Hopulist Issue Six
Welcome to issue six of Hopulist… • Our guide to the craft beer scene in Birmingham • Exclusive interview with Unity Brewing’s Jimmy Hatherly • Inside the mind of Lervig designer Nanna Guldbaek • Our pick of the best European Imperial Stouts out there • How top writer Breandán Kearney got into beer • Our picks of what beer is hot right now • All the freshest beer merch to keep you looking slick
Welcome to issue six of Hopulist…
• Our guide to the craft beer scene in Birmingham
• Exclusive interview with Unity Brewing’s Jimmy Hatherly
• Inside the mind of Lervig designer Nanna Guldbaek
• Our pick of the best European Imperial Stouts out there
• How top writer Breandán Kearney got into beer
• Our picks of what beer is hot right now
• All the freshest beer merch to keep you looking slick
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One of our favourite things about putting this<br />
issue of <strong>Hopulist</strong> together was getting better<br />
acquainted with the Second City. Good old Brum<br />
is really starting to come up trumps as a craft<br />
beer destination, and we have to say it’s about<br />
time too. As somewhere that is a little more<br />
accessible to more of the country than our<br />
glorious capital, Birmingham’s emergence as a<br />
craft beer town should help spread the good word<br />
to more people than ever before.<br />
We also spoke to some really interesting and<br />
talented people that make this industry so great.<br />
People like Jimmy Hatherly from Unity Brewing,<br />
who is trying to embrace the unique friendliness<br />
of the craft beer industry into his company.<br />
And also Lervig designer Nanna Guldbaek – her<br />
inspiring work is helping the beer we love look so<br />
cool.<br />
Thanks for reading, we hope you enjoy it.<br />
Cheers,<br />
The <strong>Hopulist</strong> team
06<br />
12<br />
14<br />
Get your craft beer<br />
news fix right here.<br />
New beer releases<br />
to look out for.<br />
The story behind<br />
Unity Brewing.<br />
22<br />
24<br />
40<br />
Check out winter<br />
woolly merch.<br />
Our craft beer guide<br />
to Birmingham.<br />
We chat with Lervig’s<br />
Nanna Guldbæk.<br />
50<br />
52<br />
66<br />
Four more merch<br />
must haves.<br />
Europe’s finest<br />
Imperial stouts.<br />
We give an F about<br />
craft beer.<br />
70<br />
74<br />
Writers of craft –<br />
Breandán Kearney.<br />
What have we been<br />
drinking this month?
SIGNATURE TAPROOM<br />
Signature Brew, renown for its collaborative<br />
projects with bands and artists, has<br />
recently opened a taproom and venue in<br />
Haggerston, East London.<br />
Based in a railway arch next to the Regent’s<br />
Canal the tap room includes Signature’s core<br />
beers, their current range of artist collab beers<br />
and guest beers as well as wine, spirits and food.<br />
It is dog-friendly and also has an outdoor terrace<br />
near the canal.<br />
The taproom also boasts space for live events<br />
and a dedicated space for live music photography.<br />
To find out more and for opening hours visit<br />
www.signaturebrew.co.uk<br />
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SIGNATURE BREW READ ISSUE 4 OF HOPULIST
THORNBRIDGE<br />
BAR PLANS<br />
Thornbridge Brewery are hoping to open 10 new pub sites<br />
across England over the next five years. Planning has been<br />
approved on the first of these – a former bank on Colmore<br />
Row in the centre of Birmingham. Due to open over the coming<br />
months the Birmingham Tap will be a traditional take on the<br />
modern craft beer pub, incorporating the Thornbridge brand and<br />
making the most of the history of the building. The pub will also<br />
have a food offering to complement the excellent range of craft<br />
beers.<br />
Thornbridge have also announced they have secured their second<br />
site in York city centre. Other locations that Thornbridge are<br />
looking at include London, Manchester, Brighton and Leeds.<br />
Thornbridge Brewery CEO Simon Webster said: “We have a<br />
real passion for pubs and want to introduce our beers to a wider<br />
market. This gives us the opportunity to work towards ensuring<br />
our beer is present in every corner of the country!”<br />
ORANGE IS THE<br />
NEW BLACK<br />
Just in case you missed<br />
the news Thornbridge<br />
is now offering Jaipur in<br />
these sexy new cans and<br />
they are available from<br />
Tesco. Green Mountain,<br />
Florida Weisse and Lucas<br />
have also made it onto<br />
the canning line.<br />
CHECK OUT OUR GUIDE TO BIRMINGHAM BARS & TAP ROOMS IN THIS ISSUE
COSTCUTTER CHEERS<br />
CRAFT EXPANSION<br />
Online beer distributor EBria Trade<br />
has agreed a deal with Costcutter<br />
Supermarkets Group (CSG) that will<br />
bring access to over 80 craft breweries to their<br />
range of convenience stores.<br />
The deal will give Costcutter’s independently<br />
owned local shops and off-licences improved<br />
access to fresh, exciting beer from highly<br />
respected breweries all over the UK.<br />
Daniel Forth of CSG commented:“It’s long<br />
been our intention to open up our drinks range<br />
to include more craft beer, particularly finding a<br />
way to support the local brewing talent around<br />
each location. The partnership with EeBriaTrade<br />
allows us to do just that, by putting the buying<br />
decisions into the hands of the stores.”<br />
David Jackson, CEO of EeBria Trade added:<br />
“Working with Costcutter is a great opportunity<br />
for us to help more of our huge range of<br />
breweries get products into the hands of more<br />
people. Making craft beer increasingly accessible<br />
both in bars and to drink at home is part of our<br />
mission. The deal will bring both limited edition<br />
and core range beers from some of the UK’s best<br />
breweries.”<br />
CSG operates a network of over 1,700 stores<br />
across the UK through the Costcutter, Kwiksave<br />
Mace, Simply Fresh and Supershop brands.
BREWDOG<br />
BLUEPRINT<br />
We think it’s fair to say that BrewDog has had<br />
somewhat of a chequered year (Pink IPA and<br />
BeerPorn anyone?) and they remain very much a<br />
Marmite topic for many. Maybe as a result of this (or maybe not)<br />
they have released their blueprint for the next ten years (which<br />
you can download by clicking on the link below). The blueprint<br />
highlights include a rejig of their core beer range (which sees 5AM<br />
likely become a seasonal), the reintroduction of BrewDog cask<br />
beer, a new barrel-ageing programme, a list of upcoming BrewDog<br />
bars and much more.<br />
As well as the beer, BrewDog has also pledged to remove all<br />
plastics from their packaging, launch a foundation which will<br />
see them give away at least £1million every year and they have<br />
reduced payment terms to help the smaller breweries who supply<br />
BrewDog bars. Whisper it quietly but could this be a turning point<br />
in BrewDog’s controversy riddled history?<br />
WHAT WE THINK...<br />
This compilation of 30+<br />
initiatives from BrewDog<br />
is a much needed step in<br />
the right direction after<br />
a string of ill-advised<br />
marketing campaigns.<br />
It would be great if we<br />
could spend the next<br />
ten years talking about<br />
quality beer and the craft<br />
beer community.<br />
WWW.BREWDOG.COM/LOWDOWN/BLOG/THE-BREWDOG-BLUEPRINT
EDEN<br />
PROJECT<br />
The team behind a rapidly growing<br />
independent brewery have injected their<br />
personalities into the business by literally<br />
putting themselves on their products.<br />
Eden River Brew Co, in Penrith has given its<br />
new look a personal twist by featuring pictures of<br />
its team members on the cans for its core range of<br />
modern, hop-forward beers.<br />
It is also inviting customers to put their face on<br />
a can next year by posting pictures of themselves<br />
drinking one of its brews on social media.<br />
The cans – which feature the faces of director<br />
Jason Hill, head brewer Linda Stanton,<br />
communications and content marketer Giles<br />
Brown and designer Jemma Ainsworth – are<br />
currently available to order and pre-order at<br />
www.edenriverbrewco.uk<br />
Jemma, a graphic design student at University<br />
of Cumbria came up with the innovative designs<br />
as part of the annual Eden Student Design<br />
Project, in which it challenge students to develop<br />
the artwork for its beers.
JASON HILL<br />
DIRECTOR :<br />
“Our whole ethos at Eden is to graft hard<br />
to make truly exciting and original beers, but<br />
have a bit of fun at the same time. We put a<br />
lot of ourselves into making the brewery a<br />
success and creating beers we can be proud<br />
of. I think Jemma’s designs are a clever and fun<br />
way of reflecting that, giving the brand a bit of<br />
personality and creating a connection between<br />
us and our customers.<br />
“Obviously the people who buy and enjoy<br />
our beer are vital in supporting us, giving us<br />
feedback and encouraging us to move forwards<br />
and expand. That’s why we’re inviting people<br />
who love Eden to post a picture of themselves<br />
drinking a beer on our social media pages with<br />
the hashtag #sipspression. Early next year we’ll<br />
pick some of our favourite pictures and feature<br />
their faces on 2019’s cans.”<br />
JEMMA AINSWORTH,<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENT:<br />
“I knew that I needed to come up with bold<br />
designs to stand out on the shelf and be<br />
something original that no-one had ever seen<br />
before.<br />
“I came up with the idea of the faces because<br />
I wanted something that would capture people’s<br />
attention as they were walking down the aisle;<br />
using people’s faces and eye contact draws<br />
people in a lot.<br />
“Eden Brewery were really welcoming and<br />
friendly people to work with and I learned a lot.<br />
I never thought that I would work on a beer<br />
can design, but I’ve learned that I like working<br />
with packaging. The fact that it is formatted<br />
on something 3D, you have to imagine how<br />
someone picks it up and interacts with it. It’s<br />
more of an experience, which I thought was a<br />
really interesting way to look at graphic design.”
