2012 update

So its been a while, but it always is. This is good because it means we're all keeping busy making great beer for great people. So whats been happening going on at Brentwood Brewing company?

The last 6 months have been great for us. Pacific pale ale was at the Mitchells and Butler IPA festival and from the feed back we recieved it went down well. It will be back in the summer but with more attitude, so look out for it.

We have continued to push our 2.5% beer, BBC2 and we are getting some great reviews. I still enjoy getting people to guess the ABV at festivals and then watching their jaw drop when the 4.5% beer they thought they were drinking is only 2.5%. We popped along to the Houses of Parliment on the 17th of January for an event hosted by the All Party Paliamentry Beer group showcasing low strength beers from some of the UK's best breweries. Again the beer was well recieved and we will continue to brew BBC2, showing that beer is about great flavour and not strength.

We have some new beers lined up for 2012, the first to be launched will be Boston Brown, a brown ale at 4.4%. The beer will have sweet, malty undertones with a hoppy finish from some great American hops. This will be out in mid February so look out for it.

We continue to extend our bottle range, adding Winter warmer, Chestnut stout and IPA, with more to come later in the year. We also have a special limited edition, 7.4% bottle conditioned beer that we will be releasing later in the year, the bottles are currently filled and ageing at the brewery.

Lastly, you can now order our beers online for delivery nationwide. So you can enjoy our beer in the comfort of your own home for any occasion. See the brewery website for details.

News News News!

I still cant get the hang of this blogging! There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day or day's in the week to fit everything in! But hey ho, such is life. So here is another update for you all.

Summer is here and so is Summer Virgin. Our award winning 4.5% summer beer, the first beer the founders Dave and Roland ever brewed is back to quench your thirst on those long hot summer nights. You can find a review of Summer virgin AND Brentwood gold from The Ormskirk Baron an independent beer reviewer.

June sees the arrival of Pacific Pale Ale. The recipe was designed by Jim, our newest assistant brewer who joined the company in September 2010. The beer is a 4.7%, light brown beer heavily hopped with hops from the Pacific region. He's hoping it will be a big hit with our regulars and newcomers alike.

Also this month we are doing a one off brew using a recipe from the Essex craft brewers association, the 'Shed Brewers'. Gnome Brew is a 3.8% session bitter and will be available throughout June.

So that's June. Fast approaching Is the Brentwood Beer and music festival. Formally the White Horse festival, which was held at our brewery tap in Coxtie Green, its being moved to a bigger venue due to its popularity and will now be at the Brentwood Centre with 150 real ales and music from the likes of 'From The Jam' and 'The Boomtown Rats'. Tickets and details can be found HERE.

Once all that is over we have the CAMRA Chelmsford Summer beer festival. Always a good day out, we're all hoping for an award this year. So fingers crossed!

New beer!

Today we brewed our first new beer of the year, BBC2 (you see what we did there?). Our first attempt at a low alcohol beer, we knew we needed to make this one special. So for what this lacks in ABV (its actually going to be 2.8%) it will more than make up for in hop.

Bittered with the original American hop, Cluster and finished off with an eye wateringly large dose of Simcoe.

 Aside from that we have been brewing our Easter Beers, Hot XXX Buns and Big Bunny. They have been hopping out the door.

So whats in store for you all? Well now the fine weather is upon us we see the annual release of Forbidden fruit and Brentwood Blonde.

Spring is here

So the festivities have come and gone and I broke my promise to blog regularly right away! So as your all dying to know whats been happening at Brentwood Brewing Company HQ I better bring you up to speed.

 Christmas was a huge success and we almost sold out of beer. But thanks to the hard work of everyone on the team we managed to get through it. Our Valentines beer Blind date has done well (clearly we have a lot of Casanova's amongst our clientele) so to all those that sampled it, we hope you enjoyed it.

 Now what do you have to look forward to? Well we have recently racked our current seasonal specials, Burton Ale, a classic British Bitter and Brentwood Blonde, a refreshing golden beer at 3.8%. Look out for these in your local now. We have also had our Jolly Decent Wallop on in Weatherspoon pubs nationwide. Its been an amazing success with some great feedback. So whether you in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham or London, look out for it in your local JD wetherspoons.

And just to keep you coming back, there will be some great new beers this year, including one that is very different from anything you would have seen from us before. So stay tuned for more updates.

The new beers

So as those cold winter evenings draw in, we thought we would try to lift your spirits with some great winter beers. So whats on offer I hear you cry. Well we have,

Chestnut Stout. Weighing in at 3.999%, this lovely stout is brewed using local chesnuts. You would be Nutty to miss it!

Winter Warmer. This winter beer is not your normal dark heavy winter beer. We wanted to lift your spirits so this one is as golden as a summer sun. At 4.7% and with hints of orange and ginger, this beer will really perk you up.

Still to come this year are Rumpy Pumpy and Christmas Beaver. Curious? Watch this space.

Hello From Brentwood Brewing Company

Well its about time we did this so here is our new blog page. The idea like all blogs is to keep you up to date with what we have going on down here in our leafy bit of Essex and hopefully introduce a lot more people to the fine ale's we create here.

So watch this space for daily updates (who are we kidding) and news on the brews.