Beerfly

21/12/2022

How’s about a big ol’ slice of cake from the Nordic 🇳🇴 pastry kings who’ve recently celebrated their 9th birthday and collaborated with some of the best European dark beer gods; 🇳🇴, 🇸🇪 and 🇬🇧!!

>> Brown Cheese & Waffles With Rapsberry Jam. 12% Stout🧇🧇.

Taking the Scandinavian classic dessert Brunost and turning it into a beer always ticks all the boxes!!🙌🏼🙌🏼

Thick, decadent and sweet chocolate base, meets the savoury and salinity base of brown cheese and tart raspberries to compliment the savoury/sweet flavours with a lil tartness!!🤤🤤

>> German Choc Cake With Maple Frosting. 13% Stout🍰🍁.

A Bavarian delicacy takes its turn to be turned into an impy next. Dark and roasty chocolate, meets sweet and smoky maple to give you a different experience compared to Amundsen’s track record of sweet and “desserty” beers. A more traditional route, but with Amundsen’s signature still laced in the beer!!👌🏼👌🏼

>> Wookies & Cream. 14% Stout🍦🍪.

A cookies and cream cheesecake inspired beer for the final entry. Creamy vanilla, crumbly chocolate biscuit and sweet chocolate all combine to give you a sumptuous sweet and slick stout. (No wookies we’re harmed during the making of this beer)!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

21/12/2022

Fresh from Lewes is always something we look forward to having in the shop and here’s 4 of their finest and freshest brews!!🍻🍻

Legs. 5% Kolsch🦵🦵.

Their take on a legendary German beer style, first brewed and only brewed in Cologne!!🇩🇪🇩🇪

A crisp, bready and complex Kolsch style lager, dedicated to the members of Beak Running Club, as well as those who continue to tread the pavement this wet and wonderful winter!!❄️❄️

>> Parade. 6% IPA🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈.

Beak’s most popular and much loved beer, back in the shop. Citra, Mosaic and Idaho-7 hops, brimming with bubblegum🍬 flavours of mangoes🥭, orange peel🍊, pineapples🍍and ripe peaches🍑. You can never beat the classics!!👌🏼👌🏼

>> Willo. 6.5% IPA🐱🐱.

A pillowy soft and purr-fect body combined with Mosaic and a smidge of Sabro for lemongrass, paypaya🌴, coconut🥥 and blueberries🫐. Incredibly juicy and quaffable, it’s a treat to the senses!!🤤🤤

>> Sweetspot. 7% IPA🐶🐶.

A cloying, sticky and thick IPA with plenty of oats and Maria otter malts, hopped with Simcoe, Citra and Nelson Sauvin to give you bold, big and juicy flavours with massive aromas of orange🍊, tangerine and lemon zest, alongside Nelson’s signature white wine flavours and weedy/pine/dankess from Simcoe!!🔥🔥

21/12/2022

🍻Wednesday Freshies🍻

A busy day in the shop, gearing up for the final week before Christmas and to start off the humongous beer drop we have some awesome beers from Manchesters finest and . Maybe it isn’t so bad up North after all..😉😉

>> Optimised. 5% DDH Pale Ale📀📀.

A well balanced a flavour forward pale ale double dry hopped with Idaho-7 and Talus hops for juicy grapefruits, pine resin🌲,over-ripe mangoes🥭 and a finale of floral notes. This beer will leave you wishing for an encore!!🎤🎤

>> MCI: Chocolate Orange. 11% Impy Stout🍊🍊.

The famous series, now all crimbo’d up. The double vanilla and double chocolate base meets the classic flavour of that ubiquitous confectionery orb, but one you can sit back, relax by the fire and sip away on Christmas Day!!🎄🎅🏻

>> Science Is Whatever We Want It To Be. 5.2% Hoppy Pils🧬🔬.

Whether you’re a fan of funky beers or the Fallout video game series, this is a beer you don’t want to miss!!⚛️⚛️

A dry hopped Pilsner, brewed with Citra, Simcoe Cryo and Centinnial hops. An atom bomb to the senses, confusing you to thinking you’re drinking an IPA, but with a signature crisp Lager finish. Has science gone too far??🤔🤔

>> Say What You See. 8% DIPA💬💬.

It’s Mr. Chips everybody!!

Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy hops join forces for a tropical, sticky and dank experience that’ll get Mr Chips’ engines revved up. Full of mango🥭, citrus🍊 and sweet honeydew melons🍈. Will the middle beat the riddle??🧐🧐

19/12/2022

We’ve got a few spaces left for our beer and wings tasting at Foxy tomorrow night, we’re tasting 10 different beers and plenty of wings/caulis/sauces/sides etc… it’s a great night out! Book now at https://www.foxywings.co.uk/beerwingstasting

Spaces available tomorrow- the last beer tasting of 2022!

Join us for a guided tasting through the 8 beers on our taps and plates of our most popular wings and sides!

From lagers and pale ales to fruity sour beers and big imperial stouts, hear the stories of the Independent craft breweries we work with, learn a little about the hops and malts plus we’ll throw in a few special beers from our friends at .

£30 for a great selection of generous portions of wings and beer 🍻

Tickets -> https://www.foxywings.co.uk/beerwingstasting

15/12/2022

Thirst-Day is here and we have topped up the fridges with some fresh haze bombs from the likes of , , and !!

>> Wilder Side. 5.2% Pale Ale💐💐.

An American style pale ale that showcases a deep malt profile, with a juicy and bitter hop backbone. Mosaic and Motueka hops combine to give you flavours of fresh hedgerow berries, lemongrass and limes!!🫐🍓

>> Fruit Machine. 5.5% NEIPA🎰🎰.

LP’s core beer and all for good reason. A creamy and juicy number, with Citra, Azzaca and Sorachi Ace hops to give you citrus, mangoes🥭, apricots and over-ripened stone fruits🍑, with a helping of apricot purée to bring out the flavour profile of Azzaca hops. A beer guaranteed to whisk you away to the Sunset Strip!!🌇🌇

>> Cheap Suit. 6.5% NEIPA🤵🏻‍♂️🤵🏼.

A juicy NEIPA, dressed to the nines in Eclipse, Galaxy and Mosaic hops to give you a plethora of dank mangoes, pithy mandarin and strawberry undertones!!🍊🍓

>> Proper DIPA: Idaho-7 Edition. 8% DIPA🇺🇸🇺🇸.

A single hop Double IPA in the newest addition to CW’s “Proper” series, this time using Idaho-7 hops to give you a complex palate of pine resin🌲, sticky tropical fruits🍍🥭 with a delicate and floral backbone and a hint of black tea!!🫖🫖

14/12/2022

Three new beers from York’s to go straight in your basket, collaborating with two of Europe’s finest pasty kings 🇵🇱 and 🇸🇪 respectively, inspired by The GBBO!!👨🏼‍🍳🧑🏻‍🍳

>> Plum Cake. 8% Fruit Sour🍰🍰.

Bakers, grab a slice of this show stopper!!

The first of the 3 in their new Show-Stopper mini series see’s this sour infused with heaps of fresh plums which imparts a sharp and juicy stone fruit flavour, followed by a huge dollop of vanilla to tie the flavours together in this beautiful sour beer, based off a traditional Polish plum cake recipe!!🍰🍰

>> Fruit Pie. 8% Fruited Sour🥧🥧.

A take on a traditional Scandinavian Berry & Cherry Pie. The sharp, forest fruit tartness🍒🫐, and addition of oats, lactose, vanilla and cinnamon give this sour a warning, sweet, yet dry and sour combo!!🤤🤤

>> Coffee Bake. 10% Imperial Stout☕️🎂.

The final beer of the series is based off a traditional Polish coffee cake recipe. With a huge malt bill, this stout has a bold imperial base, which gives you the bitter and roasty notes of freshly brewed coffee. Finish it off with heads of brown sugar🍮, winter spice and voi-la, you have a thick and decadent stout, guarunteed to give you Star Baker status!!👨🏼‍🍳👨🏼‍🍳

These will not last long, so on your marks, get set, ba… run!!🏃🏽‍♂️💨

That will do it for today, have a lovely evening folks!!

14/12/2022

More dark and delicious beers this time from Southampton’s bringing the Christmas joy with this years release of the “Hug” series!!🎅🏻🎅🏻

>> Hug It Out. 5% Stout🤗🤗.

