Category: The beer next beer is …

Look out for our new beer ‘Ambling Home’, an amber ale made with Maris Otter pale malt, crystal malt and lager malt and Willamette hops. It has a lovely amber-red colour and unique flavour. Coming soon to a shop near you.

The next new beer from Hermitage Brewery is ‘Jubilee’. This is a light, summer ale. You could call it a Berkshire Lager. Brewed for summertime drinking with lager malt and continental hops, we’ve used a Belgian yeast to ferment it. It was first on sale at the Regimental open day at the Denison Barracks but…

Just bottled at the end of last week (10th April) is our new ale for the spring. It’s named after and in honour of the celebrations in nearby Hungerford. We dry-hopped the beer during maturation using Sussex hops which give a hint of lemon to the beer. So look out for this one in the…

With Burn’s Night not so far away and with a request to supply beer for Hermitage village Burn’s Night party, I’m brewing ‘Auld Peat’. This has some whiskey malt in it to give a slight smokiness to the ale plus Progress and Challenger bittering hops and Williamette for the aroma. I will be putting it…

‘Wassail’ is now all bottled up. 166 bottles in all – the most I’ve ever made in one batch. Have kept a little for tasting but hope to have it ready for sale by the end of the week. I’ve resurrected a warm box, originally made by my late father-in-law for wine-making, and I’m using…

The next beer will be … well I was going to call it ‘Chapter House’. But somehow this doesn’t seem quite right for this seasonal ale. Having scratched my brains a bit and researched other beer names, I’ve now decided it will be ‘Wassail’. This is a pun on the ancient Anglo-Saxon shout of ‘wassail’…

The next beer will be ‘Chapter House’. This is in keeping with Hermitage and possible links to Reading Abbey and other ancient religious houses. I’m trying to create a warm, seasonal beer that you can enjoy in company rather like the monks of old would sit in the Chapter House to talk about everyday things.…