ISSUE NINE | FLAVOURLY.COM CROWDSOURCED CRAFT BEER The story of how your ratings and reviews led to the creation of a brand new craft beer range. PLUS: DEVIL’S PEAK BREWERY // CEYLON TEA GIN // BEER & GIN TASTING GUIDES // AND MUCH MORE! #DRINKDIFFERENT Every month, we pick the best photos shared online with the hashtag #DrinkDifferent and showcase them right here in the Flavourly magazine with a prize for the best of the bunch! Winner Congratulations! Good job, Big Ed. You’ve just won your person £20 to spend on our online bottleshop. That means another box for you to play with - woohoo! Email [email protected] to claim your prize! BIG ED Honourable mentions milovsorov on Instagram lexi_and_pepper on Instagram crafty_booze_nut on Instagram /FLAVOURLY @FLAVOURLY @FLAVOURLYHQ This magazine is proudly brought to you for free. It comes with your monthly discovery club box or gift of either great craft beer or gin. Box Alcohol Contents*: Craft Beer 10 x 330ml, £25. Craft Gin 3 x 200ml, £35 *discount offers excepted, subject to change 2 FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE ISSUE NINE Welcome A hello from the editor The Team I know I probably say this in every edition but we have a really, Kevin O’Donnell, Editor really exciting issue for you this month. Writer, beer geek and self- confessed crazy cat man. When As I’m sure you know by now, we recently launched our brand not drinking beer, can be found new, Crowdsourced Craft Beer range - all thanks to you, the watching professional wrestling. Flavourly community. These beers were developed using your Graeme Pickles, Designer ratings and reviews. And in this issue of the Flavourly Magazine, Artist, film lover and part-time we’re proud to tell you the full story of how it all came together. pirate. Believes we all need a little more horror in our lives and Elsewhere in craft beer, Anna Aitken is back to tell you all about everything is more fun with rum. Devil’s Peak - South Africa’s top brewery - and their foray into the UK market, and how they found an unlikely home in Aberdeen. Contributors In gin, exciting botanicals continue to be the key to a good story - Cameron Willis, Writer as Cameron Willis found out. Anyone for a tea party? Beer-loving writer with a penchant for mischief and a passion for travelling. Digs life, friends and Finally, don’t say we aren’t good to you; we’ve got all your gift- anything by John Steinbeck. giving needs covered in Flavourly’s Festive Gift Guide. Even better, though, is that every item listed in the guide is available Anna Aitken, Writer on Flavourly.com. Present shopping has never been so easy! Flavourly’s Beer Sommelier and buyer. Believes the stories of the With that, I’ll leave you to get stuck in and have a read. Please people behind craft beer is second enjoy Issue Nine of the Flavourly Magazine. only to the beers themselves. Cheers! Kevin O’Donnell VISIT FLAVOURLY.COM FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE 3 Contents 06 THE BEERS & THE BREWERS Find out everything you need to know about the brews in your box. 12 CROWDSOURCED CRAFT BEER The story of how your ratings became a new craft beer range. 16 FROM CAPE TOWN TO ABERDEEN South Africa’s top brewery have found a home in the UK. 20 THE GINS & THE DISTILLERS Meet the juniper-based spirits you’ll 12 be sipping this month. 24 WE’RE HAVING A TEA PARTY From Aberdeen to Sri Lanka and back again with a pioneering gin. 27 MIX IT UP Learn how to turn that Gin Discovery Box into creative cocktails. 28 FLAVOURLY FESTIVE GIFT GUIDE We’ve got you covered when it comes to gifting this festive season. 38 GIN BAUBLES The must-have decoration for gin fans is back for 2017. 24 4 FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE ISSUE NINE 16 28 38 VISIT FLAVOURLY.COM FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE 5 Beer Discoveries Each month, Flavourly’s resident beer geeks scour the globe for the most delicious craft beers that the brewing world has to offer and delivers them right to our community members’ front doors. Here’s what they found... ISSUE NINE JUICEBOX - FOURPURE DEUCEBOX - FOURPURE 5.9% ABV, IPA 8.3% ABV, DOUBLE IPA It’s a juicebox in the hoppy sense, One from their adventure range, dripping with fruity flavour and inspired by their own Juicebox IPA. aroma but don’t let the name Think citrus attack for citrus IPA fool you; it’s still got a punch to addicts - twice the hops, double the it and a lingering bitterness just malt and swimming with delicious like any good IPA. Juicebox IPA is a juicy goodness. A true tropical hop refreshing and tropical sensation. cocktail. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) FLATIRON - FOURPURE BEARTOOTH - FOURPURE 4.7% ABV, AMBER ALE 5.3% ABV, BROWN ALE This American Red gets its name The mountainous expanse of from Colorado’s rock formation, Montana inspired the making of The Flatirons. It’s a fusion of malt this hearty American brown ale, and hops, caramel and toffee something that’ll pick up any seep through along with a grainy explorer. The quadruple blend of sensation. A vivid and citrusy taste malts create many levels of flavour provides a smooth finish. like caramel, coffee and chocolate. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: COLD (4-7°C) PILS - HARDYWOOD PARK VIPA - HARDYWOOD PARK 5.2% ABV, PILSNER 5.2% ABV, IPA A good old German-style pilsner, it Hardywood’s take on a Virginia has that clean, crispness that you’d India Pale Ale, the malt is expect from this style thanks to the dominated by Heirloom Virginia top notch European pilsner malt. barley underneath the spring of You’ll get the bready taste of the citrusy hops. This creates bright malt underneath the herbal kick of tropical aromas and juicy flavours the German hops with a little citrus. for that perfect refreshing feel. SERVING TEMPERATURE: COLD (4-7°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) PUSH THE BOAT OUT - DEVIL’S PEAK TOE THE LINE - DEVIL’S PEAK 5.5% ABV, SOUR PALE ALE 6.0% ABV, IPA A sour pale ale that is dry hopped A juicy IPA that pours nice and hazy, for maximum flavour and all-round full of hoppy goodness and fresh hoppiness. The flavour has a good tropical aromas. Citrus and tropical tangy dose of citrus, backed up by fruits battle it out for your attention. the sturdy malt background which It settles into a rounded bitterness makes for a well-balanced taste with a sweet malty undertone that’s the perfect sour introduction. lingering on the tastebuds. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) VISIT FLAVOURLY.COM FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE 7 LERWICK IPA - LERWICK BREWERY TUSHKAR - LERWICK BREWERY 5.0% ABV, IPA 5.5% ABV, OATMEAL STOUT Let’s conjure some of the old Steeped in Shetland cultural fashioned romance of imported heritage, this oatmeal stout is IPAs. Except rather than India, named after a tool used in the they’ve come from Shetland. With a cutting of peat. Dark chocolate and body brimming with caramels, dark vanilla fudge bubble up from this fruits, herbs and grass, it’s a rich and black brew, and toasted seeds and traditional IPA with a Shetland slant. treacle engulf the palate. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) MUSSELBURGH BROKE - KNOPS BEER BLACK CORK - KNOPS BEER 4.5% ABV, SCOTTISH ALE 6.5% ABV, PORTER Inspired by an old folks tale that Inspired by a brew that came to talked of “a clear, brisk beer that light in the 18th century. Today, it was very agreeable to the palate!” has become more of a porter, with Smoky flavours of nuts, berries and an aroma of dark chocolate and chocolate come through in its light roasted coffee. On the palate, it palate, coming together for a dry, twists a strong aniseed flavour with satisfying finish. a short, citrus aftertaste. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CELLAR (10-13°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) RED RYE IPA - WILD HORSE PALOMINO PALE ALE - WILD HORSE 6.0% ABV, RED RYE IPA 5.4% ABV, AMERICAN PALE ALE A rustic red IPA that balances Inspired by the US West Coast, this speciality malts with the spicy hop heavy American pale ale is tang of rye for a bold and rich brewed with generous amounts of flavour. The taste of caramel lingers Cascade and Chinook hops. Expect underneath the hint of spice while citrus fruit and pine with a dry, the hops deliver the punchy citrus bitter finish – Wild Horse’s take on a and tropical character. modern classic. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) DARK BAY PORTER - WILD HORSE DARK HABITAT - MORDUE 5.0% ABV, PORTER 5.0% ABV, PORTER A reimagining of a historical Here’s a brew to ease you into the London porter. Roasted and coming chill of winter. Packed with speciality malts deliver a deep red flavour and oozing with aroma, it’s ale with dark chocolate, coffee and a porter infused with chocolate and caramel flavours. A clean US yeast raspberry for plenty of rich depth. strain allows the complex malt bill The tartness of the berries giving it to shine through. a refreshing lift. SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) SERVING TEMPERATURE: CHILLED (7-10°C) 8 FLAVOURLY MAGAZINE ISSUE NINE ELECTRIC BOOGALOO - FLAVOURLY PILLOW FIGHT - FLAVOURLY 4.5% ABV, LAGER 4.8% ABV, CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW PORTER Like all great sequels, our lager This dark, roasty-toasty porter is takes what made the original so full of Peruvian cacao nibs and beloved and gives it a twist.