April
2008 - 500th Brew India Pale Ale Available Now
We
have just brewed our 500th gyle at the Westerham Brewery.
As we do every 100 brews, we have brewed a proper India
Pale Ale. Brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt it
is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness.
Five different Kent hops - Bramling Cross, Target, WGV,
Goldings and Northdown - have been added in five charges
to the brew; four charges in the copper and then a final
charge of dry hops. Call now while stocks last!
March
2008 - New Range of Single Hop Varietal Beers
Single
Hop Varietal - GOLDINGS 4% ABV - SOLD OUT
Fine Hops from Kent
March
sees the launch of a new range of beers from the Westerham
Brewery. The Single Hop Varietal beers will showcase the
finest hops from Kent in a mid gold beer of 4% ABV. The
first of the beers, GOLDINGS, features hops from the Finchcocks'
hop garden in Goudhurst, Kent. The beer is triple hopped
with Goldings: hops are added at the beginning of the boil
for bitterness, at the end of the boil for flavour and aroma
and is finally dry-hopped to get the full flavour of these
wonderful hops. Westerham Brewery is committed to supporting
the hop farmers of Kent.
March
2007
William
Wilberforce Freedom Ale ®
Silver Medal SIBA National Champion Bottled
Beer
William
Wilberforce Freedom Ale, Gold Medal winner in the
Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) South East Regional
Beer Competition, won the Silver Medal in the SIBA
National Champion Bottled Beer category. This adds
to the accolades for this beer which celebrates its
first birthday this month; selected by Roger Protz
as his beer of the month in May 2007 and The Independent
newspaper's Top 50 Beers in November 2007
Mad
About Hops - Kent Hops in 2008
We
will be sourcing all our main hops from three hop gardens in
Kent in 2008.
Scotney
Castle hop garden is owned by the National Trust. Ian Strang
produces choice Target hops which are used in our Grasshopper
and Little Scotney Ales. It is the last hop garden in Lamberhurst.
This year we have secured funding to plant some of the hop garden
with new varieties and will be attempting organic production
methods.
Finchcocks'
hop garden is on the other side of the River Bewl from Scotney.
Bill Calcutt farms superb quality Early Choice, WGV and Bramling
Cross hops which will go into many of our beers in 2008. Last
year we launched Finchcocks Original which won Gold at SIBA
SE within 6 weeks of being launched. It is now are second best
selling beer after British Bulldog. Finchcocks' is one of only
two hop gardens left in Goudhurst parish.
Hulme
hop garden in Wingham supplies the Northdown hops used for bitterness
in several of our beers.
Without
these valiant hop farmers we would never be able to enjoy the
range of flavours and aromas we do today. Support the hop industry
by buying real beer. Look out for our new range of Single Hop
Varietal beers
Luke
6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed
down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into
your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured
to you."