🎸 HOP HIDEOUT 13th BIRTHDAY BEER COLLAB 🎶
Lucky 13!?! Maybe it’s the luck you make... Quality, persistence and consistency have certainly been our mantras and kept Hop Hideout going over these years and here we are 13 whole years later. We’ve moved premise 3 times and now as a working parent in the beer industry transitioned through some challenging times, personally and professionally. Folks that have kept me going have been many other women in beer and music (my love and passions), and of course our lovely customers!
I recently met Becca from Courier Brewing Co. inviting her to pour at Indie Beer Feast and admired another mum in the beer industry with a small child. Their family-run Manchester based independent brewery is the first one I thought to approach for our birthday beer collab, partly too as I’ve been absolutely devouring their hop-forward pales and IPAs, with their love for counter culture and music. Especially as the beer inspiration comes from this iconic photo of women in music, trailblazing their own iconic paths and one I return to often as a talisman - Debbie, Viv, Siouxsie, Chrissie, Polly and Pauline (L to R). I hugely admire all these women in music, forging their own paths and identities. More info on the photo in the comments ⬇️
In our collaboration hazy pale we used majority Dolcita hops (formerly known as experimental variety HBC 1019) and it’s a modern American aroma hop developed by the Hop Breeding Company. With development taking some 9 years, this hop only received its commercial name and release back in August 2025! It’s full of ripe peach, peach rings, and apricot-like stone fruit notes. Including caramel undertones reminiscent of rum daiquiri cocktails. I also liked the name of the hop itself was a head nod to our children, as the hop name combines the Italian word ‘dolce’ (meaning ‘sweet’) with the Spanish diminutive suffix ‘-ita’. Often interpreted as ‘little sweetie’ or ‘sweetheart,’ a term of endearment.
We’ll be launching the beer Friday 28th August, as an exclusive first pour in store and we hope you can join us celebrating. 🎂
