We've made a lot of beer in the past few years. Like a loooooot. Here are just some of the beers we've dreamt up in the short time we've been brewing. Some of them fan favourites, some of them 'like it or hate it' beers, but all of them made with love and a hint of beery insanity.
The Mechanic is our tribute to Tom Barker, our legend of a next door neighbour, and you guessed it, mechanic. A constant friend and support ever since the birth of Errant, it only seemed right to honour him in beer form. The Mechanic is a wheaty refreshing white beer brewed with a boatload of awesome Waimea flavours.
'A refreshing, naturally hazy, white beer brewed with stacks of flavoursome Waimea.'
Style: White
Colour: Pale
ABV: 3.7%
SEE: Haze, Cloudy, Pale
SMELL: Orange, Citrus Zest
TASTE:, Citrus, Pine
Going back to our big juicy IPA roots, Val is a massive IPA with huge combination of two of our favourite hops, El Dorado and the return of one of favourite dry hops, Ekuanot. We’ve used a west coast yeast to strike an interesting dichotomy against the typical juiciness of the hops.
'A hugely fruity IPA with tremors of El Dorado and Ekuanot.'
Style: IPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 5.9%
SEE: Pale, Haze
SMELL: Orange Zest
TASTE:, Citrus Juice, Papaya, Grape
Every so often we like to fire up the trial kit and make something bizarre. This is the latest of of our limited release brews. Who Can It Be Now is a bizarre fusion of passionfruit and rich dark malts.
'A super fruity mix of passionfruit and rich chocolate malts.’
Style: Passionfruit Porter
Colour: Black
ABV: 4.2%
SEE: Deep Red
SMELL: Passionfruit
TASTE: Tropical, Chocolate Malt
BRU1 is a hop we’ve always wanted to play with, and what better style to showcase it than a super-juicy New England Pale? Parallel Universe is a topsy-turvy world of big fruity hits and citrusy esters. BRU1 imparts the beer with a massive aftertaste of candied orange while Nelson Sauvin provides a solid noble backbone.
'A juicy mix of Nelson Sauvin and experimental wonder hop BRU1'
Style: New England Pale
Colour: Pale
ABV: 4.2%
SEE: Cloudy Straw
SMELL: Orange
TASTE: Candied Orange, Juicy Berry
We love a good DIPA and thought it was high time we brewed another; Watcher is the result. A fusion of all of our favourite hops, it's a big blast of Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra. Expect huge tropical flavours.
'A hugely tropical DIPA with massive amounts of Simcoe, Citra & Mosaic'
Style: DIPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 8.0%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Pineapple, Grapefruit
TASTE: Tropical, Citrus
Once a year we brew a crazy beer for Newcastle Beer Fest's battle of the Beers. This is 2018's insane submission. Introducing the New Sound. A Blood Orange Wheat beer full of the orangiest hops and the bloodiest of oranges. It's like liquid music.
'A juicy wheat beer crammed full of Mandarina Bavaria, Wai-iti and Blood Orange zest.'
Style: Blood Orange Wheat
Colour: Orange
ABV: 4.9%
SEE: Cloudy Straw
SMELL: Orange Zest
TASTE: Candied Citrus, Coriander, Zest
It's been a while since we did a mental stout, so here's the remedy to that! Pod People is a super dark, super chocolatey Double Chocolate Stout. Brewed with heaps of dark chocolate malts and cocoa, it's a chocolate lovers dream.
'A dark chocolate stout full of oats, thick chocolate malts and cocoa'
Style: Double Chocolate Stout
Colour: Black
ABV: 5.2%
SEE: Black
SMELL: Chocolate
TASTE: Cocoa, Malt
A huge fruity fusion of one of our favourite hops Mosaic and it’s new younger brother Loral. Expect a mix of big fruity flavours and some hints of the more noble roots behind Loral.
Guest art by Nick Talbot of Nord Bottle shop - Whitley Bay
Style: IPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 5.4%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Tropical Hop
TASTE: Strawberry, Cream,
A classic farmhouse style turned on its head Errant Style. Blueprint is aggressively dry-hopped with Simcoe to give it a unique tropical and citrus undertone.
Style: Dry Hopped Saison
Colour: Yellow
ABV: 5.5%
SEE: Pale
SMELL: Citrus, pepper
TASTE: Citrus, Stone fruit
A birthday brew for Newcastle's own Town Mouse Micropub. Fight Milk is a beer for bodyguards, by bodyguards. A unique fusion of chilli heat, vanilla milk sweetness and hop fruitiness, it's a unique kind of beer.
'A signature sweetness gives way to chilli warmth in this unique fusion of flavours'
Style: Chilli Milkshake Pale
Colour: Pale
ABV: 4.3%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Peppers, Vanilla
TASTE: Vanilla, Tropical Fruit, Chilli
Some beers are born from experimentation and Wingman is no exception. Using a brand spanking new yeast and some quality American hops, Wingman is a crisp, clean, refreshing example of an American Pale Ale.
