North Beer Club #39 - January 2024

JANUARY 2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR Feels a little odd to be writing this welcome note prior to all the festivities, but we truly hope that you had a wonderful Christmas, filled with friends, family and, of course, plenty of delicious beers.

With the blink of an eye another year has passed and we’re so excited for what 2024 has to offer. We’re kicking off the year with a collaboration, an exclusive first taste for you lovely lot before we release it. Throughout the year we’ll be hosting more Beer Club events – make sure you keep an eye on our Facebook Group/Instagram page for the latest news. And we cannot wait to invite our friends from around the world to join us for the fourth edition of Springwell Sessions,

on the May Bank Holiday weekend – read on to find out more and claim your FREE TICKETS! This month, your boxes are filled with the freshest beers from Springwell – straight off the canning line plus a few extras to kick start the New Year! We’ve also included a few of our favourites from long-term friends Left Handed Giant and fellow Yorkshire folk, Zapato (with a cheeky little North Beer Club bonus as well)!

Never mind Dry January – we’re all about trying new things for the start of 2024! Hope you enjoy folks!

Love North x

AT A GLANCE GOLD SUBSCRIPTION

SPUTNIK Style

Hazy Pale

ABV

5.0%

Hops

Ekuanot + Columbus + Citra

Canned

28 December 2023

A hazy pale ale that has balance at its core. A good malt presence, fermented using traditional English yeast and dry hopped with new world hops, Ekuanot, Columbus and Citra hops.

Bold flavours of juicy honeydew melon, citrus grapefruit, ripe mango and a touch of lychee finish with crisp bitterness. The ingredients we use bind together to create an easy drinking pale ale that can be enjoyed by anyone at any time.

SILVER SUBSCRIPTION

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT

THE SQUARE BALL

INVISIBLE CITIES

Style

California Pale Ale

Style

Hazy IPA

ABV

4.5%

ABV

6.7%

Hops

Citra + Mosaic + Cascade + Chinook

Hops

Talus + Citra + Mosaic

Canned

11 December 2023

Canned

12 December 2023

Brewed in collaboration with The Square Ball, the Leeds United fanzine and podcast, to celebrate our home team, Leeds United! Citra, Mosaic, Cascade and Chinook hops bring a refreshing and sessionable balance of sweet tropical fruit and crisp bitterness that keeps us sipping on together.

Made using a fine crush of extra pale malt and oats, it’s soft, smooth and loaded with Talus, Citra and Mosaic hops. It’s a bounty of coconut cream, lime, succulent pineapple and juicy orange that swirl into a laid back delight of tropical punch.

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS

NORTH x ANTHOLOGY Style

Sicilian Lemon Gose

ABV

4.2%

Canned

3 January 2024

Our first release of 2024! This is a true collaboration with fellow Leeds brewery, Anthology.

Liam Kane has been a one-man operation (well… with help from a few friends from time to time) since 2017, brewing delicious beers on a small scale, overseeing each brew from conception of recipe to packaging and design.

When Liam first set out on his brewing journey, he wanted to create a rotating series of incredibly drinkable beers, hence the name “Anthology” – a collection of approachable brews. One that has been a firm favourite with us at North is his Sicilian Lemon Pale. So when we approached Liam about collaborating for the first release of 2024, he suggested creating a Sicilian Lemon Gose:

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + OATS

“I thought we’d do a hybrid of two of our beers…meeting somewhere in the middle.

The Sicilian Lemon Pale is one of the first beers that I brewed actually, on a very hot summer.

I like lemony things and I wanted to make a very refreshing beer with some acidity in there.

A palette cleanser and something that would be good to have with food. It is a surprisingly simple recipe. You know the best beers have quite simple recipes…but it was Dom from Thornbridge who suggested using zest at the end of the boil to finish it off nicely.”

— Liam (Anthology) “This collaboration has taken a similar recipe.

The gose that we make isn’t a traditional German gose. The base recipe we’ve used is similar…but it is sour and has salt. We’re allowing the lemon to be the star, much like Liam with his Sicilian Lemon Pale, providing a nice refreshing, spritz-y way to start the New Year, after the heavy decadence of the festive period.”

— Seb (North) Liam and Seb, sucking lemons Notes on the label design by Refold As this beer is a celebration of lemon I wondered if lemon had any deeper social significance. Seems so. Did you know that lemons were used by students to nullify the effects of tear gas in the 1968 uprisings in

Paris. This was made reference to by The Stone Roses both lyrically (In this citrus sucking sunshine) and on some of their album artwork.

An indelible link between the lemon, art and revolution was thus forged. The screen printed lemon artwork on the label is a nod to this.

ULTRA PHASE

FUTURE SKIES

Style

DIPA

Style

Citrus IPA

ABV

8.4%

ABV

6.0%

Hops

Citra + Enigma + Simcoe

Hops

Cryo Pop + Citra + El Dorado

Canned

28 December 2023

Canned

18 December 2023

We are entering the Ultra Phase… A sumptuous smooth base of pale malt, wheat, naked oats and rolled oats with Citra, Enigma and Simcoe hops brings continuous blasts of flavour. A base note of tinned apricot halves and pithy zest springboards candied mango, white wine-gums and gooseberry with crushed pine needles, lemon peel and passionfruit finishing with a pinching bite. Soft, fluffy, rounded and laced with dazzling fresh tropical fruit flavour.

