Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast A Scottish brewery has produced a beer that tastes just like a popular British birthday essential, but with a decadent twist. At 14.5% ABV, it’s not for the faint hearted.
To celebrate their sixth birthday, Vault City – the mad scientists of sour beer – have introduced a double deep-fried caterpillar cake stout titled DDF Caterpillar Cake. This decadent deep-fried cake stout is inspired by the ever-popular buggy birthday cake, which is now available in various supermarkets. Known for their boundary-pushing and accessible drinks like Strawberry Banana Milkshake, Raspberry Blueberry Bubblegum, Jaffa Cakes, and Iron Brew, DDF Caterpillar Cake is sure to be a popular new addition to the Vault City roster.
But if you want to try it, you'll have to move fast. This new creation follows the wildly successful Double Deep Fried Mars Bar , which sold out its 5,000-litre batch in under 12 hours. Retailing at £9.
50 for a 330ml can, the DDF Caterpillar Cake stout is a vegan-friendly brew that promises a rich, velvety mouthfeel and indulgent layers of chocolate and vanilla. DDF Caterpillar Cake will be available to buy from July 16. The drink was inspired by a Portobello chip shop that deep fried a Colin the Caterpillar cake – and the ensuing outrage, including this viral tweet.
Co-founder Steven Smith-Hay, who began brewing beers from his kitchen, said: “Caterpillar cakes are sy.