About Us

Crossover Blendery is located at Lannock Manor Farm in rural North Hertfordshire, UK. A beautiful, quiet place surrounded by rolling arable fields and small pockets of pasture.

Founded by George and Charlie in 2018, Crossover Blendery is focussed on producing complex beers which challenge and intrigue the drinker. The beers age in old French oak barrels for many years. And the fermentations are spontaneous, meaning it is only wild yeast and bacteria which operate in these ales.

An emphasis is made on working with high-quality British ingredients. And the provenance of the ingredients are equally important. Farmers and growers are worked with directly, and an effort is made to source as close to the Blendery as possible.

In April 2022 the Blendery Taproom was opened. It is a truly unique space where everyone is welcome to come, relax and enjoy a drink. Please visit! The Taproom is open from April, every weekend (Saturday & Sunday). Please see our Taproom page for the most up to date information.

How Crossover began

Crossover was founded by George and Charlie in 2018, after years of fascination with spontaneously fermented beer.

A visit to Brussels, and time spent exploring traditional Belgian Lambic producers, changed how we thought about beer. There was patience in it. Complexity. A sense that the beer had been allowed to find its own shape.

Crossover grew from that idea, not as a copy, but as our own response here in the UK.

A blendery, not a conventional brewery

Crossover follows the blendery model.

Fresh wort is brewed for us, then brought to the blendery, where it ferments naturally without added yeast. From there it rests in old French oak barrels, changing slowly over months and years.

The work is in waiting, tasting, selecting and blending.

That is where the character comes from.

The Process

Wild ales from a Hertfordshire farm

The blendery sits in a quiet corner of Lannock Manor Farm,
surrounded by open fields, hedgerows and the slow movement of the seasons.

It is the right place for patient beer.

The farm also connects us to a wider community of growers, makers, markets and events.

The Taproom has become part of that rhythm.

British ingredients, chosen with care

Fruit and other ingredients are not added for novelty. They are chosen because they have something to say.

We work with British growers wherever we can, using ingredients with real character and provenance, from damsons and rhubarb to apricots, blackcurrants, raspberries, cherries and wine grapes.

Our Ingredients

Crafted for the curious

Crossover is not about making the same beer again and again.

It is about following what the season gives us, listening to the barrels and blending when the beer is ready.

Some releases are bright and fruit led. Some are dry, vinous and complex. Some are delicate. Some are wild.

All are made with the same belief.

Beer can still surprise you when it is given time.

VIEW OUR BEER

The Taproom

The Taproom opened in April 2022 as a place to drink the beers close to where they are aged and blended.

It is relaxed, welcoming and open every weekend.

You do not need to know spontaneous beer to visit. Curiosity is enough.

Come for a glass, try something unfamiliar, sit for a while, and see where it takes you.

Visit the Taproom