Polly's Brew Co. Fondness

Sour: "It’s summer time, so that must mean, yep you guessed it - it’s Rhubarb season! Stewing away with plenty of sugar, we’re positively pining for those pies, crumbles and jams so tart that they make your face do that funny sideways motion whenever we take a bite. Our resident sour beer wizard Lally needs no introduc

Through every iteration of our growth over the last demi-decade, one thing that has persisted throughout is this brewery’s love of hops, and how we’ve born an entire business that now looks after the livelihoods of fourteen team members from this love. The Hop Studio felt like a natural extension of this love – showcasing the single most complex, wonderfully diverse ingredient we use in our process bar none. A new school favourite delicately interwoven into our recent history, we’re huge fans of Bru-1 here at Polly’s HQ. Developed through open pollination at Brulotte Farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley, hence the name, we absolutely vibe off how this incredible varietal bursts with freshly cut pineapple notes as soon as it hits the palate. With a clean bittering profile, we fell in love almost instantly with how well this hop works on both sides of the brewing process – both high in alpha acid and myrcene, this is at the same time boldly sweet and tropical, whilst exhibiting a subtle spiciness that makes it one of our favourite varietals to work with today.

Fondness – Rhubarb & Rosehip Sour 5.5%

It’s summer time, so that must mean, yep you guessed it – it’s Rhubarb season! Stewing away with plenty of sugar, we’re positively pining for those pies, crumbles and jams so tart that they make your face do that funny sideways motion whenever we take a bite. Our resident sour beer wizard Lally needs no introduction, and when we made the same face at him he knew exactly what we meant – getting his thinking cap on and bringing yet another entry into our sour beer cannon; now arguably the most underrated part of our brewery. Charging the beer with a light addition of fresh rosehip for a little bit of turkish delight complexity, the result is Fondness – a sour beer that is full on spritzy, tart, sweet, and complex all at once. Bravo once again to our brew team for showing we can do more than just pale and hoppy!

Rhubarb & Rosehip Sour Size: 440ml ABV: 5.5%