We were really pleased to see Dripping Pitch picked out in Drinks Retailing’s beer review back in the spring. The review was written by Jeff Evans, beer writer and chair of the International Beer Challenge. Jeff singled it out from the batch of hoppy pale ales we’d just released, sitting it alongside new beers from Siren, Round Corner and Orbit. That’s very good company to keep.

Dripping Pitch is our West Coast IPA, back this year after two years away. Jeff clearly gets what the style is about: American hops leading the way with orange, grapefruit, apricot and pine, and enough malt behind them to hold up the bitterness without tipping into sweet or heavy. He sums up the finish as “robust, bitter, fruity and softly warming”, which we’ll very happily take.

Dripping Pitch | 6.7% West Coast IPA – Bold | Fruity | Bitter

You can read Jeff’s full review on the Drinks Retailing website. If you’d like to try it yourself, keep an eye out in the spring, or if you can’t wait pick up a six-pack of something similar from our shop or come and find it in the taproom at West Acre.