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Axe Edge

PRODUCER: Buxton Brewery

AREA OF ORIGIN: Buxton, England

VARIETY: IPA

ABV: 6.8%

WEBSITE: www.buxtonbrewery.co.uk

From small acorns do big oaks grow – though, to be fair, Buxton isn’t that big an oak just yet. The founders clearly remember brewing their first pale ale – 40 litres of it – on New Year’s Day in 2009. It was enough to spark a passion to take their home-produced beers and bring them to a broader public.

Over the following months, recipes were tweaked, altered, thrown away and revived before they launched to the public. Axe Edge is a flagship beer for Buxton and was first introduced early on, in 2010. It is a tribute to American West Coast IPA beers and is a weighty 6.8% ABV. It’s named after the moorland to the South and West of Buxton. This is a full flavoured, strong India Pale Ale, which is now hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Nelson Sauvin. Its complex flavours include mandarin orange, schnapps, pineapple, and juicy tropical fruits. It is warmingly alcoholic with a dry finish.