HK Lovecraft 7th Anniversary Imperial Honey Lager
Brewed with local Ivy Tree Raw Honey for a luxurious golden pour.
A tribute to seven years - rich, bold and unstoppable
Vol: 330ml
ABV: 7.7%
IBU 22
Lambiek Fabriek Brett-Elle Oude Geuze
Oude Geuze, Traditional unfiltered blend of home-brewed lambics, from spontaneous fermentation. Made with different vintages of lambic, aged in oak barrels
ABV: 7.1%
Vol: 375ml
Lambiek Fabriek Natur-Elle Organic Geuze 375ml
Organic Geuze from home-brewed organic lambics, with refermentation in the bottle. This unique blend of different vintages is completely organic, pure, unfiltered and not pasteurised.
ABV: 6.2%
Vol: 375ml
McEwan's Export
A true cavalier, Export has been refreshing thirsty workers worldwide with its delightfully sweet, full-bodied and hearty character since 1856. Hardly surprising that it's now Scotland's biggest selling canned ale.
A premium Scottish ale, full bodied
Greene King Old Speckled Hen Gluten Free
A high proportion of Crystal malt in Old Speckled Hen provides the key toffee/caramel flavour. The yeast used to ferment the beer provides the other key character - estery or banana/pear drop. This estery note provides the fruity and refreshing balance. T
Marston's Old Empire IPA
A memorable and deceptively easy-drinking IPA. This is an authentic recreation of the beer style created for, and enjoyed across the world.
Goldings, Fuggles and American Cascade hops combine to give a crisp, citrus hop aroma, with a balanced, bittersw
Greene King IPA
An easy drinking session ale which contains 100% English natural hops, giving this beer it a clean and crisp taste.
Our brewing heritage dates back to 1799, when Benjamin Greene & Frederic King joined together over their love of great beer. Using a selec
Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold 500ml
Grab your axe and crack open a gold one. Unearth a hoard of hops with malted barley and dive from a biscuit – like base into a bounty of fresh lemon and lime.
Smell: Fragrant citrus and wild forest gooseberries
Taste: Mouth-watering malt & refreshing
Shepherd Neame Spitfire Golden Ale
2015 marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and 25 years since Spitfire Premium Kentish Ale was first brewed to commemorate The Few.
A well-balanced, light golden ale, Spitfire Golden Ale is a befitting way to honour these heroes and a Gr
McEwan’s Champion Ale
Full bodied and complex, McEwan’s Champion’s is uniquely sweet and fruity for a smooth finish. Launched in 1997, it’s been a true champion ever since.
Enjoy responsibly. Visit Drinkaware for the facts.
Ingredients: Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast
Marston's Pedigree Pale Ale
Introducing Pedigree, or “P” as it was first known. Strange that looking back. Anyway, it has a fascinating aroma. Palate of biscuit malt, spicy hops and light fruitiness. It was renamed in a staff competition back in George Peard’s day. He was our head b
Black Sheep Golden Sheep Ale
The Gold Standard. An easy drinking and perfectly balanced English Ale.
Golden by name and golden by nature, Golden Sheep Ale was first brewed over 20 years ago as a light, hoppy addition to the Black Sheep range. A light malt base packed full of WGV hop
HK Lovecraft Lager Without Limits Hoppy Rice Lager
WHO SAID LIMITS EXIST?
Introducing LAGER WITHOUT LIMITS – a 0.5% ABV hoppy rice lager that defies the rules.
Tropical sweetness. Juicy fruit pop. Crisp biscuit finish. All riding on a bone-dry, rice-powered body dry-hopped for bold aroma without the wei
Gweilo Non Alcoholic Pale Ale Can x 24 cans (Case Offer)
SPECIAL OFFER OF 24 CANS Gweilo Pale Ale but not as you know it. This is a light, citrusy, alcohol free pale ale. We use Cascade hops to create an intense tropical fruit aroma. This is followed by a crisp, refreshing bitterness which doesn't linger, resul
Ziemia Blazen Double Sour
This beer features a delightful berry sour profile. On the palate and in the aroma, you'll discover notes of cherries and blackcurrants, complemented by hints of blackberries and strawberries. A touch of vanilla adds a creamy finish, rounding out the over
Ziemia Krzys Double Sour
This is is pure passionfruit beer mixed up with real vanilla. Nothing less nothing more.
