Room For A New Brew In Leeds
Posted by Duncan Greenwood on 29 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Brewing
While Yorkshire boasts more breweries than any other UK region – more than 70 compared to 16 in the early 1970s – its principal city’s own independent brewery didn’t arrive on the scene until 2007. However, since then the Leeds Brewery has certainly made up for lost time.
With sales now exceeding 20,000 thousand pints a week through the brewery’s growing chain of distinctive Leeds pubs and other watering holes in the city and further afield, tributes to the quality ales continue to flow in from beer festivals around the country. Leeds Brewery has fast become a stylish ambassador for Leeds, using the skyline and the city’s civic owls in the point of sale designs.
The Beers
In addition to quality brewing, the craft brewery has tremendous flexibility. The three home beers are:
- Leeds Best (4.3%) – a classic Yorkshire Bitter, full-flavoured with a superb, hoppy finish
- Leeds Pale (3.8%) – an easy drinking pale ale – light and hoppy with delicate floral notes and a well-balanced finish
- Midnight Bell (4.8%) – a premium dark mild. Crystal and chocolate malts combine to give a full-bodied, complex character to this award-winning ale
And brewing flexibility has certainly been the name of the game in 2009 with a different seasonal beer each month. Resolution (4.8%) – a crisp winter ale – launched the series in January and was followed by New Moon; Leeds Special; Ascension; Yorkshire Gold; Samba; Yorker; Funfair; Monsoon; and Gathering Storm.
November will be toasted with Hell Fire and Ale Mary will round off the year in December.
Having handled brewing PR for many years I’ve been privileged to sample some great Northern brews and I can assure you the beers, Sam, Michael and the team turn out are up there with the very best. Leeds Best and Pale go down perfectly in summer, but as the darker nights approach, Midnight Bell beckons. Cheers!
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