St Austell Brewery has announced its seasonal beer line-up for 2024, and this year there will a musical theme to the quartet of brews.
Surfin’ USA, Summer Sun, Thunder Struck, and Step Into Christmas are well-known tunes, and now they provide the inspiration for four new beers.
To jazz things up even further, each beer will come with its own Spotify playlist, which beer lovers can listen to by scanning a QR code on the pumpclip.
Two of the beers will support coastal charities. Five pence from every pint of Surfin’ USA will go towards St Austell Brewery’s charity partner, the Marine Conservation Society, and 5p from every pint of Summer Sun will go towards the RNLI, which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.
Emblematic of the California sunshine, and the sounds of sea, Surfin’ USA is a tropical session IPA. It’s packed with punchy American hops. Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic are among those that contribute to the wave of soft fruit flavours.
Summer Sun, made famous by Scottish band Texas in 1999, is a pale golden beer with floral and citrus hops notes. And Thunderstruck — inspired by the classic ACDC song — is a full and rich English ale that serves as the perfect tipple while the darker nights draw in.
The Christmas special, Step into Christmas, will round off the year with a flavoursome stout brewed by the St Austell Brewery brewing apprentices.
“Our seasonals are a way for us to offer new, great-tasting cask beers for our wholesale customers across the UK, while having a bit of fun with the concept behind them,” said brewing director, Georgina Young.
“This time we’ve named the beers after iconic songs and created a playlist for each one that pub-goers can keep on listening to long after last orders.
“We have a juicy session IPA for the spring, a fruity summer blonde ale, a warming autumnal premium ale, and a full-bodied stout as we step into the Christmas season.”
Surfin’ USA, the first beer in the line-up, will be available in selected pubs from 1st March.
