Mildly Interesting

NOTE: MILDLY INTERESTING IS A PRESALE ITEM! ANY CARE CLUB FIRST DIBS ACCESS ORDERS CONTAINING THIS ITEM WILL SHIP ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, AND DABBLER ORDERS WILL SHIP ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.

Name: Mildly Interesting

Style: English/New Zealand Mild

ABV: Less than 0.5% ABV

Quantity: 4pack/16oz. cans

Description: English mild is a beer style that makes the pure enthusiasts filled with joy, and the casual beer drinker run away, fearing it will be mild in flavor. We figured we could lean into this hop story telling a bit more going into fresh hop season with this beer as well.

TLDR: All English malt bangers meets bangers in the mash.

Golden Promise, Maris Otter and Golden Naked Oats in the malt bill steal the show. The trick is to keep it light - but not in flavor - so we extended the boil fairly long in full English tradition. In England it would have been enough time to go back home, have some tea and biscuits, and maybe even a short nap. But we're in the US. So we just grabbed some slices of pizza and caught some live coverage of the breaking during the Olympics. Embarrassed for Australia, we decided to instead choose New Zealand hop varietals that would shine in this beer.

Already relatively familiar with the Pacific Gem hop, we figured it would pair up nicely with Southern Cross. These particular hops were bred from heritage English hop varieties, and then were given chance to roam the NZ landscape, which lended terroir influence to classics. They really do shine with a coarse English water profile, and the English specialty malts. Hopefully we haven’t lost you, it really is something out on a limb that hardly even exists within the regular beer space, much less the NA space, because most brewers are afraid to even try to sell English beer styles.

But, hey. Look at us. We’ve done it again,

Cheers!

WARNING: similar to many juices, kombucha, and other beverages you'll find in the grocery store, this product has not been pasteurized, and therefore may contain harmful bacteria that can cause serious illness in children, the elderly, and persons with weakened immune systems.

PLEASE NOTE: like other beverage industries have been doing for centuries, we mitigate the potential for bacterial growth in other ways, rather than to pasteurize and destroy the nuanced flavors that make our beer stand out from many pasteurized non-alcoholic beer offerings, though we do acknowledge pasteurization is the most effective way to inhibit bacterial growth, or potential for refermentation in the can. Risk may be exacerbated by prolonged warm storage, so to mitigate risk, always cold-store Self Care immediately upon receipt, and avoid exposure to extreme heat.