Mills Running Beer (Blend Fifteen)

Running Beer is the first beer we designed for Mills Brewing. It is the purest distillation of how we make beer. This is blend fifteen (for those keeping track, blends 11-14 were draught only).

We aim towards a similar flavour profile for Running Beer each time, however we still have no set recipe. The grains and hops are varied for each brew. A variety of worts are produced using traditional turbid mash methods and aged hops, before spontaneous fermentation in different types of barrel. We welcome the natural variation given by the wild fermentation. At the point of blending, our aim is to make the body relatively full for the ABV. This is aided by the inclusion of large quantities of rye grains in most of the brews we use in Running Beer. We also like to include a proportion of beer from relatively fresh oak barrels, to lend a creamy character to the aroma and mouthfeel.

This beer is a rare single barrel release of Running Beer. It contained all the aromatic character we look for in Running Beer, as well as possessing the necessary mouthfeel, and balance of sweet/sour/bitter/tannin. It fermented and matured in a French oak barrel previously used by Burgundy white wine producers. The beer then conditioned for four months in bottle before release.

Size: 750ml

ABV: 5.6%