hopulist issue 3
Welcome to issue 3 of Hopulist. This month we feature Duration Brewing, Beer Guerrilla tap room and bottle shop, The Craft Beer Channel, a review of the craft beer year and much more...
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PHOTO CREDIT: ROBERT GIGLIOTTI
It has been quite the year for craft beer. The<br />
industry has reached unforseen levels of<br />
popularity and its produce is being enjoyed by<br />
more people than ever, While this is of course<br />
great, it has also seen some downsides, with<br />
more and more multi-national beer companies<br />
flashing their cash to get involved in the world of<br />
craft.<br />
Despite this, there has been plenty to celebrate<br />
this year with some terrific brews from a raft of<br />
brewers. And the upcoming year looks even more<br />
promising.<br />
In this <strong>issue</strong> we focus on some of what has been<br />
great in 2017 and some of what we hope will be<br />
even better in 2018. From new collaborations and<br />
trends, through to the emergence of brand new<br />
breweries – it’s all here.<br />
So, sit back and grab something that tickles<br />
your crafty fancy and enjoy our third <strong>issue</strong>.<br />
Oh, and season’s greetings!<br />
Cheers,<br />
The Hopulist team
06<br />
14<br />
16<br />
The craft beer news<br />
you need to know.<br />
Keep it fresh, keep it<br />
here for new beers.<br />
Tune in to the Craft<br />
Beer Channel.<br />
24<br />
26<br />
34<br />
Get styled out with<br />
new beer merch.<br />
The story behind<br />
Duration Brewing.<br />
Get glassware wise<br />
with our 101 guide.<br />
42<br />
56<br />
62<br />
The best beers from<br />
God’s own country.<br />
Our beery A-Z<br />
reaches C.<br />
A taproom driving a<br />
guerrilla movement.<br />
72<br />
74<br />
84<br />
Cloudwater touches<br />
DIPA perfection.<br />
A review of the craft<br />
beer year,<br />
What the Hopulist<br />
team’s been drinking.
Mount St Bernard Abbey.<br />
COULD BRITAIN BE<br />
GOING TRAPPIST?<br />
Britain could soon have it’s own Trappist<br />
brewery – monks at Mount St Bernard<br />
Abbey in Leicestershire have been given<br />
planning permission to build what<br />
could eventually become the UK’s first<br />
true Trappist brewery. The development<br />
would enable the monastery to produce<br />
beer continuing the time-old tradition of<br />
monastic brewing.<br />
Once established the brewery would<br />
be run by monks and other residents<br />
of the abbey with any profits from the<br />
venture going to the trustees of Mount St<br />
Bernard, a registered charity responsible<br />
for the upkeep of the abbey. The building<br />
is Grade II listed but the development will<br />
allow for its conservation in a sustainable<br />
and economically viable manner.<br />
To be considered a true Trappist beer it<br />
must first be accepted by the International<br />
Trappist Association (ITA) where upon<br />
it can carry the official logo. Currently<br />
there are only 11 trappist breweries across<br />
the globe - six in Belgium, two in the<br />
Netherlands and one each in Austria, Italy<br />
and the USA.<br />
The community of Mount St Bernard<br />
entered into membership of the ITA<br />
in March of this year with the view of<br />
developing their artisanal economy,<br />
previously they had run a dairy farm<br />
which closed in 2014.
A brew<br />
to save<br />
the crew<br />
Scottish craft beer powerhouse BrewDog is<br />
quickly integrating itself into the community<br />
of Columbus, Ohio – the location of its new<br />
$30million brewery – by creating a special new<br />
brew to raise funds for the local football club.<br />
Major League Soccer outfit Columbus Crew has<br />
fallen on hard times and is crowdfunding to try<br />
and ensure its future participation in the United<br />
States’ premiere football competition. BrewDog<br />
has decided to step in and do its bit for its new<br />
local area by brewing a limited 4.4% golden ale<br />
called Crew Brew – all of the profits of which will<br />
be donated to the Save the Crew campaign.<br />
A statement on the BrewDog website explained:<br />
“At BrewDog, we are world leading pioneers<br />
and experts in crowd-funding and community<br />
ownership. Indeed our own business is part<br />
owned by a community of over 60,000 craft beer<br />
lovers and we have raised over $60million through<br />
crowdfunding over the last few years. We would<br />
love to facilitate and be involved in a potential<br />
purchase of the Columbus Crew from it’s current<br />
ownership structure and then immediately look<br />
to sell at least half of it back to the fans through<br />
crowdfunding.<br />
“We passionately believe the best people to<br />
own things are the ones who care the most about<br />
them.”
SIGNATURE BREW<br />
LAUNCH ANTHOLOGY<br />
London-based Signature Brew has<br />
announced the launch of Anthology, a<br />
highly limited edition Imperial Stout.<br />
The beer has been designed and created<br />
by Signature Brew’s head brewer Riina<br />
Lääts, who joined the team at Signature 12<br />
months ago, after previously brewing for<br />
Estonia’s Sori Brewing.<br />
After working closely on developing<br />
and tightening Signature Brew’s core<br />
range with founders Tom Bott and Sam<br />
McGregor, Anthology has been Lääts’<br />
opportunity to express her brewing<br />
prowess on a more personal level.<br />
Anthology weighs in at 10% ABV and<br />
showcases six different malts, healthy<br />
additions of Chinook hops and the<br />
addition of cacao nibs adding profoundly<br />
bittersweet chocolate notes. Anthology<br />
features intense flavours of dark chocolate,<br />
hints of licorice and vinous notes of dark<br />
stone fruit, which lead to a lingeringly<br />
bitter finish. The beer will be available<br />
exclusively in 440ml cans and 20l keykegs.<br />
Signature brews regular designer Simon<br />
McCoy is responsible for the striking<br />
artwork that adorns the label.<br />
Lääts explains why out of all the styles<br />
available to choose from, she went with<br />
an imperial stout: “As the nights have<br />
started drawing in and we begin to head<br />
to the cosiest pubs possible it seemed<br />
a deep, velvety imperial stout was the<br />
only option! The style also lends itself to<br />
being regularly reworked for each annual<br />
edition and the scope for twisted spin-offs<br />
is endless. All of the guys here are already<br />
pitching their ideas for next years version,<br />
so watch this space...”<br />
Anthology will become an annually<br />
released beer, launched each year in the<br />
late autumn. Future releases will also<br />
include barrel-aged versions, as some of<br />
this year’s batch has been put aside for<br />
maturation in oak.<br />
The launch of Anthology will be<br />
celebrated on Sunday 3rd December at<br />
The King’s Arms, Bethnal Green. Launch<br />
parties will also take place on December<br />
6th at The Beer Emporium, Bristol and on<br />
December 14th at Dead Crafty, Liverpool.<br />
Anthology will be available at select<br />
independent retailers and venues around<br />
the UK from next week.
EER EER FOR FOR GOOD! GOOD!<br />
We’re generally told by health<br />
professionals/mothers/strange friends<br />
who don’t drink that beer is bad for<br />
you. While that may be scientifically true in some<br />
respects, drinking craft beer just became a power for<br />
good thanks to the work of two beer aficionados and a<br />
charity movement they have set up.<br />
Boozers Without Borders is a London-based<br />
programme run by friends Ian Gordon and Matt<br />
Bonnamy that holds several charity nights a year<br />
where all gather to drink fine ale and raise money for<br />
charity Help Refugees.<br />
“It all started when my wife, who is much more<br />
socially aware than I, convinced me that it would be<br />
a good idea to spend our holiday volunteering at the<br />
Calais Jungle refugee camp in France,” explains Ian.<br />
“Once I had spent time immersed in that world, it<br />
opened my eyes to the struggles of people displaced<br />
by wars, dictatorships and other political tragedies.”<br />
Ian returned to London and immediately started<br />
musing with good friend Matt (who actually<br />
introduced him to the world of craft beer) how they<br />
could do something to help. They decided to use their<br />
love of craft as a force for good and set up the first<br />
Boozers Without Borders evening in November 2016.<br />
And so, the Draft House in Hammersmith became<br />
the birthplace of this charity movement.
ian and Matt have held a<br />
total of four nights so<br />
far, raising over £5,000<br />
for Help Refugees.<br />
“We sold tickets for that original evening and then people<br />
could have a certain amount of drinks for that,” says Ian.<br />
“We have trialled that and also having a paying bar<br />
– in both cases we rely heavily on generosity from<br />
local brewers to either donate beer or sell it to us at a<br />
discounted price so we can raise as much as possible<br />
for charity.”<br />
Ian and Matt have held a total of four nights so far,<br />
raising over £5,000 for Help Refugees. They have<br />
also enlisted support from breweries such as The<br />
Kernel.<br />
“One of our most memorable nights was the<br />
last one in September 2017, which was held at<br />
the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe,” adds Ian.<br />
“It was a spectacular venue and we also<br />
raised a good amount of money for the<br />
museum itself as part of our arrangement<br />
with them.<br />
“We are hoping our events continue to<br />
grow and people continue to enjoy them.<br />
We are actively seeking new partners –<br />
whether that be venues or breweries to<br />
help us continue raising money for this<br />
great cause. Anyone who is interested<br />
should contact either myself or Matt<br />
and let’s talk.”<br />
Visit boozers.beer to find out<br />
more about the movement and<br />
how you can get involved.
