april edition : 2014

the monthly newsletter from BrewDog #PunkAGM2014 It’s official, our Equity for Punks #PunkAGM2014 has been confirmed for Saturday 21st June 2014!

In true Equity for Punks tradition, this exclusive event for our shareholders will be brimming with business talks from our founders James and Martin, live bands, great food, fantastic company and lots and LOTS of !

All shareholders were emailed a link to RSVP, but if you missed the email or lost the link, visit our website for more details.

t’s official – following the sun’s rays as a heat source, mashed massive success of James and in on a moving train, went fishing NOT FOR GAYS. LOVE Martin’s TV show BrewDogs, for lobsters and ate a bull’s testicle OLYMPICS. BUT I AM HELLO, MY NAME IS VLADIMIR. I AM A BEER FOR UBER HETEROWINTER MEN WHO RIDE HORSES WHILE TOPLESS Season 2 will be coming to a (would not recommend.) Expect TO MARK THE 2014 Iscreen near you very soon! Well, more of this sort of thing when that is if you live in the USA. But Season 2 airs later this year. AND CARRYING KNIVES. I AM A BEER never fear, international craft beer This beer was a double IPA Season 2 will consist of 10 (yes WRESTLING BURLY MEN ON THE JUDO MAT OR FISHING IN YOUR SPEEDOS? THEN THIS IS THE BEER FOR YOU! fans, for we have a few tricks up brewed with Limonnik berries. 10!) epic episodes as we hop our We will be donating 50% of the our hop-stained sleeves this year, We heard they’re great for way across America on a mission to Tweet us profits from this beer, which sold which will hopefully mean you In February 2014, we launched improving sexual performance, share our passion for amazing craft @BrewDog out in a matter of days, to charitable guys can see more of the BrewDogs Hello My Name is Vladimir, the so we sent a case to the beer with as many people as we can. with the breweries organisations that support action than last year. world’s first protest beer. The Kremlin as we suspect there you want to see us like-minded individuals wishing to We can’t reveal which breweries visit! sick, twisted legislation brought is someone there who would Season 1 was an epic adventure express themselves freely without we’re working with yet (we are about in Russia that prevents appreciate a little helping across America, working with some prejudice. The charities we have sworn to secrecy. There was an oath people from living their true lives hand. We didn’t hear of the most awesome breweries selected were nominated by our and everything) but we’re super is something we didn’t want to just anything back, but we’ll out there, and Season 2 will be no facebook and twitter followers and psyched for the next adventure. sit back and not have an opinion go ahead and assume it different. We brewed beer using the are as follows: on. Our core beliefs are freedom of brightened someone’s day. expression, freedom of speech and Amnesty International a dogged (no pun intended) passion Stonewall for doing what we love. All Out Galop