' A Daring combination of American Ahtanum and Centennial hops and specialised American yeasts.'
Style: APA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 3.9%
SEE: Pale Gold
SMELL: Citrus, Grassy
TASTE: Earthy, Lemon, Floral
We had a bit of spare time in January and decided to cook up something a bit special as a one-off. Introducing Winston.
Winston is a big bit of everything we love. A massive mix-up of loads of malts, and Amarillo, Cascade, Simcoe and Chinook hops. It's a big India Brown Ale that's garanuteed to shake off those January cobwebs.
Style: India Brown Ale
Colour: Brown
ABV: 4.5%
SEE: Brown
SMELL: Grassy Hop
TASTE: Citrus, Fruit Sugar, Malt
The first of two spring 2018 tallboy cans.
Inspired by our favourite local boozer, Pooch is a playful session IPA full to the brim with fruity Simcoe and Citra hops. To compliment the hops we rounded the beer off with an east coast Vermont yeast to highlight those peach and citrus flavours.
'A playful Simcoe Citra IPA with Vermont yeast to bring out peach and citrus notes'
Style: Session IPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 4.3%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Grassy, Grapefruit
TASTE: Peach, Citrus, Tropical Hop
The second of our Spring 2018 tallboy cans.
A celebration of simpler times; First Whistle is a heady mix of Simcoe, Mosaic, Amarillo and El Dorado. Dry hopping is double stepped to maximise the flavours. This is a beer for the contenders, the gladiators and the John Andersons everywhere; ready or not.
'A heady mix of Simcoe, Mosaic, Amarillo and El Dorado. Dry hopping is double stepped to maximise the flavours'
Style: DDH American Red
Colour: Red
ABV: 5.6%
SEE: Deep Red
SMELL: Malt, Resinous Hop, Citrus
TASTE: Stone Fruit, Grapefruit, Citrus
We're starting 2018 in style with a big IPA full of huge Amarillo and Ekuanot flavours. Heavy on tropical flavours, pineapple, citrus and papaya especially, Parabola should take you to a whole new plane.
'A transcendental fusion of Amarillo and Ekuanot hops.'
Style: IPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 6.0%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Tropical, Fresh Hop
TASTE: Grassy, Papaya, Citrus Fruit
Borealis is our ultra pale Citrus beer. Brewed with a liberal amount of Cascade and Citra hops, bolstered with lemon zest and insane amounts of lemon and lime juice, it's a juicy refreshing pale, a perfect counter to all of those winter darks.
' A super pale citrus smasher with a juicy lemon & lime twist.'
Style: Citrus Pale
Colour: Pale
ABV: 4.3%
SEE: Pale Gold
SMELL: Citrus, Fresh Hop
TASTE: Grassy, Citrus, Grapefruit
In a season where complex grain bills are king comes a beer that ticks all the boxes. A deep red ale brewed with stacks of west coast inspiration. Heavily hopped with Cascade, Waimea, Amarillo and Citra.
'A deep red ale with heaps of west coast inspired DDH additions.'
Style: DDH American Red
Colour: Red
ABV: 5.8%
SEE: Ruby
SMELL: Malt, Pine
TASTE: Resinous Hop, Pine, Malt
Just in time for Predator's 30th anniversary, Dillon is back and this time it's fully reloaded with a salvo of Huell Melon, Mosaic and Ekuanot.
' This sonuvabitch is back and it's reloaded with More Mosaic and Ekuanot!'
Style: NZPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 4.8%
SEE: Pale Gold
SMELL: Citrus, Strong Hop
TASTE: Grapefruit, Tropical, Papaya, Sweet Pepper
The passenger is a rye beer full of spice and zing. Brewed with Cascade, Amarillo and Chinook, it's a beer caught between two worlds, taking the best of both of them.
'A spicy rye beer with chords of Cascade, Amarillo and a big Chinook solo'
Style: Rye
Colour: Amber/Red
ABV: 4.0%
SEE: Hazy, Amber
SMELL: Citrus, Resinous Hop, Grapefruit
TASTE: Malt, Pepper, Citrus fruits
After two years on the prowl, our beast of a Session IPA has evolved into a completely different animal. Constantly evolving Clever Girl showcases some of the best hops that the world has to bear.
'An ever evolving IPA showcasing some of the world's best hop combinations.'
Style: IPA
Colour: Pale Gold
ABV: 4.1%
SEE: Mild Haze, Pale Straw
SMELL: Tropical Fruit, Citrus
TASTE:, Tropical Fruit, Berry,
A brand new addition to our can line-up for Christmas 2017, Leviathan is a 6% beast from the deep with tidal waves of Simcoe and the freshest Galaxy hot off the 2017 Australian harvest.
