Maiden ‘25 – Siren Craft Brew
Barley Wine Is Life

🍷 Beer Overview

Maiden ‘25 is Siren Craft Brew’s annual anniversary release—a 12% barrel aged barley wine blending tradition, complexity and craftsmanship. Each vintage is unique, combining carefully selected barrel-aged components with fresh beer to create a one-off expression of depth and character.

This year’s release pours deep red, edging towards mahogany, and delivers a layered profile of red fruit, toffee and gentle oak. Rich yet surprisingly approachable, it balances sweetness and savoury notes with a smooth, warming finish.

👉 Cold stored at The Malt Miller to maintain freshness and preserve its full complexity.

🌟 What Makes It Special

• Annual vintage release—each year’s blend is completely unique

• Complex blend of multiple barrel-aged components and fresh beer

• Barrels sourced from world-class wine and spirit producers

• Designed for slow sipping, ageing or special occasions

🍰 Flavour Profile

Taste: Biscuity malt with a balance of sweet and savoury, layered with red fruit, toffee and subtle spice
Mouthfeel: Full-bodied, smooth and warming
Finish: Long, complex and gently sweet with a refined edge

👃 Aroma

Floral notes lead into red fruit, toffee and almond, with soft oak and barrel-derived complexity.

🛢 This Year’s Blend

A carefully balanced mix of barrel-aged components and fresh Maiden:

• Bourbon: 23.5%

• Banyuls: 10%

• Rum: 10%

• Red Wine: 8.5%

• Tequila: 8.5%

• Sauternes: 7.5%

• Fresh Maiden 2026: 32%

🔬 Brewing Insight

Maiden is built through blending rather than a single fermentation, allowing Siren to layer flavours from different barrel types.

• Wine barrels: Add fruit, tannin and acidity

• Spirit barrels: Bring warmth, depth and complexity

• Fresh beer: Lifts and balances the final blend

This approach creates a barley wine that is both complex and drinkable, evolving in the glass and over time.

🍽 Serving & Food Pairing

Serve at: 10–12°C in a snifter or tulip glass

Perfect with:

• Rich desserts like sticky toffee pudding

• Spiced cakes and pastries

• Strong cheeses

• Or enjoyed slowly on its own

📊 Beer Specs

• ABV: 12%

• Style: Barrel Aged Barley Wine

• Hops: N/A

• Malts: Malted Barley

• Adjuncts: None

Siren Craft Brew was born in 2013 with a simple idea in mind: to introduce exciting, full-flavoured and forward-thinking beers to as many people as possible.

There are now six Sirens of Siren Craft Brew. These Sirens characterise our flagship beers. They’re adventurous but drinkable, designed to be accessible to those lured into craft beer, yet flavourful enough for those seasoned beer fans to return to time and time again.

In addition, we have a prolific brewing schedule, with over 100 releases planned in 2019 alone. We are lucky enough to have been named the ‘Best Brewer in England’ by Ratebeer users in 2015, and added to that with a Supreme Champion Beer of Britain award by CAMRA this year in 2018.

Whether you fancy a fruity, hoppy pale ale on a hot sunny day or an unctuous, satisfying stout at the end of an evening – we’ve got you covered.

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.