Battle Brewery has teamed up The British Museum to launch a beer to help mark the unveiling of the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition at one of the world’s most celebrated cultural institutions.

Launching next month to coincide with the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition at The British Musuem, Bayeux Lager, is described as clean, crisp and refreshing. It’s a Pilsner-style beer brewed with Saaz, Tettnang and Mittelfrüh hops.

The combination brings the elegant, aromatic character associated with traditional noble hops, balanced by low bitterness and a smooth Pilsner malt finish.

Pilsner and dextrin malts give the beer body and balance, creating an accessible, easy-drinking lager that remains full of character and quality. In other words, it is a beer designed to make history go down particularly well.

For Battle Brewery, the collaboration represents far more than placing a historical name on a label. Based in the heart of East Sussex’s 1066 Country, the independent brewery is surrounded by the landscapes, landmarks and stories immortalised in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Battle Abbey, the battlefield and the town that grew around them remain part of everyday life in Battle. They have shaped the brewery’s identity since its beginning and continue to inspire the beers it makes, the stories it tells and the community it supports.

The Bayeux Lager label also brings that connection to life with an original illustration inspired by the visual language and storytelling of the tapestry, reimagined through Battle Brewery’s own distinctive world.

Historical references are joined by playful and unexpected modern details, creating a design that rewards a closer look and makes the events of 1066 feel alive rather than confined to the past.

Darren Edmonstone, owner and managing director of Battle Brewery, commented: “To create the exclusive beer for the British Museum at the moment the Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition is unveiled is enormously exciting for us. This is one of the most important surviving accounts of the events that shaped Battle, Britain and the town our brewery calls home.

“Our brewery was born from a love of Battle, its history and the people who make the town what it is, so this collaboration feels like a genuine coming together of place, story and craftsmanship.

“There could not be a more fitting beer to accompany this moment. We hope visitors to The British Museum will enjoy discovering the Bayeux Tapestry in all its detail and then raise a glass of Bayeux Lager to the extraordinary story behind it.”