2 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 3 Education, education, Dan: Quality Control Jen: Bars Sensory analysis is a really important Here in the bars, it’s all about breaking down misconceptions process within BrewDog and is what and finding the perfect beer for the person standing in front we base many of our decisions on. We of you, whether they’re a hop geek, or just stepped in off the train ourselves within production to street slightly bewildered. That’s where the knowledge comes detect as many off flavours as possible, in. The more we know about the beer styles, ingredients but being officially examined on the and processes, the more possible and exciting it is to play subject added a bit of competitiveness out a process of elimination and direction when finding the to our taste panels and overall has right beer. A beery game of Guess Who, if you will. For the definitely improved them.Food...... and team, ...... every one of them is utterly fanatical We love beer. That’s perhaps a ...... beer matching was something ...... about beer. We always find it fascinating to find out and rather obvious understatement, I’d encountered but had never really share new things about it, geeking out amongst ourselves but we really do, and we want thought about until I began to study for and customers too. It’s also about not being exclusive or everyone to discover how great the Certified Cicerone exam. By actively patronising. It’s about opening up this little craft beer world using the principles many people use we love so much to those who are just getting to know it, beer can be. Central to our as a basis, not only has it changed the and those who were just looking for a pint of branded lager. plan is education; at the way I cook and eat, it’s really improved An encyclopedic knowledge and a heap of passion gives us moment there is nothing to my palate as it encourages you to the tools we need to pitch it to exactly the right level and stop any brewer from labelling actively dissect what you are drinking. get them just as excited about it as we are. their product “craft beer” and we think a great way to combat this is to help everyone learn Bowman: more about how beer is brewed, I thought I knew my styles well, but during my stored and served. time studying for the Cicerone exam I realised that I had only really brushed the surface. There is so much history and legacy in all of s part of our efforts to improve our these beer styles that I definitely took for s part of our continuing mission knowledge, the whole BrewDog team is granted...... Our are all very to help people encouraged to take part in the Cicerone ...... progressive (as opposed to traditional) A A in terms of interpretations of styles, but like understand and appreciate Certification Program. This is the most widely known anything, the more background knowledge Tony: Operations Zarah: People beer, we will be making the and best-respected beer qualification in you can have on any subject will have a huge next UK Certified Cicerone There are huge advantages Certified Cicerone has armed the world. You may recall that back in Spring 2013, influence on what you can bring to the table in ...... exams open to the public, to understanding how handling affects me with an incredibly rounded a team of daring BrewDogs took part in the first ever terms of recipe development and fine tuning. beginning with Equity beer; it means we are able to better understanding of all aspects of beer UK Certified Cicerone exams. Since then, even more Punks. If you invested in Looking at all the myriad of American, advise our customers on when the – from the ingredients through to Equity for Punks I, II or BrewDogs have studied for and passed the exam. German, British and Belgian styles in great beer is at its best, and work with the brewing process, transportation III, you will have received We now have 22 Certified Cicerones, who work in all detail has really reinforced the flexibility warehouses to ensure effective stock and storage, right down to the finer an email in the past couple areas of the company - we’re becoming something of and diversity of what we can achieve with rotation and storage, to ensure beer details of ensuring that we’re of weeks about registering a craft beer Jedi Order. A Certified Cicerone has been malt, water, hops and yeast. Digging into the freshness for all. In terms of our always serving up the ...... perfect your interest. We also hope tested on all aspects of beer; production, handling, specifics of these styles has broadened my own bars, it also means that we can ...... glass of beer. Beer quality, perspective in terms of what we are looking troubleshoot issues and problems craftsmanship and flavour are the in future to make the exam storage and serving, and understanding of flavours, to achieve with our beer. Colour, carbonation, in-house, which can save the cost crux of everything we do. Certified available to anyone, but both good and bad. We’ve caught up with some of bitterness, mouthfeel, ABV, flavour, aroma and and inconvenience of calling out an Cicerone has helped to guarantee bear in mind it’s no mean them, to see how expanding their beer knowledge clarity all create a magical synergy which is engineer, and allow us to get back to that, as we grow, I work with all our feat; you’ll have to get the across the board helps in their day-to-day work. both captivating and endless. serving great beer! teams to keep it that way. books out and study hard! Any questions?

4 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 www.brewdog.com 5 It’s full steam ahead Sãu Paulo Coming for BrewDog bars in 2014, and we’ve already soon... opened 4 new bars in the past 3 months! BrewDog BottleDog Shepherd’s Bush opened its We have a site secured for BottleDog, doors earlier this year, located on Gray’s Inn Road, Kings Cross, London. Our first ever bottle and since then we have shop will launch in late April, selling launched São Paulo, Tokyo amazing craft beer from around the and Sheffield.Check out world, home brewing equipment, glassware and anything else you our three newest craft need for amazing beer to take away. beer havens... We’ll also have plenty of beery books in the shop so you can come and hang out, enjoy a few brews and swot up for Cicerone…

