#215 | Defining West Coast Pils

Since being founded by Adam Henderson in 2020, Azvex Brewing Company has gone on to become of the UK’s most respected producers of hop-forward pale ales and IPAs, fruited sours, and imperial stouts. And head brewer Jack Walker has played a huge part in that journey. Known and respected across the land, Jack has helped create a wealth of fantastic beers at the Liverpool-based business. And for that reason, we invited him to speak at our Brewers Lectures in Newcastle last month. In his latest talk, Jack walked us through his approach to the production of the brewery’s delicious West Coast Pils. He outlined the team’s approach to defining the style and water profile employed, to the mash, boil, bitterness as well as yeast and fermentation. Jack described their dry-hopping regime and whether these beers should be hazy or not while concluding that these beers are an evolution of the West Coast IPA and a style still finding its feet.