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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌭 Sausage roll news! Our much-loved Nine Rolls (formerly Croque Shop) sausage rolls have had a little switch-up. 👋 Bye Apricot, Pork & Stilton 👋 Hello Pork, Maple & Bacon 🥓 Another delicious addition to the Nags kitchen as our new food offering continues to take shape.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🧠 QUIZ TOMORROW! 🧠 Gary & Mark are back for another Sunday night of questions, questionable confidence and competitive nonsense. 📅 Sun 27 Sept ⏰ 7pm 💷 £2 entry All entry money goes to the NHS Blood & Transplant Charity. ❤️ Grab your team, grab a pint & come have a go! 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

👀 New things are coming out of the Nags kitchen… We’re giving our food offering a little glow-up - proper pub grub, made here, made with love and designed to go beautifully with a pint. 🍺 Starting with these Spenwood cheesy home fries. 🍟

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌴 JamPat’s are back - one last time for 2026! 🌴 Our final guest food pop-up of 2026 is happening this weekend & we’re going out with a proper Caribbean bang! 🔥 📅 Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sept 🍗 Jerk chicken, curry goat, plantain, dumplings & more 🍻 Cold pints + big island flavours

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🔥 Smoked Oak are back...one last time in 2026! They’re taking over the beer garden for a whole three-day weekend of fresh South African food, cooked straight off the braai. 🍖🔥

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌿 Persian food + pints in the beer garden? Yes please. Saffron Hill Food are back today & tomorrow for their final stint at the Nags in 2026! 🍚💜 Fresh Persian dishes, wraps & rice bowls, made with plenty of care. Let's do this! 💪

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today's home game at the Mad Stad is Reading v Blackpool, and you can get there with us from The Nags Head! 🙌 🚌 Nags Head F41 -> Mad Stad ⏰ Bus departs 2:15pm 🎟️ £5 cash return ticket 🙋‍♂️ Tickets purchased from Big George

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Getting Pride-ready! 🍻 We’re already pouring a couple of fab local beers in solidarity with our RDG & Queer communities. Pride is about being yourself, celebrating individuality & making sure everyone feels welcome at the bar. That’s something we can always get behind. ❤️

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We’re getting another big dose of Caribbean flavour in the beer garden this weekend! 🌴🍗 Jampat’s are joining us again, Friday 4th & Saturday 5th September, serving up the good stuff: jerk chicken, curry goat, plantain, dumplings & more. 🔥

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

77 craft beers. 46 independent breweries. Keg & cask. 🍻 Wild beers, sours, saisons, pales, IPAs, stouts, bitters, lagers, ciders, a barley wine...even a permanent AF tap. Basically, our cellar is showing off. 😏👇

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

🧠 Quiz Day is back at the Nags! 🐝 Bank Holiday Sunday calls for pints, questionable knowledge, and a healthy dose of competitive nonsense. 🍻 Gary & Mark's Quiz Night is happening TONIGHT from 7pm, at yours truly. 📍

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🍔 Round 2, let's smash! Grand Master Smash are back in the beer garden today with impeccable burgers & fries until 8pm. Add @elusivebrewing.com ’s Oregon Trail Hot Sauce 🌶️ + pair with award-winning Oregon Trail on Cask Line 10. 🍺 Anne-Marie & Jody have got you. Run, don’t walk! 🏃💨

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tonight's Menu! 🤩🍔 Serving 6-9pm today (Friday) and 2-8pm tomorrow (Saturday). Very much looking forward to it. Come on down. #GrandMasterSmash #NagsHeadReading #BeefVeggieVegan #BurgersAndFries #BeerGardenPopup

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New food vendor, who dis? 👀🍔 We’ve got a brand new burger pop-up landing in the Nags' beer garden this weekend: Grand Master Smash. Keeping it simple but mega delicious: proper smash burgers + fries, with beef, veggie AND vegan options. 💫 🍔 Friday 28th: 6-9pm 🍔 Saturday 29th: 2-8ish

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's happening - Sh💩t Shirt Day is finally here!!! Really looking forward to seeing as many of you wearing a loud/garish/colourful/questionable shirt today in support. If you are able, please drop some coins into the Laura's Lasting Legacy tub that's on the bar today. 🪙💜

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Smoked Oak are back - for 3 whole days! 🤩 Not one, not two, but THREE days of glorious food fresh off the braai. 🍖 These good folks will be with us for our Sh💩t Shirt Party on Sunday, serving up their seriously tasty S.African street food then, as well as the days before.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🚨 Collab cans for sale! 🍻 Our @elusivebrewing.com X North Riding "Shapeshifter" + @mysteriousbrewing.bsky.social "StrataNauts" collabs are available to drink in, take away or, yes, become train beers. 🚆 £5.50 each or £20 for 4 (including 2 of each). Pop in and grab yours! 😏

