River Cottage Stinger Ale is made in collaboration with Stroud Brewery) is made with nettles, close relatives to hops, for a beer with a tangy kick and herby flavour. This beer is brewed using locally foraged nettles from hedgerows and field margins, yet leave space for more wildlife.
Nettles are home to many important pollinators including baby ladybirds (these look like little alligators, so always leave them for a few weeks to fly off, before foraging, if you see any).
Shangri Lager (also sold at Abel and Cole) is another organic vegan beer, made in collaboration with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at River Cottage. This combines the brewing experts at Freedom (that makes Helles organic vegan bottled beer (also in cans), a pale organic lager with a clean malt base and floral flavours.
This brewery is nestled near a small valley in Staffordshire, where the local village is known for its spring water. Its own lager is aged for four weeks, and uses cold water cooling techniques, to reduce energy consumption by a third.
