For 2004, our theme was Celtic Beers from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.
The CAMRA Champion Best Bitter of the West Midlands was judged to be Holden's Black Country Bitter with Burton Bridge Golden Delicious and Wye Valley HPA in joint 2nd place.
| Brewery |
Beer |
ABV |
Description |
Location |
| Abbey Ales |
White Friar |
5.0% |
Golden and hoppy. Originally brewed as Jubilation for the Queens visit to Bath in 2003 |
Somerset |
| Abbeydale |
Absolution |
5.3% |
Strong, pale, sweetish beer. |
S Yorks |
| Ales of Scilly |
Natural Beauty |
4.2% |
Delicious light coloured Summer session beer is made using Cornish barley flavoured with Challenger and Mount Hood hops. Designed to celebrate the Isles of Scilly’s 25th year as an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty”. |
Scilly Isles |
| Ales of Scilly |
Scuppered |
4.6% |
Traditional malty ale made with a blend of pale, crystal and black barley. Subtly flavoured with English hops to make this a dangerously drinkable beer. |
Scilly Isles |
| An Teallach |
Beinn Derag |
3.8% |
Well-bodied red coloured ale. Slight malty flavour with a well hopped finish. |
Ross-shire |
| An Teallach |
An Teallach Ale |
4.2% |
Full bodied ruby ale with a malty chocolate flavour, with a slight hoppy finish. |
Ross-shire |
| Anglo Dutch |
Whitterus |
4.0% |
Slightly coloured full-session organic bitter with a spicy, hoppy nose under laid by malt. Lots of flavour hops and citrus fruit lightened by addition of wheat. |
W Yorks |
| Anglo Dutch |
Ghoulius |
4.5% |
Organic pale, full-bodied bitter with a citrus finish. |
W Yorks |
| Arran |
Arran Ale |
3.8% |
Pale coloured session ale, with a gentle aroma of perfumed hop and a delicate balance of malt, fruit and hops on the palate. |
Isle of Arran |
| Arran |
Sunset |
4.4% |
Mid-amber coloured summer ale. A lightly perfumed fruit hop aroma and a good balance of malt, fruits and hops, with a pleasant, dry, lingering finish. |
Isle of Arran |
| Atlas |
Wayfarer IPA |
4.4% |
Refreshing, golden pale ale; hoppy with some malt leading to a dry bitter finish. |
Argyll |
| Atlas |
Nimbus |
5.0% |
Rich, mid golden beer with a complexity that belies its pale colour. There is a biscuity maltiness in the flavour together with a distinct spiciness from the hops and a warm, rich aroma. |
Argyll |
| B&T |
Goalden Hatter |
4.0% |
Blond, hoppy dry-tasting light coloured bitter infused with Styrian Goldings hops. |
Beds |
| B&T |
Edwin Taylor's Stout |
4.5% |
Pleasant, bitter beer with a strong roast malt flavour. |
Beds |
| Badger |
Fursty Ferret |
4.4% |
Named in honour of the inquisitive and extremely “fursty” ferrets of the Gribble Inn, a celebrated golden brown ale, full of character. |
Dorset |
| Ballards |
Duadekademon |
5.5% |
Brewery's 20th anniversary beer, first brewed in 2001. Rich complex flavours and well-balanced. |
Hants |
| Bank Top |
BTB |
3.6% |
Stands for Bikes and Trikes Beer (for some reason). No further description available. Ask at the CAMRA stall. |
Lancs |
| Barngates |
Cracker |
3.9% |
Subtle, hoppy aroma, clean, smooth and refreshing, developing into a long bitter finish. |
Cumbria |
| Bath |
SPA Extra |
5.0% |
Gold/yellow in colour, this is a light-bodied, dry, bitter beer. Pale and lager malts and citrus hoppy aroma. Long. Pale, malty, bitter finish with some fruit and a slight sweetness. Refreshing, clean and complex. |
Bristol |
| Bazens |
Blue Bullet |
4.5% |
Brewed with single varietal green bullet hops |
Manchester |
| Bazens |
XSB |
5.5% |
Full-bodied traditional strong bitter. Hints of orange peel and various fruit overlie complex malt flavours. Balanced with strong hop character and aroma. |
Manchester |
| Beartown |
Ginger Bear |
4.0% |
The flavours from the malt and the hops blend with the added bite from the root ginger to produce a superbly thirst quenching finish. |
Cheshire |
| Belhaven |
60/- |
2.9% |
This bitter-sweet, reddish-brown beer is dominated by fruit and malt with a hint of roast and caramel and increasing bitterness in the aftertaste. |
E Lothian |
| Belhaven |
90/- |
8.5% |
A rich powerful warming ale with a full bodied palate. A beer to be sipped, savoured and fully appreciated. |
E Lothian |
| Beowulf |
Chasewater |
4.4% |
Brewed to celebrate the brewery moving to Chasewater Country Park. Pale, dry and pleasantly hopped |
