Big Ideas Series 12
Table Beer
3.0% ABV
Light, tasty and thirst quenching session ale, generously dry hopped with Lemondrop.
Celebrate variety. Reflect a sense of place. Brew modern takes on traditional styles. Brew contemporary styles with a twist. Avoid overused hop varieties. Full flavour spectrum brewing.
This is the Big Ideas Series, the first set of releases from the brewery. The beers are all unfined, vegan friendly and conditioned in package: bottle, keg and cask. We love our beers and hope you do too... let us know!
Description
Light in colour and in alcoholic strength, yet full-bodied and full-flavoured, this is a crisp, citrus smasher. Generously hopped with Centennial, Kazbek and Lemondrop hops and brewed with a healthy dose of oats for a satisfying mouthfeel, this cheeky 3%-er is a small beer with big ideas.
Tasting Notes
Citrus fruit on the nose is unmissable as your glass approaches and this carries through to the first sip. On the palate a subtle spice note develops in the background and there’s plenty of body to carry the sharp, tangy hops and moderate bitterness. The body is full but light and spritzy with a zippy carbonation. Finishes medium dry, with a tingle.
What The Hell Was I Thinking?
The challenge with low ABV beers is to create enough body and mouthfeel from a small amount of grain to carry a generous hopping, and that’s what the oats and maltodextrin are here for. This is the first beer in the Big Ideas Series to include a US hop variety, and it wasn’t done without a fair bit of umm-ing and ah-ing, but the familiar ‘craft beer-iness’ that even a low dose of Centennial offers is another key element of what makes this beer work. The lemon citrus from Lemondrop and Kazbeck get a solid foundation and the result is a light, hoppy, sessionable modern pale ale.
Bottle conditioned, vegan friendly
Ingredients/Allergens
Malts: Maris Otter, Oats, Munich
Hops: Magnum, Centennial, Kazbeck, Lemondrop
Yeast: Nottingham
Other: Maltodextrin