A special beer called Resist is being brewed by Farr Brew at Coleman Green to help raise funds for the people of Ukraine. It’s a collaboration with beer writer Roger Protz.
Roger said: “When I spoke to Nick Farr and Matt Elvidge at the brewery, and told them brewers throughout the world were being urged to brew beers to aid the Ukrainian people, they responded immediately and said they would devise a recipe for a special beer.”
Resist (4.5% ABV) will be an amber beer and will use hops from Eastern Europe.
Nick said: “Hops are grown in Ukraine, but it’s not possible to access them at the moment, so I will use Saaz hops from the Czech Republic and other hops I can source.”
The hops will come from leading merchant Charles Faram. The beer will be a cask-conditioned ale and should be available early next week for sale in Farr Brew’s pubs, including the Elephant & Castle, at Amwell, and the Reading Rooms, in Wheathampstead. A generous proportion of the income from sales will be donated to the International Red Cross.
Roger added: “The shocking pictures coming from the Ukraine showing innocent civilians being slaughtered means we must do everything we can to support the people there. I salute Nick, Matt, and their team at Farr Brew for rising to the challenge.”
