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For our May special we thought we'd experiment a little, well a lot actually. First of all this is our first wheat beer and secondly it's the first time we've used fresh fruit in a beer. So, coming soon to a bar near you is Overkill a rhubarb wheat beer named after the Motörhead album from 1979.
Why Overkill you may ask. Well, as well as a cynical attempt to appeal to heavy rock fans (just kidding), we thought that since the wheat beer is a German beer style the fact that Motörhead use an umlaut in their name was kind of appropriate.
Why rhubarb you may also ask. Well here in Whitwood, West Yorkshire we are on the edge of the largest rhubarb growing area in the UK - known locally as The Rhubarb Triangle. So the fruit used in the beer is locally grown here in West Yorkshire.
Andrew: I'll be honest I'm not a fan of Motörhead apart from a couple of classic singles. I don't own an album but I'm going to try and find a secondhand vinyl copy of Overkill! Ahh, I still remember eagerly sitting down to watch the first episode of series two of the Young Ones featuring Ace of Spades as the musical number while Mayall, Edmundson, Planer and Ryan tore around Bristol flicking the Vs at bemused British Rail staff at Temple Meads. After me everyone 'crop rotation in the 14th Century was CONSIDERABLY more widespread after...'.
Why Overkill you may ask. Well, as well as a cynical attempt to appeal to heavy rock fans (just kidding), we thought that since the wheat beer is a German beer style the fact that Motörhead use an umlaut in their name was kind of appropriate.
Why rhubarb you may also ask. Well here in Whitwood, West Yorkshire we are on the edge of the largest rhubarb growing area in the UK - known locally as The Rhubarb Triangle. So the fruit used in the beer is locally grown here in West Yorkshire.
Andrew: I'll be honest I'm not a fan of Motörhead apart from a couple of classic singles. I don't own an album but I'm going to try and find a secondhand vinyl copy of Overkill! Ahh, I still remember eagerly sitting down to watch the first episode of series two of the Young Ones featuring Ace of Spades as the musical number while Mayall, Edmundson, Planer and Ryan tore around Bristol flicking the Vs at bemused British Rail staff at Temple Meads. After me everyone 'crop rotation in the 14th Century was CONSIDERABLY more widespread after...'.
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