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Premium Craft Beer
County Durham
Aim
Shape our brewery, the beer and the brand. Be at the very beginning of our Premium Craft Brewery - taste our beers, influence our brand.
Premium Craft Beer
The Project
We are ultimately planning on opening a fully commercial 10 barrel brewery (40 casks per brew, 1635 litres) near Darlington in Spring 2017. However, the current project is to brew small test batches (350 bottles in total) so to enable us to refine and develop the beers and brand.
Across April and May 2016 we will brew four different trial beers at Brewlab Ltd in Sunderland, the country’s leading microbrewery training and analysis centre.
Our inspiration and motivation comes from a love of beer and the realisation that in a sector awash with ‘craft’ beers - only genuine quality will stand out. We will deliver an immaculate, high quality, flavoursome and aromatic beer to market with no compromises. The only way is to plan, conduct research, listen to the responses and develop the product. Nee gimmicks, nee fuss, just quality beer.
Your pledge will help fund brewing the trial beers and staging the tasting and brand focus evenings.
The Trial Brews
Golden Ale – 4.0% - A true golden ale, packed with floral and citrus hop flavour and aroma. A light and refreshing beer.
Premium Bitter – 4.4% - A proper traditional best bitter, with plenty of mouth feel, rich resinous fruit flavours and a balanced hop bitterness.
Pale Ale – 4.5% - This is a full bodied classic but with considerably less hop bitterness. The hop notes are very subtle, utilising English Fuggles and Goldings.
IPA – 5.0% - Brilliantly bright and extremely well hopped. Light on malt complexity this IPA bursts with citrus aroma and a long lasting rich hop bitterness.
Tasting and Brand Focus Evenings
1 – Old George Inn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EZ on Friday 3rd June 7:00pm-9:30pm
2 – The Green Room, Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1AT on Thursday 9th June 7:00pm-9:30pm
Your Pledge. Your Reward.
Pledge £15 and be at the very beginning of this exciting venture. You are invited to our tasting and brand focus evening. This will include:
- A brief introduction to our vision for the brewery
- Be the first to try our 4 beers (at least 2 pints)
- Influence the beers, the brand and the brewery by telling us what you think
- An informal discussion on all things beer and brewing
- Your pledge will be documented on our website (when we get one)
Thank you for your time, your donation and shaping our brewery.
Premium Craft Beer
We will brew premium craft beer, where quality is everything. We will produce immaculate, aromatic, flavoursome and memorable beer. Achievable through brewing technique, science, consistency and no compromise on quality.
We will sell premium cask and bottled beers across the North East of England, catering to an ever more diverse range of drinkers. Through our brand and marketing, brewery culture and ultimately quality beer we will appeal beyond the typical.
Who Are We?
We love beer, myself Daniel and my wife Gemma McColl. I have worked on scientific research projects in the past but for the last 4 years I have been head brewer at a large microbrewery in Cumbria. With my firm understanding of scientific procedure and commercial brewing and Gemma’s creativity we are to launch our brewery in spring 2017.
This project successfully funded on 22nd May 2016