Time Hops II Festival
- Guild Secretary
- Sep 9
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 10
fter a successful debut in 2022, the Time Hops Festival returns to the Siren Craft Brew Tap Yard in 2025, taking the celebration of hops global.
If the original Time Hops Festival and beers in 2022 leaned heavily on American influence and nous from Stateside big-hitters like Sierra Nevada and The Alchemist, Time Hops II will take the concept ‘Around The World’.
Siren has teamed up with New Zealand-based Garage Project, Mountain Culture from Australia, 16th-century Czech brewery Jarosovský Pivovar and Fort George in the USA to produce four new, incredible beers.
The beers will have their first pours at the Time Hops II Festival at the Siren Craft Brew Tap Yard, with tickets on sale now.
From 12pm to 7pm at the Siren Tap Yard on Saturday 20th September, expect over 40 lines of beer from Siren and some incredible guest breweries: The Kernel (London), Sierra Nevada (USA), Cloudwater (Manchester) and Two Flints (Windsor), street food, DJs, wines, cider, soft drinks and live music.
To differentiate ‘Time Hops II’ from your regular Tap Yard event, Festival goers will receive a Time Hops ‘Zine’, which will include exclusive content from well-known beer writers courtesy of Pellicle Magazine as talks and tastings.
Introducing the Time Hops II beers:
Time Hops: Nelson Sauvin DIPA 8%
Nelson Sauvin is a unique hop, named for its similarity in profile to Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It's also made a mark in the UK, having been a part of Punk IPA recipes for some time. It's a fantastic hop, and we've paired it with a fantastic brewery - Garage Project, NZ. Pernicious Weed is a fondly remembered beer by Siren, as we brought a keg over for our Rainbow Project party in 2016, and it stole the show. It's an iconic beer heavily linked with Nelson, it's an honour to be brewing this slightly modernised version in the UK.
Time Hops: Galaxy Hazy IPA 6.5%
The enigmatic hop - can be amazing, but how do brewers get the best out of it? Galaxy had a moment where it was everywhere, the darling hop of craft beer. But it's been on a journey since then, which we'll be digging into in our storytelling content. We've worked with Australian outfit Mountain Culture on this, taking advantage of the local knowledge! We're making an IPA in their style, building the profile in the right way to show off Galaxy. Both Mountain Culture and Hop Products Australia have been fantastic in helping us bring this to life.
Time Hops: Saaz Bohemian Pilsner 5.1%
We started the previous Time Hops project with Cascade, this time we get to go back to the roots of hops entirely! Jarosovský Pivovar is an original Czech brewery dated back to 16th Century – sold to Heineken who shut the brand down a while ago – restarted by some locals – really focussing on local malt, local hops and traditional methods. Through this traditional Czech Pils we'll be exploring the influence of Saaz (and Landrace hops) on beer as we know it. It's defined a beer culture that has influenced the rest of the world.
Time Hops: Strata Hazy IPA 6%
Fort George is a Brewpub and production brewery based out of Astoria Portland, well known and loved. They were among the first to use Strata in the world! They also use it in a collaborative cross-state release of '3-Way IPA'. Strata is an example of innovation and breeding of hops to suit modern brewers. Strata is one that has established itself. Indie Hops have a great reputation for going after unique, interesting flavours from hops that will make a real impact in beers.
Time Hops II Festival – all you need to know
Tickets on sale now: http://tkts.me/tl/h4b3
- Saturday 20th September
- 12:00 - 19:00
- Siren Tap Yard, Hogwood Industrial Estate, Finchampstead, RG40 4RF
- 40+ lines of beer from Siren and guest breweries
- Wines, Cider, and soft drinks available
- Street food from Killa Waffles, Rebel Soul, Fink and more (tbc)
- DJs and live music
- Plenty of outdoors and heated undercover seating
- Car parking available / Local buses
- Ticket price includes access, glassware, brochure, access to talks and tastings and first Siren drink free
- Exclusive Time Hops merch
Editorial notes:
Images:
Photography should be credited to Tim Pritchard / Siren Craft Brew.
Additional interviews with brewers and the event team from Siren can be arranged. Please enquire.
Tickets available via sirencraftbrew.com/timehops
Contact: press@sirencraftbrew.com
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