Crackers From The Crocs, Suffolk Stars & Tillingham's End Grain!
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We're not holding anything back this week with a primo selection from some of the top producers around! For the first time ever juice geniuses DEYA take the top spot, while Burnt Mill deliver the West Coast wonders and more. Backing things up, Tillingham's latest vintage of skin contact sensation End Grain lands, while highlights from across the shops range from Boxcar to Vault City, with stops at the likes of Brick, Lucky Saint and Wild Card along the way - all of which have tastings tonight (and you may even spot something rather special, and unreleased at our E17 joint). Finally, hitting the webshop are some incredibly special sharers from Cloudwater, as well as Burning Sky's new Cherry Saison, a plethora of Pressure Drop and a much-needed restock on those Lager legends, Braybrooke. But first, to Cheltenham, we go!
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What's there to say that hasn't already been said about DEYA in recent years? With a focus on hoppy beers, Lagers, traditional UK styles, and mixed fermentation ales they've quickly become one of the most sought after, and highly regarded breweries in the scene. Moving into a new space last year, they've been cranking out some impeccable and dangerously drinkable brews on a (thankfully) larger scale. Suffice to say there's a bumper crop this week of core classics and sumptuous new specials, so you probably needn't fret about your local approaching the tail end of their supplies as quick as usual, though you never with this lot...
Of the returning greats we have that clean and super suppable Session IPA Magazine Cover, plus Into The Haze, a NEIPA saturated in pillowy soft, peachy fun. In addition, Tappy Pils is back, primed for post-work crispy respite. Recurring highlight We'll Take It Off The Zombies also features with it's pungent pine aromas and zesty tangerine tang. Meanwhile, fresh Pale Mud sees them collaborate with rising Nottingham punk band Do Nothing for a suitably lean and mean affair. Like a boozy earworm, this heady blend of Citra, Motueka, and Idaho 7 will leave you coming back for more and more. Lastly, DIPA Toot Toot Kapoot sees them team up with friends Muted Horn (a belting Berlin bottle shop) to celebrate their 5th birthday. An oil slick of tropical fruit and resinous bitterness with mango and grapefruit top notes, this is not to be missed!
Of course, you can grab double loyalty points in-store, or 10% off 6 or more online on these choice cuts from the crocs, that is unless we snaffle them all away for ourselves...
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Though we might have had an influx of cracking new cans from the Suffolk stars at the end of August frankly we can never supply the demand for their crushable entries. Thankfully, they're back and in a big way, with boatloads of one of the best Pales in the country, Pintle. If that wasn't enough there's Gluten Free guzzler Beyond The Firs and seasonal favourite, Green Path, a tropical, pithy West Coast IPA boasting dry drinkability to the max.
Of course, we couldn't help but dabble in some new selections from the team including two entries trialling different yeast variants (the kind of thing that keeps us up at night). For Polar Energy this translates as a ripe medley of citrus fruit, while Horizon Point offers up dank deliciousness with big stone fruit esters. Rounding things off we have the latest in their hugely popular 'fog' series. As such Galaxy Fog is hopped extensively with the Australian favourite for notes of freshly cut pineapple coupled with a supreme savoury, almost-umami quality!
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The most lauded wine producer in the UK, Tillingham have virtually become a household name in natty wine circles. The brainchild of winemaker Ben Walgate who crafts natural wines from his 70 acre farm near Rye in East Sussex, End Grain is an orange Autumnal favourite, and for good reason. A blend of British all-stars, sees Bacchus, Madeline Angevine, Ortega and Muller Thurgau grapes vinified separately and blended together before bottling with the Ortega and Madeline Angevine, previously macerated on skins. Left unfined and unfiltered, it pours a hazy, rose gold with an ethereal shimmer. With a highly aromatic nose of soft elderflower, white peach and magnolia, this is backed by good grip and a bright, saline acidity which underpins a lasting finish. And, with just a case making its way across the shops and to our online store, we don't expect this to hang around too long...
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ELLA - WOOD STREET
🔨 HAMMERTON 🔨
Sunday Sauce - Rich, smooth, ice cream Stout w/ a sprinkling of hazelnut magic.
