WC 02/10/23 DONZOKO, LHG, TRACK, PRESSURE DROP, ATOM, DEYA, MAKE MAKE, OMNIPOLLO, USA STOCK & MORE!10/3/2023 LEFT HANDED GIANT
NELSON: IN DEPTH
LHG's 'In Depth' series celebrates and explores a single hop. This time they have shone a light on Nelson Sauvin. From the New Zealand classic you can expect an elegant white grape character, a torrent of pressed gooseberries and a structured bitterness with a subtle hum of toasted black pepper. STEPPING STONES Refreshing and zesty with plenty of pleasing honeydew upfront, followed by tangy kiwi and with fresh lime to level, with a beautifully tart finish completed with a pinch of sea salt. Perfectly balanced and super moreish. TRACK
SOUTHERN SUN
Using a brand new Hop to them, Superdelic - a really exciting NZ Hop, that they think gives off lots of sweet mango and fresh berries. They've partnered it Citra, Citra Cryo and Mosaic for a full juice kick. A super quaffable hazy Pale Ale. GLASS MOON Track's first ever DDH West Coast IPA. Super bright and with a lot of zip. They packed this one full of Citra, Mosaic & Galaxy. We get bitter orange, peppery passion fruit, tart grapefruit and notes freshly cut grass. LUSEN Lusen is drawn from the imagination of Track's Head Brewer Matt, and utilises fresh frozen whole cone Spalter from Pro Hops. They built a big malt base, hit it with Saaz in the whirlpool, before dry hopping it with the fresh Spalter cones. The result is a 7.2% Imperial Pilsner, that gives off fresh honey bread, sweet brioche, light spice and a deep, gentle, warmth. Something to savour. X Fast Fashion FRACTURED SMILE For the first beer in this series, Track had to go big, and big they went with their friends from Fast Fashion beer. They sent Track a box full of their fresh experimental hop Anchovy, which they partnered alongside Nelson, Nelson Hop Kief & Nectaron. Big notes of overripe melon, tart gooseberry and orange. Super hazy and heavy on the Rolled Oats & Wheat to give maximum mouth feel. They say this will be a slow project, that they will bring forward every time the stars (hops) align and Track feel they can bring you something special in concept and taste. SAFE SIDE Track have been working away behind the scenes on their IPAs. Slight tweaks here and there, with the vision of producing a beer that hits all the high notes that they love about this style. They are very happy to report that Safe Side is on point. An abundance of juicy tropical fruits, grapefruit, orange, and passionfruit with a pillowy soft mouthfeel. Citra, Nelson & Rakau coming together to deliver the goods on this delicious IPA. X Equilibrium LIME SCIENCE Lime Science takes inspiration from Equilibrium's first lime pilsner and adds a few process tweaks. Using experimental pilsner yeast, maize, and lime-forward Motueka as the base, Equilibrium finished this beer with lime juice and lime zest. Small enough to enjoy all day, we are getting crisp aromas of margarita and zesty limeade with punchy flavors of lime juice drink, clean citrus, 7-Up/Sprite vibes, and a hoppy brightness, all complemented by a snappy dry finish. As thirst-quenching as it is delicious, the science checks out on this newest creation, making this the summer crusher you needed. DEYA
X Siren WIFI BEEF
Brewed with Siren to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. They pushed the fermentation profile to plump up the layers of juicy fruit. Powdery yeast esters, Citra and Idaho 7, and a creamy mouthfeel for maximum tropical punch vibes. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? The aroma of fresh lemon and orange. With a wheaty, peachy middle and a clean bitter finish. I'M A ROLLING STONE What Newkie could have been. BREW YORK
TERRAHAWKS
Last October Brew York launched Captain Strata & The Nectarons, which amazingly made its way into the hands of the man himself - creator and puppeteer Gerry Anderson. Now they're back with an official collaboration with Anderson Studios, celebrating 40 years of fighting Zelda and those pesky Zeroids. SURESHOT
X Common Space X Steven Ogg WELCOME TO MY OGG WORLD
A West Coast IPA innovatively dry hopped with New Zealand Cascade, Riwaka & Nelson Sauvin. 10p per can donated to Survivors Of Bereavement By Suicide. If you need support please visit: www.uksobs.org. PUT ON MY RAVING SHOES Berliner Weisse generously fruited with raspberry, pomegranate & sour cherry. Light bodied and refreshing with a spritzy shock of hedgerow sourness. YEEAAH! I got a first class ticket. MAKE MAKE
LITTLE LUNE
Make Make's house favourite - Designed to be their ideal pint. Little Lune is a what they like to call a 'Small Sour IPA' - Small on ABV but big on flavour. It utilises the same clean, lightly soured base as their other Sour IPA's and is dusted with a hit of Talus, Idaho and Simcoe. OMNIPOLLO
OMNIPOLLO'S TOKYO IPA
This incredibly crisp Rice IPA is the latest addition to Omnipollo's bar tribute collection, celebrating the 3rd anniversary of their establishment in Japan – Omnipollos Tokyo. Meticulously brewed with rice for a refined body, while boasting abundant and enticing hop aromas! THREE TIMES THREE X Trillium X Other Half X Troon X Brujos X North Park This majestic creature was formulated in the Omnipolloscope™ of collaboration between three established brewing titans and three rising stars, a symphony of flavors that pushes the boundaries of hop-forward innovation. Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Motueka, Citra – This is by far the largest dry-hop Omnipollo have ever done. ELUSIVE
CARVE 'N YAMS
Carve'n Yams is a sweet Coffee Porter to which Elusive have added pumpkin and pumpkin pie spices to create a spooky seasonal beer! Expect fresh, bright coffee flavours from the single origin Hasbean coffee layered with all those delicious flavours you love in pumpkin pie. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED Elusive's second collaboration with the fantastic Count Me In Collective. This Black IPA uses Centennial, Citra and Mosaic hops for notes of orange citrus and blueberry. WAGON PITCH This is a classically-styled West Coast IPA which mashes together Duration’s Dripping Pitch with Elusive's Oregon Trail. The grist incorporates Vienna malt for added depth. Amarillo and Chinook hops were used hot side before dry hopping with Citra, Simcoe and Columbus. KICK UP FIRE This classically-styled American Red Ale has notes of toffee and caramel which beautifully balance the pithy orange and resinous pine notes from Citra, Centennial and Simcoe hops. Brewed in collaboration with our friends at The Outhouse Brewery to celebrate Wokingham Heritage Day. VERDANT
TRAVEL RUGS
A huge DIPA collab with Overtone! Both breweries are big fans of complex beers which go beyond fruit... and with this hop combination, we've created a layered and fully loaded drinking experience. Expect creamy herbal limes, dank winey sauvignon and pungent hashy grapefruit all over the shop! SPIRAL INTO CONTROL Verdant say it's always a joy to brew with their Sureshot friends and this IPA has been blasted with 3 of our favourite hop varieties at the tail end of fermentation for some serious flavour depth! THE VEIL
CRUMB
Crumb is a brand new Hazy DIPA with a creamy oat base that is drenched in the amazing hop combination of Nectaron, Galaxy and NZ Cascade. Fantastic exotic fruit notes of lychee and cantaloupe. DIRTY DIRTY MIATA MIATA Dirty Dirty Miata Miata is a DDH Hazy IPA brewed with the freshest Citra in the whirlpool and a blend of their freshest Galaxy, Citra, Nelson, and Mosaic in the dry-hop. A mash up of two of Veil's favorites - Cat Nap and White Miata! Layered notes of ripened cantaloupe, candy, papaya and melon. WE DED MON We Ded Mon is Veil's beloved and perfected 100% Citra hopped TIPA! This batch is blasting with hoppy flavors of grapefruit, pineapple, fruit roll-ups, and a touch of honey. WHITE FERRARI White Ferrari is one of The Veil's all time favorite Hazy Double IPAs. Crushed throughout the whole brewing process with the freshest Citra and Galaxy. A very good batch, drenched with smooth flavors of passion fruit pineapple smoothies, ripe papaya and even a touch of kiwi. MORTALIS
HYDRA 5
This Fruit Smoothie Sour was brewed to celebrate Mortalis' fifth year anniversary. It blends papaya, peach, pineapple, vanilla, and cream. HYDRA SANGRIA This Fruit Smoothie Sour blends apple, concord grape, orange, raspberry, peach, and lemon. HYDRA STRAWBERRY TANGERINE BANANA This Fruit Smoothie Sour blends strawberry, tangerine, and banana. GEMINI BLUEBERRY PINEAPPLE GLAZED DONUT This fruited sour is part of our Gemini Series that focuses on small one-off batches. The duality of complementary and sometime contrasting fruits are blended with other adjuncts to enrich the flavors even further. This version features Pineapple, Blueberry and Glazed Donut pastries. HERA This Double IPA is the counterpart to Zeus. Showcasing a multitude of hops including Citra, Columbus, Centennial, and Galaxy. Hera is one of the softest beer we have ever made with luscious melon flavors with juicy aroma and a gentle delicate nature. MEDUSA PASSIONFRUIT & DRAGONFRUIT This Fruited Sour is a tart beer bursting with fruit. We blended this version with dragon fruit and passion fruit. At 5 ABV, it is a refreshing and crushable beer. Be careful not to look at it too closely or you might become a permanent fixture in the world of sour beers, as it has been said that looking at Medusa will turn you to stone! PAN This Double IPA combines Galaxy with Citra and Mosaic hops. The duo showcases passionfruit, peach and citrus flavors for a bold and fruity flavor perfect for the god of the wild. ADROIT THEORY
ULTRAVIOLENCE
An opaque, pillowy, and semi-sweet body paired with intensely juicy citrus hop notes and slight finishing bitterness. NOW I AM DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS Adroit Theory's flagship Hazy Triple IPA is a beast of a beer. Opaque, pillowy and semi-sweet body you've come to expect, paired with intensely juicy citrus hop notes and slight finishing bitterness. Double Dry-Hopped with Citra, El Dorado and Galaxy. EVANGELION XIII: BARDIEL A juicy, creamy, and insanely drinkable double dry hopped with Mosaic, Citra and Azacca. EBK: DOWN TO DIE The series that put Adroit Theory on the IPA map is back, and this time as their new year-round flagship. EBK is a beautifully balanced double IPA, with a soft, pillowy malt body that is nearly opaque. Bright forward notes of Peach, Candied Muscadine Grapes, and Juicy Mango compete for your attention, and swirl together from start to finish to round out each sip. Bitterness is subtle, but firm enough to keep the entire experience in balance AK: DISSIDENT WARRIOR AK sports a creamy, palate enveloping body offers a semi-sweet malt backbone to balance intense, juicy forward notes of Mango, Clementine, and Lemon against mild finishing bitterness with subtle floral and dank flavors. ABOMINATION
RARE FOG
Rare Fog is a surprisingly smooth 10.5% variant of Abomination's fog series, brewed with golden promise and a heavy flaked wheat and oat malt bill. It’s then triple dry hopped aggressively with Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit and a ridiculous amount of Simcoe. Fluffy, juicy, pillowy and dank! BATTLE RARE FOG Triple Dry Hopped Triple India Pale Ale with Riwaka, Strata, Waimea & Galaxy. DREKKER
SLANG DU JOUR: WILDBERRY CINNAMON ROLL
Wildberry Cinnamon Roll Slang Du Jour is the flavor combo you didn’t know you needed in your life but we’re here, it’s freaking delicious, and there’s no going back now. Wildberry Cinnamon Roll Slang Du Jour is absolutely stuffed with Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and then they hit it with a little cream cheese, cinnamon, shortbread and lactose for a creamy, tart, sweet but not too sweet, somewhat familiar but also new & exciting flavor. WITH ALL YOUR POWER With All Your Power DIPA is brewed with a bunch of oats and hopped with Talus and HBC 586 so it’s just oozing with strawberry, pineapple, and grapefruit aroma and bursting with dark cherry, blueberry, mango, and grapefruit zest flavors. SYNAPTIC CLEFT A big, soft double IPA built on a huge base of oats and wheat and hopped with Motueka, Moutere, Citra, and Belma for some massive citrus, stone fruit, & berry flavors with just the right amount of bitterness to perfectly balance it all out. YABBA DABBA PRRRT NOW The remixed and revamped version of our first ever PRRRT! It’s a fruited sour packed with Fruity Pebbles cereal, vanilla ice cream, cherry, tangerine, lemon, lime, lactose and vanilla beans for a flavor that’s straight outta Bedrock!
