Land
Ideal Day Family Brewery are focused on three things: family (it’s in the name), beer (also, kind of in the name) and regenerative agriculture (bet you didn’t see that one coming).
They make beers focused on where their ingredients, especially their grain, comes from and how it was farmed. Their brewing inspiration comes from Belgium farmhouse traditions, classic British beers and modern innovation. It’s what they love doing. They strive to create tasty beers while supporting farmers who are saving our soils and ecosystems with regenerative agriculture.
On Thursday 18th July they are launching ‘Basket Of Herbs’ a 3.4% ABV Elderflower and Lemon Balm Saison in selected venues around the country.
New Bristol Brewery Showcase
On Friday 28th June we will be showcasing some amazing beers from New Bristol Brewery which is a small, but daring, brewery located slap bang in the middle of Bristol. We tried their beers at Bristol Beer Festival this year and visited their taproom the next day, we were very excited by their beers and decided to get some in to share with our customers. We will have:
Bristol Lager: 4.6% Lager (GF) – Keg and Cans
The Joy Of Sesh: 4.2% IPA (GF) – Keg & Cans
Beaut: 6% NZ IPA – Keg & Cans
Blueberry Muffin: 6% Sour – Keg
Cinder Toffee Stout – Cans
Tropical Fruit Toffee Drizzle Sundae: 6% Sour – Cans
These beers are not to be missed!
The Return Of Pagan Juice
Hop Punk Festival 2024
31st May – 1st June
In association with Phantom Brew Co, Hop Punk Festival is a multi venue event celebrating all things craft beer and Pop Punk music. There will be 6 Phantom beers on tap and a curated playlist to enjoy.
Beers that will be pouring:
Feeling This: 5% Pale Ale
Ocean Avenue: 4.5% Lager
My Own Worst Enemy: 4% Pale Ale
Dressed To Kill: 8% DIPA
Basket Case: 5.5% IPA
Summer Jam: 7% IPA
Elephants on Tour
On Sunday 31st March, we hosted a Meet The Brewer / Tap Takeover event with Bang The Elephant Brewing Co. They recently won a variety (7) of Gold, Silver, and Bronze ratings in the Untappd Awards 2024! 🍻🐘 What a great day it was!
One of our favourite Imperial Stouts, gets a special release from Left Handed Giant annually. We’re always part of the nationwide first pour launch each year.
In May 2023 we had an Omnipollo showcase during the Bank Holiday weekend. Four exciting beers on tap from Sweden’s most innovative brewery.
In April 2022 we hosted A Beer With Friends – Meet The Brewer and Tap Takeover with Cloudwater.
We had 7 different beers on tap and in cans, ranging in both ABV and styles.