Craft Beer: More than 100 of the world’s top craft beers. Dominic Roskrow
approach to making beer, along with a healthy respect for the environment. All ingredients are sourced locally, and spent grains are given to farmers for animal feed. Nothing is out of bounds and the duo are experimenting with ageing, maturing their beers in all types of wine, bourbon, cognac, and whisky barrels. Beers include tripels, barley wines, stouts, IPAs, and a range of sours made with blueberries, peaches, and other fruits. This beer has aromas of flowers and citrus fruits on the nose. Grapefruit and lemon are found on the palate. The finish is powerful and hoppy, with a pleasant lasting bitterness.
PRODUCER: Westerham Brewery
AREA OF ORIGIN: Westerham, England
VARIETY: Bitter
ABV: 6.2%
WEBSITE: www.westerhambrewery.co.uk
Westerham is in Kent in the South East of England, a county known as the garden of England and home to intensive hop growing. Westerham Brewery was set up by Robert Wicks in 2004 and naturally uses locally produced hops. In fact, Westerham is very much about reducing food miles in the supply chain, and is intent on reproducing many of the much loved beer flavours of the Black Eagle Brewery, which closed in 1965 after the widespread consolidation of the industry by the big brewers. Audit Ale is an award-winning strong ale made to a 1938 Black Eagle recipe. It has a fruity, hoppy, and malty nose. On the palate there is toffee and caramel, and a tangy and earthy note, with dried fruits, hops and some bitterness. It has a smooth mouthfeel and dry bitter finish. Very drinkable.
PRODUCER: Buxton Brewery
AREA OF ORIGIN: Buxton, England
VARIETY: IPA
ABV: 6.8%
WEBSITE: www.buxtonbrewery.co.uk
From small acorns do big oaks grow – though, to be fair, Buxton isn’t that big an oak just yet. The founders clearly remember brewing their first pale ale – 40 litres of it – on New Year’s Day in 2009. It was enough to spark a passion to take their home-produced beers and bring them to a broader public.
Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived before they launched to the public. Axe Edge is a flagship beer for Buxton and was first introduced early on, in 2010. It is a tribute to American West Coast IPA beers and is a weighty 6.8% ABV. It’s named after the moorland to the South and West of Buxton. This is a full flavoured, strong India Pale Ale, which is now hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Nelson Sauvin. Its complex flavours include mandarin orange, schnapps, pineapple, and juicy tropical fruits. It is warmingly alcoholic with a dry finish.
PRODUCER: Backyard Brewery
AREA OF ORIGIN: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
VARIETY: IPA
ABV: 6.2%
WEBSITE: www.backyardbrewerynh.com
Backyard Brewery is housed in a bar. The beer is brewed by Paul St Onge, who is on a mission to create artisanally made beers for all to enjoy, in an atmosphere of friendliness, camaraderie and community outreach.
‘My vision is that of a traditional English Public House – high-quality beer served in a place of community gathering where strangers, locals, regulars, and everyone in between can chat amongst themselves over a pint or two.’
Backyard Lazy Daze is an example of his passion for brewing IPA-style beers. He uses slaked wheat and oats to give the beer a full-bodied mouthfeel. Lazy Daze is double dry hopped with six different hops and hop powders at different points of conditioning. Fresh citrus, mango, and pineapple flavours burst out of the glass on the nose. On the palate there is a restrained bitterness, with lots of big hop flavours and aroma.
PRODUCER: Jolly Pumpkin
AREA OF ORIGIN: Michigan, USA
VARIETY: Sour farmhouse ale
ABV: 4.5%
WEBSITE: www.jollypumpkin.com
Brewery founder Ron Jeffries and his wife have a strange sense of humour. Having planned their business for months, they were faced with coming up with a name, so they poured some beers and had a brainstorming session.
‘Many great names were suggested but we kept coming back to Jolly Pumpkin,’ says Ron. ‘It encompassed everything we wanted to express about our brewery. Fun and quirky, all that needed adding were the last two words; “Artisan Ales”, and the description of the brewery’s products and mission: the creation of fantastic beers of truly outstanding artisan quality.’
They keep everything small and simple here, and focus on great beer. This sour ale is a beauty, and is enriched by two months in oak. It has the aroma of worn leather and cool autumn nights. There are notes of sweet plum and toasted raisin, hints of coffee and cacao. The finish is lingering, tart and refreshing.
PRODUCER: Battledown Brewery
AREA OF ORIGIN: Charlton Kings, England
VARIETY: Chestnut beer
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