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#Collabfest2017

#Collabfest2017

We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected to take part in Brewdog Collabfest for the second year in a row, following on from the success of last year’s Iced Tea Dead People peach iced tea brew!

Full details of the beer we’ve made with our friends at Brewdog Sheffield this year are still under wraps (although there’s a cheeky clue in the photo!), but get yourself down to any Brewdog bar nationwide between October 20th-22nd to try it! We’ll be hosting a Meet the Team session at the Sheffield bar from 8pm on Friday 20th, so hope to see plenty of you down there.

We’re in some absolutely epic company this year as you can see from the image above – for more information, check out this blog from Brewdog HQ.

Bring it on!

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Unbeliever 3

Unbeliever 3

Brewing is full of surprises. Sometimes, things don’t quite go to plan. And sometimes, things go absolutely, totally and catastrophically wrong. One of the main challenges facing a brewer is what to do to correct things when they aren’t quite as expected… luckily, it can be one of the most fun parts too!

A couple of weeks ago, we were brewing our usual Wednesday Moonshine – 30 brewers’ barrels of the stuff, to be precise. We got mashed in, started to run off, and everything was ticking along nicely… until the steam boiler gave up.

Without steam we couldn’t bring our wort up to the boil. Boiling is an absolutely essential part of the brewing process – amongst other things, it sterilises and stabilises the wort, evaporates off unwanted volatiles that can lead to unpleasant aromas, and isomerises the hops which allows them to add their bitterness and temper malt sweetness.

And so we were faced with a decision. Pour almost 5000 litres of wort down the drain, take the hit on wasting a tonne of grain and be short of beer a couple of weeks down the line – or work together, pool our skills and make the best out of a bad situation. Ever the optimists, we chose the latter.

After relieving the local supermarket of literally all of their live yoghurt (containing souring agent lactobrevis), the wort was transferred to a fermenting vessel via the heat exchanger, bringing the temperature down from around 65°C to 41°C. At the same time, we purged with CO2 to reduce the oxygen content of the beer, to limit the risk of the development of butyric acid which gives off a distinct “baby sick” character – not exactly what we were aiming for! In addition to this we transferred with a small amount of lactic acid, which lowered the initial pH to around 4.5, and lactobacillus plantarum to work with the bacteria in the yoghurt to facilitate the souring process.

The following day, with the emergency engineer having tended to the boiler’s every need, we were back up and running and so were able to transfer the (now pH 3.3) wort back into kettle and boil it up to stop the souring process and ensure a sterile environment was retained. Having brewed a gooseberry saison the week before, with sturdier yeast than our house culture (which loses it’s appetite very rapidly at pH values of under 4), we were able to skim off some surplus to pitch into the new sour brew.

It’s worth noting that a year ago, we simply would not have had the knowledge to pull this off and would have had no choice but to throw the beer away. The fact that we were able to salvage this brew (despite having not used this method before, our previous sours being created in the kettle) and make something creative, delicious, and just the kind of beer we all want to drink, is testament to our brewers’ thirst for knowledge and development and the freedom we have here to experiment and have a go! (Although admittedly, we would generally not be encouraged to play around with quite this volume of beer!)

The result of all this? Unbeliever 3! Given that there’s rather a lot of this brew, we’ve taken the decision to split the batch into three to give us more opportunity to experiment with flavours – and our brewers have created some tasty combinations for you to pucker your face around!

Introducing…

Unbeliever 3.1 – a tropical sour with oodles of mango, passionfruit and pineapple.

Unbeliever 3.2 – dry hopped with Sorachi Ace.

And Unbeliever 3.3 – inspired by breakfast! With blueberries, oats and vanilla.

Coming soon – watch this space!

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Sunfest charity totals confirmed!

Sunfest charity totals confirmed!

Our charity beer has officially now all SOLD OUT and left the building, and so we are delighted to be able to announce the total monies raised at Sunfest this year!

First up – our Cavendish Cancer Care collaboration brew. We made the biggest batch possible on our brewkit of the deliciously hoppy Triple C, and it’s gone down a treat with pubs as far afield as Newcastle, Coventry and Caernarfon (with plenty being supped in Sheffield too of course!). 10p from every pint sold will be donated straight to the charity – a grand total of £1064. In addition, the Cavendish Cancer Care team were a valuable presence over Sunfest and they raised £939.70 during the festival, from a combination of cake and pork pie sales, the VERY popular tombola (which became almost a competitive sport at times!) and donations from part used beer tickets.