WANT YOUR LATEST BEER LAUNCH FEATURED<br />
LOVE A BIT OF CAKE<br />
This is Cloudwater’s homage to Parkin,<br />
the oatmeal and ginger cake enjoyed<br />
across the north of England. An Imperial<br />
Brown Ale base with a rich blend of<br />
malts, oats and treacle for flavourful<br />
sweetness, and added ginger and spices<br />
for that distinctive Parkin cake aroma.<br />
Release date: Already on sale<br />
COSTA (RICAN) COFFEE<br />
Buxton’s Extra Porter – Costa Rican<br />
Coffee is a rich, smooth porter brewed<br />
with cacao nibs, vanilla beans and Costa<br />
Rican Villa Sarchi coffee. If you enjoyed<br />
their Guatemalan Coffee creation then<br />
we think you will enjoy this.<br />
Release date: Already on sale
NEW RELEASES WE<br />
CAN’T WAIT TO GET<br />
OUR HANDS ON...<br />
? CONTACT US AT INFO@HOPULIST.COM<br />
BRUT FORCE<br />
Signature Brew have recently produced a<br />
limited edition Brut IPA in collaboration<br />
with Mercury Prize winners alt-J.<br />
Absolutely No Worries is a light-bodied<br />
beer with hints of botanicals, juniper<br />
berries and coriander – a nod to alt-J’s<br />
go-to tour tipple, gin and tonic.<br />
Release date: Already on sale<br />
SUPERNATURAL SESSION<br />
Magic Rock have recently refreshed the<br />
design of their core cans and as part of<br />
these changes they have also added a new<br />
sessionable IPA called Saucery to their<br />
core range of beers. At 3.9% this hoppy<br />
pale ale has a moreish drinkability we<br />
think you will enjoy.<br />
Release date: Already on sale
Unity<br />
1. The state of being united or joined as a whole.<br />
1.1 The state of forming a complete and harmonious<br />
whole, especially in an artistic context.<br />
1.2 A thing forming a complex whole.
A joyous un|on<br />
|s be|ng forged<br />
|n the south<br />
coast c|ty of<br />
Southampton<br />
– whether |t’s<br />
|ngred|ents,<br />
brewer|es or<br />
people – Un|ty<br />
Brew|ng founder<br />
J|mmy Hatherly<br />
|s determ|ned to<br />
un|te them for<br />
the greater good.<br />
Unity Brewing founder Jimmy Hatherly.<br />
Unity Brewing started<br />
in pretty much the<br />
way all craft beer<br />
companies start. Someone<br />
with a passion for beer itself<br />
got his ideas together, wrote a<br />
business plan, honed a brand,<br />
got some investment and built<br />
a brewery. But what makes this<br />
Southampton-based relative<br />
newcomer to the craft beer<br />
industry so interesting is its<br />
emphasis on the very thing it is<br />
named after: Unity.<br />
“The ethos behind Unity is<br />
all about the ingredients and<br />
the industry,” explains founder<br />
Jimmy Hatherly.<br />
© All photos and artwork supplied courtesy of Unity Brewing Co.
“Fundamentally it’s about uniting simple<br />
ingredients to create something so much<br />
greater than the sum of their parts, but more<br />
than that’s about how wonderfully unified<br />
the beer industry can be. It’s unlike any other<br />
industry in that aspect and we wouldn’t be<br />
the brewery we are today without the support<br />
of other people. The world is a better place<br />
when we work together. Taking from that, It’s<br />
also about bringing people together, uniting<br />
people over simple pleasures.”<br />
Unity thrives on a spirit of collectivism and<br />
really championing the collaborative culture<br />
that the craft beer industry is known for. It<br />
utilises traditional and modern techniques to<br />
create seasonal, Belgian-inspired beer that has<br />
been slowly making a very strong name for<br />
itself in craft since its launch in 2016. It is now<br />
one of the leading lights in the growing craft<br />
scene in Southampton – but how did it get<br />
here? Jimmy explains some of the back story.<br />
“I am lucky enough to have a Dad who’s<br />
really into beer. He took me to Belgium when<br />
I was about 19 and I never looked back.<br />
He also used to work in the United States<br />
occasionally and I remember about 12 years<br />
ago him coming back with a couple of bottles<br />
of what ‘all the locals were drinking’. It was<br />
Pliney The Elder – I was hooked.”<br />
After beer got its claws into Jimmy’s<br />
consciousness at that age, he set out to<br />
work and began in the wine industry – an<br />
experience he claims helped him hone and<br />
train his palate. He continues: “I was home<br />
brewing too and really wanted to move over<br />
to beer rather than wine so scored a job as
the Sales and Marketing Manager at London<br />
Fields Brewery, then, the 6th or 7th brewery<br />
in London. I had my first experience of<br />
commercial brewing there before moving<br />
on and honing my skills in a load of other<br />
breweries and craft beer bars in London<br />
before moving back to my home town of<br />
Southampton and starting Unity.”<br />
Southampton was an easy choice for Jimmy<br />
and his wife – they both grew up there and<br />
they have family dotted around the city.<br />
When they left London, they had the vision<br />
of creating a brewery that the people of<br />
Southampton could be proud of.<br />
At present, Unity has a core range of three<br />
well-honed beers that it believes give a good<br />
introduction to what it is about: Congregate,<br />
a Belgian Pale, which is inspired by modern<br />
“Fundamentally<br />
|t’s about<br />
un|t|ng s|mple<br />
|ngred|ents to<br />
create someth|ng<br />
so much greater<br />
than the sum<br />
of the|r parts,<br />
but more than<br />
that’s about how<br />
wonderfully<br />
un|f|ed the beer<br />
|ndustry can be.”
hoppy session beers from Belgium; Conflux,<br />
a modern American pale ale that has a juicy,<br />
citrusy vibe; and Collision, a beer made to<br />
represent the south coast of England with soft<br />
honeyed notes of spelt malt and dank flavours<br />
of Mosaic and Columbus hops.<br />
Outside of this core collection, Unity<br />
specialises in seasonal and limited run beers<br />
that playfully experiment with saison styles<br />
– at the time of writing they included: Été,<br />
a summer saison brewed with elderflower;<br />
Centenairs, a beer to celebrate the 100th<br />
brew by the Unity brewhouse; and Fresco,<br />
a summer Belgian IPA, which <strong>Hopulist</strong> can<br />
categorically say is delightful.<br />
The traction that Unity has gained within<br />
the scene in just a short time is something<br />
that has surprised but also delighted Jimmy<br />
and his team.<br />
“We’ve been totally bowled over with the<br />
response we’re getting for our beers so we’ve<br />
grown faster than we expected. We only have<br />
a small 6bbl kit, we’re brewing at capacity and<br />
have run out of space in our current unit, so<br />
expansion plans are in motion to build a bigger<br />
brewery with a proper onsite taproom rather<br />
than the pop-up we currently have. If all goes<br />
well we’ll be in production by June next year<br />
and that will be the last move we make, it’s<br />
important for us to us remain small.”<br />
The success was well culminated when<br />
Unity was named as one of the four best
UK breweries by We Are Beer’s Raise the Bar<br />
competition – recognition that Jimmy has<br />
earmarked as one of his proudest moments so far.<br />
But, what of the future? Well for Jimmy, it’s<br />
pretty simple. “We’re gonna settle in to our new<br />
site, enjoy putting on events in our taproom and<br />
brewing new beers with awesome people, stay<br />
humble and enjoy doing what we’re doing. We’ll<br />
continue to evolve the company and the beers<br />
but fundamentally we just want to continue to<br />
try and make the best beer we can and have a<br />
good time doing it. I do want to bring some of<br />
our focus back to farmhouse ales and using more<br />
local and foraged ingredients so we’ll see how<br />
that works out, we’ll be doing our best to make<br />
saison really cool again whatever happens!”<br />
|NFO<br />
UNITY BREWING CO<br />
Southampton<br />
É unitybrewingco.com<br />
$ ! "
Quick-Fire<br />
Questions<br />
How do you see the craft beer market?<br />
“It’s a scene that has grown and changed<br />
quite rapidly. It’s massively grown and changed.<br />
FOMO and the rise of Instagram hazy IPA nerds<br />
has changed the way some people drink, for<br />
better or for worse. There’s also the issue of<br />
lots of sub-par breweries cropping up because<br />
they think they can make a load of cash from<br />
a boom industry. Ain’t nobody making much<br />
money from craft beer that’s for sure. I think<br />
we’ll see a shakeup soon though so it’s become<br />
more important than ever to stay at the top of<br />
your game. One thing I do know though is as a<br />
whole, the quality and availability of beer being<br />
produced in the UK has sky rocketed in the last<br />
few years which is awesome, hopefully we’ll see<br />
a lot more of that.”
