Smoke filled room hop butcher12/5/2023 ![]() Often brewers tell me, why do people give bottles of wine as a present and not a bottle of beer? Why is wine served at dinner and not beer? Gooische is trying to become a beer with the status of wine. In their eyes beer is a product that can be used like wine or next to it. And they are serious about the brewery, considering it not only a hobby but also a second job. ![]() The style and attention might not be such a surprise if you know that three of the four people behind the brewery are designers, the fourth a history teacher. It is a website that, as brewer Gijs tells us, also tries to convey how they look at beer: a beautiful and honest product. The same can be said about the Gooische Brewery. I wrote before about Duits & Lauret and the class they show in their logo and website. It also fits the identity of the brewery: small but ready to take on the world. The Chihuahua is a typical animal for the rich people in ‘t Gooi. ![]() While looking for an animal that fit ‘t Gooi all the animals (fox, badger, rabbit, sheep) were already taken by other breweries. The logo of the Gooische is a winged Chihuahua. ’t Gooi hardly has a brewing history, the small ones that once existed have folded. Not exactly the surrounding you would expect a brewery would flourish, but the Gooische Bierbrouwerij is attempting to do just that. Mansions for the elite in a landscape of beautiful forestlands, lakes and golf courses. The center of Dutch media and part of ‘t Gooi, a region of about 15 miles east of Amsterdam and a region that makes the rest of the country think of wealth. They now have their own brewery in the middle of Hilversum and have expanded with different styles as well. Now 12 years later I am glad to post it again. I wrote this article a long time ago in 2012 for the blog Dutch Beer Pages. I have been a fan of this brewery and especially this beer for a very long time. 25-31, Durban Rd, Kettering, Northamptonshire.Īnd now for Something Piggin Different (4.7%) As a homage to Monty Python’s 50th Birthday celebration we have a black beer that has been super hopped! Using copious amounts of Chinook, Simcoe, and Citra – try it with your eyes closed, and you will honestly think it is a classy blonde with a smooth finish! Piggy in the Meadow (4.3%) A light golden beer brewed with local honey.Last week Gooische Bierbrouwerij won the award for best beer of the Netherlands with their excellent Schwarzbier. ![]() Green Duck Brewery, Gainsborough Trading Estate, Rufford Rd, Stourbridge, West Midlands.ĭreamer (4.5%) Our usual base malt blended with Maris Otter brings a characteristic sweetness, complimenting orange juice notes of Talus and Citrus of Topaz in this American pale ale. Passion fruit aroma sweet passion fruit taste to start, then deeply bitter, with lingering peach kernels and a nicely rounded bitterness to finish. Grumpsters (3.9%) traditional copper bitter.ĤTS Brewery, 20 Manor Industrial Estate, 20 Lower Wash Ln, Warrington. Hop Tipple IPA (4.2%) A golden ale with a hoppy citrus aroma and a resinous, refreshing finish. Ltd, Thatched House Farm, Dunsfold Rd, Loxhill, Godalming Surrey. If none of these take your fancy, our beer lineup is completed by a range of bottled beers, with something for every taste. A further 10 premium lagers and craft beers from England and Europe can be found on our counter, as well as two draught English ciders. For almost half a century, we've been well known for our commitment to fantastic beer, we offer up to 8 daily changing real ales, sourced from breweries big and small from across great Britain.
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