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WC 25/09/23 HOLY GOAT, POHJALA, FLOC, NEON RAPTOR, GRAVITY WELL, GLASSHOUSE, THREE HILLS & MORE!9/26/2023 HOLY GOAT
THUNDERCURRANT
Inspired by the Belgian cassis, Holy Goat's version is primary fermented with a Brettanomyces blend which produces intense juicy stone fruit and citrus flavours. Blended from two batches of base beer, which were transferred onto around 300g/l of locally grown and freshly harvested Scottish blackcurrants. All ingredients were harvested within 33 miles of the brewery. SHRINEBUILDER Brewed with Scottish malted barley, wheat and rolled oats. Primary fermented with a mixed culture including a blend of Brettanomyces strains isolated from Belgian Lambic producers. This base beer showcases the intense yeast character without additions of fruit or hops, providing heaps of passionfruit, papaya, candied pineapple and apricot flavours. POHJALA
FRENCH TOAST BANGER
A bänging imperial stout brewed with maple syrup, Tahitian vanilla pods and Ceylon cinnamon. Full-flavoured, rich and malty, with a heavy presence of chocolate and sticky maple syrup. The decadent and complex flavour of the Tahitian vanilla pods becomes more evident sip after sip as the beer warms, until ultimately revealing a subtle and lasting warming sensation from the cinnamon addition. APRICOTTA A full-flavoured American strong ale, brewed with US hops and lovingly aged in apricot brandy barrels. The first sips reveal a soft malt character and a distinct fruitiness with notes of poached pears and dried light stone fruits. The beer becomes more warming and comforting as it warms up, leaving a pleasant aftertaste of cracked walnuts, fig jam and baking spices that linger long after the final sip. NEON RAPTOR
VAMPYRE DISCO
Do you remember the 21st night of September? Stephen King does, it was his birthday and he had all his spooky friends round for a big party, a big VAMPYRE DISCO, if you will. Everyone was there from Jack and Wendy Torrance, to Pennywise the clown. Making a special appearance was of course Kurt Barlow, Neon Raptor’s favourite vampire. Vampyre Disco, Neon Raptor's dark fruit and peanut butter imperial sour, returns in time for spooky season. It’s sweet and sour, it’s fruity and thick, and when you drink it, people may be convinced you’re a vampire. Once you’ve let this into your life, there’s no turning back… SURESHOT
STEP AWAY FROM THE COOKIE JAR
A cult fave from last year this is an ABSOLUTE CLASSIC of the craft beer repertoire. And this time Sureshot have juiced up the hop, stuffing it full of Citra BBC and Mosaic BBC & Cryo - a definite sleeper hit. All the tropical, fluffy, crumbly, juicy goodness you could desire; plumped up on a thick, opaque body bursting with oats. THREE HILLS
B.P.A.V.K BLACK JACK
Taking inspiration from some potentially well-known confectionary, this edition of B.P.A.V.K features a huge molasses edition, adding notes of caramel & liquorice to an already unctuous base. Smooth, rich & full of flavour. B.P.A.V.K CHOCO HAZELNUT PIE x Mill Hill Three Hills have combined their favourite flavours for this one to create a pie inspired Imperial Stout of epic proportions. Rich, decadent & a true celebration of the pastry stout style. POMONA ISLAND
JE SUIS LE GRANDE ZOMBIE
A Coffee and Vanilla Stout. Come on down to my soiree. PAPA OOM MOW MOW Well I hear this sound everywhere I go, Papa Oom Mow Mow Papaya, Pineapple and Mango Sour. Bottle shop, web shop, pubs and bar. Now it’s spreadin’ all through the land. I still can’t seem to understand? BAGUETTE DE MAGIQUE You’ll like this, not a lot but you’ll like it. No seriously this is a Cherry Wit packed with sweet cherry juice on a gentle wit base. You’re gonna like it. RIVINGTON
LUCID DREAMING MAGIC WONDER
Margarita inspired sour with our mates at Make Make & Sudden Death, Lime Peel, Lime Juice, Halen Mon Sea Salt, Chile de Arbol. Spicy, Salty, Sour. DILATED PARTICLES Rotating Coffee Variant Stout - For this version of Void Space Ratio, The Guys at Blossom Coffee Roasters selected Shoondhisa beans from Ethiopia. ACROSS THE TRACKS West Coast Pale, Pine, Grapefruit, Citrus, Apricot. Hopped with Chinook, Columbus & Simcoe Cryo. YONDER
BLACK FOREST GATEAUX
Layer upon layer of dark chocolate, cake, vanilla cream and cherries and infused in to this delightfully drinkable, pastry-inspired milk stout. Another delectable liquid dessert in a can, from the creative minds of Yonder! APRICOT & COCONUT MACAROON Toasted coconut and sweet jammy apricot, infused in to a silky smooth, thick, and decadent pastry sour. Presented by Yonder, for your drinking pleasure. Bottoms up! BLUEBERRY BAKEWELL Blueberry Bakewell is a beautifully decadent pastry sour, stuffed full of sweet blueberry and mouth watering flavours of almond and cake. WHIPLASH
BLUE GHOSTS
German style Pils. Serious crispy boi. Brewed with Hersbrucker and Saaz, pushing herbal, spicy and citrussy goodness. GOLDEN MILE Can Centennial and Vic Secret IPA. Plenty of piney character and fruits like apricot and mango. SO WILL BE NOW A brand new IPA with Columbus, Galaxy and Amarillo. WINDOW LEAN x To Ol Strata, Mosaic & Cascade IPA brewed with To Ol. Bursting with fruity notes like peach and tangerine. It's a big, bright banger! SUNSHINE UNDER GRAND Lemon infused pale ale. Super pale and has a soft velvetiness thanks to a base of Pilsner, oat and wheat. A light touch of Cascade and Lemondrop, followed by a heavy touch of double dry zesting leaves this beer with all the lemony goodness it deserves. ABBEYDALE
PILGRIM
We're calling it - its Pumpkin Spice season! Abbeydale's ever eagerly anticipated pumpkin spiced pale is on it's way, Pilgrim! An irresistible blend of subtle spices, layered on a full bodied golden ale with grapefruit and herbal notes. TWILIGHT PILGRIM Pumpkin spice season never lasts long enough, so Abbeydale's OG Pilgrim has brought along a yet more audacious little friend! Introducing Twilight Pilgrim, a Pumpkin Spice Latte stout that’s bringing a little bit of the dark side to this autumn. Featuring the same lip-smacking blend of warming pumpkin pie spices as "regular" Pilgrim, but layered up with vanilla, lactose and coffee for dreamy PSL vibes. BEAK
VALLEYS
This seafaring-strength imperial stout was layered with a multitude of caramelised malts before being aged over copious amounts of cocoa, cacao nibs and vanilla for flavours evocative of molasses, hazelnut, American white oak, rum-steeped raisins and freshly emptied red wine barrels. Beak's two new foudre releases are on their way this week. Both sour ales were brewed using a unique blend of heritage grain grown a few miles from our brewery in the South Downs. They were primary fermented in steel then aged in an oak Chianti foudres for more than a year. THE MARINER, THE BARREL… This was conditioned for eight months over fresh rhubarb, imbuing it with all manner of wild yeast cultures. Spritzy and crisp with a gently winey acidity and flavours of honey, hay, sourdough and cracked black pepper. …AND THE RED LEVIATHAN This sour ale was conditioned for eight months over 350kg fresh raspberries. Prior to bottle conditioning, Beak blended the beer with a barrel-aged saison that had spent two years maturing with British-grown yuzu. Spritzy and lightly tart with flavours reminiscent of almond, black cherry, lemon zest and pinot noir. PRESSURE DROP
EXTRA CHEESE
Where to take cheese that it hasn't gone before? Go West! For this special edition Pressure Drop have doubled up those dank Strata & Mosaic hops we loved from volumes 1 & 2, and taken them for a boozy West Coast Vacation. Extra Cheese is a Heavy, resplendent, bountiful platter of juicy fruit aromas! This special edition cheese comes in four different label designs - Collect them all! MAKE MAKE
EUROPA SEAS
The next instalment of our interstellar oceans series - the series in which Make Make play with the relationship between fruit and tea. This time they elected the Gooseberry and Orchid Oolong tea and they couldn't be happier with the results. Refreshing, Contemplative and Delicious in equal measures. SINNISTER
SWINDLING YOUR INHERITANCE
This smooth, easy going, easy drinking imperial stout was aged in a Linkwood Distillery whisky barrel the Speyside area in Scotland and then on coffee and vanilla pods. Made from a blend of Otherworld and Sinnister stouts and crafted with the help of bar manager extraordinaire Sam Ellingham. UP FRONT
WAS IST DAS??! DAS IST EIN LAGERBIER!!!!
Well, it was a long time coming, but here it is, finally... in fact here *they* are, three new beers! All in extremely limited quantities!!! DAS IST EIN LAGERBIER A classic unfiltered Munich Helles - Malty, crisp, and slightly sweet with moderate bitterness and a touch of spicy hop character from the 100% Saaz hop additions. Slow fermented on a traditional German lager yeast from Weihenstephan, and lagered for 30 days. MÉLANGE A 7.2% ABV mixed fruit, mixed ferment, BA American wild ale - with blueberry, sour cherry, physalis, pomegranate, and passion fruit. Aged in Aux Gravains, Pinot Noir barrels for 12 months, and bottle conditioned for a further 6 months. Light, yet lip-smackingly sour, with deep oak tannins and red wine character on the back. OH MA DARLIN' A 6.9% ABV Bretted pale ale with Clementine and Limone Di Sorrento - fermented on a blend of three strains of Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, that impart a complex array of funky tropical and dark berry fruit esters. Aged for 10 months on 10% fresh Spanish Clementine juice and zest, with just a touch of Limone di Sorrento. All unfined, unfiltered, and vegan friendly. POMONA ISLAND
I CAUGHT MY FIRST TUBE THIS MORNING...SIR
Your Double Dry Hop bothers me, your single hop Mosaic bothers me, and YES, your Pale Ale bothers me! Now do you have anything even remotely interesting to tell me? “I caught my first tube this morning..... Sir” SOLITAIRE 'TIL DAWN Last night I brewed a pale, pretended it was dry hopped with Cryo Mosaic, Simcoe and El Dorado. As long as I can dream; it’s hard to put this can down. I CAN'T GET BEHIND THAT Cryo Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra and Sorachi Ace! I can’t get beyond that kind of like... IPA OVERTONE
SUN BOTH SHINE
Wearing Cheap sunglasses sitting by the lake, Stoking up the BBQ listening to some free bird. Enjoying the sun and crazy hot weather... Letting it all fade away with proper American hop juice the way a New Englander would do it. Wicked good. FKA Tribute & Beer Formerly Known As... EKUANOT A PHASE MOM x Koelschip Yard Brewed with one of Overtone's favourite local bars and good friends in Glasgow, Koelschip Yard, to celebrate their 6th Birthday. The brief was simple, make a banging beer. Putting Ekuanot at the forefront they've encouraged a strong fruity aroma including lemon, lime and papaya. The combination of El Dorado and Kohatu hops add some fresh tropical fruit characters to the beer while Motueka rounds it off with a pleasant citrus finish. 5TH BIRTHDAY BEERS!
x KING OF FEASTS
The first beer in Overtone's 5th Birthday series is a collaboration with none other than foodie & legend King of Feasts. They wanted to create the perfect 'kitchen beer', one that hits the spot when you're thirsty and session on throughout the day. They brewed none other than a simple 4% juicy and hazy Citra pale ale. Using Citra in all its forms to bring through maximum flavours including peach, passion fruit and melon. A small addition of Simcoe hops add some gentle bitterness and well-balanced citrus twists. P*NK PANTHER x Panther Milk Overtone have been big fans of Panther M*lk since the early days of sharing bottles in the back of Tabac. For those who don’t already know, Panther M*lk is the ‘world’s first’ oat milk-based vegan cream liqueur cocktail brand and they started it all here in Glasgow. They’ve loved watching the business and brand grow these last couple years and were even more ecstatic when Panther Milk agreed to collaborate with them on one of their 5th Birthday Beers. Overtone decided to create a beer combining their Ice Cream smoothie sour recipe and Panther Milk's Strawberry Panther M*lk, and most importantly with a strong emphasis on their commitment to being 100% vegan. Therefore they have created their first ever fruited ice cream smoothie sour using only strawberries and vegan soft serve ice cream. They're proud to say no panthers were harmed making this product. OUR BARLEY AGED x Lochlea This collaboration with Lochlea Distillery celebrates not only Overtone's but their 5th Birthday this month too as well as the inception of their future journey together. Earlier this year Overtone brewed their first double mash stout using 12 kinds of malts including Caramalt, Chocolate Malt, Chocolate Wheat, Chocolate Rye, Carabohemian, you get the point. The rich chocolate caramel base was then matured in Lochlea's special selection of barrels allowing them to create their first core product 'Our Barley'. This barrel combination included the perfect recipe of ex-bourbon, ex-Oloroso sherry casks as well as shaved, toasted and re-charred barriques. PURE MAGIC x Nänni-Pää Pure Magic makes it's annual return for Overtone's 5th Birthday and who better to collaborate with than a local artist they can't get enough of Nänni-Pää. The beer is as good as ever with a multitude of flavours from creamy peach and mango, lemon and lime to grassy and dank. It comes in an even better dressed can though of course... PICTURE OF HEALTH x We Were Promised Jetpacks The fifth and final beer in their birthday series is the loudest and most amplified beer they've brewed yet, and who better to collaborate with than the incredible We Were Promised Jetpacks who are also celebrating their 20th Birthday this year. The Indie Rock band have been hugely credited for their atmospheric sound backed with their empathetic lyrics captured in their distinctive Scottish accent. Overtone have certainly been big fans of the band since their debut album, These Four Walls and were delighted when we spied them drinking an Overtone one night. Needless to say we slipped in their DMs and the rest is history. Back to the beer though, with them both reaching a milestone and We Were Promised Jetpacks' music inspiring them to make something ambitious and dynamic, they decided to brew a TIPA. Using a new product for Overtone called Phantasm, a powder derived from Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc grapes, then double dry-hopped with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Motueka hops, this beer is undoubtedly their hoppiest and haziest beer to date. LEFT HANDED GIANT
LEND YOUR SWORD
Oats take centre stage in this malt base, whilst a merriment of US and NZ hops bring a huge array of flavours. Touching on mackinaw peach, tangerine and green apple, moving through fresh pineapple, heady lemon thyme and white pepper bitterness. A delicious, creamy trifle. PENTRICH
POLICE THE AIRWAVES
A super sessionable, yet powerfully hopped pale ale brewed with Amarillo, Simcoe & Citra hops. These impart punchy citrus and tropical fruit flavours and pine notes over the top of a light sweet maltiness on the finish. MILK OF THE PEARL A decadent milk stout packed full of vanilla! Lactose and vanilla add sweetness and body and pair up with the deep, dark and roasty malt backbone to create a rich and smooth sweet stout. TRUCKASAURUS A hop-packed IPA brewed with Neon Raptor and Brewser! They stacked the hop bill out with Citra, Mosaic, Motueka and Strata hops which provide huge citrus and stone fruit flavours, along with notes of pineapple and lime, with subtle dank pine notes and a light bitterness on the finish. NEON RAPTOR
CRIMES AGAINST BREWING: COFFEE, CARAMEL & ALMOND Amongst the many crimes against brewing, this blend of rich coffee, sweet caramel, and gently woody almond is not one of them. This double pastry stout is tasty and warming, and beer can still taste of beer, but it doesn't have to. SEVERED ISLAND x Seven Island This collaboration with Greek Legends Seven Island goes way back to 2018 and their debut at Hop City in Leeds. They’d just won the Ratebeer award for best new beer in the world for their Citra Blast IPA and Neon Raptor were drinking the finest hoppy beers on the planet together. But they’ve ignored hops this time and made a thick Tiki cocktail inspired sour full of severed slices of pineapple and passion fruit, the juice of sweet cherries, the exotic island spices of cinnamon and nutmeg, and then finished it off with milk sugar and magic. The best way to consume this sweet and sour, tangy and tantalising collaborative cocktail is before or after a meal. Maybe we’ll have some Greek inspired weather and we can enjoy sipping it after a BBQ with friends and family. Or maybe you can drink it in your favourite craft beer venue whilst looking out at the rain. LAKES BREW
ENTER THE PHANTASM ZONE
Two beers brewed testing out a new innovation in the brewing world, Phantasm®... Enter the Phantasm Zone Part 1 DDH IPA + Part 2 West Coast IPA. These ultra-modern beers showcase the latest in brewing techniques and cutting-edge ingredients. Using YCH 303 Trial co-pelleted concentrated Cryo Hops® and Phantasm® this potent combo enhancing the big juicy, tropical notes to the next level, then generously dry hopped with Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic. Here’s the geeky bit, Phantasm powder, which has been combined with Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic Cryo Hops® in this case, is a unique ingredient made from the skins of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc grapes. Phantasm powder contains thiol precursors that contribute to a rich flavour profile of the tropical and citrus notes. AZVEX
FELINE AQUARIUM
First up this week is Feline Aquarium. A 6.4% IPA hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Idaho 7 and El Dorado. Loads of grape, gooseberry and strawberry notes on top of a full yet delicate base... Top stuff. CONCRETE ROCKET Next up this week is a return of a favourite from last year - Concrete Rocket. Concrete Rocket is a 7.4% IPA with a serious amount of Strata, Azacca & Citra. Huge tropical fruit hits alongside a sweeter fuller finish. Tasting incredible. VOLCANIC LIGHTNING 3rd this week we have Volcanic Lightning, another big favourite from last year that is well overdue a re-release. It is hopped with Citra, Idaho 7 & Azacca to levels that rival our DIPAs, so it's not surprising that this beer has aromas of pineapple, grapefruit and citrus exploding out the glass. VIKING RODEO Then we have a big hazy monster IPA for you. 6.7% of saturated Citra & Motueka. Tropical zest and a slightly sweet finish. Beautiful. MANA - PINA COLADA Last this week but certainly not least is a new iteration of MANA. Azvex got a lot of comments comparing the original to a Pina Colada so they thought... could they make it taste like an actual Pina Colada? STAGGERINGLY GOOD
HOPTOBERFEST
This newly discovered recipe was found buried beneath the mud flats of a long forgotten animal park. How it got there nobody knows but nonetheless this Helles lager is a truly refreshing, well balanced beer brewed in a traditional style with all German grain and hops. SOUROPOD Mango, Passionfruit & Vanilla Juice bomb made with 500+Kg of thick Mango and tart Passion Fruit and fiery Habanero with a heavy hit of Citra hops. MARLOBOBO
FUN FOSSIL FOOL
It's back! Cherry mead aged in Woodford Reserve bourbon barrels that previously held Marlobobo's BA imperial stout: NON-FOSSIL FUEL. The same day they emptied barrels to blend said imperial stout, they kept two of the best barrels in the blend and filled them with mead. One of them was filled with Marlobobo's beloved "Stevnsberry" cherry mead. The mead picked up notes of mocha, vanilla, caramel, bourbon and chocolate. While still bursting with fresh fruit and a super soft mouthfeel. WC 13/09 HEIST, TURNING POINT, POMONA ISLAND, GRAVITY WELL, YONDER, BEAK, ATOM, SURESHOT & MORE!9/12/2023 HEIST
QUITE THE RESUME
Who's the best famous trio? Luke, Leia & Han? Ferris, Cameron & Sloan? Harry, Ron & Hermione? WRONG! It's the super soaker triple threat flavour blaster that is Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe, blasting your piehole with a velvet playground of juicy, ripe, topical fruits, citrus and hints of blueberry & pine. COWBOY IS AS COWBOY DOES Saddle up for a wild ride! Wrangling together Bru-1 and Ekuanot hops, this brew ropes in juicy pineapple and citrussy tangerine flavours, creating a two-step tango on your tongue. It's like a rodeo in a glass - lasso it and let the happy hoedown begin! TURNING POINT
Turning Point are thrilled to be bringing a very special series of beers to you in just over a months time...
