Originally a cask-conditioned lager, this pale beer is crisp, refreshing, and much less gassy than most others. Winner of the Gold Medal at the International Beer Awards 2009.
Superb hop profile, combining aromatic Hallertau Hersbrucker hops with spicy Challenger, finished by late-hopping with Styrian Goldings which give a very distinctive citrus sharpness.
Ola Dubh (or Black Oil) is so named because it is gloopy and viscous. This limited realease has been matured in casks from Orkney's award-winning Highland Park distillery to add complementary whisky notes to what is already an amazing brew. It is chocolately with a roasty, bittersweet aftertaste.
In this video, award-winning beer writer Zak Avery talks us through three different expressions of this cask-aged beer.
Wickedly smooth dark ale, brewed with a dollop of chocolate in the brew kettle. Naughty but nice.
Winner of the Gold Medal at the International Beer Awards 2009.
Ola Dubh 40 Reserve This limited release has been aged in selected oak casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 40 year old single malt whisky. The casks add complementary whisky notes to what is already a brew of remarkable complexity. It is redolent of chocolate and has a distinctive roasty, bittersweet finish.
Every bottle is individually numbered.
Rye is included in the recipe of this deep red oak aged beer. Slow maturation using bourbon oak and rum barrels over 57 days has imparted this beer with a delicious warming character that is bursting with fruit and lively spiciness.
Light golden in colour with a high proportion of wheat giving it a clean fresh taste. The mash blends together with the Perle hops and elderflower providing a bouquet of fruit and citrus flavours. Champion Speciality Beer of Britain 2004, 2005 & 2006.
A Scottish stout with a wonderful rich dark colour. A smooth medium bodied beer with subtle bitterness giving way to late sweetness and underlying roast barley hints. CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland 2005.
A light coloured, light bodied continental style beer. Saaz hops provide an initial fresh and zesty flavour with Styrian Goldings providing late aromas.
Scottish ale, a fruity, refreshing take on the classic Scottish style, dark ruby in colour with a gentle roast malt character and rewarding, fruity hop flavours.
A refreshing and full bodied sparkling golden ale, brewed using a blend of seven malts. Undertones of vanilla and fruit are offset by the citrus aroma of fresh hops, suggesting grapefruit and orange.
This is a traditional alcoholic ginger beer with a distinctly adult taste. Brewed using malted barley and wheat, it has a recognisably 'beery' flavour although it contains NO hops. Loads of fresh root ginger is used, some lemons and a small amount of organic cane sugar along with the malts... and that's it.
A rich dark ale, dominated by the strong flavours of roasted malts that are the foundation of thgis beer. Smooth coffee and chocolate undertones are complimented by the addition of late harvest cone hops, giving a lovely blackcurrant aroma
A rich ruby malt ale, medium dry with hints of toffee & banana. Balanced with fresh spicy hops to give a zesty, peppery backdrop. Red is a warming full flavoured beer to be savoured.
Created from a complex blend of malt & hops, Joker IPA has a fresh citrusy aroma and bittersweet, full flavour. This ale has the sole purpose of bringing a smile to your face...it will!
If ever ther was a beer to make you smile, relax and be happy, this is it. Fresh, aromatic and satisfying, Good Times is a county pale ale, brewed with a delicious combination of barley, oats, hops, meadowsweet and elderflowers.
The name of this Ÿber-imperial stout originates from the amount of time it spent exposed to extreme cold. This beer was initially double barrel aged for 14 months; maturing in the deep, rich oak of Scottish whisky casks. After this epic maturation the beer was then frozen, then frozen again, then frozen again.
This is an extremely strong beer, it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance, in exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky.
Sink the Bismarck is a quadruple IPA that contains four times the hops, four times the bitterness and frozen four times to create at a staggering 41% ABV.
This is IPA amplified, the most evocative style of the craft beer resistance with the volume cranked off the scale. Kettle hopped, dry hopped then freeze hopped for a deep fruit, resinous and spicy aroma. A full out attack on your taste-buds ensues as the incredibly smooth liquid delivers a crescendo of malt, sweet honey, hop oils and a torpedo of hop bitterness which lasts and lasts.
A Lager that actually tastes of something. 77 lager is made with 100% malt and whole leaf hops.
It contains no preservatives, additives, cheap substitutes or any other junk. Taste 77 Lager and you can be pretty sure that the fine line between genius and insanity has just become a little more blurred.
A titillating, neurotic, peroxide, punk of a pale ale. The seductive lure of the sassy passion fruit hop proves too much to resist. All that is even before we get onto the fact that there are no additives, preservatives or strings attached.
BrewDog's newly reformulated flagship beer - tons more aroma and a smidge less bitterness makes this a perfect IPA. The can "locks in freshness", we are led to believe. Or is that Carling?
This heavy weight of the beer world is strikingly delicate with a white gold appearance. The light fruity aroma dominates the initial confrontation; lychee, kiwi and passionfruit all prevail with subtle nuances of cherry and strawberry.
AB:06 is an 11.2% Imperial Black IPA which has been triple dry hopped. This beer is savage; boasting more bitterness and more hops than any BrewDog creation to date, combining loads of awesome malts and monumental amounts of their favourite hops.
This imperial pilsner was brewed at BrewDog by beer writers Zak Avery, Pete Brown and Mark Dredge. Extensively dry hopped and lagered since January, the beer is now ready to rock and you can order yours today.
"Kill your heroes, make your own idols. Whatever. Just drink our beer"
A collaborative brew between the 3 Floyds and Brewdog. Bitch Please is a spin on a barley wine brewed with peated malts from Islay, shortbread, toffee and eclectic hops. After fermentation the beer was aged in old Jura single malt whisky barrels for 8 months.
This Imperial Stout is brewed with copious amounts of speciality malts, jasmine & cranberries.After fermentation Tokyo is dry-hopped with a bucketload of hops before careful ageing on French toasted oak chips.
Made from a unique recipe and four 'secret ingredients' which coupled with the "steeped ginger" give the drink its sparkle, crispness and refreshing difference.
The historic market town of Pontefract has been the home of liquorice production since the 16th century.
Yorkshireman Sean Tomlinson has created this unique stout at his current brewery, Cairngorm, by combining malted roasted barley with the finest liquorice used in the famous Pontefract cakes.
The resulting beer is a strong full-bodied quaffable stout with a warm lingering aftertaste.