Birmingham |
| Black Isle |
Red Kite |
4.2% |
Crisp, amber coloured ale, steeped with Goldings hops to create a well-balanced citrus and malt-flavoursome ale. Bright, amber, with a light toasted orange aroma. |
Ross-shire |
| Black Sheep |
Emmerdale |
5.0% |
Brewed with pale malt, Goldings hops and demerara sugar, it has a blood orange fruitiness, juicy malt and a hint of rum in the finish. |
N Yorks |
| Blackawton |
Golden Hind |
4.0% |
A light golden and hoppy session beer. |
Cornwall |
| Blindmans |
Golden Spring |
4.0% |
A golden brew with a light, flowery aroma. Citrusy, hoppy bite. |
Somerset |
| Blue Anchor |
Spingo Jubilee |
4.6% |
Based on a very old recipe for India Pale Ale. |
Cornwall |
| Bowland |
Sawley Tempted |
3.7% |
Copper coloured ale filled with fruit and toffee flavours and the heady aroma of Mount Hood hops. |
Lancs |
| Bowland |
Bowland Oak |
4.0% |
Copper coloured hoppy bitter made with Styrian Goldings hops |
Lancs |
| Brains |
Dark |
3.5% |
A satisfying blend of malt, caramel, roast, gentle hop, and bitter-sweet flavours with a lasting finish. |
Glamorgan |
| Brandy Cask |
Whistling Joe |
3.6% |
Easy drinking fruity and sweetish balanced by a short quenching dryness. Some fruit remains in the shy finish. |
Worcs |
| Brandy Cask |
Brandysnapper |
4.0% |
A dry, lingering aftertaste to a smoothly satisfying golden bitter. Subtle fruity hops give the taste profile on the tongue and nose. |
Worcs |
| Brandy Cask |
John Baker's Original |
4.8% |
Sweet tasting, fruity, deep brown beer with contrasting bitter roast flavours. A thick mouthfeel and a complex array of flavours. |
Worcs |
| Breconshire |
Red Dragon |
4.7% |
Brewed with large quantities of crystal malt and a selection of unusual hops, including Pioneer and 93/50. Hop bitterness balances biscuity malt. |
Powys |
| Bridge of Allan |
Glencoe Stout |
4.5% |
A sweetish stout with plenty of malt and roast, balanced by fruit and finished with a hint of hop. |
Stirlingshire |
| Bridge of Allan |
Lomond Gold |
5.0% |
Malty, bitter-sweet golden ale with plenty of fruity hop character. |
Stirlingshire |
| Broughton |
Greenmantle Original |
3.9% |
This tawny beer has strong malty characteristics with a bitter-sweet finish. |
Peebleshire |
| Bryncelyn |
Holly Hop |
3.9% |
No description available. |
Glamorgan |
| Brysons |
Wammellers Wheat |
4.0% |
Pale, lightly hopped wheat beer. |
Lancs |
| Buffys |
Pollys Folly |
4.3% |
Full-flavoured bitter. A bouquet of hops provide a counter to the malt as the long finish develops into bitter-sweet fruit. |
Norfolk |
| Bullmastiff |
Welsh Black |
4.8% |
No description available. |
Glamorgan |
| Buntingford |
Mild and bitter |
4.0% |
Amazingly, a blend of mild and bitter. Dark, not quite black with delicate hoppiness and just a hint of sweetness. |
Herts |
| Buntingford |
Western Talisman |
5.0% |
Golden brown with distinctive hoppy bitterness. |
Herts |
| Burton Bridge |
Golden Delicious |
3.8% |
Gold-coloured and hoppy. Well-balanced with a dry, mouthwatering finish. |
Staffs |
| Burton Bridge |
Golden Flame |
4.5% |
No description available. |
Staffs |
| Bushys |
Ruby 1874 Mild |
3.5% |
An authentic 100% malt brewed mild with a fine aroma of crystal malt and fuggles and challenger hops. Deep red in colour, the flavour is well balanced creating a popular session beer. |
Isle of Man |
| Bushys |
Shuttleworth Snap |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Isle of Man |
| Bushys |
Old Bushy Tail |
4.5% |
The first beer produced by the brewery. An appealing reddish brown beer with a pronounced hop and malt aroma, the malt tending towards treacle. Slightly sweet and malty on the palate, with distinct orangey tones. The full finish is malty and hoppy a hint of toffee. |
Isle of Man |
| Butts |
Barbus Barbus |
4.6% |
Amber beer, with pale malt tempered by a hint of crystal. Long, complex and bitter-sweet finish. |
Berks |
| Cains |
Raisin Beer |
4.6% |
No description available. |
Liverpool |
| Cairngorm |
Trade Winds |
4.3% |
Champion Beer of Scotland 2004. A light golden colour with a high proportion of wheat and corn giving it a clean fresh taste on top of which there is masses of hop, fruit and citrus flavours with elderflower on the nose. |
Inverness |
