Our Story
In 2023, Bill Hall founded Hall's Brewery.
We only make traditional cask beers.
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Our Ingredients
Malts
Sourced from: Simpsons MaltMaris Otter is one of the most celebrated barley varieties in the world today. It is a traditional two-row, low-protein, winter barley and today is considered an heirloom variety. It is praised by brewers for its flavour, low nitrogen, and how easy it is to work with, but disliked by many farmers because of its lower yield (when compared to modern varieties).
Munich malt has its origins back in the 1830s at the Spaten Brewery in Munich, Germany. In the early part of the 1830s, Gabriel Sedlmayr the Elder still owned Spaten, however, his son, Gabriel Sedlmayr the Younger was well on his way to becoming a brewer in his own right. As part of his studies, Gabriel traveled extensively to Europe's most prestigious centers of brewing.
Crystal malts are made from barley grain in a process similar to that of making pale malts. As with pale malts, the grains are steeped and germinated. Unlike pale malts, crystal malts are then stewed—they are heated in a closed system that doesn't allow moisture to escape. As a result, the starch interiors of the barley grains are broken into sugars by amylase enzymes in the barley. After stewing, the grains are kilned. Kilning dries the grain, darkens the husk and caramelizes some of the sugar inside.
Chocolate malt is a roasted brewing malt. It is dark in colour, ranging from light brown to near-black. Chocolate malt is used to add colour and flavour to beer. When added in small quantities, it causes miniscule colour adjustments in lighter beers. In larger quantities, it causes significant darkening of the beer. Chocolate malt can be used in any beer style. Generally, though, it is mostly used for colour and flavour in darker beers.
Used in Light Coloured Beers, it imparts a deliciously sweet malty flavour without the burnt character that higher colour crystals bring. Excellent for colour adjustment on delicately flavoured Lagers and Ales, Premium English Caramalt gives a slight colour increase. It also works well in highly hopped beer to balance out bitterness and citrus aromas.
Made from the finest Bohemian quality brewing barley (barley varieties Bojos and Malz), this Pilsner malt is characterized by the typical sententious core notes of the original barley varieties.
Hops
East Kent Golding is often thought of as the ultimate English hop. Grown exclusively in Kent, England and descended from Canterbury Whitebine, it is a centuries old variety. Despite claims to the contrary, it is identical to Canterbury Golding. The two names have been used interchangeably for some time. Canterbury is a town in East Kent and the hop was first brought to market there in 1790. Some, however, charge to this day that East Kent Golding and Cantebury Golding are two distinct varieties though there is no clear evidence to support this. The variety began to be known primarily as East Kent Golding in 1838.
Bramling Cross is a rather rare breed and is mostly available in the UK. First harvested in 1927 at Wye College its lineage is a cross between Golding and a wild Manitoban (Canadian) hop. It is considered well suited to cask conditioned recipes as well as Christmas and fruit beers.
Target is a robust hop with an excellent intense aroma, well regarded as an aroma hop for late hopping or dry hopping and used effectively as a bittering hop too. Target has excellent, intense aromas of sage, citrus and a spicy undertone in flavour.
Nugget's super alpha acid content, low beta and low cohumulone percentages give it an excellent bittering kick popular in IPAs, Imperials and other super hoppy brews. It's high myrcene content also results in a green, herbal aroma.
Challenger was released in 1972 by Wye College in the UK. Its Aunt is Northdown and its Grandmother is Northern Brewer. It is a tall hop with good resistance to downy mildew but it is susceptible to powdery mildew and wilt. It has good growing characteristics, long slender cones and is high yielding. Its storage stability is good.
Released in 1875 by Mr Richard Fuggle of Brenchley in Kent UK, from a seedling selected in 1861, Fuggle is grown in Slovenia as Styrian Goldings and in the USA as Oregon Fuggle and reputedly as US Tettenang. In the UK, it is susceptible to wilt and has been produced in lower volumes in recent years. It is hoped that Wye Hops will make wilt resistant seedlings available by 2015.
Saaz is a staple variety for brewers and dates back more than 700 years. A Czech Republic landrace variety, Saaz is the most classic "noble" aroma hop with longstanding and strong traditions.
Finings
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Protafloc, commonly known as Irish Moss, is a semi-refined food-grade product which is added to the wort in the kettle to enhance protein removal as the wort cools. The active ingredient in Protafloc is a polysaccharide called carrageenan which is derived from seaweed (Irish Moss). Carrageenan in solution is negatively charged, owing to the sulphate groups along the polysaccharide backbone. It is these charged sites which interact with wort proteins.
In solution at temperatures above 65°C/150°F, the carrageenan has a random coil structure. As the wort cools the carrageenan takes a much more compact and ordered helical structure which is thought to drag the protein particles together to form aggregates. The aggregates, having a larger particle radius, settle faster.
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Brewers Clarity is an enzyme used to prevent haze formation in beer. It prevents chill haze and so increases production capacity, whilst leaving no other beer parameters affected. Brewers Clarity contains a highly specific fungal endopeptidase enzyme. This enzyme only cleaves haze sensitive polypeptides at the carboxyl end of the amino acid proline.
Our beers are not legally verified as gluten-free.
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Super F is a fast acting, Vegan-friendly fining. Fining agents have been used for centuries to produce bright and clear beer. We use Super F as an alternative to the traditional Isinglass which is a form of collagen obtained from the dried swim ballders of fish. This means our beers are suitable for individual who observe a vegetarian diet.
Our beers have not been certified by the Vegan Society.