BrewDog HQ The ever expanding space in Ellon has just opened a brand spanking update new 4000m2 warehouse on site! This gives us loads more room to play around with some badass barrel BrewDog Tokyo ageing as well as storing plenty We’re super psyched to announce that of beer to be shipping out to you BrewDog’s first in Asia, in the Roppongi district of thirsty pups. Tokyo, Japan, officially opened on 1st March! The new warehouse also gives us the Based over split levels, BrewDog Roppongi boasts 20 taps opportunity to increase production, pouring some of the tastiest craft beers in the world. If you so we’ve installed new bright beer get peckish, they also serve up some epic food, courtesy tanks, lots more fermentation tanks of a chef who has worked for Arnold Schwarzenegger and a couple of new toys for the and the Emperor of Japan, so it must be good! packaging department. We’re also *this close* to ordering our own Fun fact about the venue, it was once the home to a Beatles canning line, so look out for more BrewDog Sheffield tribute act, and more recently, there appears to be evidence of BrewDog São Paulo awesome canned BrewDog beers pole dancing...but we wouldn’t know anything about that. BrewDog has arrived in South On Saturday 8th March 2014, we well and truly put our soon. America! In a converted mechanics’ yard, hop-stained footprint on the city of Sheffield. Our latest UK bar BrewDog Roppongi Our new offices at HQ are also this kickass craft beer haven serves is now open, and is already proving incredibly popular with the Saito Bldg. 1F coming along nicely, with plenty of up 15 taps of incredible international local beer loving crowd. Roppongi 5-3-2 space for pinball machines and a beery goodness, and is not to be missed Minato-ku Designed in our ever-evolving style, this mecca of malt has library. Oh, and desks and chairs if you’re in the city! In amongst the epic Tokyo. 106-0032 comfy booths, retro-inspired high chairs, another awesome and and stuff. draft beer menu sits a special house mind-melting piece of Fisher art and a draft board visible from Finally, we’re close to finishing Dog beer created by local Brazilian brewery, space (or at least the other end of the venue). It’s a great place Tap, our on-site tap room serving Way Beer. Check out WayDog for a beer to chill out with a few session beers, or indulge in a weekend’s the freshest possible BrewDog beers exclusive to this bar! Getting peckish? worth of antics and crazy guest beers from around the world. Sample some special beer-infused hot straight from the brewery to your dogs and sandwiches while you soak up But hey, don’t just take our word for it. As the Emperor put it, paws as well as plenty of other the South American sun. “see for yourself.” amazing craft beer from around the world, merch, glassware and BrewDog São Paulo Brewdog anything else beery that takes your Rua dos Coropés 41 Units 5 and 6 Eldon Court fancy. This and the visitor centre Pinheiros 108-110 Devonshire street should open this summer. São Paulo Sheffield S3 7SF

6 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 www.brewdog.com 7 on the beery rollercoaster

Listen, but learn for yourself Everyone has advice to dish out on what you should try, and when you do, what you should be tasting. Take it all on board – but remember that everyone is different. No two palates are the same, and there are no wrong answers. Don’t sweat it!

But for each head-clutching mistake either on the beery coaster, there are many Make notes, more times when you try something, high or low-tech with little or no expectations, Back in the day, it used to be tattered notebooks. and it fires a light on somewhere Times have moved on, but the desire to record in your consciousness. This is for eternity what we’ve drunk is still strong. So absolutely the beauty of being a branch out – use an app, catch notes on your beer drinker. Take Sierra Nevada smartphone, take photos. It helps to keep track. What we think Keating means in Pale Ale, for instance. One of the his song, is that not only does life more commonly-available imported Crucially, beers of each