With Belgian Blue flowing through the tanks, a busy December marks the end of a successful year for Bradfield Brewery! Offering late night openings and sampling weekends at the on-site Brewery shop during December, there’s even more opportunity for customers to pop in and fill their Christmas stockings with their favourite Farmers tipple!
Our new Brewery tap, The King & Miller in Deepcar has seen a successful reopening and is being well received by the local community and Farmers Ales fans! The new year will see a food offering introduced into the pub and further works to its spacious function room and outdoor garden areas.
Our original Brewery Tap, The Nags Head, received a pat on the back from their nominated charity Weston Park Cancer Charity for their fundraising efforts raising a whopping £17,361.33 over the last 3 years.
In support of #tryanuary 2019, look out for our seasonal ale Farmers Cold Start – available to pubs from 21 January. A smooth dark beer, using arctic hops to create a bitter sweet flavour with winter floral tones, at a sessionable ABV of 3.8%.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, wishing everyone and all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Jackie
We are taking a big step and investing significantly in upgrading our brew kit. We’ve commissioned two brand new pressure-rated unitanks, which means maximising our brewing capacity, a bit more flexibility in our brew schedule and the opportunity to brew new beers specifically to package into key kegs as well as cask. We’ve been brewing at capacity for some time now so are looking forward to the freedom to experiment the new tanks will give us. We are also installing a new glycol cooling system and have invested in more casks. Exciting times!
Our monthly tap room sessions will be taking a break for the winter over January and February but will return in March (hopefully with some heating installed in the brewery!). Thanks to everyone who has visited us this year and for the lovely feedback we get when we are open. We look forward to seeing you again in the spring.
And last but obviously not least we have been busy brewing new beers including: Persica (5.7% peach IPA), Cinnabar (4.6% red- & blackcurrant porter), Tiamat (4.1% five-hop pale), Ladon (4.6% hoppy red ale), Wendigo (5.0% cryo-hopped West Coast pale), Garuda (4.6% Citra, Mosaic and Loral-hopped pale), Tonquin (tonka milk stout), Scherbius (4.2% Chinook and Enigma-hopped pale) and Horus (3.9% session pale brewed with Falconers Flight, Citra and Cascade). All this alongside recent returns for old favourites Callisto, Atlantis, Triton, Litchi, Solaris, Lacuna and Amarillo IPA.
All that remains to be said is to wish all Beer Matters readers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Gavin Martin 
Farmers Poppy Ale (4.3%) is returning to the brewing schedule for 2018 in time for Remembrance Day. This pale fruity ale is a must try, and with 10 pence from every pint donated to the Royal British Legion, what better reason to sample a good pint of ale when it also raises money for a well worthy cause!
After celebrating 10 years of success at our Brewery Tap The Nags Head this year, we are delighted to have opened the doors on the newly renovated King & Miller in Deepcar. A traditional pub venue, The King & Miller will be featuring up to 8 Farmers Ales on the bar from just £2.50 a pint, as well as a selection of fine wines and spirits.
Managers Natalie and Tom have a wealth of pub trade experience and are in full swing with welcoming Farmers Ales fans through the doors. For further updates, follow us on Facebook 
In collaboration with our good pals at Brew York, we’ve teamed up to create You May As Well Pass, a massively hopped IPA at 6.5% showcasing what we believe we both do best. A powerful combination of Nelson Sauvin, Enigma, Galaxy and Citra hops have been selected for a flavour that’s packed with grapefruit & citrus, a sharp bitter edge, and a piney backbone for balance.
And it might be only early November but we’re already getting our Wish List (4.4%) ready! Expect a refreshingly quaffable pale with delicate citrus notes. We know exactly what’s top of our list… getting those new tanks we mentioned last week up and running! There’s some Heresy underway as we make a start on producing our very own lager… watch this space for more details coming soon!
Laura