This is the first step of the process and where the first two ingredients — water and malt — will meet. Hot water is mixed with cracked grain in a “Mash Tun.” Thanks to enzymes present in the malt, starches from the malt are converted into sugars. The liquid produced is called wort: a sugar-rich liquid made from malt and other grains. This process typically takes 60 to 90 minutes.

The mash tun is fitted with a false bottom to separate the wort from the remaining malt solids. We separate the wort from the malt and collect it in the boil kettle. As the wort is being collected, we rinse the malt with hot water to ensure all the sugars have been removed and assembled in the kettle, the boiling begins. The boiling process achieves a few things. First, it sterilizes the wort. Second, we introduce the third ingredient, hops, into the kettle. They impart bitterness, flavor, and aroma to the beer. All our beers are boiled between 60-90 minutes.

Once the boil is finished, we need to bring the wort down from 100 degrees to around 25 degrees for pitching our yeast. If we didn't do this the yeast would die as soon as they hit the hot wort. We use a heat exchanger which sends through cold water whilst hot wort is sent through the other side. The wort comes out at the desired temp whilst we collect the now hot water that we use for the next batch of beer or for cleaning.

It takes up to 10 days for the yeast to turn all the sugars into alcohol and settle back down to the bottom again. All our beers are naturally carbonated meaning we do not add any additional Carbon Dioxide to get "the fizz". We use the natural by-product of the yeast (which happens to be Co2) by closing off a valve a few days into fermentation to capture the rest of Co2 and to carbonate the beer. It's still not quite ready yet... As we don't filter our beers, to ensure we keep as many flavours as possible, we need to cool the beer down to -1 degrees and leave it to settle for another 2 weeks to ensure any hop matter and sediment settles to the bottom before packaging. Once packaged, we let it sit for another 4 weeks at room temperature before its ready to drink.