'A beast from the deep with undercurrents of passionfruit and peach'
Style: IPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 6%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Peach, Stone Fruit
TASTE: Passion Fruit, Citrus
It's Christmas and that can only mean it's time for dark beers again. This time we're back in form with an animal of a stout. Razorback is everything we love from a stout. It's got heaps of dark malts and oats, plus a touch of a salt and that dry finish that makes a good stout great.
'A dark stout a strong roasted profile and undertones of chocolate and coffee.'
Style: Stout
Colour: Black
ABV: 4.7%
SEE: Deep Black
SMELL: Coffee, Malt,
TASTE: Malt, Coffee, Cacao Nibs
In a world of super fruity IPAs, we thought it was time for something a little different. So quickly, here's B82rez, a floral, herbal New Zealand Pale Ale.
Its a light, sessionable NZPA built for evenings in the sun.
'A masterful connection of New Zealand's Finest Kohatu, Wai-iti and Motueka hops'
Style: NZPA
Colour: Pale
ABV: 3.9%
SEE: Pale Straw
SMELL: Herbal
TASTE: Floral, Herbal, Grassy
We wanted sharks with laser beams on their heads, but they're hard to come by, so instead we've got this. It's a milk stout with a bad attitude and a perfect counter to an overwhelming wave of summer IPAs.
'A bad-tempered stout with muscles of tasty malt and lactose sweetness.'
Style: Milk Stout
Colour: Black
ABV: 4.8%
SEE: Dark Chocolate
SMELL: Malt, Coffee
TASTE: Malt, Biscuit, Milk Sweetness
Just in time for summer, it's a new, super fruity IPA. Sonny is a mega-hoppy, mega-peachy pale smasher. Using a ludicrous amount of peaches and equally mad amounts of Mosaic and Equinox hops, it's definitely going to be a summer hit.
'Mosaic and Equinox collide with a speedboat full of peaches in this fruit infused IPA.'
Style: Peach IPA
Colour: Pale Gold
ABV: 5.1%
SEE: Pale
SMELL: Peach, Tropical
TASTE: Tropical, Peach, Stone Fruit
Introducing 2017's version of our mental wheat beer, Future Sailor. This time it's all limes and kiwis that make this crisp wheat beer it's own brand of Errant-style mental.
A year is a long time in the world of brewing and like a fine wine, we've only got better with age. Future Sailor 2017 is a prime example of our evolution as brewers. Roll on 2018...
'A naturally cloudy wheat beer, Errant style with heaps of lime and kiwi tastiness.'
Style: Lime & Kiwi Wit
Colour: Pale Straw
ABV: 4.2%
SEE: Cloudy, Pale
SMELL: Lime, Clove, Banana
TASTE: Clove, Wheat, Lime, Kiwi
We've been threatening it for years and now we've finally gone and done it: Introducing T-1000 DIPA.
Meet the super-charged, all-grown big brother of our flagship Tusk. Taking everything that makes Tusk incredible and picking more than a few sexy new hops on the way, T-1000 is a glorious celebration of everything that makes IPAs great; and it wouldn't be an Errant beer if we didn't make it insane, so this one is punching in at a weighty 8.5%.
T-1000 is a super small-batch, keg-only beer.
'A hop-heavy beast of a DIPA with stacks of Mosaic, Citra, Centennial and Equinox.'
Style: DIPA
Colour: Pale Gold
ABV: 8.5%
SEE: Cloudy, Golden
SMELL: Tropical, Resinous Hop, Citrus
TASTE: Tropical, Lemon, Stone Fruit
Zoltan is the answer to the overwhelming tide of IPAs and Stouts flying around at the moment. A proud, super-hoppy amber Zoltan is stacked with heaps of out-of-this-world Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra, Cascade and Chinook.
' A supercharged, supercharged, super-hopped amber ale with American Hops'
Style: American Amber
Colour: Amber
ABV: 4.8%
SEE: Dark Amber
SMELL: Malt, Tropical Fruit
TASTE: Grapefruit, Pineapple, Resinous Hop
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Tea, it's a British tradition and nobody does it better. Flintlock is Errant's take on the British's favourite pastime. We've fused a classic british pale ale with loose Earl Grey tea leaves from local Newcastle lads the Quilliam Brothers to bring you this suprisingly refreshing and fruity brew.
' A classic British pale ale brewed with cascade hops and Newcastle's own Earl Grey tea.'
Style: Earl Grey Pale Ale
Colour: Golden
ABV: 4.3%
SEE: Pale Gold
SMELL: Citrus, Tea, Floral
TASTE: Tea, Citrus, Bergamot
We love a good stout, and we especially love one with a twist. Introducing Tracer: a smooth, rich stout, festooned with tonnes of dry-hopped difference. Classic malty, coffee vibes give way to hoppy rich undertones.
'A smooth, rich stout with heaps of dry-hopped hopped flavour..'
Style: Dry-Hopped Stout
Colour: Black
ABV: 4.7%
SEE: Dark Brown
SMELL: Cocoa, Malt
TASTE: Hop, Malt, Coffee, Citrus