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Are we feeling ready to go? ⚽️😁 The Footie Bus is BACK for the first home game of the season! 🚌💙 Reading FC v Luton Town 📆 Saturday 15th August ⏰ Kick-off 12.30pm 🍻 We’re open from 10am 🚌 Bus leaves The Nag’s at 11.45am 🎟️ £5 return - CASH ONLY

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🌴 JamPat’s are back! 🌴 Your weekend food plans = sorted. 🍗🔥 Jampat’s are back in the beer garden this Friday night & all day Saturday, serving up all the Caribbean goodness, jerk chicken, curry goat, and more.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hello! Hi! 👋☀️ Before we all melt, here’s what’s happening down the Nags this week: 🥔 Bitterballen is now permanently on the food menu 🍷 Some new wines from Milton Sandford 🇯🇲 Jampat’s are back Fri & Sat ⚽️ Reading FC v Luton Town on Sat: pub open 10am, Footie Bus 11.45am And that’s just the start…👀🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Your weekend plans just got tastier. 🥟 Momo Bros x Dhaulagiri Kitchen return to the Nag's today (Friday) & tomo (Saturday) with their much-loved Nepalese street food. 🍜 Dumplings 🥢 Noodles 🍺 Proper pints ☀️ Beer garden vibes You know the drill...come hungry!

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

👕💩 Dig out your loudest, brightest, most gloriously questionable shirt... The Shit Shirt Party is coming to The Nags! 🍺 Great beer 🔥 Smoked Oak braai 🎶 Live music 🎧 Vinyl DJ sets 💜 Raising money for Laura's Lasting Legacy

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Beer garden + Persian street food = a fabulous weekend. 🙌 Saffron Hill Food joins us today (Fri) & tomorrow (Sat) with wraps, rice bowls and loads of flavour while we keep the pints flowing. 🇮🇷 Find a sunny table - first come, first served - and let us do the rest. 🌞

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A few of your current favourites... 👀🍻 🍺 12 hand pumps of glorious cask ale 🍻 Continental lagers 💥 A dozen+ keg lines 🍎 Cider. Lots of cider. Whatever your pint of choice looks like, chances are we've got something with your name on it. See you at the bar.

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gooneroxon.bsky.social @gooneroxon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Psych! Is the best low-alcohol beer i’ve tasted.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Not every pint needs to pack a punch. 🏋‍♂️ We've added a couple of seriously tasty easy-drinkers to the taps: 🍺 The Real Slim Shandy (2.8%) from Electric Bear: bright, zingy and ridiculously refreshing.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🌴 Caribbean flavours are back at the Nag's! Jampat's returns Friday evening & Saturday with jerk chicken, curry goat and proper island comfort food. 🔥 We'll handle the pints, they'll handle the food. See you in the beer garden. 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Look! @neptunebrewery.bsky.social have landed. 🔱🍺 12 cask beers are pouring today, including 3 brand new summer specials launching here first. The brewery team will be with us tonight for a MTB, so if you love good beer, you know where to be. Plenty pints pouring & tasting great...who's in?

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Beer garden weather? We've got that covered. ☀️ This weekend Momo Bros x Dhaulagiri Kitchen return to The Nag's with handmade momos, noodles and flavour-packed Nepalese street food. 🍜 Friday evening 🥟 All day Saturday We'll pour the pints. They'll bring the dumplings.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

⚽❤️ Tonight, we go again. The atmosphere you've all created throughout this World Cup has been incredible. Let's make the semi-final another 1 to remember. One lil favour: our team have been working their socks off through every late night & packed pub. A lil patience & kindness goes a long way. 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

12 beers. 1 brewery. 0 excuses. @neptunebrewery.bsky.social are making the trip down from Liverpool this Friday for a tap takeover at The Nags. 🔱 3 brand-new summer beers launch with us, alongside 9 more cask favourites. 1st pints from early afternoon. Brewers in the eve. See you at the bar. 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

England. Argentina. Cold beer. Hot braai. 🔥 Smoked Oak returns to The Nags from 7.30pm this Wednesday, serving authentic South African barbecue while we take care of the pints and the football. 😏 Come hungry. Stay loud. It's Coming Home!!! 🙌

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Bonnie Tyler gave us some absolute classics & we're raising a glass to a true legend today. ❤️🍻 By complete coincidence (or fate?), we've just put Arbor's Holding Out For A Beer-O on the bar. Zesty, sessionable & sounding even better with Bonnie on the stereo. Cheers! 🍺🎶

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

☀️ Heatwave Weekend? We've got you covered. Saffron Hill Food returns Fri (late afternoon) & all day Sat with fresh Persian wraps, rice bowls & loads of vibrant flavour. Ideal with a cold pint & perfect before the next England World Cup game. See you in the beer garden. 🌿🍺

