An ode to hops and the hands that pick them. The combination of Citra, Nectaron and Hallertau Blanc creates a veritable punch bowl of tropical fruit with aromas of orange, pineapple, white grapes and ripe mango. A light, fresh body and a gentle bitterness results in a beer of unwavering drinkability.
Hops are often celebrated as the hero of a beer, the fundamental ingredient that makes a beer what it is. To some extent, this is true, especially with Pale Ales and IPAs. No job is more important then, than that of the Hop Picker. For generations, families of Londoners would travel out of the city to the hop fields of Kent and beyond, spending their summers aloft on stilts, freeing the vines from the wire work and delicately plucking the cones from the stems.
This beer takes you on that journey. A beer born in Bermondsey but with its roots firmly in the fields. By putting the bright, bold and fruitforward character of the hop at its fore, this beer is a tribute to the generations of Pickers whose tireless and careful work would ensure that only the finest hops made their way into every pint they produced.
Beyond the hops, a light malt including a generous helping of wheat keeps the beer fresh and soft, and an expressive strain of English Ale yeast compliments the fruit character of the hops. The beer will be brewed throughout the Summer, with a green-hopped version produced with hops picked fresh from the vines planned for late August/early September.
As ever, our illustrator Alan Batley has perfectly captured the story of the beer with a scene depicting a team of hop pickers hard at work.