Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh. Est. 1869
YOUNG’S SPECIAL 4.5% ABV Charles Wells Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1876
Hops: Aurora, Cascade, Fuggles, Savinjski Goldings
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
Dark Star Brewery, West Sussex. Est. 1994
This pale golden ale has a strong floral aroma, with elderflower notes from the Cascade hops leading to a clean-drinking and full-flavoured (yet extremely drinkable) character. Hops: Amarillo, Cascade
This popular tawny bitter has a strong, fruity, malty aroma and palate, with a balance of subtle hoppiness and hints of crystal malt, creating a well-rounded, slightly sweet character. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
ADNAMS BROADSIDE 4.7% ABV Adnams Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1872
This golden-coloured beer is dominated by characteristic citrus notes, with the hops and fruit on the palate balanced by malt flavours, leading to a dry, hoppy finish, with fruit notes.
Hops: First Gold
Hops: Challenger, Mount Hood
CHARLES WELLS BOMBARDIER 4.1% ABV
Charles Wells Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1876
This distinctive, classic English bitter has a burnished copper colour, with a tempting aroma of peppery hops and raisins, leading to a palate dominated by dark fruit, juicy malt and tangy hops. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles
This classic beer is a deep ruby colour, rich in fruitcake aromas, with hints of almond and fruit in the smooth, malty flavour, leading to a balanced, lasting finish.
RINGWOOD FORTYNINER 4.9% ABV Ringwood Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 1978
Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Est. 1882
This copper-coloured beer has hints of spirit in the inviting aroma, leading to a fine balance of nutty richness from the malt and a satisfying dryness imparted by the blend of hops.
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Progress, Sovereign
Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
This chestnut-brown-coloured ale has a complex, fruity, toffee aroma, leading to a firm malt base in the flavour, complemented by complex notes of dark fruit, pepper and cinnamon. Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Goldings, Target
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
JENNINGS SNECK LIFTER 5.1% ABV
SHEPHERD NEAME SPITFIRE 4.2% ABV
Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
This rich, dark and satisfying bitter contains generous quantities of amber and chocolate malts, imparting a full malt flavour, balanced by a gentle hoppiness in the finish.
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Goldings, Target
RINGWOOD OLD THUMPER 5.1% ABV
This auburn-coloured beer is brewed with the finest Kentish hops, resulting in a solid hop aroma, leading to hints of marmalade, pepper and fruit, balanced by a mellow malt character.
Ringwood Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 1978
Banks’s Brewery, West Midlands. Est. 1890
KELHAM ISLAND PALE RIDER 5.2% ABV
Hops: Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Pilgrim, Summit
EXMOOR GOLD 4.5% ABV Exmoor Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1980
This classic golden ale has a soft malty nose and hints of citrus hops, while the subtle malt sweetness in its flavour leads to a refreshing, bittersweet finish of citrus, toffee and vanilla. Hops: Celeia, Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
Kelham Island Brewery, South Yorkshire. Est. 1990
This straw-coloured, award-winning beer is brewed using a blend of the finest malts and American hops, resulting in a fresh citrus nose, ample hints of fruit and a smooth, juicy malt character. Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Citra, Columbus, Willamette
MARSTON’S OLD EMPIRE IPA 5.7% ABV Marston’s Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1834
MORLAND OLD SPECKLED HEN 4.5% ABV This copper-coloured beer has a superb fruity aroma, with its full-bodied, malty, toffee and caramel character balanced by estery notes and a fruity, citrus, herbal flavour in the finish.
THORNBRIDGE JAIPUR 5.9% ABV Thornbridge Brewery, Derbyshire. Est. 2005
Hops: Fuggles, Styrian Goldings
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GREENE KING ABBOT RESERVE 6.5% ABV Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
This occasionally brewed deep-copper-coloured beer has a spicy, floral hop aroma, leading to a rich, full-bodied flavour, bursting with malt, biscuit, toffee and fruit notes, all balanced by an emerging bitterness. Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles
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This full-bodied ruby-coloured beer delivers a delicious chocolate and toffee malt flavour, balanced by a moderate bitterness and an overall fruity and mischievous character.
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The initial impression of this award-winning ale is soft and smooth, yet this soon builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness, with hints of honey and a powerful, pleasing bitter finish.
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WYCHWOOD HOBGOBLIN 4.5% ABV
Hops: Cascade, Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Herkules, Progress, Sovereign, Target
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This golden beer is brewed in the style of a traditional IPA, with plenty of crisp citrus hop aromas, a subtle malt character and generous hop flavours emerging in the bittersweet finish.
Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
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Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
This golden beer contains generous hop notes and a mouth-watering flavour from the malt and wheat combining to deliver a well-balanced character and citrus hop kick in the finish.
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Jennings Brewery, Cumbria. Est. 1828
This copper-coloured beer has a peppery, spicy aroma, with an excellent balance of malt and hops in the flavour, delivering a warming character and fruity, bittersweet finish.
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This golden-brown beer has a light, fresh, floral aroma, with a rounded malt flavour, balanced by a moderate bitterness which leads to pleasing bittersweet notes in the finish.
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ARUNDEL BLACK STALLION 3.7% ABV
Arundel Brewery, West Sussex. Est. 1992
This smooth-tasting, lightly hopped, traditional dark mild has welcoming chocolate and roast aromas, followed by an initial soft, malty flavour which continues through to the clean, dry finish. Hops: Goldings
SHEPHERD NEAME SPITFIRE GOLD 4.1% ABV
CAMERONS MOTÖRHEAD RÖAD CREW 4.5% ABV
ARKELL’S KINGSDOWN 5.0% ABV
This golden beer has aromas of tropical fruit and pine, leading to a fruity, refreshing character with generous hop notes, balanced by a sweet malt base in the flavour.
This golden beer has been brewed in collaboration with the rock group Motörhead and is named after its song ‘(We are) the Road Crew’. It has a hoppy, citrus aroma, with citrus and blackcurrant flavours, resulting in a crisp, refreshing character.
This traditional chestnut-brown beer has a malty nose, followed by a distinctive, full-bodied malt and hop flavour, balanced by the underlying fruitiness and a long, dry finish.
DALESIDE SQUARE RIGGER IPA 4.5% ABV
Hydes Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1863
This amber-coloured IPA is brewed using a combination of three of the finest English hop varieties available, resulting in complex floral and fruit aromas and a firm hop character.
Hops: Warrior
Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
Hops: Centennial, Saaz
ASCOT POSH POOCH 4.2% ABV Ascot Ales, Surrey. Est. 2007
This light copper-coloured bitter uses generous quantities of American hops, resulting in a good bitterness and a pleasing fruitiness in the aroma and flavour. Hops: Cascade, Perle
HAMBLETON STALLION AMBER 4.2% ABV
Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh. Est. 1869
This pale golden beer has a spicy aroma, leading to generous citrus notes and flavours of grapefruit and tangerine, resulting in a lasting zesty finish. Hops: Hallertau Blanc, Mandarina Bavaria
HANLONS FIREFLY 3.7% ABV
Hanlons Brewery, Devon. Est. 1996
This amber-coloured beer has a surprisingly full flavour for its strength, with the fruity citrus hop aromas leading to a fruity, slightly sweet, flavour and a refreshing, hoppy finish. Hops: Cascade, Saaz
Butcombe Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1978
This beer is pale amber in colour and brewed with the finest West Country ingredients, creating a refreshing and clean-tasting ale, packed full of delicious hoppy and citrus characteristics. Hops: Amarillo, Cascade, Fuggles
EVERARDS SUNCHASER 4.0% ABV
Everards Brewery, Leicestershire. Est. 1849
Lager malts and European hops give this beer its elegant golden colour and spicy, zesty nature, with hints of fruit in the aroma leading to a refreshing, bitter finish. Hops: Saaz, Tettnang
NAYLOR’S VELVET 4.0% ABV
Naylor’s Brewery, West Yorkshire. Est. 2005
This dark ruby mild has a delicious, rich and smooth character, with the malty, chocolate aroma complementing the mellow, malty flavour, leading to a mild hop finish. Hops: Magnum, Perle, Willamette
WICKWAR BOB 4.0% ABV
Wickwar Brewery, Gloucestershire. Est. 1990
This amber-coloured bitter has malt and toffee aromas, leading to a refined, hoppy palate, which provides a well-balanced bitterness and a subtle, dry, lasting finish. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles
WOOD’S SHROPSHIRE LASS 4.0% ABV Wood Brewery, Shropshire. Est. 1980
This blond beer has fresh citrus hints in the aroma, with the finest English pale malts, providing balance to the light, fruity citrus bitterness, resulting in a clean, crisp finish. Hops: Cascade, Fuggles, Mount Hood
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Daleside Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992 Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
HADRIAN BORDER NORTHUMBRIAN GOLD 4.5% ABV
Hops: Fuggles, Northdown
This light-golden-coloured beer has a full floral hop aroma, with this character continuing into the palate and balanced by pleasing biscuit malt flavours.
