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Vocation Brewery celebrates seventh birthday of flagship beer

Vocation Brewery celebrates seventh birthday of flagship beer

Vocation, one of the UK’s largest and fastest growing independent breweries, is celebrating seven years of its flagship beer, Life & Death, with three new brews. While the original Life & Death is still brewed to its original recipe, the three new beers imagine what Life & Death could have been like if it was changed to the extreme.

The three new brews are available now to independent retailers, and include:


Life & Death Session Edition (3.5% abv), which contains Vocation’s Classic IPA hopped with Citra and Mosaic, brewed to a more sessionable abv, without sacrificing its West Coast character. The beer provides fruit-forward flavours with a bite of citrus zest, followed by a moreish, lingering bitterness.

Life & Death Hazy Edition (6.5% abv), using the original recipe, shrouded in a thick New England fog to soften its bristlier West Coast features. It is a rounded, softer Life & Death, brewed with flaked wheat, jumbo oats, and more Citra hops for a juicy aroma, fleshy tropical and stone fruits flavour, and a silky finish.

Life & Death Gold Edition (7.4% abv), which consists of Vocation’s Classic IPA hopped with Citra and Mosaic, brewed with even more malts to produce an amped-up abv, more body and an even punchier resinous finish. The fruit-forward flavours of the Classic Life & Death have been dialled up to produce a bigger bite of pithy West Coast citrus, followed by a long, lingering, malty bitterness.

“We pride ourselves on the fact that our original Life & Death is still brewed to its original recipe, the recipe that got us going and propelled us into big-time brewing," said Matt Howgate, Innovation Brewer at Vocation Brewery.

“We are delighted to now be launching our three new Life & Death special edition beers, which visualise what our flagship Life & Death IPA could have been like if it was changed to the extreme.

“Our three new brews offer a beer for all occasions, whether drinkers are looking for a lower abv beer which still delivers on flavour (Life & Death Session Edition); a hazy, softer version with a silky finish (Life & Death Hazy Edition); or an amped-up abv version with a long, lingering, malty bitterness (Life & Death Gold Edition). We can’t wait for consumers to try these and to let us know what they think of them.”

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