I’m totally blown away and honoured to have one of my paintings ‘The First Note’ used by Verdant Brewery for their new brew celebrating the work of Hilma Af Klint and Piet Mondrian.
We recently had a proposition from the Tate in London, asking if we would like to work and collaborate on their upcoming exhibition between Hilma AF Klint & Piet Mondrian. Of course, we jumped at the opportunity!
For this collaborative project, we have been paired with Mondrian and tasked with making a beer and label artwork that has been inspired by the artist. No mean feat!
We brewed this new collab beer with the help of the Tate Eats team, who came to visit us at the Brewery a few weeks ago. Hopped with Idaho 7, Galaxy, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin, this 5.2% Pale Ale is incredibly juicy and dank. Our head brewer James Heffron describes it as “a matrix of latitudinal and longitudinal lines, positions and flavours. Drinking it will journey you through the visible and invisible territories of our collective hop, malt, water and yeast experiences. Join the dots, colour the gaps, dream the dreams, devour the world… Together.”
To finish off the project, we asked Justin Robertson for a piece of art, inspired by Mondrian’s work, that would be featured on the can. He picked one of his amazing paintings, THE FIRST NOTE, which also became the name of the beer.