Hundreds of craft beer<br />
lovers descended on<br />
Holland’s party city<br />
Amsterdam in September 2017<br />
for an annual beer festival that<br />
puts the emphasis on proper<br />
brewing. The Amsterdam<br />
Beer Festival, does what it<br />
says on the tin and hosted an<br />
impressive group of Dutch<br />
and international brewers<br />
including To Øl, Laguintas,<br />
Brouwerij and Walhalla – all<br />
serving their beer to thirsty<br />
punters in special festival<br />
glasses.<br />
The event also included live<br />
brewing, live music and live<br />
artisans selling various food<br />
and wares that were designed<br />
to perfectly complement the<br />
beer on offer.<br />
Organisers were pretty happy<br />
with the event, and in previous<br />
years names such as BrewDog,<br />
Jopen and Anchor have all<br />
been there – so this is one to<br />
stick in your calendar for 2018.<br />
Visit www.tabfestival.com to<br />
find out more.<br />
A a DAM dam fine<br />
beer festival
PICS COURTESY OF TJAN HO LAI
WANT YOUR LATEST BEER LAUNCH FEATURED<br />
BREW LIKE A MONK<br />
A new brew from Bermondsey-based<br />
Anspach & Hobday, the Paterbier is a<br />
4.4% Belgian style pale brewed with citra<br />
and sorachi ace. Described as super light<br />
and fruity, this beer promises to dazzle<br />
your tastebuds in the way only a monk<br />
can make them do.<br />
Release date: Already on sale<br />
WHERE THE WILD BEERS ARE<br />
BrettBrett is a new 8.4% double IPA<br />
from The Wild Beer Co and provides<br />
a super crisp and fresh taste with a full<br />
hop character. The wild yeast used in it<br />
preserves the hops and actively evolves<br />
the beer as it ages, producing different<br />
flavour compounds. This beer is alive!<br />
Release date: Already on sale
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A HIPSTER’S WET DREAM<br />
Combining both pretentious coffee and<br />
excellent craft beer, Alphabet Brewing<br />
Company’s 7.4% Flat White breakfast<br />
stout is a pretty unusual affair.<br />
Heavy on the coffee, milk and oat flavour<br />
it is also full of malty goodness and much<br />
lighter than your average stout.<br />
Release date: Already on sale<br />
PATTERNICITY PERFECT<br />
Patternicity is the latest special release<br />
from Lost & Grounded – an IPA with<br />
azacca, columbus and mosaic hops. A<br />
smooth base of Pils malt and Golden<br />
Naked Oats has been overlaid with<br />
these delicious hop varieties – think your<br />
favourite fruit salad in a glass.<br />
Release date: Already on sale
#2<br />
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CHANNEL<br />
HOPPERS
#1<br />
JONNY
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Craft Beer<br />
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Imagine travelling across the globe<br />
with one of your best buddies,<br />
investigating, talking about and<br />
drinking craft beer at every step along<br />
the way. Not only that, but having<br />
a raft of enthusiastic fans eager to<br />
hear your every word on the subject.<br />
That’s the life of Jonny Garrett and<br />
Brad Evans. Back in 2013, they along<br />
with their pal Jim Tanfield decided they<br />
wanted to turn their weekly ‘geeking out’<br />
sessions over craft beer into something<br />
they could share with the world.<br />
“In 2013, we were all working for<br />
JamieOliver.com and every Friday<br />
night we’d hang out drinking and<br />
talking to obsessively geeky levels<br />
about beer,” begins Jonny.<br />
“Then Jamie Oliver founded his<br />
own YouTube channel FoodTube,<br />
which got us thinking that there was<br />
definitely a space for a similar channel<br />
that was based around great beer.
“We spoke to Jamie about founding our<br />
own channel and making some videos for<br />
him, and he said if the videos were good<br />
enough he was well up for supporting it.<br />
So, we made some videos that Jamie liked<br />
and he signed us to his network. The rest is<br />
slightly blurry history!”<br />
And so, the trio set off on their vlogging<br />
adventure, as Jonny himself puts it, it was<br />
a great way to get out of the house to do it.<br />
They visited breweries, restaurants, pubs<br />
and quickly discovered that a lot of people<br />
wanted to love beer but had no real way in,<br />
or felt intimidated by the complexity of it.<br />
They started to pair food with the beer in<br />
the videos to make it more accessible and<br />
then added travel pieces.<br />
“We think beer is as much about where<br />
you’re drinking and with whom as it is about<br />
what you’re drinking, explains Jonny.<br />
“For example, Pliny the Elder is a great<br />
bottle brought back by a friend – but it’s<br />
nothing compared to drinking it in the<br />
brewpub surrounded by the history and<br />
other beer lovers. That’s an important story<br />
to tell.”<br />
As things escalated and the channel<br />
began gaining a following, one third of the<br />
three musketeers had to make a tough call.<br />
Jim decided he couldn’t dedicate as much<br />
time as he wanted to the channel due to<br />
family commitments – a decision Jonny<br />
and Brad fully understood and supported.<br />
The remaining duo continued with their<br />
ambitious, entertaining and informative<br />
work with the channel, taking in some<br />
incredible parts of the world in the process.<br />
Jonny explains: “In terms of beer, our<br />
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HOMEBREWING IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
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BEER SCHOOL: HOW TO TASTE BEER LIKE A BEER JUDGE<br />
highlight has to be going to the bombedout<br />
ruin of a brewery deep in the Czech<br />
countryside to visit Kout Brewery, who<br />
make what has to be the world’s best lager.<br />
Drinking it from pewter jugs straight from<br />
the lagering tanks is the most satisfying,<br />
wholesome experience I’ve ever had with<br />
food or drink. In terms of people and<br />
adventure it has to be our trip to visit the<br />
home brewers of the arctic circle in Norway.<br />
Their beer scene is so exciting because it’s<br />
pretty much all made by the locals at home<br />
and they are such lovely people – obsessed<br />
by food, beer and friends.”<br />
This might seem like an out-and-out<br />
Cinderella story, but don’t be deceived.<br />
Running a project like this is not always<br />
plain sailing. YouTube itself is a great<br />
format, but it does have challenges, as Jonny<br />
continues: “We’ve been very lucky in that<br />
all our viewers seem to be lovely people<br />
who just want the best for us, the beer and<br />
the people we put in the episodes but we’ve<br />
had the odd troll swing by and try to upset<br />
some people. We’ve had the same approach<br />
to all of them – do not engage, do not<br />
delete. Leave it there with no replies and it<br />
slowly drops to the bottom of the section.<br />
Respond and it only snowballs. However,<br />
where we see a chance to open someone’s<br />
mind we do so, not all angry comments<br />
are trolls so where it’s about beer we try to<br />
have a reasoned discussion. Often it works,<br />
sometimes it doesn’t.”<br />
Beyond this, the craft beer scene itself is<br />
a fast-changing landscape with challenges<br />
at every hurdle. From the different stages<br />
of its development around the world to the
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constantly-fought battle between independents and multinational<br />
companies hungry for investment. It’s a minefield<br />
that has to be trodden carefully.<br />
“Craft beer is in a different stage of development all over the<br />
world, but what that shows is its cyclical nature,” says Jonny.<br />
“New markets like Spain, Brazil and so on are all obsessed<br />
with hops, the UK is just moving through onto Belgian<br />
styles and sours, while America has been through all that<br />
and is now obsessed with making lager better – while others<br />
reinvent the IPA as a low-bitterness hazy style! All the<br />
markets seem to follow that long march round this circle of<br />
craft. Improving each time they go round.<br />
“Of course, there are disruptors to that journey. The<br />
buyouts will hold beer back – freezing it on IPA because<br />
it’s a volume product, making it harder for the small guys<br />
to innovate and still hit their volume targets for growth.<br />
Hopefully we can push through and keep beer moving.<br />
“It’s desperately difficult. Our approach is to always support<br />
the independent businesses first because they are the ones
that deserve, want and need our coverage<br />
most. If there is something we want to cover<br />
but it’s not an independent brewery we have<br />
to weigh it up in our minds.<br />
“For us, not telling the story of Pilsner<br />
Urquell isn’t an option. They invented pale<br />
lager and still make one of the best in the<br />
world. The same goes for Goose Island<br />
Bourbon County. They were the pioneers of<br />
spirit-barrel-aged beer. But would we cover<br />
Goose IPA? Hell no – we could go to 10,000<br />
independent breweries around the world<br />
making better IPA.”<br />
As far as The Craft Beer Channel goes,<br />
though, the only way is up. It’s Beer School<br />
videos remain incredibly popular thanks<br />
to their in-depth explanations of different<br />
facets of brewing and drinking beer<br />
presented in an approachable, down-to-<br />
Earth and entertaining style. And there<br />
are plenty more ideas bouncing around<br />
between this dynamic vlogging duo.<br />
Jonny concludes: “We don’t know what the<br />
future holds. All we know is that we want<br />
to be more ambitious with what we make<br />
and tell some stories we’ve been dying to<br />
tell – Schlenkerla and Omnipollo are our<br />
next bucket list places because what they<br />
do is so unique. I also hope we can travel to<br />
some places not famous at all for their beer<br />
– Peru and Mexico have fantastic, under<br />
represented scenes that I’d love to explore so<br />
there will be more travel.<br />
“Home brewing is another angle we want<br />
to do more of. I love the videos we’ve done<br />
where we brew with a fantastic commercial<br />
brewer then give our viewers a recipe to try<br />
at home.”<br />
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THREE »<br />
The first one is know your damn subject. If you know<br />
less than the people watching, all you’re gonna do is<br />
spread misinformation.<br />
Put some serious effort into the edit and tell a story<br />
each time. Humans love stories and opinions, and<br />
when based in fact that makes for powerful viewing.<br />
Don’t copy anyone unless you can do it better!<br />
FOUR »<br />
F|VE »<br />
Get out there and change location – not only does it<br />
make your content more exciting, it means you’ll learn<br />
things. If you stay in the same place, you’ll never grow<br />
and change your opinions, which is vital when beer is<br />
moving so fast.<br />
Enjoy it. If you don’t have fun, or get cynical like a lot<br />
of beer writers are now, then you’re helping no one,<br />
least of all yourself. There are so many bloggers and<br />
vloggers who go “I don’t like [insert style or method<br />
here] so I don’t drink it”. How is that of any use or<br />
interest to anyone? Push yourself and enjoy it, and<br />
when you stop enjoying it, stop doing it.
