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In cahoots with…..
February 26, 2019

You may have noticed that collaborations are pretty popular between breweries these days. They're a great opportunity to hang out with like minded people, talk beer, learn something new, try something new, geek out on; OGs, FGs, attenuation, ingredients, adjuncts…..whatever floats your boat, without too many funny looks. Community is really important to us….it’s a no brainer.   To be honest I don’t like the term 'collaboration',...

Block by Block
January 5, 2019

One of our favourite Christmas presents this year was a brick! Given to us by a friend who found it in the foundations of a workshop in Northumberland a few days before Christmas. It was in the base of a small foundry. Dave pulled the whole lot our, a whole skip full but only 4 of them had an F & L marking. Fenton & Lane brick works was operating in Durham in the 1880s. The place it was found in was built in 1893 so we think it's fair to say...

So that was 2018....
December 31, 2018

So that was 2018...what a year! A year ago we were gypsy brewing - using other people's breweries as and when we could. This year we've spent a lot of time filling in forms, looking behind sofas for money, applying for various licences, digging trenches for water & electricity mains. In April 2018 we finally installed our own brewery in Elsdon, Northumberland, viva la F&L!   It's been a great year for F&L brewery; We now...

Mad Jack Ha'
December 29, 2018

Mad Jack Ha' (or Mad Jack Hall) is our session IPA, a little moreish 3.8%er with Mosaic hops. We made a Christmas delivery to this lovely lady, Hazel last week. Was amazed to find out that she's a descendant of Mad Jack himself!   MJH was born a couple of miles from the brewery at Otterburn Hall (now Otterburn Castle), he was a Justice of Peace in Northumberland, a Jacobite leader and a major figure in the Jacobite rising of 1715 (for...

Damson Porter
December 22, 2018

Soon to be arriving in 500ml bottles our Damson Porter. This is a smooth robust porter brewed with Northumberland Damsons. A rich dark chocolate and sweet aromatic malt character is balanced by the distinctive tang of ripe damsons (4.8% ABV). Available to pre-order in the website...

BBC Country File
December 17, 2018

Surreal but very enjoyable day spent filming in and around the brewery with Steve Fletcher for BBC Country File Christmas special. Started at 7.45am feeding cows spent grain, brewed our new Damson Porter and ended up in the Bird in Bush Pub singing Christmas Carols with John Craven! The filming was for the Christmas Special airing on Sunday 23rd December at 5.20pm. BBC Country File - Christmas...

F&L Bottles
December 6, 2018

We pleased to be able to offer 3 of our core beers in 500ml bottles; EQUINOX (PALE ALE) - 4.1% A hoppy session pale ale packed with New World (Citra) hops for a refreshing citrusy aroma and flavour. REIVER (BITTER) - 4.2% A classic best bitter with a fruity aroma and flavour. Made with British malt and hops. STELL (STOUT) - 4.3% A classic session stout made with UK hops and using 6 different malts for a complex malt...

Brew Stories
December 5, 2018

We had a great (if rather chilly) morning chatting beer and brewing with Dean and Rich from Brew Stories. Clip the link below to watch the video of our little...

Assured Independent
September 10, 2018

There has never been a better time to be a beer drinker in the UK, with more fantastic tasting beer styles being brewed than ever before by a growing number of talented, innovative brewers. However this growth in the independent beer market has not gone unnoticed by the global beer brands, who have begun to buyout previously independent craft breweries, or release their own products marketed as craft. We're proud to be an independent craft...

Brewery Open Day
April 20, 2018

We’re there! After nearly 2 years of cuckoo brewing (using another brewery to brew beer) we finally have a gaff of our own. Our new brew house is in Elsdon, described as the ‘perfect Northumbrian village’ and the historic capital of Redesdale, Northumberland. As you can imagine we’re over the moon to have our own brewery to call home at last and to be brewing behind The Bird in Bush which has been a public house since the 16th century and...