differing have its ups and downs – its five- Californian pales, yet beers like this spectrum are now easier to find than Head to a star checkins and its drainpours, have changed entire attitudes when ever before. The way craft beer is if you will – but also that there’s popped open for the first time. The going, chances are men and women befestival a magpie , a progression, as you clatter revelation of citrus hop character; who walk the very same streets as along the track. Beer always has you are making beers for you to onan Keating. The the sudden perception that flavours With so much choice on offer, they can be a starting point – that first sip as grow into. That eventual discovery is like these aren’t just limited to bewildering. You can read the little printed guidebook, sandy-haired, silken- a pre-teen, the first can sneaked surely one of the ‘ups’ of Keating’s lemonades, or sherbet dip-dabs. but beer festivals are all about finding something voiced lynchpin of hypothesis – the realisation that a from your parents’ stash. These new. Take a completely random punt on the first Boyzone provenance People talk of these kinds of beers quick jaunt through the drizzle to are almost always horrible – how thing that catches your eye. Trust those instincts! Ronce famously sang that ‘Life many of us remember our first taste as being ‘gateway’; in that they a local bar or bottle shop can yield is a Rollercoaster’. He’s not of beer, wondering why on earth lead you on to a whole new sector examples of every stage along the wrong, either – as many of his anyone would want to drink it? of brewing. Where you go next is journey – beer for every time the up to you – either apply the brakes ex-bandmates have since gone on coaster thrums over a set of points, Re-visit And yet, you learn. You try new to the coaster, and creep through to prove (Keith Duffy appearing and changes direction slightly. past failures things, and develop. It’s a process the gate to glory in their discovery, on Splash!, for instance). But if much like brewing; each stage is or push the turbo and blast the car You could actually argue that, in You won’t like everything; nobody does, at first. But you look beyond the questionable carefully controlled, so the next one over the wall, bypassing the gate essence, that’s the endpoint - the keep that mind open, and return every now and decisions of celebrity agents, won’t be detrimental to the overall entirely. It doesn’t really matter welcoming lurch as the coaster again to the beers that didn’t make the cut. Take sours – the first time, they taste like Worcester you can apply Ronan’s mantra to outcome. Yet, mistakes happen, how quickly the rollercoaster chugs back into the finish-house – Sauce. Then, eventually, something clicks… pretty much anything. Even, yes such as when you (hypothetically) rattles along the track; all stages the recognition of the sheer majesty indeed, beer. take £12 to a city centre rock club of the ride are there, out in front of beers that are out there, just adjoining a bus station that has a – from the walloping orange and waiting to be discovered. Of course, certain Newcastle-area brown ale on pine fury of double IPA’s, to the those discoveries never stop. You Ride from the at a pound a bottle, and wake up the rich refinement of silken porters. merely end up getting on a different same stable next morning with empty pockets rollercoaster, one that’s even faster, and an elephant juggling RPG’s or more daring. There is always Practically every brewery makes a range of beers, so behind your eyes. You tend to avoid more out there. Trying something if you stumble across one that tickles your tastebuds similar situations the next time (or new is one of the joys of being alive. – seek out the others. Buy four or five from the forever, if that example had ever And it’s certainly one of the true same brewery, sample them in order of colour (light actually…happened…to…anybody). pleasures of drinking beer. Ronan to dark) or strength (low to high). Invite people Keating even sang about it, once. round – beer drinking is fun, don’t ever forget that!