HE WEARS A MAGIC HAT<br />
Magic Rock has recently released a<br />
range of beanies just in time for winter.<br />
This one is our personal favourite – the<br />
dark blue classic waffle knit. It’s all in the<br />
details with these beauties.<br />
MAD SKULLS<br />
Beavertown has also released a range of<br />
beanies (‘tis the season) each featuring<br />
Nick Dwyer’s skull masterpiece<br />
embroidered in some form or other. This<br />
one is the Dark Grey Short Beanie.<br />
W A N T Y O U R P R O D U C T F E A T U R E D ? C O
TIME TO START<br />
DROPPING PRESENT-<br />
SIZED HINTS...<br />
IMPERIALISM TEE<br />
Artist Karl Grandin does some wonderful<br />
work for Omnipollo, not least this limited<br />
release t-shirt. We recommend you<br />
also check out the Noa and Ice Cream<br />
numbers before purchasing.<br />
LEATHER PATCH NMBCO CAP<br />
Caps are ten-a-penny these days, but<br />
we think this one really stands out. The<br />
stylish leather patch on the front subtly<br />
displays the Northern Monk Brew Co<br />
logo making it a hat for all occasions.<br />
N T A C T U S A T I N F O @ H O P U L I S T . C O M
BEERS<br />
THAT<br />
BELONG<br />
A FAST-GROWING FANBASE, A<br />
SERIES OF COLLABS WITH SOME<br />
OF THE HOTTEST BRANDS IN THE<br />
INDUSTRY AND ONE OF BREWING’S<br />
MOST COVETED TALENTS AT THE<br />
HELM – DURATION BREWING SEEMS<br />
TO HAVE ITS STARS ALIGNED<br />
PRETTY WELL. BUT WHAT’S REALLY<br />
STRANGE, IS THAT IT’S NEVER<br />
BREWED A SINGLE DROP OFF IT’S<br />
OWN BAT. HOPULIST DISCOVERS HOW<br />
IT’S TAKING BEER BACK TO BASICS.
Derek Bates.<br />
Photo Credit: Robert Gigliotti.
Since Derek Bates can first remember,<br />
he’s had an obsession with great taste.<br />
He grew up absorbing a love of cooking<br />
from his family, gaining a particular liking for<br />
game, fish and BBQ. His passion for flavours<br />
saw him working in a series of restaurants in<br />
his native South Carolina before he turned his<br />
hand to what would become his major passion<br />
for the years to come – brewing beer.<br />
Derek (or Bates as he’s more commonly<br />
known) began working in a brewpub and<br />
experimenting by brewing beer with a local<br />
mindset. His passion and natural flair for<br />
standing over a tun and working his brewing<br />
magic began to become well known locally in<br />
America’s southeast.<br />
“Those early days were where I started<br />
Miranda Hudson.<br />
Photo Credit: Antonio Olmos<br />
Illustration: Philip Buckingham @ 5HT
developing my craft and gaining an appreciation<br />
for how locally, sustainably farmed fresh<br />
ingredients produced the best beers,” he explains.<br />
“But there were limitations – the alcohol laws<br />
are quite strict in South Carolina. For example,<br />
distribution is monopolised and you couldn’t brew<br />
a beer over five per cent ABV, so obviously there<br />
was going to come a time when I relocated to<br />
experiment and expand my brewing.”<br />
That move happened in a rather unexpected<br />
way, when he met his now wife and business<br />
partner Miranda, when she was on vacation in<br />
the state. The couple’s holiday romance became<br />
something much more than that when Bates<br />
boarded a plane for London with an open mind<br />
to the future. A move to England’s capital for the<br />
man seen as hot talent in the brewing industry,<br />
particularly because of his talent for cooking and<br />
interest in the future of food and brewing, meant<br />
plenty of job offers. Bates took on a role with one<br />
of the UK’s biggest craft beer brands Brewdog,<br />
working to develop the food and beer marriages<br />
of its bars around the country. After this, Bates<br />
took on a job with the guys from Bermondseybased<br />
Brew By Numbers and enjoyed two years of<br />
really getting down to the nitty gritty of brewing<br />
authentic, seasonal craft beer. But like all creative<br />
minds, Bates wanted to do something purer to his<br />
ideals, something from scratch, something of his<br />
own.<br />
After some brainstorming and meticulous<br />
planning with Miranda and having bounced ideas<br />
around with colleagues in the brewing industry,<br />
the concept for Duration Brewing was born.
TerrO|r terr|tory<br />
The plan for Duration was simple – a farmhouse<br />
model brewery, out in the countryside where they<br />
could make beer with terroir, utilising knowledge<br />
of the land and crops to get the best out of<br />
ingredients and produce beer that dazzles with its<br />
quality.<br />
“I’m a country boy,” continues Bates. “Brewing<br />
beer started out in the countryside back in history,<br />
and knowledge of farming and the land was<br />
integral to making beer of real quality. As much as<br />
I enjoyed my time working in the craft beer scene<br />
in London – and I have many friends and contacts<br />
there who I respect – brewing beer in a railway<br />
arch in a city just doesn’t feel right to me. I want<br />
that connection with the land, I believe I can brew<br />
better beers with that. If I stayed in the city, I would<br />
suffer a disconnect with the roots of brewing, and<br />
it’s also expensive and space is at a premium.”<br />
After intensive research, Bates and Miranda<br />
found their perfect spot in the eastern English<br />
county of Norfolk and an old farm building that<br />
was perfectly equipped to be adapted into the type<br />
of farmhouse brewery they wanted.<br />
Bates adds: “Duration will be a destination<br />
farmhouse brewery – we want it to be educational<br />
and pioneering by using local grains, water from<br />
the River Nar and yeast right from the farm. It will<br />
cultivate a sense of time and location that makes<br />
the beer belong. And belonging is something<br />
intrinsic in me – I want to make beer of a place.”<br />
Bates believes that the industry has gotten<br />
a little lost with the craft beer ‘arms race’ that<br />
has developed as it has become more and more<br />
globalised. His vision for Duration is taking beer<br />
Illustration: Philip Buckingham @ 5HT
Durat|on<br />
w|ll take<br />
brew|ng back<br />
to the farm,<br />
but us|ng<br />
modern<br />
technolog|es<br />
and w|th<br />
va s t ly<br />
|mproved<br />
eff|c|ency.<br />
back to the place where it originated, focusing on clean,<br />
easy-to-drink beers that are consistent and balanced, set<br />
against small batch special release wild ales that are more<br />
complex and tart. In his own words, the beers should<br />
enhance the location you are drinking them in.<br />
“Once we had a clear idea in our head of what we wanted<br />
to do, that’s when the real hard work began,” explains<br />
Miranda. “We had to plan how we wanted the brewery<br />
to look and feel, begin networking with local farmers<br />
and producers so we can work with fresh and seasonal<br />
ingredients. Duration will take brewing back to the farm,<br />
but using modern technologies and with vastly improved<br />
efficiencies, and always striving to be sustainable.<br />
“We also had a huge challenge in getting the permits and<br />
approvals for the barn, which is a grade II listed and on<br />
a scheduled monument site of historic importance being<br />
a 900-year-old Augustine Priory, not to mention raising<br />
£1.5million to get the thing off the ground.”<br />
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DURATION BEER PROJECT PROMO VIDEO
ABBEY FARM •<br />
|NFO<br />
Duration Brewing Co<br />
Abbey Farm, Norfolk, UK<br />
É durationbeer.com<br />
$ @durationbeer<br />
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Party t|me<br />
Duration will be holding a<br />
Christmas party at London’s<br />
Mason & Co on 15 December,<br />
during which it hopes to reveal<br />
its collab beer with Cornwallbased<br />
Verdant. If you’re<br />
interested in coming along, visit<br />
the Duration Facebook page.<br />
Shar|ng |s car|ng<br />
The project is an ambitious one, and it’s not expected<br />
that the brewery will be up-and-running until mid-tolate<br />
2018, but despite that the fanfare for Duration is<br />
already well underway. The brand has a strong online<br />
following and has also become a name passed around<br />
the scene by word of mouth thanks to Bates’ reputation<br />
and the range of impressive collaborations Duration<br />
has put out. Paul Jones of Manchester-based seasonal<br />
beer powerhouse Cloudwater is a good friend of Bates<br />
and Miranda and subsequently really wanted to create a<br />
beer with them. The Cloudwater/Duration Fool For You<br />
gooseberry saison brewed this August was the result<br />
and it went down a storm in craft circles. Duration<br />
has also worked on collabs with Brixton, Left Handed<br />
Giant, DEYA and plans to do one with Verdant too.<br />
When we spoke to Bates for this article, he was pretty<br />
whacked after a day spent with the guys at Gipsy Hill<br />
brewery, working on yet another.<br />
“We have a smaller producer ethos of sharing is<br />
caring,” says Miranda. “So, while it’s great that these<br />
collaborations are helping us build a platform of interest<br />
for our own brewery, it’s not really about that. It’s about<br />
Bates keeping his brewing muscles flexed while working<br />
with folk on his level in brewing but who have different<br />
techniques and approaches about how to brew beer and<br />
sharing the knowledge both ways. When you get great<br />
minds together, usually great things happen.”<br />
Bates concludes: “We have really enjoyed the process<br />
of creating Duration so far. We have control over every<br />
aspect of everything we have done, and we’ve also not<br />
rushed things, sharing plans for what we intend to do a<br />
full year before they will actually happen. The road ahead<br />
is an exciting one and we are thankful to be entering the<br />
diverse UK beer scene at such an interesting time.”
