All the flavour, half the strength. A 3.8% session IPA with the aroma of a full-strength one — citrus and tropical hops over a light, dry body. The after-work beer.
Half Shift exists because we wanted a beer we could drink several of on a weeknight and still be sharp the next morning. Brewing a low-strength beer that still tastes like something is genuinely hard — there is less malt to carry the flavour — so we lean heavily on aroma hops and a clean, dry body to make 3.8% punch above its weight.
It has the citrus-and-tropical nose of our bigger IPAs but a featherweight body that disappears quickly — just the thing for settling in over a long, easy session by the canal. It is the beer the staff recommend when someone says "I want something hoppy but I have work tomorrow".
At the lowest price point in our range, it is also the value pour of the taproom — and a steady favourite for the regulars who cycle in after work and want more than one without paying for it the next day.
Chicken wings, popcorn, a long after-work catch-up.
Good to know
A school night, a long session, the designated cycler home.
- Aroma-hop forward
- Light, dry session body
- Lowest-strength core beer
- On tap every open day
- Available in 440ml cans & growler fills
Brewed fortnightly · always on tap.