NORTH BEER CLUB
NOVEMBER 2020
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WELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER NORTH BEER CLUB BOX! We’re really excited to have launched this subscription service and take away the stress of getting your hands on our new releases on the webshop each Wednesday. The plan for the North Beer Club is to include as many of our specials as possible, alongside some beers from some of our favourite breweries in the industry. Ususally we support our peers by hosting tap takeovers at our family of bars in Leeds. Uncertainty around Tiers and Lockdowns and the general weirdness of 2020 has meant that this hasn't been possible, so we're really excited to include some of their beers in our Beer Club boxes over the next few months. Alongside your beers we'll be popping in gifts from the brewery. This month sees stickers, beer mats and an invite to an exclusive virtual event (see the next page for details). Your December box will have a brand new beer and matching glass, alongside some of the collabs currently in tank that you may have spotted on our social media channels.
The response to the North Beer Club has been brilliant - and we can't wait to build a community with you. Please send us any feedback! Did you enjoy the beers? Did they arrive quickly? Was this booklet useful? What would you like to see in your boxes? Either get in touch on social media or send us an email on webshop@northbrewing.com Thank you again for all your support during Covid 19. It's been a funny old time to be running a family of bars and a brewery, but the posts on social media, comments on Untappd, webshop orders and visits to our bars have genuinely meant the world to us. In the middle of March we didn't know if we'd brew again in 2020 and we feel incredibly lucky to have been supported by you. As ever stay safe, wash your hands, and look after each other. Enjoy the beers! Love North x
INTRODUCING SPRINGWELL During 2020 we've been working on something big. Terrifyingly big. But incredibly exciting. One way to make navigating a global pandemic that little bit more interesting is to have signed on a 21,000 square foot brewery the week before lockdown. In March we weren't sure if we were going to be able to continue brewing, let alone move into our new site. Springwell will be the new home to the brewery and our bar HQ. It's a little bit bigger than we're used to: You can fit 21 of the original North Bars in here! The brewhouse gives us plenty of space to grow into, allowing us to increase our capacity each year, and grow sustainably. There is space for a 500 person capacity taproom on site (a little less with social distancing) and we'll be hosting pop up street food events, running beer tastings, and tap takeovers in the space.
In a normal world we would have invited you to the opening. In 2020 we're inviting you to a Zoom. Join Alex (our brand ambassador who you may recognise from a beer festival near you) and Seb (head brewer who has just juggled managing a brewery install with home schooling and a pandemic) for an
exclusive tour around our new home. They'll walk you through the brewery, chat a little about our plans for the new kit, chat a little about our plans for the old kit (barrel aged project sound good to anyone?) and answer your questions about all things North.
Thurs 19 November 7.30 PM Zoom ID 837 4453 1056 Pass Springwell Or scan
NORTH BEER CLUB BOXES THIS MONTH GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
SILVER SUBSCRIPTION
NORTH X DEYA Style
Triple IPA
ABV 10.0% Hops Lotus + Idaho 7 + Citra Cryo
Our second Triple IPA of 2020 brewed via a virtual collab with the crocs from Cheltenham. This beer sold out on launch day but we squirrelled some away for the first ever Beer Club boxes. We started the brew day bright and early for a double mash in order to achieve a higher finishing gravity, bringing a touch more sweetness to the beer. This enables it to carry the weighty dry hop with ease. We aimed for an intense tropical profile with the hops: Lotus for big orange, vanilla cream flavours, with Idaho-7 and Citra CRYO bringing sticky pine and dankness.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
NORTH X SEVEN ISLANDS Style
Imperial Stout with Pistachio
ABV
10.5%
Hops None – this one was all about the dark malts and pistachio
Brewed with Greek stout wizards, Seven Island Brewery, this beer is full bodied and complex with flavours of raisin, caramelised apple, dark chocolate and a warming roast character. The beer was recirculated through de-shelled pistachio nuts adding subtle notes of wood, pine and honey. Dark beer for wintry November nights.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats + Rye + Pistachio
TFG: RASPBERRY + PEAR Style
Triple Fruited Gose
ABV 4.5% Hops
None – just LOADS of fruit!
Brewed using a 2:1 ratio of Raspberry and Pear. Raspberry takes the larger portion, delivering juicy, tart and earthy berry goodness, whilst Pear bulks up the mouthfeel and brings fleshy aromatic sweetness.
