Red Rock Back Beach

Not only had I not heard of the brewery or the beer here, I even had to search hard on the label to discover who the brewer was! It turns out it was the Red Rock Brewery, who describe themselves on their website www.redrockbrewery.co.uk as "a four barrel brewery based in a renovated barn in South Devon which produces distinctively flavoured cask and bottle conditioned real ales using only spring water, finest malt, whole hops and wet yeast".

The brewery was started in 2006 by two teachers who shared an overwhelming interest in beer. Luckily one of them had a lifelong fascination with home brewing and (more importantly) a son, Lewis, who has had lots of brewing experience! He also had a friend, Geoff, who is a farmer with a spare barn that he agreed to allow to be used for the brewery. It is based in the village of Bishopsteignton, which they describe as the 'outback of Devon'

Back Beach is what they call "our more gentle refresher". The label only lists the ingredients as "spring water, malted barley, hops and yeast" which is not very informative. However, the website tells that it is a golden bitter beer which uses Westminster pale malt balanced with Goldings hops for a crisp, clean finish". It is 3.8% ABV and naturally conditioned in the bottle.

It is very much to my taste, and a real find (always assuming I can find it again, that is!