A visit to Leeds Brewery
There is quite a large brewery in Leeds, you may have heard of it. It’s called Tetley’s and it is owned by Carlsberg. Until six months ago, Tetley’s was the only brewery in town. Spotting the gap in competition, Sam, Michael and Venkatesh moved in and set up The Leeds Brewery. Matt and I visited recently on a tour organised by Leeds CAMRA.
In the short few months that the Brewery has been operating, we’ve started seeing Leeds’ distinctively shaped pump clips cropping up all over the city and as far afield as Sheffield. While walking around the brewery with Sam, it was clear to see why the fledgling operation is becoming such a success. The passion that these guys have translates directly into their beers. Where possible they use English ingredients. The water is pure Yorkshire water and the yeast is strain last used by a long-closed West Yorkshire brewer fifty years ago.
In addition to the brewery’s three regular ales, they are brewing twelve seasonals this year, February’s being the dark New Moon which we sampled in plenty at the end of the tour.
The ales are winning several awards from beer festivals around the country and the brewery is sponsoring this year’s Leeds Beer Festival. Make sure you try a pint or two!
