Yorkshire breweries Northern Monk and Timothy Taylor’s have collaborated for the first time on a 4.4% ABV stout called Northern Rising.
Russell Bisset (left), co-founder and managing director of Northern Monk, enjoys a pint of Northern Rising with Timothy Taylor’s head brewer Andy Leman
The culmination of more than a year’s worth of work between the two award-winning breweries, Northern Rising will be released in cask and keg within Northern Monk’s and Timothy Taylor’s own venues, and in pubs across the UK. It will also be available in 440ml nitro stout cans in supermarkets and online.
The brewing teams have used roast barley and crystal malt in the brew, described as a ‘unitystout’, so expect a malt-forward and satisfying chocolate flavour. Golden Promise malt is also in the mix, a staple of Timothy Taylor’s cask ales, which gives the beer that trademark full body and satisfying mouthfeel.
“We’ve been huge fans of Timothy Taylor’s for many years, and a collaboration with them has always been on our bucket list,” said Russell Bisset, co-founder and managing director of Northern Monk.
“It’s a collaboration years in the making from when we first floated the idea of working together.
“We settled on a beer style that’s 300 years old, started in London and made famous in Dublin. We had fun getting together and developing different concepts on what we could do together and landed on a stout — an exciting challenge. Stouts are the fastest growing beer style in the UK, and we’re stoked for people to try our take on a classic.”
Andy Leman, Timothy Taylor’s head brewer, added: “Northern Monk is a fellow Yorkshire brewery that we’ve been proud to call a friend for many years, and one that has produced some of the most exciting craft beers in the country.
“It’s been fantastic to blend their craft beer credentials with our real ale expertise to produce Northern Rising, a truly delicious stout.”
Northern Rising will be pouring at Timothy Taylor’s and Northern Monk venues on cask or keg, at the famous Keighley and Worth Valley Beer Festival, which runs until Sunday, and in selected bars and pubs across the UK from mid-October. It will also launch in nitro stout can in 400 Morrisons stores from the end of the month.
• Northern Monk’s ambitious new crowdfunding campaign has now opened to the public. The Join the Rising campaign is seeking to raise £1 million worth of funding from people wanting to own a piece of the brewery, while supporting the three initiatives.
The first is to open a flagship Northern Monk venue in London; the second is an expansion of the brewery to meet demand and become carbon zero by 2030; and the third is turning Northern Monk’s original brewery site, The Old Flax Store, Leeds, into the best brewery visitor experience in the UK. Find out more and invest here.
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