Barrel aged sour blond ale. Collab with Magic Rock
Style: Sour Ale
ABV:6%
Vol: 375ml
No alcohol just got juiced up. And Hazy AF lives up to the hype. All the attitude, all the flavour but none of the alcohol. Say hello to the juiciest alcohol-free beer in town. Tropical fruits and grassy notes mix it up. Oats and wheat unite for a smoothe
Say hello to the President elect of Double IPAs. An All-American gung-ho of a beer. Immerse yourself in the star spangled banner of big fruit. A Cadillac of chewy toffee malt rolls down the interstate and accelerates hard into relentless bitterness, with
A postmodern classic, reinvented. Juicy tropical fruit mixes it up with grassy and pine notes for a beer that’s all flavour, no alcohol. In partnership with #IAMWHOLE, a brilliant mental health campaign, we’re here to encourage people to open up over a be
Well matched blend of rye whiskey and bourbon barrels gives a good level of the barrel and oak characters. Pours midnight black and viscously thick. Huge blast of chocolate, amburana like wood and orange zest at the start, a little deeper aroma offers a n
Bright side is liquid sunshine in a can, pouring a delightful pale gold. Our beer
is bursting with tropical and citrusy flavours derived from the generous
addition of American hops, radiating elegant notes of honeydew, stone fruits,
lychee, grapefruit
CLT is a delightful aromatic blend of fruity and spicy yeast-driven flavors, complemented with Argentinian yerba mate green tea and oolong tea leaves. It pours a pale straw color with a medium haze. The fermentation product’s lemony esters and spicy pheno
Clean & crisp but more in the grainbill than most. We balance this with dry hop to give much more flavor than your mainstream lagers.
Style: Lager
ABV: 4.2%
Vol: 330ml
White foam with a bright straw appearance. Light grainy with a little cracker, corn and lime. Very Slighthoppiness balancing with the lime leaving a dry crisp and super refreshing finish.
Style: Mexican Lager
ABV: 4.5%
Vol: 330ml
This beer got plenty of backbone to carry this classic mix of American hops. Aromas of lemon, grapefruit and orange which follow through on the palate with citrus dominating and a little pine in the background.
Style: Session IPA
ABV: 4.6%
Vol: 330ml
Chimay 150 is a strong, blond beer that is refreshing and fruity, tasting and intense. Its mint, bergamot, lime and eucalyptus aromas will make you on a surprising journey. Its delicate hints of rosemary and clove go perfectly with the subtle floral notes
It is a deep dark brown beer. On the nose, a scent of vanilla on a base of sweet caramel and pure chocolate combines with woody impressions complemented by a discreet hint of armagnac. On the palate, we discover a perfect balance allowing the fruity aroma
Chimay Blue is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensatio
Chimay Red is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive. Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuan
It’s a bit Tropicale. With a striking blue label, Coopers Pacific Pale Ale is a fresh, sessionable and fruity ale with a distinct dry hop character and mild bitterness.
Style: Pacific Pale Ale
ABV: 4.2%
Vol: 375ml
Coopers Pale Ale is the original Pale Ale. Beware of pale imitations. This all-malt brew has inspired a new generation of ale lovers. With its fruity and floral characters, balanced with a crisp bitterness, Coopers Original Pale Ale has a compelling flavo
This is a true taste of Coopers history. With its famous cloudy sediment and distinctive balance of malt, hops and fruity characters, our 'Red Label' is the ale by which all others should be measured.
Style: Sparkling Ale
ABV: 5.8%
Vol: 375ml
Coopers ‘Extra Pale Ale’ is all about ‘extra’ hop flavour whilst being well balanced and easy to drink.
Style: Extra Pale Ale
ABV: 5.2%
Vol: 375ml
Young Bros West Coast Double IPA, a collaboration between Hong Kong's Young Master Brewery and Korea's Craft Bros, uses Citra, Simcoe, and Motueka hops. Are you familiar with dry-hopped hops? These are the hops we usually use when making New England IPA.
Cognac barrel aged for two years.
At Struise, we love all the beers we make. However, if there should be only one that we should call our ‘flagship’ with right and reason, it’s Pannepot. After a lifetime of brewing tasty, but ‘safer’ beers, this was ou
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Delirium Tremens, the beer masters of Brewery Huyghe have developed a special limited edition of the beer, which will only be available for a very short period in time. We already have a unique recipe, but we are
Colour and sight: Dark brown-red. A compact white-yellow, stable and lacing head. Scent: Touches of caramel, mocha and chocolate. Spices such as liquorice and coriander are also present. Flavour: Initially, a very good mouthfeel of alcohol and softness. T
Colour and sight: Deep dark red colour, with a light pink, compact and lacing head. Scent: Soft fruity aroma, with hints of almond and mildly sour cherries. Flavour: Sweet and fruity, with a nice balance between sweet and sour. An excellent dessert 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 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.
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 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 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.