Disco Kingdom allows them to showcase their bestselling, flagship pale ale alongside three limited edition variants. Each different version of Disco King has been adapted from a different angle, with hops being altered, everything increasing, and fruit being added, respectively. DISCO KING - American Pale DISCO MANGO - Mango Pale DISCO DOWN UNDER - Australasian Pale DISCO FLUX - Double American Pale 
CRANACHATOA
Brewed in collaboration with their friends over at Turning Point. This double stout began as a creamy, smooth base of oats and lactose and dark brown sugar as part of a complex grist alongside seven other malts. Balanced additions of raspberry and honey then enhanced this dessert to new heights. POMONA ISLAND
CURDLE SCREECH
Dragon Fruit and Passion Fruit Gose drinker? Spirit. BUILDING ME A FENCE I apologise if it makes you feel bad, seeing a pale ale with Cryo Mosaic, Strata & Galaxy. I FOUND MY THRILL IN BEVERLY HILL Folks call this a West Coast Pale with Eldorado, Talus, Crystal & Magnum but that ain’t what I call it. GRAVITY WELL
PHOTONIC MOLECULES
Bright and zippy pale ale featuring Mosaic, Idaho 7 and Azacca. STARLIGHT DIMMER SWITCH A juicy and zingy pale ale featuring nothing but southern hemisphere hops: Nectaron, Enigma and Nelson Sauvin. SURFACE DETAIL V7 The latest in Gravity Well's Surface Detail range of West Coast pale ales. This is a modern take on the classic style, featuring Strata and Idaho 7. YONDER
FREAKSHAKE
Time to indulge in an over-the-top, all-in, beast of milkshake beer. Freak Shake is packed, way over the brim, with cherry, vanilla, guava, cream, butterscotch and jelly bean sprinkles - plus an extra cherry on top. It's thick, sweet, fruity, and just what you need! Believe the hype. This. Is. Going. To. Make. You. FREAK! MANGO SORBET A silky smooth dive into a tropical paradise…introducing Yonder's Melted Mango Sorbet. Each can is packed with sweet and perfectly ripe pureed Alfonso Mango with a smooth melted sorbet consistency, guaranteed to quench your summery sour thirst. It's that full and creamy mouthfeel, alongside the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity that will keep you coming back for more. BISCOFF CHOCOLATE BROWNIE Yonder have been perfecting their pastry stouts, blending tempting flavours in to rich and decadent, chocolate-forward dessert stouts. The latest creative is Biscoff Chocolate Brownie (who doesn't LOVE a brownie?). Sweet dark chocolate, and flavours of spiced biscuit, caramel and cake batter. If you liked Battenburg, you're going to LOVE this! JAMMIE BISCUIT Sweet and sticky strawberry, blackcurrant and raspberry jam, sandwiched between two crumbly, buttery shortbread biscuits. It doesn't take a genius to work out the inspiration for this delicious pastry sour, even if they dodged using it's real name! FLOC
OVERCURRENT X Finback
IPA featuring Strata CGX, Citra, Citra Cryo, Idaho 7, and Luminosa hops for a medley of flavours including bright citrus, tropical fruits, and dank pine, brewed with their friends at Finback Brewery. LIP SERVICE Session Pale Ale brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops, delivering a burst of tropical and citrus flavours making it a refreshing and easy-drinking beer for any occasion. ROLLING SEA New England style IPA brewed with a choice blend of Citra Cryo, Citra T90, and Mosaic T90 hops for vibrant flavours of citrus and passionfruit. Juicy bursts of grapefruit, tangerine, and tropical notes enveloped in a hazy, velvety body. ATOM
EXOTIC MATTER
A refreshing session sour packed with sweet mango and tart passionfruit. Subtle Pineapple and hint of lactose provide ice-lolly sweetness alongside the subtle sour bite. LIGHTHOUSE EFFECT A delectably dark Irish stout with a pronounced range of roasted flavours. The finish is balanced with malty sweetness and a touch of caramel. SURESHOT
A SUITABLE BUSH
New England IPA dry hopped with Mosaic Cryo, Mosaic BBC, Waimea T90 & Rakau T90. New Zealand hops make for an undeniably tropical and fruity IPA. That’s a nice name, for a sparrow. IS IT ABOUT MY CUBE? IPA double dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin T90 and Mosaic Cryo & BBC. Top hop processing delivers a fruit basket with earthy undertone and smooth bitterness. Pair with steamed toast and a dodo egg. UNBARRED
HOPFENWEISSE X Brew By Numbers
Sitting between a wheat beer and a NEIPA. A fruit bowl of flavours and aroma, creating a modern take on a continental classic. A collaboration with their friends at Brew By Numbers, delicious tropical fruit flavours from the combination of Amarillo, Idaho 7 and Vic Secret hops lead, with soft, subtle banana and clove accents from American Hefeweizen Ale Yeast WLP320. Pouring a mesmerizing hazy, golden hue, this American-inspired 5.7% twist on a German classic is rich and refreshing and will please both traditionalists and the modern pale fan. LIMONCELLO BERLINER WEISSE Fresh and zesty aromas that will transport you straight to the Amalfi coast. A radiant, golden hue glistens in the glass, with bright aromas of Italy's finest lemons tantalizing your palate. Built on Unbarred's classic Berliner Weisse sour base, this 6% limoncello-inspired delight greets you with an explosion of vibrant lemon that takes centre stage. Fresh lemon zest that dances across your taste buds, awakening them with bright and tart notes. Limoncello finishes off clean, crisp & sharp for extreme refreshment. Sit back, crack open a can and transport yourself to the sunny coast of Italy. DEYA
HARVEST LAGER
This amber lager is a celebration of UK malting heritage and Deya's modern brewing culture. Brewed with 100% UK ingredients and fermented with Braybrooke Beer Co yeast. Sit back and relax, you. LOST IN A CLOUD A juicy pale, brewed with their friends from St Austell and fermented with their House Yeast. Citra and Strata for layers of lychee, juicy berry, mango and fleshy orange. ALL MUST GO This is an IPA with oat and spelt for chew, Citra and Simcoe for mango, stone fruit and pine and Loral for an orangey floral top note. WYLAM
TWICE IN A BLUE MOON
Wylam's DIPAS are like buses, police officers and blue moons they come in twos and you have to wait a long time for them. Fear not though after Greenbutt Revenges incredible popularity they’ve cranked up the DIPA engines to drop this one-off brew. A hop bill of Citra, Strata, Nectaron and HBC 586 throw tropical notes of guava and nectarine to the front of the palette. Big, juicy and dangerously moreish this beer stands tall amongst the Wylam DIPA dynasty. BEAK
EMBERS X Craft Beer Channel
This cold-conditions West Coast IPA was brewed in collaboration with their friends at the Craft Beer Channel to celebrate 10 years on YouTube. It's crisp, clear and utterly dripping in Citra, Simcoe and Amarillo hops for sappy evergreen forest aromas and flavours reminiscent of orange zest, cinder toffee and grapefruit marmalade. NOOK Pale in name but IPA in character, this beer was double dry hopped with silly amounts of Citra and Sabro for flavours of squishy ripe mango, desiccated coconut and freshly squeezed orange juice. LEFT HANDED GIANT
SWEET ISOLATION X Finback
Recently LHG's good friends from across the pond, Finback, came over for a visit and they just had to brew something special. Putting their heads together, they dreamt up this massive beer that delivers a wave of hoppy character alongside heaps of fruit flavour. A classic malt profile, with plenty of oats and white wheat, with buckets of mango and pineapple. Layered up with additions of Citra throughout, to amp up the juiciness and punctuate with top notes of lychee and grapefruit. CODE BREAKER X Rivington LHG got together with Rivington to brew this delicious Hazy IPA - a style they're both well known for. With Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Mosaic (plus an addition of Phantasm™) making up the hop bill, you can expect big hitting flavours reminiscent of white wine grapes, gooseberry and fresh citrus peel, nicely rounded off with tropical hints. Like sunshine in a glass, this beer has a long, lip-smacking finish! RIVINGTON
FARM TRIP 2023
The official beer of Farm Trip 2023. A DDH IPA brewed with Beak, hopped with Cashmere, Cashmere CGX, Luminosa & Vic Secret. TREMORS A Double IPA brewed with the Friends Of The Tap. Hopped with Azacca, Idaho 7, El Dorado, Azacca Lupomax & Idaho 7 Cryo. HELLUVA WRENCH A DDH Pale hopped with Galaxy, Bru-1, Idaho 7, Idaho 7 Cryo & Bru-1 Lupomax. NICE LITTLE SATURDAY An American Brown brewed with their mates at Loughran Brewers Select. Hopped with Columbus, Zappa & Nugget CGX. EMPEROR'S
KESSEL RUN
A peanut butter jelly Porter. Redolent of sepia-tinged childhood, playing army with your mates on those endless summer days when you were 9...back home in under 12 parsecs for butties and pop... SCOUNDREL A Smoked Imperial Breakfast Stout with coffee, chocolate and maple syrup. Smoke fills the mouth, like standing in front of an open fire on a cold morning...the coffee bursts in with dark chocolate in abundance....next comes the sweet maple syrup, rich and deep...hair of the dog never felt this good. PASTORE
DDH ONDA
A light hazy hoppy sunshine sour made with the wonderful team from Gamma in Denmark. Pastore had the pleasure of hosting Tomasz from Gamma at the brewery last month. A brewery very much renowned for their hazy IPAs, we brought together our styles to make a zesty fresh dry hopped sour. The mixed culture zero ibu hazy sour base was hopped liberally with Zappa and Belma bringing a ridiculous amount of zesty lime and grapefruit alongside tongue tingling lactic acidity, the beer is smooth and refreshing. BANANA SPLIT The return of a classic. They made one batch earlier this year for the Cambridge Beer Festival, suffice to say it went down better than they hoped, it sold out by the end of Tuesday and was one of their most requested re-brews / cans! A hefty pastry sour, fermented with their fresh sour mixed culture, conditioned on a vast amount of bananas, cherries, strawberries and vanilla. A TAVOLA A light funky hoppy dry beer inspired by table beers from some of Pastore's favourite producers (The Kernel, Jester King, Wildflower). This year's batch was hopped with whole hop citra and coriander seeds in the boil before fermenting and conditioning in stainless steel with their mother culture of wild yeasts and microbes for six months. Citrus peel and coriander on the nose, a light funk, balanced bitterness and lactic acidity. The label artwork shows Parker's Piece in Cambridge, my nonna had a flat overlooking the park and when growing up "A Tavola" was the call to the table for an inevitably delicious meal shared with family. WHITE DOG
A feast of hops from one of the Netherlands finest, all their lovely beer is super rated, if you've not delved into the wonderful world of White Dog you really should...
