Our Cotswold Craft Lager is crisp, refreshing and delicately hopped, but full of flavour.
Inspired by the Kölsch beers of Cologne, our recipe combines British malts with East Kent Goldings hops and locally-sourced, surplus fresh bread to make a clean-tasting, modern beer.
Gluten free and suitable for vegans.
You can enjoy our craft beer throughout the Cotswolds. Check out where you can buy our Beers here.
Gluten Free and Vegan
Probably the most popular beer style on the planet, the humble lager has a long and varied history. Hailing from northern Europe, in what is now Germany and Austria, lager beers represent a significant evolution of brewing history.
If you’re interested in the technical stuff, our Cotswold Craft Lager is inspired by a classic German beer. Kölsch is a hybrid beer; fermented at warm temperatures like an ale, then cold-conditioned like a lager. The result is a clean, crisp beer that’s delicately hopped and far tastier than the dull and uninspiring lagers you’ll find at your local!
An overlooked – and arguably trivial – consequence of Brexit means that we could’ve, if we’d chosen, called this our Cotswold Craft Kölsch. Like Champagne from France or Gouda from Holland, Kölsch has Protected Geographical Indication in the EU, meaning that a “true Kölsch” must be made within 50km of Cologne. Outside of the EU, the PGI status is rarely recognised.
Call us sticklers, pedants or beer snobs, but this is our version of a Kölsch-style beer rather than a clone so we’ve called it our Cotswold Craft Lager.
