Round-up: Redemption in administration, Festivale preview, and more
Administrators appointed to Redemption Brewing Co
Redemption Brewing Co, in Tottenham, London, has gone into administration. This follows a winding-up petition presented earlier in the year. Read more
Festivale will raise funds for RNLI
Great Newsome Brewery’s popular beer, food and music ‘Festivale’ will be returning to their farm near Hull, on 19th and 20th June. Read more
Opinion: What brewers can learn from high-profile failures
Pamela Muir, insolvency partner at Thorntons, asks what the collapse of BrewDog and Innis & Gunn tells the UK craft brewing industry. Read more
Hospitality bookings up for Champions League final
New data from Access Hospitality shows demand for the Champions League final has surged ahead of today’s match, with bookings currently tracking 1,300% above the previous weekend. Read more
News in brief
Track have released their last two Digital Neighbourhood collaborations, ahead of their Welcome to the Neighbourhood festival on Saturday, 6th June. There’s a rare Gold Top triple IPA (10% ABV), made with Messorem, and a 4.2% ABV rice lager, created with Mellön.
The Drinks Bureau have collaborated with Powder Monkey on a canned Lagerita. Now in Morrisons stores, the 4% ABV brew is described as “the lovechild of a zesty margarita and a crisp lager”. It’s being launched with limited edition beer hats. These will be up for grabs at Morrisons stores as part of a competition during the World Cup.
Drop Project host their Friends Fest today (Saturday), but if you aren’t able to make it, this may be the next best thing. BFF is a 6% ABV hazy IPA loaded with juicy citrus, tropical fruit, and soft stonefruit flavours from Citra, Citra Cryo, Wai-iti, and Pacific Sunrise hops. Expect grapefruit, lime, mango, and peach, with a subtle floral finish.
• Balance Brewing and Blending, in Manchester, will celebrate their fifth anniversary with daily events from 18th-21st June. There will be: the Balance Cycling Club Birthday Ride, on the Thursday, from 6.30pm; a cellar tasting of old and rare Balance beers, from 6pm on the Friday; a bottle share on the Saturday, at noon, with a celebration and DJs later, from 5pm; and a blending session on the Sunday, from 2pm.
Open Mind (5.5% ABV) is a new DDH hazy pale from Left Handed Giant featuring their hand-selected Citra hops from Wyckoff Farms and Carpenter Ranches. Expect ripe berry, orange citrus zing, sweet melon, and some herbaceous haze.
That and This, These and Those (6.4% ABV) is a typically named new IPA from Pomona Island. There are aromas of freshly-squeezed lime, with notes of passionfruit and apricot on the palate. It’s hopped with Cryo Citra, Cryo Mosaic, Ekuanot, and El Dorado.
• Punch has acquired the King’s Head pub, in Poole, Dorset, from Hall & Woodhouse. The venue will re-open next month, having had a £300,000 refurbishment.