SANDCASTLES & SHADE White Dog have used their trustworthy NEDIPA malt base (stuffed with creamy oats and wheat) to create a thick, hazy, creamy body and mouthfeel and fermented with their favorite yeast strain. We have dry hopped this aggressively with Citra (T90) and Mosaic (CRYO)! SAUSAGE SNUGGLER Their next collab is with German neighbours Lieber Waldi Making super fresh and fruity IPA's and also representing their sausage dog Waldi! So they couldn't help but brew a NEIPA! They've used 100% hops from hop alliance! NZH214, Paradigm, Solero, Multihead, YQH1320 & Newzilla. ROCKY ROAD When brewing beer, especially styles you are new too, could often become complicated. White Dog found their German styled Triple Chocolate cake not as thick as they like their pastry stouts to be. Because they used real adjuncts like vanilla and coconut, the pastry didn't shine as much as they wanted. So... they rebuilt their pastry stout. Thicker, Sweeter, less coffee, less bitter. This a thick 12% double mashed with lactose, gooey imperial stout! Expect huge flavours of Chocolate, Vanilla, Walnuts & Marshmallow. VANILLA & TONKA The second is a double mashed, with lactose, thick sticky imperial stout. Filled with sweet, sweet, Madagascar Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, Mexican Vanilla and Tonka beans! FUERST WIACEK
SCARY CASSETTE TAPES
An IPA dry hopped with Citra and Idaho 7. Scary dankness, shot through with fresh zesty lemons, ripe tangerines, pink grapefruit and lime. A mouthful of honey soaked melon doused in juicy citrus with that scary dankness making it's second appearance. Light in the mouth but a haunting dryness lingers well after the glass is empty. Spooky. TALKIE WALKIE A West Coast IPA dry hopped with Citra and Simcoe. Crazy amounts of mango, orange and pine on the nose and then it smacks you right in the taste buds with a heavy dose of pink grapefruit bitterness. Silky smooth as it slides across your tongue leaving you dry mouthed and thirsty for another face full. BARON
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
A thick and gluey, curtain twitching, oat heavy DDH pale ale with loads of sweet hop aroma from Azacca, Idaho 7, Amarillo and Centennial. Lemons and white grapefruit all up in your grill. STILL LIFE X Gamma Baron met up with Gamma’s Tom on brew day, and used some of their methods for full collaborative power. El Dorado, Eclipse and Nelson Sauvin in this sweet and fluffy New England style IPA. CHIN WAG Loads of layers of biscuit, caramel and dark malts to build a complex malty stout to warm the cockles. Cacao nibs also aiding the chocolaty aroma and slick drinkability. Carbonated on the lighter side for a creamier finish. TRACK
ESPUNA
A Track Lager infused with Steep Soda Lemonade. A warm breeze kisses at your ankles as you traverse the mountain path. Higher & higher you climb until finally there it is...the lone lemon tree which bares a single fruit. You bite in to the soft flesh & waves of aromatic sweetness, balanced pithy bitterness & a lingering fruitiness dance across your tongue. Summer is here. CAPTURING MERCURY Track partnered their base IPA recipe with their new Thiolised yeast strain to bring you a super fruity, soft & hazy IPA. Galaxy & Strata combine to create a cocktail of ripe tropical fruits, spritzy orange and candy floss. Track have a lot of fun getting to use new products such as this WHC Lab yeast, and each time they feel we get to know it a little more and are able to steer it in a direction they feel best suits the beer. X Finback NEIGHBOURHOOD Look out for this TH+ DIPA with Phantasm, Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin, Nelson Sauvin CGX and Nelson Sauvin Hop Kief. NOT EQUAL TO A DDH DIPA with Galaxy, Citra Spectrum, Nelson Sauvin Sub Zero Hop Kief, Rakau and Citra Cryo. MEMORY ECHOES A DDH IPA with Citra, Citra Incognito and Nelson. NEON RAPTOR
SLUSHASAURUS GREEN APPLE
Welcome to…the kiosk (again). Neon Raptor's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the single greatest dinosaur movie of all time* continues with another silly slushy sour; the type you’d order a mega-large of at the cinema kiosk, then spill half before you even got to your seat! They’ve kept the mixture of sweet and sour from the previous Slushasaurus but this time it’s green apple flavour and THEY’VE MADE IT GREEN! Green like a green apple, green like Mary Earps’ goalkeeping jersey, green like the tongue of a T-Rex**, green like envy…and you’ll be envious of everyone drinking this beer if you don’t grab some for yourself. NO SHRUBS I don't want no shrubs, shrub is a drink that can't get no love from me..." Step into a world where flavour reigns supreme and mediocrity is left in the dust. "No Shrubs" Hazy Pale Ale is a harmonious blend of Mosaic, Cashmere, and Chinook hops, boasting a bold 5.2% ABV that will have you singing praises for every sip. Hazy Hues: As you pour "No Shrubs" into your glass, the haze swirls like a musical crescendo, setting the stage for a sensory adventure. This isn't just a beer – it's a performance, inviting you to take center stage and indulge in its symphony of taste. No Shrubs is a tribute to knowing your worth and embracing the finer things in life. At 5.2%, it's a gentle reminder that you deserve the best, never settling for less than exceptional flavour and quality. "I don't want no shrubs, a beer that can't get no love from me..." Treat yourself to a taste that's as timeless as TLC’s music, and remember – you don't want no scrubs, but you definitely want "No Shrubs". Cheers to self-respect and sensational sipping! BREAKFAST CLUB Now for something completely different… A Fruited Hefeweizen with Strawberry and Banana and you know what it’s bloody delicious. Neon Raptor are a big fan of doing something different and strive to always be unapologetically fun! This is all of that, different, fun and tasty. The Strawberry and Banana combination is so refreshing in a style that is best drank cold. BLACK IRIS
MEANDERING STREAM OF MURKY BLOOD
This has been a while in the making and Black Iris are super excited to finally tell you all about the latest in their band collaboration series. Celestial Sanctuary have been an absolute favourite at Black Iris HQ, their groovy and undeniably crushing brand of death metal always hits the spot. They are so excited to be teaming up to brew a new beer in celebration of their latest album, Insatiable Thirst For Torment, which drops this Friday Church Road Records. This 6.66% Blood Orange West Coast IPA is the perfect pint for pit recovery. Bitterness from large amounts of hops in the kettle blend with a pithy, resinous sweetness from the blood orange concentrate. Simcoe Cryo helps lift the whole beer with a delicious drinkability. BEAK
FACES
Duration Brewing are creating some of the most nuanced, complex and accomplished beers in the UK right now so Beak felt honoured to welcome co-founder Bates and brewer Andy for a collab and epic Southern-inspired BBQ earlier this month. The result is Faces, a 6.5% IPA brewed with an elaborate hop bill of Centennial, El Dorado, Idaho 7, Mosaic and Vic Secret hops, all sitting upon a fluffy, bouncy base of spelt and oats. We’re getting aromas of ripe pineapple and candied mango followed by ethereal and undulating flavours of candied orange, grapefruit, pine sap and mulberry jam. POMONA ISLAND
SCRAMBLE FOGGY
Brewed to celebrate the third birthday of Tap & Crowler Shibuya, Tokyo. A Mouth-watering juicy IPA with Sabro, Idaho7 and Nectaron. KANPAI! BUBBLEGUM ROCK ON PLASTIC TRANSISTORS Yes that’s right, craft is dead. It’s just another spenny product for the consumer’s head. A DDH DIPA on Simcoe and Sabro. Drink it down and understand that it’s delicious, but it don’t mean a thing. I DON'T LIKE SAND I don’t like West Coast Pales with Amarillo, Strata, Crystal and Magnum. They’re piney and bitter and resinous and they get everywhere. TARTARUS
LADON
TARTARUS' 3RD BIRTHDAY BEER! For such a beast Tartarus have brewed a monstrous IPA, sweet, bitter, strong and packed with 30g/l of hops split between the boil and dry hop. During a 2 hour boil they added 1.5Kg of hops, a mix of warrior, simcoe and amarillo, every 5 minutes. A total of 37.5Kg was added to the kettle, totalling nearly 200IBU’s. They then dry hopped it with 37.5Kg of warrior, simcoe and amarillo, for a total hop rate of 75Kg (30 g/l). Barley wine or IPA? Who knows, all we know is that it’s a monster beer. LORELEI Berliner Weisse fruited with Guava, Passionfruit and Mango for a super fruity yet sour beer. Easy drinking, perfect for summer. THE ARCH ROGUE Wheat beer brewed with 200kg of raspberries and 20kg lime for a fruity twist on classic style. LEFT HANDED GIANT
HARD LIGHT
Spiced ginger cake and tender cantaloupe entice you in, accompanied by clean citrus and crisp mint, leading you to delicious white grapes straight out the freezer (courtesy of the PhantasmTM). Whilst this IPA hits various flavour points, it’s the superbly dank, classically heady overtones that really deliver with a fantastically complex, long finish. BURNT MILL
FLIGHT OF WHALES
Whilst the Finback team were in the UK for festival season, Burnt Mill jumped at the opportunity to get a collaboration organised with their old friends! This volume of collab is a New England IPA with Citra, Rakau and Idaho 7. They combined their classic malt bills to give a base of extra pale, flaked oats and chit for a soft mouthfeel to showcase some juicy hops. Flavours of citrus, tropical and stone fruits blend together for a truly delicious IPA. SEPARATING CIRCLES This beer was such a success last year it made it into Burnt Mill's Greatest Hits! A gluten free DDH New England Pale, Separating Circles boasts hops, Citra and Motueka along with a firm brewery favourite, HBC 586. Light in bitterness this pale is full of juicy tropical fruits with a twist of citrus lemon and lime notes from Motueka. BRIGHT MIDNIGHT This has had 18 months sitting in Cognac casks followed by a further year of aging. This time has given us a very special beer, aromas of spiced apple lead the way to a boozy fruit cake character with essences of oaky vanilla, smokey molasses and hints of chocolate. A truly sumptuous barrel aged imperial stout. STACK YARD A wheat focused pale ale with a blend of extra pale, wheat malt and flaked wheat, to give us a soft cereal malty base. Burnt Mill have then brought together Citra, Mosaic and HBC 630 for a melody of citrus fruits and red berries, balanced with the peachy esters of their house yeast. WC 21/08/23 VERDANT, BEAK, DONZOKO, RIVINGTON, BALANCE, POMONA ISLAND, GRAVITY WELL & MORE!8/22/2023 VERDANT
CHEEKY DIPA x Green Cheek
Huge quantities of Verdant's newly selected Macs Hops Nectaron are crammed into this amazing and first-ever collab with their friends at Green Cheek. They have mimicked Green Cheek's hopping processes to really provide a true mash-up of our DIPA approaches. We will also be receiving two other beers but these are yet to be released! Keep an eye on Verdant's social media to find out more. BEAK
FLAMINGO ZESTED
Say hello to Flamingo, a new 6.5% India Pale Ale brewed with huge additions of super fresh Simcoe and Citra hops along with lemon and lime zest for flavours of peach, apricot, passionfruit, key lime pie and pool-side Daiquiris. POEMS A rebrew of an 8% DIPA made in collaboration with Beak's friends at Verdant. Brewed with heavy additions of oats, wheat, Nelson Sauvin and Nectaron hops for flavours reminiscent of coconut, marshmallow, strawberry, and Piña Coladas. BALANCE
SAISON DE MAISON BLEND 4
A blend of barrel aged beers fermented with saison yeast, Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces, dry hopped with UK Cascade and Goldings. These two hops bring harmonious flavours which work fantastically with the base blend. Earthy tones of floral honey and gingerbread from Goldings contrast the sweet tangerine and grapefruit of UK Cascade, bringing nuance and complexity. The finish is resinous yet mellow. RIVINGTON
STRAIGHT TALKING
A Belgian-Style Wit Beer brewed with Loral, lemon peel & crushed coriander seeds. RIPPING CLOUDS A Hazy Pale Ale hopped with Idaho 7, Vic Secret & Idaho 7 Cryo. SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA DDH IPA, Citrus, Pineapple, floral, slight pine, smooth, Hopped with Mosaic, Idaho 7, Citra, Cryo Pop and Mosaic Cryo POMONA ISLAND
LITERAL VAMPIRE POTBELLY GOBLINS
I’m angry. I’ve had enough of these Boysenberry and Blackcurrant Sour DIPAs with Ceylon Tea. What more do you need to know about this beer? RIP IT UP I hope to God you’re not as delicious as you make out! Hope again. This is a champagne of a beer. Well, a bucks fizz. A staggering amount of orange juice goes into this refreshing zesty and moreish sour. Get a couple, drink one, start again. WE ARE FOR THE GODS As flies to wanton boys, we are for the IPAs. They dry hop them with Cryo Idaho 7, Cryo Talus and Nectaron for the sport... I love IPAs. AZVEX
TERRARIUM BACKPACK
First up is a 6.8% IPA by the name of Terrarium Backpack. A huge medley of Southern and Northern Hemisphere hops here. Simcoe, Galaxy and Strata working in perfect harmony. FALLING PIANOS Next up is a big old 7% IPA with some of our fav hops - Citra, Simcoe & Strata. Lots of topical fruit and tangerine notes, on top of an incredibly soft pillowy body More than enough to cushion the landing. SURESHOT
SAM VIMES BOOT THEORY
A gluten free West Coast pale ale dry hopped with Simcoe Cryo, Aramis & Citra. Crisp and clear with a herbaceous, citric bitterness. Perfect for summer sipping on the cobbled streets of Ankh-Morpork. YOU DON'T WIN FRIENDS WITH SALAD Pale ale dry hopped with Mosaic & Nelson Sauvin. A side salad with big body and tropical grapey dankness. Crispy and refreshing as a cucumber in jelly. Stick it in aspic, that’s a salad! WE'LL BURN THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT Pale ale dry hopped with Citra BBC, Idaho 7 & Motueka. ScetrØs, liymë and trØpikjål flavours dominate thanks to the self-assembled hop bill. Pairs perfectly with lukewarm meatballs. WC 24/08/23 BEAK'S BDAY OMNIPOLLO BUXTON CLOUDWATER TRACK UNBARRED AZVEX LHG SURESHOT & MORE!8/15/2023 BUXTON X OMNIPOLLO
THE BEER
"A yellow belly is a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; a coward. To us, one of the most cowardly deeds is to act anonymously, hiding behind a group - a signifying trait of institutionalised racism. This beer is brewed to celebrate all things new, open-mined, and progressive. A peanut butter biscuit stout with no biscuits, butter, or nuts. Taste, enjoy, and don't be prejudiced." And we completely agree, definitely a beer you won't want to miss and such an powerful important message. CLOUDWATER
Cloudwater are thrilled to announce that they are going back to their roots, and setting out once again with the intention of exploring the length and breadth of the world of modern hoppy beer innovations by re launching their legendary DIPA v-series.