Style: Double Sour
ABV: 5.5%
Vol: 500ml
Blech Brut x Salama Manuel Fortuna NEIPA
This collaboration NEIPA features a hazy, golden appearance with a fluffy white head. The aroma is a captivating blend of tropical fruits, including ripe mango, pineapple, and hints of stone fruit, complemented by a touch of citrus zest. On the palate, it
Blech Brut Retro Cheetah NEIPA
Blech Brut Retro Cheetah NEIPA presents a hazy golden color with a fluffy white head. The aroma bursts with vibrant notes of citrus, including orange and tangerine, alongside tropical hints of pineapple and guava. On the palate, it is juicy and smooth, sh
Blech Brut Laser Legs NEIPA
This is a hazy golden beer with a fine, frothy white head. Its aroma is bright and vibrant, featuring citrus notes of grapefruit and lemon, complemented by tropical hints of mango and passion fruit. On the palate, it delivers a juicy, effervescent burst o
Atelier Vrai Das Ozeanische Gefühl NEIPA
Atelier Vrai's "Das Ozeanische Gefühl" New England IPA likely features a juicy, fruity, and aromatic hop profile, characteristic of the style. Expect notes of tropical and stone fruits, potentially with citrus zest or herbal qualities, due to the dry-hopp
Hong Kong Beer Co. Devil's Peak DDH Black IPA
An abundance of premium Galaxy, Simcoe, Citra, and Centennial T-90 hops create a whirlwind of citrus, passion fruit, and piney flavours and aromas. Devil’s Peak delivers all the hop-forward deliciousness of a DDH West Coast IPA in an intriguing black colo
Hong Kong Beer Co. Berry Drop Fruited Sour
Berry Drop is a refreshing, sessionable sweet and sour balance of luscious fruits and tangy sour beer. Anabundance of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries have been harmoniously blended with an expertly crafted base sour beer to create
Hanssens Oude Geuze
Oude Gueuze (ABV 6%) from traditional lambic producer Hanssens Artisanaal is a Gueuze Lambic that pours hazy orange-gold with an off white head.
Lambics of several vintages are blended, then receive a secondary fermentation in the bottle, which is cell
Craft Beer
Craft Beer
At The Bottle Shop, we select our craft beers based on their flavours. When we started our import and distribution service in 2012, craft beers were defined by the volume breweries produced annually. The definition of craft beer has changed over the past two decades, and the term has gotten murkier as smaller breweries are acquired by large beer companies. Craft beer in Hong Kong has come a long way. New world varieties were scarce, and most craft beers in Hong Kong were English bitters and Belgium sweet fruit beers. Nowadays, one can find beers from all over the world.
Our store focuses on award winning beers, both local craft beers, and those imported internationally.
Below are a few types of craft beer that are popular in Hong Kong:
Commercial Beers
Commercial beers certainly have their place in the market. At (rare) times we enjoy a commercial lager as much as the next person. But even within the selection of craft beer in Hong Kong, not all commercial ones are created equal. Some beers can be mistreated during its transportation and storage, and suffer from oxidation, UV light, over-heating, and the list goes on. Some beers have an overwhelming amount of esters that contribute to banana flavours, which isn't really pleasant.
Hoppy Beers
Synonymous with craft beers are Pale Ale, and Indian Pale Ale (or IPA). From these two styles come variations, including Extra Pale Ale (XPA), American Pale Ale (APA), Imperial IPA (IIPA), Double IPA (DIPA), Double Dry-Hopped IPA (DDH IPA), Triple IPA (TIPA), Hazy Pale Ale, Hazy IPA, Milkshake IPA, Black IPA, and the list goes on. What sets them apart are mostly the malt bill (the level and character of sweetness), and the hop bill (the amount and variety of hops). Traditionally, craft beers have higher levels of bitterness because the more hops are in the beers, the more bitterness there is. Recent IPA trend is less bitterness and more hop fruitiness (think Sauvignon Blanc but in beers). Local craft beers in Hong Kong are also hoppy forward, with low bitterness.
Since The Bottle Shop began operation ten plus years ago, the number of local craft beer brands has gone from zero to close to twenty - all thanks to hop forward IPAs.
Sour Beers
Sour beers have been one of the biggest trends in the craft beer Hong Kong movement, especially ones with very big fruit dominant milkshake style sours. Sour craft beers are much like sourdough bread, it's a re-conceptualisation of old techniques popularised by Belgium naturally fermented beers. Contemporary sour beers are deliberately spiked with lactobacillus to lower their pH.
The most popular styles of sour craft beers include Berliner Weisse, Gose, Flanders, Lambics, and Geuze. Many contemporary Gose or Berliner Weisse have loads of fruits added to them, along with other adjuncts like lactose or salt. Sour beers are great for summer sweltering weather for refreshment, but they're also amazing as companions to a meal, or even with vanilla ice-cream.
Dark Beers
Dark beers include Porter, Stout, Brown Ale, and so on. Dark beers are dark because brewers add heavily roasted barley in the brew, imparting roasted barley notes, coffee notes, chocolate, and nutty flavours. Craft beers that are dark doesn't necessarily mean they're bitter. Contemporary dark beers can in fact be sweet. You may have heard of pastry stouts, mud-cake stouts? These craft beers can have weird and wonderful adjunct ingredients, with equally exotic names, like imperial Porter brewed with Toasted Coconut and Maple Syrup, or Blueberry Hazelnut Coffee Cheesecake Stout. I guess you can't say craft beer is boring!!
The craft beer Hong Kong scene has been a dynamic and ever-changing environment. From its anemic beginning, to now an international hub of choices and an incredible array of local craft beers and breweries. Let us know if you can't find a craft beer you're looking for.