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Wishful Drinking is a Bottle Shop and Taproom offering distinctive and intriguing craft keg beers,

25/06/2026

Thursday is Ale Day....All Hail to the Ale 😍 🤩 😍 And this week Wishfullers we have a brand new brew from the tremendous Tring Brewery....... its Priority 1 a 3.7% ABV thirst-quenching summer session ale 🌞😎🌞

This 'thirst-place' pales strikingly light complexion is paramount to its sessionable drinking profile 💡🍺💡 The second-to-none US hops, Idaho 7, have been used to impart bright aromas and a bitter clean finish for quite the thirst quencher 🍻😆🍻 This is Trings June monthly special brewed in support of Berkhamsted and District Community First Responders, Tring Brewery’s charity of choice for 2026 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Oh Yeah...try some, buy some...it's good stuff 🎊🤸🏾🎊 but hurry hurry hurry 🏃🏾🏃‍♀️🏃🏾 Open to 11pm tonight 🕚 Check out everything thats pouring at

https://untp.beer/JXX7Q

Or

https://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk/whats-on-tap/

Enjoy your Priority 1 👍🌞👍

20/06/2026

Hey Wishfullers...it's that Wonderful time of year again .... its Father's Day tomorrow 🦸🏼👏🦸🏼And we all know that ALL Dads just LOVE the gift of BEER 🍺 🎁🍺

We really do have something for EVERY DAD..... six pack gift boxes (7th free for you 😉) Gift Vouchers (blue beer tokens), unique and exclusive WD mugs, Belgian Beer Selection Boxes and 10% off for all returning 4 pint Growler customers 😁😍😁

Beer, the perfect gift for all fantastic fathers out there 🍻🍺🍻

Dads, enjoy your Day of Beer 👍

18/06/2026

Thursday is Ale Day!! All Hail to the Ale 👍😂👍 And this week Wishfullers we have another cask of a most intriguing collaboration brew between the delightful Downlands Brewery and Rob Jones, the founder/original brewer at Dark Star, now at The Evening Star brewery .....its the exceptional Evening Star Revival American Pale Ale 4.8%🍻🍺🍻

This beer - which absolutely flew out the last time we poured it - uses a classic recipe from 2005 reviving a well hopped retro american pale ale 🇺🇸🍻🇺🇸 Its a blonde, intense ale with a discernable bitter taste...... It's also suitable for vegans 🥬🥦🥬

Yeah, try some, buy some, it's good stuff 🎊🤸🏾🎊 But hurry hurry hurry.....it won't last long🏃🏾🏃‍♀️🏃🏾 Open to 11pm tonight 🕚 Check out everything thats pouring at
https://untappd.com/v/wishful-drinking/8873433

or at

https://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk

Enjoy your Evening Star Revival👍🏻

18/06/2026

“Tonight’s the night!” — just like Rod Stewart says 🎤

We’re so happy to welcome back the wonderfully talented solo guitarist James Jay, live from 7:30 pm 🎸🎶🎸

Get ready for an impressive mix of timeless music — from jazz, film scores and bossa nova, right through to pop favourites and plenty more 🎼✨🎼

On a lovely warm summer evening, there’s nothing better than sitting back, relaxing and letting the music take you somewhere special 😇🎸😇 It’s set to be another brilliant night — packed with glorious guitar gems you won’t want to miss 🎵💎🎵

Its always more fun at Wishful 👍🏼

17/06/2026

It’s all happening right now, isn’t it, Wishfullers! 🍻✴️🍻

So we’re thrilled to welcome back the wonderfully talented solo guitarist James Jay performing live tomorrow evening from 7:30 pm 🎸🎶🎸

What better way to soak up those warm early‑summer evenings 😎☀️😎 than kicking back with a fresh pint and letting James’s incredible set wash over you🍻🍺✴️🍻 You can expect a virtuoso mix of jazz, film scores, bossa nova, pop favourites and much more 🎼✨🎼

Please join us for a night of timeless guitar gems and great company — it’s always more fun at Wishful! 👍🏻

17/06/2026

Wishfullers, it's now or never....the wait is finally over....The nitty-gritty has officially arrived.... Its time for Tommy Tuchels Terrors to be unleashed as our glorious gang of goal grabbing geniuses finally get going ⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽

So let's get behind our boys and lets get into the winning mood 🏆🥇🏆

✴️ For those sofa surfers staying on the settee for the match ALL 4 PINT GROWLERs are still 10% off and when you buy six bottles/cans you get a seventh free gratis on us 🦁🦁🦁

✴️ Don't forget that for the duration of The World Cup we will be pouring RICE, RICE BABY 4.1% 🍚👶🏼 🍚American Light Lager from the marvelous Mad Squirrel 🤪🐿️🤪

