Our latest modern take on a classic style comes by way of some of the earliest batches of beer brewed back in the 5-gallon days, when piloting batches for the eventual opening of our downtown location. The model for this beer, while hailing from Essex, was born out of the combination of PNW citrus forward hops, UK Ale yeast fermentation character, and highly characterful British ale malt.

Given the context of both where and when that beer was brewed, it must have been quite the brow raising UK pub bitter at its release, despite its eventual wins at both the 2005 and 2006 Great British Beer Festival.

And so, enters our take, Fox and Whistle, a sort of North American style bitter if you will. This beer was brewed with 100% Marris Otter, a classic Yorkshire ale strain, and a delicate quantity of hand selected Amarillo hops. Served via our nitro line, the fruit forward, silky delivery, and slightly stripped-down hop bitterness adds up to quite a bit more than the sum of the parts…indeed.

Pouring a gorgeously brighter bodied, golden straw-colored pint, we notice notes of bread crust, dried apricot, strawberry candy, and a lightly floral hop character. Every bit as drinkable as anything else we have on; this one is destined for nonic pours over conversations both deep, and vapid alike.