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Caledonian Brewery, Edinburgh. Est. 1869
This brilliant-gold beer has an aromatic, smooth body, with hints of citrus, while a superb blend of malt and hop characters leads to a dry, delicate and refreshing hop flower finish.
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.
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ADNAMS BROADSIDE 4.7% ABV Adnams Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1872
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Dark Star Brewery, West Sussex. Est. 1994
Hops: First Gold
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Progress, Sovereign
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
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.
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, First Gold, Goldings, Target
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Jennings Brewery, Cumbria. Est. 1828
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.
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
Ringwood Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 1978
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.
Shepherd Neame Brewery, Kent. Est. 1698
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.
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Progress, Sovereign
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.
Banks’s Brewery, West Midlands. Est. 1890
Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Citra, Columbus, Willamette
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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Marston’s Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1834
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.
Exmoor Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1980
Hops: Cascade, Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Herkules, Progress, Sovereign, Target
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.
Allergens: barley (gluten)
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THORNBRIDGE JAIPUR 5.9% ABV Thornbridge Brewery, Derbyshire. Est. 2005
Allergens: barley (gluten)
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.
MORLAND OLD SPECKLED HEN 4.5% ABV Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
Hops: Ahtanum, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe
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.
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Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
This occasionally brewed deep-copper-coloured beer has a spicy, floral hop aroma, leading to a rich, fullbodied flavour, bursting with malt, biscuit, toffee and fruit notes, all balanced by an emerging bitterness. Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles
Wychwood Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1983
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.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
GREENE KING ABBOT RESERVE 6.5% ABV
Allergens: barley (gluten)
WYCHWOOD HOBGOBLIN 4.5% ABV
Hops: Fuggles, Styrian Goldings
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
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MARSTON’S OLD EMPIRE IPA 5.7% ABV
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
EXMOOR GOLD 4.5% ABV
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Goldings, Pilgrim
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Allergens: barley (gluten)
KELHAM ISLAND PALE RIDER 5.2% ABV
Allergens: barley (gluten)
WYCHWOOD HOBGOBLIN GOLD 4.2% ABV
Hops: Celeia, Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
RINGWOOD OLD THUMPER 5.1% ABV
Allergens: barley (gluten)
SHEPHERD NEAME SPITFIRE 4.2% ABV
Hops: Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Pilgrim, Summit
Allergens: barley (gluten)
JENNINGS SNECK LIFTER 5.1% ABV
BRAINS SA 4.2% ABV
Hops: Challenger, First Gold, Goldings, Target
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Allergens: barley (gluten)
SHEPHERD NEAME BISHOPS FINGER 5.0% ABV
CHARLES WELLS BOMBARDIER 4.1% ABV Charles Wells Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1876
Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
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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.
Oakham Ales, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1993
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: Challenger, Fuggles
Allergens: barley (gluten)
RINGWOOD FORTYNINER 4.9% ABV Ringwood Brewery, Hampshire. Est. 1978
OAKHAM JHB 3.8% ABV
Hops: Challenger, Mount Hood
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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.
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
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HOOK NORTON OLD HOOKY 4.6% ABV Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1849
CALEDONIAN DEUCHARS 3.8% ABV
Hops: Aurora, Cascade, Fuggles, Savinjski Goldings
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Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Hops: Aurora, Challenger, Styrian Goldings
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Wickwar Brewery, Gloucestershire. Est. 1990
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This classic pale ale is brewed with British malt and American and European hops, creating a clean character on which a floral fruitiness builds on the palate, resulting in a hoppy finish. Hops: Chinook, Hallertau, Styrian Goldings
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
WIBBLERS GENESIS 4.2% ABV
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This amber-red beer has a gentle citrus and pine aroma, with the citrus notes continuing in the flavour, balanced by a subtle malt character and a long finish. Allergens: barley (gluten)
This tawny-coloured ale has a light hoppiness in the aroma and a good balance of malt and bitterness in the mouth, underscored by fruitiness and a clean, hoppy finish. Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This full-flavoured ale is hoppy and refreshing, with complex hop flavours and vibrant citrus aromas continuing through to the pleasing finish.
