To celebrate our first big International Women’s Day brew since 2019, we decided to plan something really exciting, a massive beer series in collaboration with the best brewers in the country. We invited Georgina from Cornish family brewery St. Austell, Sophie de Ronde from Burnt Mill, Charlotte Cook from Coalition Brewery and Julie from Neptune Brewery. Each collaborated with Jaega on recipe development and then came to brew together at our Lockwood site. For the artwork, we commissioned Nanna Guldbaek; whose illustrative style is informed by the synergy that occurs in the crossroad between design, art and technology. For this series, she was inspired by the mysterious, beautiful network of trees and their roots, and perceived them as a symbol for communities past and present. 

Our first collaborative brew of the series was From Tiny Acorns to Mighty Oaks (5.2%) with Charlotte Cook of Coalition. We used a special blend of Vienna, wheat and pale malt, for a good body and generous head with a light golden colour. Hops selection included Citra leaf on the hot-side, and finished with a double dry hop of Cryo-Mosaic, Cashmere, and Cryo-Citra. This particular hop combo gave the beer a bright and fresh aroma - with bold notes of pine and lesser citrus.

With Georgina, we brewed Locus Amoenus (5.8%), a New England IPA with a twist. We used British hops Olicana, Harlequin and Godiva for an earthier flavour than you might expect from a typical New England. This gave the beer garden aromas of grass, and just-ripe English apple and pear. The style’s characteristic tropical top and creamy pour remains, made bolder by the passion fruit-forward Olicana. 

With Sophie de Ronde from Burnt Mill, we brewed Mycelium Networks (5.2%), an American Brown Ale. The magic of this beer is partly down to the malt-bill: we mashed in with chocolate malt, chewy crystal, lager and vienna for a biscuity, roasted base that makes the liquid look like caramel. Balancing a nice bitter bite with gentle aromas, we added Citra leaf on the hot-side, Cascade and Columbus hops in the whirlpool and a dry hop of Mosaic, Enigma & Cryo-Simcoe to finish.

To complete the series, we partnered with Julie O’Grady from Neptune Brewery. Together, we made Deep Roots, a juicy New Zealand pale ale. We started with lager malt and oats in the mash, and dry hopped extensively with the delicious hop blend Betty, for a floral, dank New Zealand aroma.