| Cairngorm |
Nessies Monster Mash |
4.4% |
Mahogany coloured, full malty brew with a creamy mouthfeel leading to a fruity finish |
Inverness |
| Cairngorm |
Black Gold |
4.9% |
A stout with a rich dark colour, traditional smooth sweetness with underlying roast barley hints. |
Inverness |
| Caledonian |
Murrays Summer Ale |
3.6% |
Light, hoppy, refreshing, easy-drinking beer. |
Edinburgh |
| Caledonian |
Porter |
4.1% |
Dry, smooth malty dark beer with a nice hop balance with a refreshing taste from the roasted barley. |
Edinburgh |
| Cannon Royall |
Fruiterer's Mild |
3.7% |
The classic mild originally brewed for the Fruiterer's Arms. Fruity with more than a hint of roast malt |
Worcs |
| Cannon Royall |
Arrowhead |
3.9% |
Crisp bitter with powerful aroma of hops leading to a mixture of tastes dominated by a satisfying citrus hoppy bitterness. |
Worcs |
| Cannon Royall |
THJ |
4.1% |
Brand new beer brewed in memory of the Tom May (THJ May), the landlord of the Fruiterer's Arms in Uphampton. Pale and hoppy, with Fuggles, Goldings and Jeanette hops. |
Worcs |
| Castle Rock |
Harvest Pale |
3.8% |
Pale beer brewed with a gently-kilned malt and an aromatic blend of American hops. SIBA Champion Bitter 2004. |
Notts |
| Ceredigion |
Black Witch |
4.0% |
Golden, with a citrus hop aroma. Peppery hops dominate the palate, balanced by creamy malt. Hoppy and bitter finish with continuing citrus. |
Ceredigion |
| Chalk Hill |
Flintknappers Mild |
5.0% |
Brooding chocolate overtones percolate through to give a great depth to the taste. A certain sweetness adds complexity but quickly fades to leave a filling, roast-dominated exit. |
Norfolk |
| Cheriton |
Village Elder |
3.8% |
A light session ale made with elderflowers. |
Hants |
| Church End |
Hop Gun |
4.1% |
An old festival favourite. Pale, well hopped. Thirst quenching |
Warwicks |
| Church End |
Pulpit |
4.5% |
Another brew from the 'Religious' series. Reddish hue. Brewed with crystal malt. |
Warwicks |
| City of Stirling |
Ale |
4.8% |
No description available. |
Stirlingshire |
| Copper Dragon |
Golden Pippin |
3.9% |
Light, refreshing blonde ale brewed using a new variety of hops that create a citrus flavour. |
N Yorks |
| Cotleigh |
Kookaburra |
4.4% |
No description available. |
Somerset |
| Crouch Vale |
Golden Duck |
3.8% |
A grand and tasty golden session beer. Just perfect (unless you are batsman at cricket!). |
Essex |
| Crown |
HPA |
3.9% |
The combination of lager malt, wheat malt and American hops produce a pale, thirst-quenching, hoppy session beer. |
S Yorks |
| Crown |
Appeal |
4.5% |
No description available. |
S Yorks |
| Cwmbran |
Pink Panther |
4.5% |
No description available. |
Gwent |
| Dark Star |
Hophead |
3.8% |
Light straw coloured bitter with fully hoppy aroma and clean crisp bitterness from Cascade hops. |
Sussex |
| Dark Star |
Meltdown |
4.8% |
Well balanced golden bitter complemented by the warm flavour of Chinese stem ginger. |
Sussex |
| Dark Tribe |
Old Gaffer |
4.5% |
Full flavoured, easy to drink best bitter. |
Lincs |
| Doghouse |
Dozey Dawg |
4.4% |
Light, golden ad refreshing. |
Cornwall |
| Dorset |
Durdle Door |
5.0% |
Full-bodied, clean tasting strong ale. Vanilla/citrus aroma with hints of marmalade on palate. |
Dorset |
| Downton |
Chimera Wheat |
4.7% |
No description available. |
Wilts |
| Dunn Plowman |
Sting Honey Beer |
4.2% |
A classic golden bitter. Citrusy notes, offset with a hint of honey |
Herefs |
| Dunn Plowman |
Crooked Furrow |
6.5% |
Old Ale. Rich fruit & toffee aromas with developing hop notes |
Herefs |
| Durham |
White Amarillo |
4.1% |
Named after the predominant hop which provides a light and floral aroma. Goldings are added for a little more spice. A delicious, fragrant session ale. |
Durham |
| Dwan |
Black Pearl |
4.3% |
The return of the festival's favourite stout. Now difficult to source on the UK mainland. |
Tipperary |
| Dwan |
Pils |
4.3% |
And a lager from the same stable… |
Tipperary |
| Eastwood & Sanders |
Yorkshireman |
4.1% |
No description available. |
W Yorks |
| Eastwood & Sanders |
A Rye Smile |
4.7% |
Reddish in colour. Brewed with rye malt. |
W Yorks |
| Edale |
Right to Roam |
3.9% |
No description available. |
Derbyshire |
| Elgoods |
Black Dog Mild |
3.6% |
