A brewery in the northeast of England has changed the recipes for its five core products and renamed each of them in tribute to the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was born close to the company’s brew house in County Durham.
The new literary-themed range, which includes The Raven bourbon milk stout, Abolition amber ale, Impressment American pale ale, Aurora pale ale and Seraphim blonde beer, has been made available through all of Sonnet 43’s regular stockists.
All of the beers are named for works by Barrett Browning – apart from The Raven bourbon milk stout, which, at 4.3% ABV, is named in homage to the dark and captivating work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Poe was thought to be a fan of Barrett Browning and took the metre from her poem Lady Geraldine’s Courtship as a basis for The Raven.
There is also the 3.8% ABV Abolition amber ale – a direct tribute to Barrett Browning’s opposition to slavery and the poems she published in support of the abolition cause. And the brand’s American Pale Ale, which utilises six bold American whole-leaf hops for an intense tropical and citrus flavour with 5.4% ABV, has been renamed Impressment American pale ale.
“A lot has changed in the craft world since Sonnet 43 launched in 2012,” said founder Mark Hird. “Now, with an established reputation and some awards under our belt, it felt like the right time to make a few tweaks and really show how much we’ve progressed as a brewer.
“While we have made a number of subtle enhancements to the beers themselves, the big difference now is in the overall branding, which we hope will help Sonnet 43 stand out even further from the crowd.”
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