This amber-coloured beer is brewed in the style of a traditional Yorkshire best bitter, with a solid hop aroma giving way to the strong malt character, balanced by an enhanced bitterness.
JW LEES DIRTY DOZEN 4.2% ABV
Hadrian Border Brewery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Est. 1992
Hops: Cascade, Challenger, Goldings, Summit
Arkell’s Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 1843
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
THE BEER STUDIO WARRIOR VENTURE 5.0% ABV This ruby-red beer is brewed using a single US hop variety, delivering a herbal aroma, with hints of pine, a robust bitterness, coffee notes and a long finish.
PHEASANTRY MIKADO MILD 5.0% ABV
Pheasantry Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 2012
This mahogany-coloured strong mild is based on a 19th-century recipe, lightly hopped to provide some aroma and balance to the full-bodied malt character. Hops: Fuggles, Goldings, Progress
JW Lees Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1828
SAMBROOK’S BATTERSEA RYE 4.5% ABV
RAMSBURY CHALK STREAM 5.0% ABV Ramsbury Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 2004
Hops: UK Cascade
This dark red rye ale offers a spicy dark fruit aroma and a long sweet malt and cocoa flavour, with a moderate bitterness and light taste of toasted malt in the finish.
Hops: Celeia, Goldings, Target
This new mahogany-coloured seasonal beer delivers a full hoppy character in the aroma and flavour, with its balance of underlying malt notes helping to provide a full taste.
Sambrook’s Brewery, London. Est. 2008
Hops: Bramling Cross, Northdown, WGV
MAULDONS SILVER ADDER 4.2% ABV Mauldons Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1982
This golden-coloured beer, first brewed in 2007 to celebrate this popular brewery’s 25th anniversary, offers fine citrus hop tones, with a balanced flavour which develops into a refreshing, crisp, clean finish. Hops: Cascade, Willamette
Nethergate Brewery, Essex. Est. 1986
This mellow golden ale is brewed using a balanced blend of hop varieties, providing a floral aroma and fruity, floral notes throughout the flavour, completed by a gentle bitterness in the finish. Hops: Admiral, Chinook, Goldings, Nugget, Saaz
OAKHAM CITRA 4.2% ABV
Oakham Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1993
This refreshing pale golden beer expertly showcases the single hop variety used, with the pungent aromas of grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry leading to a dry, bitter finish. Hops: Citra
RCH PITCHFORK 4.3% ABV
BUTCOMBE RARE BREED 3.8% ABV
Hops: Bramling Cross, Galena, Huell Melon, Mandarina Bavaria
Hambleton Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1991
NETHERGATE STOUR VALLEY GOLD 4.2% ABV
CALEDONIAN FIRST DAWN 3.7% ABV
Camerons Brewery, County Durham. Est. 1865
RCH Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1982
A superb golden bitter with a citric hop aroma, this beer’s predominantly hoppy flavour throughout is complemented by an underlying fruitiness. Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
RUDGATE RUBY MILD 4.4% ABV Rudgate Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992
This rich, ruby ale has a soft, nutty flavour, balanced by a delicate bitterness and rounded, full-flavoured finish. It was voted CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain, in 2009, and awarded a silver medal at the 2015 CAMRA Great British Beer Festival. Hops: Bobek, Challenger
ORKNEY DARK ISLAND 4.6% ABV
Orkney Brewery, Orkney. Est. 1988
This iconic, award-winning dark ale has a ripe, fruity, chocolaty nose, with flavours of dark chocolate, dried fruit, figs and nuts – from its combination of roasted malts and hops. Hops: East Kent Goldings, First Gold
DARTMOOR JAIL ALE 4.8% ABV
Dartmoor Brewery, Devon. Est. 1994
This deep amber-coloured beer delivers strong citrus and orange aromas, leading to a smooth, well-rounded flavour, with generous fruit notes and a sweet, moreish finish. Hops: Challenger, Goldings, Northdown, Northern Brewer
EXE VALLEY EXETER OLD BITTER 4.8% ABV
Exe Valley Brewery, Devon. Est. 1984
This dark brown bitter is brewed using Devon malt, English hops and the brewery’s own spring water, giving a beer with a good malt and hop balance in the flavour and a pleasing bitter finish. Hops: Challenger, Goldings
LONG MAN AMERICAN PALE ALE 4.8% ABV
Long Man Brewery, East Sussex. Est. 2012
This generously hopped award-winning APA is a light amber colour, with citrus aromas, tropical fruit flavours and a robust bitterness, resulting in a moreish character. Hops: Cascade, Summit, Willamette
PEERLESS RED ROCKS 4.8% ABV
Peerless Brewery, Merseyside. Est. 2009
This ruby-coloured ale is brewed using a single English hop variety, delivering wonderful fruity overtones to balance the predominant rich malt flavour. Hops: Admiral
BANKS & TAYLOR DRAGON SLAYER 4.5% ABV B & T Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1981
This full-flavoured, refreshing, light-coloured bitter has a consistent hop character throughout, balanced by a subtle malt flavour and a fruity, dry, bitter finish. Hops: Challenger, Goldings
Vale Brewery, Buckinghamshire. Est. 1995
This award-winning, strong pale ale is packed with hop and citrus flavours. Its pronounced hop aroma throughout is rounded off by a dry, malty, biscuit finish.