8 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 www.brewdog.com 9 Beavertown Tempest Brewing Co James Rylance (lead brewer) Gavin Meiklejohn Nick Dwyer (founder) (art director) “I started because I was “We make beers that are frustrated by the beers hop driven, and yeast that I couldn’t buy, really. driven. In fact, our first I’m a chef, by trade. I album was about hops, used to stand at the pass which we’ve done. It took and look at everything eighteen months to get that went out, and think right. Now we can move on ‘is that the best I can to our second album, about Brew By do?’. I think that has Magic Rock yeast, and the weirder Numbers really affected the way Brewing Co shit. We want our beers I make beer. The chef to engage multiple people, Dave Seymour in me always thinks Stuart Ross and we use American (co-founder) of seasonality, for one. (head brewer) at swg3 in Glasgow hops because they are so Likewise, in the kitchen I “When I came back to the “Brewing on the big kit accessible. My favourite, used to make everything ere at BrewDog, we love meeting different UK from New Zealand at Magic Rock is the only for instance, is Columbus - on the premises – now I brewers and listening to their stories; whether I applied for a job with thing I’m good at. I’ve it’s like onions, would never have someone rock and roll, or kitchen sink, no two are ...... each of the ten breweries only ever homebrewed you can add it to else bottling my beer. I the same. Taking the time to understand the ...... that were in London at twice, and both times it anything. Like Gavin also use absolutely the Hphilosophy of the man or woman who makes the beer you ...... the time. They all turned was awful. I was working at Tempest, we’re also best ingredients I can, as drink gives you a far greater appreciation of that particular me down. So I started at a brewery in San Diego massively interested in well. home brewing, and took it ...... Never put out when Richard Burhouse brewery. With that in mind, last Saturday we hosted seasonality. We moved to bars to see what they anything you’re not [Magic Rock founder] ‘BrewDog Presents...’, bringing to Glasgow four of the most from Dukes to Hackney ...... thought. I managed to get asked me to be involved. up to the minute beer makers in the UK: Tempest, Magic Wick, and we’re moving ...... 100% happy with. a brewery eventually, with We both love hops. In Rock, Brew By Numbers and Beavertown. We also had some again to Tottenham Hale. We’re about to push the Tom. Our kit is second- fact, our core beers are epic tunes, whiskey and food to go alongside, naturally! But we’ll still keep our 4bbl button on a new brewery hand, vessels bought and all IPA’s – we have one test kit, for experiments. space, near Melrose, which re-worked from a dairy. at session strength, a red Whilst their beers went on the bar, the brewers from each It’s our think-tank. That’s will be ten times the size Our cold tank has IPA, one medium strength, took a turn on a spotlit side-stage, taking the floor to reveal the other thing that gets in terms of room. At the the hot liquor tank above moment, it’s not much and two strong IPA’s. their backstories, plans for the future, and then answering us going – collaboration. it, for example – it’s fun, to be honest. We need We make High Wire and questions from the packed gallery of beer fans. As you’d You drink five or six beers the same vessel, cut in that increased capacity to Cannonball once a week expect, each talk was different, yet each had the thread of from five or six breweries, half. Nothing we have is do the beers we want – I – I want to make High great beermaking stitching them together. By their very and each involves five or custom-made. Our biggest love concept beers – and Wire as good as I can get nature, brewers are never short of a story or two, and when six different people. It’s influence is global beer. things like Red Eye Flight, it, every time. Our new on stage behind a microphone, often the best way to present great. What is craft beer? Our flagship is the 01 which is awesome, yet we brewery site is great, it’s them is simply to let them present themselves... It’s people taking a stance. Saison, for example. In can only brew it three 15,000 square feet. Once Drinking things made by our naming convention, times a year. So it can’t we get the roof sorted, people they are aware of. the first number come soon enough. Within everything else should go It’s drinkers spending their catalogues the style, the the year we’ll go from in. We’re getting a bottling £3/£4 on something that second the recipe – we employing four people to line – we tried contract engages them, something wanted something that twelve. But we’ll still be a bottling, but it’s not as that makes them stop and people could see from nose to tail brewery good – not at all. So we think.” the far side of the bar. at heart.” hand-bottle everything, for We’ve been going a year, now. What am I working and are still growing on next? A Vienna IPA, into our capacity – but which I’ve had in my head we want to look to boost for about three years. the profile of styles from I’m...... very much not around Europe. We started a...... beer geek. I went to looking at setting up in BrewDog Shepherd’s Bush Battersea, but ended up in and drank Dead Pony Club Bermondsey, because of all night. There are forty Keep an eye out for our next big event! Got an the sense of community beers on there, but I didn’t awesome idea for one? Tweet us @brewdog! there...... Everyone’s want to try something ...... taking influence different, just in case it ...... from everyone else.” wasn’t as good.”