✴️ And then for those seeking a soccer free sanctuary to relax away from FIFAs footballing fiasco we are keeping the beer board on the telly to preserve the World (Cup) Famous Traditional Wishful Ambiance 🍻🧘🏼🍻

Check out everything thats pouring at

https://untp.beer/JXX7Q

Or

https://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk/whats-on-tap/

Its Coming Home 🍺🏆🍺

15/06/2026

⚡Newsflash Wishfuller⚡

Listen up! 📢

James Jay — the supremely talented solo guitarist — is back with us again! Catch him playing from 7.30pm, this Thursday 28th June 🎶🎸🎶

He’ll be serving up his incredible repertoire of timeless classics: jazz, film themes, bossa nova, pop hits, and so much more 🎼🎶🎼

Join us for another wonderful evening of brilliant guitar music 🎵💎🎵

It’s always more fun at Wishful! 👍

12/06/2026

Three Lions 🦁🐯🦁 .... Back Home 🏠🏚🏡 ....Vindaloo🥗🥘🥗 .... Its Coming Home 🏡🏚🏠 .... World Cup Willie ☕🧍🏼☕.... World in Motion 🕺💃🕺..... Jumpers for Goalposts 🦘 🥅🦘....YES....Bring it on ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 At LAST The World Cup has started 🏆⚽🏆

We are not showing the games but we do have growlers (10% off for returning customers 😀) bottles and cans (buy six get the 7th free gratis 😀) and both pre and post match pints for all sofa surfing supporters....Happy Days Wishfullers 👍👍👍

And for the duration of The World Cup we will be pouring RICE, RICE BABY 4.1% 🍚🍚👶🏼 American Light Lager from the marvelous Mad Squirrel 🤪🐿️🤪

RRB kicks off crisp and clean and is brewed with Hallertau Blanc and Citra hops for a zesty lime, soft grape and citrus strike 🍇🍋🍇 Light, refreshing, and match ready, it’s a proper crowd-pleaser – smooth on the finish, with a nod to Declan Rice pulling the strings 🙋🏼🧵🙋🏼

Enjoy your Rice Rice Baby 👍🏼

11/06/2026

Thursday is Ale Day....All Hail to the Ale 😍 🤩 😍 And this week Wishfullers in loyal and faithful belief in a dramatically improving weather forecast we are delighted to, once again be pouring, the beautiful Bring Me Sunshine 4.2%, a golden, fruity, refreshing ale from the tremendous Tring Brewery 🌞😎🌞

Bring Me Sunshine is a gloriously glowing refreshing brew best drunk whilst humming along to Morecambe and Wise 🌊🦉🌊Cascade hops and light roasted malts 🌱🌾🌱are the base for this fruity, hoppy very gulpable ale so why not get some ‘Sunshine’ in your life 🤔 🌅🤔

Oh Yeah...try some, buy some...it's good stuff 🎊🤸🏾🎊 but hurry hurry hurry 🏃🏾🏃‍♀️🏃🏾 Open to 11pm tonight 🕚 Check out everything thats pouring at

https://untp.beer/JXX7Q

Or

https://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk/whats-on-tap/

Enjoy your Sunshine 👍🌞👍

04/06/2026

Thursday is Ale Day .... All Hail to the Ale 😍 🤩 😍 And this week Wishfullers we have a beer in cask from a miraculously marvelous micro brewery that absolutely flew out a week or two ago when we had it on keg ..... It's the totally tremendous Three Blind Mice Brewery with the rather raviousing Rabbits on the Perimiter 4.2% New England Pale Ale 😛👍😛

This nifty little NEPA is hopped with three hard hitting heavyweights - Eldorado, BRU-1 and Citra 🌱☘️🌱 delivering a beautiful pineapple and mango 🍍🥭🍍 bomb alongside perfectly balanced bitterness 😀🍺😀

This is one not be missed so try some, buy some...it's good stuff .....it's all killer no filler 🎊🤸🏾🎊 but hurry hurry hurry 🏃🏾🏃‍♀️🏃🏾 Open to 11pm tonight 🕚

Check out everything that's pouring at

https://untappd.com/v/wishful-drinking/8873433 i
or
https://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk/whats-on-tap/

Enjoy your Rabbits on the Perimiter👍

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124 High Street
Rickmansworth
WD31AB

Opening Hours

Monday	1pm - 11pm
Tuesday	1pm - 11pm
Wednesday	1pm - 11pm
Thursday	1pm - 11pm
Friday	12pm - 11:30pm
Saturday	12pm - 11:30pm
Sunday	12pm - 11pm

Website

http://www.wishfuldrinking.co.uk/

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