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The Gin is (Nearly) Dead: Long Live the Gin!

The Gin is (Nearly) Dead: Long Live the Gin!

Some readers may be distraught to hear that our Limited Edition Hopped Gin has nearly sold out. If you love it get your last orders in quick before we completely run out of stock! But, never fear – this week was a very exciting one for Beerblefish because our second batch of hopped gin was distilled!

Our Second Edition Hopped Gin will be coming very soon – it needs bottling and labelling, and then it will be ready for release into the wild. We’ve kept the base recipe the same as for our first edition, but we’ve used different hops.

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Do you remember when we found the hops growing up the gates of the industrial estate where the brewery is back in September? We had planned to put them in a green hop beer, but we never quite got around to it so we changed tack and decided to put them in the new gin instead. They’ve been safely stored since we picked them, so they were ready and waiting for their mission.

Beerblefish's James picking hops at the brewery

There were two plants growing – one of them had the spicy, minty aroma of a Fuggles variety and the other smelled more like a hop from the Goldings family. We think that this combination gives the new gin a slightly different character from the first edition.

We’ve also listened to customer feedback on our first edition and we’re going into three sizes of bottle this time. So you’ll be able to get the second edition in our standard 70cl bottles, as well as a smaller 50cl option and a dinky 20cl size – the perfect stocking filler.

As soon as we’re able, we’ll be putting all three sizes up on the online shop, so keep an eye on our social media for news. And get in quick if you fancy comparing our two editions – there should be a small overlap before the first edition runs out!

Posted by Bethany in Gin
Moving the Malt

Moving the Malt

The malt and hops from the lovely people at Crisps and Charles Faram were delivered last week.

Having had the freezer delivered last week I quickly moved the hops upstairs into the freezer. But the problem still stood how was I going to get a tonne and a bit of malt upstairs. The answer was call in the troops, thank you to Bethany, Darci, Paul, Tom 1 and Tom 2, for coming down on Saturday and helping shift it all upstairs.

Here it is all neatly stacked up.

Posted by James in Beerblefish HQ News, Brewing
Admiral’s Arch Ale

Admiral’s Arch Ale

The admiral hops finally showed up. This evening we were down at UBrew running up a test batch of Single Variety Admiral Ale. I have been meaning to do a batch with Admiral for ages, as a British hop with a pungent orange aroma, I want to see how it compares to the citrus notes of Citra and Amarillo. 

The bowl of hops you see in the picture above had an exceeding delicious orange aroma, with light herbal tones. I can’t wait to see what it comes out like. It is 2-3 weeks till I can, and I will keep you posted.

Posted by James in Beer Styles and Recipes