Berkshire-based Siren Craft Brew has collaborated with Tate Britain to produce a beer that celebrates the current Van Gogh exhibition.

The beer, ‘Thousand Things IPA’, is a milkshake IPA that marks the anticipated The EY Exhibition: Van Gogh and Britain.

Andrew Downs, operations director at Tate Eats, said: “Beer can be done in a thousand ways, there’s so much room for creativity. Tate is about giving a platform to creative people and this is just another way of doing that.”

‘Thousand Things IPA’ was inspired by Van Gogh’s famous painting, ‘Starry Night’ which is known for its bold colours and brushstrokes.

The brew reflects the artist’s radical style by combining loud ingredients such as toasted coconut, passion fruit and mango to create a creamy, full-bodied beer full of juicy fruit flavour.

The tropical hops like Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic and Chinook also contribute to this, while adding a delicate bitterness.

The beer gives visitors a taste of the exhibition through the incorporation of cypress wood which is a nod to the cypress trees that feature heavily throughout Van Gogh’s work.

The cypress wood in the beer augments the fruit-led aromas and tempers the lactose sweetness. In ‘Starry Night’, there is a looming cypress tree that is said to represent Van Gogh himself.