Lancaster Brewery – the multi-award winning brewery – has created the first chestnut beer to be brewed and bottled in the UK. This August, Mr Trotters Great British Chestnut Ale 4% abv was launched in a bottle in Selfridges and Booths, and is now available to pubs in cask.
Under development by Lancaster Brewery master brewers for over a year, Mr Trotters Great British Chestnut Ale blends roasted sweet chestnuts with malted Maris Otter barley to produce a happy harmony. The chestnuts give a nutty creaminess to the brew, and their honied taste balances the alluring spiciness of the English Cascade and Bramling hops. Ideal as an accompaniment to quiches, pies, patés and roasts, the copper brown ale is rich and smooth, smells of sweet chestnuts and warm bread, and has a bitter sweet taste.
Partnership with the Mr Trotters Great British Pork Crackling team
Lancaster Brewery developed the unique beer for the team behind Mr Trotters Great British Pork Crackling: food writers Tom Parker Bowles and Matthew Fort, and beer guru Rupert Ponsonby. The Mr Trotters team sought a partnership with Lancaster Brewery on account of the company’s depth of brewing knowledge, state of the art brewing facilities, brewing capacity and sales infrastructure.
Elvin Willgrass, General Manager at Lancaster Brewery says: “We were delighted to work in partnership with the Mr Trotters team to help them create a unique quality tasting ale with great product presentation. Its taste has already been highly commended and it has had a great reception in the industry.”
Matthew Fort comments: “The idea came out of a visit I made to Lancaster Brewery a year ago. Rupert had always wanted to brew a chestnut flavoured beer, and as pigs are very fond of chestnuts, the marriage of Mr Trotter and chestnuts seemed too good an opportunity to miss. The brewing team thought so, too.”
Mr Trotter’s Great British Chestnut Ale was launched in Selfridges, with a new listing in Booths Supermarkets in the North West; and will be made available to garden centres, farm shops and delis.
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