The full line-up of beers for Hop City 2018 has just been released by Northern Monk. The festival is a celebration of hop forward beers from the best breweries worldwide and it takes places in Leeds City Centre over the Easter weekend (29th-31st March).
If you asked us who make the best hop forward beers in the UK right now, three of the first names we’d come up with would be Northern Monk, Deya and Verdant. The three breweries have come together in collaboration to make this, Hop City DIPA, the second version of the beer known as Hop City released to coincide with the second annual, Hop City festival – a celebration of hop-led beers from some of the best brewers around the world. The festival itself takes place in Leeds City Centre, 29th-31st March, but we’re here today to talk about the beer.
The first in our series of city guides, we’re starting with Belfast because it’s our hometown. It’s where we’re based and the city we know best. You can consider this as the definitive guide to craft beer in Belfast from a native who’s drank hundreds (thousands?!) of beers in or from the places listed below.
Nicci Peet is a freelance photographer based in Bristol, passionate about beer and food. You’ve most likely seen some of her work with photos published in high profile magazines and an impressive client list including some of our favourite breweries such as Wild Beer and Yeastie Boys.
Last week, Nicci launched a Patreon project to facilitate her new documentary photographing women in the UK beer industry. She kindly agreed to have a chat with us about the project, her favourite beers and the women she admires the most within the beer industry.
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