Yorkshire brewery launches new beer called 'It'll Be Reyt' to lift spirits during lockdown

Sometimes it’s a cup of tea, sometimes a pint, sometimes a good night’s sleep and sometimes a bit of simple reassurance that we need to get us through tough times.
Director of brewing Paul Spencer with Ossett Brewerys latest tippleDirector of brewing Paul Spencer with Ossett Brewerys latest tipple
Director of brewing Paul Spencer with Ossett Brewerys latest tipple

One of Wakefield’s most prominent breweries has hit two of those notes with a new beer inspired by both the pandemic and some sage Yorkshire advice about how to soldier on.

Ossett Brewery’s latest concoction is a copper-coloured bitter fittingly named It’ll Be Reyt. The brewery is inviting housebound revellers to raise a glass, raise spirits and raise money for charity as the country finds its way through the coronavirus pandemic.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Ossett will donate £2 to West Yorkshire children’s hospice Forget Me Nots for every case sold while we wait for the pubs to reopen.

Director of brewing Paul Spencer said: “Our creative brewers have brewed ‘It’ll be Reyt’ as a well-balanced bitter to bring some positivity and good cheer during these very challenging times.

"Generally, it’s the Yorkshire way to take a very positive approach to difficult times and this is our way of expressing that sentiment while also raising money for a very well deserving cause.”

The brewery said its new tipple was created using Mosaic and Chinook hops with aromas of blueberry, citrus and spice for a mellow and well balanced easy drinking ale.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

A spokesman for the Forget Me Not Hospice said: “We were over the moon when Ossett Brewery told us about their I’ll Be Reyt beer and how a portion of the sales would be coming to support us during this incredibly difficult fundraising period.

“We simply couldn’t continue to care for children and families across West Yorkshire – who need us now more than ever –without the support of our local community.”

The brewery’s 26 pubs, which include The Hop and Fernandes in Wakefield and The Tap and Brewer’s Pride in Ossett, remain closed but you can order beer online at shop.ossett-brewery.co.uk.

--------------------

Editor’s note: first and foremost - and rarely have I written down these words with more sincerity - I hope this finds you well.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Almost certainly you are here because you value the quality and the integrity of the journalism produced by The Yorkshire Post’s journalists - almost all of which live alongside you in Yorkshire, spending the wages they earn with Yorkshire businesses - who last year took this title to the industry watchdog’s Most Trusted Newspaper in Britain accolade.

And that is why I must make an urgent request of you: as advertising revenue declines, your support becomes evermore crucial to the maintenance of the journalistic standards expected of The Yorkshire Post. If you can, safely, please buy a paper or take up a subscription. We want to continue to make you proud of Yorkshire’s National Newspaper but we are going to need your help.

Postal subscription copies can be ordered by calling 0330 4030066 or by emailing [email protected]. Vouchers, to be exchanged at retail sales outlets - our newsagents need you, too - can be subscribed to by contacting subscriptions on 0330 1235950 or by visiting www.localsubsplus.co.uk where you should select The Yorkshire Post from the list of titles available.

If you want to help right now, download our tablet app from the App / Play Stores. Every contribution you make helps to provide this county with the best regional journalism in the country.

Sincerely. Thank you.

James Mitchinson

Editor