Northern Monk has launched the 2019 iteration of Northern Powerhouse, collaboration beers designed to showcase the modern beer scene in the north of England.
The project, set up by Newcastle’s Wylam brewery last year, consists of seven limited-edition beers that in 2019, have been brewed at Northern Monk in Leeds.
This year’s collaborating breweries are Wylam, Track, North Brew Co, Donzoko, Buxton, Cloudwater and By the River.
Northern Monk Patron, James Butler, a tattoo artist from Bradford, helped Northern Monk source six more of the North’s best tattooists to design a can label each, with James’ own art featuring on the Northern Monk x North Brew Co beer.
The full list of beers, breweries and artists is as follows:
Northern Powerhouse 001 // Northern Monk x Track // Small IPA // // 3.3% (art by Marko Prenger)
Northern Powerhouse 002 // Northern Monk x North Brewing Co // Triple Fruited Gose -White Guava, Prickly Pear, Raspberry // 4% (art by James Butler)
Northern Powerhouse 003 // Northern Monk x Donzoko // Bavarian Pilsner // 4.7% (art by Alex Badge)
Northern Powerhouse 004 // Northern Monk x Wylam // Tropical Sour IPA // 6% (art by Barney Rushworth)
Northern Powerhouse 005 // Northern Monk x Buxton // West Coast IPA // 7.4% (art by Lucy O’ Connell)
Northern Powerhouse 006 // Northern Monk x Cloudwater // DDH Double IPA // 8.2% (art by Kevin Keates)
Northern Powerhouse 007 // Northern Monk x By the River // Imperial Maple Brown Ale // 10% (art by Ruth Jamieson)
Russell Bisset, founder of Northern Monk, said, “We’re honoured that Dave and the team at Wylam chose Northern Monk to be the home of the Northern Powerhouse this year, we’re proud to bring this iconic project to Leeds.
“Together with seven of the North’s finest breweries, we’ve created a collection of really varied, great-tasting beers. Community, collaboration and creation are at the core of our business, and the Northern Powerhouse sits in perfect alignment with these values. We’re looking forward to getting the beer into people’s hands.”
The beers will be launching exclusively at three venues on Friday 28th June, Northern Monk’s own Leeds and Manchester-based Refectory taprooms, and By the River in Newcastle, a microbrewery and tap room owned by Wylam, which sits just underneath the Tyne Bridge.
The national launch will take place a day later on Saturday 29th June, with Northern Powerhouse tap takeovers taking place at all of the above collaborating brewery tap rooms, plus the following venues across the UK:
CASC (Aberdeen), Grunting Growler (Glasgow), Salt Horse (Edinburgh), House of Trembling Madness, Lendal (York), Dead Crafty Beer Co (Liverpool), Bar Stewards (Sheffield), Tilt (Birmingham), Junkyard (Nottingham), Mother Kelly’s – multiple sites (London), Small Bar (Bristol), Bison (Brighton), Vessel Beer Shop (Plymouth).
