The sweetness of honey and the richness of malts. Together they make Honey Beer! These taproom tastings hosted by London craft beer brand Hiver Beers will show you how beer made with honey can be paired with food whilst giving you an insight into how bees and humans work to make great beers.
Hiver’s Queen Bee entrepreneur with the buzz is Hannah Rhodes. After discovering urban beekeeping she created Hiver Beers using carefully selected honeys from urban London and rural England to produce the rich and intense Honey Brown Ale and golden Honey Blonde Beer. Hiver Beers are served in gastropubs around the country and you can find the bottles in Selfridges M&S and through Ocado to name just three outlets.
As you’ll soon learn during these hosted sessions Hiver’s honeys beer are a modern interpretation of the ancient ways of brewing with honey adding it at the right stage of brewing. That’s what makes the taste so deep and full-bodied. It’s all about an admiration for the work of those busy honey bees and a passion for beer – and that’s what we call working in sweet harmony!
Whilst enjoying the beers with a selection of lovely food samples you’ll have the chance to learn more about Hiver Beers and the honey. Did you know a bee pollinates within a three-mile radius of the hive? And if you think central London can’t be the ideal place for bees think again. Limes trees on the streets lavender on people’s windowsills and the abundance of wild honeysuckle along railway lines all provide rich picking for bees.
Honey beer tasting experiences take place at the Hivequarters in the arches of Southwark near Maltby Street Food Market. With places available for up to 20 beer tasters and food munchers to enjoy the Honey Beers brewed by Hiver it’s the perfect start to a leisurely weekend in the capital. You even get to take a bee hotel handcrafted by you home with you!
