The Black Toad

16/06/2026

14/06/2026

Cask and keg this Sunday.

Peerless Skyline Amber 4.2%
Pool St pale 4%
Pomona Island - Mondays 4% Irish Stout
Salopian - Altitude 5.2% Mountain IPA

Otherworld - Khaos - 5.6% Coffee Porter
Vault City - Blood Orange Limonata 4.3%
Azvex - Radioactive Worms 5.2% IPA
Pollys - Longwave Drift 6.2% IPA
Track - From Above 4.1% Gluten Free Pale
Aperol Spritz Schoff
And all the usuals.

10/06/2026

Starting cask and keg this Wednesday.

Small World - It's Never One 4% pale
Pomona Island - Mondays - Dry Irish Stout 4%
Black Lodge - Future Starts Slow 5% Transatlantic Pale
Raisin the Sail - 5.4% Raisin Amber Ale, will run out today.

Azvex - Item Box Paradox - West Coast IPA 5.2%
Weekend Project - Island Hopper 4.5% Pale
Deya - Framing Pictures 7% Mosaic IPA
Hammerton - Crunch 5.4% Peanut butter Stout
Vault City - Root Beer Sour 4.5%
Aperol Spritz Schofferhofer 2.5%
Hacker Weiss 5.5%
Lilley's Fire Dancer 4.5%
Utopian Bohemian Pilsner 4.2%
Budvar Czech Lager 5%

04/06/2026

Another in the series of collabs between Beak and Faber and Faber. Peel back the label to read an excerpt from Jem Calder's award winning debut novel, I Want You to be Happy as featured at an event at the brilliant last week. There's even beer inside the can! A 5% DDH Pale no less.

We've got a few more cans from Beak
Leap - Session IPA 4.5%
Harvest #1 - 5% DDH Pale
Harvest #2 - 6.5% IPA
Percolate - 10% Imperial Stout with Bourbon Oak, Coconut, Cacao and Vanilla

New Gold Top DIPA from Track and a Maple Breakfast Stout from Polly's.
Cans posing in front of our newly painted wall.

02/06/2026

It's sour season.
New from Vault City
Iron Brew Float 5.5%
Blue Brew - Blueberry Iron Brew Sour 5.5%
Mango Mandarin and Pineapple PUNCH 7%

01/06/2026

Beer changes since yesterday's update.

Weekend Project - Hills End 5.5% with Idaho 7, Motueka and Citra
Polly's - Low Energy 4.6% with Krush
Lune Brew - Birdman Best on cask 4.2%

31/05/2026

Cask and keg this Sunday.

Ossett - White Rat- pale 4%
Redwillow - Feckless Bitter 4.1%
Neptune Abyss Oatmeal Stout 5%
Salopian Lemon Dream - zesty golden ale 4.5%

Vault City - Root Beer Soda Sour 4.5%
Deya - Framing Pictures - Mosaic IPA 7%
Schofferhofer - Aperol Spritz Radler 2.5%
Hammerton Crunch 5.4% Peanut butter Stout
Track Sonoma 3.8% pale
Polly's Rosebud 5.6% IPA

Plus all the usuals.

28/05/2026

After many wonderful years serving Hoylake and our community we wanted to let our customers know that our retail shop will be closing on 20th June.
However our Electrical installation business will continue and you can still call us on 01516323224
This hasn't been an easy decision for us and we want to sincerely thank you all, from those who've called for a lamp, kettle or Roberts radio and to the families and business' who have supported us. We would also like to thank every member of our team past and present for your dedication over the years since 2009.
While the retail side of our business is coming to an end, we can reassure everyone that our Electrical contracting services will operate as normal long into the future. We will still be available for electrical installations, EICR's, sockets, lighting, EV chargers, alarms and everything electrical!
Customers can continue to contact us and book in work exactly as before:
Phone 0151 632 3224
email [email protected]
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