What is the thing that worries you<br />
most about the future of craft?<br />
“Poor quality beer putting new<br />
drinkers off is an issue. In-fighting<br />
as the market share is squeezed<br />
when we should be introducing new<br />
drinkers rather than scrabbling over<br />
the same ones will get tired. It’s going<br />
to be interesting to see what Inbev<br />
et al’s next moves will be as well. As<br />
long as the duty relief doesn’t deviate<br />
much from where it is, the small guys<br />
will always be able to compete.”<br />
What is the thing that excites you<br />
most about the future of craft?<br />
“The Saison revolution is coming<br />
and we’ll be manning the barricades!<br />
Seriously though, I think we’re going to<br />
move back towards more regionality<br />
and freshness as breweries start to<br />
focus more on direct sales to the<br />
public and more breweries invest in<br />
mixed ferm and wild projects.”
SERIOUS WAFFLE<br />
Style out the colder months ahead with<br />
this lightweight, but warm, waffle-knit<br />
beanie. We love the double-sided Siren<br />
logo stitched tag, a nice touch and all at a<br />
good price too.<br />
NORTHERN POWERHOUSE<br />
A grey bobble beanie with NORTHERN<br />
emroidery and Northern Monk logo on<br />
the tag. We know what will be keeping<br />
our noggin warm this winter... quality<br />
merch from Leeds’ finest.<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
WHAT A SUMMER IT<br />
WAS, BUT THE FUN<br />
IS OVER NOW KIDS...<br />
DURATION IS HERE<br />
After a long wait, Duration beer is finally<br />
hitting bars and bottle shops, so what<br />
better way to celebrate than get your<br />
hands on some of its rad merch? These<br />
waffle-knit beanies look ace.<br />
SUPER SOFT<br />
The Wild Beer Company recently<br />
released this speckled beanie – this<br />
maroon number is made using soft cable<br />
knitwear and incorporates their iconic<br />
logo on the tag.<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
A craft beer guide to<br />
B|RM<br />
|NG<br />
HAM<br />
As the craft beer revolution vines its way through the British<br />
Isles, more and more of its towns and cities are becoming<br />
destinations to drink great beer. No longer just confined<br />
to London or its orbitals, craft beer can now definitely<br />
be considered a national event. Birmingham in the West<br />
Midlands is one such place where this is happening. And while<br />
you might think – as the nation’s second city – this would be<br />
an obvious echo spot for the trends that begin in London,<br />
it’s not always the case. It has taken a while for Birmingham<br />
to reach a point where there is a good craft venue within a<br />
short walk of wherever you are in the city, but that has now<br />
started to happen. As is our duty, we did said walking (and<br />
drinking) to discover the best craft watering holes of Brum.
JeWELLeRy<br />
Quarter<br />
FREDERICK STREET<br />
PAGE<br />
34<br />
1000 Trades<br />
GRAHAM STREET<br />
The Pig & Tail<br />
CAROLINE STREET LUDGATE HILL<br />
GEORGE STREET ST PAUL’S SQUARE<br />
CHARLOTTE STREET<br />
Burning Soul Brewing Co<br />
NORTHWOOD STREET<br />
LIONEL STREET<br />
LIVERY STREET<br />
B4100<br />
The Wolf<br />
WATER STREET<br />
Indian Brewery<br />
LIONEL STREET<br />
CORNWALL STREET<br />
PAGE<br />
32<br />
PAGE<br />
33<br />
A4400<br />
CHURCH STREET<br />
EDMUND STREET<br />
SNOW HILL<br />
STATION<br />
LIVERY STREET<br />
SNOW<br />
hiLL<br />
COLMORE ROW<br />
SHADWELL<br />
A4400<br />
ICC &<br />
SYMPHONY<br />
HALL<br />
GRANVILLE STREET<br />
BERKELEY STREET<br />
THEATRE<br />
GAS STREET<br />
CENTENERY SQUARE<br />
BROAD STREET<br />
BRIDGE STREET<br />
CENTRAL<br />
LIBRARY<br />
HOLLIDAY STREET<br />
MAILBOX<br />
COMMERCIAL STREET<br />
MUSEUM<br />
& ART GALLERY<br />
Purecraft<br />
SEVERN STREET<br />
VICTORIA<br />
SQUARE<br />
CiTY<br />
CEntRE<br />
Brewdog<br />
WATERLOO STREET<br />
NEW STREET<br />
PINFOLD STREET<br />
SUFFOLK STREET QUEENSWAY<br />
GOUGH STREET<br />
PAGE<br />
31<br />
PAGE<br />
29<br />
PAGE<br />
30<br />
JOHN BRIGHT STREET<br />
*<br />
HILL STREET<br />
SEVERN ST.<br />
Thornbridge*<br />
BENNETTS HILL<br />
NAVIGATION STREET<br />
TEMPLE STREET<br />
STEPHENSON ST.<br />
NEW STREET<br />
STATION<br />
Cherry Reds<br />
STATION STREET<br />
CHER<br />
TEMPLE ROW<br />
CANNON ST.<br />
Post Office Vaults<br />
PAGE<br />
31
STREET<br />
PAGE<br />
35<br />
Two Towers Brewery<br />
A craft beer guide to<br />
St MARY’S ROW<br />
B|RM<br />
COLMORE<br />
CIRCUS<br />
WHITALL STREET<br />
CORPORATION ST.<br />
|NG<br />
HAM<br />
RY ST.<br />
PAGE<br />
28<br />
CORPORATION STREET<br />
NEW STREET<br />
MARTINEAU<br />
PLACE<br />
Tilt<br />
UNION STREET<br />
HIGH STREET<br />
EDGBASTON STREET<br />
PAVILLIONS<br />
BULL RING<br />
INDOOR MARKETS<br />
PERSHORE STREET<br />
B4100<br />
UPPER DEAN STREET<br />
Kilder<br />
MOAT LANE<br />
PARK STREET<br />
SHAW’S PASSAGE<br />
PAGE<br />
37<br />
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p28 Tilt<br />
p29 Post Office Vaults<br />
p30 Brewdog<br />
p31 Cherry Reds<br />
p31 Purecraft<br />
p32 The Wolf<br />
MERIDEN STREET<br />
B4100<br />
BORDESLEY STREET<br />
COVENTRY STREET<br />
DIGbeth<br />
OXFORD STREET<br />
• O2 INSTITUTE<br />
p33 Indian Brewery<br />
p34 1000 Trades<br />
p34 Pig & Tail<br />
p35 Brewers of Brum<br />
p36 Clink<br />
p37 Kilder<br />
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Dig Brew Co<br />
FLOODGATE STREET<br />
Clink<br />
B4100<br />
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CUSTARD<br />
FACTORY
Tilt<br />
When you first walk through the<br />
doors of Tilt – located incredibly<br />
centrally, just off Corporation Street<br />
– you may wonder just what this<br />
place is supposed to be. Tilt has three<br />
distinct sides to it – coffee, craft beer<br />
and pinball. The two owners, like<br />
so many in this trade, have brought<br />
their passions to life in the form of a<br />
business. You’ll find an excellent range<br />
of craft beers on tap including a good<br />
percentage from American brewers.<br />
The bar also has a can and bottle<br />
fridge, which you can buy from to<br />
takeaway, or drink in for a small fee<br />
of £1.25 extra. We have often been<br />
surprised at the beers we’ve found<br />
in this fridge on our semi-regular<br />
jaunts to Birmingham, including some<br />
belters from US brewer Stillwater<br />
Artisanal and some favourites from<br />
Scandinavian names like To Øl and<br />
Amundsen. The bar has floor-to-ceiling windows<br />
across much of the main level, but go upstairs and you<br />
will find another good sized space with interesting<br />
views of some of Birmingham’s architecture. There is<br />
also a downstairs bar too.<br />
The attention to detail on beer is also mirrored by<br />
the coffee – they only serve speciality coffee, which<br />
refers to some of the highest grade coffee beans<br />
available on the market. They use roasters from all<br />
over the world and seek out the best they can find –<br />
in many ways they offer a craft style of coffee.<br />
The other real standout feature of Tilt is the pinball<br />
machines, where the bar gets its name. They are into<br />
double figures with the number of machines they<br />
have in the bar and they also host regular leagues<br />
and other competitions for pinball wizards to test<br />
their skills. While this might not be everyone’s cup<br />
of tea (or should we say coffee), it certainly adds a<br />
unique vibe and a friendly atmosphere.<br />
Tilt offers enough for you to stop in at any time<br />
of day or night and seek out something that will<br />
improve your mood.
CITY CENTRE<br />
Post Office Vaults<br />
Blink and you’ll miss the Post Office Vaults,<br />
especially if you approach the entrance<br />
to the bar that is on Birmingham’s main<br />
pedestrianised shopping street, New Street.<br />
It’s little more than a doorway, but upon<br />
entering and descending the stairs, you’ll find<br />
a little oasis of good beer in a cosy and dimlylit<br />
cellar bar. This independent pub prides<br />
itself on being one of the best offerings of<br />
international beer in the city – outside of its<br />
eight real ales from UK brewers – it has an<br />
inexhaustible collection of bottled beers from<br />
as far and wide as Belgium, Germany, France,<br />
Norway, the Netherlands and the USA.<br />
Another nice touch of this pub is that, while<br />
it doesn’t serve food, you can bring your own<br />
and they will provide cutlery and plates. The<br />
bar opened in 2011 and has an air of history<br />
about it that makes it a very welcoming place<br />
to raise a glass.
