Over in Sweden brewing lager beer with Omnipollo. (They have bankers!)

We have re-brewed our Koji rice lager. "Donmai" collaboration with Minoh beer in Osaka, with some tweaks to the koji process below. It is rice, malt and noble hops, but tastes like tinned peaches and cream. I don't think ive ever been so excited for one of our beers. More as it develops x

I’m not usually a great fan of tap rooms. Fortunately, I’m only 5 mins from the Donzoko one. The giant red curtain does a good job of deadening the sound. Horrible sound is what puts me off most taprooms.

UK hops + flavours in general are more subtle than some of their new world counterparts. We attempted to bring them out in HIDDEN SOUNDS, a pils we made with @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social hopped with english Solero, big white peach nectarine floral oily whistle clean lager beer!

Look at that foam on the furthest away pint. Bankers.

Donzoko has now bought Tilray Brands.

We got this lovely sign from Dave Bailey and since then the taproom has been >50% busier than last year. Enchanted object.

Chatted to the beeb about how shite AI is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Got some new caps which ask the question on everybody's lips. Donzoko.co.uk

CELLARS is a 6.2% bock, brewed with "Most" hops. It tastes like strawberries hay and honey. It's usually a taproom exclusive but I have decided to release it wider.

Hey everyone we're BACK! Join us on the Youtubes for 45 minutes of cosy, heartfelt chats about Franconian lager, northern beer culture, the beers in our heads, and erm... nitro lagers... with the inimitable lager legends Donzoko. youtu.be/T55_Ft0CKfM

HEARTWOOD is a 5.5% west coast pale, rippingly bitter, but contrasted with new, fruitier varieties of hops, namely Strata and Alora. Big melony strawberry, then a rip of pine sap bitterness, a pint of two halves. 🪵🌲🍺

TYNESIDE LAMBIC TRAIL 2026 24/25 Jan 26 Looking forward to once again joining some great Tyneside bars to show off the best in lambic and mixed ferm beer from the UK, Belgium and Beyond. Details coming. Save the date and please share!

Made a low booze IPA for those taking a break, with Alora hops, which is a particularly delicious variety.

Instead of visiting the £75M Guinness brewery where they don't make Guinness why not visit the £0.25M Donnies brewery where they make Donnies.

Once Bitten, Twice Shy. Afestive treat of a red IPA. Also a public service announcement about gift boxes.

Beery excellence at @donzokobeer.bsky.social last night. An essential taproom stop in #Newcastle #BskyBeer

You (a normal guy): Sierra Celebration Me (an intellectual): The Zokes

ICYMI, Reece from @donzokobeer.bsky.social was awarded the Young Brewer of the Year award at the Brewers Choice Awards in London last week: www.appetitemag.co.uk/donzoko-brew...

A short message from our European correspondent.

This will be fun!! Our best ever Festbier. The legendary Si King's Propa pies, and Andre's schnitzel sandwiches. In our cosy little Newcastle taproom.

Currently surveying the Perle hops that go into most of our beers, today they are being picked and dried.

Off to Tettnang this week, to sniff and select some hops from the family farm we buy from. Then up to Berlin to brew using those green hops at Fuerst Wiacek. Content will ensue.

Incase you missed it, there's a live show we did with @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social online now, ft some fun stories, a brewery tour and nonsense. www.youtube.com/live/lVdbt80...

Donzoko big foam

Scientists discover which beer has the longest-lasting foam www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/08/scie... @teamdb.bsky.social

Don't forget we're LIVE on Youtube tonight at 8pm with the one and only Reece from Donzoko, purveyors of foamy beers for good times. Grab some lagers and snacks and tune in! youtube.com/live/lVdbt80...

In other news, we're having a FOAM PARTY next Friday. grab the taste-along box and join us on Youtube from 8pm!

We are having a livestream with the fellers from @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social! Get a box and tune in. www.donzoko.org/craft-beer-c...

Big Foam Grand Cru- a hot side blend of @burningskybeer.bsky.social coer de provision and big foam, fermented with lager yeast and brettanomyces on top of nelson sauvin. Light acidity, complex peach and apricot. Incredibly delicious. Launching Friday nationwide, and on the webshop now.

Our Rustic lager Big Foam is back on Friday. 40 venues nationwide. It's bitter. It's tangy it's uniquely delicious. Alongside two special versions with our favourite breweries.

EDGE OF TOWN is a 6% west coast IPA. All Simcoe, resin, bitter and bright. A lil tribute to the breweries who invented these beers, and intrepid beer fans drinking them in industrial estates on the edge of town.

RADLER🍋🍋🍋🍋 2.5% A really nice shandy. Made only with actual real fruit, barley and wheat. no junk you find in sodas or big German Radler Brands ™️ New fruits new flavours incoming 🍑🍒🍑🍒

We're having a pie party.

Sunday at Sheepfolds, trying the new @donzokobeer.bsky.social collab. with Si King

Brewing a V bitter pale ale with a new hop today, from the Hüll research centre. We are the only brewery with it in the UK!

Donzoko/Si King PROPA pale! Available in Sunderland and our taproom

Pigalle — a place in Tokyo where you can find salarymen drinking Old Speckled Hen, and regulars sipping Skyborry cider. Join Reece Hugill aka. Dr. @donzokobeer.bsky.social on a whiplash tour of one of his favourite bars. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/5/...

Bankers 2 Tokyo drift hits tomorrow.

Read on to discover my fondness for lil bottles of piss

Hiya hello. BIG NOTHING GALAXY. It's a alcohol free pale with galaxy and nelson sauvin, kinda zippy zingy and crisp too. Isotonic banger.

Picking some NZ hops from Eggers farm for some special beers this year.

Weekend beer board, new batch of Cellars! We got two bocks on!!

DONATELLO'S Italian pils Is back. Dry hopped a little warmer for smooth floral notes from petit blanc hops, crisp as owt. A springtime banger.

Made a giant mash paddle, oak and walnut, with nae glue just pins. Long may it stir our lagers.

Bank holiday beer board for your consideration, a dazzling array of styles. Premiere of a banger we made with @runawaybrewery.bsky.social

A new beer we made for our friends @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social

They cannot depict us as toys because when it comes to lager we do not play.

Thank you!

DONNIES @ THE TYNE? permo line of maybe the only nitro dark lager being made. We join our correspondent now.