Our third collaboration with Newcastle’s Full Circle Brewing Co brings us to making an IPA perfect for sipping in the sunshine! An extra fine and fluffy base made up of pale malt, oats and chit malt sets the tone for laid back easy drinking! One of our favourite hop combos, Citra and El Dorado, creates a bright squash of sweet fleshy pear, orange and peach with Yakima Cheif’s CRYO POP™ blend bringing a succulent tropical fruit salad medley. The chorus of fruits doesn’t stop there. We finished the beer by circulating it through lemon zest to draw out bright, balmy and tart flavours and aromatics.

The result is an undoubtable, proper sunshine refresher!

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + OATS

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS

KOMEDA

NORTH x NORTH BEER CLUB

Style

DDH Session IPA

ABV

4.2%

Style

Spiced Sour

Hops

Mosaic Cryo + Azacca + Rakau

ABV

4.5%

Canned

23 November 2023

Canned

9 October 2023

Smooth, succulent, and super sip-able. Komeda brings aromas of zesty grapefruit and fresh crushed pine, with the additions of hops into the whirlpool. A beautiful combination of US and NZ hops; Azacca, Rakau and Mosaic Cryo, to heighten the flavours of white peach, sweet nectarine, and pink guava. We added oats to bring a gentle, soft finish to this mouth-watering Session IPA, balancing against the refreshing dry pithy notes. Komeda follows on from our recent DIPA release, Kosmische, and is affectionately known in the brewery as the younger sister – lower in ABV but just as delicious.

We have a lot of love for our North Beer Club members, and to say thank you for their support we invited them to collaborate with us for a brew at Springwell. We asked our members to provide recipe suggestions and to vote for their favourite style, and here is what we concocted together. This spiced sour is packed full of autumnal, warming seasonal flavours. With our signature, smooth saline base with oats and lactose, we invited our North Beer Club members to assist with the brew at Springwell.

We put them to work cutting up plum and apples to roast before adding them to the whirlpool with a little cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. During fermentation we added fresh, organic blackberry puree and apple concentrate to boost that deep, vibrant red colour and boost those autumnal flavours.

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS

CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + LACTOSE (MILK)

GUEST — ZAPATO

ZAPATAPALE IDAHO 7 Style

Pale Ale

ABV

5.5%

Hops

Citra + Idaho 7

Zapatapale is the flagship fruity and soft New England style pale from our good friends at Zapato. Always based on Citra with a changing dry hop on the cold side.

This time they’ve used Idaho 7, so think juicy tropical and stone fruit flavours, sticky pine and faint notes of earth black tea.

Zapato are a nomadic brewery based in Yorkshire, halfway between Slaithwaite and Marsden, in the heart of the beautiful Colne Valley. The brains behind this brewery is none other than North Bar alumni, Matt Gorecki, who’s years in hospitality, organising Indy Man Beer Con for over ten years, and passion for craft beer has fuelled each and every beer that Zapato have created.

VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT

Zapatapale is no exception. This flagship fruity and soft New England style pale is always based on Citra with a changing dry hop on the cold side. For this edition, brewed to celebrate Arcade Beers 8th birthday, they’ve used Idaho 7. Lashings of juicy tropical and stone fruit flavours, sticky pine and faint notes of earth black tea.

Throughout January they’re offering all North Beer Club members 10% discount at their picturesque taproom and across their webshop!

10% ZAPATO DISCOUNTS Use discount code NORTH10 throughout January 2024 at zapatobrewing.com + Show your digital North Beer Club at the Zapato Taproom for a 10% off.

Zapato Brewery Ltd Holme Mills, West Slaithwaite Road Marsden HD 6LS

GUEST — LEFT HANDED GIANT

FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Style Milk Stout with Walnut, Vanilla and Cacao ABV

7.0%

Feels Like Heaven boasts an intricate grain bill with ten varieties of speciality malt; oats, wheat, crystal, chocolate and biscuit, to name a few.

With additions of walnut, Tanzanian vanilla and Forastero cacao nibs there’s plenty to savour.

Silky, toasted and indulgent.

Did you know that Left Handed Giant started brewing on a 100L brew kit from Small Bar in Bristol? A chap, named Rich Poole, handed some beer over the bar to Bruce Gray and Jack Granger, kick starting their brewing journey.

Small Bar has just celebrated 10 years of being a pillar of the South-West craft beer community, serving beers from around the world, with many of the LHG team having worked behind the bar there, from brewers to drivers, to the warehouse team and even their amazing artists.

CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + NUTS + LACTOSE (MILK)

Since then, they found their forever home in 2017 and opened their brew pub in the heart of Bristol city centre. But when we heard that Small Bar was celebrating this milestone birthday, we knew we had to include one of their delicious Stouts for you all to enjoy.

We hope you enjoy and, if you ever find yourself in Bristol, we highly recommend heading to Small Bar for a pint or two!

SMALL BAR 31 King Street, Bristol BS1 4DZ www.smallbar.co.uk

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SPRINGWELL SESSIONS TICKETS We’re so excited to welcome breweries from around the world to join us for the fourth edition of Springwell Sessions. With natural wines, North Bar signature cocktails, delicious street food, DJs and loads more exciting stuff throughout the weekend.

As our amazing North Beer Club members, we’d love for you to join us for the weekend, for FREE! You can even bring a friend, with 2 free tickets available for each of you.

Simply scan the QR code or head to our ticket page on the webshop, and simply enter the discount code to redeem your free tickets.

DISCOUNT CODE: NORTHBEERCLUB24

SCAN THE QR CODE TO SECURE YOUR FREE SPRINGWELL SESSIONS TICKETS NOW

IN THE TANKS

THE ORANGE OF PINK

FIELD RECORDINGS FR08

HOPPY PEOPLE COLLAB

PEACH AND LYCHEE PALE ALE

BA COFFEE STOUT

HAZY IPA