Muscular ruby/black, dry mild with a defined liquorice character. Raisin fruit, malt and hops are in balance and the dry, bitter finish does not fade. |
Cambs |
| Enville |
White |
4.2% |
A clean, well-balanced, golden, sweet bitter, light in flavour. An appealing beer. |
W Mids |
| Exe Valley |
Excalibur |
4.5% |
Deep red ale, brewed with coloured malt and honey. |
Devon |
| Facers |
Crabtree |
4.3% |
Golden yellow with a rich, smooth, full fruity palate including tangy orange zest, cherry and elderflower notes. The nose is delightfully hoppy and tempting. |
Manchester |
| Felinfoel |
Double Dragon |
4.2% |
Full drinking premium Welsh ale, malty and subtly hopped with a rich colour and smooth balanced character. |
Carmarthen |
| Fernandes |
Centennial |
4.1% |
No description available. |
W Yorks |
| Fernandes |
Golden Amarillo Strong |
5.0% |
A stronger version of the previous 3.9% Golden Amarillo. Brewed with Amarillo hops. |
W Yorks |
| Foxfield |
Brief Encounter |
4.4% |
No description available. |
Cumbria |
| Freeminer |
Strip and at it |
4.0% |
A pale hoppy summer ale |
Gloucs |
| Freeminer |
Speculation |
4.8% |
Chestnut brown smooth ale. |
Gloucs |
| Fullers |
Summer Ale |
3.9% |
Light, smooth, and refreshing, pale gold in colour, an excellent quaffing ale. It delivers a flavour most lagers can only dream of, thanks to its all-malt brew (containing malted wheat), and 100% Saaz hops, a Czech variety found in the best pilseners. |
London |
| Fyfe |
Torque Ale |
3.9% |
Pale, straw coloured session beer with a citrus finish. |
Fyfe |
| Fyne |
Vital Spark |
4.4% |
A rich dark [black] beer. Rich and malty with blackcurrant overtones. |
Argyll |
| Gales |
Gales |
3.9% |
A new brew to replace GB. A clean palate with a fresh hop aroma and a hint of lemon. |
Hants |
| Garton |
Liquid Lobotomy |
8.0% |
Garton's flagship beer. The strength is derived entirely from grain, with no added extracts or sugars to produce a dark stout of enormous complexity and flavour. |
E Yorks |
| Glastonbury |
Mystery Tor |
3.8% |
Golden bitter with plenty of floral hop and fruit on the nose and palate. Sweetness gives way to a bitter hop finish. Full-bodied for a session bitter. |
Somerset |
| Glastonbury |
Golden Chalice |
4.8% |
Light and golden best bitter with robust malt. Strong bitterness from Challenger hops gives way to a light floral aftertaste due to a late addition of American Mount Hood hops. |
Somerset |
| Goachers |
Gold Star |
5.1% |
A strong, pale ale brewed from 100% Maris Otter malt and all Kent hops. |
Kent |
| Goffs |
Excalibur |
4.0% |
The July 'Ales of the Round Table' special beer. Easy drinking 'session' bitter |
Gloucs |
| Goffs |
White Knight |
4.7% |
Deceptively drinkable pale bitter. A charming bitterness that finishes dryly |
Gloucs |
| Golcar |
Weavers Delight |
4.4% |
Malty best bitter with fruity overtones. |
W Yorks |
| Grainstore |
Rutland Panther |
3.4% |
Black brew with the drinkability of a mild or light bitter, combined with the roast flavours associated with a stout. |
Rutland |
| Grand Union |
Kolsch |
4.8% |
German style ale from the Cologne region. |
Middlesex |
| Grand Union |
Honey Porter |
4.9% |
Dark and rich with undertones of honey & chicory. Beer of the festival Watford 2003. |
Middlesex |
| Harviestoun |
Indian Summer |
4.1% |
No description available. |
Clackmannanshire |
| Harviestoun |
Schiehallion |
4.8% |
Use of lager yeast and Hersbrucker hops give this Scottish cask lager a hoppy aroma with fruit and malt, leading to a malty bitter taste, a floral hoppiness and a bitter finish. |
Clackmannanshire |
| Hebridean |
Clansman |
3.9% |
Lightly bittered, golden coloured session ale, with plenty of hop and malt character. |
Lewis |
| Hidden |
Quest |
4.2% |
An amber coloured bitter with a malt background, with a fruity aroma and a dry finish. |
Wilts |
| High House Farm |
Nels Best |
4.2% |
Golden coloured premium bitter with a citrus aroma, crisp and refreshing flavours, and a dry aftertaste. |
Northumberland |
| Hobsons |
Best Bitter |
3.8% |
Pale brown to amber, medium-bodied with strong hop character. Bitter but with malt discernible in the taste. |
Worcs |
| Hobsons |
Town Crier |
4.5% |
Elegant straw coloured beer. Hint of sweetness is complemented by subtle hop flavours leading to dry finish. |
Worcs |
| Hogsback |