DURATION’S COLLABS SO FAR<br />
#1 #2<br />
#3<br />
#4 #5<br />
#6<br />
# x Brewery Name Release date<br />
#1 Cloudwater Fool for you (Gooseberry Saison 6.5%) Aug ’17<br />
#2 Brixton Nuclear dawn (Botanical Sour 4.7%) Oct ’17<br />
#3 Left Handed Giant Strategic partnership (IPA - 8%) Oct ’17<br />
#4 DEYA This ain’t my first rodeo (Oatmeal Coffee Porter - 6.3%) Nov ’17<br />
#5 Gipsy Hill Barnstormer (Tart Saison - 4.7%) Nov/Dec ’17<br />
#6 Verdant If we must (Grape Must Double IPA - 8%) Dec ’17
Glassware<br />
Chalice/Goblet<br />
GLASSWARE MAKES A HUGE<br />
DIFFERENCE TO THE FLAVOURS AND<br />
AROMAS OF THE BEER YOU ARE<br />
DRINKING. IT IS A VITAL INSTRUMENT<br />
IN HOW WE ENJOY OUR DRINKS SO<br />
HERE’S OUR GUIDE TO HELP YOU<br />
ENSURE YOU ARE SERVING THE<br />
RIGHT BEER INTO THE RIGHT GLASS.<br />
Thick walls, a hefty base and a<br />
wide bowl define the chalice.<br />
The wide rim shows off the<br />
head of the beer and allows<br />
for confident deep sips. Goblet<br />
glass is similar to the chalice<br />
but generally lighter and more<br />
delicate with thinner glass walls<br />
and a longer stem.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Begian quadrupels, triples,<br />
doubles, high-ABV beers.
Flute<br />
The flute is from the world of<br />
Champagne but lends itself<br />
to certain types of beer rather<br />
well. The long and narrow body<br />
enhances the carbonation and<br />
allows for a more intense and<br />
upfront aroma.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Lambic, sour, wild ale.<br />
Mug<br />
The mug glass is a traditional<br />
British and German (Stein)<br />
vessel with heavy walls, sturdy<br />
base and good sized handle.<br />
Whilst instantly recognisable,<br />
it does come in many shapes<br />
and sizes, the more traditional<br />
feature dimpled glass grid<br />
patterns.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Bitter, pale ale, porter,<br />
Scottish ale, German lager<br />
Pilsner glass<br />
This tall, slender and outwardly<br />
tapered glass showcases the<br />
colour and carbonation of a<br />
pils. It allows for excellent head<br />
retention and, much like the<br />
flute, allows a more intense<br />
upfront aroma.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Pils, lager, bock.
Pint Glass<br />
The most common beer<br />
drinker’s glass. Most have a<br />
little curvature with a narrow<br />
base creating a better pour<br />
from the tap, bottle or can.<br />
Their durability has made them<br />
popular in pubs and bars the<br />
world over.<br />
Snifter<br />
Used for brandy and cognac<br />
these wide-bowled glasses have<br />
tapered mouths that are perfect<br />
for capturing the aromas of high<br />
ABV beers. The size and shape<br />
provide the drinker plenty of<br />
room to swirl releasing the beers<br />
aroma.<br />
Stange<br />
The stange is a traditional<br />
German glass which translates<br />
as ‘stick’, unsurprisingly then<br />
these are tall, slender cylinders<br />
generally used to serve more<br />
delicate beers to amplify malt<br />
and hop subtleties.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
IPA, pale ale, brown ale, porter.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Stout, dark ale, strong ale.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Gose, lambic, altbier, bock.
Teku<br />
The thin glass and pronounced<br />
curvature make this glass perfect<br />
for tasting. The distinctive<br />
widening of the glass at the top<br />
allows the aromas of the beer to<br />
swirl out of the glass and into<br />
your nose.<br />
Tulip<br />
This stemmed glass gets its<br />
name for a very simple reason,<br />
the tulip-shape form it takes.<br />
Similar to the teku it has a<br />
bulbous body with a lip at the<br />
mouth which supports the head<br />
and accentuates flavour and<br />
aroma.<br />
Weizen<br />
Designed for wheat beer with<br />
curved thin walls and plenty of<br />
length. They showcase the beers<br />
colour and have plenty of room<br />
for the head.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
High ABV beers, DIPA, wild ale,<br />
sour, saisons.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
High ABV beers, DIPA, wild ale,<br />
sour, lambic.<br />
GREAT FOR:<br />
Wheat beer, gose
IT’S A TRAPP!<br />
If you are going to drink trappist ale<br />
properly then this 33cl chalice is a must.<br />
With the Chimay logo laser-etched into<br />
the base of the cup to create nucleation<br />
in the glass.<br />
LERVIG PINT POT<br />
There’s two things to draw attention to<br />
here, one – the classic pint glass, every<br />
home should have one; two – the iconic<br />
Lervig logo that adourns said glass<br />
making it a must have.<br />
W A N T Y O U R P R O D U C T F E A T U R E D ? C O
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED<br />
SOMETHING TO DRINK<br />
ALL THAT BEER FROM...<br />
WAVE PATTERN<br />
And Union’s Haus Glass has been<br />
designed and engineered for your<br />
ultimate craft beer pleasure... that’s<br />
German engineering and we all know<br />
how good that is.<br />
TEKU GOOD TO MISS<br />
The Teku is a great beer tasting glass<br />
especially for the stronger beers and this<br />
one from BrewDog is branded with their<br />
logo on the front and a slogan on the<br />
reverse.<br />
N T A C T U S A T I N F O @ H O P U L I S T . C O M
“GREAT DISCOVERIES AND<br />
IMPROVEMENTS INVARIABLY INVOLVE<br />
THE COOPERATION OF MANY MINDS.”<br />
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Eleven interesting beers f
om God’s own country...
UNTAPPD RATINGS CORRECT AT TIME OF PUBLISHING<br />
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OFFERINGS FROM THE<br />
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HISTORIC COUNTY.<br />
HERE ARE THE VERY<br />
PLEASING RESULTS...
KODIAK<br />
LEEDS<br />
Style:<br />
PORTER<br />
ABV: 6.1%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.98<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A rich, robust<br />
porter with real<br />
maple syrup,<br />
pecan extract,<br />
and lactose<br />
adding even<br />
more body and<br />
decadence to<br />
what was already<br />
a dessert of a<br />
beer.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Close to pitch<br />
black, with a<br />
slight red tint<br />
to it. Nice thick,<br />
beige to tan<br />
head, lacing is<br />
excellent. Aromas<br />
of slightly roasted<br />
malt, plums, a<br />
touch of smoke<br />
and pecans.<br />
Taste is complex<br />
chocolate, fresh<br />
roasted coffee,<br />
with a smoked<br />
note also in there.<br />
The pecan and<br />
maple are also<br />
noticeable, but<br />
overall this is<br />
well balanced. A<br />
nice thick body<br />
contributes to the<br />
drinkability in this<br />
beer. The finish<br />
is long lasted,<br />
there are some<br />
coffee and pecan<br />
elements that<br />
live long with the<br />
finish.
FANTASMA<br />
HUDDERSF|ELD<br />
Style:<br />
|PA<br />
ABV: 6.5%<br />
Volume: 500ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.92<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A dank and juicy<br />
IPA. The aroma is<br />
fruit-filled, dank<br />
and resinous,<br />
with plenty of<br />
tropical mango<br />
giving a moreish<br />
drinkability.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
A hazy, almost<br />
murky and orange<br />
colour, medium<br />
white head,<br />
which has some<br />
retention. Strong<br />
upfront aroma of<br />
mango, lemon<br />
rind and resin –<br />
an all out assault<br />
on the senses.<br />
A strong hit of<br />
grapefruit, sharp<br />
lime, peach,<br />
mango with<br />
some residual<br />
sweetness in<br />
the initial taste.<br />
Mouthfeel is<br />
even and the<br />
finish is clean,<br />
with a medium<br />
bitterness coming<br />
through and a<br />
herbal, spicy<br />
and dry finish. A<br />
great all-round,<br />
modern-day IPA –<br />
and gluten free!
ALPHA BETA<br />
|LkLEY<br />
Style:<br />
RYE |PA<br />
ABV: 4.5%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.61<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Distinctive American<br />
hop charachter. Body<br />
and depth from the<br />
rye. A little beer that’s<br />
big and bold.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Slightly hazy<br />
golden in colour,<br />
medium head<br />
with fairly large<br />
bubbles. Lemon<br />
peel, lime,<br />
orange, grapefruit<br />
aromas, Some<br />
spice that is<br />
promised comes<br />
through. Taste is<br />
pine, grapefruit,<br />
slightly spicy and<br />
herbal. Finish is<br />
herbal and dry,<br />
and pretty bitter.<br />
Easy drinking, but<br />
with enough rye<br />
character to keep<br />
things interesting.
HAZEMAKER<br />
LEEDS<br />
Style:<br />
|PA<br />
ABV: 7.4%<br />
Volume: 440ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 4.12<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Part of the<br />
Patrons Projects,<br />
a one-of-a kind<br />
collaboration<br />
beer with DEYA<br />
and Verdant<br />
showcasing<br />
creative talent.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Hazy (as the<br />
name suggests)<br />
orange<br />
appearance, nice<br />
thick creamy<br />
white head. Hop<br />
laden aroma<br />
of tangerine,<br />
pineapple,<br />
some resin<br />
and orange.<br />
Taste is<br />
pineapple,<br />
peach, pine,<br />
orange, with<br />
a slightly<br />
tart edge to<br />
the flavour.<br />
Mouthfeel<br />
is full, the<br />
finish is low<br />
in bitterness.<br />
Grassy<br />
and herbal<br />
notes are<br />
noticeable,<br />
there are<br />
some dry<br />
qualities to<br />
the finish.<br />
Modern, fresh<br />
and bright<br />
with supreme<br />
drinkability.
VOYAGER IPA #3<br />
SHEFF|ELD<br />
Style:<br />
|PA<br />
ABV: 5.6%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.70<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
The third incarnation<br />
of Voyager, a hopdriven<br />
IPA from the<br />
small batch brewers<br />
emporium range.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Cloudy, orange<br />
to blonde in<br />
appearance.<br />
Nice white<br />
creamy head,<br />
which sticks to<br />
the glass. Aroma<br />
is fresh baked<br />
bread with slight<br />
orange peel. A<br />
fresh herbal hop<br />
note on the first<br />
taste gives way<br />
to a slight touch<br />
of grapefruit and<br />
tropical fruit.<br />
Mouthfeel is slick<br />
and fairly full.<br />
Finish is fairly<br />
bitter, slightly<br />
metallic but<br />
edging towards<br />
herbal at the end.
