Lost and Grounded Brewers’ popular Running With Sceptres beer is evolving — into a 5.2% ABV IPA, the Bristol based business has announced.
Originally launched as an amber, malt-driven Vienna-style lager that was dry-hopped with Mosaic and Chinook, it was then described as special lager beer.
Fast forward a few years and the brewing team have continually refined the beer, gradually reducing the colour and malt
heaviness to where it is now. And with every change the beer became more and more enjoyable, says the brewer. Rebadged as an India pale lager some years back, the beer pushed forward and carved its own path.
Over the last year conversations swayed to how it’s so close to a West Coast-style IPA, that maybe the brewery should take a leap of faith and take a journey to the final frontier.
The base beer remains the same — clean, with subtle malt character, with bitter resinous hops and peachy-piney-deliciousness from a trio of Citra, Mosaic and Chinook. The fermentation with ale yeast has helped the hops shine even more.
“Are we excited? Yes!” said Lost and Grounded co-founder Alex Troncoso “Are we proud of the evolution? Yes, and we can’t wait to share it all with you. Not even an opposition from the Portman Group over Sceptre’s labelling in 2019 stopped this little beer, and now it’s ready to hit the ground running.”