Originally conceived as a series of developing their benchmark for DIPA, back when hazy, and highly hopped beers of all strengths beers were new to the UK, this time they’re excited to explore the newest production techniques, the very latest hop varietals, products and developments, and innovations from the field of brewing yeast from a position of expertise and experience. They’re excited to challenge every one of their norms, and edge towards the limits of their comfort zone, all while presenting this series of collaborations with a depth of explanation and periodic analysis. Cloudwater's intention is to work hand-in-hand in collaboration with breweries that broke ground and helped create the scene we love today, integrating breweries whose work now also focuses on progressive modern hoppy beer along the way. With that in mind, this week we will be receiving... V14 IMPERIAL IPA x Other Half This version has Nectaron Cryo, a hop variety and product that wasn’t available, and Motueka Cryo which wasn’t available as a hop product at the time of the original V series release. Let’s keep exploration alive! ...along with... CHERRY POPSICLE SODA This is the first in Cloudwater's new series of sodas made in collaboration with Coffee Shop, Yas Bean, based in Macclesfield. Absolutely bursting with Cherry flavours and light carbonation which makes this a super refreshing adult soft drink. ENDURING EFFORTS Cloudwater have been utilising new hop HBC586 over the last few months and have finally decided to give it a show of its own. They've brewed up a 4% Pale Ale that punches above its weight in terms of pure fruity impact. Bold tropical flavours are balanced with a slightly herbal finish. AGLOW Their passion for West Coast IPA continues in this 5.8% beer. A bold West Coaster, this is the little sibling of their Crystallography series, with all the hop burst and clean finish but in a lighter and crisper body. FRUCHTTANZ A once a year kind of beer, with huge addition of Raspberry & Passionfruit to create a tart, punchy, sour experience everyone has come to expect with this style. The added salinity balances out the huge fruit flavours with a savoury edge. THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH x Time & Tide The Immortal Jellyfish features copious amounts of big hitting New Zealand hops Riwaka & Motueka hops. Expect a flavour profile dominated by soft lime, prickly passion fruit, and overripe mango in this juicy collab with Time & Tide. TRACK
TAKAKA
Track's beloved Arosa Helles, dry hopped with a healthy dose of Riwaka. MARGINAL GAINS A re-brew of one their favourite sours. Filled to the brim with tart blueberries and conditioned on a whole load of coconut. A thick, creamy, tangy fruit smoothie of a beer. SPACE TO ROAM A DDH IPA brewed in collaboration with The Seed: A Living Beer Project, Atlantic City, NJ. One of many new friendships formed when Track went over to the USA for the first time to pour their beer at Whale Watching. Dry hopped with a generous amount of Nectaron T90, Motueka T90, Nelson Sauvin T90 & Nelson Sauvin Subzero Hop Kief, we get overripe peach, cantaloupe melon, white wine and a slight lime sharpness that keeps everything in check. This might be their best DDH IPA to date. TURN ON THE LIGHTS It's been 3 months since Track's last Gold Top release, and it's certainly back with a bang. Citra, Citra Cryo, Galaxy, Eclipse Spectrum & HBC 586 work together for an absolute assault of hops, all on top of their big body base of Extra Pale, wheat & big juicy oats combined with Track's signature lactose addition gives a super smooth mouthfeel with a touch of sweetness. UNBARRED
CHERRY GARSOUR
Showcased last week and all through London Craft Beer Festival, our much anticipated collab with Amundsen is now available. We've been good friends with the Amundsen team for some years and are very excited to showcase what is a very UnBarred and Amundsen beer - incredibly creative, incredible flavours, and with incredible theatre. Cherry Garsour boasts a full-bodied, velvety smooth Berliner Weisse sour base. Big aromas of luscious cherry, decadent dark chocolate, and the delightful sweetness of vanilla and lactose draw you in, ending in an underlying rich indulgence of fudge chunks, perfectly complementing the tangy cherry base. Delightfully tart, the interplay of cherry, chocolate, and fudge come together to give those dessert flavours you’d expect to find in the tub of ice-cream! AZVEX
BATTLE SWANS
It's been a while since Azvex gave you some wallpaper hop paste so they thought they would give you the murkiest yet and are very proud to present to you Battle Swans. As you can probably tell by looking at it, Azvex didn't hold back on the hops for this 8.5% DIPA. Citra, Strata & Motueka attacking from all fronts. REALITY BLIZZARD Azvex have had a few pops at the west coast style now, and more recently, goes at the modern take on it. This time they made a few bigger changes and not only did it lead to their best West Coast IPA yet but it is one of their best beers period. Reality Blizzard is a modern West Coast IPA at 6.5.%. Azvex matched up the bitterness and fruitiness really well in this one thanks to the Chinook, Citra & Strata hops. Drink cold for maximum refreshment. LEFT HANDED GIANT
HIDDEN WATERFALL x Hudson Valley
When Hudson Valley Brewery came over from the US for a visit to LHG, they just had to brew something special! Peachy with a little botanical hum upfront, followed by nostalgic sour sweets, bursting with juice that then make way for fresh baked cherry pie, with a little hint of drying cranberry from the Citra. Jammy as sin, this is class in a glass. PEACEFUL NOISE x Gamma Hailing from Denmark, Gamma Brewing took a trip over to Bristol a few weeks back, so they put their heads together and came up with this delicious brew! Warming lemon balm and ripe passion fruit greet you, promptly followed by a beautiful pairing of fresh gooseberry and round mango with a trademark spice from Zappa. A huge backbone of apricot and buzz of menthol round out this funky fruit bomb. YOU ARE FLYING Floral aromas led by lemon balm and young berry leaf give way to white peach and soft pink grapefruit. Gently rounded stone fruit vibes are held alongside bright citrus peel, giving way to piney notes that deliver a lovely bitterness towards the end. Full bodied and pillowy, just delightful. SURESHOT
CROP ROTATION IN THE 14TH CENTURY
An American wheat beer which all of Sureshot agree is tasting fantastic. A fresh take on the style, they've brewed this one like a wheat beer, fermented it like a West coast, and dry hopped it like one of their IPAs. Brewed with Citra BBC, Mosaic Cryo, Motueka T90 & Mandarina Bavaria T90 it's all the complex citrus you'd expect with a wheaty, pillowy body. DUNBLOBBIN IS BACK! Blobby blobby blob blob blobby. Blobby blobby blob, blob blobby blob blob. Blobby blob blobby blobby blob blobby. Blobby! Now double dry blobbed with a frightful amount of Simcoe Cryo and T90 hops. Blobbier than ever. NEON RAPTOR
NO NO NOISE
Remember No No Noise? Well it’s back and juicier than ever. Idaho 7, Citra, and El Dorado give this New England IPA a full on orangey Yes Yes Taste! Realistically, no no noises never really go away do they? Maybe it’s a creaking floorboard when you’re trying to sleep at night, maybe it’s a loud bang at the bottom end of the brewery, or maybe it’s our aging knees when we get up…anyway, this beer will ease those noises, even if only for a short while! BEAK
PARAAADE
🎉BEAK ARE TURNING THREE 🎉 Beak's little brewery turns three this month and they wanted to take this opportunity to thank each and every person who has supported them so far. The journey to this point has faaaaaar surpassed all expectations and their collective heart is bursting with the love they’ve received from their customers and the wider brewing industry. They’re celebrating with the launch of PARAAADE a TIPA version of their flagship IPA that’s been dialled-up to be thrice as delectable with the help of the freshest Citra and Mosaic hops imaginable. POMONA ISLAND
I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
A Double Dry Hopped IPA with 100% Strata? I’d buy that for a dollar! SPLOICE A sour beer with an exotic blend of fruits and a touch of lactose to cool your mind, and whisk you to tropical places, like what you’d see on a fancy lifestyle advert for shampoos or posh ice cream or something. ROCKAWAY BEACH A DDH Pale with Azacca, Mosaic, Motueka & Nelson Sauvin. The Sun is out and I want some. LAKES
It's the Lakes Brew's 2nd Birthday and to celebrate they've brewed three new super tasty beers...
CAVE RAVE A big birthday sour bouncing with cherries and berries with a smatter of lime to finish, getting up in your face with this fun, fruity combo. Growing up with lakeside parties & raves near abandoned slate mines, all the hidden secret sides of the Lakes were the best! PRESS ANY KEY TO START Press any key to start…which is the ANY key! Time goes by so fast when you are having fun but there’s always time for ridiculous quotes and references to keep us grounded. So let their birthday hazy, full of dankness ease you into soft sweet tropical fruit with a pop of citrus from the king of hops. NOT SORRY First brewed as part of The Lakes Brew's inaugural birthday celebration it’s one of everyone's favourites, they’ve brought it back with gusto giving you all the peanutty chocolate feels. Peanut butter & chocolate all rolled into one sumptuous silky imperial stout. HEIST
WHOSE ROUND IS IT ANYWAY
Brewed in collaboration with the beautiful guys over at Dexter & Jones comes an equally beautiful IPA. Motueka, Simcoe and Azacca hops take centre stage, delivering a punchy performance of citrus, tropical and pine notes, presented with a well balanced finish. Cheers to a brew that leaves you wanting more and questioning, 'whose round is it anyway?' X SLY DOG The beer of the summer, a seriouSLY good Heist lager cut with Sly Dog Rum. Canine Tooth has been going down an absolute storm at the taproom, with a delicious undertone of spice & vanilla making this beer the closest you can get to a Caribbean delight in the bleak British summer time. DEAD STORAGE Since day one, Heist have been brewing this beer. Something to drink in the taproom with food, this Kolsch Style Ale is lightly hopped with Saaz and Hallertau Mittlefruh for an infinitely drinkable beer. HISTORIANS & HIPPIES Step into the realm of "Historians and Hippies" a groovy NEIPA thats a hoppy blast from the past. At 6.2% this brew bridges generations with the NZ revolution blend, blending old school charm and hip new flavours. With each sip embrace the harmony of citrus and tropical notes that'll have you feeling like you're tripping through the past. I'M A BIG DEAL IN SKEGNESS Are you a big deal in a seaside town? If not you should be. With tropical fruit, citrus and notes of coconut you'll be a true headliner that everyone wants to meet. BREW YORK
DIVINE COFFEE INTERVENTION
Brew York have been busy working with their favourite local java junkies Divine Coffee Roasters, developing a delectable Espresso Martini style stout as a part of our new ongoing Cocktail Series. They supplied the coffee (hand roasted here in York), and Brew York added a whopping 100 kg of gorgeous toasted coconut for extra indulgence and another level of complexity. All that's missing is the Martini glass! WC 07/08/23 UPFRONT, DONZOKO, FLOC, BULLHOUSE, NEON RAPTOR, POMONA ISLAND, DEYA, BEAK, ATOM & MORE!8/8/2023 UPFRONT
ISLE OF MIXED FERM
Islay Whisky Barrel Aged, Mixed Ferment Imperial Sour, with Scottish Raspberries, Tayberries and Honey. Fermented on Hornindal Kveik - a blend of cooperative farmhouse strains which produce a tropical flavour profile, with a complex aroma that presents as subtle stone fruit, pineapple, and dried fruit leather - and a unique species of Lachancea yeast selected for its ability to produce lactic acid. Aged in Islay whisky barrels for 6 months, to add complex yet subtle peat-smoked character, with 140g/l Raspberries, 85g/L Tayberries, and 70g/L Caramelised Polyflora Honey. NECTARNOMICON This thick and juicy Nectar IPA was co-fermented with a wild strain of nectar specialist yeast harvested from wildflowers (Metschnikowia Reukaufii) and another specialist yeast able to unlock bound thiols. This Upfront collaboration with Holy Goat Brewing combines their experiences of using nectar yeasts and utilising polyfunctional thiols, with the goal to produce the most intensely aromatic and flavourful IPA possible. Dry-hopped with hefty quantities of Cryo Mosaic, Citra, and Idaho 7. BULLHOUSE
SLURP
One to tantalise the old taste buds. Slurp is kettle soured with Bullhouse's house lactobacillus culture, resulting in a bright and sour base. They have added a generous amount of passionfruit to the FV, infusing the beer with juicy tropical notes that perfectly complement the sourness. GULP Gulp has the same base as Slurp but this time they've added a load of fresh raspberry and mango puree to their clean, tart base, resulting in an immensely gulp-able, thirst quenching fruited sour. MERC BRO Bullhouse's legendary triple dry-hopped NEIPA is here! A hazy, candied tropical fruit and pineapple aroma and flavour. Smooth creamy, chewy malty body. Triple dry hopped with Galaxy, Simcoe and Mosaic. NEON RAPTOR
HYDRA FIGHT
A huge tropical whirlwind of flavoursome, juicy fruitiness. This months Monster Series beer is Hydra Fight a Pineapple, Passionfruit and Mango Imperial Fruited Gose at a whopping 10% You may have seen that due to the new duty changes beers over 8.4% will have a higher rate to pay. This does mean this beer will be a little more than it was previously and sadly there’s very little we can do about it but we promise it's worth it! PINCH POINT Last September, when Australian post punk heroes Pinch Point, played at Neon Raptor's local DIY venue JT Soar, they asked for some decent local ale on their rider. Sadly for them they ended up with theirs! We kid of course, they loved it, and so they just had to do a collaboration on their return to Nottingham. Pinch Points Pacific (ish) Pale is a smashable summer ale with hints of lime and pineapple. DEYA
UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGGAGE AREA
A sticky DIPA with a 50:50 split between Citra and Mosaic. Layers of BBC, T90 and Cryo pellets form a switchback of tropical fruit and deep green things. X Diecast LONGTIME SUNSHINE A single hop Citra beer. Notes of lemon, lime and mango. Easy. LOOK AT US NOW A pale ale brewed with Deya's long time friends at Clapton Craft. On the nose there is loads of lime and soft tropical fruit, leading to more bright zesty citrus on the palate, courtesy of Motueka, Galaxy and Pacific Sunrise. POMONA ISLAND
THE CAT CAME BACK
Pomona gave this Pale a dry hop of Cryo Mosaic and Eclipse, had a sip, thought it was a goner but the can came back to my lips, the very next second. It just couldn’t stay away. WIGGLY WORLD So I do Mosaic and I do Citra. So I do Idaho 7 and I do Sabro. It’s a Small Pale, it’s never straight up and down. BEAK
SHRUG
This fruited sour was brewed with over a tonne of blueberries along with huge amounts of vanilla and black cherry. Is it even beer? Who knows. It’s sweet and tangy in all the right places with kirsch on the nose followed by flavours reminiscent of marzipan, black forest gateau and panna cotta. ATOM
WALKING ON THE MOON
Atom's brand new IPA is crammed with a massive dry hop of Citra, Galaxy and Riwaka and a heavy grist of oats for a soft, velvety mouthfeel. Its smooth body is drenched with flavours of grapefruit, mango and passionfruit. Brewed in collaboration with the beautiful and amazing folk from Message In A Bottle in Cleethorpes. AZVEX
SEMIOTIC STANDARD
With copious amounts of Nelson Sauvin, Citra & Azacca bursting through, this IPA is terrifyingly good. Loads of grape and diesel character from the Nelson and a citrus touch from the Citra and Azacca. Magic. GYROSCOPIC POOL TABLE It's no secret that Azvex like Pale Ales and here is another banger. Dry hopped with El Dorado, Strata & Azacca to give a delightful berry note. Unbelievably sinkable at only 5.2%. NORTHERN MONK
10TH ANNIVERSARY MANGO LASSI HEATHEN
Northern Monk's fourth 10th Anniversary release is a return of everyone’s favourite twist – Mango Lassi Heathen. First brewed in 2018, this returning classic is a lassified Heathen, with lactose and vanilla, and bursting with fresh tropical mango. It’s Heathen on holiday. It’s 7.2%. JESTER KING
DETRITIVORE