Brewdog<br />
We all know and love Brewdog<br />
(well, most of us) – but whatever<br />
your view on one of Scotland’s<br />
greatest exports, you know you can<br />
safely enter it as a refuge away from<br />
flat pints of macro beer you’ll find<br />
in other bars in this very central<br />
location. Brewdog in Birmingham<br />
is just a few minutes from New<br />
Street station on John Bright<br />
Street and presents the perfect<br />
place to get a glass of something<br />
with taste and standard. The bar<br />
opened in 2012 and features the<br />
typical Brewdog interior décor with<br />
exposed brickwork and metalwork.<br />
There is also a reasonable outside<br />
seating area to take advantage of<br />
those warmer drinking days. In our<br />
view, this is a great place to start an<br />
evening or if you want to kill some<br />
time before grabbing your train in<br />
somewhere other than the ultramodern<br />
and mainstream interior of<br />
New Street.
CITY CENTRE<br />
Cherry Reds Café Bar<br />
Just across the street from the Brewdog bar, you’ll<br />
spy Cherry Reds Café Bar. On the face of it, it<br />
may not look like somewhere you should have on<br />
your list when in search of craft beer, but you’d be<br />
wrong. The Café offers simple and delicious food<br />
and also serves a good range of craft beers to go<br />
with – a fact it has prided itself on since it opened<br />
in 2010. You’ll find many good beers from Belgium,<br />
covering a wide range of styles as well as some<br />
from more local brewers like Northampton-based<br />
Maule Brewing. Not your traditional craft beer bar<br />
or bottle shop, but Cherry Reds is certainly worth<br />
a stop if you fancy a bite to eat, or to sit outside on<br />
its many exterior chairs and tables.<br />
Purecraft<br />
If you are searching for a craft<br />
beer venue with more of a local<br />
angle, then Purecraft could be<br />
the answer to your prayers. The<br />
bar is owned and operated by<br />
Alcester, Warwickshire-based<br />
brewer Purity, which occupies<br />
an interesting market position as<br />
a producer of craft-style beers<br />
and more traditional ales. It’s a<br />
tough one to miss as it lies just<br />
off Victoria Square on Waterloo<br />
Street – within eyeshot of<br />
the Birmingham Museum and<br />
Art Gallery. Inside, you’ll find<br />
a smartly decorated bar with<br />
varying seating options and a<br />
great range of beer that generally<br />
includes all of Purity’s range as<br />
well as beers from other UK<br />
brewers like Tiny Rebel and<br />
Magic Rock. The bar also serves<br />
decent food, covering snacks and<br />
full meals (we highly recommend<br />
the scotch egg).
The Wolf<br />
The Wolf is absolutely one of our<br />
favourite craft beer venues in the<br />
whole of Birmingham. Located on<br />
Constitution Hill, within walking<br />
distance of many of the businesses<br />
and offices of Snow Hill, the bar is<br />
a family-run business with a real<br />
passion for the craft beer market.<br />
Inside you will find a chaotically<br />
decorated bar, plastered with beerbased<br />
paraphernalia and old bottles,<br />
cans, labels and tap fronts from<br />
beers of all different kinds from<br />
across the world. Seating is provided<br />
by a mixture of retro furniture<br />
and the main bar area sports large<br />
windows allowing you to watch<br />
the world go by while supping a<br />
delicious beer of your choice. The<br />
taps are changed regularly, but you<br />
are always likely to find a locallybrewed<br />
beer from Birminghambased<br />
Burning Soul. On our visit<br />
for this feature, there was also a<br />
beer from Twisted Barrel, which<br />
hails from nearby Coventry. There<br />
is also a fridge behind the bar with a wide selection<br />
of bottles and cans that is regularly updated in case<br />
one of the beers on tap doesn’t take your fancy.<br />
The Wolf is one of the larger craft beer venues<br />
you will find in Birmingham and is subsequently<br />
more suitable for large parties. This is ehoed by the<br />
great range of board games they have within the<br />
pub – perfect for passing the time with good friends<br />
and good beers.<br />
The atmosphere is always welcoming in the Wolf<br />
and its location a little outside of the very centre of<br />
Birmingham lends a different vibe to the place. The<br />
building it is housed in and the surrounding ones are<br />
from traditional red brick that bring a nostalgic feel<br />
to the whole area.
SNOW hiLL<br />
Indian Brewery<br />
Sound the ‘another favourite venue of<br />
the <strong>Hopulist</strong> team’ klaxon – the Indian<br />
Brewery in Snow Hill is well worth<br />
hitting on any trip to Birmingham. Itself<br />
a brewer, the company has combined<br />
its passion and fervour for brewing<br />
small batch craft beer with one of<br />
Birmingham’s other famous exports<br />
– Indian food. Located within a railway<br />
arch that is more like something you’d<br />
find in London, the bar/restaurant<br />
is decorated with brightly coloured<br />
memoirs from India that really bring the<br />
place to life. As well as trying the beers<br />
the Indian Brewery itself brews, there<br />
is also a small selection of other craft<br />
beers from the likes of Yeastie Boys and<br />
TailGate.<br />
But one of the best things about this<br />
place, is as you may have guessed, the<br />
food. We will leave you only one piece of<br />
advice, try the fat naans. Seriously. TRY<br />
THEM. Thank us later.
JeWellery Quarter<br />
1000 Trades<br />
Situated in a pretty eye-catching listed building, 1000 Trades is an independent bar<br />
and kitchen in the Jewellery Quarter that is well worth checking out. The bar prides<br />
itself on championing all forms of craft beer. There are up to 12 beers on tap at any<br />
one time, carefully selected to offer choice and complement each other – some are<br />
brewed locally, others are from distant shores.<br />
1000 Trades also has an emphasis on music and works in partnership with the local<br />
music scene in Birmingham to ensure there is often great entertainment on site too.<br />
There’s also tonnes of local artwork hung throughout the building for you to enjoy<br />
while enjoying the produce.<br />
Pig & Tail<br />
Housed in the historic George & Dragon building in the Jewellery Quarter, the Pig<br />
& Tail promises a gastronomical experience that you will struggle to find elsewhere<br />
in Brum. Chef Mark Rafferty was the man behind this place and it was born out of<br />
his desire for Birmingham to have somewhere to enjoy family-style fresh food that’s<br />
locally sourced alongside great craft beers.<br />
The dishes are uncomplicated yet delicious and the beers hail from some of the best<br />
names in craft included Wander Beyond Brewing and The Wild Beer Co.
BREWERS OF BRUM<br />
Burning Soul Brewing Co<br />
Based near the Jewellery Quarter, Burning Soul is one of<br />
the brightest lights in the Birmingham craft brewing scene.<br />
With the history of a group of bored friends searching for<br />
something to drink with some real taste, the brewery was<br />
founded in 2013 and concentrates on creating beer that<br />
brings people together. The brewery also has an in-house<br />
taproom that is open on Friday and Saturdays, where you<br />
could get the chance to sample its more experimental<br />
beers that don’t make it to full production.<br />
Two Towers Brewery<br />
This community-owned brewer is situated in Birmingham’s<br />
famous Gunmakers’ quarter and brews a wide range of<br />
beers and ales that it supplies to bars and clubs around the<br />
city. Opened in 2010, Two Towers is named after a book<br />
by one of Birmingham’s most famous sons, JRR Tolkien and<br />
brews beers that are equally as epic as his stories. There’s<br />
a tap room at the brewery and the Gunmakers’ Arms pub<br />
next door which pours many of its beers.<br />
DigBrew Co<br />
If you walk around the graffitied old factory units of<br />
Digbeth you may spot stickers for the enigmatic DigBrew<br />
Co and may be wondering what it’s all about. Well the<br />
best way to find out is the head to River Street and visit<br />
the brewery’s on-site taproom that is open on Fridays and<br />
Saturdays. DigBrew makes some impressive beers that are<br />
bold in style and high on quality. You may also be able to<br />
sample their beers at many of the bars in this feature.
DiGBETH<br />
Clink<br />
Smack-bang in the heart of one of the most<br />
cultural and creative areas of Birmingham,<br />
Clink is a bottle shop and taproom that you<br />
will feel right at home in. Located in the city’s<br />
old Custard Factory district in Digbeth, the bar<br />
features old school factory windows that shine<br />
light into a quaint and relatively small bar that is<br />
big on character and beer selection. There are<br />
over 200 bottled and canned beers available for<br />
you to select and either take away or drink in.<br />
There is also eight different beers run on tap, and<br />
any of these can be served into growlers too.<br />
You will find many of the power houses of craft<br />
beer on the shelves in Clink, including Northern<br />
Monk, Cloudwater, Magic Rock Mikkeller and<br />
Omnipollo. The bar has an upstairs section that<br />
again benefits from the unusual architecture of a<br />
former factory and offers a unique place to enjoy<br />
a craft beer.<br />
There are also plenty of interesting<br />
independent shops and food venues dotted<br />
around too, so you can really make a day of it if<br />
you decide to venture out to Clink.
Kilder<br />
This is one of Birmingham’s true hidden gems –<br />
hidden because it is relatively new and also that it is<br />
tucked away in a railway arch near to the city’s iconic<br />
Moor Street Station. The bar was opened by the<br />
owners of popular cult burger restaurant Original<br />
Patty Men, who decided to turn the arch next door<br />
into one of Digbeth’s best craft beer experiences.<br />
The bar features stylish décor that was created by<br />
a Digbeth-based architect and the beers on tap are<br />
numerous. We enjoyed sampling from brewers such as<br />
Deya, Founders, Siren and, of course, local favourites<br />
Burning Soul.<br />
Due to the nature of being opened by guys and<br />
girls who own a restaurant, the food here is pretty<br />
awesome too. There’s a wide range of bar snacks,<br />
light bites and bigger meals to help keep you in there<br />
longer and enjoy more of the beer on offer. There’s<br />
also a good selection of wine, for those you may have<br />
dragged in who aren’t interested in the beer.<br />
The venue and its owners place a real emphasis<br />
on micro brewing and supporting the local brewing<br />
scene, so expect this to grow in stature as a venue as<br />
the years go by.
