Description
Pils
330 ml
6.0% ABV
Pils is brewed solely in the depths of a Gloucestershire winter, working with the cold weather to aid an ambient-temperature lager yeast driven primary fermentation in our open coolship.
The pale wort is made from barley, oats, and whole-leaf European hops.
After around ten days open fermentation in our coolship, the young beer is transfered to large oak casks for a secondary fermentation and lagering period with our indigenous wild yeast and bacteria, until warmer months. The long winter lagering naturally clarifies the beer as is matures.
Finally, the beer is dry-hopped with whole-leaf hops and bottle conditioned for several months before release. The beer is packaged in heavyweight 330 ml amber bottles.
This batch of Pils is a blend of beers that underwent primary fermentation in Winter 2023/24 and was bottled in September of this year. Eight months from brew to release.
The finished beer is exceedingly light, fresh, effervescent and hoppy, with aromas of cut-grass, flowers, and subtle funk. The palate is dry, medium bodied, and cleans off with an assertive bitter snap.
Cheers,
Gen and Jonny Mills

Mills Brewing

Mills Brewing was started in 2015 by Genevieve and Jonny Mills. We make small batches of beer with minimal modern intervention, relying on local wild yeast cultures and the influence of nature to ferment.
We use traditionally made floor malted grain and whole-leaf hops to produce our wort at The Salutation Inn, at Ham.

All of our beers are fermented in wooden barrels by local indigenous yeast and bacteria at our tumble-down part-15th century barrel store in rural Gloucestershire, situated at the edge of the town of Berkeley in the Severn Vale. Our slow fermentations typically take two-to-four years before being selected for bottling.

Our focus on minimal modern intervention allows us to work with, rather than against, nature. As such we welcome in seasonal temperature changes and the local microflora, working at ambient temperatures year round and embracing the variation this brings to our fermentations.

We embrace the lack of control during the fermentation, as it can conjour wonderful flavours we never could have designed, with each barrel providing nuanced variation. The majority of our beers are made by blending together different barrels and batches to draw together this array of flavours into our ideal finished drinks.
All of our beers are finished by slowly bottle-conditioning with our local wild yeast and bacteria for several months before release. Our bottles all feature artwork by Genevieve’s father Martin Kaye.
All beer from Indie Beer Fridge is individually selected from the finest breweries, we work closely with the breweries to bring you beer and brewing knowledge, be sure to check out our YouTube channel for exclusive content about many of the breweries we select.
All beer is cold stored to ensure you get the best quality beer delivered to you and so you get to enjoy the beer as the brewer intended.
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