So yesterday I achieved one of my life goals. Like many a beer drinker, I’ve gone through the various life stages of drinking shit lager, drinking various “real ales”, drinking craft beers, drinking “craft” lager. There are 2 breweries that caught my eye and both are, for different reasons, why I set up Leviathan Brewing. A few years ago, I worked in Bracknell and spend a lot of time in Reading, and drank a lot of Siren. I also spent a lot of time working in London and drank a lot of Weird Beard. Once I set up myself, one thing that always frustrated me was that, as a very much metal music influenced brewery, whenever I thought of a good beer name either Weird Beard or Black Iris, had got there first. The one thing that has struck me the most about Weird Beard throughout had been Bryan’s attitude i.e. I will brew what the fuck I like. Yesterday he dropped of 12 beers as a gift. THE. MOST. DIVERSE. 12 beers you will see. All fucking excellent and testament to how fucking good Weird Beard are. Bryan Spooner @weirdbeardbrewco I salute you.
If you’ve been following Craft Beer Hour on Twitter this evening, you’ll have seen some very exciting news! We are thrilled to be part of this year’s #collabgeddon. We are hosting @brewyorkbeer to brew an Export Stout, before we head over to @ampersandbrewco and brew up a big West Coast IPA! All 12 of this years collabs will be dropping UK wide for a nationwide TTO on Nov 19. Save the date. I’d keep the 20th a quiet one too 😬 #collabgeddon
Brew day tomorrow! We’ll tell you all about it later but, for now, we’ll just leave this here….. #weirdbeard #craftbeer #birmingham #collab #beerstagram #brewery #brewing #suttoncoldfield
Couple of freshies among the beers pouring at @derbybeercon this weekend. if you’re there come and say hello and have a beer or 3! Lovely Tap Room locals, we’ll also be seeing you as usual 😘 🤘🍻🤘🍻🤘
Minerva - Southern Cross hopped Pale Ale 5% Fruity little number with a hint of spice and a smooth bitter finish. Fresh out the tank, first pours at Derby Beer Con tomorrow and of course at the Tap Room this Fri - Sun. 👀🍻🤘 #paleale #craftbeer #derbybeercon #beerstagram #nocrapontap #craftbeerpics #beerpics #taproom #brewery #suttoncoldfield #birmingham
Quick pint of “I’m Up In The Clouds” - Centennial Simcoe IPA 6.2% - before I dig out the Mash Tun #brewday Grab a pint at the Tap Room or Derby Beer Con this Friday / Saturday!
This Friday / Saturday we are thrilled to be attending @derbybeercon 2021! Nice selection of beers pouring from 5:30 Friday, so pop along, say hi and join us for a beer. Can’t make it? The Tap Room will still be OPEN as usual from 1-10pm Fri & Sat and 12-6pm Sun!
Open today from 1-10pm. As always, dogs, babies and their well-behaved owners are most welcome. It’s the weekend so pop along for some delicious beer, order a take away and relax.
This Friday at Leviathan Brewing, we’ve Sticky Beaks dishing up some delicious street food. Good selection of beers on (check our beer list on our page, our website or UnTappd venue), with 2 new beers dropping in addition - a centennial/simcoe IPA and a southern cross pale ale. No booking required. Food and beer also available to take away. See you then!
Yay it’s a 3 day weekend! Open today from 2pm - 10pm Saturday 1pm - 10pm Sunday 12pm - 6pm (possibly later) Monday tbc Come join us for a beer!
