Holy Goat is a Dundee based brewery specialising in the production of mixed- fermentation and wood aged beers.
At Holy Goat, they’ve taken an unconventional approach to yeast and fermentation, opting for a proprietary method that utilises Brettanomyces yeast for long maturation times – typically 3-4 months – to produce unique, complex, full-flavoured sour beer.
The brewery, co-founded by Johnny Horn, is driven by experimentation and they’re obsessed with the awesome flavours that can be achieved from mixed-culture fermentations.
In the episode, recorded at our Brewers Lectures in Edinburgh, Johnny talks us through his career, which has taken in The Hanging Bat, 71 Brewing and Vault City, which he co-founded in 2018.
He also explains that while Holy Goat is inspired by tradition, they also seek to pay homage to their brewing forbears, mixing old and new techniques with the highest quality ingredients to produce complex, interesting and (most importantly) tasty beer…
#148 | The story of Holy Goat Brewing
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