The Bluntrock Journal

Bluntrock Ambassador is a brand new 4.0% Best Bitter inspired by the rich brewing heritage of Burton upon Trent and brewed in Rock, Cornwall using traditional British ingredients and our modern techniques. Crafted with floor-malted barley, classic UK hops, a Burtonised water profile, and a carefully selected Burton ale yeast, it delivers a balanced pint with bready malt character and earthy hop notes. Launching on 25th March, Ambassador will be available at select venues across Cornwall and beyond. It represents a deeply personal project for our head brewer and co-founder George - an homage to the timeless cask beers that...

One of the most important, and often overlooked, parts of brewing is what happens to our spent grain. Instead of becoming waste, it begins a second life just over the hedge from the brewery, helping to regenerate soils of our surrounding fields and to support food production right here in our little pocket of Cornwall.

How we recycle our used Malt Bags with Suez Cornwall Like many small brewers, we use bag malt as we don’t have space for malt silos. This leaves us with a problem, malt bags.  While Malsters have made great strides to ensure that their malt bags are produced responsibly, being made of 100% recyclable materials, you can’t just put them in your mixed recycling as the malt dust inside means they can’t be recycled in the usual way. The easy route is to put them into your general waste which is bueno.  As part of our commitment to sustainable development,...

George's Diary of his Trip to the Oregon Hop Selection 2025 The Journey After a bumpy flight I landed in Portland at 17:30. Having never been to the US before, the first thing I noticed is that everything is just bigger than it is in the UK. The cars, the roads, the people, everything. Would you believe it... Just two doors down from the Air BnB there is a brewery called Stormbreaker Brewery, and they have 3 fresh hop beers on next door. Perfect. After some beers there we went off to Loyal Legion. Will (from Brewers Select) had a...