A beer guarunteed to cuddle up your senses. A nod to an iconic christmas chocolate🍬, Infused with cacao, vanilla and hazelnuts it’s a session stout, packed with the flavours of a much stronger beer. A “quality” tribute if we do say ourselves!!😉😉

>> More Hugs. 10% B.A Stout🛢🛢.

The bigger sister to Hug It Out, packing in more chocolate and hazelnut flavours, but this time being barrel-aged in Wild Turkey🦃 barrels to give you a slick and oily stout, with a light smoky💨 aroma and flavour profile, with even more vanilla notes from the barrel-aging process. A perfect stout, for this cold winters day!!🥶🥶

If you like the look of these brews, stay tuned for the next post…👀👀

14/12/2022

Massive beer delivery on this freezing cold Wednesday and we’re kicking things off with a trio of dark delights from Berkshire’s who have recently collaborated with 3 iconic craft breweries from around the globe; 🇺🇸, 🇸🇪 and 🇳🇿!!

>> Candour. 7.8% Stout🌌🌌.

The first of the three has been infused with Rio Carebe Cacao nibs and the result is a thick and rich stout with flavours of caramelised brown sugar, Belgian chocolate🍫, interwoven with vanilla wafer notes!!😋😋

>> Charm. 9% Imperial Porter🪬🪬.

Infused with Almond Coffee, expect a bold nuttiness🥜 with flavours of espresso, marzipan. A slick beer, with a malty and bitter backbone and slick residual body to boot!!👌🏼👌🏼

>> Curiosity. 10% Imperial Stout🧐🧐.

The final beer of the trio is a real winter warmer. A bold imperial stout, infused with Tongan vanilla beans, accentuated by Belgian Candi syrup and hand toasted coconut, balanced with speciality barley for a deep and warming roastiness!!🤤🤤

More beer to come shortly, stay tuned!!🙌🏼🙌🏼

10/12/2022

The Three Lions take on Les Blues tonight in a tense Quarter Final@showdown, and what better way to celebrate our boys than with a juicy little number from that fits the bill perfectly!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷

>> Liquid Football. 4.4% Pale Ale⚽️⚽️.

Citra Cryo, Motueka and Columbus are the power trio of hops, which give you plenty of fresh tropical aromas and flavours in a lm easy drinking, hazy package!! Drink my goal!!

Open as usual for your pre game craft fix and tinnies to takeaway!!😎😎

COME ON ENGLAND!!🦁🦁🦁

09/12/2022

🍻BEER OF THE WEEK🍻

Christmas time is here and this weeks beer is going to an absolute modern classic from North Wales’ !! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

>> Ghost Voices. 8.2% DIPA👻🗯.

A single hop Double IPA that ticks all the boxes, showcasing the versatility of Simcoe.

Tangerines and candied oranges🍊 lead the nose, with a full bodied, thick and pulpy mouthfeel bursting with passionfruit, mangoes🥭 and berry flavours🫐, with a little bitterness in the back!!

Complexity down to a T, and Polly’s have proven that with just a single hop. Bravo!!👏🏻👏🏻

08/12/2022

The last 2 beers in this Thursday are from none other than !!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

>> Rhubarb & Custard. 4.2% Sour🔴🟡.

A sweet shop favourite, in beer form (that won’t shread your mouth to pieces)!!🤪🤪

Tart Rhubarb meets sweet and decadent vanilla, brewed with VC’s signature in house yeast to take this beers tart factor to the next level!!👌🏼👌🏼

Fruits Of The Forest: Chocolate, Honeycomb & Vanilla. 4.8% Dessert Sour🌳🌳.

Collab brew with Leeds’ . The newest addition to the FOTF series, with even more pudding flavours than ever before. Tart and juicy blackberries, blueberries and blackcurrants🫐 work in harmony against the cacao nibs🍫, sweet honeycomb🍯 and more-ish vanilla. Bonkers decadence in a can!!🤤🤤

Have a lovely evening folks!!✌🏼✌🏼

08/12/2022

The nights are drawing in quicker and the weather is taking a cold turn. Why not come and warm your cockles with a glass of warm Mulled Cider, courtesy of our local friends over at !! 🍏🍎

Gently spiced with cinnamon and star anise, with notes of caramel apples body and a sweet finish, it’s the perfect Christmas time tipple!!🎄🎅🏻

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