Scottish brewery Fierce Beer has announced that its fifth anniversary beers are shipping early and will launch this week.

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Photograph: Fierce Beer

Craig Cargill, digital sales manager at Fierce Beer, said: “We’ve already started the mammoth task of scheduling in the orders with our couriers to get these shipped out to everyone on Monday and Tuesday next week, and can’t wait for everyone to try them!”

The beers are available to buy from the Fierce Beer online shop now.

Dave Grant, co-owner of Fierce Beer, said: “Things have been a little different for our birthday celebrations, but we’re looking forward to everyone receiving their beers next week, and finding out which one’s their favourite!”

The limited edition beers

Very Big Flapjack (oat white, 11% ABV)
An oaked oat wine brewed in collaboration with Brew York, who first impressed Fierce with their outstanding Imperial Tonkoko.

Imperial Orange Scream (imperial orange ice cream ale, 8.5% ABV)
An imperial orange ice cream pale ale brewed in collaboration with Amundsen of Oslo, Norway, who came to Fierce Beer for their Christmas party in January 2018.

Very Big Chomp (chocolate and caramel stout, 12% ABV)
A ramped-up version of Fierce Beer’s much-loved chocolate and caramel stout from the BrewDog Collabfest 2020!

Lots of Nelson (imperial sour IPA, 8.5% ABV)
An imperial sour IPA brewed in collaboration with New Zealand Beer Collective. Think Three Nelsons that Fierce collab brewed with Left Handed Giant in 2018, but ramped up with Nelson Sauvin.

Bourbon Maple VBM (barrel-aged imperial stout, 12.5% ABV)
Small batch VBM makes its long-awaited return, following its recent success as being voted best beer in Scotland 2020 in the Ratebeer awards.

Emergency Haze (New England Triple IPA, 10% ABV)
A reworked version of Fierce’s triple IPA Emergency Shift, brewed in collaboration with Dugges, Sweden, with whom Fierce did its first ever home collaboration.