North Brewing Co has today launched its first ever Gluten Free beer.

Open Space is a 4.5% West Coast Pale Ale, hopped with Simcoe and Chinook.

The brew team brewed the beer as usual, following their usual recipe development process, before adding Brewers’ Clarex enzyme to degrade the epitopes on the antigen which causes the immune response known as Coeliac disease.

This means that the team have not compromised on depth of flavour in order to create a Gluten Free beer – they are incredibly proud of how Open Space is tasting.

They explain: “A pale ale made with Best Ale, Cara and Light Munich malt to make a crisp and crunchy base with a deep golden hue. West Coast beers are always fun to make as it means we get to play with some of our favourite classic US hops.

“A steady dry hop of Simcoe and Chinook boasts sticky grapefruit, lemon, floral bouquets and pine flavours with a spiky pinch on the finish. The best part about this beer? – it’s gluten free!”

Yeast originating from the West Coast of America has been used to ferment the beer. It has a low impact on the flavour and drops out of the beer easily to make a clearer beer. West Coast IPA and West Coast Pale tend to be more bitter, floral and resinous.