Edinburgh’s Cold Town Brewery has launched its first canned craft lager, available to buy across the country.
The brew, in 330ml cans, is available for beer lovers to buy direct from selected local retailers and delivered straight to their door.
It is on sale in eight Margiotta Food & Wine stores across Edinburgh; Woodwinters in Bridge of Allan and Edinburgh; and The Cave in Glasgow. It is also on selected e-commerce sites, including Best of British Beer, Hoppily, Beersniffers, Brew Republic, Amazon, Liquid Vault, and Flavourly.
Cold Town Beer is a crisp, fresh, sessionable and refreshing lager, without sacrificing mouthfeel and flavour. A malty backbone gives the base, leading to delicate top notes of citrus and elderflower.
The brewery uses Scottish Pale Malt from Crisp Malt in Alloa as the base malt across its range. The barley is 100% Scottish and is sourced from the east coast, which makes it perfect for Cold Town Beer.
Cold Town Beer was launched in 2018 as a draught beer. The brewery was named in honour of Calton Hill Brewery in Edinburgh, which was the first in Britain to brew lager in 1835. The brewery was situated in the Edinburgh suburb, Caldtoun, at the bottom of a large hill, which we now know as Calton Hill.
As well as its main brewery on Edinburgh’s Dunedin Street, Cold Town Beer also has a microbrewery at Cold Town House, in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket, which includes a taproom and roof terrace with fantastic views of Edinburgh Castle.
Cold Town head brewer, Ed Evans. Photographs: Cold Town Brewery
The 4% ABV craft lager was the first creation of Ed Evans, head brewer, who said: “We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to get this up and running over the past few months, so we’re really excited to be finally launching our Cold Town craft lager in cans, so fans of our brewery can enjoy a cold one in the comfort of their own home.
“Cold Town craft lager has already been tried, tested, and loved on draught by drinkers in bars across Scotland. All of our brews begin their journey in bars, and then are brought online when we feel that we’ve received a seal of approval from our customers who drink them and the bar teams who help create them. We’re always brainstorming to get the ‘bar raised’ on all our brews without taking ourselves too seriously.
“Cold Town Beer has gained a loyal following since it was launched in 2018 and we’re excited that from April 2021 we will be shipping our craft lager across Scotland and the rest of the UK for the first time. Our crisp, craft lager will be the first instalment through our online store, with some of the quirkier flavours coming soon.”
• Find out more, and order beer, at coldtownbeer.com.
