Introducing Reverence! A pale ale weighing in at just 0.5% ABV. Low in alcohol, but full of flavour, without sacrifice. Designed to sit comfortably within our already expansive range, further improving the extent of our creations and demonstrating our commitment to making our products as accessible as we can.
Reverence is packed full of Mosaic hops (including being dry hopped using innovative hop extract Hyperboost), inspired by our popular American Pale Ale, Heathen, which has been the flagship of our Brewers’ Emporium range since 2016. But a baby Heathen this brew is not intended to be! We believe it’s a beer that holds its own alongside the rest of our range – the ultimate session beer, crisp and crushable with an aromatic and punchy hop character. Expect refreshing tropical flavours and notes of zesty grapefruit, with a delicate bitterness in the finish to round out the profile beautifully. Juicy, easy-drinking, delicious. Like all our beers, it’s gluten free.
As demand for low-and-no alcohol products has grown over the past few years, we knew that this was a gap in our offering. And for a long time, we were ok with that – we weren’t sure that a low alcohol beer was quite in our wheelhouse (some of you may remember we explained the reasons for this back when we launched our Sparkling Hop Water in 2023). But after years of hard work, careful and extensive research, and meticulous lab analysis, coupled with an array of technological advancements in the wider field, we’ve changed our minds! We can honestly say we’re incredibly proud of the results. Something that looks like beer, tastes like beer, is brewed like any other beer… and simply is a proper beer, for beer lovers, but with just a tiny fraction of the booze.
For those of you who like a bit of technical spiel, here’s the method behind our Reverence. We produce a wort in exactly the same way as for our other beers – our base malt Maris Otter barley is the main ingredient, just the same as the rest of our range, with a little Caramalt and Carapils for a hint of biscuit character, and oats for a more luscious body. The differences are that we mash in at a higher temperature and using much less grain, which results in more complex sugars being produced. Regular ale yeast eats up sugar (especially maltose, the primary sugar found in most worts) and breaks it down into alcohol and CO2. We use a different yeast strain for this beer – Lallemand LoNa, which doesn’t like or eat maltose. We still get a little bit of fermentation from very simple sugars, which is important as whilst this doesn’t produce much at all in the way of alcohol, it does produce natural acids, reduces worty aldehydes from the grain and lots of other clever things that means we end up with something that tastes more like beer than Ovaltine. Hooray!
The name itself pays homage to the care and attention we take in the development of each and every one of our brews, and the high regard in which we hold them. We hope – and believe – that shines through in Reverence.
Cheers!
Team Abbeydale
Reverence is available now in 440ml cans, including from our online shop.
