Black Lodge
Since their brewery expansion, Black Lodge beers have been appearing on hand pull in many pubs, such as Exchange on Hope Street, the Belvedere and Little Tap Room in Aigburth, to name but a few. Beers are generally one-offs, so you need to keep checking, to see what is available, on a recent visit I particularly liked their Big Moonlight Stout.
They will be running the Craft beer expo again this year at their brewery on the 16th June, tickets on sale now.
Flagship
Previous brewer Joe Murphy has moved to Edinburgh, with new Brewer Tom Anderson has taking over, keeping 8 core beers from the previous range, but with overhauled recipes. Tom is brewing a new special beer every month that will be on both cask and keg. Flagship beers have residence at the Ship & Mitre but can also be purchased across the city and the country.
Rock the Boat
Rock the Boat did some special brews recently, a Scottish Red Ale for Burns Night; a Festive Chocolate Stout for Xmas and a Golden Becher's Brook special for the Grand National.
Rock the Boat did some special brews recently, a Scottish Red Ale for Burns Night; a Festive Chocolate Stout for Xmas and a Golden Becher's Brook special for the Grand National.
Bottle Conditioned ales continue to prove themselves popular with the beer connoisseurs, low carbonation and complex flavours from the bottle conditioning.
Top Rope
Production and sales are beginning to pick up after the pandemic and Top Rope are opening their Tap Room on the 2nd and 4th weekend of the month. Cask sales are down due to outlets not opening and pubs seemingly preferring to buy/sell longer keeping keg beers, they are hoping this will change as the market grows in confidence.
Brewery tours will begin in April and will take place on the 4th Saturday of the month. Tickets will cost £15 and that includes four halves of their beers plus a Pullman Jack pie of your choice. You will also be entitled to a 10% reduction on out door sales
Liverpool Brewing Company
Liverpool stout is now in bottle for the first time and the brewery have just released some new Team Toxic beers - Bootlejooose, a hazy double dry-hopped pale ale (cask, keg, can), Every Beet of my Heart Borshch IPA (cask, keg, can) and Bosun James Gray which is a lovely New Zealand hopped pale ale in cask only.
Liverpool stout is now in bottle for the first time and the brewery have just released some new Team Toxic beers - Bootlejooose, a hazy double dry-hopped pale ale (cask, keg, can), Every Beet of my Heart Borshch IPA (cask, keg, can) and Bosun James Gray which is a lovely New Zealand hopped pale ale in cask only.
The brewery recently won 3 awards at the local SIBA competition, Gold for IPA in cask, Silver for Campania in Keg and Tropical in speciality cask, Bronze for Big Juicy in cask. They also won 2 bronzes at the National SIBA awards, for IPA and Tropical.
Love Lane
Love Lane have a brewing academy where anyone can sign up to brew their own beer (with some help from the professionals) and then, once ready, invite their friends to drink it at the Love Lane Kitchen (Baltic triangle) .
Love Lane have a brewing academy where anyone can sign up to brew their own beer (with some help from the professionals) and then, once ready, invite their friends to drink it at the Love Lane Kitchen (Baltic triangle) .
Any beer left is then sold on a Tuesday from the handpumps, so you might find an unusual beer on there.
Neptune
Neptune Brewery has brewed its fifth International Women’s Collab Brew beer in collaboration with Ladies That Beer, an inclusive social and educational group for women to enjoy beer, and with women across the North West hospitality industry.
The IWCBD beer is named The Hyades (pronounced HI-A-DEEZ) who are a mythological sisterhood of nymphs who bring the rain - the giver of life. It is a 5.3% Peach and Apricot Saison, spiced with Grains of Paradise. Using 100% natural fruit puree, the soft sweetness and subtle tartness of the peach and apricot are balanced perfectly by the gentle black pepper spice and citrus aromatics of the Grains of Paradise. It is classically dry on the finish with a gentle spritz.
Julie O’ Grady is not only the co-owner of Neptune Brewery, but also the founder of Ladies That Beer. Julie speaks about what this 2022 IWCBD edition means to her:
“Being able to get everyone together to brew again after what’s been such a long hiatus is wonderful. This is why we wanted this year’s beer to celebrate the union of the collective and its united power to bring positivity - hence the name that reflects this feeling of sisterhood.”
Emma Wheston is a long-standing member of Ladies That Beer:
“It was great to have the opportunity to get so involved in the brewing process with other ladies, as well as being able to ask lots of questions without feeling foolish. It’s given me a much greater insight into how beer is brewed and I can’t wait to try it! I’m sure it will taste that much sweeter knowing I’ve had a hand in making it.”
The Hyades is on sale in keg and cans are available from the Neptune Taproom or directly on their online shop:
