Tom Said Micropub

08/06/2026

/// ALE ON THE RAILS 18th & 19th JULY \\\

We are well into the planning stages for Ale on the Rails event at Midland Railway - Butterley. We are slowly putting an amazing beer line up together for you all.

The amazing people at Midland Railway are in the process of sorting out visiting engines for all us Rail Enthusiasts and should hopefully be announcing something very soon along with a timetable.

Follow the link for more details
https://www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk/

07/06/2026

A week today we are at NTHC Ruddington - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre serving cask beer on board their heritage train hauled by heritage diesel engine 31210.

When we know which beers will put another post out.
Hopefully we’ll see some familiar faces

31 210's preservation debut is happening here at the GCRN on the 14th June. 4 round trips to Loughborough. This locomotive has not pulled a train since 1991. Ride behind it first with us courtesy of Hanson and Hall. Day rover ticket only £20.

Departure times are as follows

- 1000hrs
- 1145hrs
- 1330hrs
- 1515hrs

07/06/2026

/// EXTRA OPENING HOURS THIS WEEK ONLY \\\

For one week only (for now) we are opening on Tuesday and Wednesday from 4pm.
We will be staying open a little later on Wednesday night for the England vs Costa Rica game.

Richard will be working behind the bar on Tuesday and Tom on Wednesday.
We thought you would want that information to make your decision on which night you wanted to come.

06/06/2026

May marked the 6th anniversary of the Tom Said Craft Beer Club.
To celebrate this we would like to invite you to become a part of the club.
The monthly bags contain 6 personally selected cans. 2 complementary snacks and the tasting note for the beers.
You can have the bag delivered if you're local to us (Ripley, Belper, Alfreton) or pop in and collect from Tom Said Ripley (enjoy a pint at the sametime).
Each monthly bag costs £30. Please contact us if you'd like more information.

06/06/2026

2 brand New beers on today. If beers not your tipple we have 2 wines of the month for you to try.

05/06/2026

On the 4th July we are holding a mini beer festival on board a train.
Yes you heard that right, a beer festival, on a train!

A huge thank you to UK Railtours for allowing us to do this again. It’s been a few years since our last one.

It thought it was about time to start drip feeding you which amazing beers we will be serving on the train. Starting with this beauty from Magpie Brewery. Jay IPA 5.2%.

If you haven’t got your ticket yet for this trip follow the link below.

We are picking up from the following stations
Kings Cross
Potters Bar
Stevenage
Peterborough
Nottingham

Hopefully we’ll see you on board

https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/independence-day/

03/06/2026

Tom has done it again for you this week.
6 fantastic kegs from 6 of the best breweries in the UK.

31/05/2026

/// 2026 BREWERY WORLD CUP \\\

We are fast approaching the start of the real World Cup and more importantly our very own Brewery World Cup.
We ran this event to save ourselves from boredom in 2020 during the COVID Lockdown and now we are running it again.

We now move onto Group I which contains the following amazing brewers

Alter Ego Brewing Co
Neepsend Brew Co
Sureshot Brewing
Fierce Beer

Let us know who you think will progress to the knock outs?
Top 2 go through automatically while so many 3rd place teams will advance but not guaranteed.

The first game from this group will be played Tuesday 16th June.

31/05/2026

/// Electric Bear Tap Takover \\\

Just under two weeks until we are joined by Marcus from Electric Bear for an amazing tap takeover.
We have so many amazing beers lined up for you so we thought we should start to announce them.
Starting with this bad boy.

NEIPA IN THE BUD - 5.8% NEW ENGLAND IPA

If Hoppy, Hazy Pale Ales are your thing then this can’t be missed.

Doors open 4pm on the 12th June.
You know where to be.

31/05/2026

We are currently serving this classic from Brew York. One of the all time greats of the craft beer world.
It isn’t the hoppiest beer in the world.
It isn’t the haziest beer in the world.
But it’s always consistent and that’s sometimes all you need.

If you haven’t tried it we are open from 2pm until 8pm today.