Summer This |
4.2% |
Light straw coloured ale with a refreshingly cool taste. Ideal for those warm lazy summer days. |
Surrey |
| Holdens |
Black Country Bitter |
3.9% |
A medium-bodied, golden ale; a refreshing, light blend of roast malt, hops and fruit, dominated by malt throughout. |
W Mids |
| Holdens |
Netherton Flickers |
4.3% |
A very fruity pale golden beer brewed using aromatic Goldings Hops and the finest English Marris Otter Malt. A perfect partnership of a hoppy aroma and a malty flavour prevails to give a strong clean lingering bitter finish. |
W Mids |
| Hook Norton |
Olympic Ale |
3.8% |
From the Gold Medal brewers Hook Norton comes another great beer – Olympic Ale. This golden brown beer is like the true Olympian – a winner in every discipline: dry and yet succulent, bitter yet sweet, full-bodied and yet only 3.8%. Go on, put your hand in your pocket for your hard earned bronze and silver and buy a pint of pure gold. |
Oxon |
| Hook Norton |
Haymaker |
5.0% |
A premium pale ale with distinctive fruity taste. The beer is light in colour, and has a refreshing clean flavour, which belies its strength. |
Oxon |
| Hop Back |
Crop Circle |
4.5% |
Pale flaxen colour, clean fresh taste, very thirst quenching. A subtle blend of aroma and bittering hops. |
Wilts |
| Hop Back |
Entire Stout |
4.5% |
Rich, dark stout with a strong malt flavour and a long, sweet and malty aftertaste. Suitable for vegans. |
Wilts |
| Houston |
Marilyns Draught |
3.9% |
Burnished in colour and is bursting with a wonderful fruit taste |
Renfrew |
| Houston |
St Peters Well |
4.2% |
Well-balanced fruity taste with sweet hop, leading to an increasingly bitter-sweet finish. |
Renfrew |
| Houston |
Warlock Stout |
4.7% |
A dark, delicious and distinctive ale, that is strong smooth and packed with flavours. |
Renfrew |
| Hydes |
Ticketyboo |
4.1% |
Ultimate refreshment and flavour are the key qualities emanating from this light, crisp summer beer benefiting from the subtle use of the Liberty hop. |
Manchester |
| Inveralmond |
XXX |
4.4% |
A traditional 80/- style ale. Full bodied and satisfying. |
Perth |
| Isle of Skye |
Cuillin Beast |
7.0% |
Sweet and fruity with plenty of caramel throughout with a creamy, dry mouthfeel. More drinkable than the strength would suggest. |
Skye |
| Jarrow |
Rivet Catcher |
4.0% |
A light smooth satisfying gold bitter. Subtle hops give the taste profile on the tongue and nose. |
Tyne and Wear |
| Jennings |
Cockerhoop |
4.6% |
Rich creamy copper coloured with raisiny malt balanced by resiny hops. A Web site "Suggestabeer" from Nick Evans. |
Cumbria |
| Kelburn |
Kersland |
4.1% |
A golden hoppy beer, originally brewed for Paisley Beer Festival and help raise funds for Kersland Special Needs School. |
Renfrew |
| Kelburn |
Dark Moor |
4.5% |
A beautifully-balanced dark, fruity ale with undertones of liqorice and blackcurrant. |
Renfrew |
| Keltek |
Golden Lance |
3.8% |
Light golden refreshing brew. |
Cornwall |
| Keltek |
Castle Myth |
4.2% |
No description available. |
Cornwall |
| Khean |
Village Green |
4.0% |
Pale golden bitter. Refreshingly dry with a pleasant flowery finish. |
Cheshire |
| Larkins |
Best |
4.4% |
Full bodied, slightly fruity and unusually bitter for its gravity. |
Kent |
| Leek |
Beathoven's 5th |
5.0% |
No description available. |
Staffs |
| Lees |
Bitter |
4.0% |
An amber beer with a malty and citrus fruit aroma. Distinctive malty, dry and slightly metallic taste. Clean, dry finish. |
Manchester |
| Malvern Hills |
Red Earl |
3.8% |
A light beer that does not overpower the senses. A hint of apple fruit it is ideal for slaking the thirst. |
Worcs |
| Malvern Hills |
Swedish Nightingale |
4.0% |
Light and airy, hitting the high notes through the use of New Zealand Hops |
Worcs |
| Malvern Hills |
Black Pear |
4.4% |
Golden hoppy bitter with a bitter finish. Perennial festival favourite. |
Worcs |
| Malvern Hills |
Black Country Wobble |
4.5% |
Sharp, clean-tasting golden/amber beer with an aroma of hops, challenged by fruit and malt which hold up well in the mouth. A bitter dryness grows as the sweetness subsides. |
Worcs |
| Marches |
Dormington Gold |
4.5% |
Light golden bitter, brewed for the Beauty of Hops festival, with First Gold & Pam hops. This brewery has the only bale of Pam 'hops available this year. |