“WITHOUT<br />
DEVIATION<br />
FROM THE<br />
NORM,<br />
PROGRESS<br />
IS NOT<br />
POSSIBLE.”<br />
FRANK ZAPPA
© GREAT DIVIDE BREWING CO
Nanna Guldbaek<br />
FROM SERVING IN A BAR TO BEING ART<br />
DIRECTOR FOR ONE OF EUROPE'S TOP CRAFT<br />
BREWERS, IT'S BEEN A METEORIC RISE FOR<br />
NANNA GULDBAEK. SHE TELLS US WHAT<br />
MAKES HER TICK AND HOW SHE CREATES<br />
WORKS THAT MARRY DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE.<br />
Can you tell us how you got into design and illustration?<br />
It has always been a tool to tell stories. In school as a kid we often had to make<br />
illustrations for our Danish papers, I used to make my own comics or sketch<br />
with friends after school and wrote and illustrated my own stories and gave<br />
them as Christmas presents (… I'm not sure they were always appreciated).<br />
As a teenager I spent a good amount of my money on paper and frames for<br />
exhibits I was attending. But it was first when I started at the Danish Design<br />
School in Copenhagen that I began to work more professionally with it. Even<br />
though I studied product design and not graphic design, graphic skills are<br />
crucial when making others understand your idea and creating narratives. My<br />
interests have always been mixed between art, design and technology.<br />
How did you start working for Lervig?<br />
After I dropped out of design school (I dropped out to become an engineer,<br />
which I eventually also dropped out of and went back to the design school)<br />
I ended up as a bartender for Mikkeller in Copenhagen, and when going to<br />
a beer festival in Tallinn, Estonia for them, I met the Lervig brewers Mike<br />
Murphy and David Graham. They asked me to do some labels for them<br />
around New Year 2017, and then it just developed rapidly. I finished my school<br />
here in June this year, so it has been pretty hectic to have full time study and<br />
also work as art director for Lervig.
Can you tell us more about the design process behind your<br />
work at Lervig?<br />
Often Mike or David have an idea about a beer, a recipe in mind or<br />
the beer is already in the tanks. Mike always has a lot of ideas, and<br />
he thinks in a very creative way – I see a lot of similarities to how he<br />
and I work. But usually I get some notes about the beer, and I start<br />
working. I like to create a lot of material using only paper and pen<br />
– simple. Then I pick something out, start working with it digitally,<br />
print it out and put it on a can, sketch it directly onto the can. Back<br />
and forth – digital and analog. I also like the aesthetic of working<br />
like this – the visual difference between a sketch made in hand and<br />
computer-generated artwork. And nothing can ever be too neat,<br />
then it gets boring. The danish model Emma Leth once described<br />
good style to be very, very close to bad style, and this I think is also<br />
true in many other design aspects. It’s a fine elastic line.<br />
How the label feels when holding the beer is important. I love<br />
working with different materials and finishes to create a tactile<br />
experience.<br />
It’s cool to all of a sudden make artwork for beers I used to drink<br />
and sell as a bartender. I would never have imagined that happening<br />
when I walked into the Mikkeller bar for the first time.<br />
How much has the job influenced your relationship with craft<br />
beer and vice-versa?<br />
It’s cool to all-of-a-sudden make artwork for beers I used to drink<br />
and sell as a bartender. I would never have imagined that happening<br />
when I walked into the Mikkeller bar for the first time. I get to work<br />
with other amazing artists and designers from around the world,<br />
whenever making collaboration brews. I like working with other<br />
designers because you learn from each other's processes. In our<br />
school studio I would always have beer in our communal fridge,<br />
for good times and bad times – and give tasters if people wanted to<br />
taste. Talk about the flavors. Quality over quantity. But at the same<br />
time, I would never not join the Friday bar with my classmates,<br />
because we would be drinking cheap Tuborg from bottles.
Video is a strong tool to tell the story about a product because<br />
you can show how the product smells, feels and sounds through<br />
imagery and thereby trigger all five senses, not just the eyes.<br />
What are your other creative influences and interests?<br />
Children’s books, games and animated movies. Early influencers were<br />
games and shows like Taken, Grand Theft Auto, Need For Speed, Crash<br />
Bandicoot, Pokémon, Dragon Ball, Naruto and the endless amount of<br />
low quality games found online. With a lot of the games my friends and<br />
I used to draw our own characters or use the platform of perhaps Grand<br />
Theft Auto to make our own games and stories in the universe. Then I<br />
read a lot, and still do – a lot of kids’ books – I like how simple stories<br />
can be illustrated in a nuanced way, or how complicated subjects can<br />
be illustrated simply. Then I have always been interested in animated<br />
movies – both early Disney movies, like Mulan (a favourite) but also<br />
new films like How To Train Your Dragon with its crazy landscapes<br />
and flying scenes. With the discovery of Hayao Miyazaki – and<br />
works like Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away, which are both<br />
visual masterpieces, but also manages to address subjects like global<br />
warming, technology and portray the everyday life – I started looking<br />
more into anime.<br />
Next to this – studying industrial design and product design – I have<br />
been interested in Danish furniture, classics like Børge Mogensen, Arne<br />
Jacobsen and Verner Panton, but today more experimental materialfocused<br />
designers like Nikolaj Stenfatt (Denmark) and Jonas Edvard<br />
(Denmark) who work with materials like mushrooms and seaweed in<br />
their products. But also, more conceptual studios like Studio Swine<br />
(UK/Holland), Nendo (Japan) and Space10 (Denmark) ,which all really<br />
combine art, design and technology to create experiences and makes<br />
us question what we know and how we do things through design and<br />
the products we surround ourselves with. Studio Swine uses film as<br />
a big part of their process, which is something I, along with giffs and<br />
animation, have also integrated more and more into my process. Video<br />
is a strong tool to tell the story about a product because you can show<br />
how the product smells, feels and sounds through imagery engaging<br />
with the user’s preconceptions, experiences and memories and thereby<br />
trigger all five senses, not just the eyes.
Are you excited about the quality of design and illustration in the craft<br />
beer market at the moment?<br />
Yeah, a lot. It’s great that new breweries focus on the artwork and design of<br />
their beer from day one. It’s gonna be interesting to see how it develops in the<br />
next few years, with more breweries opening their own bars where they really<br />
get to show their identity. Also with beer festivals – it seems like the festivals<br />
are focusing more and more on creating a full experience with both artwork,<br />
music and food – all revolving around beer of course.<br />
Which other designers and illustrators work in the craft beer industry<br />
do you admire?<br />
Keith Shore's humor and how he has, and continues to, develop the<br />
Mikkeller characters. Karl Grenadin for his powerfull illustrations and colour<br />
combinations, which allows people to explore it very differently. Nick Dwyer<br />
in the way he has created a Beavertown Universe with lots of colour and great<br />
attention to detail – artwork recognizable from miles away. Kasper Ledet<br />
for his conceptual approach and use of photography – uncompromised and<br />
thorough. James Yeo in his way of telling a story – with all of his labels I feel<br />
like there is an entire story to tell, as if it’s a still frame from a movie.<br />
It seems like the festivals are focusing more and more<br />
on creating a full experience with both artwork, music<br />
and food - all revolving around beer of course.<br />
And Finaly, what are you working on at the moment?<br />
Now I'm finally done with school I have started to re-design old favorites<br />
like Super Sonic, Tasty Juice and the Lucky Jacks series. Generally, the rest<br />
of 2018 will be catching up on old artwork to get a more complete visual<br />
identity for Lervig – not as mixed as it is now. Well, along with a good<br />
amount of new beer releases too!<br />
The last two years have been crazy busy for Lervig, busy in a good way.<br />
That’s exciting. We have a really great team and are based in this beautiful<br />
Norwegian west coast city of Stavanger. I think we are currently about 25<br />
people spread across 12 different nationalities, which really adds a cool<br />
cultural mix where we have both celebrated Chinese New Year with hot pot,<br />
Norwegian 17. May (national day) and Irish St. Patrick’s Day.
Top<br />
five<br />
THE FIVE<br />
LABEL<br />
DESIGNS<br />
NANNA<br />
IS MOST<br />
PROUD OF.<br />
Sippin’ Into Darkness<br />
A black and white character (except the<br />
red nails) drawn upon a photo taken from<br />
Stavanger, where the Brewery is based and<br />
where the weather is very shifty, grey, rains<br />
a lot.<br />
Perler For Svin<br />
Use of different medias, analog<br />
and digital rendered – that<br />
together with a matt finish and<br />
the cut-outs, focuses on the<br />
tactile experience when holding<br />
the beer in your hand.
House Party<br />
A manipulated photograph of holographic<br />
foil, which I then integrated the<br />
characters onto – creating a psychedelic<br />
mess of colors and body parts.<br />
Liquid Sex Robot<br />
The artwork was made to be as<br />
provocative as the name and the strong<br />
flavours of the beer. I wanted to show the<br />
two characters having sex – but soft and<br />
tender. A label which continues to create<br />
conversations about sex and gender.<br />
Easy<br />
A simple design with a pencil<br />
drawn character, the use of a<br />
gradiant background – and then<br />
the thing that ties the entire label<br />
together: the holographic foil.
