Some news from Brains Craft Brewery on their final collaborations of the year:
The final two
collaborators in the Brains Craft Brewery’s Continental Beer Challenge have been
to the Cardiff Brewery to brew their beers.
Glenn Payne, brewing
maven, and Des de Moor, beer writer, were in Cardiff earlier in November
attempting to steal the crown in the Continental Beer Challenge.
Glenn brewed an
American rye beer while Des chose to brew a spèciale Belge.
Rye Catcher is an
American rye beer. Rye and Rye Crystal malts provide a spicy malt base and a
vibrant copper colour to this beer which is powerfully hopped with Apollo,
Columbus, Amarillo and Citra hops from the USA, producing an assertive
bitterness with robust flavours of citrus and grapefruit.
Brabo, a classic,
easy drinking Belgian pale ale made
with authentic Belgian yeast has a rich amber colour from Munich and Cara malt
and a restrained floral, lightly spicy hop character from Czech Saaz and East
Kent Goldings hops. It evokes the Grote Markt square in Antwerp with its
imposing statue of Brabo, the mythical Roman soldier who slew the giant Druon
Antigoon and threw his hand into the river Schelde.
Both Rye Catcher and
Brabo will be contenders in the Brains Craft Brewery’s Continental Beer
Challenge. Joining them will be Dissolution (dubbel - Pete Brown), Blackbird
(schwarzbier – Robyn Black), Three C-Son (saison – Adrian Tierney-Jones) The
Ides of Märzen (märzen - Sophie Atherton) and Brains’ contender Achilles Heel
(helles).
The judging will take
place on the 5th of December, ahead of the British Guild of Beer Writers dinner.
Last year’s winners were Thinking Drinkers. Their Boilermaker was crowned the
winner of the Ultimate IPA Challenge, and is stocked in Tesco and
Morrisons.
Rye Catcher will be
available in cask and Brabo will be available in keg in Brains pubs in December.
Rye Catcher will also be available at The Rake, Borough Market and The Bull,
Highgate while Brabo will be available in cask at the Dog and Bell, Deptford.
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