Friday, 16 December 2011

Polypins for parties

Ironbridge Brewery's Christmas Special. Four Candles features four malts and benefits from four hop additions and is 4%. Named after the four candles of advent it’s not to be confused with “handles for forks”. 
Appearance: Chestnut brown with a thick, off-white head.
Hops: Galena, First Gold, Crystal
Malt: Maris Otter, Cara, Crystal and Malted Wheat


20 Litres = 35 pints

Other ales in polypins from Ironbridge Brewery are Centennial (4.3%) This golden ale started out as a one off special as part of our single hop series.
Single hopped with the superb U.S. Centennial hop. Lots of hop character, tons of flavour.
Wenlock Stout (5.1%)  Wenlock Stout is a 5.1% traditional stout. The initial dry character is followed by a satisfying smooth finish.
Appearance: Deep garnet black, off-white head.
Hops: Centennial and Cascade
Malt: Careful blend of pale, chocolate, crystal and roast barley

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Green Jack Brewery's very fine ales


Green Jack Brewery, a multi-awarding winning traditional real ale brewing company based in Lowestoft, Suffolk and are headed up by master brewer Tim Dunford. From modest beginnings Green Jack have now grown to one of the largest real ale breweries in East Anglia, with our new purpose built brewery in Lowestoft beginning production of our award winning real ales in early 2009. Beers with a contemporary take on traditional styles.

A mixed case of 2 each of the bottle conditioned ales including;  
Mahseer IPA (5%, 500ml); An India Pale Ale as it was always intended to be, strong bitter and very hoppy! Our IPA has been Brewed with English bittering hops and American aroma hops, a winning combination! Named after the legendary Golden Mahseer, which is most highly prized fish a freshwater angler can catch! Growing to over 120lb in weight the mahseer inhabits the rivers of northern India.
Norfolk Black (4.8%, 500ml); A full flavoured, smooth Chocolaty Stout infused with a special blend of spices especially for Christmas.

Baltic Trader Imperial Stout (10.5%, 750ml fliptop bottles); An Extra Strong Export Stout. Smooth, rich and fruity with roasted coffee & vanilla flavours. If you havn’t tried it yet, you need to! Baltic Trader celebrates the North Sea sailing ships that traded between East Coast ports like Lowestoft, the Low Countries and Scandinavia.
Ripper Barley Wine (8.5%,750ml fliptop bottles); Champion Barley Wine. Inspired by Belgian tripel ales this multi-awarding winning brew is dangerously drinkable. Rich amber in colour Ripper is sweet and fruity with a warming finish
Gone Fishing ESB (5.5%, 750ml fliptop bottles); The Gone Fishing E.S.B.or “gone missing” as they call it in our pub, is a strong, deep amber coloured Ale, fruity and malty very drinkable for it’s strength.
Lurcher Stout (4.8%, 750ml fliptop bottles); Fruity, chocolaty, rich and fulsome, well-balanced with hops, yet So Smooth. Proving to be a real winner, if you like stout you will love Lurcher.