Sunday 10 July 2011

Henrietta

Our fourth beer to be brewed is Henrietta - named after one of the Portland family. Henrietta is a 3.6%ABV light golden ale. She's low in strength but absolutely crammed full of wonderful hop character. There's a good bitter note from Challenger hops which balances the citrus and grassy nose from Willamette and Hallertaur Brewers Gold.

After perhaps a little recipe tweak, something like this may become one of our core beers. If you've tried it, let me know what you think please.

5 comments:

  1. Tried this one at the Lytham Beer Festival. For a low strength beer it is tasty and quite complex and I would happily drink it all night. It compares favourably to other golden ales like Thwaites Wainwight which sells by the bucketload. It would make a good core beer, though I'm not sure about the name.

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  2. Lovely to meet you Claire at SU Alumni.
    Thanks for most illuminating talk and stimulating refreshment.

    I think the light golden ales are the way forward, why can't you produce such with UK hops? Or did I misunderstand necessity of NZ and N American hops?

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  3. Tried this at the Dead Poets Inn in Holbrook. Excellent bright hoppy bitter. I prefer lower strength beers and this is one of the best I have tried.

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  4. Tried a bottle of this at Langar Hall last night. Was delighted to find that this small hotel was selling high quality beer. Henrietta did not disappoint - refreshing, tasty and satisfying.

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  5. No exaggeration, this is in my top 3 favourite lighter ales along with Deuchars IPA and Coniston Bluebird. It's light and hoppy and refreshing, perfect for a warm summer evening. Not tried the bottled version but on draught it's a treat.

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