Jester King recently released a new batch of Detritivore, this time in cans.They make Detritivore by taking the cherries from Montmorency vs. Balaton and re-fermenting them a second time with fresh beer. While not as intense as its big sibling MvB, Detritivore is still a cherry-forward beer given the sheer volume of fruit used in both re-fermentations. PETIT PRINCE Jester first brewed Le Petit Prince Farmhouse Table Beer in 2012. They've been brewing it once or twice per year since. Originally inspired by Brasserie Dupont's table beer called Avril. They sought to make a low-alcohol beer that's dry, drinkable, refreshing, crisp, hoppy with a little bit of beguiling yeast character that only wild fermentation with native yeast can create. Le Petit Prince is probably their favorite beer they make. It's certainly the truest to their core philosophy of beer making. DE KROMME HARING
x DEYA CROCODILE TEARS
De Kromme's collab with Cheltenham-based Deya Brewing Co. is an expression of both their interest in experimental brews. They crafted a british style pale ale with spelt malt as well a dry hop with British Jester and US Azacca hops. As an ode to that one classic brewer's favourite trappist beer they bottle fermented it with Brettanomyces yeast. Fruity, funky and delicious! SOFIA ELECTRIC
STOCHNA GARA
Sofia Electric's latest addition of a super juicy blend of American hops and dry hopped with New Zealand hops. The beer abounds with rich grapefruit, pineapple, papaya and peach flavors (and that's just on first taste!) and it all rests on a canapé of a full-bodied oat malt base. FORBIDDEN CANDY Forbidden candy is the new triple IPA in collaboration with their friends from Manchester, Pomona Island. Super refreshingly sweet and hoppy. THE BUREAUCRAT I am another new addition to the colorful family of Sofia Electric. Not that I'm bragging, but I'm extremely interesting - I'm made with Tonka Bean and Bourbon Vanilla. I am a real emperor - strong and well aged, with an extremely dense body of 31°. My taste is rich, in me you can find notes of coffee, baked bread and vanilla. I am very aromatic and dense. I'm also modest and would drink alone if I could. OVERFLOW This is one of Sofia Electric's main beers and will always be in their assortment. Dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic, full-bodied and hazy golden in color, OVERFLOW NEIPA is the beer they reach for whenever they want a juicy IPA. SLEEPING VILLAGE
DARK TERRAIN
This week sees the return of Sleeping Village's Imperial Oat Stout brewed with coffee roasted by their talented friends Kaffa. This edition utilizes their Dario Hernandez coffee from Guatemala which accents the rich base of English malts in their beer with notes of red berries, hazelnut and cocoa. This unique infusion adds a new level of complexity to this already decadent stout. DOUBLE GARDENING A unique twist on their flagship beer first brewed in 2017. This beer was cold fermented with Sleeping Village's favorite saison strain for 4 weeks and then dry hopped with layers of Crystal and Ekuanot hops. BURNING SKY
PLUM PROVISION
Burning Sky's benchmark mixed fermentation saison was aged for six months in oak to develop it’s distinctive flavour profile. The beer then spent a further three months on fresh Victoria and Marjorie plums. The sweet, yellow flesh gives a deep richness of flavour, whilst the dark skins lend colour and a balanced tartness to the beer. PROJECT 23 Project 23 is their latest collaboration with Westwell Vineyard. A mixed fermentation beer was aged in Cognac barrels for three years before it was added to 200kg of unfermented, foot crushed Pinot Noir grapes. Fermentation of the grapes ran through the beer, producing an intense wine character. PASTORE
TALUS E POMPELO
The return of one of Pastore's favourite beers they've made. Originally made two years ago with their friends from Suffolk Burnt Mill, lovingly recreated this month for those who missed it the first time or those who just want to drink it all over again. Talus e Pompelmo is a hazy sour IPA fermented on pink grapefruit juice and dry hopped with Talus. Sour IPAs are both one of their favourite styles to drink and one of the most innovative styles they brew. You won't find much else that tastes like this on the market. Lactic fermentation + hops = sunshine juice. The base beer is a hazy IPA with zero bitterness, fermented with their fresh sour mixed culture bringing a lovely zippy acidity, refermented on pink grapefruit juice to bring more freshly squeezed citrus character and finally dry hopped with Talus bringing even more citrus and pith and light notes of coconut and vanilla. TEN MEN
BERRY SMOOTHIE
Mmmmm….beer with marshmallows. For the most juicy beer cocktail, Ten Men's brewers combined raspberries, blackcurrants and sweet marshmallows. All this was nicely hopped, deliciously seasoned with coriander, balanced with salt and voila! Delicious beer is ready! SATURN Unfiltered and unpasteurized light beer The NEIPA novelty, which previously could only be tried by owners of GameBox 2.2. Note the high alcohol content of this beer. This gives it a unique taste. WE SWEAR, THAT IT'S THE LAST TIME WHEN WE GIVE THIS NAME TO BEER Unfiltered and unpasteurized light beer Ten Men have already brewed this beer in Vovchansk. It was very tasty and became a favorite of many. They decided to repeat this masterpiece. A classic hopped NEIPA, there is almost no bitterness here. Light, drinkable, delicious...what else do you need for hot evenings? BERRY BLOOD: RASPBERRY Semi-dark unfiltered and unpasteurized beer A distinctive feature of this style is the sweet-sour taste profile, which is created thanks to specially selected yeast, and juicy raspberries add unique fruity freshness, depth and sophistication. This naturally delicious beer with a bright pink texture holds the balance of bitterness and fruity acidity. The aroma of raspberries is reminiscent of carefree warm evenings, and the hop aftertaste emphasizes the importance of the moment. Taste BERRY BLOOD: raspberry with creamy desserts, fruit salads and light snacks. CALM IN PARADISE: GUAVA, MANGO & PASSIONFRUIT Light unfiltered and unpasteurized beer A light fruity hoppy saur for hot summer days. Forget about water, soft drinks and juices! This beer is the best thirst quencher this season. It has a moderate sourness and slightly pronounced sweetness, a light aroma of fruits and hops. It is delicious on its own, but it pairs perfectly with vegetable salads, light dishes and desserts. TWICE BERRY BLOOD: BLUEBERRY, BLACKBERRY & VANILLA Semi-dark unfiltered and unpasteurized Extremely tasty beer with noticeable sourness. The aroma of blueberries, blackberries and vanilla awakens the appetite, the deep berry opaque color creates a real pleasure for the eyes. BERRY BLOOD: LINGONBERRY & ORANGE A bold and amazing combination of lingonberry and orange. At the first sip, you will be lost in the wilderness. On the second - juicy red berries will dilute the degree with the sweetness of an orange. And the third - the wind blows to meet freedom, and your ignited taste buds are uncontrollably buzzing and asking for more to kill the smell of the hot summer sun. BEAK
CAPE
A crisp, clean and bracingly bitter India Pale Ale brewed to traditional West Coast standards. We’re getting grapefruit, toffee, briny coastal fog, babbling mountainside brooks and sticky-icky pine sap. SHOALS A foggy, juicy-as-they-come pale ale utterly saturated in Motueka hops for flavours of melon, crushed lime and strawberry. BALANCE
CREAK
Creak is a blend of two barrels filled in June and August 2021. Fermented with saison yeast, Lachancea, Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces before ageing for just over five months on carbonically macerated British Morello cherries. An ode to one of Balance's favourite Lambic styles, this beer is intensely fruity with jammy notes of ripe cherries, vanilla and almond. Bright acidity and tannic structure complement the underpinning funky elegance and barrel character leading to a moreish finish. We think this one will age very well. VERDANT
LOW LUX
What a treat! NOLO maestros Mash Gang in the house bringing wizardry and dark arts to the fore in Verdant's first 0.5% beer! Of course, it's a NEIPA. They haven't reduced their hopping rates so expect pungent saturation and full body, proper Verdant-like. WHITE RABBIT A little ripper this one! Complex layers of tropical fruit and dank weeds with Golden Promise barley bringing some subtle orange hues and bready vibes. A beautiful collab with White Rabbit Books INVISIBLE CEILING BRU-1 and Strata dominate proceedings in this full yet light and slightly crisp pale offering. The sister to 300 Laps that oozes grapefruit, pineapple and a skunky dankness. A little bitter bite and a dry finish remind you it's grown up and make you reach for that glass again...and again...and again. TRACK
LET IT ENFOLD
Loaded to the brim with two of the dankest hops Track can get their hands on, Let It Enfold is a heady mix of Strata, Strata CGX & Idaho 7. For those that love their hazy IPAs to have all of the usual bright fruit flavours, all layered in amongst a bit of cannabis funk! DREAMING OF... DDH RIWAKA Hops are incredible! The aroma, flavour and other nuances they can bring to a beer are something we'll never get bored of. Take this single-hopped Riwaka DDH IPA for example, definitely not for the faint-hearted with its over-the-top bacon frazzle qualities - Track love seeing people stick their noses in and come up with a confused smile on their faces. Dive in and enjoy! BETWEEN LAYERS Track's Reflection series continues, and with this beer, they gaze into the rippling waters of one of their/the industry's biggest influences. That beer is, of course, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. One of the first American beers to be widely available in the UK market, and one that started the journey for huge swathes of breweries in the UK & US (including us). It’s a beer that’s never faded and that they continue to enjoy. This is their take on that beer and with it, they hope they can pay it some of the respect it’s due. They built a base of sweet grainy malts before hitting it with the classic that is Cascade on both the hot side and cold side. The result is big hits of grapefruit & pine, a firm bitterness and a light biscuity malt character. For us… it’s a dream. POMONA ISLAND
1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING
Says Red Ryan, to James “well that’s a fine Double IPA.” “My hats off to you, it’s got a double dry hop of Cryo Citra, Vic Secret and Simcoe.” A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION An IPA with a dry hop of Cryo Mosaic, Cryo Idaho 7 and Topaz? I didn’t understand a one word you said? BABY DON'T HURT ME Vladisalv? What is a Blueberry and Sea Buckthorn Sour IPA with Lemon Balm? No more! IF THE DEVIL IS 6 There was a Pale. A West Coast Pale that controlled the hops. Got Dry Hopped by Citra, Idaho 7, Cascade & Centennial. CLOUDWATER
A CASE OF YOU
Old and new meet in this 5% Pale Ale with Chinook providing that classic hop flavour of lemon & lime alongside modern El Dorado presenting its typical juicy flavours. These two hops create a great balance of flavour while maintaining superb drinkability. PROPER DIPA MOTUEKA The Proper DIPA series continues, this time it's Motueka. A firm favourite in the brewery so it was time to utilise this hops expansive flavour with Cloudwater's favourite North West yeast from JW Lees. Expect the typical fresh hop aroma with a thick and creamy mouthfeel that hits all the dank & juicy notes you've come to expect. PRESSURE DROP
ASTRID & SAMI
Classic west coast hops simcoe and chinook combine with vista, for an IPA that brings piney freshness and tropical fruit flavour. FUTURE SUNSHINE How much fruit can you jam in one beer? A whole heckin' lot it turns out! Future Sunshine tastes just like it you'd imagine, sweet and sour cheer up juice in a can. WC 24/07/23 TRILLIUM, WIDOWMAKER, BURLINGTON, CLOUDWATER, VAULT CITY'S 5TH BIRTHDAY, WYLAM & MORE!7/25/2023 BAYONET
x Powder Monkey LET GO ALL LINES!
This collab blends Strata, Centennial and Chinook to give a dank westie full of tropical flavour. DETECT AND STRIKE V2 of Bayonet's collab with Instagrams Crafty Dogg, originally produced to support the beer festival in Ilkley! They've combined Idaho 7 and Sabro to bring a soft and juicy NEIPA that has gone down especially well. SCREECH You’re going to love this! They’ve used a huge amount of strawberry and combined that with lemon and lime to give you a mouth puckeringly drinkable sour that’ll bring back the nostalgia without making you sound like the tritagonist we all remember! TRACK
AVENOIR
We bring you Track's brand new Dry Hopped Wit, Avenoir. Motueka & Eclipse bring zesty lime and tropical fruit notes, while the Orange Zest adds refreshing brightness with the Coriander seeds providing a subtle spice, complementing the hop character. WAITING FOR THE DAY Ok, here we are with a West Coast classic. Set upon the simplest of malt bills Centennial, Simcoe & Citra weave together to bring a range of pine & pithy orange notes, with a lasting and assertive bitterness. Everything we want in a West Coast beer. Bright, crisp & clean. AZVEX
CACAODEMON
A few weeks ago Azvex teamed up with Table Chocolate who sourced them some absolutely world-class Dominican cacao. IN FACT it’s so good that they loaded up their InfusionTank.wad with the maximum amount of cacao that it would hold! As soon as you open one of these, the smell alone is enough to let you know it means business. ELECTRIC SHEEP Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? We don’t know the answer to that, but what Azvex dream of are Pale Ales like Electric Sheep... 5.2% of hazy fruity goodness thanks to generous amounts of Citra & Motueka. POMONA ISLAND
CITIZENS ON PATROL
You want to become one with this beer. Feel the beer, caress the beer until it’s a living, breathing, vibrating extension of yourself. It’s a good beer. It’s double dry hopped with Cryo Simcoe and Vic Secret. Drink this beer. SUCH INTENSE DANCE VIBES That magic moment when Guava and Pineapple are primed on the pallet and a touch of salt lights the fuse. You got yourself one hell of a cocktail party baby. Have you ever had a Gose with such intense dance vibes? PARISIAN GOLDFISH One of those Pale Ales that disrupts the flavour a little bit. A double dry hop of Enigma, Vic Secret and El Dorado. CLOUDWATER
x Beak PURRR WELL FRIENDS
Cloudwater teamed up with BEAK Brewery for this collaboration DIPA, inspired by their TIPA, BE WELL, FRIENDS and their hazy NEIPA, PURRR. Bright, fresh, fruity and dank. MEADOW By combining the dynamic duo of Citra and Motueka hops, this Table Beer brings you a depth that rivals higher ABV pales. These expressive hops work in tandem to unleash a tropical explosion with a zesty citrus twist that lingers on your taste buds. This beer is all about delivering a refreshing pint that doesn't compromise on flavour. Perfectly paired with fresh flowers and summer sunshine - should we ever get any! INIFINTE SPACE This fresh, new IPA is a marriage of high quality ingredients and years of us working to perfect our craft. Using the unbeatable pairing of Citra & Mosaic, Cloudwater have designed a modern, hazy IPA that doesn’t compromise on drinkability. Showcasing all the reasons they love this style of beer, there are big juicy flavours of bright citrus, berries and a little dankness with a soft pillowy body and a breezy finish. FOREVER CHUBBLES Crafted to celebrate The Veil in Richmond, Virginia, who will be hosting their annual Forever Summer Festival on July 22nd. This DIPA showcases a fresh new recipe that incorporates some of the key hops found in Chubbles. Uber dank and juicy, it stands as a true sibling to its renowned predecessor, delivering an abundance of vibrant tropical flavors reminiscent of succulent oranges and ripe mangoes. SET IT UP When using Citra as the foundation for their IPA's, they look to feature hops alongside it that will elevate flavour and mesh nicely with Citra's punchy tropical notes. Strata provides that with overripe tropical fruit, and hint of Talus softens to create a supremely drinkable, flavourful IPA. ZITRUSKITZEL Cloudwater's return to the Berliner Weisse style is accompanied by a plethora of Citrus fruits including Japanese kabosu and Shiranui orange. They’ve added four different types alongside a small addition of Passionfruit. Combined together creating a super refreshing slightly tart experience. A perfect summertime sipper. GOSSIP IN THE GRAIN For the heights of summer they’ve paired the tropical juice of Idaho 7 with the pineapple punch of their hand selected Simcoe. With a hint of Talus for a creamy body balancing the bold flavours, this is a crushable summer pale ale. VAULT CITY
Vault City is turning 5 this month, and what’s a birthday without cake?! To celebrate 5 years of sour beer, they’ve brewed something extra-special - a style that put the brewery on the map.
