Beer Guide #8: Tatton Best from Tatton Brewery.

Tatton Brewery, Tatton Best, 4.2%

There is an emphasis on 'drink fresh' these days, so that beer is enjoyed at its best. And for Knutsford Beer Festival, you cannot get much fresher than beer produced one and a half miles away. So this week we're keeping the spotlight super local with Tatton Brewery. It wouldn't be much of a festival if we weren't championing the brewers around the corner after all. As usual for this showcase series, the beers have been handpicked by Dexter and Jones aficionado Ben Selby to give a sense of the sort of stuff that will be pouring at the Courthouse from April 23 to 25.

Tatton Best with King Canute himself

The Brewery

TATTON BREWERY, KNUTSFORD

Having recently celebrated his family business's 10th birthday - and the 1,000th brew - Gregg Sawyer launched Tatton Brewery in 2010. Gregg cut his teeth in the brewing world when he began an internship at Harpoon Brewery in Boston. Shortly after, he gained his craft beer diploma in Vermont. On returning to England in 2005, Gregg took a position at Westerham Brewery before realising his dream of opening his own brewhouse. He secured the lease to the Longridge Trading Estate unit in 2009 and spent that first Christmas Eve grinding down the floors ready for the brew kit.

Interesting fact: Tatton beers are made using a historic yeast that was revived after previously being used 60 years ago. 

The Tatton team also pride themselves on perfecting traditional British ale styles - their core range includes Tatton Ale, Blonde, Best and Gold. No worrying about hype, fuss or FOMO here. But equally they are prepared to experiment: their 666th brew was a 12% Russian imperial stout and their 1000th brew - Tatton Ten - was double dry-hopped with new American hop Idaho-7.

Tatton Brewery’s rich, biscuity Tatton Best

The Beer

Tatton Best, 4.2%

With rich, biscuity, malt and lingering notes of toffee, this is the sort of beer you can imagine drinking by a roaring fire. It's got that sort of rugged charm to it with plenty of robust bittersweet character.

See the full range of beers and find out more about this Knutsford brewery on their website: Tatton Brewery.

Co-Authors:

David Morgan - craft beer lover and creator of ‘Hop to it Beer Club’.

Benjamin Selby - craft beer nut and beer curator for the Knutsford Beer Festival.