Wirral-based Peerless Brewing Company is focusing on cask beer in 2017.

The brewery has introduced two new cask beers, while dropping two existing cask numbers and a keg lager.

It’s two new beers are Lottie Dod and Langton Spin.

The former is a 4.2% beer brewed with Admiral and First Gold hops as well as a touch of Cascade.

Featuring pale, cara and crystal malts, the beer is named after Bebington born sportswoman Charlotte “Lottie” Dod, who won the Wimbledon Ladies Championship five times.

Langton Spin is a 4.4% beer and a rebrand of the company’s existing Peerless Gold.

Peerless said the beer is a “well balanced golden ale” with a distinct citrus fruit and hop aroma that delivers an initial hop bitterness derived from Admiral hops and citrus notes from El Dorado, Columbus and Cascade varieties leading to a crisp dry finish. 

Through the revamp, Peerless has dropped its Paxton’s Peculiar and Crystal Maze ales, as well as its keg Storr Lager.

Monthly specials set for release in 2017 include Chill Factor in January and Deadbeat blonde ale in February.

The company has also taken on law graduate turned trainee brewer Matt Brown while former pub and restaurant operator Pete Walsh has taken on a sales and distribution role.

Peerless founder and managing director Steve Briscoe explained: “With more and more brewers on the scene each year competition is ferocious, so quality has to be at the heart of our operation.  Investment in new testing regimes and new staff alongside our new brands will see us meet the challenges of 2017 and step up to the next stage of our business.”