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Football's better together. ❤️⚽ Thanks to everyone who joined us through the v early hours of Monday for England v Mexico. Great people, great sportsmanship, and brilliant vibes from first whistle to sunrise. Our pub team were absolute stars. See you for the quarter-finals! 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🇿🇦🔥 Smoked Oak are back! Join us Friday eve & all day Saturday for authentic South African braai, fresh off the barbecue, alongside great beer and the England 🇬🇧 v South Africa 🇿🇦 rugby. We've got the pints. They've got the grill. See you in the beer garden for it all. 🍺🏉

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🧠🍺 Quiz night returns this Sunday! Join Gary & Mark from 7pm for an evening of wonderful questions, good laughs, and great beer. 💷 £2 entry, with all proceeds going to CoppaFeel! 💕 Gather your team (or your smartest mate), and we'll see you at the bar. 🏆🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Fresh Persian food + cold pints + beer garden = this weekend sorted ☀️🍻 Saffron Hill Food are back with us at The Nag’s on Fri 26th & Sat 27th June serving up wraps, vibrant Persian dishes & plenty of fresh salad. Exactly what’s needed after a week of heatwave weather!

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

How it started ➡️ how it ended ♟️🍻 A few Mondays back, Nag’s Knights took on the Alehouse Hobgoblins for a cracking eve of pub chess, pints, and very healthy competition. Big congrats to the Hobgoblins on the win 👏 but the real joy was a marquee full of Reading chess folk...

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

England on the screens, Smoked Oak on the grill. That’s Tuesday evening sorted. ⚽🔥🍗 Join us on 23rd June for the match and some seriously good South African street food in the garden. Cold pints, big screens, proper pub atmosphere and food worth turning up hungry for. Come on down, yeah? 🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

📺⚽ Seen lots of pubs frantically installing TVs for the World Cup... Meanwhile at The Nag's: 📺 2 inside 🚬 1 in the smoking shelter ⛺ 4 in the marquees 📽️ 1 big screen in the garden So: ✅ Yes, we're showing it ✅ Yes, there are loads of screens ❌ No, we don't take bookings Just turn up, have fun. 🍻⚽

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🔥🇯🇲 Caribbean flavours are coming back to The Nag's this weekend. Jampat's will be in the beer garden Friday evening and all day Saturday serving jerk chicken, curry goat, rice & peas and plenty more sunshine-filled goodness. Cold beer 🤝 hot food. No bookings required - just arrive hungry. 🍺🌴

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

⚽ Tonight at The Nag's: 🇵🇹 Portugal vs Congo @ 6pm 🏴 England vs Croatia @ 9pm TV Screens? ✅ Cold beer? ✅ Football snacks? ✅ In fact, we're launching a Bitterballen menu for the occasion! 🍻🥔 You know where to find us.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🍺 One person's perfect pint is another person's "can I try a taster?" From the super-sinkable Deya Summer Ale ☀️ to Tiny Rebel's Pacha Cherry Mild 🍒, Fierce x Rush Golden Ale 🎸 and Holy Goat's Heretic Flanders Red 🍷, we've got all tastes covered.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🧀🙌 What a day! A huge thank you to everyone who came along to Cheese 4 Change yesterday, helping us raise funds for Last Chance Animal Rescue in memory of Connor Styles-Brown.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🔥🇿🇦 Next up in the beer garden: Smoked Oak! They're bringing a proper South African braai to The Nag's Head on Fri 12th & Sat 13th June, serving smoky, flame-grilled goodness that's been making some of our S.A. lot very excited indeed. 🍖 Braai 🍺 Great beer ☀️ Beer garden vibes Come VERY hungry. 😎

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🧀❤️ Cheese 4 Change returns to The Nag’s this Sunday! Hosted by the ever-brilliant Anne-Marie, we'll be raising money for Last Chance Animal Rescue in memory of Connor Styles-Brown. For a min £10 donation, enjoy a tasty cheese plate while supporting a cause close to many hearts.

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Could our friends and fans please stop messaging Jody about what's on our TVs while he's trying to enjoy a pint at a beer festival? 😅🍺 For everyone asking: yes, we'll be showing today's ECL match at 5pm - Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal! ⚽

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Happy Birthday @elusivebrewing.com ! We’re firmly in pre-drinks mode ahead of tomorrow’s brewery celebrations. 😎 Loads of Elusive goodies pouring on cask, a couple on keg, plus specials including a pin of Heliosphere ☀️ and our 3-way collab with North Riding - Shapeshifter. 👀 Come party! 🥳🍻

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The Nag's Head Reading @nagsheadreading.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🏃‍♂️🍻 Friday at The Nag’s! Join us & @elusivebrewing.com for the launch of Shapeshifter - our collab brewed with North Riding to celebrate 10 years of Elusive! 🎉 PLUS 10+ Elusive beers pouring across cask & keg all day long. Great beer. Great people. Great excuse for a pint. 😎🥳

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