Rooster’s Brewing Co. is ramping up its limited release offering in 2024, with close to 50 different beers scheduled for production in addition to their year-round core range.
The Harrogate-based brewery has mapped out their brewing schedule for the twelve months ahead, which includes several new recipes, the return of a few old favourites from the archives and a series of collaborations with some of the UK’s most highly-regarded breweries.
Rooster’s will be brewing a mix of styles that will cover various pale ales, stouts, lagers, amber ales, and fruited beers across a range of ABV’s. Some beers will be only available in cask, some keg and can only and others across all three package types. As with the whole of the brewery’s core range, the overwhelming majority of the beers will be vegan friendly, while the lagers planned will also be gluten free.
Details of the brewery’s plans have been published in a 32-page ‘Little Book of Beer’ that has been printed and shared with hundreds of trade customers and is also available to view and download via www.roosters.co.uk, alongside a ‘quick view’ release calendar providing a snapshot of what to expect and when.
To kick start the year, Rooster’s has released no fewer than six limited edition beers for January to tie in with #Tryanuay, the online, social campaign that promotes and supports smaller, independent beer business during what is typically a tough trading period in January. Among them is Sleep Is For The Week (a 5.8% breakfast stout), Volstead (a 4.4%, gluten free pre-prohibition American lager) and Democracy Manifest (a 3.6%, cask-only U.S. pale ale), brewed in collaboration with Lakes Brew Co.
Other collaborations set to take place later in the year will be brewed with SALT, Fyne Ales, Thornbridge, Brew York and Siren. The latest version of Wild Wild Life, Rooster’s barrel-aged sour saison has also been slated for release in the Spring.
The brewery’s core range has undergone a small shake up, with both Easy-Going Assassin (4.3% session IPA brewed with Citra hops) and Tropical Assassin (a fruited version of their flagship 6.1% IPA) stepping up from seasonal availability. What’s more, Easy-Going Assassin has also now become the latest gluten free beer within Rooster’s core range alongside Go Backer (3.4% session NEIPA) and Thousand Yard Stare (a 5.4% hazy pale ale).
Speaking of the news, Tom Fozard, Rooster’s Commercial Director said: “In addition to the many standout beers in our core range, such as Yankee and Baby-Faced Assassin, we’re delighted to share our plans for 2024. As well as the scheduled releases giving us opportunities to scratch a few creative itches and further showcase the variety of styles we offer, we’re confident people won’t be disappointed when they see what we have in store as the year progresses.”
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