Our Ingredients

The ingredients we use are chosen for character, not convenience.

Our beers are built around British-grown grains, fruits, grapes, herbs and botanicals, each selected for what they can bring to the blend. Some add brightness. Some bring tannin, perfume, acidity or depth. Others change the shape of the beer more quietly.

Nothing is added just to decorate the label.

Every ingredient has a job to do...

Guided by the season

We work with what the year gives us.

Fruit changes from season to season. Some harvests are bright and sharp. Some are deeper, softer or more aromatic. That variation is part of the point.

We do not try to flatten those differences out. We let the ingredient lead where it should, then blend around it with care.

The result is beer that carries something of the season it came from.

British grown locally sourced

Locality matters to us.

We use British ingredients, working with farmers, orchards and growers who care about what they produce. Some are close to the blendery. Others are further away, chosen because the quality, variety or character is right for the beer.

Morello cherries from Kent. Raspberries from Herefordshire. Blackcurrants from Norfolk. Damsons and rhubarb from Worcestershire. Apricots from the Isle of Wight. Honeyberries from Scotland. Wine grapes from UK vineyards.

Each ingredient brings its own place into the glass.

Fruit with purpose

Fruit in our beers is not there to make things sweet or simple.

It is there to build the fermentation.

A good fruit can bring acidity, skin tannin, aroma, colour, texture and structure. It can lift a beer, deepen it or pull it in a new direction.

When the fruit is expressive, it carries through naturally. The aim is not to cover the base beer, but to let the beer and fruit become something more interesting together.

Grains, barrels and balance

Fruit often takes the spotlight, but the foundation matters just as much.

Malted barley, raw wheat and aged hops give the beer its base. Oak gives it time, texture and quiet structure. The barrels allow each beer to develop slowly before fruit, blending or further ageing shapes the final release.

Every part matters.

The final beer should feel complete, not like a list of ingredients.

Searching for character

We are always looking for ingredients with something to say.

Old orchards. Lesser-known varieties. Small growers. Fruit that tastes vivid, unusual or deeply tied to where it was grown.

That search is part of the work, and part of the curiosity behind Crossover.

We are not chasing novelty. We are looking for ingredients that can help the beer become more expressive, more layered and more alive.

In the glass

The best ingredients do not need to shout.

They show themselves in small details. A flash of cherry skin. A note of almond from stone fruit. A line of blackcurrant acidity. The softness of apricot. The grip of grape skins. The earthiness of rhubarb.

These are the details that shape each release.

Beer made with British ingredients, guided by season and shaped by fermentation.

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