Anspach & Hobday has announced an eighth anniversary celebration at its mixed-fermentation brewery and taproom in Bermondsey, The Arch House. Rare and previously unreleased Anspach & Hobday dark beers will be pouring.
The event will take place on Thursday, 10th March, from 6pm. There will be free entry. Highlights of the evening will include The Brother Sean 2018, The Brother Brett 2018, and The Barrel-Aged Bretted Porter.
Brewery co-founder Paul Anspach said: “It’s always important to mark birthdays, but even more so when the years that pass are particularly challenging. As ever, Jack and I have been enormously impressed with the work and efforts of our team to navigate through the year.
“To celebrate, we have delved into our archives and picked a number of very special beers that we have set aside for special occasions. Some, including the BA Bretted Porter, have never been released, whilst others are beers that we identified as having great ageing potential. We are very much looking forward to spending an evening in The Arch House sharing these special beers with you all!”
About the beers
The Brother Sean ’18 (9.1% ABV) Every year Anspach & Hobday brews a variation of its imperial stout, The Brother Sean. Traditionally, it has been brewed with a different Belgian yeast and aged for one year before release, but The Brother Sean 2018 uses a French saison yeast. The resulting beer is dry, spicy, and indulgent. Far more easy drinking than its ABV would suggest.
The Brother Brett ’18 (9.1% ABV) An unreleased version of The Brother Sean 2018 which has been spiked with the wild yeast strain Brettanomyces brux, adding an element of funk.
The Barrel-Aged Bretted Porter (7.4% ABV) A batch of The Porter the brewer put into lightly used Speyside barrels and then spiked with Brettanomyces brux to carry out secondary fermentation in the barrel. Coupled with a significant amount of time for ageing and maturation, The Barrel-Aged Bretted Porter is a unique twist on its flagship beer.
