Early on the Santas recognised its quality and unsurprisingly it has gone on to win many prestigious awards and feature on TV. Simcoe, Chinook and Columbus hops combine for a resinous profile with a citrus undertone. The bitterness helps balance light caramel flavours of the malts.
Elusive Brewing Company, Finchampstead, Berkshire.
Shadow of the Beast is an Elusive classic! Roasted wheat malt gives it a dark appearance and moderately roasty malt profile. We then add Citra and Mosaic hops across six additions to layer in a lovely citrus-forward hop profile. The malts play really nicely with the hops in this one!
Elusive Brewing Company, Finchampstead, Berkshire.
Champion Beer of Britain in 2016, Bingham's Vanilla Stout also won the far more prestigious award at Burghfest. It is rich and delicious with a complex malt bill to layer notes of creamy chocolate and Madagascan pods to add plenty of comforting vanilla. This is not the greatest beer in the world, no, this is just a tribute to it.
Elusive Brewing Company, Finchampstead, Berkshire.
Our Oregon Trail recipe with the wonder that is Sorachi Ace hops! This distinctive hop brings big notes of bright lemon and zesty orange with herbal undertones, like dill and coriander. Highly divisive, but when you used right, we love a bit of Sorachi!
Elusive Brewing Company, Finchampstead, Berkshire.