Overlord

This June it’s the anniversary of the D-Day landings, so we’re creating a special collaborative commemorative brew – a delicious English IPA, 5.5% ABV – called Overlord.

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6th June 1944 of the Allied (America & other allied countries) invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

In the spirit of solidarity, and to symbolise the power of working together for the greater good, we’ve teamed up with American brewery Warfield to create this collaborative commemorative brew.

Overlord will be brewed simultaneously in the UK & USA with both us and our allied (and aptly named) brewery Warfield Distillery & Brewery brewing the IPA on the same dates, using the same ingredients and the same, mutually agreed, recipe (with plans for both brews being filmed for posterity).

When the owner of Warfield, Alex Buck, was visiting the UK last summer, he stopped by Langham Brewery having heard good things about us. He loved the quality of our beers, and our two breweries became firm friends, deciding on a collaboration brew pretty much straight away. The anniversary of the D-Day landings seemed like the perfect occasion to brew together.

The UK version of Overlord will be launched at the Yapton Beerex, Sussex on the weekend of 17th to 19th May, and is supported by West Sussex Camra. You’ll notice that the Overlord pumpclip pays homage to all the allies who made Operation Overlord possible – those who began the process through which WW2 victory was eventually achieved.

Find out more via our friendly team.