Home Run! An American Cream Ale
The welcome return of an old favourite! Delicate aromas of lemon and lime leaf, aromatic lychee, dill and a touch of corn. Light, clean and crisp on the palate with more notes of lemon, lychee and blueberries. Low bitterness with a clean finish and a touch more corn.
Originally brewed in 2014, The Cream Ale was a unique, Sorachi Ace single hop Ale/Lager hybrid that quickly became a firm favourite. However, with inconsistencies with the characteristics of the hops, and hindered by our rigid naming convention, The Cream Ale was retired in 2020. Now back with a fresh new look (inspired by the original illustrations) and a new name, Home Run! has re-captured the magic of the early batches of The Cream Ale.
Big Top Bitter
The origin the behind the Big Top Bitter was to brew a bitter that represented a marriage of my own love of Black Country and Shropshire brewers. The beers I often drank back home in the West Mids finished dry with a bitter finish. Additionally, they almost always had a high level of hopping derived from British Hops grown in Herefordshire, incidentIy, where I grew up. Having a deep appreciation for this brewing culture I wanted to brew a beer that reflected it. We chose Maris Otter as a base and loaded the grist with crystal and amber malts. We wanted a rich malt backbone that would support the hop additions and give body to the bitterness.
Late last summer, we visited a couple of Hop Farms in Kent. We were looking to experiment with our brewhouse and find ways to successfully brew a wet hop beer. Needless to say, we succeeded and were extremely pleased with the results. This served as a springboard; we repeated the technique using Fresh Whole leaf East Kent Goldings instead of Wet Hops. We used our Mash Tun as a hop back and loaded it with then EKG to give a brilliant, fruit-forward hop aroma.
Richard Ekins (The Brewer)
UCaLe - Brewed to commemorate UCL's Bicentennial
Founded 200 years ago, UCL emerged when London was the global hub of brewing - an industrial era dominated by fierce competition among the city's largest porter breweries. Porter, the dark precursor to stout, was a staple for workers and city dwellers alike, no doubt also enjoyed by some of UCL's early staff and students!
184 years on, as London's brewing heritage waned, UCL Psychology Lecturer Dr Keith Langley advised student John (Jack) Hobday to home-brew “to save some money on beer!”. Inspired, Jack teamed up with then flatmate Paul Anspach (a King's College London Philosophy alumnus), and in 2014 they founded Anspach & Hobday.
Twelve years later, we proudly present UCaLe, a light, fresh, English-hopped Bermondsey Pale inspired by the London workers who travelled to Kent each summer to pick hops. It features the hop variety Ernest, rediscovered and named after pioneering mycologist, Ernest Stanley Salmon (1871-1959), who worked at Wye College, University of London.
This year, as UCL marks its 200th anniversary and our brewery turns 12, we're thrilled to say we are now London's biggest porter brewery, thanks to our renowned London Black. A historic milestone we hope our academic forebears would applaud.
To find out more about UCL's bicentennial plans visit the UCL200 website and please visit UCL's Institute bar to enjoy UCaLe on campus.
Please enjoy responsibly!
John (Jack) Hobday, BSc (Hons) Psychology 2010, UCL
Drink London Black! Drink London Black! - Carol of the London Black.
Drink London Black! Drink London Black!
Our beloved London Black gets its own Christmas Carol and Music Video! Captured in the studio and on the night at our famous Christmas Carols evening, this re-imagining of a Christmas classic is as smooth on the ear as London Black is on the palate.
Huge thanks to Matt The List and his Christmas Choir for lending us their voices, and to Harry Wrigley for capturing the magic.
Head over to the webshop to stock up, crack open a can and sing along to your new favourite Christmas Carol! Yummy Yummy Yummy Porter!
Credits:
Video Filmed and Produced by Ellie Edmonds and Anspach & Hobday
Original Composer: Mykola Leontovych
Lyrics: Matthew Hickman, Anspach & Hobday
Producer/Engineer: Harry Wrigley
Performers: Matt The List’s Christmas Choir, Anspach & Hobday
London Black - (4.4%)
from £3.75
London Black (4.4%) - Bringing together the rich history and heritage of London Porters with the modern techniques of brewing nitro beers, London Black is characterful, yet smooth, balanced and effortlessly drinkable. Notes of roasted coffee and chocolate are balanced by a touch of red fruit from the hops, and brought together with the smooth, creamy mouthfeel achieved by the use of nitrogen.
Pour gently, settle and enjoy.
These are 470ml cans.
Print: London Black #7: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
from £21.50
Our seventh edition of our limited run of London Black prints inspired by the brewing industry’s rich print advertising history. Two limited edition posters, pre and post Santa!
These posters are sold as a pair in either A2 or A3 size.
Posters do not include a frame.