Summer Special: Yonder debut, Duration, Villages & Verdant // Black Lines, Chin Chin!
H E L L O
C L A P T O N C R A F T
F A N S !
We're back for another week of your usual dose of beer-filled joy, but with a renewed focus on everything Summer-ready, and suitably sluggable! Alongside new cocktails from Black Lines, and your next sun-staple wine Chin Chin, there's also the launch of Yonder's brand-spanking new core range, and a much-anticipated resupply of Norfolk one's to watch Duration. If that wasn't enough we've also got another star brewery of the week in addition to a bumper supply of fresh Verdant, Pressure Drop, DEYA, Brick, and more.
Y O N D E R D E B U T
P L U S
D U R A T I O N D R O P
Based in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, Yonder are a modern farmhouse brewery who have gained real acclaim for their innovative beers. Inspired by their passion for foraging, flavour, locality and minimal innervation they might have more in similar with your average natural wine producer than arch-based brewing team. As such we're delighted to introduce a new core range designed to uphold their unique character, while also being utterly guzzle-able efforts!
Leading the pack is Subculture, a hazy mixed-fermentation pale made with Brett and their house culture, then heavily dry-hopped. Think juicy and funky, yet dry & refreshing thanks to that final hint of tartness. Using a Norwegian farmhouse yeast and aromatic UK hops to add citrus to a classic biscuit base, Boogie is their intriguing take on a traditional bitter. Joining the ranks is the much in demand session Helles, Coolbox, a refined, crisp and easy-drinking Bavarian lager, as well as their jammy Raspberry Gose and West-Coast Pilsner Acapella.
Along the first release of this quintet of beers we also have two from their experimental programme. Saison Fourage is a new series featuring beers infused with a single wild ingredient which was foraged by hand in the UK. We're delighted to have the herbal, sweet Woodruff and unmistakable Elderflower on offer.
Norfolk-based brewery Duration have been on our radar for a while now, and after a few parcels of goodness, here and there, we're delighted to have just gotten ahold of six belting beers from the highly-rated outfit. From Dripping Pitch, a resinous West Coast IPA with big hop aroma, and a clean snap of bitterness delivered for pure gulpability, to the lunch break ready thirst quencher Little Fanfare, or the effortlessly drinkable American Pale Ale Turtles All The Way, there's definitely a little something for everyone.
S U M M E R S L U G G E R S
C H I N C H I N &
B L A C K L I N E S
You'd bet your house on Noble Rot, pillars of both gastronomy on the plate and on the page with selecting the ultimate house wine. Delicious, vibrant, ethically made, low-cost wines are hard to find, and it took the team a year of searching wine regions to find one that they are proud to put their name to. This Portugese star is a real beer-lovers wine, with notes of crisp green apples, and citrus peel in this spritzy and dry, BBQ or park-ready nectar. Meanwhile, Jose Miguel Mendez's eye-catching design captures the playful, charming nature that often too easily goes overlooked in wine circles. Chin Chin!
We have to say a weekly refresh from East London mixing maestros Black Lines, was certainly overdue. Alongside their perfect ready to drink Negroni, we've just received their latest effort - Spicy Tommy's Margarita. This simple serve is all about the balance of fresh-pressed lime and Agave with a touch of chilli to give it an added kick. Get this in the fridge now and thank us later!
B R E W E R Y
O F T H E W E E K
V I L L A G E S
Built by brothers Archie and Louis in the heart of Deptford, South London, Villages is a brewery near and dear to us. In brewing small batches of sessionable, contemporary beers they’ve garnered a real following despite only starting proper in 2016. Having dabbled in careers from carpentry and travel journalism, to graphic design they soon gravitated to brewing, incorporating all they'd learnt along the way and in turn imbuing excitement into every last drop of beer.
As well as their core range classics like the crispy clean, session pilsner Whistle, smashable Session IPA Rafiki, and soft citrus-tinged pale Rodeo, we've also got two of their latest impressive pales. Toto is a full bodied, tropical fruit bomb with gentle bitterness and a brilliant, mouth-coating hoppiness. While, Doozy does exactly what it says on the tin with fresh Mosaic & Citra lending ripe orange and punchy pineapple notes for perhaps one of our favourite new entries in a while from the South London clan.
We urge you to dive into their understated, yet emphatic selection with double loyalty points in store this week across their range! If you're yet to sign up you can join in store, or shoot us an email and we can do the rest.
M O R E
H I G H L I G H T S
T H I S W E E K
🧱 BRICK 🧱
Lemon & Verbena Mandarin Sour - Juicy, bright, zippy citrus sour.
🐊 DEYA 🐊
Steady Rolling Man - One of the UK's finest Pales.
Something Good 7 - Experimental IPA with an avalanche of hoppiness.
Giant Leap - Big, malty ESB with DEYA's trademark pillowy softness.
🌾 DURATION 🌾
Little Fanfare - Gentle Wheat Beer with stone fruit & citrus esters.
Doses - Classic style Germanic Pilsner, crisp & floral.
Quiet Song - Bold juicy pale, with a slightly bitter finish for maximum drinkability.
💦 PRESSURE DROP 💦
Podium - Crisp Belgian Pale with dry, fruity floral notes.
The Gradients - A light, breezy melon bomb of a New England Pale.
🚨 SIREN 🚨
Do Repeat Yourself - Incredibly easy drinking, tropical Brut Pale.
The Perfect Crime - Juicy, smooth IPA, with new Ekuanot Incognito hops.
🌿 VERDANT 🌿
Quiet Charge - Returning Session Pale favourite, full of tangerine notes.
Tomorrow Is - Refreshing, floral American Pale, zingy and smashable.
20 Watt Moon - Dank Strata-packed IPA, think prickly pine & ripe fruit salad.
🇲🇽 PENSADOR MEZCAL 🇲🇽
Pensador - Sweet, clean, delicately smoky mezcal, that's far too easy drinking!
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As always there's even more to discover online, and in all five stores open every day of the week. Thanks for reading, and more importantly have a great weekend!