Ironbridge Brewery http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog Mash hopped for a fuller flavour Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:45:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 Double Good News http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/double-good-news/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/double-good-news/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:45:09 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=519 Wow – what a week this is proving to be. Firstly our pub – The Old Fighting Cocks in Oakengates has been announced as the 2013 CAMRA Telford and East Shropshire Branch Pub Of The Year. Then in the budget today the chancellor has announced he’s scrapping the beer duty escalator and actually cutting the duty . . . → Read More: Double Good News]]> Wow – what a week this is proving to be. Firstly our pub – The Old Fighting Cocks in Oakengates has been announced as the 2013 CAMRA Telford and East Shropshire Branch Pub Of The Year. Then in the budget today the chancellor has announced he’s scrapping the beer duty escalator and actually cutting the duty on beer. Two excellent reasons to celebrate. Weyheeeey.

]]> http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/double-good-news/feed/ 0 Mash hopped for a fuller flavour http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/mash-hopped-for-a-fuller-flavour/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/mash-hopped-for-a-fuller-flavour/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:52:56 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=497 We’ve been keeping it a bit quiet but now’s the time to let you all know what’s been happening in the mash tun. Back in January we started experimenting with an old hopping method called mash hopping. By adding fresh whole leaf hops to the top of the grain bed just prior to sparging we can . . . → Read More: Mash hopped for a fuller flavour]]> We’ve been keeping it a bit quiet but now’s the time to let you all know what’s been happening in the mash tun. Back in January we started experimenting with an old hopping method called mash hopping. By adding fresh whole leaf hops to the top of the grain bed just prior to sparging we can extract additional hop flavours without increasing the overall bitterness. Initial trials proved very successful and feedback was very positive. We revamped our recipes following the hop shortage and ‘Gold’ was the first beer to get the full mash hopping treatment. All of our beers now utilise this unique hopping method. We think it gives our beers a much more complex flavour profile and a certain refinement and balance.

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]]> http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/hacked/feed/ 0 Stout from the wood http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/stout-from-the-wood/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/stout-from-the-wood/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:50:30 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=442 We went down to @Wadworth brewery yesterday and collected our first oak casks. Just a couple of 18s to test out oak ageing Wenlock Stout. They’ll be filled on Thursday and then into the cellar at @F1ghtingcocks to rest for a while. Look out for Stout From The Wood at The Fighting Cocks in the . . . → Read More: Stout from the wood]]> We went down to @Wadworth brewery yesterday and collected our first oak casks. Just a couple of 18s to test out oak ageing Wenlock Stout. They’ll be filled on Thursday and then into the cellar at @F1ghtingcocks to rest for a while. Look out for Stout From The Wood at The Fighting Cocks in the new year.

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Have a look . . . → Read More: Beer Direct]]> We’re launching our new beer direct web site. You can now buy 20 litre polypins of real ale and we’ll deliver them for free to a mainland UK address.
20 litres is about 35 pints and the beer will keep fresh for at least two weeks. Real ale at home for around £1.80 a pint.

Have a look at the site at http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/beerdirect/ and get some beer in.

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Craft Gold is cold filtered, not pasteurised, and therefore it retains all of the flavour of its real ale counterpart (Centennial). If anything the flavour is enhanced by the light carbonation and chilling to around 5 . . . → Read More: Craft beer]]> Announcing our new craft beer. Ironbridge Craft Gold is a 4.3% continental style beer in a keg. Yes – a keg!

Craft Gold is cold filtered, not pasteurised, and therefore it retains all of the flavour of its real ale counterpart (Centennial). If anything the flavour is enhanced by the light carbonation and chilling to around 5 degrees C. The end result is a very full flavoured continental style beer which doesn’t suffer from any of the drawbacks of cask (aka real) ale. We still love real ale and we’ll continue to brew it as fast as we can but real ale isn’t the be all and end all. There’s been lots of public debate recently about the merits and otherwise of real versus craft and I refuse to join in. Here’s what our craft beer is ….

+Full flavoured
+All natural ingredients
+No sulphites
+No added sugar
+Traditionally brewed and then cold filtered
+Easier to handle than real ale
+Better shelf life than real ale

and here’s what it’s not ….
-mass produced
-bland
-pasteurised
-tasteless
-full of chemicals

Best try it :-)

]]> http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/craft-beer/feed/ 0 Video star http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/video-star/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/video-star/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:33:14 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=323 Our Foundry Gold features in a new recipe video by our friends at The Hundred House Hotel. Not sure who Stuart means by . . . → Read More: Video star]]> Our Foundry Gold features in a new recipe video by our friends at The Hundred House Hotel. Not sure who Stuart means by “grumpy” mind!

]]> http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/video-star/feed/ 0 Bring Your Own Jug http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/bring-your-own-jug/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/bring-your-own-jug/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:35:55 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=282 You can now bring your own container down to the brewery and get it filled up for £1.50 per pint. Call us on 01952 433910 to check we’re in. Large tankers may need to be booked . . . → Read More: Bring Your Own Jug]]> You can now bring your own container down to the brewery and get it filled up for £1.50 per pint. Call us on 01952 433910 to check we’re in. Large tankers may need to be booked in advance.

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]]> http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/more-candles/feed/ 0 Drinking at home? http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/drinking-at-home/ http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/blog/drinking-at-home/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:14:32 +0000 admin http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/?p=272 If you’re planning on drinking at home there’s no need to compromise on quality. Our excellent real ales are available in 4 pint jugs, in 5L minicasks, in 10L polypins, in 20L polypins and in 9 gallon casks. Please call the brewery to place your order and we’ll deliver free to any TF postcode. Alternatively bring your . . . → Read More: Drinking at home?]]> If you’re planning on drinking at home there’s no need to compromise on quality. Our excellent real ales are available in 4 pint jugs, in 5L minicasks, in 10L polypins, in 20L polypins and in 9 gallon casks. Please call the brewery to place your order and we’ll deliver free to any TF postcode.
Alternatively bring your own clean container down to the brewery any day and we’ll fill it for just £1.50 per pint.

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