ETERNAL HOPTIMIST<br />
YORk<br />
Style:<br />
TR|PLE |PA<br />
ABV: 10.5%<br />
Volume: 440ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 4.01<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A bold and<br />
juicy full-on hop<br />
assault. Packed<br />
with the best<br />
US hops, this is<br />
one dangerously<br />
drinkable hop<br />
demon!<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Golden to amber<br />
in colour, a bit<br />
of haze. Head<br />
is fairly thin. Big<br />
aroma of peach,<br />
blueberry, apricot,<br />
orange peel,<br />
caramel malt<br />
,some pine and<br />
resin too. Taste is<br />
very deceptive for<br />
the ABV. Tonnes<br />
of tropical fruits,<br />
lemon and lime,<br />
mango and pine.<br />
The caramel<br />
malt element is<br />
present too, there<br />
is some alcohol<br />
at the back end,<br />
but not enough<br />
to make it too<br />
noticeable. A nice<br />
big chewy and<br />
full body. Finish<br />
is slightly sweet,<br />
but not massively<br />
cloying. Bitterness<br />
is low and slightly<br />
herbal, with the<br />
carbonation<br />
absolutely spot<br />
on.
TRANSMISSION<br />
BREW|NG CO<br />
LEEDS<br />
Style:<br />
|PA<br />
ABV: 6.9%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.86<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A classic American<br />
IPA. Aroma and<br />
flavour dominate.<br />
High in alcohol to<br />
balance out the<br />
huge late hopping.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Murky, orange<br />
to yellow<br />
appearance.<br />
Thin white head,<br />
the aroma is<br />
pine, tropical<br />
fruits, lemon<br />
peel with some<br />
caramel malt<br />
poking through.<br />
Taste is nice<br />
and zesty, bright<br />
orange flavours<br />
coming through<br />
with grapefruit<br />
and pine<br />
following later.<br />
Nice medium<br />
bitterness with<br />
a clean and dry<br />
finish. A very nice<br />
American style<br />
IPA.
BAD KITTY<br />
M a lto n<br />
Style:<br />
VA N | LLA PORTER<br />
ABV: 5.5%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.95<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A chewy chocolatevanilla<br />
dream of a<br />
porter. Named after<br />
two mischievous<br />
brewhouse cats.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Black in colour,<br />
with a very slight<br />
brown tinge to<br />
it. Light brown<br />
to tan coloured<br />
head which is<br />
thick. Deeproasted<br />
aroma,<br />
chocolate, plum,<br />
roasted coffee<br />
with a touch of<br />
vanilla. Taste<br />
is chocolate,<br />
vanilla, dark malts<br />
with coffee and<br />
a slight smoky<br />
bonfire note. Full<br />
mouthfeel, which<br />
coats the mouth<br />
well. Finish is<br />
slightly sweet, but<br />
not too cloying,<br />
slight sourness<br />
develops at the<br />
end but does<br />
not interrupt the<br />
overall flavour.
BABY-FACED ASSASSIN<br />
kNARESBOROUGH<br />
Style:<br />
|PA<br />
ABV: 6.1%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.84<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Brewed with 100%<br />
citra hops this is a<br />
deceptively quaffable<br />
IPA that shouldn’t be<br />
taken lightly.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Fairly clear,<br />
light golden in<br />
appearance.<br />
Thick tight white<br />
head with decent<br />
lacing. A veritable<br />
greengrocer’s<br />
basket of<br />
aroma – mango,<br />
grapefruit, lemon,<br />
lime, slight resin<br />
all singing.<br />
Taste is exactly<br />
what the aroma<br />
promised, mango<br />
and grapefruit<br />
dominate, the<br />
slight sharpness<br />
of lemon and<br />
lime are present<br />
too, with some<br />
blood orange<br />
and mandarin.<br />
Towards the end<br />
there is a slight<br />
bready note. The<br />
finish is medium<br />
bitter, there is<br />
spiciness coming<br />
through in the<br />
finish. A superb<br />
showcase of the<br />
Citra hop.
XS IMPERIAL STOUT<br />
SH|PLEY<br />
Style:<br />
| MPER| AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 8.9%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.85<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Five roast English<br />
and German<br />
malts give this<br />
deep dark brown<br />
beer an intense<br />
roast charachter<br />
that hints of<br />
chocolate,<br />
smoke, coffee<br />
and dark fruits.<br />
Its low biterness<br />
allows the rich<br />
malt flavours<br />
to work. Late<br />
hopping with<br />
Brambling Cross<br />
adds spiciness to<br />
the well-rounded<br />
finish.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
A very dark brown<br />
beer, with a small<br />
but tight beige<br />
head. Aromas<br />
of licorice,<br />
chocolate, coffee<br />
roast, black<br />
treacle and a<br />
slight herbal note.<br />
Taste is bitter<br />
chocolate, brown<br />
sugar, some<br />
vanilla, slightly<br />
boozy, plums.<br />
The finish is dry<br />
and long lasting,<br />
there is a slight<br />
sweet note that<br />
compliments<br />
the warm of the<br />
alcohol.
LIFE & DEATH<br />
CRAGG VALE<br />
Style:<br />
AMER| CAN |PA<br />
ABV: 6.5%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTAPPD<br />
AVG: 3.85<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A ballsy, US style IPA.<br />
Expect flavours and<br />
aromas of tropical<br />
& citrus fruits, with a<br />
lingering bitterness<br />
and malty backbone.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Light golden<br />
and hazy, a thick<br />
white head with<br />
good lacing.<br />
Aromas of mango,<br />
lemon, lime,<br />
peach, resinous<br />
pine and a little<br />
touch of caramel<br />
malt burst<br />
through. Taste is<br />
well balanced,<br />
pine, lemon, lime,<br />
mango with a<br />
malty caramel<br />
backbone.The<br />
bitterness is<br />
robust, but not<br />
overwhelming.<br />
Some metallic<br />
and herbal notes<br />
in the finish, ABV<br />
is well hidden. A<br />
well-balanced,<br />
modern British<br />
IPA.
IS FOR,<br />
WELL, LOTS<br />
OF THINGS.<br />
THAT’S WHY<br />
WE HAVE<br />
DEVISED OUR<br />
OWN BEER<br />
GLOSSARY<br />
FOR YOU TO<br />
DRINK IN.<br />
IMPROVE<br />
YOUR<br />
KNOWLEDGE<br />
OF WHAT<br />
MAKES BEER<br />
SO GREAT<br />
AND IMPRESS<br />
YOUR<br />
FRIENDS IN<br />
THE BAR.<br />
WHAT HAVE<br />
YOU GOT TO<br />
LOSE?<br />
CALIFORNIA<br />
As avid readers<br />
from <strong>issue</strong> two will<br />
remember, California<br />
is a hotbed of craft<br />
beer goodness. In<br />
fact, it is one of the<br />
places on Earth where<br />
a strong case can<br />
be made for it to be<br />
the birthplace of the<br />
craft beer movement.<br />
Latest studies from<br />
the California Craft<br />
Brewers Association<br />
show that there are<br />
more than 850 craft<br />
breweries in operation<br />
across the state, more<br />
than any other in the<br />
USA. Those of you<br />
who didn’t read <strong>issue</strong><br />
two, naughty people!<br />
Go back and see all<br />
the great Californian<br />
beers.<br />
A
CANS<br />
The humble can<br />
has been given new<br />
purpose thanks to<br />
craft beer. And there<br />
are many reasons they<br />
are so prominent in<br />
craft brewing. For<br />
starters, cans do not<br />
let any light in and<br />
subsequently stop<br />
beers being damaged<br />
or altered by the<br />
effects of stray rays.<br />
Secondly, they’re<br />
incredibly air-tight,<br />
again preserving the<br />
beer for the way it<br />
was intended. Also,<br />
modern aluminium<br />
cans do not give their<br />
contents a metallic<br />
taste. You’re basically<br />
drinking from a mini<br />
keg – it doesn’t get<br />
better than that!<br />
CARBONATION<br />
In scientific terms,<br />
this is the process of<br />
introducing carbon<br />
dioxide to a liquid.<br />
To you and me, it<br />
determines how fizzy<br />
a beer feels in the<br />
mouth. The home<br />
brewers out there<br />
will be reading this<br />
with a dash of anxiety<br />
in their hearts, as<br />
it’s often one of the<br />
harder parts of the<br />
brewing process to<br />
perfect. It can be<br />
done in several ways<br />
including pressurising<br />
the fermentation<br />
vessel, injecting CO 2<br />
into finished beer or<br />
priming.<br />
CASK<br />
The sweet deliverer of<br />
beer, a cask is a barrelshaped<br />
container used<br />
to hold and transport<br />
beer. In the olden<br />
days these were made<br />
from wood – and with<br />
the brewing of some<br />
cask-conditioned beer<br />
it still is – but most<br />
modern ones are now<br />
available in stainless<br />
steel or aluminium.<br />
The cask has helped<br />
allow craft brewers<br />
make small-batch beer<br />
on a regular basis,<br />
which has helped push<br />
the industry along no<br />
end.