City of Cake - Deep, rich, fudgy & utterly indulgent Milk Stout.
Little Ant - Full bodied Micro IPA bursting with tropical tangerine peel.
OPHIE - CLAPTON
🍹 VAULT CITY 🍹
Farm To Fermenter Strawberry - Juicy, vibrant, hyper-local fruit star.
FTF Plum - 80,000 plums transferred to the beer in just 16 hours!
Cherry Skies - Smooth vanilla combines w/ cherries for beautiful tart balance.
MEL - WALTHAMSTOW
🃏 WILD CARD 🃏
Stegosaurus - Dank & bitter West Coast IPA dry-hopped liberally w/ citrussy Talus, Loral & Cascade.
Triceratops - Fresh, tangy & quenching blackcurrant, lime & sorrel Sour.
🗣 TASTING FRI 6-8PM 🗣
FRANKLIN - KENTISH TOWN
🍀 LUCKY SAINT 🍀
Pound for pound our favourite AF effort! A Bavarian banger born of spring water, pilsner malt, zesty, floral Hallertau hops & their ingenious yeast for biscuity brilliance & a smooth, clean citrus finish.
🎉 TASTING FRI 4-7PM 🎉
HANNAH - FINSBURY PARK
🏎 BOXCAR 🏎
Higher Plane - Centennial hops deliver the citric, floral goodness alongside watermelon-like Azacca for a zingy Pale!
Infinite Flags - Soft Nelson Sauvin & Azacca hopped Pale. Think grassy gooseberry & sherberty pineapple fun.
DAVE - BALHAM
👌 DIG BREW CO 👌
Project Green Book - Experimental NEIPA w/ rare UK hops, full of floral tangerine.
Art Cars - Complex Belgian Pale w/ Huell Melon & Hallertau Blanc hops.
Surf - Rich & peppery West Coast Pale, w/ a zippy finish for pure refreshment.
LARA - FOREST HILL
🧱 BRICK 🧱
Strawberry & Cucumber Sour (Draught) - A summery stonker!
Peckham Pale - Classic & clean APA.
Peckham Pils - Bracing, crispy cornerstone for Lager in London.
🍻 TASTING FRI 5.30-7.30PM 🍻
W E B S H O P
WONDERS
T H I S W E E K
💦 PRESSURE DROP 💦
Good Chat - Impy Stout w/ Hard Lines Coffee. Gooey luxury in a glass!
Breakfast Candles - Vibrant TIPA hopped to the high heavens for full fruity fun.
Prom Date - Juicy, dank all Strata Pale. Passionfruit perfection personified.
Fashion - Cover star London Porter. Roasty, toasty & gluggable.
❄️ BRAYBROOKE ❄️
Harvest Lager - A celebration of malt w/ aromas of freshly baked bread & honey.
Keller Lager - A truly proper Lager, full-bodied, fresh & filled w/ flavour.
Session Lager - Franconian finesse enable this to punch well above its abv.
Helles Lager - Straw-coloured, light & impossibly easy drinking.
🔥 BURNING SKY 🔥
Cherry Saison - Sour morello cherries are added fresh to foudre-aged Saison w/ ageing drawing out beautiful colour & complexity of stone fruit, almond & oak flavours.
🌾 MACINTOSH ALES 🌾
Best Bitter - Simple & impeccably balanced, bursting w/ fresh malt flavour.
🌧 CLOUDWATER 🌧
The Wind, The Sun & The Rain - Zippy, bright Sour aged up to four years in red wine barrels blended w/ foudre beer conditioned on chuckleberries, then further aged in port barrels.
The Way It Could Have Been - Wild Ale aged for 3 1/2 years in a single bourbon barrel before conditioning on 1kg/l of organic British chuckleberries. A juice-filled explosion of flavour.
A Series Of Good Ideas - Young spontaneous beer conditioned on second-use chuckleberries for 4 months before further conditioning on 700g/l of raspberries. Fresh, spritzy & dry.
Thanks as always for joining us, we hope to see you in store or online soon!