999G/L APRICOT RASPBERRY BIRTHDAY CAKE This showcases the essence of what Vault City do: a delicately sour mixed fermentation beer with a ridiculous fruiting rate of 999 grams per litre, the legal limit of what they can use while still calling it a beer. This intense smoothie sour is the 5th of its kind from Vault City. It’s thick, juicy, and totally unforgettable. STRAWBERRY SUPERNOVA A piece of Vault City history, this is a mighty explosion of flavours against glittering, star-studded skies. Imagine all the mouth-watering flavours of juicy strawberries and cream from their original Skies series dialled up to 10.5%, now in a clear bottle showcasing the addition of sparkling gold glitter. RASPBERRY BLUEBERRY BUBBLEGUM BOTTLES A new sweetshop sensation was needed for Vault City's latest indie collaboration, so they recruited The Hop Shop, Craft Bar, and The Hanging Bat to lend a hand. Nostalgia comes in waves, alongside sweet-sour aromas and flavours of raspberry, blueberry, bubblegum and zingy sherbet. If that isn’t enough to get your taste buds tingling, they’ve turned this modern sour beer electric blue to resemble your favourite bubblegum sweets. EVEN CLOUDIER DDH LEMONADE Imagine a blissful sip that transports you to a warm summer’s day, an ultra-refreshing sour beer to quench your thirst in the scorching sun. That’s exactly what Vault City's collaboration with Polly’s delivers. In honour of their 5th birthday, they've taken the incredible taste of their original DDH Cloudy Lemonade and cranked it up a notch. Lemon juice and zest pair perfectly with their mixed fermentation base beer, while Citra, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo amplify the strong citrus and tropical fruit character in this hazy dry-hopped sour. MAPLE VANILLA CHOC CHIP SCOOP Not for the faint of heart - that’s what Adroit Theory say, which makes their pals across the pond the perfect partner for their latest imperial stout. Infused with deep chocolate flavours from cacao nibs and chocolate malt, with a velvety smooth mouthfeel from lactose and creamy vanilla. Lashings of maple syrup round out every scoop and sip of our decadent dessert stout. TRILLIUM
SUMMER STREET
Summer Street pours a decidedly beautiful light orange and delivers juicy grapefruit zest, candied lemon and a hint of spicy pine on the finish. Trillium's modern-leaning fruitier selection of Simcoe offers the full range of what we love about IPAs. Whether you've been drinking Summer Street since they first brewed it in 2014 or still need to give it a go, we're pretty sure you'll agree this will be the perfect summertime beer! DOT AVE Dot Ave offers an aroma with layers of depth and nuance. Immediately apparent is the tropical shade of the New Zealand-grown Nelson Sauvin variety, with notes of mango and pineapple jumping from the glass. Vibrant and punchy flavors of sticky mango, concord grape, and candied citrus coat the palate with a balanced, soft finish. TRAILSIDE A fine-tuned take on the classic citrus-meets-tropical Trillium profile, they kept an eye toward new possibilities with Strata, while retaining the core elements of what works best in Citra. Think tangelo, mango nectar, fuzzy peach, and fresh-peeled clementine. DDH FORT POINT DDH Fort Point pale ale unleashes explosive Citra derived notes of juicy pineapple, candied orange, and ripe mango. DDH RIWAKA FORT POINT Riwaka Dry Hopped Fort Point offers a vibrant bouquet of fresh fruit. Tropical fruit, pithy grapefruit, and orange lead the way with a subtle dank edge that rounds out the sip with a gentle bitterness. Medium-bodied and refreshingly drinkable. CITRA CUTTING TILES Citra's signature lychee and orange zest notes rest wonderfully atop a floral and earthy backbone contributed by Merrimac Valley Raw Wildflower Honey. WIDOWMAKER
COSMIC RIFT
A New England Double IPA brewed with 2 row, wheat and a ton of malted oats, hopped with Mosaic, BRU-1, and Cashmere. This beer is pillowy soft and reeks of tropical fruit, and has quickly become a favorite of the production team. Huge notes of pineapple, key lime, mango and a hint of coconut. BURLINGTON
UNCANNY VALLEY
Uncanny Valley is Burlington's flagship New England style IPA, hopped with Citra and Mosaic hops. Flavors and aromas of Ripe Mango, Pine Needles, Tangerine Zest, Watermelon Sorbet, and Ripe Peaches. The hop flavors wash over a balanced malt bill of Barley, Flaked Oats, Wheat Malt, Vienna Malt, and Raw Wheat to hold up the bold hops. IT'S COMPLICATED BEING A WIZARD An 8% Double IPA. Hopped with missive amounts of Simcoe, Idaho 7, and Chinook for flavors and aromas of Ripe Papaya, Nectarines, Orange Zest, and Dank Cannabis. CREATURES OF MAGIC Creatures of Magic, one of Burlington's New England-style IPA’s brewed with Mosaic, Simcoe, and Ekuanot hops, to provide flavors and aromas of Honeydew Melon, Blueberry Sorbet, Citrus Zest, and Papaya. Using more than 20% oat malt and flaked oats in the grist bill gives this beer an extra creamy body. When’s the last time you had a Creatures of Magic? SEA OF AIR Soft as a fluffy cloud. Packed with hand selected Citra hops, Sea of Air is a Double IPA that checks every box of what a Hazy Double IPA should be. WC 17/07/23 PASTORE, ARPUS, HOLY GOAT, BURNING SKY, GAMMA, BARON, BEAK, GARAGE, SURESHOT & MORE!7/17/2023 PASTORE
July is a time for Summer Puddings & what better way to consume them than in the form of a Pastore beer. GOOSEBERRY MOON based on a Gooseberry Fool with flavours of gooseberry, cream & custard. LEAVE THE GUN is a Lemon Cannoli inspired style bursting with tangy lemon & rich vanilla, and to finish what better than a trifle, ZUPPA INGLESE is conditioned on raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants & vanilla for that oh so English of summer desserts.
ARPUS
Arpus have got together with two cracking USA breweries to bring you two incredible new beers. A delicious IPA brewed with BARRIER pumped up with a triple dry hop of Nelson, Mosaic & Riawaka, and with the Kings of DIPAs FINBACK of course a mega TDH DIPA with Citra, Enigma & Azacca, then finally we're receiving a classic clean fruit sour to wrap things up CHERRY x RED CURRANT x APRICOT.
BURNING SKY
COMPANION is the one you look for. Brewed by the coming together of like minded friends, Wildflower, this is a sparkling ale inspired by an Australian classic. Crisp, clean and refreshing with Moteuka hops for tropical fruit notes.
HEROES ARE COMPLICATED but beer doesn’t need to be. A lovely West Coast Pale Ale with Maris Otter and Munich Malt, loaded to the hilt with Chinook and Citra hops. Brewed by some complex people from Verdant and Burning Sky. HOLY GOAT
WHITE WIZARD
Brewed with local malted barley, raw white wheat and dense fluffy oats, with additions of coriander, curacao orange peel and aged hops in the kettle. Holy Goat's take on the Belgian style witbier was fermented with their mixed house culture and aged for around six months. During this period, the beer developed complex Brettanomyces characteristics along with a light refreshing acidity. Bottle conditioned. GAMMA
LEAN IN is an 8.5% DIPA with Citra & Idaho 7 hops and grapefruit brewed in collaboration with Gamma's friends at Polly's brew.
Gamma also had their pals at Willibald stop by and keeping with the theme of last time they got together, they made another big 10% Triple IPA, YOU SURE ‘BOUT THAT? , hopped generously with Citra, Columbus and Sabro. BARON
GENERAL DOG'S BODY
Swapping styles to the other side of the USA for this brew with a West Coast IPA. Clear, crisp, resinous, bitter, and beautifully hoppy from Ekuanot and Simcoe. Like when you used to take a jar of marmalade into a pine forest for a snack. FRUIT MACHINE Baron's latest addition to the family. A 3.6% session Pale packed tightly with Motueka and Citra hops. It's got a lot going on for its weight. A full bodied Vienna and Cara-gold malt bill with oats and wheat, a brazen bitterness and a spritzy citrus aroma. LEFT HANDED GIANT
RADLER
A light and fragrant pale ale base, delicately dry hopped and blended with LHG's Sicilian lemonade. Expect a sweet, juicy dose of lemon, mellow bitterness and a thirst-quenching hit of zest to finish. A summer smasher perfect for the park, pub or patio. BREWPUB CITRA & CASCADE LHG's latest gluten free pale ale is a zesty little number, combining the delights of Citra & Cascade hops. The aroma pushes bright grapefruit zest and tropical fruit to the forefront, along with candied jelly sweets, before more freshly squeezed citrus fruit is brought to the palette. A joyful balance between classic and new world hops! AZVEX
INLAND EMPIRE
At only 4% this sessionable beer will surprise you with just how much flavour it has. Layers of Citra & El Dorado give this beer a huge melon note that makes it so, so easy to drink. COMBAT JUGGLING Next up is Combat Juggling, a 5.2% Pale Ale and MORE melon! This time with an additional sharp citrus edge. Hopped with Simcoe, Citra and Strata. POMONA ISLAND
I DON'T WANT TO BE A COWBOY
Yes.. you look like a Pineapple Wit with Pineapple Weed and a touch of coriander. Brewed in collaboration with Neon Raptor and pairs well with a can of I DON’T WANT TO BE A PIRATE. BECOME THE TEAPOT Now you put Cryo Simcoe, Magnum, Crystal, Chinook & Columbus in a West Coast IPA with a little spicy Rye in the grist.... it becomes the West Coast IPA. Brewed in collaboration with Indie Rabble. SURESHOT
Starting with our very best friend, I WISH I COULD FLY, Hopped with Citra BBC, Nelson Sauvin & Mosaic Cryo. He's a creamy, grassy, pineappley, smoothy, melony, hazy DDH IPA. Hear what I'm saying Orville?
Next, THE POWER OF THE SUN - in the palm of your hand. Sureshot's collab with Azvex is experimentally dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin hop kief and Citra BBC in a Sureshot first. Bringing all the sweetness and flavour of the hop preparation, it's tasting sinister Mr. Parker. PRESSURE DROP
AM I BEING BASIC
Idaho 7 provides a piney and earthy aroma while Mosaic and Simcoe hops give tropical fruitiness and a touch of dank. With just the right balance of malt sweetness and an alcohol content of 6.8%, Am I Being Basic is the ideal bev for your next BBQ or solo Netflix binge session. GARAGE
SANTAKOOO
Garage dropped the ball on this one: a few weeks ago they messed up & dropped twice the amount of hops than the usual SANTAKO rates, giving it 23g/L of dry-hopping (usual DIPA rates). Fortunately for you folk, some mistakes come with beautiful results and SANTAKOOO is a true banger in every sense of the word : same base, same abv, DOUBLE the amount of Citra, Amarillo and Simcoe. Juicy, dank, delicious. and yep it's still gluten-free... ACE DORADO Recently Garage had the pleasure of hosting the amazing team behind the hops at Yakima Chief for a brewery lunch here in Sant Andreu, then a few more cold ones down at Poblenou. They took the opportunity to brew ACE DORADO with them.... a tribute to Xavi from YCH, it's a killer juicy IPA & their first time with HBC586 Cryo. They also whacked a load Nelson Sauvin and their selected batch of Citra from hop selection into the mix. Booming notes of mango, guava and lychee and undertones of gooseberry, stone fruit and white wine. Garage has the honour of brewing its beers in one of the most picturesque cities by the breathtakingly magnificent Mediterranean Sea and these next three releases are devoted to protecting and preserving it! Three Blue Carbon Beers, which are committed to restoring biodiversity along the Mediterranean shore, notably in Palamós, located approximately 100 kilometres from Barcelona. With each purchase, they will donate 20 cents from each Blau Project sold to Seareg for their fantastic work along the beaches. Would you like to be part of the Mediterranean Sea recovery mission together with them? CYSTOSEIRA Macroalgae forests such as cystoseira are crucial for an unaccountable amount of marine species habitat and unfortunately, they are in a danger and need our attention. A West Coast IPA with big notes of pithy grapefruit and lemon zest, lots of fresh-cut grass, slight sweet pear and none of the cream-like character that a lot of Simcoe has these days. HIPPOCAMPUS This beer is named after seahorses endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Pour the pint of Hippocampus and be part of the restoration of their habitat & preservation! Plus the beer is just a straight-up banger, loaded up to the gills with Citra, Azacca and Cryo Idaho 7 this is bright and tangy. PORIFERA Garage's latest DIPA supporting the Mediterranean regeneration project Blau. Porifera is another name for a sponge which populates the seabed, and this DIPA is like a hop sponge that has absorbed all the beauty of Mosaic T90, Galaxy T90, Mosaic Spectrum and Galaxy Spectrum. NEW THIS WEEKTake a look here for all the exciting beers coming your way this week! PRESSURE DROP
NSP
Keep it light, keep on floating. Pressure Drop have used the palest malt in this West Coast style pale ale to really let this crisp and delicious hop shine. LIFE SIZED Pressure Drop added loads of fresh American hops to give this hazy pale ale a zippy tropical flavour. Why did they put a bunch of Aussie animals on the can then? They just think they're neat. DEYA
MY PHONE'S ON SNOOZE
Deya's annual raspberry Berliner Weisse. Lots of wheat, almost no hops and nearly two tonnes of raspberry puree….raspberry to the max, over a quick acidic base, deeeelicious. IN BALANCE Walking the line between sticky pine and sweet stone fruit. A mixed grist of vienna, wheat and oats lays down the body for a slightly drier finish, perfectly in balance with the flavours from the dry hop…superb. POMONA ISLAND
BUSHY BUSHY BLONDE HAIRDO
Inside Outside West Coast Pale, Inside Outside West Coast Pale, INSIDE OUTSIDE WEST COAST PALE. Everybody's going drinking, drinking West Coast Pale! Hopped with Ekuanot, Galaxy, Magnum & Crystal for a little of the Old School, and a little of the new THE BOY WITH THE FILTHY LAUGH Loads of sticky ripe stone fruits and a big floofy body, dry hopped with Cryo Simcoe, Cryo Mosaic & Topaz. DONZOKO
x EPOCHAL PROPER CLASS
'Proper Class' is Donzoko's first ever collaboration hosted at Jane Street and they were delighted to work with Gareth from Epochal based in Glasgow. 'Proper Class' is a European hopped pale ale with spelt. It features a lovely herbal and citrusy flavour with a full body provided by locally sourced spelt. NEON RAPTOR
Neon Raptor asked their Instagram followers which beers they should bring back for this year's Neon RapTour and they decided on the following...