Hops: Celeia, Magnum, NZ Cascade
Hops: Cascade, Challenger, Styrian Goldings
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Hops: Challenger, Northdown, Pioneer, Target
Allergens: barley, rye (gluten)
Hops: Perle
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Hops: Fuggles
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Orkney Brewery, Orkney. Est. 1988
Winning many awards, this glorious red-hued beer has rich hop fruits and toasted malts in the flavour, giving way to a clean, dry and refreshing floral hop bitterness in the finish. Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This chestnut-red beer has an aroma which balances rich malt with hints of herbal hop notes, leading to full roast malt flavours and a soft, malty, spicy finish. Hops: Fuggles, Northdown, Willamette
This amber-coloured beer contains rich caramel biscuit flavours, from the Vienna and amber malts used, balancing out the crisp bitterness and complementing the lasting, dry, citrus finish. Allergens: barley, rye, wheat (gluten)
LYMESTONE EIN STEIN 5.0% ABV
Lymestone Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 2008
This pale, straw-coloured bitter has a zesty, elderflower aroma, followed by a citrus fruit flavour, plus gentle malt undertones and a clean, dry finish. Hops: Hallertau, Hersbrücker
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
NELSON MUTINEER’S REVENGE 5.0% ABV
Nelson Brewery, Kent. Est. 1995
This copper-coloured premium bitter has a balanced aroma, with warm, roast malt flavours combining with subtle hop notes, leading to a long, sweet and fruity finish.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Nethergate Brewery, Essex. Est. 1986
This dark, complex and satisfying beer is based on a 1750s porter recipe, with a distinctive blend of roast malts and chocolate, a dominating fruit flavour and hints of liquorice.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This pale-golden-coloured beer has a floral and fruity hop aroma, leading to a zesty, citrus fruit character and strong, dry bitterness over the supporting malty backbone.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
LONG MAN WILD MAN 5.2% ABV
Long Man Brewery, East Sussex. Est. 2012
This amber-coloured beer is brewed in the style of a traditional IPA, with spiced berry and citrus hop notes combining with a sturdy malt backbone, creating a complex, balanced character.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
BURTON BRIDGE FESTIVAL ALE 5.5% ABV
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
This amber-red beer is a traditional strong ale, with its distinctive hop aroma leading to a full, balanced and rounded flavour, resulting in a lasting bitter finish.
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
This seasonal beer is amber in colour, with a distinctive fruitiness in both the aroma and flavour, balanced by a biscuit malt character and a clean, crisp bitterness in the finish.
This award-winning chestnut ale has a fruity aroma, leading to a rich malty flavour, with toffee notes and a crisp, lingering bitterness from the Bramling Cross hops. Hops: Bramling Cross
Burton Bridge Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1982
Hops: Challenger, Target
Allergens: barley (gluten)
JW LEES MOONRAKER 6.5% ABV
Purple Moose Brewery, Gwynedd. Est. 2005
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Wood Brewery, Shropshire. Est. 1980
PURPLE MOOSE DARK SIDE OF THE MOOSE 4.6% ABV
Allergens: barley (gluten)
Hops: Cascade, Challenger
Hops: Cascade, Minstrel, Olicana
GREENE KING BONKERS CONKERS 4.1% ABV
Hops: Bramling Cross, Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings
B & T Brewery, Bedfordshire. Est. 1981
Hops: Amarillo, Magnum
This chestnut-coloured bitter has initial hints of wild berries and pear drops, leading to a well-rounded, malty flavour, with a dash of toffee and a lasting bittersweet finish.
Greene King Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1799
BANKS & TAYLOR SOS 5.0% ABV
Mordue Brewery, Tyne & Wear. Est. 1995 Allergens: barley (gluten)
This dark ruby beer is a modern take on a classic style. The light, fruity aroma leads to a distinct, slightly spicy flavour, through the use of dark malts and roasted rye. Allergens: barley, rye, wheat (gluten)
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
MORDUE IPA 5.1% ABV
WOOD’S SHROPSHIRE LAD 4.5% ABV
Hops: Challenger, Chinook, Goldings
Hops: Cascade, Centennial
Hops: Northern Brewer, Sovereign
BLACK SHEEP RYE MILD 4.1% ABV
Black Sheep Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992
Saltaire Brewery, West Yorkshire. Est. 2006
This is a black IPA with a fresh pine and citrus aroma (from the Cascade hops), followed by subtle roast flavours and a full bitterness, making for a dry, lasting finish.
NETHERGATE OLD GROWLER 5.0% ABV
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Hops: Brewer’s Gold, Cascade, Willamette
Hops: Fuggles, Goldings
SALTAIRE CASCADIAN BLACK 4.8% ABV
Hops: Bramling Cross, Bullion
WHITE HORSE SARACEN IPA 4.5% ABV White Horse Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 2004
ORKNEY RED MACGREGOR 4.0% ABV
Allergens: barley, oats, wheat (gluten)
This bronze-coloured bitter has a well-balanced hop aroma and a rich mixture of fruit, hops and malt in the full flavour, leading to a pleasing slight bitterness in the finish.