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CATALAN CAP<br />
Barcelona’s Garage Beer Co have a small<br />
but inspired range of merch available<br />
online. We have selected the snapback<br />
trucker cap as the pick of the bunch, but<br />
the tees are also well worth a look.<br />
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Northern Monk branded with Patrons<br />
Project Hop Flowers design running<br />
around the glass.<br />
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N T A C T U S A T I N F O @ H O P U L I S T . C O M
EUROPEAN<br />
IMPERIAL<br />
STOUTS<br />
AND PORTERS<br />
The term Imperial originates from the<br />
18th century for beer that was brewed<br />
in Britain but then exported to Czarist<br />
Russia. After a visit to England from<br />
Peter the Great in 1698 it is reported<br />
he fell in love with stout beers and<br />
as a result breweries were keen to<br />
ship beer out to Russia. Purposely<br />
brewed stronger to easily withstand<br />
the voyage it was also perfectly suited<br />
for the cold climate of Russia and the<br />
Baltics. The commercial success of<br />
Imperial stouts ensured that the style<br />
endured.<br />
It is never easy to simplify the<br />
complex charachteristics of any beer<br />
but today the term Imperial Stout<br />
and Imperial Porter more commonly<br />
refers to double or stronger versions<br />
with a higher alcohol content, usualy<br />
ranging from 8% to 12% ABV, with big<br />
and bold flavours including, although<br />
not exclusive to, dark chocolate,<br />
coffee, dried fruit and dark fruit.
UNTAPPD RATINGS CORRECT AT TIME OF PUBLISHING<br />
WINTER IS COMING...<br />
SO TO GET YOU ALL<br />
IN THE MOOD WE’VE<br />
PICKED OUT ELEVEN<br />
FINE EXAMPLES OF<br />
IMPERIAL STOUT, ALL<br />
BREWED IN EUROPE,<br />
IN A BID TO GIVE<br />
YOU A FLAVOUR OF<br />
WHAT IS AVAILABLE.<br />
BECAUSE NOTHING<br />
BEATS LONG, COLD<br />
NIGHTS LIKE A BIG<br />
ROASTED STOUT WITH<br />
HINTS OF CHOCOLATE<br />
AND MARSHMALLOW.<br />
HERE ARE THE VERY<br />
PLEASING RESULTS...
X LERV|G<br />
PURE DECADENCE<br />
BARCELONA<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 10.3%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.84<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Developed over<br />
many trips to<br />
visit our friends<br />
at Lervig Brewing<br />
in Norway. This<br />
collaboration is<br />
dark & rich with a<br />
great roast, sweet<br />
flavor & alcohol<br />
back bone to<br />
balance it all out.<br />
Sit back enjoy and<br />
look down on it all<br />
with decadence.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
This lovely<br />
Russian Imperial<br />
Stout comes<br />
with a roasty<br />
espresso aroma<br />
that entices<br />
you in. It has a<br />
smooth, medium<br />
mouthfeel with<br />
no real lingering<br />
aftertaste. The<br />
flavours are dark<br />
chocolate, malt,<br />
coffee and a very<br />
slight bitterness.<br />
The beer has<br />
a kind of soft<br />
dryness that<br />
makes it very<br />
drinkable indeed.
HYPNOPOMPA<br />
STOCkHOLM<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 11%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.98<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Hypnopompa<br />
is our imperial<br />
stout brewed with<br />
almost 100 kilos of<br />
marshmallows and<br />
Tahitian vanilla<br />
beans (the size<br />
of cigars). Low<br />
carbonation and<br />
boiled a bit extra<br />
for good measure,<br />
this is a beer<br />
strictly for the<br />
stout inclined.<br />
Drink now or age<br />
for many years.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Besides being<br />
in one of<br />
our favourite<br />
bottle designs,<br />
Hypnopompa<br />
is also a pretty<br />
damn good<br />
beer. Black in<br />
colour and<br />
with very little<br />
head, the beer<br />
has a roasted<br />
chocolate and<br />
vanilla aroma<br />
that gives way to<br />
a marshmallow<br />
taste that is quite<br />
sweet with a dark<br />
malt tang,
MAD ABOUT CACAO<br />
X LAUGER<br />
Breda<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 11%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.76<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Mad About Cacao<br />
is a collaboration<br />
with Laugar<br />
Brewery from the<br />
Basque Country<br />
in Spain. It is an<br />
imperial stout with<br />
a touch, and that<br />
touch is a nice<br />
load of cocoa<br />
that we have<br />
added.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
This beer is a<br />
true European<br />
collaboration that<br />
plays heavy on its<br />
name – cacao is<br />
one of the main<br />
ingredients in<br />
this beautifully<br />
brewed Imperial.<br />
A very dark brown<br />
in colour, the<br />
flavour has subtle<br />
sweetness that<br />
then gives way to<br />
a bitterness that<br />
is born from the<br />
cacao.<br />
It has a good,<br />
heavy maltiness<br />
that is nice and<br />
dark too, which<br />
we really like.<br />
The end is quite<br />
dry and we<br />
think this would<br />
be perfect for<br />
an autumnal<br />
evening.
IMPERIAL STOUT<br />
L|THUAN|A<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 9.2%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.78<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Dark and full of<br />
roasty character<br />
this is big and<br />
complex brew. In<br />
order to infuse<br />
some barrel<br />
character to this<br />
beer we have<br />
aged it on oak<br />
chips along with<br />
some chopped<br />
vanilla beans.<br />
It’s good for<br />
ageing. Just<br />
make sure you<br />
keep it in cellar<br />
temperatures.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Probably not<br />
a brewery that<br />
many of you will<br />
be familiar with,<br />
but after trying<br />
this, you should<br />
be.<br />
Aged in a barrel<br />
to add complexity<br />
and character<br />
to the beer, its<br />
dark brown/black<br />
colour is matched<br />
perfectly with a<br />
roasted chocolate<br />
and sweet malt<br />
aroma.<br />
The flavour is dark<br />
roast coffee with<br />
hints of nut and<br />
vanilla.
AUPA TOVARISCH<br />
V|zcaya<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 12%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 4.1<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Deep black<br />
opaque body with<br />
medium high and<br />
creamy. Marked<br />
toasted and<br />
roasted aroma<br />
that is wrapped in<br />
liqueur and nutty<br />
touches. Striking<br />
and complex<br />
in flavor with a<br />
predominance of<br />
notes of coffee<br />
and chocolate<br />
with a slight<br />
bitterness and<br />
subtle aftertaste.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
This Spanish take<br />
on a Russian<br />
Imperial Stout has<br />
quite an unusual<br />
aroma when you<br />
first pour it with<br />
hints of coffee,<br />
slight acidity<br />
and liquorice.<br />
The initial taste<br />
is coffee then<br />
there is increasing<br />
sweetness and<br />
liquorice flavour<br />
the more you<br />
drink. A bitter<br />
aftertaste that<br />
isn’t too strong,<br />
making this<br />
another easy<br />
drinker.
HIGHLAND BARREL AGED<br />
BUXTON<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 10.5%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 4.01<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Scotch Whisky<br />
Barrel aged<br />
Imperial Stout.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
A beautiful<br />
blend of stout<br />
and whiskey, this<br />
cracker from<br />
Buxton is well<br />
worth your time.<br />
A slightly oily<br />
black-brown<br />
colour, it carries<br />
a smokey and<br />
woody aroma that<br />
is all too enticing.<br />
The whiskey<br />
taste is subtle<br />
and really<br />
compliments the<br />
charred malt,<br />
boozy, fruit cake<br />
hints that you get.<br />
We are big fans of<br />
what Buxton do.
YOU’RE NOT GETTING ANY<br />
X ZAPATO<br />
BELFAST<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 10%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 4.01<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Brewed in Belfast<br />
in collaboration<br />
with Yorkshire<br />
based Zapato.<br />
You’re Not Getting<br />
Any tastes like<br />
deep chocolate,<br />
smooth and full<br />
bodied. Blueberry<br />
sweetness, vicious<br />
notes and gentle<br />
tartness. Brewed in<br />
homage to those<br />
that think they’re<br />
entitled to every<br />
new release.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
A fascinating<br />
collab between<br />
two cool UK<br />
brewers, this<br />
stout is infused<br />
with blueberry,<br />
which might<br />
sound bizarre,<br />
but really works.<br />
You can smell<br />
them slightly in<br />
the aroma along<br />
with caramel, but<br />
they really come<br />
through in the<br />
taste, for which a<br />
lighter mouthfeel<br />
helps. The<br />
lightness of the<br />
blueberry makes<br />
this a dangerously<br />
easy drinker at<br />
9.8% ABV.
DEKADENTS<br />
ESTON|A<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 11.2%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 4.14<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
A luscious<br />
Imperial Stout<br />
aged on raisins<br />
and rum soaked<br />
vanilla beans.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
An Imperial Stout<br />
with a decent<br />
head that fades<br />
quickly, this effort<br />
from Estonian<br />
outfit Pühaste has<br />
an aggressive<br />
aroma that is<br />
biscuity and<br />
tinged with rum.<br />
The taste carries<br />
a heavy rum and<br />
raisin flavour<br />
but remains<br />
balanced and<br />
easy to drink. It is<br />
a great example<br />
of how to brew a<br />
classic Imperial<br />
with no attribute<br />
spiking too wildly<br />
in any particular<br />
direction.
MOCHA MONSTER<br />
X VAN MOLL<br />
BARCELONA<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 10.1%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.88<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Barcelona’s<br />
Guineu are one<br />
of Spain’s most<br />
acclaimed and<br />
eclectic breweries.<br />
This collaboration<br />
with Eindhoven’s<br />
Van Moll is a full<br />
bodied natural<br />
beer with notable<br />
coffee and cacao<br />
flavours. Feel like<br />
having a Moka<br />
Coffee.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
As the name<br />
suggests, this<br />
porter is a<br />
frightfest of<br />
chocolate/coffee<br />
flavours. If you<br />
close your eyes<br />
and sniffed the<br />
aroma could<br />
easily be that<br />
of an espresso<br />
or iced coffee.<br />
Upon drinking you<br />
get sweetness of<br />
chocolate, brown<br />
sugar and then a<br />
punchy aftertaste<br />
of coffee and<br />
bitterness. This is a<br />
pretty aggressive<br />
and hard-hitting<br />
porter.
BLACK BLOCK<br />
SUR|A<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 11.2%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.97<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
An incendiary<br />
beer that warms<br />
the heart and<br />
soul of who takes<br />
it. A beer with a<br />
lot of presence<br />
and a fine bubble<br />
crown. Aromas of<br />
coffee, chocolate<br />
and liqueur. In the<br />
mouth we find a<br />
beer with a lot of<br />
density and great<br />
complexity due<br />
to the malts and<br />
chocolate is once<br />
again present.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
Another Spanish<br />
offering on the<br />
Russian Imperial<br />
Stout theme,<br />
this beer carries<br />
an aroma<br />
of liquorice,<br />
roasted oats and<br />
molasses. It’s<br />
lovely to drink,<br />
with a rich velvety<br />
texture that is<br />
complemented<br />
perfectly by<br />
flavours of burnt<br />
caramel and a<br />
slight hint of plum.<br />
This is a beer very<br />
true to the style.
WRCLW RYE RIS DOUBLE BA<br />
WROCLAW<br />
Style:<br />
|MPER|AL STOUT<br />
ABV: 10.2%<br />
Volume: 330ml<br />
UNTPPED.com<br />
RAT|NG: ●●●●● 3.88<br />
WHAT THEY SAY:<br />
Clear malty<br />
tones – coffee,<br />
chocolate and<br />
caramel and<br />
velvety rye malts<br />
– bring to mind<br />
Belgian pralines.<br />
Ageing in port<br />
and bourbon<br />
oakwood barrels<br />
gives the beer<br />
refined vanilla,<br />
coconut, dry<br />
dark fruit aromas<br />
enhanced<br />
with port and<br />
American whiskey<br />
tones.<br />
WHAT WE THINK:<br />
There’s just<br />
something about<br />
whiskey and<br />
Imperial Stouts,<br />
they go together<br />
so well, as this<br />
bourbon-infused<br />
number from Stu<br />
Mostow shows.<br />
A medium beige<br />
head brings<br />
aromas of malt,<br />
smoke, toffee,<br />
coconut and a<br />
hint of vanilla.<br />
The taste really<br />
hits you with<br />
bourbon but then<br />
gives way to a<br />
more chocolatey,<br />
toffee kind of<br />
vibe. Worth<br />
checking out.
IS FOR, WELL,<br />
LOTS OF THINGS.<br />
THAT’S WHY WE<br />
HAVE DEVISED<br />
OUR OWN BEER<br />
GLOSSARY<br />
FOR YOU TO<br />
DRINK IN.<br />
IMPROVE YOUR<br />
KNOWLEDGE OF<br />
WHAT MAKES<br />
BEER SO GREAT<br />
AND IMPRESS<br />
YOUR FRIENDS<br />
IN THE BAR.<br />
WHAT HAVE YOU<br />
GOT TO LOSE?<br />
FATHER’S BEER<br />
(PATERSBIER)<br />
Father’s Beer, or<br />
Patersbier to give it<br />
the correct name,<br />
is the term used<br />
to describe the<br />
weaker beer brewed<br />
by Trappist monks<br />
to consume for<br />
themselves.<br />
Also called Enkel,<br />
meaning ‘single’<br />
it was originally a<br />
basic recipe used by<br />
Trappist breweries.<br />
In recent years some<br />
of these beers have<br />
been introduced<br />
commercially. If<br />
you want to try one<br />
out, then examples<br />
include Chimay<br />
Gold, St Bernadus<br />
Extra 4 and<br />
Westmalle Extra.<br />
A
FERMENTATION<br />
The simplest<br />
explanation of<br />
fermentation in<br />
brewing is the<br />
process by which<br />
yeast converts the<br />
glucose in the wort<br />
to ethyl alcohol and<br />
carbon dioxide gas -<br />
giving the beer both<br />
its alcohol content<br />
and its carbonation.<br />
If you are not a<br />
brewer some of<br />
these phrases won’t<br />
mean much but it<br />
is a vital part of the<br />
brewing process<br />
and without it you<br />
wouldn’t get alcohol,<br />
degredation of<br />
sugars or proper<br />
flavour development.<br />
In short, no<br />
fermentation equals<br />
no beer.<br />
FINAL GRAVITY<br />
Now that you’ve read<br />
and fully understand<br />
fermentation *ahem*<br />
then it will be easier to<br />
understand Gravity.<br />
In brewing terms, it<br />
is the concept used<br />
to measure the<br />
percentage of alcohol.<br />
So here’s the<br />
science... Original<br />
gravity (OG) measures<br />
how much sugar is<br />
present in the wort<br />
before it is fermented.<br />
The final gravity<br />
(FG) is how much<br />
sugar is left over at<br />
the completion of<br />
fermentation. The size<br />
of the gap between<br />
OG and FG can be<br />
used to calculate how<br />
much alcohol the beer<br />
contains. The bigger<br />
the difference, the<br />
greater the amount of<br />
alcohol present and<br />
hence the stronger<br />
the beer.<br />
FINISH<br />
Beer tasting<br />
terminology is a<br />
minefield but one<br />
thing you will hear<br />
again and again is<br />
finish.<br />
A quick scan<br />
through beer<br />
rating websites<br />
and you will see<br />
terms like hoppy<br />
finish, bitter finish,<br />
longlasting fruity<br />
finish etc. Simply<br />
put this is the sense<br />
and perception<br />
of the beer after<br />
swallowing.
FIRST GOLD<br />
HOPS<br />
First Gold is a variety<br />
of the Goldings<br />
hop and has the<br />
distinction of being<br />
England’s first<br />
hedgerow hop.<br />
A versatile bittering<br />
or aroma hop with<br />
orange, marmalade<br />
and spicy<br />
characteristics.<br />
The combined floral<br />
and fruit aromas<br />
are ideal for modern<br />
Blonde, Pale Ale,<br />
Belgian Blond &<br />
Tripels and Saison<br />
as well as American<br />
Pale Ales.<br />
Typical examples<br />
you can try include<br />
Wylam Gold Tankard,<br />
Inveralmond Ossian,<br />
Adnams Broadside<br />
and Williams Gold.<br />
FLAKED RICE<br />
Flaked rice is what’s<br />
called an adjunct.<br />
Adjuncts are<br />
unmalted grains<br />
(such as rice) used<br />
in brewing beer,<br />
which supplement<br />
the main mash<br />
ingredient.<br />
Flaked rice is a<br />
common and costeffective<br />
adjunct<br />
in American and<br />
Japanese-style<br />
lagers – producing<br />
crisp and dry beers<br />
with minimal flavour.<br />
The likes of Sapporo,<br />
Budweiser and<br />
Heineken all use<br />
it. But remember<br />
adjuncts don’t kill<br />
beer, people do.<br />
A
FOUNDERS<br />
BREWING CO<br />
Michigan-based<br />
Founders Brewing<br />
have a simple<br />
philosophy: “We<br />
don’t brew beer for<br />
the masses. Instead,<br />
our beers are<br />
crafted for a chosen<br />
few, a small cadre<br />
of renegades and<br />
rebels who enjoy a<br />
beer that pushes<br />
the limits of what is<br />
commonly accepted<br />
as taste. In short,<br />
we make beer for<br />
people like us.” And<br />
with offerings like<br />
Kentucky Breakfast<br />
Stout and Canadian<br />
Breakfast Stout<br />
it is hard not to<br />
acknowledge that<br />
this mantra has<br />
produced truely<br />
world-class beers.<br />
FRUIT BEER<br />
Great fruit beer is<br />
an art form, the<br />
homeland for which is<br />
Belgium, where they<br />
have been brewing<br />
exceptional fruit beer<br />
for centuries.<br />
But Belgian ales are<br />
not the only vehicle<br />
for fruit additions,<br />
sour styles like<br />
Lambic, Gose or<br />
Berliner Weisse are<br />
the most obvious fit<br />
with raspberries and<br />
cherries enhancing<br />
the sharpness. Citrus<br />
and tropical fruits<br />
share flavour profile<br />
with American hops<br />
and work well in pale<br />
ales and IPAs. Stouts<br />
and Porters whose<br />
rich flavours and<br />
aromas fit perfectly<br />
with berries, cherries<br />
and plums. So much<br />
fruity fun to be had no<br />
matter your tastes.<br />
FUGGLE HOP<br />
A revered classic<br />
English hop, Fuggle<br />
has a delicate,<br />
minty, grassy and<br />
slightly floral aroma.<br />
It can be used as a<br />
main hop (perfect<br />
for bittering) or for<br />
dry hopping.<br />
The hop is named<br />
after Richard<br />
Fuggle and was<br />
first released<br />
commercialy in<br />
1875. Examples of<br />
beer using Fuggles<br />
include Tiny Rebel’s<br />
Fugg Life IPA, Little<br />
Creatures The<br />
Fuggle is Real and<br />
Fuller’s IPA.