Seven Hills Womens Institute were invited by Cavendish to take over the cake stall for Sunfest Saturday and raised a whopping £600, which will be split equally between Cavendish Cancer Care and Mental Health Action Group Sheffield. Whirlow Hall Farm raised £800 after all costs, to go straight to their charity, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust. And finally, the ever popular Rain Rescue dog show raised £457 on the Sunday of Sunfest, and there were lots of waggy tails on the day, so another great success. Congratulations again to our 2017 Best in Show Champion, Digby!

A huge thank you to all of you who joined us for Sunfest, donated your beer tickets, munched on a hog roast sandwich or a beer brownie, or paraded your pooch in the dog show. And also of course to all of our customers who have had Triple C on their bars in recent weeks.

Keep your eyes peeled for details of further fundraising events later in the year, as our relationship with our official charity partners for 2017, Cavendish Cancer Care, continues!

Cheers,

Laura

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Enchanted in Barcelona

Enchanted in Barcelona

As you may have read in our blog post last week, our brewer Jim and myself have recently been over to Barcelona to brew with the team at Instituto de la Cerveza Artesana (ICA), following on from ICA’s trip to us in February where we created our own interpretation of their renowned Encantada beer.

One of the main purposes of our trip was to celebrate this first collaboration, and learn more about the history of Encantada. As part of this, we were honoured to be able to visit the Cova de Can Sadurni, where the original remains of the oldest beer in Europe, the inspiration behind Encantada, were found. We took with us a few litres of our version of the brew, and the limited edition that we have barrel aged here at Abbeydale, for the team working on the excavations to try. I studied history at uni, so the history geek in me was SO excited for this trip!

The cave itself is located in the picturesque mountain municipality of Begues, about a 40 minute drive from the centre of Barcelona. The journey there was beautiful, (if a little hairy at times, not the widest of roads!) winding up through the mountains with stunning sea views and Barcelona city stretching out behind us. There was a short walk up to the cave once at the site, where we did some foraging for the berries that go into the beer!

The site is managed by Archaeological Collective CIPAG, who have worked at the site since 1978. Since then, they have found over 30,000 fragments of prehistoric material at the cave, including numerous human burials and the vessel which the oldest evidence of fermentation was found upon, which we were actually allowed to hold (inner history geek in massive overdrive at this point!). The cave is absolutely awe-inspiring, cool and silent in contrast to the raging heat outside, and it sounds clichéd but you can really feel the impact of the passage of time in there. This year’s dig was imminent when we visited so the whole team, led by Manel and Pablo, had transformed the cave into a hive of reverent activity. We’ll definitely be watching out keenly for what they discover this year!

Our own version of Encantada went down well with the team – we were very pleased (and a tad relieved!) to discover that they felt we’d done their beer justice. Although the main batch of our Encantada is now sold out, we snuck some away into barrels back in March – the first of which was put into keg and sent to Abirradero – but the rest is still ageing in a variety of wood with carefully selected additions in each one. Look out for these super special releases coming later in the year!

Cheers!

Laura

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Meet the Brewer – Abirradero, Barcelona

Meet the Brewer - Abirradero, Barcelona

Remember back in February when the team from Instituto de la Cerveza Artesana (ICA) and craft beer bar Abirradero in Barcelona came over to brew the absolutely delicious Encantada with us?

Well… myself and our brewer Jim have just made the trip over to Spain for the return leg of the collaboration, including hosting a Meet the Brewer in Abirradero, showcasing four of our beers!

This will be the first of three posts from our visit, focusing on the event itself. Look out in a couple of weeks for loads more info on a very special trip we were lucky enough to be able to take to learn more about the history of Encantada, and also of course for details of the beer we have made with ICA.

Abirradero opened in 2015 as one of the instigators of the Barcelona craft beer scene. The emphasis at Abirradero falls keenly on gastronomy, and a commitment to flavour in everything they do… they even make their own sodas! Well over half of the 40 taps that line the bar are dedicated to their own beers brewed just 10m down the street at ICA, with styles ranging from a seaweed gose to an imperial ice cream stout. The menu is similarly wide-ranging, with flavour and innovation always being right at the forefront. Many of the dishes incorporate beer too, including Encantada battered calamari! We were lucky enough to make our way through most of the menu during our few days there, and seriously cannot recommend the bar enough for both beer and food… everything was exceptional.

