Starting this Thursday running until Bank Holiday Monday is the 4th Birthday Party for The Dog, Burton & South Derbyshire CAMRA’s three time Pub of the Year winners.
Along with a wide range of beers, ciders, perrys and gins for sale, this also marks the launch of a special collaboration between The Dog and Thornbridge.
“The beer is a Cherry Bakewell Stout called Cerberus,” says Landlord John McLaughlin referencing the triple headed dog from Greek Mythology that guarded the gates of the underworld. “It will be available over the whole weekend. Being our 4th Birthday we needed a birthday cake so we’ve taken a few pints of our Cerberus and added it to a rich cherry and chocolate cake so make sure you get a slice of that!”
And how is the beer?
“it’s tasting amazing!”
John has being doing some Brew It Yourself.
“To be able to brew on Thornbridge’s original kit that gave birth to Jaipur was a real honour,” reckons John. “It was tasting Jaipur and Thornbridge’s other beers that sent me on my good beer journey.”
“I had a hand in pretty much every aspect of the brew from weighing the grains, mashing them in, testing that all the starch had converted to sugars, sparging and transferring to the boil kettle, adding the hops & lactose, chilling, transferring and finally pitching the yeast.”
Even emptying out the Mash Tun?
“And yes, of course digging out he mash tun,” he laughs. “Wet grains are heavy!”
As if one beer isn’t enough, John has also produced The Notorious D.O.G.
“I can’t start my day without a coffee and a Lotus Biscoff biscuit,” reveals John. “We have tried to recreate this in a beer by adding over 3kgs of Biscoff biscuits into the mash and adding fresh cold brew coffee and caramel to the fermentation!”
“This was brewed at the Brewhouse & Kitchen in Lichfield, there’s only one cask in existence so get here Thursday if you wanna try this one!” No so much Micro brewing or even Nano brewing, is this an example of Pico brewing?
Back to the festival, although John has yet to reveal the beer list he does have this to say.
“We have a host of other beers from the likes of Northern Monk, Arbor, Loka Polly, Track, Salopian, Oakham, Titanic, Siren and plenty more with gluten free and vegan friendly beers on sale too! It’s not just beers on sale, as always we have a great selection of ciders, perrys & gins and to keep your hunger at bay we will have a range of cobs, pork pies and nibbles for you.”
@TheDogBurton