Collabageddon 2024, featuring a whole host of beers created by Elusive Brewing and many of their contemporaries, gets under way this Friday.
Beer Today reported on the brewers and venues last week. Now there’s more details available on the beers themselves.
Here’s a run-down of what to expect, with the brewers’notes.
Bluntrock Brewery and Neighbourhood Brew Co: Shapes, 8% ABV, DIPA
Deep pale straw colour, with a thick haze and a creamy white foam. Strong aroma of apricot and peaches. The taste is peach and fresh pine spruce, with a robust bitterness.
Burning Sky and Otherworld Brewing: The Wrong Door, 6% ABV, Euro IPA
A European-inspired IPA brewed with extra pale malt and a portion of spelt for a crisp finish. Hopped with fresh UK Target hops, Spalter Select from Germany, and a small portion of Nelson Sauvin for a subtle lift. Peppery, with aromas of cut grass, gooseberry, and grape.
Duality and Elusive Brewing: Bright Lights, Big City, 6% ABV, bright IPA
Low in bitterness, but bright in appearance and flavour, with a punchy aroma. We used lots of fresh Citra in the whirlpool before dry-hopping with Citra Cryo, Idaho-7 Cryo, and farm-fresh 2024 crop Nelson Sauvin from Eggers Hops.
Elusive and Mysterious Brewing: Anthemis, 4.8% ABV, Belgian-style blonde ale
Made with fresh orange peel and whole chamomile flowers to add delicate top notes, and Amarillo hops for a modern twist.
Indie Rabble Brewing Company and Round Corner Brewing: The Magician, 6% ABV, black IPA
Dry-hopped with Cascade, Amarillo, and Simcoe, this dark-coloured IPA brings notes of citrus, stonefruit, and pine to just the lightest touch of roastiness.
Lost Cause Brewing Co and Burning Sky: Foil Top, 6% ABV, Belgian cherry porter
Rich and velvety, this porter is packed with decadent chocolate flavours balanced by subtle Belgian yeast esters. Hints of peppercorn, bubblegum, and light spice complement the tart burst of sour cherry, creating a complex yet perfectly balanced brew.
Mysterious and New Bristol Brewery: Ken Spruce, 6.6% ABV, West Coast spruce IPA
A bold West Coast IPA, infused with hand-picked Sitka spruce tips from the forests of Scotland. This collaboration delivers a unique beer, built on a balanced malt foundation of light crystal and Munich malts.
Neighbourhood Brew Co and Duality Brew Co: Between the Lines, 5% ABV, DDH pale
Brewed using El Dorado, Strata and Strata CGX at a pale base recipe to bring about tropical and wafting cannabis notes on the nose. We really dialled up the dosage rates for this guy, so expect lashings of tropical fruit, gummies, pineapple and lots of dankness.
New Bristol Brewery and Bluntrock Brewery: Cornish Blackberry Crumble and Clotted Cream Sour, 6% ABV
This autumnal sour is packed with juicy Cornish blackberries and cosy crumble tones. Creamy and thick is an understatement.
Otherworld Brewing and Indie Rabble: Kilauea, 4% ABV, tropical stout
A dry and roasty stout fermented with Kviek and pineapple juice for fruity tropical tart and juicy flavours, then dry-hopped with Sabro to match coconut notes to the cocoa and coffee from the malt.
Roosters Brewing Co and Lost Cause Brewing Co: Bill Berry Sour, 4.2% ABV
A lip-smacking kettle sour infused with bilberries.
Round Corner Brewing and Roosters Brewing Co: Field Day, 5.5% ABV, red rye IPA
A deep amber-red colour beer, bringing aromas of citrus, tropical, and stonefruits from the use of American hops, balanced with a spicy, bready rye malt backbone. On the palate, expect a smooth mouthfeel with a clean, crisp finish that leaves lingering hop bitterness and subtle rye warmth. Balanced, bold, yet refreshing.
