A BREWERY near Malvern has got together with one of the country's leading orchestras to create a special limited-edition beer for the festive season.
Wye Valley Brewery has made just 900 bottles of the beer, called Podium, for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
The beer will be available to taste as a Christmas treat for audiences at the orchestra’s Festive Favourites concerts at Symphony Hall in Birmingham this weekend.
Last month, four of the orchestra's musicians, violinist Gabriel Dyker, percussionist Toby Kearney and trumpeters Richard Blake and Jon Quirk visited the brewery at Stoke Lacy to help make the beer.
Head brewer Gareth Bateman said: "As a long-time fan of the CBSO, Wye Valley Brewery’s chairman Peter Amor was delighted to hear we would be collaborating with them to brew a limited-edition bottled beer. What we didn’t realise was what big beer connoisseurs the orchestra are.
“Together with the enthusiastic help of the four CBSO musicians, we’ve brewed a true masterpiece. Podium is a premium golden ale, that boasts a symphony of hops, including the aptly-named Calypso variety."
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