Our suggestions for your winter beers
Hops
Porter or Stout
Bramling Cross
Flavour Intensity
8
Lemon, blackcurrant, spice
Intense blackcurrant flavours and classic British spice make this an ideal hop for your seasonal porter or stout.
Cascadian dark
Cascade
Flavour Intensity
8
Lemon, blackcurrant, spice
The hop we all know and love, Cascadian character for a Cascadian dark ale!
All dark
Columbus
Flavour Intensity
8
Lemon, blackcurrant, spice
Dual-purpose beast! With punchy citrus, herbal and dark fruit notes, Columbus works fantastically in all dark beer styles.
Black IPA
Comet
Flavour Intensity
8
Grapefruit, mango, pine
Wonderfully versatile variety with citrus, pine and tropical fruit flavours. Perfect for a black IPA.
Chocolate Orange Stout
First Gold
Flavour Intensity
6
Orange, marmalade, spice
Classic English notes with a delicious marmalade character. Chocolate orange stout anyone?
All dark
Jester®
Flavour Intensity
8
Grapefruit, resinous, blackcurrant
With notes of blackcurrant and dark hedgerow fruit, Jester is a deliciously rich and punchy option.
Malts
Rich and smooth
Weyermann® CARAFA SPECIAL Type 3
CARAFA SPECIAL® is the de-husked version of CARAFA®. Using a unique process, the barley is de-husked before it is malted and roasted.
This reduces astringency, bitterness and harsh flavours, and accentuates the rich chocolate, cocoa and coffee notes.
Smokin’
Weyermann® Beech Smoked Malt
This malt is carefully dried over hot, smoky embers of well-aged beech wood to achieve its characteristic complex smoky flavour, while retaining a relatively pale colour. Can make up to 100% of your grist.
Just for colour
Weyermann® Sinamar® Liquid Malt Extract
SINAMAR® is an extract produced entirely from CARAFA® roasted malt. It contributes a rich, dark colour to the finished beer but imparts next to no bitterness.
