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Hop Beer Shop, Moulsham, Chelmsford

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173 Moulsham Street
Chelmsford
CM2 0LD

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paulof horsham left this review about Hop Beer Shop

I was definitely not expecting to encounter 3 Harvey's ales, none of them Sussex Best, in a small micropub style off licence in Essex. The fourth ale as Thornbridge Jaipur was less surprising. The Harvey's Mild was served from the cool room but sadly wasn't the best. Keg options covered a couple of Belgian beers and a German lager, as well as Deya's Steady Rolling Man.

By all means drop in, but I considered it more of an optional stop if you're on a bit of a crawl.

On 24^th May 2025 - rating: 6
[User has posted 561 recommendations about 523 pubs]

Quinno _ left this review about Hop Beer Shop

Bottle shop-cum-micro. A simple alehouse interior with wooden fixtures and fittings, high benches and stools, pump clips and modern breweriana aplenty. Four cask and eight cider/perry from a cold room. Cask was majoring on Mauldon and my Mid-Autumn Gold was very good (NBSS 4). Also four keg with two foreign ones. Very reasonable prices - £4.40 a pint cask and £5 for Kulmbacher. The landlord was chatty and helpful once he’d warmed-up a bit and cast his eye and judgement over my day’s pubbing list and also showed me a cheeky rear alleyway exit that cut a few minutes off my journey to the next juicer. This one, for me, was by far the best pub of the day. It is very small though, so best visited early doors if you want to sit. 8.5

On 6^th November 2024 - rating: 8
[User has posted 5589 recommendations about 5570 pubs]

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Hop Beer Shop

A small micropub that was apparently the first in the county of Essex. Much of the space was taken by the bar and stillage area, with a large fridge adjacent to it. This left space for just 3 or 4 tables.

We were lucky to grab one. As with most micropubs, conversation is encouraged, whilst you can also enjoy a dose of people watching on the busy Moulsham Street.

With one ale just being changed, the 3 available when we entered were Crouch Vale Citra, Tring Ridgeway & Colchester Jack Spitty's. Bishop Nick Divine was later added. Ciders and perries were Gwynt y Ddraig Two Trees, Bertie's Obsession, Rich's Legbender, Lilley's Mango Cider & Rhubarb Cider, Weston's Old Rosie & Abrahall's Thundering Molly.

A decent micropub. The only drawback was the lack of any dark beers. I believe the one that had just gone had been a dark one. Nevertheless, this is worthy of any Chelmsford crawl.

On 13^th October 2020 - rating: 7
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