MAY 2024
HELLO EVERYONE
We’ve got not one, but two exciting collabs for you this week with esteemed breweries Verdant and Ziemia Obiecana – our amazing production team are super proud of how these recipes have turned out. We think our North X Verdant DIPA could even be in the running for our favourite beer this year... but we’ll let you guys be the judge of that! We love that this collaboration allowed us to go beyond the beer, with Refold’s Beer In Your Ear zine, included in this month’s box.
We’re also excited to introduce you to the first TFG of 2024 – our 27th edition, just in time for the sunshine and a jam-packed month of events across North. For the first May Bank Holiday we hosted a Mexican Fiesta celebration at Springwell, in honour of Cinco De Mayo, we had a Cookout at Alley Cats to launch their new menu, we welcomed Chris from Verdant to North Bar for a guided tasting, and we joined the amazing line-up of breweries for Kirkstall’s
Great Exhibition of Prize Ales. And that was all just last week! There’s been loads going on here and it’s got us very excited for what’s to come over summer.
You might have seen on our socials that from 11th May we’ve got a new addition to our outdoor seating area at Springwell, in the form of a large LED screen. Think fresh beers, street food and a sun-drenched seating area as we soak up the atmosphere of the Olympics, the Euros, Wimbledon, Glastonbury and more.
But, enough from us – time to tuck into this month’s box! We hope that you all enjoy.
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TFG 27
Style Triple Fruited Gose + Plum + Peach + Jasmine Green Tea
ABV 4.5%
Hops N/A
Canned 19 April 2024
Our first TFG of 2024 and our 27th edition of the series.
Our signature, slick gose base has layers of tart plum and subtle sweet peach that balances against the salt. Starting with an effervescent sherbet note, laced with delicate floral aromatics from the Jasmine tea. The plum and peach take over, for a delicious smoothie mouthfeel that finishes with a rounded, soft and light herbaceous that refreshes the palate.
CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + LACTOSE
NORTH X VERDANT
Style DIPA
ABV 8.2%
Hops Mosaic + Eclipse + Talus + Idaho 7
Canned 19 April 2024
We were so excited to brew for the third time with the amazing folk at Verdant. Throughout the years, we’ve released two collabs, brewed at North; a citrus pale ale (2017) and the first-ever Triple Fruited Gose (2018). But there was only one style in mind for this year…
Our third collaboration is a deliciously dank DIPA.
We’ve used Eclipse, Mosaic, Talus and Idaho 7 from the 2023 hop harvest, commanding fresh, succulent and juicy notes of pineapple, overripe mango, honey-dew melon, white peach, and soft, creamy coconut. All on a smooth, fullbodied base of extra pale malt, wheat and oats.
But this collab isn’t just about the beer!
Our talented designer, Refold, sat with the brew teams from North and Verdant, taking a look back at our beginnings and to find out their
soundtracks to brew by – a further conversation on the art, culture and music surrounding craft beer.
We’ve included a copy of the ‘Beer In Your Ear’ zine within this month’s box, introducing you to the teams behind the beer and sharing the music that inspires them. Think of this zine as a conversation over a pint, sharing stories and discovering new music. On the back of the zine,
The obligatory bleacher shot
you’ll find links to each brewers’ playlist, so you can listen and enjoy!
And whilst you sip away at this delicious DIPA, ask yourself “what music would go well with this?”
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + OATS
NORTH X ZIEMA OBIECANA
Style Hazy IPA
ABV 6.4%
Hops HBC586 + Idaho 7 + Talus + Rakau
Canned 29 April 2024
Collaboration isn’t just about brewing delicious beers with our friends in the industry – it’s a chance for us to support each other, to learn from one another, and to shine a spotlight on the amazing breweries around the world. Which is why we’re honoured to have brewed this juicy Hazy IPA with Polish-based Ziemia Obiecana.
Based in the beautiful village of Ksawerów, south of the capital, their name translates to ‘Promised Land’, and their ethos of focusing on freshness and quality is one that we celebrate here at North. Our Head Brewer, Seb, relished the chance to pick the brains of Łukasz, Ziemia Obiecana’s founder, on how they’re able to showcase the complex, fruity flavours of the hops they use in their IPAs, swapping techniques and tips.
Łukasz, first discovered North in Malaysia, started homebrewing some years ago because buying Belgian beer in Poland was expensive.
Harry and Seb with Łukasz
Now, seven years later, he owns one of the most revered craft breweries in the world. Their small but mighty team of 5 are known for their barrel aged stouts, sours loaded with fruit, and their juicy IPA’s.
Together we brewed up a full-bodied Hazy IPA, that has a grist of extra pale, chit malt and flaked oats, creating a smooth base to highlight the vibrant flavours from the hops.
A combination of HBC586, Idaho 7, Talus and Rakau brings forward aromas of citrus, leading you into succulent flavours of fresh squeezed orange, white grape, nectarine, pink grapefruit, and white peach. Finishing with a delicate pillowy softness and refreshing zesty bitterness.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
INVISIBLE CITIES
Style Hazy IPA
ABV 6.7%
Hops Talus + Citra + Mosaic
Canned 26 April 2024
Originally created in 2022, this hazy IPA is one of our most popular exports.
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.
It has been a favourite of staff across our North venues, and we just love the design from Refold. Inspired by Italo Convino’s novel, that explores the invisible edges between reality and fiction.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
SONGBIRD
Style IPA
ABV 6.0%
Hops Citra + Mosaic
Canned 23 April 2024
A smooth and hazy IPA brewed with Citra + Mosaic hops bringing together ripe flavours of freshly squeezed orange juice, tropical stone fruit, soft and sweet blueberry and fresh cut pineapple.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATSATLANTIS
Style Session IPA
ABV 4.1%
Hops Mosaic + Citra + Galaxy
Canned 23 April 2024
Light, bright and laid-back, Atlantis is a 4.1% soft and crushable pale ale. Made with American Mosaic and Citra hops and Australian Galaxy hops, Atlantis sings with vibrant pithy grapefruit and crushed pine needle aroma and bursts with sweet blueberry and fleshy pineapple flavour, all rounded off with a satisfying bitter finish that keeps you coming back for more.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT
ULTRA PHASE
Style DIPA
ABV 8.4%
Hops Citra + Enigma + Simcoe
Canned 30 April 2024
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.
Designed as a homage to the pulp science fiction of the 1960’s, Refold has worked his magic to create another stunning design that stands out on the supermarket shelves.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEATLOST COSMONAUTS
Style DDH IPA
ABV 6.0%
Hops Mosaic + Ekuanot + Columbus
Canned 16 April 2024
Lost Cosmonauts has been a part of the North family for a while now. The counterpart of Sputnik, this IPA is named after the Russian conspiracy theory that fed into the science fiction of the 60’s space age.
An unsung hero of our regular brews, that we first brewed it back in March 2019. Since then, we’ve been tweaking and adjusting the recipe to bring it to where it is now.
We started building the recipe from our beloved Transmission, adjusting the alcohol content and adding a double dry hop to really amp up the flavours! Loaded with the iconic Mosaic and backed up with Ekuanot and Columbus, it covers a lot of ground on the flavour scale. Fresh piney aroma and flavour are upfront and rounded off with bags of intense sharp tropical pineapple and guava and rich apricot and mango stone fruit.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
SPUTNIK
Style Hazy Pale
ABV 5.0%
Hops Ekuanot + Columbus + Citra
Canned 17 April 2024
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.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEATATA RECORDS
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