Falling Stone is our premium Best Bitter with an A B V of 4.2% .
A Full bodied and well rounded beer with afinal colour of 28-32 EBC which is achieved by adding a small amount of Chocolate Malt to the Mash which is based around Maris Otter Malt. Progress hops are used to for Aroma.to complement the bittering qualities of Northdown. Present Gravity after primary Fermention is 1008.5-1009 degrees giving plenty of scope for conditioning once the brew is cooled.
The name 'Falling Stone' is inspired by the first UK recorded meteorite which fell on a neighbouring farm, The Wold Cottage, in 1795 and which now resides in the British Museum and not by the affect it has on people who imbibe too much of this very drinkable beer.
This beer with a long aftertaste gave us our First Award, a Silver in the highly competitive best bitter section of the SIBA North Festival held in Southport on Jan 16th 2004.