NORTH BEER CLUB
AUGUST 2021
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HELLO! July has been a busy month at Springwell. (I feel like I write that every month!). We have run out of capacity on the new kit already and have new tanks arriving next week. As you read this they should being commissioned! This month’s boxes feature some really exciting and interesting new beers. Many of the beers in the box have not been available anywhere else in the UK, and you’re getting to try them ahead of their releases on the webshop! We have teamed up with three breweries in China for a series of virtual collaborations. After lots of voice notes over We Chat we came up with three very different beers. Our Xenia Stout brewed with Yo Hustler is an Imperial Stout based on the flavours of Tieguanyin tea. This drink is traditionally offered as a symbol of hospitality when welcoming guests to your home, so we named it after the Ancient Greek philosophy of ‘Xenia’ or ‘guest friendship’.
With our friends from Nanmen in Chengdu we brewed a No Coast IPA. Not quite West Coast, not quite East Coast, this beer sits somewhere in between. We loved the style suggestion from our Chinese collaborators, and found it a really interesting beer to brew. Finally we headed (virtually) to Wuhan to brew with 18 Brewing. When we asked them what style they would like to see they came straight back with a request for a TFG. This TFG is brewed with Apricot, Lychee and Raspberry and sees Refold put a new twist on the TFG design. It’s a little stronger than we usually aim for with our TFGs, and we’re really pleased with how the experiment turned out. We also did some in person collabs this summer. We hosted both Bundobust and Queer Brewing at Springwell to brew a series of summer-y sours. Enjoy the beers! Lots of love North xx
SAVE THE DATE NORTH BEER CLUB TOUR, TALKS AND TASTINGS
THURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 6PM SPRINGWELL BUSLINGTHORPE LANE LEEDS LS7 2DF
We are so excited to invite you to our first in person North Beer Club event!
We can’t wait to finally put some faces to names, and meet you all in person.
We will be opening up the brewery on Thursday 16th September for an exclusive evening for Beer Club members. Throughout the evening we will be running tours of Springwell, chatting you through some of our latest beers, and telling you a little more about life behind the scenes at North.
Tickets are free but we ask that you register via the QR code to attend. This will just help us plan the evening and make sure that we are fully prepped and ready!
Please feel free to bring someone with you. We totally get that coming to a meet up alone can be a little intimidating. Having said that, there will be plenty of us here to look after you so solo members are more than welcome!
SCAN ME TO BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET
BEER CLUB BENEFITS WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO ADD SOME EXTRA BENEFITS TO YOUR BEER CLUB MEMBERSHIP!
TAPROOM DISCOUNT CARD Inside this month’s box you’ll find a discount card for 10% off at our two taprooms. These cards can be used at Leeds City Tap on Sovereign Square and at Springwell. Make sure that you say hi when visiting! It’s always great to put names to faces!
ANY QUESTIONS?
Get in touch on webshop@northbrewing.com
NORTH BEER CLUB MEMBERS’ AREA We have set up a new area on the webshop exclusively for Beer Club members. It’s very simple to use… Log in to the area using your existing North webshop account. This will recognise you as a subscriber and grant you access. Here you will be able to access all the North webshop range at discounted prices: You’ll find 10% off beers and 20% off merchandise. We have set up a one off discount code for a free t-shirt for every beer club member. Use the code BEERCLUBFREETEE to claim yours. If you’d like us to send it out with your next box just drop us an email on webshop@northbrewing.com and we’ll make it happen!
FESTIVALS ARE
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING BABY STEPS BACK INTO THE WORLD OF BEER FESTIVALS. Last weekend Alex and Kate headed to Manchester for the first ever edition of Manchester Craft Beer Festival. They couldn’t keep up with the demand for our North X Bundobust Salted Sour!
We are so excited to catch up with friends safely (we’re masking and sanitising!) and can’t wait to plan our own festival at Springwell. Fingers crossed that this will be a reality in Summer 2022!