Herefs |
| Mauldons |
Midusmmer Gold |
4.0% |
A light, crisp and sparkling beer brewed with East Anglian malted barley. The presence of First Gold hops gives this summer beer a refreshing finish. |
Suffolk |
| Milk Street |
Gulp |
3.5% |
An amber beer that is fresh and lively on the palate. The aroma is reminiscent of grapefruit peel and freshly picked hawthorn leaves. |
Somerset |
| Millstone |
Windy Miller |
4.1% |
No description available. |
Lancs |
| Millstone |
Grainstorm |
4.2% |
Very pale gold. Amazing aroma of citrus, spice, ginger & pine. A product of New Zealand Bullet hops |
Lancs |
| Milton |
Minotaur |
3.3% |
Rich and full-bodied, a malty chocolatiness predominates but vanilla and liquorice flavours also surface. |
Cambs |
| Moorhouses |
Black Cat Mild |
3.4% |
Dark, fruity ale with smooth well-balanced fruit and chocolate flavours complementing the bitter roast character which lingers on in the aftertaste. |
Lancs |
| Moorhouses |
Blond Witch |
4.5% |
Moorhouse’s first ever ‘Blond’ ale, this beer is as light as you can get with a lager colour (minus the bubbles). Drinks to the strength of any good White Witch. |
Lancs |
| Nelson |
Victory Mild |
3.5% |
No description available. |
Kent |
| Nethergate |
Sheeps Eye |
4.1% |
No description available. |
Suffolk |
| O Hanlons |
Yellowhammer |
4.5% |
Citric fruit aroma, sweet malt in mouth, not too dry. Juicy malt complements hop fruit. Finish and palate dominated by flavours that burst on the tongue. |
Devon |
| O Hanlons |
Royal Oak |
5.0% |
Brewed to the old Eldridge Pope recipe. The festival organiser used to drink this when he was 18! Warm dried fruit flavours. |
Devon |
| O Malleys |
Lager |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Kilkenny |
| O Malleys |
Ale |
4.2% |
No description available. |
Kilkenny |
| O Malleys |
Export |
4.8% |
No description available. |
Kilkenny |
| Oakham |
Helter Skelter |
5.0% |
Pale summer ale, brewed with five different hops, malt and hops oscillate around along dry finish. |
Cambs |
| Oakham |
Attila the Hun |
7.5% |
Golden extra strong ale, exceedingly deceptive for its strength. Matured for 6 months before use |
Cambs |
| Oakleaf |
Maypole Mild |
3.8% |
A dark, rich, mild. Sweet with a light malt bitterness and subtle hop undertones. Mild Gold Award, SIBA National Beer Competition 2004 |
Hants |
| Oakleaf |
I can't believe it isn't bitter |
4.9% |
Clean and crisp with a fruity aftertaste. The use of Saaz hops gives this lager a citrus finish that lingers on. |
Hants |
| Okells |
Summer Storm |
4.2% |
A light coloured, refreshing Summer Wheat beer. A distinct aroma of vanilla with an initial burst of sweetness complimented by a subtle banana flavour with a hint of lemon followed by a complex dry finish which says "Get me another". |
Isle of Man |
| Okells |
Dr Okell's IPA |
4.5% |
Extremely light coloured with surprising full-bodied taste. Sweetness is offset by a strong hopping rate, giving an overall roundness with spicy lemon notes. Fine, dry finish. |
Isle of Man |
| Old Laxey |
Bosun Bitter |
3.8% |
Crisp and fresh with a hoppy aftertaste. |
Isle of Man |
| Oldershaws |
Regal Blonde |
4.4% |
Straw-coloured lager-style beer with a good malt/hop balance. Strong bitterness lingers on the tongue. |
Lincs |
| Organic |
Lizard Point |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Cornwall |
| Organic |
Wolf Rock |
5.0% |
No description available. |
Cornwall |
| Orkney |
Northern Light |
4.0% |
Hoppy and refreshing lager coloured beer. Fruity hop notes can develop a true lager nose. A late copper hop is intense thoughout, without being cloying. |
Orkney |
| Orkney |
Skullsplitter |
8.5% |
An intense velvet malt nose with hints of apple, nutmeg and spice. Hops to the fore, balanced by satiny smooth malt with fruity spicy edges leading to a long dry finish with a hint of nut. |
Orkney |
| Ossett |
Silver King |
4.3% |
A lager style beer with a crisp, dry flavour and citrus fruity aroma. |
W Yorks |
| Otter |
Head |
5.8% |
Fruity aroma and taste with a pleasant bitter finish. Dark brown and full-bodied. |
Devon |
| Phoenix |
Pale Moonlight |
4.2% |
No description available. |
Manchester |
| Pictish |
Summer Solstice |
4.2% |