WOLF WOILD MOILD 4.8% ABV
This golden beer has a pleasing aroma of freshly mown grass, with its complex malt flavours and hints of coffee being balanced by a long, lingering bitterness in the finish.
This is a rich, fruity, traditional Norfolk mild, with an enticing aroma and a good balance of malt and liquorice bitterness, complemented by lots of chocolate malt flavour.
Wolf Brewery, Norfolk. Est. 1996
Hops: East Kent Goldings
BRAINS THE REV JAMES 4.5% ABV
LYMESTONE STANDING STONES 4.9% ABV
This mahogany-coloured beer is rich and well balanced, with a mellow, malty flavour which unexpectedly gives way to a clean, refreshing finish.
This golden beer is brewed with 100% English ingredients, delivering a full, enticing aroma, crisp, hoppy notes throughout and a balancing malt base in the flavour.
Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Est. 1882 Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
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Wadworth Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 1875
This deep-copper-coloured beer has a fruity nose and gentle rum notes, leading to a smooth, full-bodied flavour, caramel overtones and a rounded hop finish. Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
WILD WEATHER GO MAN GO 5.1% ABV Wild Weather Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 2013
This blond IPA has a generous floral hop character in the aroma and flavour, enhanced by the addition of a big punch of mango to impart an additional refreshing character. Hops: Chinook, Liberty
ELGOOD’S GREYHOUND 5.2% ABV Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1795
This chestnut-coloured ale has malty and hoppy aromas, leading to a strong flavour, with a rich raisin character and a long, balanced finish of full malt and hop notes. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles
MILESTONE AEGIR 5.2% ABV
Milestone Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 2005
This light-amber-coloured beer has a floral, lemongrass aroma and subtle spicy notes in the flavour, resulting in a crisp character and long, dry bitterness in the finish. Hops: East Kent Goldings, Progress
TITANIC CAPT SMITHS 5.2% ABV Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1985
This red-brown-coloured, full-bodied, strong ale has a hoppy, bitter flavour, balanced by a subtle sweetness and underlying roast malt notes, leading to a satisfying finish. Hops: Celeia, Galena, Fuggles, Goldings, Pilgrim
Springhead Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 1990
This smooth, golden beer has a citrus-honey aroma, a good malt and hop balance in the flavour and a refreshingly dry finish, resulting in a beer which is dangerously drinkable for its strength. Hops: Northdown
OTTER HEAD 5.8% ABV
BOWMAN QUIVER 4.5% ABV
Hops: Challenger
WADWORTH SWORDFISH 5.0% ABV
SPRINGHEAD ROARING MEG 5.5% ABV
VALE GRAVITAS 4.8% ABV
Hops: Cascade, Perle
Bowman Ales, Hampshire. Est. 2006
This straw-coloured ale has a complex aroma of pine, fruit and spice notes, leading to a smooth malty flavour, distinctive hoppiness and a refreshing citrus finish.
Lymestone Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 2008
Otter Brewery, Devon. Est. 1990
This mahogany-coloured strong ale has a blend of malt and hops in the aroma, leading to a full-bodied, slightly sweet flavour of malt and fruit, plus a long, bittersweet finish. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Pilgrim
MAXIM MAXIMUS 6.0% ABV
Double Maxim Brewery, County Durham. Est. 2007
This dark-ruby-coloured strong ale has a smooth, creamy character, with a sweet liquorice flavour providing a warming character, balanced by subtle hop notes. Hops: Goldings
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