Rebellion's 2019 Year Summary

18 December 2019

2019 has been another fantastic year for the Rebellion Brewery. Here's a short recap of what's happened.

Milling

The brewhouse has been busy, brewing 429 times this year, producing 4,273,295 pints! The brewing team work very hard to ensure the beer they produce is consistent, great quality and of course, very tasty. A big thankyou to all of our brewers and the production team.

 

2019 Clips

The 2019 Aviator Monthly Beer Range

The 2019 series was the "Aviator Range", and yet again our brewing team have done an amazing job in creating a range our beers that was varied and interesting. We hope you've enjoyed spotting the pump clip artwork on bars, depicting our fictional Aviator, Roger, in various tricky situations. Some fantastic beers in there, Nose Dive, Sonic Boom and Wingman were particularly popular.

 

 

Bottling Line

Brewery Development

We have been improving the brewery for several years. It's been a big project but we're nearly there. Many of the areas are now finished, including the brewhouse, the racking (barrel filling) and kegging (keg filling) areas.

At the end of October 2019 our new bottling line was installed and commissioned, allowing us to bottle smaller batches of beer. Small batch bottling offers the potential to trial all sorts of different beer styles, so watch this space...

 

 

Open Weekend

Open Weekend

The highlight of the brewery's year for many of you, and us, was the Charity Open Weekend in June.

For those new to us, this is a biennial free beer weekend held at the brewery for a local hospital charity, Scannappeal. It is free to enter with free beer and free music all weekend with donations taken on the door.

Yet again, the weather was kind and the atmosphere created by the 4500 people who attended was incredible.  More incredible was the amount raised, a whopping £65,000. We would again like to offer a huge thankyou to all those who came along and gave so generously. The next weekend will be in 2021, dates will be released sometime next year...see you there!

 

Open Nights

We've made many improvements to our Public and Members' Night this year and hope you have enjoyed the beer, music and food.

We now have music at every night and hope you enjoy the atmosphere it creates. We've added more bars and we now have our lager available at locations on site. The Barbecue has been fantastic again this year, with the monthly special adding something a little bit different to the delicious favourites on the main menu.

To all those who have enjoyed a pint or two, we hope you had a great time and we thank you all for coming. We will continue to improve the nights and feedback is always welcome.

 

Mini Barrel Improvements

Over the last few years we have done extensive trials and testing on the 22 pint mini barrel to improve their quality and consistency for you. We hope this has had a positive impact on your experience when using the barrels.

 

Awards

Our beers have had success in various competitions this year.

  • Gold for Lager in the SIBA Independent Beer Awards, Midlands region.
  • National Bronze award for Lager at SIBA's Beer X Exhibition.
  • Lager received silver at the World Beer Awards for a UK Lager.
  • Lager received bronze in the International Beer Challenge.
  • Black was the winner in the UK Oatmeal Stout category at the World Beer Awards.
  • White won gold in the Midlands regional SIBA competition within the Speciality Light Beer bottle/can competition.
  • 24 Carat won gold in the Midlands regional SIBA competition within the Premium Pale Ale in the bottle/can competition.

 

Coming in 2020!

2020 Clips

Roger's Sporting Series is the 2020 range of monthly beers. Continuing with Roger, our budding Aviator from the 2019 beer range, we now see him involved in various sporting situations. Look out for beers such as Knockout, Freefall and Trick Shot. If the quality and variety of this year are anything to go by, we should all be in for some very tasty beers.

 

 

Litre Bottle

We will be introducing a new 1 litre swing top bottle which will be re-usable and returnable. Currently 26% of all our shop beer is in our 22 pint re-usable mini barrels, the addition of the 1 litre re-usable bottles will significantly increase this figure. Look for the bottle around March time.

Developments to our packaging area will be completed. This will include automatic filling and cleaning lines being installed so all our small pack shop beer will be filled automatically, helping improve our beer's quality and consistency.

We will launch our first "Craft" beer, 24 Carat, in the trade. 24 Carat will also now be available in bottle in the shop all year.

We are so grateful for the continued support you show us and our beer. We will continue to develop all aspects of the Brewery, the Shop and Open Nights to make the experience as good as possible for you.

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

From all at the Rebellion Brewery.

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Rebellion Hazy Pale

Fruity & Tropical 4.3%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
 
 

Rebellion IPA

Copper Session Bitter 3.4%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
  • 3.3 Litre Bottles
  • 5 Litre Kegs
  • 18 Pint Bottles
  • 22 Pint Mini Barrel
  • 72 Pint Firkins
 
 

Labyrinth

Dark and Malty 4.1%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
  • 3.3 Litre Bottles
  • 5 Litre Kegs
  • 18 Pint Bottles
  • 22 Pint Mini Barrel
 
 

Rebellion Smuggler

Well Hopped Amber Ale 4.2%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
  • 3.3 Litre Bottles
  • 5 Litre Kegs
  • 18 Pint Bottles
  • 22 Pint Mini Barrel
 
 

Rebellion Overthrow

Extra Pale & Crisp 4.3%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
  • 3.3 Litre Bottles
  • 5 Litre Kegs
  • 18 Pint Bottles
  • 22 Pint Mini Barrel
  • 72 Pint Firkins
 
 

Rebellion Roasted Nuts

Reddish Brown & Fruity 4.6%

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • 1 Litre Bottles
  • 3.3 Litre Bottles
  • 5 Litre Kegs
  • 18 Pint Bottles
  • 22 Pint Mini Barrel
 
 

IPA Bottle

Copper Session Bitter 3.4% 500ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
  • Mixed case 2 Beers
  • Mixed case 3 Beers
 
 

Blonde Bottle

Golden & Refreshing 4.3% 500ml

 
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  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
  • Mixed case 2 Beers
  • Mixed case 3 Beers
 
 

Red Bottle

Deep Red & Malty 4.5% 500ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
  • 2 Bottle + Glass Pack
  • 3 Bottle Presentation Pack
  • 4 Bottle + Glass Pack
 
 

24 Carat Bottle

Golden, Hoppy & Bittersweet 5% 500ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
  • Mixed case 3 Beers
 
 

Roasted Nuts Extra

Deep Ruby, Complex & Flavoursome 5.8% 500ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
 
 

Winter Royal

Ruby & Warming 5.4% 500ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
 
 

Lager Bottle

Crisp & Refreshing 4.4% 330ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
  • 2 Bottle + Glass Pack
  • 3 Bottle Presentation Pack
  • 4 Bottle + Glass Pack
 
 

Black

Rich & Complex Stout 5.2% 330ml

 
Sizes Currently Available
  • Single Bottle
  • Case of 12 Bottles
 
"Rebellion beer is my favourite brewery. I love the regular beers and many of the monthly specials. The brewery shop is one of my favourite places and members nights are an experience not to be missed."
"Visited the newly opened Tap Yard and was very impressed with everything from the way they’ve transformed the old containers into this fabulous bar, to the wide range of beers and other drinks available to enjoy within a great atmosphere."
"Fantastic place for a beer lover. Great selection of tasty, fresh ales in the shop and Tap Yard. Warm, friendly atmosphere and very kind and helpful staff."
"Had their beers before and liked them. Even better here at the Tap Yard because they've only travelled short distance across the premises. Staff friendly and very helpful. None of the "I only work here" vibe you can get in some places. Staff seemed only too willing to help. Brilliant!"
"Visited the newly opened tap room the other Saturday and was very impressed with everything including the wide range of beers and other drinks available to enjoy with a great atmosphere."
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