Wolds
Harrier

Amber Ale · Yorkshire

Malt-forward and unhurried. Toasted barley, wild cherry, a dry ash-bark finish that lingers past the last mouthful.

500 ml e · Brewed & Bottled at Ashgill

Vessel Ferments in Bottle

5.4%

ABV

38 IBU

Cask No. A-2291 · Ashgill, North Yorkshire

The Brew

The harrier hunts low over the Wolds at dusk, and for four generations our brewhouse has kept roughly the same hours. This ale is the one we never changed — a Yorkshire amber built on floor-malted Maris Otter, open-fermented in slate squares, and left to finish its own business in the bottle.

Every label on this page is printed letterpress on uncoated stock from a mill twelve miles down the dale. The oval is struck from a die our great-grandfather commissioned in 1904; the ribbons are set by hand for each release, which is why no two batches wear quite the same wording.

Maris Otter Open Ferment Unfiltered Vegan

Tasting Wheel

Malt8 / 10
Bitterness5 / 10
Fruit6 / 10
Body7 / 10
Finish9 / 10

Brew Sheet

Field	Value	Note
Original gravity	1.052	Single infusion, 66°C
Final gravity	1.011	Attenuation 79%
Malt bill	Otter, Crystal 150, Ash-smoked	4% smoked cap
Hops	Fuggle, Bramling Cross	Late kettle + dry
Yeast	House strain KA-4	Propagated since 1961
Conditioning	21 days, 14°C	In-bottle refermentation

Change the Label

Pick a release — the neck label, oval, ribbons and ABV roundel all re-set to that batch.

Cellar List

Four bottles a season

One crate, posted the week it comes off the line, with the batch sheet folded inside. No app, no algorithm — a printed card and a bottle opener that outlives us all.