News of the brews

Rogue Ales​​

Rogue Ales new Hop Family series of IPAs has launched in the UK, celebrating the hop varietals grown at the brewer’s farm in Independence, Oregon.  

The new range comprises 4 Hop IPA, 6 Hop IPA, 7 Hop IPA and 8 Hop IPA with the beers available on- and off-trade in 650ml bottles. 

The quartet showcases the “unique blend of hops” selected by Rogue Brewmaster John Maier from Alluvial, Freedom, Independent, Liberty, Newport, Rebel, Revolution, and Yaquina hops.

“We wanted to offer the wide range of flavours, aromas and bitterness of the 8 varieties of hops we’ve grown at Rogue Farms.  It’s the entire Rogue hop experience in four bottles,” Maier said.

St Austell Brewery​​

St Austell Brewery is creating a range of limited edition beers inspired by the travels of its head brewer Roger Ryman.

The first to be launched is Eureka, a 5.9% American Pale Ale, which Ryman created in collaboration with head brewer Rob Lovatt of Derbyshire-based Thornbridge Brewery.

“Thanks to the Small Batch Brewery we now have the facilities to be really inventive. Eureka is the first of the range and combines Cornish spring water, Maris Otter pale and Rye Crystal barley malt along with Eureka hops and Thornbridge Brewery’s own yeast,” Ryman said.

St Austell will launch a new bottle of beer in the world beer club each month with Eureka available now.

Due to the increasing demand for St Austell’s beers, pubs can now sign up to be part of the brewery’s Small Batch Beer Club, where they will receive a regular supply of new small batch beers.

Timothy Taylor’s​​

Timothy Taylor’s Le Champion will return to pumps to coincide with the three day Tour de Yorkshire cycling event 29th April to 1st May 2016.

Le Champion is a 4.5% ABV French style blonde beer brewed with Alsace Strisselspalt hops and continental malts to give a smooth body and a delicate hop fragrance.

The beer will be available for a short period from Friday 18th March 2016 through to mid-May.

Moorhouse’s​​

Moorhouse’s is releasing the single hopped beer Eldorado, made with hops of the same name, to cask lovers in March.

The golden coloured beer is single hopped with the American Eldorado variety to give a

Described as a “rich full flavoured beer with aromas of apricots and peaches, backed with a sweet biscuit taste from Maris Otter malt”, the golden coloured 4.4% ABV beer is the second roll out in Moorhouse’s 2016 seasonal range pitched as “innovative ales brewed with European and New World hops”.

David Grant, Moorhouse’s managing director, said: “In these still tough trading times we aim to help our customers succeed by offering carefully crafted and very appealing seasonal brews alongside our championship core ales – all brewed and delivered to the Cask Marque quality benchmark.”

Since the launch of a multi-million pound brewery in 2011, the leading Lancashire cask dedicated independent brewer has added to its award winning core brews each month.

Shepherd Neame’s​​

Shepherd Neame’s experimental range of limited edition ales, No.18 Yard Brewhouse, has launched its first American-style beer.

Hog Island East Coast Pale Ale uses Boadicea, Amarillo and Cascade hops, combined with pale ale and crystal malts, to create “a deep golden beer boasting citrus, pine and fruit aromas melded with light caramel notes and a robust bitterness” at 4.8% ABV.

Head brewer Richard Frost said: “Hog Island is a really exciting addition to the No.18 Yard Brewhouse collection. It is a refreshing, zesty beer which retains the malty character of the typical East Coast pale ale.”

Conceived in Shepherd Neame’s pilot brewery, beers in the No.18 Yard Brewhouse collection have already featured a range of unusual ingredients, such as rare hops, chocolate, chilli and mulling spices.

Hog Island East Coast Pale Ale will be available on draught nationwide from March 1 for one month.

Heineken​​

Heineken has extended its range of Caledonian bottled beers to include American-inspired pale ale, Coast to Coast, and Three Hop lager.

Coast to Coast is a 4.6% ABV polished bronze ale, brewed with American hops imported from Yakima Valley on the West Coast, married with British East Coast maritime malt. It has strong hop character with notes of lime, passion fruit and kiwi fruit.

Brewed with three of Europe’s finest hops to create a rich 4.5% ABV, Three Hops is described as a distinctive lager that carries spicy herbal aromas, a hint of honey and a slight minty note.

The new bottles join Edinburgh Castle and Flying Scotsman to complete Caledonian’s core range and are available to order in bottles and on draught nationwide.