WRITERS OF<br />
CRAFT<br />
BREANDÁN<br />
KEARNEY<br />
BREWER, WRITER AND BELGIAN BEER<br />
ENTHUSIAST BREANDÁN KEARNEY<br />
ON HOW TOOTHACHE STARTED HIS<br />
PASSION FOR GREAT BEER AND<br />
WHAT EXCITES HIM IN BREWING<br />
How did you get into beer writing? What inspired you?<br />
My route to beer writing was obscure. In 2010, I left my job<br />
as a solicitor in Belfast to go travelling around the world.<br />
In Peru, I met a Belgian woman and in 2013 I moved to<br />
Belgium, knowing almost nothing about beer. In the first<br />
weeks after the move, I experienced intense tooth ache,<br />
resulting in root canal treatment with an endodontist in<br />
Kortrijk. After the treatment, I visited a train station cafe and<br />
ordered a beer called Westmalle Tripel, a Golden Tripel of<br />
9.5% ABV brewed in a Trappist Abbey and presented to me in<br />
a chalice glass. After that, I signed up for brewing classes and<br />
started a beer blog to try to learn more, eventually writing for<br />
magazines and websites in other countries.
Give us a brief overview of<br />
your experience and work in<br />
beer writing?<br />
I write for various beer<br />
publications including ‘Belgian<br />
Smaak’, ‘Belgian Beer and Food<br />
Magazine’ and ‘Good Beer<br />
Hunting’. I specialise in writing<br />
about Belgian beer, and focus<br />
more on cultural narratives<br />
than on news reporting or beer<br />
reviews. I also publish a podcast<br />
in which I interview high-profile<br />
people in the world of Belgian<br />
beer.<br />
What has been your proudest<br />
moment?<br />
My proudest moments in beer<br />
writing were being named Beer<br />
Writer of the Year in 2015 by the<br />
British Guild of Beer Writers and<br />
being awarded the title of Best<br />
Beer History Writer 2018 by the<br />
North American Guild of Beer<br />
Writers. I also gain a short-lived<br />
satisfaction on publication of an<br />
article on which I have reported<br />
deeply and for which I have taken<br />
time to try to craft an engaging<br />
narrative.<br />
What has changed the most<br />
in the beer/craft beer industry<br />
since you’ve been writing<br />
about it?<br />
The thing that has changed the<br />
most since I’ve been writing about<br />
beer is the number of people<br />
interested in beer and the number<br />
of breweries starting up.<br />
THE THING THAT<br />
EXCITES ME<br />
MOST FOR THE<br />
FUTURE OF BEER<br />
– OR PERHAPS<br />
THE THING FOR<br />
WHICH I HAVE<br />
MOST HOPE –<br />
IS BREWERS<br />
LEARNING AND<br />
IMPROVING ON<br />
QUALITY...<br />
What is it like to be a beer<br />
judge? What do you look for<br />
in a beer? Any notably very<br />
impressive ones over the years?<br />
I find beer judging to be mentally<br />
tiring as it requires a great deal of<br />
focus over a long period. I try to<br />
judge more to the style guidelines<br />
as set by the competition rather<br />
than to personal taste as it is<br />
more fair to limit subjectivity, as<br />
challenging as that can be.<br />
What are your favourite kinds<br />
of beer and why?<br />
I tend to choose lower alcohol<br />
and drier beers, whether these are<br />
aromatic session IPAs, an Oude<br />
Geuze or a crisp hoppy pilsner.<br />
Having said that, there is always<br />
a moment for a rich and creamy<br />
export stout.<br />
On the future of beer – what<br />
excites you the most? And what<br />
worries you the most?<br />
The thing that excites me most for<br />
the future of beer – or perhaps the<br />
thing for which I have most hope –<br />
is brewers learning and improving<br />
on quality, understanding the<br />
causes of common off-flavours<br />
in their beer and knowing how<br />
to prevent them. The thing that<br />
worries me most is people not<br />
fulfilling their potential, in any<br />
walk of life.<br />
What are your top three tips<br />
for beer lovers to get more<br />
from their experiences?<br />
Read a lot. Taste different things.<br />
Enjoy beer with others.
OUR FAVOURITE<br />
CRAFT BEERS OF<br />
THE MOMENT.<br />
SO GOOD WE<br />
ARE DRINKING<br />
THEM AT HOME.
LHG<br />
MORE GLOW -<br />
CITRA<br />
IPA<br />
Left Handed Giant are<br />
rolling out a series of<br />
single hop beers under<br />
the More Glow moniker.<br />
This is the Citra number<br />
and has all the big<br />
hitting tropical fruit<br />
and citrus flavours<br />
and aroma you would<br />
expect. The artwork is<br />
by James Yeo and prints<br />
are currently available<br />
on the LHG website.<br />
ABV: 6.4%<br />
Colour: Hazy gold<br />
Aroma: Tropical/citrus<br />
Taste: Tropical/citrus
UNITY<br />
FRESCO<br />
SUMMER<br />
BELGIAN<br />
IPA<br />
We know we are a bit<br />
late with this one but<br />
Unity’s special summer<br />
IPA release Fresco is a<br />
fusion of juicy Amarillo<br />
hops, foraged lemon<br />
balm and honeysuckle<br />
all fermented in Belgian<br />
yeast. A lovely mix of<br />
floral and fruit in both<br />
aroma and flavour. Goes<br />
down a treat.<br />
ABV: 6%<br />
Colour: Hazy orange<br />
Aroma: Orange peel,<br />
herbal<br />
Taste: Orange zest,<br />
honey
GREAT DIVIDE<br />
YETI<br />
IMPERIAL STOUT<br />
Simply put Colorado’s<br />
Great Divide have<br />
created one of the<br />
world’s finest Imperial<br />
Stouts. The aroma is<br />
roasted coffee and<br />
burnt caramel whilst the<br />
taste is a mix of coffee,<br />
chocolate and caramel.<br />
Amazingly creamy<br />
and smooth with a dry<br />
hoppy finish – with<br />
winter on the way this<br />
is well worth searching<br />
out.<br />
ABV: 9.5%<br />
Colour: Black<br />
Aroma: Roasted coffee<br />
and burnt caramel<br />
Taste: Chocolate and<br />
coffee
VERDANT<br />
BLOOM<br />
IPA<br />
Cornwall’s Verdant India<br />
Pale Ale showcases<br />
Mosaic and Columbus<br />
hops with what they<br />
describe as a stripped<br />
down malt bill. Sweet<br />
tropical flavours with<br />
a hint of caramel and<br />
pine. Dank, pungent<br />
and packed with<br />
juiciness with a good<br />
solid bitterness. Very<br />
drinkable indeed.<br />
ABV: 6.5%<br />
Colour: Hazy yellow<br />
Aroma: Hoppy, caramel<br />
Taste: Fruity, pine
GIPSY HILL<br />
HOPS NOT HATE<br />
SOUR<br />
Hops not Hate is a<br />
project for people in<br />
the beer industry to<br />
raise awareness and<br />
financially support a<br />
charity of their choice –<br />
giving 50 per cent of net<br />
profit from the sale of<br />
beer to the charity. The<br />
beer itself is a mango,<br />
orange peel and biscuit<br />
sour. Tart, fruity, and<br />
refreshing, pairs nicely<br />
with social change.<br />
ABV: 4.2%<br />
Colour: Golden<br />
Aroma: Orange zest<br />
Taste: Mango/tart citrus
NORTHERN MONK<br />
LEEDS BEER<br />
WEEK 2018<br />
TDH PALE ALE<br />
Brewed especially<br />
for Leeds Beer Week,<br />
this collaboration with<br />
Northern Monk is a<br />
crushable Pale Ale,<br />
based on Northern<br />
Monk’s Faith – triple dry<br />
hopped with Ekuanot,<br />
Citra and Mosaic. An<br />
explosion of tropical<br />
fruit with an assertive<br />
hoppy finish, this is a<br />
great example of triple<br />
dry hopping executed to<br />
perfection.<br />
ABV: 5.5%<br />
Colour: Yellow/orange<br />
Aroma: Tropical fruit<br />
Taste: Juicy fruit
LERVIG<br />
GOING NOWHERE<br />
PALE ALE<br />
Another festival<br />
collaboration this time<br />
between Lervig and<br />
London Craft Beer<br />
Festival. Although<br />
labeled as a pale ale<br />
there is a slightly<br />
sour, citric tang. An<br />
easily quaffable,<br />
slightly tart session<br />
pale with tropical and<br />
citrus fruit aroma and<br />
taste. A definate thirst<br />
quencher.<br />
ABV: 4.4%<br />
Colour: Black<br />
Aroma: Citrus/tropical<br />
Taste: Tropical fruit,<br />
sour
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