Onto the event! We sent four different kegs of our beer along with cases of Heathen and Voyager cans, in our first ever international export, so it was already a really big moment for us. Our Encantada, of course, made the trip (as did a very special one off keg of barrel aged Encantada), along with plum porter Salvation 3 and Voyager 3 IPA, hopped with Galaxy, Lemon Drop and Centennial.

Having covered the bar in Abbeydale merch and decked out the staff in Moonshine t-shirts, we were ready to kick off the event. There was a great turnout and loads of interest in what we do as a brewery. The fame of ICA’s Encantada in Barcelona meant that many people were keen to try the “new” Encantada all the way from Sheffield, and from there we were happy to persuade them to sample our other brews… we even managed to convince a Guinness drinker to try a Salvation 3 (and are happy to say he enjoyed it)! Our beers were all met with a great reception from the locals, and a Sheffielder even turned up!

We were particularly honoured to have been introduced to special guest Manel, head archaeologist for CIPAG and the Cova de Can Sadurni, the site where the oldest remains of beer ever found in Europe and which inspired ICA’s Encantada was discovered… more on that in our post next week.

A huge thank you to the team at ICA and Abirradero for inviting us to showcase our beers internationally for the first time ever, and for being such fantastic hosts.  We had the best time!

Cheers!

Laura

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Cold Conscience

Cold Conscience

We are excited to announce that for the third time we have teamed up with the guys down at Brewdog Sheffield to brew up something delicious, fruity and unique.  This time, our collaboration has been completed by local band Alvarez Kings, who have named the beer Cold Conscience in honour of their brand new single. The beer itself is a 4.5% pale with a difference… it’s packed full of mangoes and lychees! New Zealand hops help to emphasise the fruity characteristics of the brew and provide a light but lingering bitter finish. Quaffable, refreshing and absolutely perfect for summer!

It’s always a fun brewday when we have the Brewdog guys around – thanks to Jack, Matt and Kyle for the inspiration behind this delicious brew and of course for digging out the hopback!

Come on down to our launch event at Brewdog Sheffield from 6pm on Thursday 20th June for a fantastic warm up to Tramlines. As well as the first pour of Cold Conscience, you can meet the team and witness some live Abbeydale-themed artwork coming to life!

Don’t forget you can also catch Alvarez Kings at Tramlines Festival, taking place this weekend at venues around the city.

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Cavendish Cancer Care

Cavendish Cancer Care

We are pleased to introduce to you our charity beer for this year -Triple C! Dreamed up in collaboration with local charity Cavendish Cancer Care, 10p from every single pint sold of the 40 brewers’ barrels brew will go to support the charity.  Taking inspiration from the charity’s name, this 4% pale ale has been created with three hops that all also begin with the letter ‘C’ – Cascade, Centennial, and Columbus – which provide a vibrant fruity flavour with tropical and citrus notes alongside a spicy hint of resinous pine.

We have a long standing relationship with Cavendish Cancer Care, having worked with them on and off for a number of years. We are delighted to have teamed up with them as our charity partner for the whole year and be organising a variety of events with them throughout 2017, at both of our pubs as well as at our upcoming beer festival Sunfest, which is where you will have the opportunity to drink the very first cask of our charity brew!

Cavendish Cancer Care (reg charity 1104261) is a Sheffield charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with cancer in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. They believe no one should face cancer alone, so provide emotional and physical support through counselling and complementary therapies. Their services are provided free of charge and they rely on the donations from supporters and help from volunteers to continue their very valuable work, with only two weeks per year of NHS funding provided.

See www.cavcare.org.uk for more information, including if you would like to get involved with Cavendish or might know someone who needs their help.

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Sunfest 2017!

Sunfest 2017!

HOW is it almost July – or as it’s known here at Abbeydale, Sunfest Month – already?!

