Oak smoked beer from Northern Irish craft brewery
Northbound, an innovative Northern Irish craft brewery, has launcheda new oak smoked beer using German smoked wheat malt. The 34 Oak
Smoked Beer is a bottle conditioned ale with an ABV of 4.7 per cent and 34 IBUs - hence the name. It's Northern Ireland's first oak
smoked craft beer.
Based in Derry city, Northbound has also just won business from
Fortnum and Mason for two existing beers in its five-strong
portfolio - 08 Kolsch Style (ABV5%) and 33 Sticke Altbier (ABV5.5%).
The brewer uses numerals on its products to denote levels of
bitterness in line with International Bitterness Units (IBUs).
It has also recently launched a 70 Magnum IPA (ABV5.5%), which is
described as a "beautiful, dry hopped, amber coloured ale". Magnum
hops give the IPA pine flavours with a "smooth, clean, lasting
bitterness".
The order from Fortnum and Mason is the craft brewer's first in the London area. It already supplies its range of beers to distributors in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland for sale to bars and the
off licence trade.
Northbound is owned and run by husband and wife team David Rogers,
an experienced master brewer who developed his skills working with
a major Australian brewery, and Martina, the sales and marketing
director.
"We are delighted to have won business from such a prestigious and
influential retailer as Fortnum and Mason. The business will be
tremendously important as we seek to grow our sales in Britain and
further afield," says Martina Rogers. "It's a marvellous endorsementof our craft beers."
"We have been planning this beer for almost a year. We thought it
appropriate to develop an oak smoked beer because we are based in
Derry, known as the Oak Leaf County. The product is a Gratzer style German-Polish beer, German hops are added to give it a clean hop
bitterness and 34 IBUs.
"Our other recent launch, 70 Magnum IPA is a beautiful, dry hopped, amber coloured ale. Magnum hops give this spirited IPA pine flavourswith a smooth, clean, lasting bitterness."
The brewery began distributing its first beers in 2015, the year
following the couple set up the operation.
Smoked Beer is a bottle conditioned ale with an ABV of 4.7 per cent and 34 IBUs - hence the name. It's Northern Ireland's first oak
smoked craft beer.
Based in Derry city, Northbound has also just won business from
Fortnum and Mason for two existing beers in its five-strong
portfolio - 08 Kolsch Style (ABV5%) and 33 Sticke Altbier (ABV5.5%).
The brewer uses numerals on its products to denote levels of
bitterness in line with International Bitterness Units (IBUs).
It has also recently launched a 70 Magnum IPA (ABV5.5%), which is
described as a "beautiful, dry hopped, amber coloured ale". Magnum
hops give the IPA pine flavours with a "smooth, clean, lasting
bitterness".
The order from Fortnum and Mason is the craft brewer's first in the London area. It already supplies its range of beers to distributors in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland for sale to bars and the
off licence trade.
Northbound is owned and run by husband and wife team David Rogers,
an experienced master brewer who developed his skills working with
a major Australian brewery, and Martina, the sales and marketing
director.
"We are delighted to have won business from such a prestigious and
influential retailer as Fortnum and Mason. The business will be
tremendously important as we seek to grow our sales in Britain and
further afield," says Martina Rogers. "It's a marvellous endorsementof our craft beers."
"We have been planning this beer for almost a year. We thought it
appropriate to develop an oak smoked beer because we are based in
Derry, known as the Oak Leaf County. The product is a Gratzer style German-Polish beer, German hops are added to give it a clean hop
bitterness and 34 IBUs.
"Our other recent launch, 70 Magnum IPA is a beautiful, dry hopped, amber coloured ale. Magnum hops give this spirited IPA pine flavourswith a smooth, clean, lasting bitterness."
The brewery began distributing its first beers in 2015, the year
following the couple set up the operation.