What the website says…
every beer is carefully developed, brewed with love and packaged for all our wonderful customers, throughout the country, to enjoy
Our take on Loud Shirt Brewing Co…
Elias, owner and brewer, has been letting his beer, rather than his shirts, make the noise here now, and in a short time the team have transformed Loud Shirt Brewing Co. from a brewery that had run-out-of-thread, into one that is garnering a fanatical following.
Being an American the beers coming out of Loud Shirt now centre around new-world, specifically US hops. Elias’ engineering background means he’s a thinker and tinkerer and their EXP series of experimental short run styles give him the licence to offer drinkers something that might test their palettes.
What I have been most impressed by is Elias’ ability to get so much flavour from a single hop variety, such as with the EXP 01 (Ekuanot) or El Dorado (primarily El Dorado). Both of these beers are incredibly satisfying, and while most brewers will combine 3 or more hop varieties to achieve a flavour profile, Elias simplifies things and simply uses excellent quality ingredients and process to distil fantastic flavour.
A bit of history…
The previous iteration of Loud Shirt had relied on shirts and psychedelia to build their brand which focussed on trad english styles , but 3 years on from their 2016 launch, the brand’s reputation had started to wane and the company was put on the market.
Hailing from New York, Elias Asimakis turned up on the shores of Brighton seeking a brewery to make his home, this coincided with COVID hitting the world, but this didn’t dent his ambition one bit. New York’s loss is Brighton’s absolute gain as Elias comes with the passion of a 20 year home-brewer-turned-pro who has finally got the premises to experiment and shine.
How local are they?
Loud Shirt Brewing Co. are still based out of the Bell Tower Industrial Estate at the far end of Kemptown opening Thursday to Sunday each week. They are situated across from Brighton Bier, which makes this industrial estate at the tail end of Kemptown an unlikely hot-spot for Brighton produced craft beer.
Our favourites 🍺
While there is a ‘flagship’ session pale, I agree with Elias when we pick El Dorado as the go to beer for necking at the tap-room.
Motuhwatering fresh grapefruit, nectarine and pineapple aromas. Light, smooth and incredibly juicy. Piney hop notes blend with peach sweetness, some rose, then strong and drying grapefruit bitterness in the finish. A great showcase of the El Dorado hop, combined with a little Tallas so we’re told.
EXP 01, despite the name, is borderline a core beer and for good reason.
Earthy, floral hop aromas with a little lemon and apple. Light, foamy ad clean on the palate. Slips down easy, becoming drier, with a hoppy finish that lingers. Single hopped with Ekuanot, simple but mouthwateringly sessionable.
It’s a shame that Christmas Cake EXP 05 is a once a year EXP release, but I will forever await it as eagerly as Santa, and go through pints of it as easily as chocolate coins.
Sour cherry, xmas mincemeat, plum and a little booze on the nose. Light/medium body with a cakey unctuousness. Plum, clove, orange, raisin combine, and a little tart cranberry adds dryness to the finish. I am overawed by just how simple and moreish this is, though I imagine the recipe development was not. So Christmassy and with no adjuncts this is a fantastic example of Elias’ knowledge of ingredients.
Unit 5, Bell Tower Industrial Estate
Roedean Road
Brighton
BN2 5RU
01273 087077
Unit 5, Bell Tower Industrial Estate
Roedean Road
Brighton
BN2 5RU
01273 087077
What the website says…
every beer is carefully developed, brewed with love and packaged for all our wonderful customers, throughout the country, to enjoy
Our take on Loud Shirt Brewing Co…
Elias, owner and brewer, has been letting his beer, rather than his shirts, make the noise here now, and in a short time the team have transformed Loud Shirt Brewing Co. from a brewery that had run-out-of-thread, into one that is garnering a fanatical following.
Being an American the beers coming out of Loud Shirt now centre around new-world, specifically US hops. Elias’ engineering background means he’s a thinker and tinkerer and their EXP series of experimental short run styles give him the licence to offer drinkers something that might test their palettes.
What I have been most impressed by is Elias’ ability to get so much flavour from a single hop variety, such as with the EXP 01 (Ekuanot) or El Dorado (primarily El Dorado). Both of these beers are incredibly satisfying, and while most brewers will combine 3 or more hop varieties to achieve a flavour profile, Elias simplifies things and simply uses excellent quality ingredients and process to distil fantastic flavour.
A bit of history…
The previous iteration of Loud Shirt had relied on shirts and psychedelia to build their brand which focussed on trad english styles , but 3 years on from their 2016 launch, the brand’s reputation had started to wane and the company was put on the market.
Hailing from New York, Elias Asimakis turned up on the shores of Brighton seeking a brewery to make his home, this coincided with COVID hitting the world, but this didn’t dent his ambition one bit. New York’s loss is Brighton’s absolute gain as Elias comes with the passion of a 20 year home-brewer-turned-pro who has finally got the premises to experiment and shine.
How local are they?
Loud Shirt Brewing Co. are still based out of the Bell Tower Industrial Estate at the far end of Kemptown opening Thursday to Sunday each week. They are situated across from Brighton Bier, which makes this industrial estate at the tail end of Kemptown an unlikely hot-spot for Brighton produced craft beer.
Our favourites 🍺
While there is a ‘flagship’ session pale, I agree with Elias when we pick El Dorado as the go to beer for necking at the tap-room.
Motuhwatering fresh grapefruit, nectarine and pineapple aromas. Light, smooth and incredibly juicy. Piney hop notes blend with peach sweetness, some rose, then strong and drying grapefruit bitterness in the finish. A great showcase of the El Dorado hop, combined with a little Tallas so we’re told.
EXP 01, despite the name, is borderline a core beer and for good reason.
Earthy, floral hop aromas with a little lemon and apple. Light, foamy ad clean on the palate. Slips down easy, becoming drier, with a hoppy finish that lingers. Single hopped with Ekuanot, simple but mouthwateringly sessionable.
It’s a shame that Christmas Cake EXP 05 is a once a year EXP release, but I will forever await it as eagerly as Santa, and go through pints of it as easily as chocolate coins.
Sour cherry, xmas mincemeat, plum and a little booze on the nose. Light/medium body with a cakey unctuousness. Plum, clove, orange, raisin combine, and a little tart cranberry adds dryness to the finish. I am overawed by just how simple and moreish this is, though I imagine the recipe development was not. So Christmassy and with no adjuncts this is a fantastic example of Elias’ knowledge of ingredients.
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