This year, Sunfest takes place from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th July, and as always is based at our lovely pub, The Rising Sun. We’ve searched far and wide for a huge selection of cask ales yet again, with our own team here also rustling up some extra-special limited releases; these are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Triple C 4.0%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Birdhouse 4.2%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Cosmology 5.0%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Dock of the Bay* 8.2%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Elderflower Deception* 4.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Fields of Wheat* 5.7%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Gonna Guava Good Time* 5.3%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Mango Heathen* 4.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Peanut Butter Janie Time* 7.0%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Princess RaRa* 8.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Salvation 3 4.7%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Summer fruit cup  3.2%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Voyager 3 5.6%
Acorn Brewery, Barnsley Fiesta 4.5%
Arbor Ales, Bristol Gingerly Pale 4.5%
Ashover Brewery, Ashover Haylo 3.0%
Bad Seed Brewery, Malton/Northern Alchemy, Newcastle Chucklehead 5.0%
Beer Ink, Huddersfield Styrian Wolf 3.8%
Beer Nouveau, Manchester Government Ale 3.7%
Blue Bee Brewery, Sheffield The Final Geek 4.5%
Brass Castle Brewery, Malton Misfit 4.3%
Brew York, York X-Panda 4.5%
Brightside Brewing Co, Manchester Kashmir IPA (GF) 5.0%
Bullfinch Brewery, London Rascal 4.4%
Burning Soul Brewery, Birmingham OCT IPA 6.7%
Campervan, Leith, Edinburgh Leith Juice 4.7%
Cromarty Brewing Co, Cromarty Happy Chappie 4.1%
Cromarty Brewing Co, Cromarty Hit the Lip 3.8%
Dancing Duck Brewery, Derby Donald *Uck 4.2%
Elusive Brewing, Finchamstead, Berkshire/Torrside Brewing, New Mills Creature of Havoc 4.6%
Emmanuales, Sheffield Beer Thou My Vision 3.8%
Fallen, Kippen, Stirlingshire New World Odyssey 4.1%
Fernandes Brewery, Wakefield Double Chinned 5.5%
Fintry Brewing Co, Stirlingshire Clachertyfarlie 3.9%
First Chop, Salford Hop (GF) 4.1%
Five Towns Brewery, Wakefield/North Riding Brewery, Scarborough Seasoned Old Pro’s 8.3%
Fixed Wheel Brewery, Birmingham Blackheath Stout 5.0%
Great Heck Brewing Co, Great Heck Black Jesus 6.5%
Half Moon Brewery, York Midsummer 3.6%
Harbour Brewing, Cornwall/Zipline Brewing, Lincoln, Nebraska Relax 4.5%
Harthill Village Brewery, Chesterfield Dark Hart (GF) 4.8%
Hopjacker Brewery, Dronfield Papaya Don’t Preach  4.0%
Horbury Ales, Ossett JFB 4.9%
Hybrid, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire Apex 4.1%
Ilkley Brewery, Ilkley Crossroads 5.4%
Lawman, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire Mr Beast 5.0%
Lost Industry Brewing, Sheffield Chocolate milk stout 5.0%
Mallinsons Brewing Co, Huddersfield Daniella 4.5%
North Riding Brewery, Scarborough Huell Melon 4.0%
North Riding Brewery, Scarborough Mosaic 4.3%
Ossett Brewery, Ossett Simcoe Solstice 4.8%
Rat Brewery, Huddersfield Rat to the Future 3.8%
Raw Brewing Co, Chesterfield Raw DOG 6.1%
Red Willow Brewery, Macclesfield Faithless 71 4.1%
Revolutions Brewing Co, Castleford Back II Life 3.6%
Riverhead Brewery, Huddersfield Redbrook Premium 5.5%
Saltaire Brewery, Shipley Raspberry Blonde 4.0%
Siren Craft Brew, Finchamstead, Berkshire Yu Lu 3.6%
Sonnet 43 Brewhouse, Co. Durham Aurora 4.4%
Tempest Brew Co, Galashiels Little White Cloud 3.7%
Titanic Brewery, Stoke-on-Trent Captain Smith’s 5.2%
Torrside Brewing, New Mills. Snap Decisions 5.2%
Torrside Brewing, New Mills. Kuwa-Niwa 4.5%
Totally Brewed, Nottingham Blueberry Muffin Mild 5.6%
Track Brewing Co, Manchester Sonoma 3.8%
Turning Point Brew Co, York Lucid Dream 5.0%
Welbeck Abbey Brewery, Worksop. Paul’s "Get On Parade!" 3.9%
Whippet Brewing Co, Leeds English Whippet 4.2%
Wild Weather Ales, Reading Sub Lime 3.8%
Wilde Child Brewing Co, Leeds Hedonistic Existence 6.3%
Wilde Child Brewing Co, Leeds Opaque Reality 5.9%
XT Brewing/ Animal Brewing Co, Long Crendon. Fantail 4.8%

 

And as well as the above cask selection, we’ve increased our keg offering to 30!

Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Black Hole Sun(dae)* 5.6%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Chuckle Vision* 4.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Double Brimstone – BA* 8.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield/Instituto de la Cerveza Artesana, Barcelona, Spain Encantada 7.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Heathen 4.1%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Orange You Glad It’s Summer?* 8.5%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *Passionfruit lager* 5.4%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Reaper 2 5.5%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *"Strong and Stable"* 8.4%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield/Beer Ink, Huddersfield Tropic Like It’s Hot 6.0%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Unbeliever 2 3.9%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Voyager 2 5.9%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield Voyager 3 [Reserve] 5.6%
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield *"Weak and Wobbly"* 3.8%
Boundary Brewing, Belfast Forever Ago 6.0%
Cross Borders Brewing Co, Dalkeith, Scotland Braw 5.2%
Fallen Brewing Co, Stirling, Scotland Chew Chew 6.0%
Fierce Beer, Aberdeen, Scotland Tropical Tart 4.5%
Founders Brewing Co, Michigan, US Nitro Oatmeal Stout 4.0%
Bifficio Hibu, Milan, Italy Avanti March 6.5%
Hopjacker Brewery, Dronfield Papaya Don’t Preach 4.0%
Hopjacker Brewery, Dronfield Styrian Wolf 4.8%
Lost Industry Brewing, Sheffield/Steel City Brewing, Sheffield/Beer Ink, Huddersfield Do You Even Iron Bro 4.9%
Mallinsons Brewing Co, Huddersfield Nelson Sauvin 3.8%
Odyssey Brew Co, Herefordshire Little India 4.5%
Oedipus Brewing, Amsterdam Slomo 4.5%
RedWillow Brewery, Macclesfield Godless 5.6%
Revolutions Brewing Co, Castleford Dominion 5.0%
Time & Tide Brewing, Eastry, Kent. Domino 8.6%
Tiny Rebel Brewing Co, Newport Gin & Juice 4.5%
Totally Brewed, Nottingham Sorachi Mango 6.0%
Verdant Brewing Co, Falmouth Headband 5.5%
Wild Beer Co, Somerset Rooting Around (Spring) 3.0%

 

It’s shaping up to be an absolute cracker of a weekend, so please join us for a pint or two!

Cheers!

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P*SS UP IN THE BREWERY – FULL BEER LIST!

P*SS UP IN THE BREWERY - FULL BEER LIST!

Cask

Abbeydale  – 4 Degrees of Separation – IPA – 7.0% – Collaboration with Magic Rock, Northern Monk and Siren

Abbeydale – Black Lurcher – Stout **served from the wood** – 7.0%

Abbeydale – Burnt Ends – Rauchwine – Event Exclusive – 8.0%

Abbeydale – Daily Bread – Best Bitter – 3.8%

Abbeydale – L3mon Cub3d – Lemon, Lemongrass & Lemon Thyme Pale – Event Exclusive – 6.5%

Abbeydale – Mango Heathen – Event Exclusive – 4.1%

Abbeydale – Marauder – El Dorado Session IPA – 3.8%

Abbeydale – Reaper 1 – Hopfenweisse – 5.0%

Abbeydale – Salvation 1 – Coconut Stout – 5.5%

Abbeydale – Salvation 2 – Rice Pudding Stout **with jam** – Event Exclusive – 5.9%

Abbeydale – Voyager 1 – Citra, Centennial and Mosaic IPA – 5.6%

Abbeydale – Voyager 2 – Galaxy, Vic Secret and Sorachi Ace IPA – 5.9%

Abbeydale – Why Not Give Even More of a Toss – Pale Ale – 4.0% – Brewed for the Festival of Debate

Beer Ink – Starbeer – Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Caramel Stout – 8.5% -Collaboration with Steel City and Lost Industry

Magic Rock – The Magic Spanner – Pale Ale – 3.9%

Northern Monk – Patron’s Project Helvellyn – IPA – 5.0%

Siren Craft Brew – White Tips – White IPA – 4.7%

Keg

Abbeydale – 4 Degrees of Separation – IPA – 7.0% – Collaboration with Magic Rock, Northern Monk and Siren

