by Adrian Tierney-Jones

It’s always a good feeling when someone recognises your work in beer, especially when that someone is a world’s respected beer critic, published author and beer judge Adrian Tierney Jones.

We’re pretty chuffed to see Duration and our co-founder Bates feature in a recent piece from Pellicle called The Shape of Pils to Come, exploring 30 years of Birrificio Italiano’s legendary Tipopils and the influence it has had on modern pils brewing.

Adrian looks at how Tipopils helped shape the very notion of an Italian pils: a beer built on the bones of a German lager, but with a greater emphasis on hop aroma and flavour through dry-hopping.

After trying Duration’s Italian Pils Cuttin’ Grass at Beer Hatch in Norwich, writer Adrian Tierney-Jones describes his reaction simply:

“Tipopils!”

For us, Cuttin’ Grass is clean, crisp and lagered, and we give the hops a little more room to speak than in a classic pilsner. Using noble Mittlefruh and Saphir hops to give zippy lemon notes.

We’re always interested in where beer takes us, and it’s particularly cool to see one of our beers mentioned in a piece exploring the history, evolution and influence of a beer as important as Tipopils.

Thanks to Pellicle and Adrian Tierney-Jones for including us.

And if you haven’t tried Cuttin’ Grass yet, check back with us next spring! We currently have our German Pilsner – Doses available that Adrian included in his publication United Kingdom of Beer.