CHILL HAZE<br />
Ever had a beer so<br />
cloudy, it made the<br />
British weather seem<br />
like an Australian<br />
summer? That, my<br />
friend, could be down<br />
to chill haze. It is<br />
caused by a reaction<br />
between proteins and<br />
tannins in beer causing<br />
them to combine<br />
and make particles<br />
big enough to reflect<br />
light. A lot of home<br />
brewers seek to<br />
eradicate this effect<br />
but most haze in beer<br />
has no taste or flavor.<br />
CITRA<br />
Confession time –<br />
citra is one of our<br />
favourite hops here<br />
at Hopulist. It’s strong<br />
and smooth floral<br />
aroma is matched<br />
perfectly with citrus<br />
that delivers a strong<br />
flavour profile that has<br />
become commonplace<br />
in the market. Often<br />
used in American<br />
pale ales or IPAs, the<br />
magical alpha acids of<br />
citra deliver a strong<br />
hoppy kick, but still<br />
allows other flavours<br />
to come through.<br />
Cloudwater have<br />
done some magical<br />
things with this hop,<br />
but they aren’t the<br />
only ones. We strongly<br />
recommend getting<br />
some down your neck<br />
pronto. In fact, why are<br />
you still reading this?<br />
To the bottle shop!<br />
A
CLOUDWATER<br />
We try not to talk<br />
about brands in this<br />
section, but honestly<br />
we couldn’t help<br />
mentioning the UK<br />
craft beer industry’s<br />
favourite Manchester<br />
sons Cloudwater.<br />
Often seen as<br />
trailblazers and<br />
innovators, this selfproclaimed<br />
specialist<br />
in modern, seasonal<br />
beer has some of<br />
the highest rated<br />
beers out there and<br />
has also partaken in<br />
many a memorable<br />
collaboration. If you<br />
haven’t sipped from<br />
the cloud yet, we<br />
give you permission<br />
to close this window<br />
immediately and go<br />
and seek some.<br />
CRAFT BREWERY<br />
The original definition<br />
of a craft brewer is<br />
a small, independent<br />
or traditional brewer.<br />
The meaning of the<br />
word has become<br />
more widespread in<br />
recent years and is<br />
often used incorrectly<br />
– particularly by nasty<br />
multi-nationals or<br />
pubs and bars trying<br />
to piggyback a trend.<br />
Craft breweries<br />
are how this whole<br />
magazine started, so<br />
do yourself a favour<br />
and support a small<br />
independent!<br />
CREAM ALE<br />
A relative of lager,<br />
cream ale originates in<br />
the USA and Canada<br />
and is a light coloured,<br />
refreshing tipple with<br />
a straw to pale golden<br />
colour. Hop and malt<br />
flavours are normally<br />
less punchy than some<br />
other styles – this<br />
baby is meant to be<br />
a smooth and easy<br />
drinker. And no, before<br />
you ask, no cows were<br />
involved in any part of<br />
brewing a cream ale.<br />
Some nice examples<br />
included Muskoka<br />
Cream Ale, Schoenling<br />
Little Kings and<br />
Sunlight Cream Ale.
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GUERR|LLA<br />
MOVEMENT<br />
When your town<br />
|s found want|ng<br />
on the craft beer<br />
front, |t can be<br />
frustrat|ng. But<br />
frustrat|on’s other<br />
name |s the mother<br />
of |nvent|on, as<br />
crafty entrepreneur<br />
Matt Boot |s prov|ng.<br />
He’s spearhead|ng a<br />
guerr|lla movement<br />
|n one of England’s<br />
b|ggest towns.<br />
It’s an age-old tale throughout human<br />
history. Man enjoys something.<br />
Man cannot enjoy that something in<br />
the place he lives. Man decides to do<br />
something about it. In this particular<br />
tale, Matt Boot (pictured right) is the<br />
man and modern craft beer is the<br />
thing he so badly wanted to share with<br />
his town of Northampton in central<br />
England. It’s a town with a population<br />
of over 200,000, but to Matt’s dismay<br />
just didn’t have anything to cater<br />
for his, and any of that population’s<br />
growing thirst for craft.<br />
“I just couldn’t seem to find<br />
anywhere that catered for my wants,<br />
and I knew that there would be many<br />
others in the town who felt the same,”<br />
explains Matt.<br />
So he took a fairly sizeable and brave<br />
punt. With no previous experience<br />
in the beer industry, he decided to<br />
open Northampton’s first dedicated
craft beer bottle shop and taproom Beer<br />
Guerrilla. But that punt is working out<br />
rather well for Matt, his wife Cherie and son<br />
George as they seek to be the collective Che<br />
Guevaras in Northampton’s desolate craft<br />
beer landscape.<br />
“It was a big decision, but I was confident<br />
that there was a sizeable gap in the market,”<br />
Matt continues.<br />
“I knew what I wanted to do and it was a<br />
case of researching, networking and taking<br />
the right opportunity.”<br />
The opportunity Matt couldn’t turn down<br />
was the location he managed to get for Beer<br />
Guerrilla. The shop is nestled at the heart<br />
of Northampton’s Wellingborough Road<br />
– the main scene of the town’s nightlife and<br />
also a hotspot for small, independent and
unique businesses.<br />
Matt says: “I love the location of the shop.<br />
We get great passing traffic in the evenings<br />
and we are also in a spot that’s easy to find<br />
for those beer enthusiasts who seek us out.<br />
In reality it’s the perfect mix of attracting<br />
converted craft beer lovers and those who<br />
are curious to try something new.<br />
“It’s actually really hard for me to<br />
“| love the locat|on<br />
of the shop... |t’s<br />
the perfect m|x of<br />
attract|ng converted<br />
craft beer lovers<br />
and those who<br />
are cur|ous to try<br />
someth|ng new.”
specifically give a breakdown of our<br />
demographic, because if I’m honest, we<br />
attract a wide range of people. I like to say<br />
our age range is 18 to dead. And we also get<br />
a good split of men and women.”<br />
Perhaps what keeps the demographic<br />
so even for Matt and Beer Guerrilla is his<br />
passion to make sure people have something<br />
they enjoy. He explains: “I always make an<br />
effort to speak with people in the shop, find<br />
out what they’ve tried before, what they<br />
might like. In fact, we have done a few ‘I<br />
don’t like beer nights’, the most memorable<br />
of which was one where my sister (who’s a<br />
hairdresser) brought all of her staff to the<br />
bar. They were mostly female and at the<br />
start of the session I asked the yes-or-no<br />
question ‘do you like beer?’ and the majority<br />
said no. By the end of the night, I asked<br />
the same question and they all said yes.
“Growlers are one of our<br />
most popular sellers,<br />
| have even had people<br />
contact me as soon as<br />
we’ve updated our onl|ne<br />
tap l|st ask|ng |f | can f|ll<br />
them a growler to p|ck up<br />
the next day.”<br />
They’d all managed to find at least one<br />
beer they enjoyed and were all pleasantly<br />
surprised.”<br />
It’s these kind of efforts that are<br />
helping Matt make the most of his<br />
special position in the town, serving<br />
both the experienced beer lovers and<br />
the wannabees (even if they don’t realise<br />
they’re wannabees yet). The shop also<br />
runs regular beer schools for those<br />
who want a crash course in the types of<br />
beers out there and want their horizons<br />
expanding.<br />
“Another cool event we ran recently<br />
was what we called Ale & A Shave to<br />
raise money for a local charity. A local<br />
gentleman’s grooming expert Christian<br />
Wiles set up some barbers chairs in the<br />
back of the shop and we opened for<br />
people to come and have their trims and<br />
cuts whilst enjoying fine craft beer at<br />
the same time. It was really successful,<br />
something different and a lot of fun.”<br />
Despite this being Matt’s first ever<br />
business, his sharp eye for detail and<br />
smart planning has helped push Beer<br />
Guerrilla forward. The name alone is his<br />
way of saying that the bar is leading the<br />
craft beer revolution in Northampton<br />
and his smart logo has become so iconic<br />
that he’s even selling a good deal of<br />
merchandise. Another shrewd move<br />
was making a big thing of growlers.<br />
The bar in the shop has six taps which<br />
are regularly updated and bringing
eer enthusiasts in the area a chance to fill<br />
their fridges with their favourite brews was<br />
somewhat of a master stroke.<br />
“Growlers are one of our most popular<br />
sellers,” Matt says. “I have even had people<br />
contact me as soon as we’ve updated our<br />
online tap list asking if I can fill them a<br />
growler to pick up the next day. They are<br />
definitely popular and definitely keeping<br />
people talking about the bar.”<br />
The taps also often house craft ciders, just<br />
another example of Matt making sure that<br />
there’s always something people will go<br />
away from the shop thinking ‘that’s my new<br />
favourite drink’.<br />
In his short time in business, Matt<br />
has networked well with breweries and<br />
wholesalers to ensure that the shop is<br />
well stocked with a wide range of thirst<br />
quenchers. Whether its modern classics in<br />
the fields of IPAs or hoppy ales, or Belgian<br />
Trappist beer, Beer Guerrilla has all the bases<br />
covered. The bar is also working well with<br />
local brewer Three Hills, based in a nearby<br />
Northamptonshire village of Woodford.<br />
“I’m on really good terms with Three Hills,<br />
they even helped us create a special Birthday<br />
Juice brew for the shop to celebrate its first<br />
anniversary earlier in 2017,” Matt details.<br />
“The guys over there are really switched<br />
on and are experimenting with some really<br />
unusual, but nearly always amazing flavours<br />
and styles. They are definitely one to watch<br />
in the industry over the next few years.”<br />
Beer Guerrilla has quickly become a firm<br />
favourite in Northampton and it’s just one<br />
example of how, after its initial epicentre, the<br />
craft beer shock wave is now reaching deeper<br />
into the UK and becoming a national trend.<br />
The market continues to snowball and for<br />
one and all, this means just one thing: the<br />
impending end for crap beer. Cheers.<br />
NORTHAMPTON<br />
|NFO<br />
Beer Guerrilla<br />
227 Wellingborough Road<br />
Northampton<br />
Northamptonshire, UK<br />
NN1 4EF<br />
É www.beerguerrilla.co.uk<br />
È cheers@beerguerrilla.co.uk<br />
$ @beerguerrilla<br />
! /beerguerrilla227<br />
" /beer_guerrilla
TIME FOR A BRÜ?<br />
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Gone are the days of cheap<br />
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If you are serious about<br />
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already, then we can’t<br />
recommend trying your hand<br />
at home brewing strongly<br />
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learn a huge amount but you<br />
get great beer to drink at the<br />
end of it. We call that a winwin!<br />
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BREWDOG BREWTOPIA<br />
If you are thinking about<br />
homebrewing or already<br />
partake, then this harback<br />
book is for you. It contains<br />
recipes for every BrewDog<br />
beer ever made. Yes, you read<br />
that correctly.<br />
The recipes in this book<br />
are all-grain homebrewscale<br />
versions of the ones<br />
BrewDog use in their<br />
brewery. They call DIY Dog<br />
an open-book exercise,<br />
passing on what they have<br />
learned over the years and<br />
documenting the milestones<br />
along the way.<br />
As well as all the beers<br />
the book also gives you an<br />
insight into how to nail your<br />
brewday with a checklist<br />
of things to account for<br />
to ensure it all passes as<br />
smoothly as possible.<br />
Price: £27<br />
Website: www.brewdog.com<br />
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NW DIPA CITRA AMARILLO<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
Style: D|PA<br />
ABV: 8.2%<br />
Volume: 440ml<br />
Double IPAs are<br />
increasing in<br />
popularity but they<br />
are a brew that is<br />
easy to over-gun.<br />
Thankfully, the ever<br />
trusty hands at<br />
Cloudwater have<br />
been pushing this<br />
beer type forward<br />
with their usual<br />
wizardry – so much<br />
so, that we just<br />
had to rave about<br />
one in particular.