10 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 www.brewdog.com 11 BrewDog & Honest Burgers launch the at Underdog at BrewDog Shoreditch (@BrewDogShored)

ur super-top-secret-but-not-really beer bar in the basement of BrewDog Shoreditch serves up some of the most inventive, delicious beer in London. We’re biased, sure, but we’re not kidding, these guys reallyO know how to muddle a beery take on a martini! The beer is a 5.8% barrel-aged baby scotch ale called We love burgers. That’s no We headed down to check out what’s hitting Bourbon Baby, which is the ideal accompaniment to the bar for their new menu – here is just secret. So when Captain James this burger as the honey notes and spicy sweetness a tiny taster of what to expect!. met with Tom from Honest Burgers meld beautifully with the rich beef and tangy BBQ recently, it was inevitable that sauce. Bourbon Baby is light bodied and low ABV and packed with toasted shortcake and blossom honey there’d be something brewing flavours. We threw a load of First Gold, Willamette A Moment of Calm Flip )Out (and grilling) in the not too and Mt Hood hops at this beer and then barrel aged Ever had a Ramos Gin Fizz? Well AB(14 it for added complexity. The barrel ageing adds a if you liked that, you will love Blood on whose hands distant future. AB:14, from our Abstrakt series, is demonic, dark vanilla . Rich brown sugar, hints this. “Deceptively light, zesty and Quite simply this is a Bloody an oak aged Imperial weizenbock. of smoke, spice, chocolate and raisins are just some refreshing, this is one helluva Mary for beer fans. Henderson’s “The beer boasts a big, bold mouth n February we launched the one and only of the multitude of flavours that have developed. beer cocktail. The Fake Lager Gentleman’s relish is used in feel backed by some powerful #BrewBurger, and boy did you guys dig it! This adds , which is countered place of Lea & Perrins, which The burger itself was a 150g aged beef patty banana and classic weizen notes. was the ultimate incarnation of food and beer with the addition of dried lemon, is Wayne’s own personal nod to I topped with Comté cheese, then piled high with Think of the ultimate in banoffee pairing. We worked closely with Tom and his team to orange and lime peel and a Sheffield, Henderson’s is a pretty 5am Saint candied bacon. Oh yes. Then on top pie and you’re on the right track. develop not only a perfect beef patty topped with beer touch of dry hibiscus in the awesome little company making a of that, we added beer fried onions, made with We’ve used AB:14 in this cocktail candied bacon and a beer BBQ sauce, but also the ideal making of the /reduction.” very tasty vegetarian Worcester Punk IPA, and for the icing on the burgery cake as a popcorn infused liquorice brew to sip alongside it. sauce. In Wayne’s words, “It’s we developed a BBQ reduction with Paradox! reduction...naturally. These rich, proper mint!” In addition, the bold flavours are backed superbly house-smoked tomato sauce in by the Cardenal Cisneros PX sherry this drink offers up a subtle (one of the best in its field) which One Night Stand winter warmth for this revival The #BrewBurger is available brings it all together.” classic. Yamazaki and Hardcore in all Honest Burgers “This drink is based on the classic IPA balance out with sweet and restaurants until 2nd April Clover Club. It is in essence a gin Skeleton Derby peaty tastes complimenting and we’re also be holding some sour. Lavender and raspberry the remaining spiciness. burger pop ups in a few of our match wonderfully with the This is UnderDog’s version of the 5am Saint’s deep amber flavour. classic Kentucky cocktail, The Mint bars around the UK with Tom Julep. “Traditionally a summer Tanqueray’s leading botanicals of and his team too! Check out the drink, this isn’t out of place on a angelica root and coriander work dates below: cold winter’s night. The warmth beautifully with the lavender and Jam Punked Breakfast and sweetness of the macerated Camden - Friday 7th March raspberry elements contained in cranberries, bourbon and cranberry the sour shrub. Shoreditch - Friday 14th March syrup match up incredibly with the According to Wayne, “This is a truly special breakfast martini. The star of This drink offers a subtle velvet addition of Dead Pony Club. Full Glasgow - Friday 4th April the show is the gin and of course the finish with a hint of tartness and of tantalising fruit flavours, this home made Punk marmalade. This Manchester - Friday 11th April sweetness of raspberry. Don’t be will get your taste buds working one is for those who enjoy a strong fooled by the look of this drink, its overtime. Dangerously easy to Birmingham - Friday 18th April drink with a hint of bitter sweetness!” fun but packs a punch!” drink, you can’t drink just one!”

