The Launch of Osnabruck Unfiltered Lager

We are delighted to announce that we have launched our very own 4.2% session unfiltered lager Osnabruck, named after the German town Derby is proudly twinned with for nearly 50 years!

The new lager links back to the Oberburgermeister, a beer brewed by us back in 2006 when Trev hosting the Oberburgmeister himself Osnabruck’s Major at our Brew House to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our twinning.

The lager itself is brewed with lager malt, torrefied wheat, Mandarina Bavarian & Hallertau Blanc German hops. Taking inspiration from Pilsner & Kolsch lagers to produce a clean, crisp flavoursome session lager. We have left the lager unfiltered to maximise its flavour.

As all lagers should we have allowed it to lager in vessel for around 6 weeks to ensure it developed its flavours and crucially has a mellow and morish aftertaste. Making the second pint inevitable. Carrying the name of Osnabruck the German town twinned with Derby and a nod to the German style lager that bears its name.

The lager is now available at both Derby Brewing venues, NOTSA in Aston on Trent and The Hole in the Wall in Mickleover as well as a growing number of venues across Derbyshire.

Quote Paul Harris MD

Part of our planned new range of beers, I am delighted to say it’s a fantastic flavoursome lager, a fantastic entry level lager which will replace the previous more mainstream offering of Carlsberg across our venues. A big upgrade even if we say so ourselves.

Quote Trevor Harris

We have been working on launching a lager for a while, it’s great to finally launch it and in our 20th year and nearly 50th anniversary of the twinning, it was great to link it to Osnabruck. I loved brewing the beer previously so when we decided to brew a German influenced lager it felt like a great nod to that German influence and Derby’s heritage.