@pattydabblers bringing the absolute 🔥🔥🔥 to Leviathan Brewing Tap Room this coming Friday 5-9pm and Saturday 4-9pm! Come along for great beer, great food. No booking required!! #craftbeer #taproom #suttoncoldfield #burger #burgers #streetfood #birmingham #beerpics #birminghamfoodies #beerstagram #supportyourlocal
@brew_ldn You were amazing. Many more words to follow but, for now, I need my blanky. #brewldn #craftblanky #supportyourlocalblanky #blankiesofinstagram #craftblankypics #blankyIPA #hazyandlazy #beerandblankies #nopolyesterontap
Black Magic. Imperial Black Saison 10.5% Going down a storm @brew_ldn. When it’s gone it’s gone 🤘🍻🤘🍻🤘 #saison #craftbeer #brewldn #nocrapontap #beer #beerstagram
BrewLDN we are ready for you 🤘#brewldn
For those to you attending BrewLDN this weekend, come as see us at Stand 46. We’re pouring a great mix of beers (see below - plus a Citra Mosaic pale 4.9% not shown). Some recent (and some probably soon to be core beers) plus a few exceptional one offs, including our recent collaboration with Wild Weather and a tasty Imperial Black Saison! #brewldn The team and I are a little excited and looking forward to seeing you all, so come along for a beer and or chat!
First of the big hitters we’ll be bringing to @brew_ldn. Sweet Leaf. A single hop New England style DIPA (8.5%) dry hopped with Motueka. Big Limey hit backed up by Lemon and Apricot over a sweet malt base. Restrained bitterness and a smooooth finish.
Next up for @brew_ldn is our recent Blonde Ale, hopped with Amarillo and Kazbek hops for a orange and lemon vibe. #brewldn #craftbeer
We are at BrewLDN from Thursday. Here’s the first of our beers we’ll be bringing along for the 3 days. Institutionalized. A 6% single hop IPA brewed with Citra hops and Vermont yeast. #brewldn #craftbeer #beerpics #beerstagram
Little reminder that we are open today from 1-10pm! Come along for some tasty beer, cider or wine. Good food available as always from our neighbours Zack’s Caribbean and Balti Mahal!
Today’s beer list. Some absolute 🔥 on today. New DIPA you say? 👀
Open today from 1-10pm. It's going to be a hot one, so pop in for a few chilled ones in our chilled setting. Nice range of beer, cider, wine, snacks. Perfect weather to get some tasty bbq or jerk fried chicken from our neighbours Zack's Caribbean! Don't forget your suncream.
** NEW BEER ALERT ** In the next few days we’ll be releasing “Sweet Leaf” - 8.5% single hop Motueka New England style DIPA. Sweet malt, lemon and lime peel, restrained bitterness. Dangerously smashable. Trade customers hit us up via sales@leviathanbrewing.co.uk Tap room crew - keep em peeled! 👀
Have we got a weekend for you! Friday we are open as normal 1pm - 10pm. Saturday the amazing @what__the__cluck are back, cooking up some amazing chicken from 4pm. Take away food and beer available! No need to book, just turn up! Sunday we are joined by @leonasbespokecatering,bringing their Mexican game. Tasty fajitas and loaded nachos from 3pm. We will be open from 3pm - 11pm and will be showing the England game from 8pm. No need to book from 3-7:45pm, but for the game please get yourselves booked in via the link below... https://www.leviathanbrewing.co.uk/events/england-v-italy/?occurrence=2021-07-11 We've some fresh new beer dropping, the weather is looking fine, so come and join us this weekend! #englandvitaly #craftbeer #streetfood #beer #mexicanfood #brewerytap #suttoncoldfield #birmingham #taproom #beerstagram #nocrapontap #supportyourlocal
** New Beer Alert ** Spectrelight - hazy blonde ale 5.2% DH with Amarillo and Kazbek for juicy orange and lemon vibes. Smooth bitter finish. Proper summer smasher incoming! 👌👊😍
We don’t normally open on a Wednesday but, as it’s not every week England make it to the semi’s of a major tournament, we thought we’d make an exception! This Wednesday we’re open from 5pm and from 8pm we’ll be showing the football (there MAY be street food available). 2 sessions available 5-8PM (pre footy) and 8-11PM (footy). Usual selection of our beers, guest beer, cider and wine, snacks, so, get yourselves a table booked (max 6) and come and enjoy the game and a midweek cheeky beer! Book now at leviathanbrewing.co.uk/events/
Now, we know you loved them last time. And they loved being here. So….. Back next week 10th July the amazing WhatTheCluck are back!! No booking required, simply rock up, order some delish food, grab a few beers (or cider or wine) in our relaxed setting and go home happy and tell your friends!