THE GOLD CLUB EXAMINES THE BEERS THAT<br />
WE THINK HAVE TOUCHED PERFECTION.<br />
JUST HOW DO THEY DO IT?<br />
Cloudwater is perhaps<br />
the most quintessential<br />
of British micro<br />
brewers. The company is<br />
founded on a love of the<br />
changing seasons – and let’s be<br />
honest, those of us who live in<br />
the UK are used to seeing three<br />
or four of those per day.<br />
The Manchester-based brewer<br />
uses seasonal ingredients and<br />
brews small-batch beer that<br />
has really helped to accelerate<br />
the craft beer movement in<br />
the country. Because of this,<br />
and the fact that it produces<br />
many small batches, makes it<br />
hard to choose one particular<br />
outstanding beer (trust us,<br />
almost any Cloudwater is worth<br />
a try). But pick one out we have,<br />
the DIPA Citra Amarillo, which<br />
forms part of its successful<br />
NW DIPA style showcase, is<br />
nothing short of a masterpiece<br />
of double IPA delight. Featuring<br />
Cloudwater’s local JW Lees<br />
yeast the beer is brewed Huell<br />
Melon and Amarillo to the<br />
whirlpool, with Citra, Amarillo,<br />
Loral, and Huell Melon in the<br />
dry hop.<br />
It’s important to stress that<br />
yeast is vital in a double<br />
IPA because as a beer goes<br />
up in strength so it inhibits<br />
reproduction which can lead<br />
to more esters being produced.<br />
Esters tend to come off as fruity<br />
in flavour, although they do<br />
each taste a little different. So<br />
the higher the ABV the more<br />
the yeast presents itself which<br />
means a lot of the flavour<br />
actually comes from the yeast.<br />
Just upon pouring this beer<br />
you become aware that you are<br />
onto something special. The<br />
strong citrus aroma is perfectly<br />
complimented with a hazy<br />
yellow colour and white head.<br />
The beer has a deliciously full<br />
mouth feel and your tastebuds<br />
are assaulted with a complex<br />
but perfectly balanced blend<br />
of orange, mango, citrus,<br />
peach and just about any other<br />
tropical fruit you can name<br />
upon the first sip. The hops also<br />
come through magnificently<br />
– the balance, like with most<br />
Cloudwater brews, is simply<br />
spot on. This DIPA comes in<br />
at 8.2% ABV, but is a fairly<br />
steady drinker for a beer of its<br />
type. Quite frankly, when we<br />
got our hands on a can of this<br />
opaque, golden nectar, we were<br />
disappointed it was only the<br />
one.<br />
Cloudwater continues to<br />
impress, and while we are<br />
singing the praises of this beer,<br />
we would encourage you to try<br />
their take on almost any beer<br />
style. Hats off to the boys and<br />
girls in Manchester, and cheers.
AS 2017 DRAWS TO A CLOSE<br />
WHAT HAVE BEEN THE BIG<br />
MOMENTS AND WHAT WILL<br />
HAPPEN IN THE CRAFT BEER<br />
INDUSTRY IN 2018? WE<br />
GATHERED THE THOUGHTS<br />
OF SOME KEY PLAYERS. OH,<br />
AND WE’VE CHUCKED IN OUR<br />
TWO-CENTS WORTH...
what next<br />
collaborations<br />
diversity<br />
sustainablity<br />
revival<br />
consolidation<br />
bullshit<br />
buy outs<br />
experimental<br />
blending
^<br />
SNIDGE<br />
WWW.CRAFTBEERGIRL.NL<br />
2017<br />
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAVE<br />
BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT<br />
MOMENTS IN THE CRAFT BEER<br />
INDUSTRY IN 2017?<br />
Tanisha Robertson.<br />
I think Brewdog USA appointing Tanisha<br />
Robertson, a gay black woman, as<br />
managing director. Because diversity, in any<br />
industry, can only improve it.<br />
Sadly we also had that bullshit purple<br />
“beer-for-her”. The fact that it was so widely<br />
derided, particularly in light of the current<br />
climate, I think showed that women are<br />
such a core part of this community now,<br />
and are here to stay.<br />
Snidge.
TOP 3 BEERS RELEASED<br />
*IN 2017 AND WHY?<br />
SPIRIT ANIMAL<br />
ELDERFLOWER<br />
LOQUAT<br />
CLOUDWATER x JESTER KING<br />
This ale is a little unusual<br />
compared to the hazy IPAs and<br />
DIPAs from Cloudwater that<br />
we’re used to. Instead, this is a<br />
very light and delicately balanced<br />
little saison, which is a style that<br />
is yet to have it’s moment.<br />
ALL THE LEAVES<br />
ARE BROWN<br />
TEMPEST BREW CO<br />
Tempest always deliver on their<br />
flavour promise. I have been<br />
searching for a satisfying maple<br />
syrup beer for ages, and this gave<br />
me just that. Sweet, thick, sticky<br />
but smooth, this is a gorgeous<br />
drink for the autumn months.<br />
CRYBABY<br />
UILTJE<br />
Hitting the sour and lowalcohol<br />
trends in one delightful<br />
little beer, this berliner weisse<br />
has become a staple in my<br />
household. It has basically<br />
replaced soft drinks, with only<br />
72 calories, a 2.4% ABV and a lippuckering,<br />
lemony freshness that<br />
packs in the flavour.<br />
2018<br />
WHAT TRENDS DO YOU THINK<br />
WILL DEVELOP IN 2018.<br />
Like I previously mentioned with<br />
the Cloudwater Elderflower ale, I<br />
think saison’s are yet to really have<br />
their moment, and I think they will<br />
grow in tandem with an interest in<br />
incorporating more experimental<br />
herbal and botanical flavours.<br />
Stemming out of the huge increase in<br />
sour beers that I’ve witnessed this year,<br />
I’m hoping for a revival of the blending<br />
technique (known from geuze’s and<br />
lambics) but incorporating different<br />
styles, such as coffee porters or fruit<br />
beers.
^<br />
JULES<br />
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2017<br />
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAVE<br />
BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT<br />
MOMENTS IN THE CRAFT BEER<br />
INDUSTRY IN 2017?<br />
Tough question as I think there’s similar<br />
themes running through, just evolving. A<br />
shift from the use of ‘craft’ to independent<br />
at a business level (Brewers Association<br />
new mark, SIBA, Australian Independent<br />
Brewers Association). Showing the desire<br />
of independents to have this element<br />
of their business, whether it’s a brewery<br />
or pub or a bottle shop, shared to beer<br />
consumers as a key message.<br />
There’s definitely a rising support<br />
for consumers to shop local and<br />
independent. But there’s a grey<br />
area in terms of actually how<br />
they know whether that<br />
business is truly independent<br />
and how that’s measured and<br />
signified. But in 2017 those<br />
questions have at least tried<br />
to be answered and positive<br />
actions have been engaged.
TOP 3 BEERS RELEASED<br />
IN 2017 AND WHY?<br />
*VANDERVELDEN 135<br />
OUDE GEUZE VIEILLE<br />
BROUWERIJ OUD BEERSEL<br />
Tried out on my first Tour de Geuze visit, May<br />
2017. Can’t believe it took my 20 years to<br />
do! It’s a blend of one year old lambic aged<br />
in Tuscan Brunello di Montalcino barrels and<br />
3-year old Beersel lambic. Absolutely stunning<br />
beer with layers of flavours; citrus, goosberry,<br />
oak, vinous quality, high acidity and maximum<br />
sparkle. I’m looking forward to laying a few<br />
bottles down to see how this beer morphs.<br />
TECHNICOLOR SPLENDOR<br />
TIRED HANDS<br />
Imperial IPA tried at Warpigs, Copenhagen<br />
during a tap takeover during Mikkeller Beer<br />
Celebration week. The aroma was phenomenal,<br />
you could smell the fruity hops before you<br />
even raised the glass to drink. The aroma was<br />
so inviting. Super juicy with soft fruit like peach,<br />
papaya, pineapple and melon.<br />
CHERRY COLA VICE<br />
MAGIC ROCK BREWING x J. WAKEFIELD<br />
BREWING x SLIM PICKENS<br />
A Berliner Weisse inspired mad, mad, yet<br />
wonderful beer. This trio really pushed creative<br />
boundaries here and I found it fascinating. The<br />
output beer was probably divisive for drinkers<br />
but I thought it was unique and moreish. Those<br />
that loved it, really did! Hope they brew this<br />
again *crosses fingers*.<br />
2018<br />
WHAT TRENDS DO YOU THINK<br />
WILL DEVELOP IN 2018.<br />
Beer wise - blending becomes a key<br />
focus in different ways. Through the<br />
rise of barrel ageing programmes now<br />
coming to fruition in the UK market<br />
and thereby the art of blending beer<br />
from different barrels to produce final<br />
release. These releases will become<br />
events.<br />
Secondly; brewery collaborations but<br />
explored differently say where a beer is<br />
brewed individually by two breweries<br />
but with the end goal of the beers to<br />
be enjoyed on their own and/or by the<br />
consumer blending together.<br />
Increase of beer shop and tasting<br />
room style independent outlets<br />
like Hop Hideout. Whether that’s<br />
sustainable is a different question! Offtrade<br />
supermarkets and wine suppliers<br />
also moving into this on-site sampling<br />
territory inspired by the indie model.<br />
Consolidation of small independent<br />
businesses at a lower level to ‘join<br />
forces’; for varying reasons.
