Cold Town

Cold Town Beer is an Edinburgh-founded craft brewery that launched its low-alcohol offering in 2022, adding a hopped lager to a range that spans lagers, pale ales, and seasonal sours. The brewery was established in 2018 by Nic Wood, owner of Signature Pubs, with the explicit aim of producing a craft lager for his own Scottish on-trade venues. The brand takes its name from Calton Hill, a landmark in Edinburgh's Old Town that was historically known as 'Caltoun' or 'Cold Town'.

Cold Town Beer operates a micro-brewery and taproom in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, giving the brand a visible, place-rooted identity that distinguishes it from contract-brewed craft labels. The brewery's core range covers a broad spread of styles, and the low-alcohol Hopped Lager sits within that portfolio as a naturally fermented product. Rather than removing alcohol after brewing, Cold Town uses a specific yeast strain that limits how much alcohol is produced during fermentation in the first place, a method that sits in a different technical category from dealcoholisation entirely. The result is a 0.5% lager that retains the character of the full-strength brewing process.

Distribution is multi-channel, with the Hopped Lager available through the brand's own webshop and online marketplaces, alongside Cold Town's presence in Signature Pubs' own venues. The brand's Grassmarket taproom gives those nearby a direct route to the range, and online channels make the low-alcohol product accessible further afield.

The Collection

Hopped Lager 0.5%