tasting notes OUR CURATED EQUITY PUNK BEER CLUB
THE BEERS INSIDE YOUR Well, hello there Equity Punk! As if by magic, we have linked the end of our packaging line in Ellon up to your front door. What connects the two? That miracle of the modern age known as BottleBox! Inside we have the best and most recent BrewDog beers just for you. Such as beers perfect for the waning months of summer. Yes we have stacked the bright, hop-filled flavours into this Equity Punk BottleBox by leading with a couple of cans of our shimmering summer seasonal Electric India and backing that with a pair of our brand-new New England IPA Hazy Jane. Both are perfect for cracking open in the back garden, as are cans of our ruthless India Pale Ale Jack Hammer and our grapefruit blast of citrus that is Elvis Juice. We also have a bottle of our 21st Century lager Kingpin on board, as well as our flagship Punk IPA. Continuing the summer drinking theme we have the stone fruit IPA Pump Action Poet and if you are firing up the BBQ then we have the beer that pairs with any meat you can put a flame to: 5AM Saint. Finally, we have the Equity Punk-created Beatnik Brewing Collective Blonde Export Stout and we end with a campfire marvel Dog F. We hope you enjoy these beers as much as we enjoyed brewing them! James and Martin
ELECTRIC INDIA HAZY JANE ELECTRIC INDIA HAZY JANE This beer is our attempt to embrace the perfect hybrid a meeting of two equally formative brewing worlds. Electric India embraces the spicy notes of a Belgian saison and combines them with the punchy new world hops of an American IPA. Originally created by our legion of shareholders at an Equity Punk brewday in 2013 (a group ever with their fingers on the pulse), the key to this balancing act is the deployment of the hopload late in the kettle and then into the whirlpool as well. This balance gives the spicy, fruity edge of the European style and the orange and grapefruit citrus of the US favourite. With the addition of crushed peppercorns and honey, the beer ends with a lift of peppery spice that truly complements the fruity elements evident in each of these twinned styles. Style: Saison ABV: 5.2% IBU: 40 Pair with: Pad Thai Hops: Amarillo, Nelson Sauvin, Enigma Malts: Extra Pale, Munich, Wheat Extras: Honey, Peppercorns, Coriander Seeds Hazy Jane is a beer we worked on for months, with small-batch trials and taste panel meetings coming together in a single release. New England IPAs are unquestionably the style of 2017 so in putting this beer together, we put in the hours. With the same ABV as Jack Hammer but less than a third the bitterness, this beer is about the interplay of the high-level aromas and flavours from some of our favourite US hops. Served unfiltered and canned fresh, it is our take on the hottest style of the moment. New England IPA has to tick several boxes. It requires a low background bitterness and intense juicy fruit character. Pineapple, stonefruit, mango, light resin and hints of lime peel Hazy Jane is full-bodied and smooth, enhancing those soft ripe fruit flavours. Style: New England IPA ABV: 7.2% IBU: 30 Pair with: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe Malts: Pale, Oats, Wheat Shelf-Life: 30 days! - 4 - - 5 -
JACK HAMMER ELVIS JUICE JACK HAMMER ELVIS JUICE Another beer that spent its formative years kicking around the corners of our Prototype Competition, Jack Hammer finished runner up in the 2012 contest (although it came home behind Cocoa Psycho, so all turned out well). Our big-hitting India Pale Ale revels in bitterness and hopload, piling both up to near theoretical levels. The first of those in particular, as the International Bitterness Scale only goes up to 100. Jack Hammer tops out well above that as its many firm fans can attest We threw the kitchen sink at Jack Hammer from the first nose the aroma is full-on citrus and pine. With grapefruit, pineapple and lime resonating from start to finish, our ruthless India Pale Ale becomes progressively more bitter and resinous as you go. The aftertaste is a simple eulogy to the glory of the hop, and a celebration of the art of bitterness. Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 7.2% IBU: 100+ Colour: Golden Amber Pair with: Carrot Cake (no really) Hops: Amarillo, Centennial, Citra, Columbus, Simcoe Malts: Extra Pale We first released our small-batch American citrus IPA in mid-2015 as a Prototype loaded with juice it gave the beer a slightly sour edge but from the start we wanted Elvis Juice to be a go-to takeout beer, perfect for picnics, road-trips and other similar occasions. So we worked on the recipe and dialled in the fruitiness on an epic scale, switching to zesty peel instead of the more tart and acidic juice. And the results are very much what we intended Elvis Juice revitalised and fully Amplified. Bursting with layer upon layer of grapefruit and tangerine from the judicious amount of zested peel playing off the five different US hops, Elvis is truly citrus on top of citrus. With a baseline of caramel malt, the waves of crashing orange, grapefruit and pine can take centre stage. Style: IPA ABV: 6.5% IBU: 40 Pair with: Grapefruit Soufflé Hops: Amarillo, Citra, Magnum, Mosaic, Simcoe Malt: Cara, Extra Pale Extras: Grapefruit Peel - 6 - - 7 -
