Adults only. We serve alcohol to guests aged 18 and over, with alcohol-free choices on every menu.
Craft brewery and taproom, Barnawa, Kaduna
Small-batch beers made with Kaduna sorghum and Zaria hibiscus, poured in a garden taproom with a long wooden bar. Alcohol-free brews and house sodas made with the same care. Adults only, 18 and over.
Chapter I, The water
Kaduna water is hard, so we filter it three times and add back only the minerals each beer needs. A pale lager wants soft water. A porter likes a little more body.
3 filtration stages
Chapter II, The grain
Up to 40 percent of the grain in our lagers is sorghum from farms near Kachia and Kagarko. It brings a dry, slightly tart finish you will not find in imported beer.
40 percent local sorghum
Chapter III, The bloom
Hops come in sealed bags. Hibiscus, ginger and mangoes come from the market in Zaria, bought by the same trader every week. Bloom is where our name came from.
6 kilos of hibiscus a week
Chapter IV, The wait
Each beer rests in steel tanks for 21 to 35 days. Lagers sit cold and quiet. Our porter waits longest. Rushing is the one shortcut we never take.
21 days at least in the tank
Chapter V, The taproom
The taproom seats 120 under a mango tree and a brass ceiling. Friday nights bring live highlife, Sundays are slow and green. Adults only, alcohol-free choices on every table.
120 seats inside and in the garden
Chapter VI, Your table
Book a table, take the brewery tour or start with the beer guide. If you are not drinking alcohol, Bloom Zero and our house sodas were brewed with the same care.
7 beers and 6 alcohol-free drinks
On tap this week
Brewed here, poured here. Prices are for a 150ml tasting glass, so you can try several without overdoing it.
from ₦1,200
Wheat beer with Zaria mangoes
4.8% ABV Ripe mango, soft bread, gentle and round.
from ₦1,200
Pale ale
5.5% ABV Pine, citrus and a firm bitter finish.
from ₦1,300
Farmhouse ale with hibiscus and ginger
5.8% ABV Tart hibiscus, ginger warmth, a peppery dry finish.
from ₦1,400
Amber ale, seasonal
5.2% ABV Toasted bread, light caramel, dry as a December wind.
from ₦1,300
Porter with roasted tiger nuts and cocoa
6.0% ABV Cocoa, coffee and the nutty sweetness of aya.
from ₦1,400
from ₦1,500
Example prices for this demo.
Signature: the beer guide
Answer three quick questions and we will point you to a beer, with an alcohol-free match beside it. Or explore the flavour map, where every beer sits between light and dark, crisp and bold.
Try the flavour mapIn numbers
2019
First brew, in a garage on Gwari Avenue
1,800 L
Brewed each week in our 600 litre brewhouse
14
People on the team, brewers to kitchen
31%
Of taproom orders are alcohol-free drinks
Example figures for this demo.
What is on
Live bands every Friday from 7pm, a tasting table with the brewer on Tuesdays and a quiz night on the last Thursday of the month. Sundays are for the garden.
See all eventsLive music from 7pm. Free entry with a booking.
Tasting table, ₦5,500 including an alcohol-free flight option.
Teams of up to six, prizes from the kitchen.
My friends are half drinkers, half not. At Brass & Bloom both halves get something made with care, and the Zobo Fizz is as good as anything on tap.
The brewery tour was the best 75 minutes in Kaduna. We left knowing why sorghum makes the lager taste the way it does.
Booked the Brewhouse Room for my team. Food, music, alcohol-free jugs for the drivers. Everyone got home safely.
Visit
Book a table for Friday highlife, a quiet Tuesday tasting or a Sunday afternoon in the garden. Adults only, with alcohol-free choices on every table.