Abbeydale – Boston Booze Party – East Coast IPA – Event Exclusive – 9.9%

Abbeydale – Burnt Toast – Toasted Oatmeal Stout – Event Exclusive – 11.0%

Abbeydale – Deception – Dry Hopped Pale Ale – Event Exclusive – 4.1%

Abbeydale – Double Brimstone – American Brown Ale – 8.1%

Abbeydale – Encantada – Neolithic Fruited Gruit – First Pour – 7.1% – Collaboration with Instituto de la Cerveza Artesana

Abbeydale – Last Rites – Barley Wine – 11.0%

Abbeydale – Old Smoakey – Barrel Aged Smoked Porter – 5.7%

Abbeydale – Salvation 1 – Coconut Stout – 5.5%

Abbeydale – Tangerine Pale – Brett Fermented Pale – Event Exclusive – 5.6%

Abbeydale – Tropic Like It’s Hot – Pineapple and Grapefruit IPA – 6.0% – Collaboration with Beer Ink

Abbeydale – Unbeliever 1 – Barrel Aged Berlinner Weisse – 4.0%

Abbeydale – Unbeliever 2 – Gose **with Japanese pea flowers** – Event Exclusive – 3.9%

Abbeydale – Voyager 2 – Galaxy, Vic Secret and Sorachi Ace IPA – 5.9%

Abbeydale – Wanderer – Belgian Tripel Saison – 8.5%

Beer Ink – S’more Than A Feeling – Imperial S’mores Stout – 9.0% – Collaboration with Abbeydale Brewery

Magic Rock – Fantasma – IPA **Gluten Free** – 6.5%

Northern Monk – Esben Bø Jensen – Double Dry Hopped Saison – 7.0% – Collaboration with Alefarm

Siren Craft Brew – Acid Jam – Imperial Kettle Sour – 9.7%

Twisted Barrel – Detroit Sour City – Berliner Weisse – 4.5

Please note that due to the limited availability of some of these beers, although each session will have them available to start with, we cannot guarantee their availability all day!

Tank

We are happy to confirm that we will be serving the following beers straight from the tank!

Moonshine – Pale Ale – 4.3%

Deception – NZ Pale Ale – 4.1%

Heathen – American Pale Ale – 4.1%

Revelation – Pale Ale – 4.1%

All cask and keg beers will be available in third of a pint, half pint and pint measures. Tank beer can be served by the pint only.

The evening session is now verrrrry close to being sold out, but you can still get one of the last few tickets, or one for our afternoon session, at crowdfunder.co.uk/abbeydalebrewery.

Cheers!

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It’s our party we can brew what we want!

It's our party we can brew what we want!

We promised special beers and here they are! These are all exclusive to our brewery event on Saturday May 6th and so will not be going on general release. Some are small batch brews conjured up by our wonderful brewers, with others being unique twists on some of our most well loved beers and styles. Assuming all goes to plan, here’s our super special Abbeydale line up…

Deception… ON KEG! For the first time ever we’re fizzing up our beloved Deception, and enhancing the flavours with the addition of fresh grapefruits. Finally, it’s going to be dry hopped with more Nelson Sauvin along with Galaxy and Mosaic.

Heathen…. ON CASK! With added mangoes for an extra burst of fruity flavour intended to boost the wonderful Mosaic hop.

Salvation 2: Wi’ Jam In – Rice Pudding Stout, with a dollop of strawberry jam straight into cask for an even more authentic school dinner experience!

Peaflower Gose – a beer like you’ve never seen before, quite literally. Decided against calling it German Blue…

Tangerine Pale – primary fermented with a rarely used strain of Brettanomyces, that results in a wild beer but without the barnyard funk that’s so often associated with Brett. Dry hopped with Galaxy and Vic Secret.

Burnt Ends – a smoky and sumptuous Rauchwine.

L3mon Cub3d – a lemon, lemongrass and lemon thyme pale.

Boston Booze Party – an Imperial East Coast IPA with (direct quote) “loads of hops”.

Burnt Toast – a rich and luscious toasted oatmeal stout.

Obviously we’ll have plenty of our usual suspects available too, including (we hope, subject to yeast behaving) beer served direct from the tank!

Full beer list including guest beers to be confirmed next week!

Tickets available now at crowdfunder.co.uk/abbeydalebrewery

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