31 JULY – 1 AUGUST BRISTOL CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL 6 – 7 AUGUST HOP CITY, LEEDS 13 – 15 AUGUST LONDON CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL 20 – 21 AUGUST EDINBURGH CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL 28 – 29 AUGUST VAN MOLL FESTIVAL, EINDHOVEN NL
BACK! Fancy meeting us at a festival this year? Here’s where we’re heading*
*subject to global pandemics!
2 – 5 SEPTEMBER LEEDS INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL 10 – 11 SEPTEMBER BREW BY NUMBERS, LONDON 17 – 18 SEPTEMBER BEER CENTRAL, BIRMINGHAM 22 – 23 OCTOBER MIKKELLER BEER CELEBRATION, COPENHAGEN
NORTH BEER CLUB
BOXES THIS MONTH GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
SILVER SUBSCRIPTION
WATCHING LIGHT MOVE Style DIPA ABV
8.0%
Hops
CryoPop™ + Nelson Sauvin + Talus
A fresh and juicy DIPA made a heap of tangy hops. Our signature fluffy cloud malt base bearing Yakima Chief : Cryo Pop™ Blend, taking the lead with its sherberty fizz of candy sweet and overripe mango. A big dose of Nelson Sauvin brings gooseberry and sweet chardonnay tones whilst a sprinkle of Talus propping up the affair with vanilla, coconut and lime.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + OATS
NORTH X BUNDOBUST Style
Salted Lemon Sour
ABV
4.2%
Hops None Too much spicy? We’ve got you. Based on Indian Lemonade aka Nimbu Pani we’ve made an incredibly tart, clean, dry and ridiculously refreshing sour beer made with unwaxed lemon zest, freshly squeezed organic lemon juice and salt. The perfect accompaniment to Bundobust’s vibrant and delicious Indian Street Food. Thank you please!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT
FADING FRONTIER Style DIPA ABV
8.0%
Hops
HBC 630 + Mosaic
Gummy gummy gummy we’ve got love in our tummies! Hitting you with another DIPA whammy Fading Frontier builds sky high atop our recent release, Sea of The Curve. Chewy, full of umptious gulpability with HBC 630 and Mosaic on the exchange bringing sweet bouncy gummy bear goodness, lots of cherry berry cream and zips of pink grapefruit zings!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + OATS
NORTH X QUEER BREWING Style Fruited Sour + Raspberry + Passionfruit ABV
4.0%
Hops None Our collab with Queer Brewing is a sessionable summer-y sour fruited with raspberry and passionfruit. We’ve gone a little lighter on the fruit and the abv than in our TFG series, resulting in a vegan sour that’s the perfect drop for a summer barbecue. Expect sharp raspberry on the nose, finishing in a jammy tartness, with the passionfruit adding a rounded sweetness to the flavour. 50% of the profits from this beer will be used to support the establishment of the Queer Brewing Foundation, which will provide beer and occasionally cider ‘scholarships’ for LGBTQ+ people. The foundation will also work to create open-source resources for bars, breweries, venues, etc for LGBTQ+ staff and customers. Whilst this foundation is still a work in progress we feel incredibly lucky to support Queer Brewing in their work, and cannot wait to see how it develops.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
NORTH X YO HUSTLER Style
Xenia Stout
ABV
10.0%
Hops None Brewed in collaboration with our friends, Yo Hustler in Changsha, we’ve created a rich and and aromatic 10% Imperial Stout. We laid out a robust grist consisting of Fawcett’s speciality Mild Ale malt as the base and reinforced with Chocolate and Brown malt and finished with Roasted Wheat making a smooth and decadent body. We added fresh peeled ginger to the boil and infused Tit Kun Yam Tea at flame out so as not to burn the tea. We finished the beer by recirculating it through toasted sesame and unsalted peanuts. The result is an Imperial Stout that sings a melody of vibrant and colourful flavours that journey through your senses with each sip.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + SESAME + PEANUT
NORTH X NANMEN Style
No Coast IPA
ABV
6.5%
Hops
Kohatu + Nelson Sauvin + Talus
Brewed in collaboration with our friends, Nanmen in Chengdu, we’ve cooked up a tasty and crushable No Coast IPA. Combining the sharpy piney and bitter aspects of a West Coast IPA and the highly juicy and fleshy tropical notes of an East Coast IPA, this No Coast IPA is dry hopped with New Zealand Kohatu, Nelson Sauvin and US Talus hops. The result is a plethora of crushed pine needles and sharp unripe pineapple jabbing with an opening bitterness. Soft, ripe and slightly tart gooseberry swarm the mids whilst Talus finishes with sweet and creamy coconut, vanilla and lime.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
NORTH X 18 BREWERY Style
TFG: Apricot + Lychee + Raspberry
ABV
4.5%
Hops None Our signature thick, slick and salty Triple Fruited Gose recipe made up of a big dose of oats, ale malt, salt and lactose infused with organic Apricot, Lychee and Raspberry. Apricot brings its soft fleshy tropical stone fruit characteristic making this a bellini esque affair. Lychee adds a distinct, gentle and aromatic sweetness whilst raspberry rounds it all of with a zap of tartness and earthy tone.
CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + LACTOSE (MILK)
FIELD RECORDINGS Style
Table Kveik + Mango + Camomile
ABV
2.5%
Hops Sabro Wandering through tall grassy fields, seeing what is around us. A metallic green insect you’ve never seen before, babbling brooks wash over stones, the sun glares and the wind brushes the tops of trees. It’s these moments that we sit back and take note. This beer is a recording of one of those moments. Starting with a light grist built with lots of soft wheat, we steeped chamomile flowers into cooling wort. Kveik Yeast works it’s magic and feathers the edges and fluffs an already soft haze. A gentle dose of Alphonso Mango elevates with its sweet and rounded character and a dusting of Sabro hops finish the beer with herbaceous and coconut notes. A beer for sitting back and taking it all in.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
FULL FATHOM 5 Style
Coffee + Coconut Porter
ABV
6.5%
Hops Magnum Rich, roasty and slick. Full Fathom 5 boasts a complex malt bill with coffee and coconut infused in the mash to bring even more flavour than before. Balanced sweetness and a dry finish build the perfect beer for a second cold infusion of coffee and coconut to stand on and shine.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS
QUEER BREWING FLOWERS Style Witbier ABV
4.0%
Hops
Saaz + Tettnang
Flowers are given in love and joy, celebration and commemoration, or just for the sake of it. Our wheat beer is as bright and vibrant as the most beautiful bouquet. Balancing the bold flavours of coriander seed and curaçao orange peel with the gentle snap of Saaz and Tettnang hops, Flowers is a modern twist on a classic style, for any occasion.
Vegan / Contains Barley
QUEER BREWING EXISTENCE AS A RADICAL ACT Style
Pale ale
ABV
5.0%
Hops
Citra + Simcoe
When your very existence is in some way radical in itself, sometimes all you want is an easygoing beer. This Pale Ale is just that. Hopped with Citra and Simcoe and fermented with Kveik yeast, it sings with mango, passionfruit, and ripe tangerine. This beer is for taking up space, and standing tall. We’ll be right there beside you.
Vegan / Contains Barley
GUEST BREWERY
QUEERBREWING
This summer we had the pleasure of welcoming Lily from Queer Brewing to Springwell. It was our first in person collaboration in a very long time. We spent a sunny Friday brewing beer, eating lunch from Bundobust, catching up on the past 18 months, and sampling some of her beers as they poured from the taps at Springwell that evening. Lily founded The Queer Brewing Project to provide visibility for LGBTQ+ people in and around beer. She is working to build community, advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, and raise funds for vital LGBTQ+ charities.
Lily initially started Queer Brewing as a series of collabs with her peers in the industry. She has brewed over 30 different beers in 5 different countries. In 2020 she was selected as the first beneficiary of Cloudwater’s Wayfinder Project. This three month project enabled Lily to develop Queer Brewing’s core range, and we are so excited to include two of her beers in this month’s gold subscription boxes.
IN THE TANKS
NORTH X PARIA
NORTH X RIDGESIDE
TIME IS AWAY
IPA
SUMMER ALE
GOSE