Important Announcement
Solent Social Club
Redecoration of the bar & snooker/pool room
5-22 May 2026
The club will however open the concert room bar in the evenings and at weekends.
Opening hours will be as follows:
Monday to Friday
4.30pm – 11.00pm
Saturday
11.00am – 11.00pm
Meat Raffle will still be taking place at 2.30pm
Sunday
12.00pm – 10.00pm
Members Black Ball draw will still be taking place at 2.15pm
Any changes to these times will be promulgated on the noticeboard, social media and website.
Thank you for your co-operation during the improvement works to your club.
Today's guest ale
Flower Pots Brewery
Hopton IPA
4.1% abv
Now one of our regular seasonal ales, we in fact originally brewed Hopton to commemorate the famous Battle of Cheriton of 1644, fought on the fields adjacent to the Brewery, when Waller’s Parliamentarian army helped change the course of the English Civil War by forcing Hopton’s Royalist troops to retreat back to Oxford, leaving open the route to London.
Our session IPA is packed full of British hops; Harlequin, Jester and Olicana, brewed in the traditional Flower Pots style. We add a touch of Wheat and Oats for condition and texture. Hopton is an easy drinking IPA, light and fruity with an exotic aroma with a lingering bitter finish.
