Elderflower Lager
Alcohol-free brewers Nirvana Brewery and speciality AF retailer Wise Bartender are bringing back their Elderflower Lager limited-edition collaboration for the Jubilee.
In what the duo believes to be a first in the realm of non-alcoholic beers, they have brewed a classic lager lifted with the addition of seasonal elderflower essence, coming in at 0.5% ABV.
Dreamt up and brewed in Nirvana’s own East London premises, the UK’s only brewery dedicated to alcohol-free beer, the beer was fermented low and slow just like a good lager should be. A generous addition of seasonal elderflower essence brings just the right balance of sweet and floral flavours to the beer, with the lager base lending sweet biscuit malts and a balanced flavour.
Vienna malts bring characteristic lager aromas on the pour, giving a straw-coloured body. The brew was dry hopped with a light touch of Cascade to bolster its floral and fruity characters before the final addition of the elderflower essence, resulting in a bev which is deliciously thirst-quenching and undeniably moreish.
Becky Kean, Co-founder at Nirvana Brewery said: “We’re really excited to bring back this very popular special with long time Nirvana stockist and AF superstar Wise Bartender for this beer! As the alcohol-free beer pioneers in the UK, creating new styles and innovating is at the heart of what we do, so when they originally approached us asking if we could make their dream of an alcohol-free Elderflower Lager a reality, we jumped at the chance to bring something fresh to the market!”
“At Nirvana, we’re all about bringing people together for social occasions. With elderflower being the quintessential scent of a British summer, we think this beer is the perfect tipple to share with friends and family over the Jubilee celebrations.”