Yardley Brothers Death By Chocolate Fudge Brownie Raspberry Stout
Prepare to succumb to our latest iteration of Death by Chocolate. Pairing fudge brownies with juicy raspberries, each sip is rich and luscious. Using fresh cacao from local producers Conspiracy Chocolate, this is one pastry stout that will tempt you furth
Cloudwater Intentionally False IPA
In truth this IPA is piled full of Enigma for white grape, redcurrant and sweet cantaloupe flavours. We've backed up these fruity flavours with classic Columbus & Centennial for a punchy savoury finish.
Style: IPA
ABV: 6%
Vol: 440ml
Cloudwater Beck Row Nitro Stout
Pour Hard, Drink Easy
Beck Row provides deep roasty notes of malt and chocolate with the smoothness of nitrogen to help every mouthful slip down a treat.
Big on flavour but an easy drinker for all stout fans.
Style: Stout
ABV: 4%
Vol: 440ml
Cloudwater Aglow West Coast IPA
A little sibling to our Crystallography series, this bold West Coast IPA offers the same explosive hop burst and impeccable clean finish, but in a lighter and crisper body.
Hopped with Columbus and Strata for full-on dankness, with deep grapefruit and
Cloudwater Field Recording Saison
Brewed to accompany a night of celebrating the wondrous complexity of the field recording session.
Field is a night celebrating the wondrous complexity of the field recording session and a beer style originally brewed to quench the thirsts of labourers
Cloudwater x Artista Perfetto 13eer Edition Pale Ale
A unique collaboration with Hong Kong (and now Manchester!) coffee maestros Artista Perfetto
Any brewer you care to meet will invariably tell you that they are powered by coffee, and we're no different here. When we got together with Artista Perfetto t
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
Hong Kong Beer Co. Double Double DDH West Coast Double IPA
Ridiculously hopped DDH West Coast DIPA, third in our small-batch pilot series, conceptualized by the team at HKBC! Premium US and NZ T-90 and Cryo hops with a healthy dose of innovative YCH 803 Citra, an essential hop oil extract, create an explosion of
Hong Kong Beer Co. Lantau Trail DDH West Coast Double IPA
Packed with Citra, Mosaic, Freestyle Nelson Sauvin (Bliss Process) T-90 hops and Mosaic DynaBoost, a flowable whirlpool hop extract, to create intense tropical, citrus, and gooseberry hop flavours and aromas. Light body (that allows the hops to shine), as
Hong Kong Beer Co. Twin Peaks DDH Hazy Double IPA
Twin Peaks is a decadent DDH Hazy DIPA saturated with intense hop flavours and aromas. To scale new heights with an abundance of intense passionfruit, citrus and gooseberry hop flavours and aromas. Smooth body, pillowy mouthfeel, and balanced bitterness.
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
Totopia's Orbphobia DDH Hazy DIPA
This time we built it around old-school hops. Though they're still very much in their prime, this particular blend gives it that classic feel. We also extended the maturation period, boosting its richness and fruitiness. At DH's temperature range, differe
Totopia's x West Coast Brewing Alchemistphilia Hazy DIPA
This is the second collaboration between West Coast Brewing and Totopia, featuring a Hazy Double IPA that adheres to WCB's (Full Hop Alchemist) recipe for malt and yeast. Dry-hopped using Totopia's method, this brew can be seen as Full Hop Alchemist's tak
Totopia's x Inkhorn Brewing Mejirophilia Hazy IPA
Collaboration Hazy IPA with Inkhorn. Their precise brewing, backed by the skills and experience of one of Japan's top breweries, always inspires us and positively influences our own brewing. We're thrilled that this year's collaboration, where we shared o
Totopia's Tropicphilia DH Sour IPA
Collaboration with Inkhorn: Sour IPA Version. The tropical sour I first tasted at Inkhorn left a strong impression, becoming the theme for this brew. We tasted and blended several fruits together, refining the selection. We were already revising the base
Totopia's Jellyphobia West Coast DIPA
We've amplified the bitterness while maintaining a clean, fruity finish. By using old-school hops in this DH, we aimed not only to push the fruitiness to the forefront but also to add a piney character, creating multiple layers of flavor. Despite its 8.5%
Totopia's KNEECAPphobia West Coast Pilsner
This beer is a collaboration with "KNEECAP," which will be released nationwide starting August 1st. The design represents the mouth, a part of the body used to express one's thoughts in rap, the significance of speaking Irish, and the importance of drugs
Teenage Brewing Polygonal #002 Sour IPA
A sour IPA featuring watermelon, a quintessential Japanese summer treat, returns with a revised recipe. This time, we've enhanced the watermelon aroma while retaining its sweetness for an even more delicious balance. Like its predecessor, it incorporates
Teenage Brewing Earworm #003 DDH West Coast IPA
This clean and crisp DDH West Coast IPA boasts a vibrant aroma of grapefruit and stone fruit, courtesy of the hops. This iteration features a slightly altered hop blend, incorporating Southern Cross and Krush alongside the existing Saaz, Chinook, Riwaka,
Teenage Brewing Endless Summer #002 DDH West Coast Pilsner
This summer is hot again, isn't it? Just like this label art, a collage of memorable summer moments, we carefully crafted this beer to embody the “endless summer” we want to keep in our hearts. This DDH West Coast Pilsner features vibrant aromas of lime,
Teenage Brewing Tape Echo Coffee Sour DIPA
A collaborative beer with “ONIW COFFEE,” roasted by Mr. Takaaki Mino, guitarist of Japan's leading post-rock band “toe,” has been completed. Using Teenage's signature sour IPA as a base, coffee beans and blood oranges were steeped in it. The berry and cit
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.