Polly's Brew Co

The original underrated dark horse of the original three and back permanently as part of our Icons range; Patternist has gained and continues to carry its own massive cult following thanks to it’s no frills El Dorado and Simcoe hop bill, albeit hopped up to the absolute nines, and its ornate tiling artwork garnering amazing feedback. A favourite among the staff here at Polly’s, and the beer from the original three that started it all that we’ve brewed the most since we launched our Augment range, expect all kinds of mango, pineapple, jelly tots (no, really) with just a hint of resinous pine bursting from this incredible IPA. A hit when we first brewed it, and a surefire hit again with all the techniques we continue to learn since

Citra and Mosaic is a pretty champions-league level hop combination at this point. Yes, it’s a cliché, but there’s a reason why brewers the world over keep coming back to this pairing as it just works – in the same way Lennon was supposed to meet McCartney, Chewie was supposed to co-pilot with Han, and Dre was supposed to discover Snoop, Citra and Mosaic is just one of those things that are just meant to be. How do you elevate what is already a near perfect combination then? You bring in your Harrison, Leia, and Eminem – perfect compliments to an already perfect combination to elevate things to the next level. Cashmere has always been a waiting in the wings kind of hop – wonderful in its own right, but really singing in harmony when paired up with some heavyweights to compliment it – End of Story does this in abundance with a high-juice, low bitterness medley of stonefruits, mango, and fresh cut citrus fruits, with a whisper of herbal rose petal complexity to boot..

We’re infamous for it at this point – taking some of the most hype-forward hops in the world and condensing all that flavour intensity of our bigger beers into a much more sessionable kind of beer. Artificial Plantation was born from a round robin amongst our staff to identify their favourite and most flavourful hop varieties we work with here at HQ. The result? Possibly the biggest flavour bomb of a pale ale we’ve created since day dot here at Polly’s. Artificial Plantation brings together a quartet of Idaho 7 Cryo hops, Mosaic, Simcoe and Strata to create a pale ale positively bursting at the seams with flavour. A base of I7 and Strata on the hot side creates an undercurrent of resinous bitterness to balance the all out attack of pineapple, tangerine, berries, stonefruit and passionfruit from our heavy lashing of cold side additions. Reeled back to a sessionable 5% smasher, this is a pale ale that packs the punch of one of our big beers but condensed to a more pintable strength.

All Sure Things takes two hop varieties that have interwoven themselves throughout our history in Citra and Galaxy and amplifies them up to eleven, with a dry hop charge touching 30g/l of flavour. Expect to find bombastic levels of fresh cut citrus fruits, and insane amounts of tropical fruits positively bursting at the seams from this all in, maxed out beer not for the faint of heart.

Look, we love the holy trinity hop combination that makes up one of our iconic Polly’s beer in Spur – Azacca, Citra and Simcoe is a pretty hard combination to beat when it comes to those high juice, low bitterness vibes direct from the United States that inspired us to brew in the first place. Whilst it feels sacrilege to break up such an iconic hop combo, there’s nothing our brewers enjoy more than tweaking combinations slightly to get a feel for how certain hop flavours express themselves when held up against other hop varieties, usually executed in a kickass pale ale to test the smashability. Manor Detail does this and some – eschewing Simcoe for another Polly’s stalwart in Mosaic, to create a beer ultra high on the fruit-forward flavours – expect a fruit salad of juicy mango, fresh cut citrus fruits, blueberries, and tangerine, backed up with a whisper of bitterness for balance.

When we designed Hell Could Freeze, we wanted to strip everything back to the very basics – almost bringing things back to our original two hop combo beers from when we first launched the brewery back in 2018 but with a distinctly 2024 flourish. First hop, El Dorado – as mysterious as the mythical city it takes its name from but shining all manner of gold from our years of usage here at Polly’s, high levels of tangerine, pineapple, mango and (seriously) jelly tots are the showcase flavour notes on this hop with an undercurrent of black tea. Second hop, Azacca – named for the Haitian god of agriculture and a variety at which we bow down to regularly. Intense and powerful notes of orange, papaya and pine needles combine with the aforementioned El Dorado notes to create one of our signature Polly’s IPAs

A big part of our ethos here at Polly’s is getting the absolute max out of every ingredient we use to brew with. This is all on show with Every Piece Matters – two of our favourite hops in Citra and Mosaic receive the Augment treatment, as bright citrus notes meld with tropical fruit punch flavours to produce an IPA which is all about super low bitterness and high juiciness.