Bonnacons of Doom and Carnival Brewing Company collaborate on beer – available to order now
AND WE EXCLAIMED PRACATAN!
LIVERPOOL CRAFT BREWERY LAUNCHES BEER DEVOTED TO HYPNOTIC EXPERIMENTAL ROCK GROUP, BONNACONS OF DOOM.
When a brewery and heavy psych band come together, blinding sparks of mutual inspiration clash to create great, fizzing things.
When the Bonnacons of Doom and Carnival Brewing Company started talking about a special, one-off beer the outcome was inevitably loud; deliciously punchy, indelible and truly awesome – PRACATAN was conceived.
Dom from Carnival Brewing and the Bonnacons spent one long night riffing on their favourite beer styles. Would it be a strong complex heavy or a dark and bold imperial stout? But as is the way with the Bonnacons, there was a twist up their sleeves.
It was Kate’s idea to create something akin to her favourite cocktail, the Margarita. Fresh and zingy, she wanted something with notes that cut through the mix, mirroring the uplifting and euphoric elements of the band’s sound.
Dom hotfooted it back to Ade’s garage to formulate and master the next Carnival beer. Dom and Ade planned the beer and the recipe gestated; ingredients were ordered and while the fledgling Liverpool brewery was being fitted and installed the recipe finally came together.
All it needed now was to be christened. Raise a can and shout it loud “PRACATAN”.
BEER GEEK TIME…
We made a light sour beer and added dulse, originally the Irish seaweed which was sourced by Ade’s Mum from his home city of Belfast. We added loads of rock salt, lime zest and lime puree to create a delicious, straw-coloured beer that spins the taste buds into a maelstrom of zingy freshness.
Once the small-batch beer was trialed on customers at Carnival Brewing’s tasting room bar in Liverpool City Centre, the brewers upscaled the recipe ready for canning.
The resulting beer is a 4.6% lime gose, perfect for enjoying with your dinner, maybe as an aperitif or while listening to a Bonnacons album.
Dom from Carnival commented: “We love the Bonnacons, their sonic overload, stage presence and love for performance. We loved the idea of creating something new and unique for the band and its fans, so Pracatan became a thing. Our ethos for collaboration, creative partnerships and joining different creative outlets inspired our journey to form the brewery, which opened in Liverpool city centre in December 2019.”
PRACATAN is available to buy online now www.carnivalbrewing.me/shop and in select independent beer shops.
Bonnacon of Doom’s debut album is out now on Rocket RecordsNOTES FOR EDITORS
Carnival Brewing Company was formed in 2018 by Dom Hope-Smith and Ade Burke. Originally starting out as a hobby in Dom’s kitchen, the business was formed and moved into Ade’s garage before finally moving to Unit 3, King Edward Rise in Liverpool City Centre. The brewery has a tasting room bar which during usual times is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday – the brewery’s shop can deliver delicious craft beer to your door within 24 hours – visit www.carnivalbrewing.me/shop to find out more.
Artwork and film by Sam Wiehl. Music: ’Dulse’, a taster of the band’s first new music this year, written in the darkest days of lockdown.
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