KINGPIN PUNK IPA KINGPIN PUNK IPA Of all the beer styles in all the world, the most bastardised by far are those of the lager family. So we worked for months to redress the balance, channelling the spirit of classic German pilsners into a king amongst knaves a true twenty-first century lager. Kingpin was designed by our brewteam to balance full-bodied malt character with classic continental hops; the all-malt bill setting the bar for everything that follows. Kingpin is a showcase designed to return a much-maligned beer style back to the top, where it rightfully belongs. Robust, full-bodied malt character arrives on the palate laying the scene for the arrival of the hops, which follow along soon afterwards. The Magnum and Perle double act bring a one-two of floral notes and spicy citrus bitterness, with the Magnum in particular resulting in a classically assertive Pilsner-style bitterness to the finish. Style: Lager ABV: 4.7% IBU: 40 Pair with: Tuna Maki Colour: Golden Hops: Magnum, Perle Malts: Pilsner, Pale, Cara, Munich The beer that started a revolution. Our flagship India Pale Ale was the direct result of James and Martin brewing beer they wanted to drink, based on the influences of the burgeoning American craft beer scene. The resultant trans-atlantic IPA is fresh, full-forward and pays due homage to the India Pale Ales of yesteryear. With explosions of fruity hops at every stage, it is truly a beer to rally behind something we have done since the day BrewDog was formed, ten years ago in 2007. With tropical fruits and light caramel on the nose, the palate soon becomes assertive and resinous with the New Zealand hops balanced by the biscuit malt. The finish is aggressive, dry and resinous, with the hops emerging over warming alcohol. This postmodern twist of huge levels of dry-hopping give that characteristic explosion of tropical fruit flavour from start to finish. Style: IPA ABV: 5.6% IBU: 35 Colour: Light Gold Pair with: Chicken tikka Hops: Simcoe, Chinook, Ahtanum, Cascade, Nelson Sauvin, Amarillo Malts: Extra Pale, Cara - 8 - - 9 -
PUMP ACTION POET 5AM SAINT PUMP ACTION POET 5AM SAINT Our summer smallbatch can release Pump Action Poet is light, juicy and moreish. We love the interplay between flavours from hops and other ingredients and Pump Action Poet explores this ideal from start to finish. The addition of peach and apricot enhances the flavours of stonefruit naturally present in some of our favourite US hops, yielding a perfect partnership in a beer fit for the shine of summer. Aromas of juicy peach, apricot and nectarine fall out of the glass the baseline of biscuity malt and smoothness of wheat and oats boosts the mouthfeel whilst supporting these delicate but enormously satisfying stone fruit flavours. Style: IPA ABV: 7.5% IBU: 40 Pair with: Chicken and Maple Bacon Salad Hops: Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra Malts: Pale, Wheat, Oats Extras: Peach, Apricot A robust red ale, 5AM is hopped to the brink and back with some of our favourite North American hops and featuring a rich, roasty base of speciality malts for flavour and colour. The second beer we ever dry-hopped (after we had dialled in Punk IPA), this technique transformed one of our existing amber ales The Physics making a roasty, fruit beer so much more. Switching to US hops over English ones, combined with this massive dry-hopping, created this hugely popular beer that has remained in our Headliner range ever since. The nose is a riot of citrus and berry aromas, from orange to lychee to redcurrant. On the palate is a bold resinous bitterness which builds against the burnt sugar sweetness. The finish is clean and the fruity notes linger on. A bitter twist on a classic style, this red ale takes the best of sweet malt and bitter hops and fuses them in perfect harmony. Style: American Red Ale ABV: 5% IBU: 35 Pair with: Ribs Colour: Red-Brown Hops: Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, Ahtanum, Nelson Sauvin Malts: Extra Pale, Munich, Cara, Crystal, Dark Crystal - 10 - - 11 -
BEATNIK BLONDE EXPORT STOUT DOG F BEATNIK BLONDE EXPORT STOUT DOG F Every year we let you our BrewDog shareholders take the reins as the Beatnik Brewing Collective, with carte blanche to come up with whatever you see fit. For 2017 that phrase is very fitting indeed as this year s release starts out as an Export Stout, but with pale malt to the fore it is light in colour, not dark. The stout flavours instead come from a series of added ingredients, yielding a fascinating beer and a twist worthy of our legion of Equity Punks, in a beer brewed just for them. Cheers! The three added ingredients appear on the nose almost immediately, giving a mocha or tiramisu sweetness and depth and on the flavour the roasty character becomes even more apparent. The appearance of red fruit and then a hint of smoke on the finish brings yet more to the equation. Style: Export Stout ABV: 7% IBU: 70 Pair with: Coffee Cheesecake Hops: Magnum, Mandarina Bavaria, Callista Malts: Extra Pale, Wheat, Oats, Smoked Malt Extras: Cacao, Coffee, Vanilla This is the perfect beer with which to celebrate a Decade of Dog; a fitting milestone to mark our tenth anniversary. Dog F can trace its lineage back to one of the most popular beers in our backstory Abstrakt AB:04. Cacao, coffee and chili give it resonance, and for this iteration we have switched out the naga for Habanero and then given the beer a monumental new dimension by ageing it in Cognac barrels (well, it is a celebration). Dog F lights the touchpaper for another year on Planet BrewDog. The aroma gives an indication of the assault to follow chocolate, coca, oaky woodsy notes and a bit enveloping hit of mocha coffee. The smoothness of the oats and rye hit first on the palate before the ingredients take over and the spice from the chili melds with the boozy note on the finish. Style: Imperial Stout ABV: 17.5% IBU: 85 Pair with: Vanilla Ice Cream Hops: Brambling Cross, Chinook Malts: Pale, Dark Crystal, Brown, Chocolate, Oats, Rye Extras: Cacao, Coffee, Habanero Chili, Cognac Barrel-Aged - 12 - - 13 -
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