BUY IT, USE IT, FIX IT, BREAK IT (originally brewed in 2020) NEIPA double dry hopped with Citra and Mosaic as well as Motueka and Nelson. TOTAL ECLIPSE (originally brewed in 2019) A creamy full bodied Jaffa Cake Stout. Raptor added cacao shells from Luísa’s Vegan Chocolates, their awesome neighbours, and mandarin orange to create a luxurious zingy treat. RUBBER DINGHY RAPIDS (originally brewed in 2021) Hopped with Simcoe Cryo, Vic Secret, Mosaic and Ekuanot and plenty of wheat and oats to boost the body, this DIPA is a full on juice bomb. LEAPING LLAMAS (originally brewed in 2019) The lime zings, the passion fruit pings, and the guava brings the balance. It's the fruited gose you always wanted. SURESHOT
PLAN A PRETTY PICNIC
A new DDH pale ale brewed in collaboration with Rivington. Sureshot had a fun idea to only use hops either trademarked or developed in 2000 (AD) in this beer. While the sister collab brew up at Rivvy's - 'I Brought Snacks' - uses only the newest lupulins. The results are a brew stacked with modern-millennial hops: Simcoe Cryo, Nelson Sauvin & Vic Secret. Tasting all sorts of zingy mandarin and creamy clementine. They couldn't be more smitten with it and their mates, the wonders from up yonders, Rivington. AZVEX
DEVELOPMENT HELL 4
The 4th in Azvex's series where they explore new ingredients, techniques, and brewing ideas. This time it's an IPA with their friends at Turning Point. For Development Hell 4 they explored Salvo, a flowable hop product from Hopsteiner. Dry hopped with the top-tier combo of Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe. LEFT HANDED GIANT
HIGHER VALLEYS
A hit of red grapefruit peel and sherbet lead into healthy lashings of heady pine, pithy orange and bright spruce. Like sipping a Negroni Sbagliato at the foot of a giant Redwood. x DUGGES SUNSET FLIP With an orange hue as vibrant as a Midsummer Supermoon, this brew is built on a base of lager malt with layers of wheat and oats. Soured, salted and blended with Orange, Passionfruit and a savoury-sweet hit of Carrot. This collab contains multitudes of flavour - crisp, juicy and thirst-quenching in turn. BREW YORK
WAYWARD DISTRACTION
“These pleasures, a wayward distraction, this is my one lucky prize...” Brew York have teamed up with Southwold legends Adnams to create a quaffable pale which pays tribute to the legendary group Joy Division. With Adnams Class III yeast strain in ‘Isolation’, they have used an eclectic mix of Columbus, Harlequin, Idaho 7, Cashmere & Mosaic hops to create a smooth and juicy modern pale ale with delightful fruit character. VOCATION
NEON FOG
As you take a sip of Vocation Neon Fog, the bold flavors of Mosaic, Galaxy, Talus, Sabro and Citra explode in your mouth, transporting you to a lively dance floor surrounded by neon strobes and swirling smoke. This New England style TIPA is triple dry hopped, making it packed with a hoppy punch that is as strong as the beats of the bass. As the foggy haze permeates your senses, you'll feel the power of the alcohol creeping up on you like the sound of a distant drum, encouraging you to dance and celebrate the flavours that are permeating your taste buds. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy, allowing you to fully enjoy every single hoppy burst of flavour that Neon Fog has to offer. PEANUT BUTTER & GRAPE JELLY This months of Volumes celebrates US Independence Day with a homage to America's greatest contribution to sandwich lore. No, they're not talking about the Philly Cheesesteak, that would be gross. It's peanut butter jelly time; with a unique grape twist! A rich, indulgent Imperial Stout with a touch of white bread sweetness. Crafted using the finest red grape juice and natural concord grape for luscious layers of berry flavours, that seamlessly blend into a rich, roasted peanut butter essence. Free from crunchy bits and bothersome crusts. U OK HON? Earlier this year Vocation teamed up with Leeds Small Batch Hot Sauciers Thiccc Sauce to bring you Kirsch of Death - a deep, spicy, juicy Cherry Chocolate sour winter warmer based on Death By Cherries. Now the climate’s gone all tropical (albeit tropical monsoon, currently) they’ve teamed up with them again for something completely different: U Ok Hon? Pineapple Hot Honey Sour. Vocation have taken Death By Pineapple, tweaked the ABV to 6.5% for a thicccer, juicier mouthfeel, infused it with habanero chillies for clean, fruity heat, and a touch of honey to round out that lip-smacking sourness and tongue-tingling spice. UNBARRED
BARREL AGED IMPERIAL BUENO SHAKE
Ageing in bourbon-laced wood has created a bigger character and built on those already indulgent and decadent flavours we love in Bueno Shake. The result is a complex mix of melted dark and milk chocolate with toasted hazelnuts, a touch of fragrant spice from the rye and sweet wafer and vanilla. Lightly smoked & spiced Bourbon from the charred American oak, finishing with a velvet smoothness for an incredibly easy drinking and indulgent finish. BASQUELAND
CARMELO JOE
Luscious ebony delight with creamy Indulgence brewed with a blend of 8 carefully selected malts together with lactose. A perfect harmony of sweet marshmallow and caramel flavors on top of a heavy coffee infused imperial stout that brings your sweet tooth out. x Three Sons SYRUP CITY Imperial Pastry Stout brewed in collaboration with Corey Artanis from 3 Sons Brewing in Florida. Conditioned over cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, and maple syrup. With an intense flavor of roasted malts and delicious additions, this beer presents itself as dense on the palate, offering a flavor bath where bitterness and sweetness coexist in perfect harmony. Visit this city of syrup where the streets meltdown under your feet... PINK FLAMINGO Think pink! Basqueland just brewed a second batch of this sour that you liked so much. This time they’ve adjusted the alcohol to 5.2% to make it even more drinkable and almost perfect for summer time. Flamingos are a stunning pink color as a result of their diet. Basqueland want to make you glow like a flamingo. So they’ve made a refreshing beer with added raspberries, hibiscus, and passionfruit (not pink but delicious) to give this beer and you a beautiful pink hue. The tannins released by the fruit flesh add a subtle bitterness that complements the fruity sourness of this rosé beer. FRESH N' ZIPPY After Crush, they take the step towards a Double IPA with the use of the Sauvignon Blanc Phantasm® grape skin-based thiol precursor, which awakens intense fruit aromas by interacting with yeast during fermentation. To create this unique beer, they add Cascade hops during the mash, Mosaic alongside Phantasm® during the whirlpool, and finish off with a dry-hop of Mosaic, Motueka, and Mosaic Cryo. The result is an immense range of fruit with aromas of white grapes, pink guava, pineapple and grapefruit skin, together with that of sour caramels. On the palate it is forceful, with great body and silky, with hardly any bitterness and with flavors of white grapes, yellow peach and ripe pineapple. x Outer Range MONT BLANC We’ve reached the mountaintops! With the help of Outer Range, Basqueland have made an IPA at the pinnacle of the tropical jungle of aromas, with clementine sorbet notes and jelly fruit nuances. Outer Range was founded in Frisco, Colorado, and recently opened their second outpost in Chamonix, France. To celebrate their landing in the Alps, Basqueland made this beer at their place and have already invited themselves to theirs for the next ski season! ORDAGO Órdago = All in. Challenge your senses! Do you accept the bet? Crafted with a substantial amount of oats, both in flakes and malt, to create a smooth mouthfeel, like a cloud. You can appreciate fruity aromas of lychee and white grape, while on the palate, you’ll experience citrus flavors, cantaloupe melon, and red currant, rounded off with a subtle touch of bitterness and a pale, hazy appearance. TOUCHÉ Unfiltered cloudy IPA, incredibly drinkable, with a monovarietal dry-hop of Cashmere hops that give it refreshing aromas of lime, lemon and melon. This beer features an extra pale malt base and is complemented by rolled oats, malted oats and wheat for a silky smooth body. An accurate blow that awakens the senses. OBSESSION Prepare to be captivated by Obsession by Basqueland, the perfect Vista hop double dry-hop fragrance that will invade your senses. You will be possessed by the powerful and seductive mix of flavors, including the rich and complex aroma of pineapple, perfectly sweet melon, the warmth of sensual papaya and the irresistible allure of flower nectar that hides a caress of bitterness. is your true obsession? Woof-woof! BARRELWORKS SCARLET A blend of selected 15-month Porto barrel-aged Imperial Stout and 6-hour boiled young Imperial Stout that has been heavily conditioned over raspberry and vanilla beans. A giant clash that results in a boldly flavored beer with tantalizing dark nuances, a warming body, and a beautiful black color with a red hue. On the nose, intense ripe raspberry aroma from the Porto barrels with a touch of vanilla, followed by hints of cocoa, wood, dark fruits, and spices. In the mouth, it is dense and sweet, combining the flavors of the port barrel with dark maltiness, earthiness, and raspberry character. A beer meant to be enjoyed with friends and family, it pairs amazingly well with strong cheese, and dark forest pie, but is equally enjoyable on its own. The label was designed in collaboration with world-renowned artist Carlos Irijalba. 
Best Pale 1. Citra Vista - Pollys 2. Rustling Substance - Verdant 3. No Sleep. No Dream - Track Best IPA 1. Transcending the Relative - Verdant 2. Locals V6 - Beak 3. Underground Oceans - Azvex Best DIPA 1. Nonic - Beak 2. Its All Nelson - Overtone 3. Seagull King - Azvex Best TIPA 1. Take My Place - Track 2. Explosions in the City - Overtone 3. Chubbles3: Enhanced - Cloudwater Best Sour 1. Hydra Melted Gelato - Mortalis 2 . Bistro Pineapple Banana Cream Pie - Energy City 3 . Thousand Finger Mango - Overtone Best Dark 1. Trinity in Black Bourbon BA - Puhaste 2. Quinquennium - Impy - Polly's 3. Barrel Works Bourbon BA - Basqueland Best Alcohol Free 1. Pina Colada Free Gelato - Funky Fluid 2. Reign in Blood Stout - Mash Gang Best New Brewery 2022 1. Sureshot - Manchester Best Breweries 1. Beak 2. Track 3. Azvex Worst Drain Pours 1. Veggie Turkey Soup - Tiny Rebel 2. Holy Heaven - Northern Monk 3. Beer Ink Cornetto Trilogy 2022 was a tough year for UK craft beer. A lot of breweries played it safe and stuck to low abv, core. and what they know. Obviously a steady income was needed after the Covid years. But there could have been a greater diversity and creativiy to create more interest. Not so many break out breweries and a we will now see a steady decline and a clean up in the industry. For this reason we think we'll see an increase in imports, we have already have more US beer arriving in the next month than the whole of last year. Energy wholesale prices are lower than before the Ukraine war but energy companies are still taking advantage of UK businesses, then there's the return of VAT to normal rates, wage increases and material price increases. It will be a bit of a rollercoaster in 2023 with the businesses that can adapt to the market that will survive. In 2023 there will be the continued lower abv trend, like Mash Gang who have suceeded in the alcohol free market and are producing some great beers. Cask will be more popular and we will see more craft breweries venture into this market, including Kernel. Good news is that UK craft lager quality and pricing is more in line with Europe so we will also see more UK brands in pubs and on the shelves. We are looking forward to the challenge of 2023 - we'll continue to source and supply great quality products and keep our margins as low as we can so that you can afford to buy them. Enjoy life, love Trembling Madness x
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In 4 weeks time the annual Northern Monk beer festival will be opening their doors once more. This year 10 bars across the country are hosting a Hop City session which will involve some of the beers of the festival. If you're familiar with our bars then you know the countries top breweries are always on tap but this little line up features a few more Northern Monk beers plus some big US numbers, check out the listing below.
Beers featuring this weekend include - Tripping Animals "King Of Everything" - TIPA // 10%Abv Chain House Brewing Co "Sharp Dressed, Silver Tongued Devil" - Pale Ale // 5% Abv Rivington "Never Known Fog Like It" - Pale Ale // 5.2% Abv Drowned Lands "Green Yield" - IPA // 7.2% Abv Northern Monk "Roseus" Northern Monk "Hop City 2022" - DDH IPA // 7.4% Abv Northern Monk "Smug The Ascension" - DIPA // 8% Abv Northern Monk "Greener Heathen" - Session IPA // 4.2% Abv Northern Monk Session Classics "Faith", "Great Northern", "A Little Faith" Plus beers from Verdant, Deya, Vault City and more. Starting Friday and running throughout the weekend.
Cloudwater will be on York on Friday 6th May from 6pm at our Lendal venue, we have compiled a great selection for you to try. Come down and meet up!
Neon Raptor began life back in the Jurassic Period, a.k.a 2016. As the Cretaceous Period loomed, Josh and Tom, two former posties with a passion for craft beer came aboard, and the journey began! After some cuckoo brewing and a lot of graft, they moved into their home at Sneinton Market, Nottingham in 2018, where the Raptor as it is today was born. Fast forward to today and their team is slowly growing, but one thing that has never changed is how much they love beer, and great beer at that! They create everything from one-off experimental beers to a solid range of our favourite styles. There’s also a fair amount of dinosaurs (naturally) and retro video game references and nostalgia involved. They're often at the Sneinton taproom, various beer festivals, and obviously down the pub, so come and say hi. They will be early door from 6pm at Stonegate then moving onto Stonegate at 8pm on 20th April 2022. Tap Takeover Keg List - Neon Raptor R0B1N H00D NE Pale Ale Neon Raptor M² DDH IPA Neon Raptor Little Tron DIPA Neon Raptor The Sheriff Fruited Sour Neon Raptor Tuckbot 2000 Imperial Stout Neon Raptor Resist Chocolate and Beetroot Anti-Imperial Stout Neon Raptor x Thornbridge Mandarin Duck West Coast IPA Vault City x Neon Raptor Centaur Skies Strawberry Cream Chocolate Peanut Butter and Toffee Sour
Hertfordshire-based craft and speciality beer importer Euroboozer is hoping to rescue roughly 45,000 pints of beer from Kyiv-based craft brewer Varvar Brew in a show of support and to raise money for the people of Ukraine. The brewery has had to close down since the invasion and is desperate to raise much-needed funds for food, medicine, to pay taxes and wages and to support the country as a whole. Martin Dawson of Varvar Brew said: “Our brewery has been unable to operate since the war began and we have stock in our warehouse in Kyiv that we are desperately looking to sell. The situation in Kyiv is unpredictable, and we don’t know exactly how many days we will still be able to get our hands on our beer. Hopefully each and every beer that leaves the country can provide real enjoyment but also play a role in keeping our fight at the front of people’s minds. Our beer is made with a tank full of Ukrainian passion and the finest ingredients so we don’t want to see it destroyed.” While everything was quickly agreed between Euroboozer and Varvar, as you can imagine, it’s taking a bit longer to find and confirm transport, the route and the wider logistics involved in getting roughly 45,000 pints worth of quality beer out of a warzone. Once back in the UK, Euroboozer plan to get the varied and much-loved selection of Varvar beers stocked in pubs, bars, restaurants and retailers across the country which includes us here at Trembling Madness.
In addition to paying Varvar the full price for the stock, Euroboozer will also be donating all profits from the sale of the beer to www.drinkersforukraine.com which is raising money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine, all additional Trembling Madness profits will also go to Ukraine. The beer is hoping to be in the UK by the 14th April so it can be made available to buy before Easter. The eclectic mix of beers being saved includes lagers, ginger ales, session ales, IPAs, APAs, stouts, sours, goses and barley wines to name a few. We will be making up Varvar beer 12 packs as well so you can sample the full range. You might have noticed we have selling as many Varvar collabs as we can get our hands on recently to raise money. the next collab due out is with Rivington. 
Varvar brewing at Rivington 22nd Mar 2022 |
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