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Tropic Thunder - Homebrewdog Launch Party!, Old Town, BrewDog Edinburgh Cowgate
When
6pm - 11pm, Fri 27th Jan
About
Last July we launched our epic quest to find the next-level of homebrewing talent with #HomeBrewDog – the competition run in conjunction with Tesco. Mirroring James and Martin taking first, second, third and fourth prizes in a Tesco contest back in the day, we decided to pay it forward and partner up to uncover a homebrew hero to win some truly life-changing prizes.
For his fascinating entry inspired by the historically high-gravity porters and stouts of the Caribbean, our #HomeBrewDog victor is Tom Doyle, from Dublin. Tom’s beer – Tropic Thunder – is a 7.0% throwback to a time when stouts brewed for tropical markets were fruitier and with more restrained bitterness than other foreign export stouts. To achieve this, his beer embraces two fascinating twists – a higher percentage of Crystal malt than expected to raise the body, and the addition of sweet orange peel added at the end of the boil.
As part of the #HomeBrewDog prize, Tom went over to our Ellon brewhous to reproduce his entry, which will be sold exclusively in Tesco and our BrewDog online shop in the first few months of 2017. It will also be launched on draft across our network of UK BrewDog Bars, and right here in Edinburgh Tom will be holding court for the official launch alongside a curated beer list for the evening chosen by himself!
All the beers, including Tropic Thunder, will be pouring from 6pm, so join us then!
For his fascinating entry inspired by the historically high-gravity porters and stouts of the Caribbean, our #HomeBrewDog victor is Tom Doyle, from Dublin. Tom’s beer – Tropic Thunder – is a 7.0% throwback to a time when stouts brewed for tropical markets were fruitier and with more restrained bitterness than other foreign export stouts. To achieve this, his beer embraces two fascinating twists – a higher percentage of Crystal malt than expected to raise the body, and the addition of sweet orange peel added at the end of the boil.
As part of the #HomeBrewDog prize, Tom went over to our Ellon brewhous to reproduce his entry, which will be sold exclusively in Tesco and our BrewDog online shop in the first few months of 2017. It will also be launched on draft across our network of UK BrewDog Bars, and right here in Edinburgh Tom will be holding court for the official launch alongside a curated beer list for the evening chosen by himself!
All the beers, including Tropic Thunder, will be pouring from 6pm, so join us then!