12 Hop Propaganda – April edition : 2014 www.brewdog.com 13 Say hi to... the lowdown

Bourbon Baby Lynn Just recently bottled, Bourbon Baby is an experiment in how a lower ABV session ale will develop in cask. As it elcome to the happens, very well indeed. This beer, now available on twilight zone our online shop, blends toasty shortbread and blossom – a weird and honey with brown sugar and spice, and has a demonic wonderful dark vanilla edge, all of which belie the initially low ABV and light body. This beer treads the line between light placeW where craft and dark, like the beer equivalent of Batman. beer meets crayons. “That’s like asking to name your When Lynn’s not drinking beer or favourite child! I think beer and art pouring it, she’s admiring it; or – to he humble barrel – Donkey Kong’s weapon Queen of this colourful, beer-based both compliment each other really be more precise – the packaging. of choice, Bilbo’s escape route from the dimension is Lynn – BrewDog well so hopefully they wouldn’t And who could blame her?: Elvenking, and as it happens, a fantastic way Edinburgh manager by day, Paradox Bourbon be fighting and we would spend to condition beer. awesome doodler by night; or vice In the past we’ve experimented with a range of Scotch loads of time together. Beer, art “My favourite BrewDog label has to versa. Lynn’s been aboard the good whisky barrels to age Paradox, but this time round we and me are one happy family!” be the Johanna Basford hand drawn Over the last year or so we’ve been ship BrewDog for almost three T wanted to try something a little different. The sweet illustration for the Basha Reserve. squirreling a variety of beers away in bourbon barrels. molasses and dark vanilla from the casks in which years now and in that time she’s That label has got everything on Ageing beer in casks imparts a range of flavours, Paradox stout is currently ageing should marry perfectly made her mark in more ways than I’ve been saying it: owls, vines, mushrooms, even depending on the characteristics of what was previously with the dark chocolate and roasty flavours in the beer. one; mainly with felt tips, paint it for a while a few skulls! She is one super kept in them. As spirits or draw flavours from the and beery, beery knowledge. now but I really talented lady whose work looks wooden barrels over the years, they also leave behind great on the style of bottle we their own individual personality; Scotch whisky casks can So what’s it like to be on the “ think brown ales are use for this particular beer. leave smoke, peat or light fruit, barrels can impart front line of the craft beer AB:15 sour notes desirable in Belgian styles, and rum casks revolution in Scotland’s capital the underdog of the “Close second has to be the squirrel Our salt caramel popcorn infused Imperial ale was aged tend to add dark fruit and spice, and depending on the city? We found out… from End of History that resides in a mix of rum and bourbon casks, and had developed beer world! strength of the barrel’s previous occupant, the ABV can in the Aberdeen bar. Although a variety of complex flavours; smoke, vanilla and treacle “The Edinburgh BrewDog bar plays increase significantly too. Fancy getting your paws on some top technically not a label, he does a huge part in the city’s beer scene; being just a few. Woody notes and a well-rounded alcohol art tips from the lady herself? Check have a smashing bushy tail and we’ve got a great beer community presence also feature in small amounts. out this blog (http://www.brewdog. he tells pretty good jokes.” with loads of specialised beer shops com/blog-article/design-the-next- and bars and my role lets me get hop-prop) from Lynn and Fisher Let it be known that we’re not as close to that as possible! which has the power to unleash your content with our bar staff remaining Lumberjack behind the bar. During this year’s “It’s awesome to have the inner doodler. Just make sure you Collabfest, our bars teamed up with opportunity to combine my two have your Sharpies at the ready! Breakfast Stout some of the best craft breweries biggest loves – art and beer in a Back behind the bar, there are Featured recently on the blog, Lumberjack Breakfast the UK has to offer. Lynn and team city I love! When I left art school to few people with their finger on Stout is packed with massive twisting intertwined were matched with the mighty, embark on a career in beer, I never the craft beer pulse as much flavours, drawn from the variety of ingredients used mighty Tempest – a super cool craft thought I would be able to use my as Lynn. So what’s catching to brew, including smoked malt, blueberries, coffee and brewery hailing from the wilds scribblin’ skills as much as I have; her eye and tempting her bacon. In this instance, the bourbon barrel ageing was as of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. seeing my art adorn the walls in taste buds at the moment? much about giving the beer time to develop, and allow the Needless to say, it was a massive hit. the Edinburgh and Manchester “Right now I’m really digging that stronger and overly dominant flavours to smooth out and bars is epic and kind of surreal. breweries are starting to revive “Our recent collab with Tempest blend together, taking 21 months in cask to reach this styles that have been overlooked Brew Co. went down a treat point. The end result is a spectacular beer with a light “Nothing fuels creativity like What makes bourbon barrels special is the blend of or forgotten and giving them with Edinburgh regulars. and dry mouthfeel, but all the complexity of a Russian a Hardcore IPA…except for spice, vanilla, and smoky sweetness that they impart; it the recognition they deserve. Imperial stout. another Hardcore IPA.” “Tempest is one of my favourite marries perfectly with dark beers and emphasises the breweries so it was awesome to But surely, when it comes to art “I’ve been saying it for a while now qualities the beers already possess from the malt. So, Expect to see more bourbon barrel aged specialities in but I really think brown ales are the have the opportunity to make and beer, Lynn has a favourite? when we got hold of a load of bourbon barrels, we put future, but be sure to tell what you’d like to see! Tweet us underdog of the beer world! Maybe Marmalade on Toast with them. Wrong. Here’s her response when them straight to good use and filled them up with a range it’s the name that puts people off The final result was DELICIOUS! we asked who would win if art and of dark beers, from a sessionable baby Scotch ale all the but they’re absolutely delicious It sold out in under two hours!” @brewdog beer had to battle to the death: way up to an Imperial stout. Here’s how they turned out. and are very often overlooked.”

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