The Butcher's Hook, the tiny Bitterne Park Triangle venue with room for just 40 drinkers, has teamed up with 11 different breweries and a brew club to collaboratively brew ten bespoke beers for their tenth birthday. 

And customers are enjoying them all this weekend. 

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"Marking a decade of our amazing customers with ten unique beers couldn’t seem more fitting,” said owner Anthony Nicholls who opened the pub on a shoestring budget in 2014, transforming an old Victorian butcher's shop, into a beloved community hub.

“The beers will be anything but ordinary,” he added.

The list includes a huge Imperial Stout – dosed with coffee, cacao and hazelnut – which weighs in at over 14%. Niche Sour beers are represented, including a barrel-aged Mixed Fermentation blend (with rosehips and plums) and an experimental Peach Milkshake Sour. The latter is described by brewer Marc Renouf of MakeMake as ,'the thickest beer you’ll ever drink – you’ll need a straw!'

Those looking for something quirky but sessionable will find a Cherry & Tonka Stout and a hoppy Wheat Beer.

Ant James, the general manager, who’s been instrumental in organising the event said: “It’s a special line-up, brewed with a mix of friends old and new. Some of these beers are literal one-offs for us, whilst others will be sold across the country – spreading the good word of The Butcher’s Hook!"

“The community vibe of our pub has always extended to the people we’ve bought beer from and supported. So we’re looking forward to hosting the brewers and introducing them to the customers that have been drinking their beer over the years.”

The event runs this weekend, from Friday (March 1) to Sunday (March 3) and all ten beers from five counties, including Hampshire, Berkshire and Dorset, will be pouring at once.

It’s set to be the biggest event in the pub’s history.

Ant added: “It’s pretty incredible what we’ve achieved with this project – and not a feat I’ve seen replicated, locally or otherwise.”