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You. Citra / Mosaic Pale Ale 4.9%. Tasting pretty delicious at the Tap Room now! Weather is absolutely cracking. Open til 10pm, no booking required! Food available from our good neighbours Balti Mahal and Zack’s Caribbean to your table, or bring your own take-away.
That face when you’ve just been forced to resign but don’t give a fuck as the Leviathan Tap is open serving fresh new beers. (Open til 10pm)
That face when you know Leviathan’s opening at 1PM with some fresh new beers on. (No booking required today)
OK we were a little premature last week (bad glycol chiller vibes), but here we are.... **NEW BEER ALERT** Institutionalized - Citra IPA - 6% - using malted oats, flaked wheat and LA3 yeast to deliver a smooth, easy drinking beer with a big citrusy Citra punch! First pours at @thesparewheelnewbury this Thursday evening and at the tappy on Friday! You booked in yet? #craftbeer #brewerytap #beer #beerpics #craftbeerpics #beeroclock #taproom #supportyourlocal #buyindependent #beerstagram #birmingham #suttoncoldfield #walmley #fouroaks #meregreen #craftale #craftbeerlover
Last year we brewed a certain “ice cream” stout. It was a bit of a fun beer, went down pretty well generally and certainly had people talking (mostly lawyers). We thought we’d brew it again. We’ve made a few tweaks to improve aspects of it we weren’t happy with and plan to brew it again next week, so keep an eye out for it in a few weeks (with new non censored artwork!) In the meantime we thought it would be really silly to make an “Imperial Coconut” edition on the pilot kit, weighing in at 13.4% abv!! The sole keg of this will be popping up on Thursday at @thesparewheelnewbury!
We do love to experiment a little and, since we’ve been brewing on the big kit, we’ve missed doing that. Recently we dug out the now pilot kit and had a play! What the fuck is a Lichtenhainer? I hear you ask. It’s a slightly tart wheat beer. So, a Gose? No. Oh a Berliner Weiss? No! It’s basically a style of German Wheat beer that is slightly tart, and uses smoked malt for a subtle smokiness. Not your Rauch levels of smoky bacon, but a very subtle smoke from oak smoked wheat. We think this works well with a little morello cherry. So, now you know! Just carbing up the one and only keg of this that’ll be on at our TTO at @thesparewheelnewbury x @wild_weather_ales this Thursday night! The full Leviathan Crew (all 3 of us) will be in attendance so pop along and see us if you can - contact the venue to book a table. Can’t wait to see you all! #craftbeer #sourbeer #wheatbeer #beer #beerstagram #supportyourlocal #beers #suttoncoldfield #beerpics #craftbeerpics #newbury #reading #tto
“Don’t call us, we’ll call you” - 4.9% Citra / Mosaic Pale. An explosion of citrus and stone fruit. Gotta say, we’re pretty pleased with this one! First pours @thesparewheelnewbury this Thursday, and the Tap Room Friday! #craftbeer #suttoncoldfield #birmingham #beer #brewery #beergarden #taproom #nocrapontap #beerpics #craftale #paleale #beerstagram
** NEW BEER ALERT ** INSTITUTIONALIZED - ALL CITRA HAZY IPA 6.0% Available this coming Friday to Sunday in the Tap Room and to trade later this week!
Steve’s outside today enjoying the sunshine and a cheeky half of Phantoms. Come on down and join him for an array of tasty beverages. We’re open from 1-10pm!
After a busy week brewing, the Tap Room is back today. We’re open from 1pm today. No booking required. We aren’t showing the footy today, so if you fancy a nice, chilled, relaxing evening with good beer and company get yourself down. We’ve some cracking guest beers flowing all weekend including beers from @pollysbrewco, @staggeringlygoodbeer and this belter from @thekernelbrewery. What’s not to like? Don’t forget you can order food from our neighbours Balti Mahal and Zack’s Caribbean and eat at your table. Open Saturday from 1-10pm and Sunday 12-6pm. Hopefully see you later! All @ Leviathan Brewing x