Crisp, refreshing, blonde ale. Rounded pale malt flavours in the mouth are balanced by a subtle bitterness, which leads to a dry finish with a delicate floral hop aroma. |
Lancs |
| Pictish |
Corn Dolly |
5.0% |
Dangerously drinkable strong pale ale. Clean crisp malt flavours lead to a dry bitter finish with a robust hop character. |
Lancs |
| Pilgrim |
Surrey Bitter |
3.7% |
Grapefruit and spicy aromas in a well-balanced session beer. Initial maltiness gives way to bitterness that becomes more pronounced in a refreshing finish. |
Surrey |
| Pitfield |
Shoreditch Stout |
4.0% |
Dark and malty, there are rich roast notes on the aroma and flavour, overlaid with some caramel notes. The aftertaste is dry and lingering. |
London |
| Pitfield |
Black Eagle |
5.0% |
A light-drinking strong old ale, black with red hues, a lasting roast malt flavour and a malty, dry afterfinish |
London |
| Ramsgate |
Gadds No 5 |
4.4% |
Traditional style best bitter with complex malt and hop flavours |
Kent |
| RCH |
Tender Loving Care |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Somerset |
| RCH |
Steam Festival |
4.5% |
No description available. |
Somerset |
| Rebellion |
Blonde |
4.3% |
Brewed using only pale and lager malts, giving the beer a very light, golden colour. A thirst quenching alternative to lager, whilst maintaining the quality of real ale. |
Bucks |
| Red Squirrel |
Stout |
4.9% |
No description available. |
Herts |
| Ring O Bells |
One and all |
4.4% |
A light. Clean ale with a good hoppy aroma and dry finish. Proceeds go to Pirates Trust. |
Cornwall |
| Robinsons |
Sunny Jim |
3.8% |
No description available. |
Manchester |
| Rudgate |
Well Blathererd |
5.0% |
A pale, straw coloured premium beer, well hopped and deceptively easy drinking for a beer of this strength. |
N Yorks |
| Salamander |
Rasputin |
3.8% |
No description available. |
W Yorks |
| Salamander |
Greece Lightning |
4.8% |
No description available. |
W Yorks |
| Salopian |
Icon |
4.2% |
No description available. |
Shrops |
| Salopian |
Lemon Dream |
4.5% |
As the name suggests, light and airy with a crisp, refreshing citrus-ness. |
Shrops |
| Sharps |
Cornish Jack |
3.8% |
No description available. |
Cornwall |
| Skinners |
Betty Stoggs Bitter |
4.0% |
Pale amber with hoppy overtones. |
Cornwall |
| Skinners |
Heligan Honey |
4.0% |
A slightly sweet amber bitter brewed using only West Country malt and honey from the Lost Gardens of Heligan. |
Cornwall |
| Skinners |
Cornish Blonde |
5.0% |
A combination of wheat malt and English and American hops make this a deceptively easy drinking wheat beer. |
Cornwall |
| Slaughterhouse |
Spacetrotter |
4.1% |
No description available. |
Warwicks |
| Spinning Dog |
Pit Stop |
4.0% |
Pale in colour, with a refreshing fruity aftertaste. Current SIBA national champion speciality beer |
Herefs |
| Spinning Dog |
Mutt's Nutts |
4.8% |
A relatively new brew. Deep complex malt flavour, with a lingering finish. |
Herefs |
| St Austell |
Dartmoor Best |
3.9% |
A delicately hopped golden bitter. |
Cornwall |
| St Georges |
Bitter |
3.7% |
Light and refreshing, brewed using traditional English barley and, new for 2004, Worcestershire hops. |
Worcs |
| St Georges |
Gold |
3.9% |
Mellow bitter with pronounced taste and a richer colour. |
Worcs |
| St Georges |
Paragon Steam |
4.0% |
A beer brewed in the steam-ale style. New recipe uses Lager Malts to keep the colour pale |
Worcs |
| Stewart Brewing |
Edinburgh No 3 |
4.3% |
Rich, dark, malty beer based on a style that over 100 years ago made Edinburgh internationally famous for its many breweries and excellent ales. |
Edinburgh |
| Stonehenge |
Lunch Time Special |
2.5% |
No description available. |
Wilts |
| Stonehenge |
Great Bustard |
4.8% |
No description available. |
Wilts |
| Summerskills |
Menacing Dennis |
4.5% |
Mid brown in colour. Aromas of dark malt and hops with a slight hint of liquorice. |
Devon |
| Swansea |
Three Cliffs Gold |
4.7% |
A hop and fruity aroma leads to a tasty hop, fruit and malt mix. The pleasing finish has a good hop bitterness. |
Glamorgan |
| Swansea |
Original Wood |
5.2% |
No description available. |
Glamorgan |
| Teignworthy |
Springtide |
4.3% |
Full and well rounded, mid-brown beer with a dry, bitter taste and aftertaste. |
Devon |
| Teme Valley |
That |
4.1% |
