Lager Than Life Sponsors

London Amateur Brewers

London, UK

We are an enthusiastic and informal group of home-brewers from London and the Home Counties who meet to share their skills, knowledge (and beer), to widen their appreciation of the world's finest drink, and improve the beer they make themselves. If you're a beginner interested in getting into homebrewing or an experienced brewer looking to improve your beers, come along! We meet at 7pm on the first Monday of every month, at The Mash Paddle Brewery - 92 Enid St, London SE16 3RA. We also meet online once a month and everyone's welcome. Our meetings cater for a wide range of ages, and all levels of experience, from beginners looking to learn through to experts honing their technique. We are affiliated to the Craft Brewing Association, the only UK home-brewing organisation recognised by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.

Pillars Brewery

Walthamstow, London, UK

Our hosts, Pillars Brewery began like all craft breweries ought to: in a garden shed. They wanted to prove that a craft lager could be as tasty as its ale counterparts, and so re-inventing lager became their first mission. After years of experiments, they succeeded in developing a radical new lager recipe and swiftly set up shop in Walthamstow. Innovation and quality is at the heart of what they do. Pillars Brewery will keep on creating untraditional, groundbreaking craft lagers whilst maintaining the integrity of traditional beer making principles. Theye’re four blokes who developed a cracking lager, Gavin, Omar, Eamonn and Samie.

The Malt Miller

Swindon, UK

The Malt Miller was started in 2010 by Rob and Joanna Neale, they are an independent family business that prides its self in supplying home brewers and breweries with premium ingredients and equipment. As home brewers themselves they know how important it is to get the freshest ingredients possible, all of their malt is milled fresh to order, hops are nitrogen flushed and cold stored, there are over 250 yeast strains to choose from and you can even make your own bespoke Recipe Kits through their website.

Lallemand Brewing

Lallemand’s presence in the brewing industry dates from the early 1970s when the company started producing dried pure culture brewing yeasts for beer kit manufacturers in Canada. In subsequent years, this activity was expanded to the production of other specific ale and lager beer yeast strains for different clients in the United States, Europe and Australia and Asia. Supported by decades of long-standing industry experience, an extensive support network and strong technical expertise, Lallemand Brewing is positioned to help your brewery achieve its growth and quality goals. Beyond an unparalleled global technical support and expertise, we offer an extensive range of products, services and education. Whether you are a startup, a global leader in beer production or anywhere in between, we have something for you.

BarthHaas X

Paddock Wood, UK

BarthHaas X – the Highest Quality Hops and Hop Products for Craft Brewers. BarthHaas X seeks to inspire craft brewers all over Europe with whole hops and pellets, intriguing extracts, and yield-boosting advanced hop products. BarthHaas are the experts of hops for the best beer flavour, worldwide. As the world’s largest supplier of hops and hop products, they provide incredible research, innovation, and technical might, and the most valued portfolio of hops. BarthHaas X makes it all accessible to the smaller beer producers via a creative and personal perspective. Available to UK homebrewers through our partners at Malt Miller. @BarthHaasX

Brewtools

Norway

Brewtools believe in thinking outside the box and finding clever ways of doing things, together with their customers. Brewtools build great products in Norway - with their own hands - and still make the business sustainable. Brewtools believe that you deserve to be heard and that they listen to you.. The Brewtools brand, is a result of years of dedicated work, long nights and many good beers. Their vision is to design and build brewing equipment that brings enthusiasm and love for the beer brewing process. Brewtools are dedicated to bringing many great products and accessories to the market in the future, with the help of close cooperation with their followers..

Escarpment Labs

Ontario, Canada

Escarpment Labs are brewers, scientists, and fermentation enthusiasts. They believe in producing high-quality cultures that you can trust. Since 2015, Escarpment Laboratories has helped hundreds of breweries achieve their fermentation targets. They grow their reputation as industry leaders by innovating every single day and teaching as they learn.

WHC

Newcastle, Co Wicklow, Ireland

We provide an affordable beer analysis service, available for all breweries trying to maintain a high quality and consistent final product. Our lab is home to industry-leading equipment including our Anton Paar Alcolyzer as well as QPCR for genetic analysis. Our services offer a large selection of tests including microbiological screening, IBU, ABV, calories, final gravity, colour (EBC)and water testing. Our services allows you to focus on what you do best, brewing. WHC Lab is proud to propagate fresh, high cell count and quality yeasts. We do so by propagating fresh for orders and integrating stringent quality control throughout our production process. Every pitch of yeast is genetically tested on our QPCR system to ensure that our pitches are contamination free.

Budvar

Budweiser Budvar (Czech: Budějovický Budvar [ˈbuɟɛjovɪtskiː ˈbudvar]) is a brewery in the Czech city of České Budějovice, best known for its original Budweiser or Budweiser Budvar pale lager brewed using artesian water, Moravian barley and Saaz hops. Budweiser Budvar is the fourth largest beer producer in the Czech Republic and the second largest exporter of beer abroad.

Imperial Yeast

Portland, Oregon, USA

Imperial Yeast is a company founded on the principles of proper pitch rates and superior technical and customer service. Founded in 2015, Imperial has just about 3.5 years of experience providing both home brewers as well as professional brewers with pitchable quantities of yeast. Thus making starters or pitching multiple packs of yeast into standard gravity 20 liter batches a thing of the past. Fermentations take off quick, and finish healthy and strong minimizing the chance of beer spoilers, and off flavor production. By producing a certified organic brewing yeast, Imperial is giving brewers the option to use a high-quality yeast and at the same time use a yeast that is produced with GMO-free, 100% natural ingredients. They are the first manufacturer of certified organic liquid yeast, producing a product in an environmentally responsible way.

Omega Yeast

Chicago, IL, USA

Omega Yeast produces fresh, high quality and pitch-ready liquid yeast for Probrewers and Homebrewers. We\'re a dedicated crew located in Chicago and St. Louis—a handful of microbiologists, homebrewers, professional brew staff and craft beer fans who have made it our express purpose to make brewing easier and better for everyone.

Weyermann

Germany

Weyermann began the production of high-quality malts and malt derived products in Bamberg Germany over 140 years ago. Nowadays Weyermann Specialty Malts is the world market leader in the manufacturing of caramel- and roasting malts with a portfolio of over 90 different products. Weyermann Specialty Malts influence the colour and taste of more than 60,000 beers in 135 countries on all continents. The red and yellow Weyermann logo has become an epitome of excellent malt produced in Germany, for both brewers and beer connoisseurs all over the world. Ranging from very large breweries to home brewers, our customers represent the diverse brewing industry.

Wyeast Laboratories, Inc.

Odell, OR, USA

In 1986, Wyeast Laboratories, Inc. introduced 100% Pure Liquid Yeast Cultures to craft and home brewers. For more than 30 years we have continued to perfect our products, expand our collection, and provide the highest quality products to our customers. We serve professional and enthusiast brewers worldwide who count on the reliability, purity, and the extensive strain selection provided by Wyeast to produce beers of unequalled quality and diversity.

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Lager Than Life 2025
22/03/2025 09:00, GMT.

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