Ones To Watch Mondo, Wild Card, Nirvana // Cider Sharers, Bagnums & More!
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This time around we've got super fresh deliveries from a bunch of underrated gems including Brewery of The Week - Mondo, returning champs Wild Card, and No-Abv greats Nirvana. Our Cider range has never looked stronger, with superb sharers from Little Pomona, Oliver's and Pilton, the latter of which being a collaboration with Clapton Craft legend, and ex-Finsbury Park frontman Martyn Goodwin-Sharman! The fun doesn't stop there though, we've got fresh vintage Bagnums, plus rarities from Vault City and Burning Sky just added to our Online Store.
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The Wild Card Project is an ongoing collaboration between the brewery, artists, and designers aiming to celebrate overlooked brilliance in the creative world. For their first instalment, they've worked with an upcoming local artist Cory Samuels - and since Wild Card specials tend to get snatched up pretty quickly these days, we've preordered this trio of juicy goodness for the freshest possible delivery (having only been canned just a few days ago). Jaega and co will also be doing an unboxing on Instagram Live next Saturday at 3pm to launch the beers, alongside head brewer Jenn Merrick from Earth Station Brewery.
Brewed in collaboration with Earth their DDH Pale has notes of coconut, clementines and lemon zest from vibrant Citra and Sabro hops. Full of dank, punchy tangerine and pine their Simcoe IPA is a beautiful expression of the hop with clean undertones of pineapple and ripe mango. Finally, their modern interpretation of a West Coast, Enigma IPA, pours semi-hazy with fresh berries and big tropical flavours, and with a dry hop rate of 21g/l this one ain't messing around!
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On the doorstep of Battersea Power Station since 2014, Mondo have revitalised their offerings in recent years, making a real name for themselves across the style spectrum. Utilising a top of the line brew kit, with quality and consistency at the cornerstone of their efforts, it's never been a better time to dive into these cult favourites. We're delighted to raise a glass with the team and Weathered Souls for global brewing collaboration Black Is Beautiful, focusing on raising awareness of the injustices people of colour face daily. This luxurious imperial stout is conditioned on cacao nibs and Girls Who Grind espresso, post fermentation, for maximum aroma and to compliment the deep, warming malty notes.
Bursting with wild blueberries and Morello cherries, We’ve Got You is also brewed for a good cause, in support of Hospitality Action. A tangy, fruited delight, it's the perfect, thirst-quenching beer for the twilight of Summer! Meanwhile Captain #3 is a pillowy soft pale with low-to-no bitterness and loaded with Hüll Melon, HBC-692 and Sabro hops. Fruity, fresh and well balanced at just 4.9% it's the perfect session beer. Finally, based on their best-ever reviewed IPA Vacation has stonefruit, grapefruit, haze and sheer juicy joy in abundance.
Of course we're offering double loyalty points in store this week on all Mondo beers, we'll also be dishing out free glassware for members picking up a handful of beers. If you're yet to sign up for the club, you can join in person, or shoot us an email and we can do the rest.
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We've always been keen to have an excellently curated, refined selection of Natural Ciders and Little Pomona's pure and juicy Table Cider might just be the most accessible to date, though evidently dry it's bursting with fresh fruit and sheer energy. With a gentle sparkle alongside peach, apricot and light herbal notes this is perfect to slug from at the park, or just as at home on the dinner table. Martyn's aforementioned In Touch was made with Pilton during lockdown, as a response to troubled times. Bringing together sweet fruity cider with funky tannins and wild grape qualities thanks to it's fermentation on Pinot Noir skins, it's challenging sure, but it's also an eminently quaffable, accessible offering, especially for natty wine fans.
If Pilton and Little Pomona's offerings will gently coax you out of Summer then the inimitable Mayflower from Oliver's is the ultimate shelter from the storm during the dead middle of winter. A blend of dried fruit infused barrels (Rum, Red Wine & Whisky) and ice cider this has layers of plum pudding and molasses with deep, intense red apple flavour. Uncompromising, and just a little bit punk it's an undeniable bucket list cider.
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Those in the know will be well aware of our love for Du Grappin and their Bagnum project! Taking Vins de Soif to the extreme, these are first and foremost delicious, fun and refreshing. Grapes sourced from under-appreciated regions of France, Mâconnais, Beaujolais and Rhône, are utilised with the wine itself made by hand in their ancient cuverie in the walls of Beaune. A joy to drink they're also incredibly practical. Super portable, and eco friendly, they also save money on packaging to focus on sheer grape power and these can be siphoned off for 2-3 weeks, making for the ultimate never-ending table wine. We've got their zippy Grenache Rose, fresh season Gamay, ripe Syrah-Grenache and ultra clean Blanc (Chardonnay) all available!
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Nirvana have set out to change the game in No Alcohol beer by bringing better choice to a wider audience, putting the focus on classic beer styles and intriguing flavour combinations. We're delighted to have nearly their whole range of beers in, from their fresh Hoppy Pale to the crisp, clean Bavarian Helles or dark and roasty Stout. We've also got their collaboration with our pals at Square Root, brewed with seasonal Sussex tayberries (a kind of hybrid between raspberry and blackberry) this is a tart, refreshing injection of sheer fruit flavour.
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We're delighted to have grabbed some super small quantities of Vault City's latest quartet of insane sours. From a Strawberry Woo Woo inspired sour, to the inventive Coffee & Bramble, Vietnamese, glowing neon pink Dragonfruit, or Farm To Fermenter Blueberry (harvested within 24 hours of being brewed with) this team are truly pushing the boundaries of sour beer with their culinary inspired efforts.
It's that time of the year again, and we couldn't be more excited to catch Burning Sky's third entry of Coolship. Arguably the closest thing we have to a UK lambic, their continued journey into spontaneous fermentation has led to this release of a blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old beers; made using a traditional turbid mash schedule followed by an extended boil and wild inoculation overnight in their Coolship before transferring to barrels for a lengthy fermentation. Oaky, with a pleasing, dry acidity, this beer is unique to their landscape and locale, boasting notes of apricot and tart peach, in turn forming a rather special prospect indeed.
Thanks for reading! As always there's even more to discover online, and in all five stores. Enjoy the weekend folks.