Contains Barley + Oats + Lactose (Milk)
INTO THE MERZBAU Style IPA ABV
7.0%
Hops
Talus (HBC 692)
100% the favourite beer in the brewery this month. Brewed with brand new hop Talus (codename HBC 692) this beer has flavours of foam sweets, vanilla, orange, grapefruit and coconut cream. This beer was meant to be a one off to try the hop, but once we tasted batch one we knew we needed to beg, borrow, and (not) steal for a rebrew. We’re not sure when we’ll get our hands on more of this hop so we popped 2 cans in the Gold Box!
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
LINES OF SYMMETRY Style
Double IPA
ABV 8.0% Hops
Galaxy + Huell Melon
Bold and incredibly smooth. We experimented with a new water profile to create a juicy DIPA full of clementine juice flavour, chewy dankness, sweet apricot and honey melon. Recognise the design? It’s the Refold classic waves which also come on a mug and t-shirt. Christmas gifts anyone?
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats + Wheat
NORTH X PARIA Style IPA ABV
6.0%
Hops
El Dorado + Galaxy + Comet
Once a year we brew a beer with Paria Cycling Apparel and organise a charity bike ride around Yorkshire ending in street food and pints at the brewery. We all know what happened in 2020... but the IPA lives on! This year’s collab is a New England style IPA with a deep yellow hue, smooth juicy mouthfeel and flavours of pink grapefruit entwined with passion fruit. Cycling enthusiast? Keep an eye out for our North X Paria cycling jersey based on the can for this beer landing on the webshop in November.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
SESSION PALE Style
Session Pale Ale
ABV 4.1% Hops
Citra + El Dorado
Our Session Pale brewed with Citra and EL Dorado hops. This beer used to be draught only (pints of it tasted excellent in the tap on a sunny day!) and graduated to cans during lockdown #1 this Spring. It’s now one of the best sellers on our webshop, with cases selling out whenever we list them. Easy drinking, low abv, basically a brilliant beer to drink on a Sunday afternoon when you’re pottering about getting the roast in the oven.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
INHERITED SILVER Style
Kveik IPA
ABV
7.0%
Hops
Sabro + Bru-1 + Mosaic
A Kveik IPA brewed with Sabro, Bru-1 and Mosaic. We first brewed with Kveik yeast after collaborating with Brian from Stillwater Artisanal in February. Throughout 2020 we have continued to brew with this yeast: From Session IPAs to Triple IPAs. Kveik yeast produces a fruity, almost farmhouse-y character in the beer, and we’ve been experimenting with different hop combinations. Inherited Silver is one of our favourite IPAs brewed this year, and has been a regular feature in the brew schedule over the past few months.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
SPUTNIK Style
Pale Ale
ABV 5.0% Hops
Ekuanot + Columbus + Citra
Sputnik! By far the best selling beer that we’ve ever brewed. And the beer that we’ve definitely drunk the most pints of. A hazy American pale ale that has balance at its core. Sputnik is fermented using traditional English yeast and dry hopped with New World hops: Ekuanot, Columbus and Citra. Bold flavours of juicy honeydew melon, citrus grapefruit, ripe mango and a touch of lychee finish with crisp bitterness.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Wheat
TRANSMISSION Style IPA ABV
6.9%
Hops
Citra + Mosaic + Chinook + Denali
North’s first ever beer and a stone cold classic. The first version of Transmission was homebrewed in Seb’s garage as a sort of ‘audition beer’ when the brewery was a mere twinkle in John and Christian’s eyes. Named on a night out in Manchester when Joy Division started playing at the right moment: “Someone should name a beer after this song. We should name a beer after this song.” Constantly evolving and improving, we are so proud of this beer. Enjoy!
Vegan / Contains Barley + Wheat
ORNAMENT Style
Session Kveik IPA
ABV 4.1% Hops Citra + Azzaca + Simcoe + Galaxy + Mosaic
Hopped like an IPA and fermented using Norwegian Kveik Yeast, Ornament bursts with ripe tropical aroma. The flavours are bright zesty lemon rind, aromatic pink grapefruit, succulent juicy pineapple, white grape and fleshy honey melon. This month we’re drinking Ornament to bring back memories of socially distant sunshine beers in the carpark at the brewery over the summer.
Vegan / Contains Barley + Oats
IN THE TANKS
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NORTH X DONZOKO
NORTH X PREMIER HOP
NORTH X MIKKELLER
DARK LAGER
NZ DIPA
IMPERIAL STOUT
A BRAND NEW BEER TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF SPRINGWELL
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A RETURN OF A BREWERY FAVOURITE FROM 2019