NORTH BEER CLUB
DECEMBER 2021
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORTH BREWING CO!
SIX YEARS OLD?! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?? THE INSTALLATION AT TAVERNER’S WALK, SUMMER 2015
Untappd says that we’ve brewed 223 different beers. That’s a lot of specials! We’ve been through a few expansions - the first one involved more tanks, the second one involved more tanks and our own canning line, the third one was a little bigger and saw us relocate to Springwell. We’ve collaborated with some of our favourite breweries in the world. We’ve visited a lot of different countries pouring our beers in California, Shanghai and across Europe. And we’ve had some well deserved pints on a Friday after work.
WOODENPINS SIGN CO BRANDING THE ORIGINAL TAPROOM, SUMMER 2015
BOTTLED SPUTNIK… A RARE SIGHT!
SOME OF THE FIRST BATCHES ON THE TAPS IN NORTH BAR. OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUTLAW’S YACHT CLUB WOULD EVOLVE INTO PIÑATA
TRANSMISSION’S FIRST CANNING RUN. AND A MUCH YOUNGER SEB!
THE FIRST FULL BREWDAY
EARLY DESIGNS FOR TRANSMISSION AND PROTOTYPE BADGES
We set up the North Beer Club just over a year ago and have loved bringing you with us on our sixth year of brewing. We’ve brewed lots of TFGs, dark beers and some favourite specials from the archive. To celebrate turning 6 the brew team all insisted on a TIPA and Six Times Around the Sun does not disappoint! Enjoy the beers! Here’s to six more (at least!) years. X
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BOXES THIS MONTH GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
SILVER SUBSCRIPTION
LIGHT OF SETTING SUNS Style
Saison
ABV
6%
Hops
Kohatu
Since our first brew of Transmission back in 2015 we’ve been playing with styles and techniques new and of yonder. North Brewing Company’s origin story can be traced back to 1997, when North Bar, our small and much loved bar on Briggate, Leeds, was born. Classic Belgian beers have been poured there now for just over two decades. Saison, French for ‘season’, was a beer traditionally made by Belgian farmers during the winter months to be enjoyed during the summer farming season. It’s a style of beer we’ve been eager to brew for some time and now we have two sites and two brew kits, it’s time to bring some funk into our repertoire!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + RYE + WHEAT
NORTH x BUNDOBUST Style
Salted Lime Sour
ABV
4.2%
Hops
None
Our second collaboration with Leeds Street Food royalty, Bundobust. We’ve taken our original collaboration recipe and swapped the lemon for lime. A tart, clean, dry and incredibly refreshing sour beer made with dewaxed lime zest, freshly squeezed organic lime juice and salt. The perfect accompaniment to Bundobust’s vibrant and delicious Indian Street Food, or your own home cooked Indian dishes! Thank you please!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT
SIX TIMES AROUND THE SUN Style
Birthday TIPA
ABV
10%
Hops
Idaho 7 + Strata + Columbus
It’s our birthday and we’ll cry hop oils if we want to! North Brewing Co is six years old! - So naturally we’ve made a beer to celebrate! Introducing *drum roll…..* Six Times Around the Sun, our birthday TIPA! (It was never going to be a table beer was it?) Six Times Around the Sun is the first TIPA to come from our new brew kit at Springwell! Seriously drinkable, it’s full of bouncy jelly sweet aroma and incredible fruit salad flavour. Idaho 7, Strata and Columbus make up a stacked spread of soft banana, sticky, overripe pineapple and honeydew melon persisting through the drink with sweet and tart freshly peeled satsuma on the finish. It’s the wildest tropical beach party on your tastebuds and everybody is invited!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY
NORTH x OSO Style
DIPA
ABV
8.2%
Hops
Strata + Mosaic + Citra
Brewed with our friends Oso Brewing Co, Madrid, Spain, this is a rich and delicate DIPA. 40% oats in the grist, the most we’ve ever packed into a DIPA. Extra Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, Naked Oats and Wheat starts the beer with a smooth and slightly dry body. Strata hops make up the majority of the dry hop bringing piles of fresh cut, crunchy pineapple and soft sweet, juicy and aromatic peach flavour backed up with Mosaic and Citra finishing each sip with clean pine, a touch of gentle spice, fizzy sherbet citrus zest and a zip of bitterness.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
NORTH x ALLKIN Style
Kveik IPA
ABV
6.5%
Hops
Nectaron + Azacca + Talus + Centennial
We love a Kveik IPA, so when we hooked up with Allkin Brewing and they suggested making one with us on their #roadtounruin, we couldn’t resist! This Kveik IPA takes a malt base of Extra Pale, Naked Oats, Flaked Oats and Wheat to make an ultra soft body that has allowed us to lay on some seriously fruity hops. We used Centennial in the whirlpool to bring out its intense pithy grapefruit zestiness, and piled in some Nectaron during fermentation to blend in resinous flavour and boost the citrus pith character. Azacca and Talus on the final dry hop brings bouquets of fresh herb, a touch of spice, sweet, sherberty mango and a dose of smooth coconut cream. Kveik yeast brings it all together with its flocculent yeast character and a touch of tartness on the finish.
CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
SHADE OF THE MOON Style
Peanut, Coconut + Chocolate Stout
ABV
10%
Hops
None
In these dark and cold months, dark beers are what we need. Shade of the Moon returns to your beer club box just in time for the festive season to help with the celebrations! Made up of a rich splendour of specialist malts designed to back up the chock load of adjuncts that went into this beer. Chewy and toffee-ish Mild Ale malt makes up the bulk of the grist with Black malt, Chocolate malt, Brown malt, Naked Oats, Munich malt, Crystal malt, Roasted Wheat and Crystal Wheat backing it up with luxurious dark roast coffee, sweet red berry, banana and raw vanilla flavour. A dollop of crunchy buttery peanut sits within delectable smooth chocolate ganache with lightly toasted coconut flakes scattered on top. Share with a friend or keep to yourself. This will serve well as a replacement (or accompaniment) to a lovely rich chocolate dessert. VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT + PEANUT + OATS
FULL FATHOM 5 Style
Coffee + Coconut Porter
ABV
6.5%
Hops
Magnum
Now is the perfect time to get into comforting and robust stouts and porters! Full Fathom 5 is made with loads of the fine malts in the grist, coffee from a Leeds based roastery, North Star (the same coffee that fuels the North team every morning) and toasted coconut. The smells that fill the brewery when the coconut is toasting... words cannot describe. Rich, roasty and slick. Balanced sweetness and a dry finish build the perfect beer for a second cold infusion of coffee and coconut to stand on and shine. The mood for the beer is comfort. It’s the perfect balance between a sweet treat and a robust and nourishing stout. A glass of Full Fathom 5 would transport you halfway between a nice cosy pub with an open fire and being on a beach in the Bahamas with a cocktail in hand. Top tip: if you ever see Full Fathom 5 hooked up to a hand pull, POUNCE ON IT! VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
TRANSMISSION Style
IPA
ABV
6.9%
Hops
Citra + Mosaic + Chinook + Sultana
A beer that needs no introduction, it’s Transmission, our beloved core range IPA! You know what they say about IPA? - Freshest is bestest! This Transmission is FRESH! New England meets California! Resinous pine, pithy pink grapefruit zest, savoury spice and fleshy ripe pineapple combines with a soft haze of juicy stone fruits and sweet mango. Transmission is an award winning IPA and our core range headliner. A beer we’re incredibly proud of and one that stands up against the best brewing has to offer!
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT
NORTH x UNITY Style
Fruited Sour IPA + Plum + Blueberry
ABV
6%
Hops
Citra + Mosaic + Talus
Made in collaboration with our friends at Unity Brewing Co, we’ve put together a fresh and bright Fruited Sour IPA. A simple grist made with extra pale malt, oats and wheat creates a rounded and fluffy base that plays host to mounds of fruit and hops. Seasonal plum brings an initial cut of drying tartness and sour grape with blueberry following with its unmistakable quenching berries, sweet vanilla and tannic qualities. A balanced dose of Citra, Mosaic and Talus hops exchange with the fruits, enhancing their characteristics and finishing the beer with a smack of smooth coconut.
VEGAN / CONTAINS BARLEY + WHEAT
UNITY ANALOGUE Style
American Brown
ABV
4.8%
Continuing our explorations back in time when everything had a cable and styles like American Brown Ale were all the rage! A brown ale with loads of complex malt, balanced fruity hop character and a crisp finish.
CONTAINS BARLEY
UNITY COSMIC BALLET
Style
DIPA
ABV
8.2%
Our annual Southern Hemisphere DIPA showcasing fresh harvest Galaxy and Vic Secret for all the tropical good times.
CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
UNITY THURSDAY? Style
IPA
ABV
6.0%
A big fluffy IPA brewed for friends. Hopped with Citra, Mosaic and fresh harvest Galaxy for bright tropics and pithy juiciness.
CONTAINS BARLEY + OATS + WHEAT
GUEST BREWERY “Beer is unique in bringing people together as a result of bringing ingredients together. Unity produces modern craft beer to make people feel good, united and satisfied. Their approach combines innovation and creativity with a focus on people and developing for the future in a spirit of positivity. Proudly community owned, they’re committed to making beer for you to enjoy.”
“OUR AIM IS TO PRODUCE EXCEPTIONAL AND RELEVANT BEER TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, UNITED AND SATISFIED.”
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WHAT YEAR DID UNITY START?
WHAT WERE YOUR BREAK THROUGH BEERS?
We started back in 2016.
Our core range beers Conflux Pale Ale and Collision IPA really resonate with people and definitely showcase what we’re about really well.
BEER STYLE WISE, WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? We’re big fans of the younger generation of West Coast brewers like Highland Park, Humblesea, Green Cheek and Cellermaker who are constantly pushing what the styles we know and love can be. But then there’s breweries that we always come back to like Sierra Nevada, Brasserie De La Senne, Thornbridge and Burning Sky.
WHAT EXCITING PLANS DO YOU HAVE COMING UP? We’ve just installed 2 new FV’s which will give us the tank space to brew a lot more lager which is really exciting for us, otherwise it’s just about keeping the momentum we have going with the quality and development of our beers.
IN THE TANKS
NORTH x FULL CIRCLE
NORTH x BRICK
NORTH x VAR VAR
FRESH HOP IPA
FRUITED STOUT
BARREL AGED IMP STOUT