The St Austell team with the Great Get Together brew
A collaboration of UK brewers launched a beer in support of the Jo Cox Foundation and the Great Get Together, the event taking place on the weekend of June 16-18.
In keeping with the ideals of The Great Get Together, Great Get Together Pale Ale is a collective effort. Some of the best brewers from across the UK teamed up to create a beer to help people across the UK enjoy Great Get Togethers with family, friends, colleagues, neighbours and local community.
The brewers involved are Adnams, Arkells, Cliff Quay, Elgoods, Fullers, Harviestoun, Joseph Holts, Joules, J W Lees, Marstons, Palmers, St Austell, Theakstons, Thornbridge and Woodfordes, and social enterprise The Good Beer Co.
The brewers have also been supported by Simpsons Malt, who are donating the malt for the beer, Charles Faram, who are donating the hops, OI, who are donating the glass for the bottles, Darleys Labels, who are covering the costs of labels, and Colourscan, who are donating the pump clips for the cask beer.
The profits from the Great Get Together Pale Ale will go to the Jo Cox Foundation. Funds raised will support its work to bring together communities across the UK, in the spirit of Jo’s words: “we have far more in common than that which divides us.”
Led by Adnams’ head brewer, Fergus Fitzgerald, Great Get Together Pale Ale is 4.2% ABV, golden in colour with flavours of spice, orange peel and biscuit.
This collaboration beer is brewed using Golden Promise malted barley and UK-grown hops: Fuggles, Goldings, Jester, Chinook and Cascade. It is fermented with a blend of house yeasts from Marston’s, St Austell and J W Lees.
St Austell brewing director, Roger Ryman, said: “We’re delighted to have been able to contribute to this great brew. It’s for a brilliant cause and also sums up the strong collaborative spirit that exists between the many different breweries great and small across the country.”
Roger had been involved with the project from its earliest days, since the concept was launched at Adnams, in Suffolk. The beer uses some of St Austell’s own special yeast.