This seasonal ale is a rich red-chestnut colour, with subtle hop aromas, leading to bittersweet, caramel and biscuit flavours, resulting in a full, pleasing character. Allergens: barley (gluten)
NOTTINGHAM ROSE’S OATMEAL STOUT 4.8% ABV
Hops: Goldings, Northern Brewer, Target
Three Castles Brewery, Wiltshire. Est. 2006
This refreshing, copper-coloured ale has myriad fruit flavours and aromas, leading to a dry finish, with developing bitterness and an undertone of citrus fruit.
Allergens: barley (gluten)
This black stout is brewed using five malts, giving a complexity of flavours which smoothly exude on the palate, combined with a delicate balance of hops and delivering a moreish biscuit finish.
Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Est. 1882
THREE CASTLES AUTUMN DAZE 4.4% ABV
MILK STREET FUNKY MONKEY 4.0% ABV Milk Street Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1999
GRAFTON APRICOT JUNGLE 4.8% ABV
Nottingham Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 2000
BRAINS SA GOLD 4.3% ABV
Vale Brewery, Buckinghamshire. Est. 1995
Goffs Brewery, Gloucestershire. Est. 1994
Allergens: barley, wheat (gluten)
Hops: Bobek, Challenger
Hops: Columbus
VALE RED KITE 4.3% ABV
GOFFS JOUSTER 4.0% ABV
Hops: Goldings
Grafton Brewery, Nottinghamshire. Est. 2006
This pale, golden-coloured beer is brewed using lager malt and the finest English hops, creating a refreshing and well-balanced bitter, with an underlying hoppiness and a smooth finish.
This straw-coloured beer is brewed in the style of an American pale ale, with the hop varieties used providing a distinctive aroma and a fruity, easy-drinking flavour.
This chestnut-coloured full-flavoured bitter has aromas of roasted malt and caramel, leading to flavours of dark fruits, caramel and hints of liquorice, balanced by a subtle bitterness.
This deep golden beer is infused with apricot juices, resulting in unique apricot-almond flavours, balanced by subtle malt notes and a notable hop character throughout.
Wibblers Brewery, Essex. Est. 2007
OTTER BRIGHT 4.3% ABV Otter Brewery, Devon. Est. 1990
LITTLE BEER LITTLE KAHUNA 3.9% ABV Little Beer Corporation, Surrey. Est. 2012
Allergens: barley, rye, wheat (gluten)
Arundel Brewery, West Sussex. Est. 1992
This is light golden in colour, with a high proportion of wheat, giving it a clean and fresh taste. The hops used provide fruit and citrus flavours, as well as an elderflower aroma.
This seasonal ale is light copper in colour, with subtle aromas of fruit, grass and pine, a crisp, clean flavour and a refreshing, pleasantly hoppy finish.
Hops: Admiral, First Gold, Goldings
ARUNDEL STRONGHOLD 4.7% ABV
SWANNAY SCAPA SPECIAL 4.2% ABV Swannay Brewery, Orkney. Est. 2006
CAIRNGORM TRADE WINDS 4.3% ABV Cairngorm Brewery, Highlands. Est. 1997
WICKWAR SUNDOWNER 3.8% ABV
Hops: Cascade, Challenger
This occasionally brewed, light amber bitter has enticing aromas of toffee, caramel and fruit, leading to sweet malt, caramel and orange flavours and a dry, earthy hop finish.
This red beer is brewed using rye malt to give distinctive spicy, dry flavours, while the hop varieties used combine to deliver a fresh, fruity aroma and refreshing flavour bursting with hop character.
This beer was voted the SIBA Standard Bitter National Champion, in 2012. It’s a wonderfully refreshing pale ale, with a smooth, fruity and well-balanced character.
Hops: Cascade, Fuggles, Pilgrim
Summerskills Brewery, Devon. Est. 1983
This full-bodied, copper-coloured ale has a full, malty flavour throughout, while a moderate hopping provides a balancing slight bitterness in the finish.
Butcombe Brewery, Somerset. Est. 1978
Prescott Brewery, Gloucestershire. Est. 2009
Hops: Cascade, Citra
SUMMERSKILLS GUZZALE 4.6% ABV
BUTCOMBE CRIMSON KING 4.3% ABV
PRESCOTT HILL CLIMB 3.8% ABV
Hops: Dr Rudi’s, Huell Melon
BLINDMANS MINE BEER 4.2% ABV Blindmans Brewery, Somerset. Est. 2002
JW Lees Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1828 Allergens: barley (gluten)
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This classic, ebony-coloured, award-winning strong bitter (first brewed in 1950) has a strong, fruity aroma and a powerful, rich, sweet flavour, with generous fruit notes. Hops: Celeia
Allergens: barley (gluten)
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