Badger Stinger

The story of the Badger brand was recounted in my entry on March 20, so I won't go over old ground again.

Stinger announces itself as an Organic Ale that is brewed with organically grown hand picked Dorset nettles! The story begind it is that it is a collaboration between Badger and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall of River Cottage fame. His brief was to work with the Badger team to create a new organic beer. In fact, River Cottage donates to nominated (but undisclosed) charities from the sales of Stinger.

Here's what Hugh has to say about it: "I think we have produced a delicious and refreshing beer with true West Country character and real depth. It's slightly spicy with a light bitterness and a subtle tingle that comes from the nettles..."
I am not sure about the tingle (perhaps too subtle for me) but the rest is true!

All we know about the ingredients (apart from the nettles) is that it contains malted barley. ABV is 4.5% and it is not bottled conditioned.