Founded in 2014 Big Hug Brewing was the coming together of minds, desires and ambitions. Three friends who wanted to play their part to help drive craft beer forward.

Now run single handedly by Matt on a day to day basis they are London based but call Brighton home. ‘Hobo’ brewers they don’t own their own brewery - but that’s their story.

That’s what makes them a little bit different. They hope to be a stepping stone and an introduction to the category for many but to also be experimental – create beers that are individual, unusual and innovational but always with the finest of ingredients at the heart of what they do.

A brand with a social conscience at its core they have always given a little something back. They support the homeless charity Only A Pavement Away with £5 a keg/cask and 5p a can being donated via the Work For Good scheme from sales of their gluten free Pave The Way Pale Ale.

They also support the youth homeless charity YMCA DownsLink Group in Sussex and Surrey and run their own initiative called Hugs4Snugs to support local homeless charities nationwide at their tap takeover events.

HUGLIFE

Huglife is Big Hug’s ‘mantra’ and also forms the basis of their events, music and festival concept – good vibes only its all abput good times with good people, good food, great music and of course great beer.

Passion. Flavour. Community.

HUGLIFE IS OUR STRAPLINE …. BUT IT’S MORE THAN THAT.
IT’S OUR WAY OF THINKING AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE.

THE WAY THAT WE TRY TO LIVE AND ENJOY OUR LIVES AND CHANNEL THAT INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IT’S ABOUT LIFE. YOU ONLY GET ONE. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. GO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. FOLLOW A DREAM. COMMUNICATE. COLLABORATE. MEET PEOPLE. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE. CREATE A COMMUNITY.

DROP NEGATIVITY. TRAVEL GIVES YOU EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE GIVES YOU KNOWLEDGE, MEMORIES. LISTEN TO MUSIC - IT SOOTHES THE SOUL. DANCE. WORK HARD. PLAY HARD. FAIL. GO AGAIN. MAKE A DIFFERENCE. EVERYTHING IS GOOD IN MODERATION. FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS. TRUST YOURSELF. BE OPEN. BE CAREFUL. BE NICE. GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU SAY YES …… HUGLIFE.

Our Portfolio

What The Helles

This crisp, clean, session lager is made for drinking on any occasion. Pale gold in colour and brewed using Sybilla and Lubelski hops, it has a light malt profile with a soft, slightly sweet finish making this a real easy drinker.
ABV: 4%
SKU’s: 50L Keg, 330ml can
Pilsner

Also spelt as Pilsener and named after the Czech city Plezn, Pilsner was first
brewed by Josef Groll in 1842. This Pilsner has a crisp, clean, easy drinking profile, is straw blonde in colour and unpasteurised.
Brewed in the German style its balanced taste has a light biscuit malt flavour from the traditional German malts. The addition of Perle and Magnum hops give it a flavoursome, floral hop profile with a low bitter finish. Wheat gives added depth to the body and a slightly sweet finish.
Great with almost everything, this beer is brewed this with our friends at the Great Yorkshire Brewery.
ABV: 4.2%
SKU’s: 50L Keg
Juicy Pale Ale

Big Hug’s most popular beer, Juicy Pale is a hop forward, session pale ale made with a combination of Maris Otter, Munich and Cara Light malts and a real challenger to the bigger brands.
A low end bitterness and huge quantities of Mosaic and Chinook coupled with the lower, session abv give a hop forward, juicy, fruity aroma with a taste to match. Notes of citrus, melon, peach, stone fruit and a touch of pine along with oats, wheat and barley combine to give a good body and fuller mouth feel for a lower abv beer.
Unfiltered, Juicy is naturally hazy, golden and light on the palate with a low malt profile.
Brewed in London with their friends at Portobello Brewing. Pairs well with salad, chicken and lighter seafood.
ABV: 4%
SKU’s: 50L Keg, 30L Keg, 330ml can

Pave The Way Ale

Their most mainstream beer, Pave The Way is a gluten free Pale Ale made using the finest English Maris Otter Pale malt with a distinctive copper pale colour and a rich malty base to showcase the finest American hops.
Smooth notes of honey and caramel from the malt combine with Simcoe to give a light and balanced bitterness whilst Eldorado and Amarillo give a light aroma and flavour of watermelon, peach and stone fruit.
£5 per keg/cask and 5p per can is donated to the charity Only A Pavement Away who help to bring ex homeless, vulnerable veterans and ex offenders back into employment within the hospitality sector.
Brewed with their friends at Portobello Brewing.
ABV: 4.6%
SKU’s: 50L Keg, 330ml Can, 9G Cask
Hibernation IPA

Hibernation IPA is traditionally a hybrid between an American IPA and a Belgian Wit and was first brewed by two American brewers (Deschutes & Boulevard) in 2010.
Cloudy and full bodied like a wheat beer but tasting like an IPA, this beer uses Maris Otter pale malt, a neutral US05 yeast and dry hop with Citra and Chinook to give a light, refreshing citrus profile.
Unfiltered, unfined and unpasteurised and using 34% malted wheat, this is a well balanced beer with a light bitter finish to maximise drinkability.
It has a rich, full-bodied mouth feel and pairs well with flavoursome/ spicy dishes.
ABV: 5.2%
SKU’s: 30L Keg, 330ml can, 440ml can
Bigger Dinger

The latest addition to our core range in keg and our tribute to Erdinger.
Bigger Dinger is a smooth and unfiltered hefeweizen with subtle notes of banana, clove and spice.
A clean taste and solid body make this a real easy drinker any time of year. Brewed with our friends at Portobello Brewing.
ABV: 5.4%
SKU’s: 30L Keg