Keighley Bitter

We brewed a beer which was our homage to Timmy Taylors Landlord which we called Mothy Lor’s, fermented with the WHC yeast ‘Bond‘, mostly Maris Otter malt base with a bit of Extra Pale to lighten the malt character of the Maris, with tiny amount of Crystal 150 and Black malt. Hopping came from East Kent Goldings and Savinjski Goldings.
We thought we could improve on this beer and it was suggested we rename it by one of our good customers to Keighley Bitter, so just like Manchester Bitter from Marble or Barnsley Bitter from Acorn its named after the place it’s brewed in.
We have tweaked the hopping and hop timings to reduce the slightly rough bitterness which comes from all the hops being high in Cohumulone, we find high cohumulone hops react best to being used at the end of boil and at 80-85c temperature, this allows all the flavour and aroma we want while limiting the harsh bitter character which can come across as a rough Citrus character. Bobek hops should add to the Savinjski and increase the good Citrus character as we want to increase the depth of flavour and longevity of flavour on the palate after a gob full 😉

We hope you will give our brew of Keighley Bitter 4.3% a go too as Mothy Lor’s sold well. Brewing today, should be available to order next week from 14th Oct. Cheers