^<br />
SEAN LYNCH<br />
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2017<br />
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAVE<br />
BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT<br />
MOMENTS IN THE CRAFT BEER<br />
INDUSTRY IN 2017?<br />
Sean Lynch.<br />
There are two, for me. One positive and<br />
one negative. The positive one is the rise in<br />
collab beers. They have really come on in<br />
2017 and it’s great to see so many creative<br />
breweries willing to combine their ideas<br />
and processes to make even greater beer.<br />
Collabs opitimise what makes the craft beer<br />
industry great.<br />
The negative moment has been canning<br />
<strong>issue</strong>s and recalls. A few brewers had <strong>issue</strong>s<br />
with substandard cans this year, which caused<br />
headaches for them and for taprooms and<br />
bottle shops. Thankfully they seem to be<br />
being addressed, but it did cause problems.
TOP 3 BEERS RELEASED<br />
*IN 2017 AND WHY?<br />
CHUBBLES<br />
CLOUDWATER x THE VEIL<br />
Number one has to be Chubbles,<br />
a triple IPA collab between<br />
Manchester’s Cloudwater<br />
and Richmond, Virginia-based<br />
The Veil. It was a fruity, juicy,<br />
hoppy explosion and a great<br />
example of how two breweries<br />
can complement each other<br />
perfectly.<br />
CLAIRVOYANCE<br />
MAGIC ROCK<br />
Second, is Clairvoyance by Magic<br />
Rock – an IPA brewed with<br />
golden naked oats and wheat. It’s<br />
smooth and balanced and comes<br />
in a 500ml can.<br />
WATERFALL<br />
DEYA<br />
Lastly, I’ll go for Waterfall by<br />
Deya. Just a lovely thick and juicy<br />
imperial IPA from one of the<br />
UK’s most consistent brewers.<br />
2018<br />
WHAT TRENDS DO YOU THINK<br />
WILL DEVELOP IN 2018.<br />
I think we will see even more collabs,<br />
which is great. I also think more and<br />
more taprooms will spring up around<br />
the UK as people become more<br />
engaged with craft beer in general.<br />
On a personal note, I’d like to see<br />
some more traditional styles being<br />
worked on and hopefully some more<br />
craft breweries popping up in my own<br />
area of the Midlands.
^<br />
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2017<br />
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAVE<br />
BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT<br />
MOMENTS IN THE CRAFT BEER<br />
INDUSTRY IN 2017?<br />
It might not turn out to be a wholly positive<br />
moment, but the purchase of one of the<br />
founding fathers of craft beer, Anchor<br />
Brewing, by Japanese beer giant Saporro<br />
could be one of the most significant.<br />
It remains to be seen what, if anything,<br />
will happen to the quality of Anchor’s<br />
excellent beers, but you’d have to think the<br />
level of innovation from the brand will<br />
likely take a hit. We remain hopeful and<br />
pray the money men keep their hands to<br />
themselves in 2018.
TOP 3 BEERS RELEASED<br />
*IN 2017 AND WHY?<br />
NW DIPA EKUANOT<br />
CLOUDWATER<br />
We fell in love with a few of<br />
Cloudwater’s NW series of<br />
DIPAs this year, so it was hard<br />
to choose one. Ultimately, we’ve<br />
plumped for this, based on its<br />
incredibly complex, but amazingly<br />
drinkable flavour profile.<br />
PATRONS PROJECT<br />
1.04 IMPERIAL PORTER<br />
NORTHERN MONK x<br />
OTHER HALF<br />
Made using morello cherries and<br />
Peruvian coffee. We all agreed<br />
this was the best Porter we’ve<br />
been lucky enough to sample<br />
this year. Amazing flavours.<br />
HALF CUT<br />
MAGIC ROCK x<br />
OTHER HALF<br />
Last but not least, we have<br />
gone for a transatlantic DIPA<br />
collaboration with a real punchy<br />
aroma and juicy fruit flavour.<br />
2018<br />
WHAT TRENDS DO YOU THINK<br />
WILL DEVELOP IN 2018.<br />
As if in rebellion to the frequent<br />
buyouts of craft breweries by larger,<br />
corporate outfits, we are seeing a trend<br />
start to develop for taking things<br />
back to basics. Local ingredients,<br />
seasonal flavours and beers that are<br />
brewed because what’s used in them<br />
is perfectly ripe at the time and place.<br />
This back to nature approach could<br />
really take off in 2018 with the likes<br />
of Duration set to launch, and other<br />
brewers such as Little Earth Project<br />
leading the way in sustainable, homegrown<br />
brewing.
Our favourite<br />
craft beers of<br />
the moment.<br />
So good we are<br />
drinking them<br />
at home.
FOURPURE<br />
DEUCEBOX<br />
CITRUS DOUBLE IPA<br />
Part of Fourpure’s<br />
Adventure series of<br />
beers, Deucebox, is<br />
clearly inspired by all<br />
things citrus, as the label<br />
suggests. A hop heavy<br />
beer packed with citrus<br />
fruit aroma. The taste is a<br />
combination of malt and<br />
citrus fruits with a juicy<br />
hop finish.<br />
ABV: 8.3%<br />
Colour: Clear orange<br />
Aroma: Citrus fruit<br />
Taste: Malt, citrus
MIKKELLER<br />
SINGLE HOP<br />
SERIES CITRA<br />
IPA<br />
Part of the single hop IPA<br />
series from Mikkeller. If<br />
there’s one hop that is<br />
sure to hold its own then<br />
it’s Citra. Bringing it’s<br />
powerful grapefruit and<br />
citrus aroma and flavours<br />
to the fore along with<br />
a nice bitter finish. Well<br />
balanced and packed with<br />
flavour.<br />
ABV: 6.9%<br />
Colour: Hazy Amber<br />
Aroma: Citrus<br />
Taste: Grapefruit with<br />
bitter hop aftertaste
NORTHERN MONK X<br />
OTHER HALF<br />
PATRONS PROJECT<br />
1.04 MORELLO<br />
CHERRY &<br />
PERUVIAN COFFEE<br />
IMPERIAL PORTER<br />
An Imperial Porter collab<br />
with Other Half Brewing<br />
Co from New York. It<br />
is made using morello<br />
cherries and specially<br />
selected Peruvian coffee.<br />
The Porter itself has, as<br />
you would expect, a huge<br />
coffee aroma, great coffee<br />
taste with a real cherry<br />
and chocolate kick.<br />
Simply delicious.<br />
ABV: 10%<br />
Colour: Black<br />
Aroma: Coffee<br />
Taste: Cherry
ABC<br />
CHARLIE DON’T SURF<br />
SESSION IPA<br />
You smell that? Do you<br />
smell that? Hops, son.<br />
Nothing else in the world<br />
smells like that... Enough<br />
with the film references<br />
you say? This is a core<br />
beer from the Alphabet<br />
Brewing Company based<br />
in Manchester, UK. Packed<br />
with Antipodean hops with<br />
a nice bitter finish this<br />
easy drinking session beer<br />
is well worth a try.<br />
ABV: 4%<br />
Colour: Amber<br />
Aroma: Fruit/floral/malt<br />
Taste: Tropical fruit
CLOUDWATER<br />
NE DIPA SIMCOE<br />
CITRA BBC<br />
DOUBLE IPA<br />
A New Enlgand DIPA<br />
fermented with WLP007<br />
yeast. Hopped with<br />
Centennial in the<br />
whirlpool and then dry<br />
hopped with Simcoe and<br />
Citra BBC which impart<br />
it’s juicy citrus, tropical<br />
aroma and flavours along<br />
with a good amount of<br />
pine. Did we mention how<br />
juicy this is? We are big<br />
fans.<br />
ABV: 8%<br />
Colour: Hazy orange<br />
Aroma: Tropical fruit<br />
Taste: Juicy fruit and pine
MAGIC ROCK<br />
SHREDDER<br />
Made in collaboration with<br />
Yorkshire-based Orange<br />
Mountain Bikes, this<br />
wheat beer is all about<br />
refreshment, hence why<br />
they call it ‘smashable’.<br />
Magic Rock added zesty<br />
coriander seed, curacao<br />
orange peel and Seville<br />
orange and tangerine juice<br />
into the mix making it a<br />
citrusy, wheaty delight.<br />
ABV: 4.5%<br />
Colour: Hazy orange<br />
Aroma: Fruity<br />
Taste: Tangy orange
SWEETWATER<br />
HOP HASH EASY IPA<br />
Light on malt allowing the<br />
hops to shine through,<br />
this cracker of an IPA<br />
from Sweetwater has a<br />
floral odur with citrus<br />
fruit flavours thanks to the<br />
boatload of Amarillo hop<br />
hash used.<br />
ABV: 4.2%<br />
Colour: Golden yellow<br />
Aroma: Fruity hops<br />
Taste: Citrus, pine
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