COLLABAGEDDON 2023
COLLABAGEDDON IS BACK! Now in it’s 6th year of happening (split over 7 years because of the whole world nearly ending thing) Collabageddon is without doubt our favourite night of the year. We have 12 brilliant breweries taking part this year to create 12 delicious beers which will pour in (fingers crossed) 30 venues across the country! This year’s event takes place on Friday November 17th, make sure the date is in your diary and read on to find out who’s taking part, what they are brewing and where you can go for an awesome beery time.
THE BREWERIES
First on the list this year are our friends and funk masters Abbeydale. We have been admirers of Abbeydale for many, many years and are over the moon to have them as part of this years project.
Hailing from the UKs smallest county, and the smallest brewery on this year’s list, the team at Baker’s Dozen certainly punch above their weight with many SIBA awards and a recent Champion Beer of Britain Premium Pale Ale Gold Award to their name.
Fans of haze will be delighted to see Glasshouse on the list. From their home in Stirchley Josh and the team produce some of the best juicy and sessionable beers on these shores.
We loved teaming up with Kelly, Bob and the Good Chemistry team for our IWD collab this year and are super pleased to have them join the Collabageddon gang. Based in Bristol, Good Chemistry are passionate about making great beer to share with as many people as possible - hopefully being part of Collabageddon helps with that!
Emma and Olly from Sussex’s Merakai have been making waves and building a brilliant reputation for taking even the maddest ingredients and creating something sublime. We;re really excited to have them along for the ride!
Heading north of the border to lovely Leith we find Moonwake! We absolutely love their refined and beautifully balanced core range and immaculate branding and hope this gives them an excuse to go wild on their beautiful kit.
Polly’s made their name producing world class hazy pales and IPAs but their talents don’t end there. From sours to stouts to lagers they can nail pretty much anything! No, they don’t have a tap room.
Macclesfield’s Red Willow need no introduction at all. One of the country’s finest producers for well over a decade, Toby, Caroline and team are lending their many talents to this year’s Collabageddon. We’re certainly not faithless in what they’ll bring to the party.
Relative new comers yes, but with the veritable super group that JC has assembled Sureshot have positively flown out of the blocks and are one of the countries most exciting breweries right now. We can’t wait to see what they bring, even if we probably won’t understand the name reference.
Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! The team at Tartarus know how to brew BIG beers - oof. Jordan and Jack have recently moved into a new home and are absolutely smashing it. They’ll certainly be bringing the fun to this years party - welcome folks!
Last but by no means least we have lager wizards Utopian. Based in the beautiful Devon country side, Jeremy, Rich and the team brew beers with real grace and skill, using traditional methods to create perfectly balanced beers.
THE MATCHUPS & BEERS
Abbeydale x Good Chemistry - King Pina 5% Dry Hopped Pineapple Pale
Baker’s Dozen x Merakai - This Time Next Year 6% Millionaire’s Shortbread Stout
Elusive x Baker’s Dozen - Portents of Doom 6% New Zealand Black IPA
Glasshouse x Red Willow - Nonetheless 4.5% Session IPA
Good Chemistry x Utopian - Smoke Signals 5% Smokey Brown Ale
Merakai x Glasshouse - Positivity Juice 7.2% Oatcream IPA
Moonwake x Tartarus - 5% Black Lager
Polly’s Brew Co x Elusive - Llanberis Trail 3.8% West Coast Session Pale
Red Willow x Sureshot - Boo-Boo Less 5.7% American Brown
Sureshot x Moonwake - 6.5% New Zealand NEIPA
Tartarus x Polly’s Brew Co - Pwyll 6.5% Passionfruit & Coconut IPA
Utopian x Abbeydale - 5.2% Single Hopped Nelson Pilsner
THE VENUES
Inn Deep - Glasgow
Moonwake* & Lost in Leith* - Leith
The Free Trade Inn* & The Town Mouse* - Newcastle
Indie Craft Beer - Kendal
The Woodworkers - Belfast
Bluestone* & Sandstone* - Chester
GRUB - Manchester
Tartarus Taproom - Leeds
Red Willow - Macclesfield
The Rutland Arms - Sheffield
The Canal House - Nottingham
The Kings Head - Stamford
The Plasterers Arms - Norwich
Tilt - Birmingham
Radio City Social - Chelmsford
Kill The Cat - London
The Green Goddess - London
The Nags Head - Reading
Pegasus - Canterbury
Fuggles - Tonbridge* & Tunbridge Wells*
Beer No Evil - Worthing
The Bookshop Alehouse - Southampton
The Kings Head* & The Good Measure* - Bristol
Craft Republic - Barry
The Bread & Roses - Plymouth
*starred venues will be pouring 6 beers each*
See you on November 17th - we can’t wait!