Copper-coloured best bitter. Malt and hops are overlaid with fruitiness, ending with a light, dry finish. |
Worcs |
| Teme Valley |
T'Other |
3.5% |
Easy drinking tawny best bitter. Begins with a powerful smack of hops and is sustained by balancing fruit and malt. |
Worcs |
| Teme Valley |
Buchanalea |
3.7% |
Brewed in memory of Andy Buchan, hence the name. A smooth malt flavour leading to a domination of hops |
Worcs |
| Three Rivers |
Manchester IPA |
4.2% |
Orangey red. Made with hops that grow over someone's garage in Manchester |
Manchester |
| Three Rivers |
Oxbow |
4.5% |
Mix of 3 malts, hopped with Pilgrim & Willanette |
Manchester |
| Titanic |
Olympic |
4.3% |
Brewed to celebrate the brotherhood of the Olympic Games this rich golden ale has the dryness of the Asian continent, the strength of the North Americans, the warmth of the Europeans, the fruitiness of the South Americans and is exotic like Africa. (And did you know the Olympic was the sister ship to the Titanic?) |
Staffs |
| Titanic |
Stout |
4.5% |
Full roast with great liquorice taste. Hopped to give dryness and astringency, but roast is well-balanced and lingers. |
Staffs |
| Tomos Watkin |
Whoosh |
3.7% |
Amber in colour with gentle malt and hop aroma. Hop, malt and fruit to taste, moderate bitterness leading to a finish that is similar but mellow. |
Glamorgan |
| Tring |
Mother Haggys Summer Ale |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Herts |
| Tring |
Ridgeway |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Herts |
| Triple FFF |
Pressed Rat and Warthog |
3.8% |
Rather hoppy for a mild. Dry, roasty and ruby in colour with a good body and hints of blackcurrant and caramel. Moderately bitter sweet with a short but well-balanced aftertaste. |
Hants |
| Trossach |
Summer Ale |
3.9% |
No description available. |
Stirling |
| Tryst |
Brockville Pale |
3.8% |
No description available. |
Stirling |
| Tryst |
Buckled Wheel |
4.0% |
No description available. |
Stirling |
| Valhalla |
Auld Scatness |
4.0% |
A very light bitter, brewed from an ancient type of six row barley called bere, with oats and wheat. This brew has real heather honey added at the end of the boil to give a nice refreshing smoky aftertaste. |
Shetland |
| Valhalla |
Simmer Dim |
4.0% |
A light golden bitter. The sulphur features do not mask the fruits and hops of this well-balanced beer. |
Shetland |
| Ventor |
Hygeia Organic |
4.6% |
Golden and refreshing with a little fruity bite. |
Isle of Wight |
| Walshs Bakehouse |
Bakehouse Bitter |
3.8% |
Classic session bitter with crisp grapefruit aroma, full of flavour with traditional bitterness. |
Warwicks |
| Weatheroak |
Weatheroak Ale |
4.1% |
Well hopped golden best bitter with fruity undertones and building hop bitterness, ending with a dry memory. |
Worcs |
| Weatheroak |
special - TBA |
4.5% |
A brand new beer trying the new types of hops. We expect it to be very pale, and pleasantly hoppy |
Worcs |
| Weetwood |
Ambush |
4.8% |
Smooth, dark, amber-coloured beer with the fruity flavour balanced by the addition of the Styrian Goldings hops. |
Cheshire |
| Wentworth |
Strongest Bar None |
12.0% |
No description available. |
S Yorks |
| West Berkshire |
Yaffle |
4.1% |
Pale in colour it has a full hop flavour from single varietal Hedgerow hops from Worcester. The Yaffle, or Green Woodpecker, can be seen in woodlands around Berkshire and surrounding counties. |
Berks |
| Wharfedale |
Folly Ale |
3.8% |
A traditional, full-bodied Yorkshire Bitter. The distinctive lightly citrus hop aroma from the Goldings hop is followed by a rich, smooth, malty flavour and fresh after-bitterness. |
N Yorks |
| Wharfedale |
Executioner |
4.5% |
Brewed to an original 1950's recipe, using pale, crystal and amber malts. This gives a distinctive mahogany colour and a smooth but complex roasted malt flavour, with just the right amount of hop. Brimful of character this beer is dangerously drinkable! |
N Yorks |
| White Star |
Star Trek |
3.6% |
Pale straw coloured session bitter, full flavoured with a delicate hop aroma. |
Hants |
| White Star |
Royal Standard |
4.3% |
Refreshing golden coloured beer. Superb balance of malt and hops, with pine, lemon notes in finish |
Hants |
| Whitley Bridge |
Emberzale Mild |
4.3% |
No description available. |
W Yorks |
| Whittington |
Nine Lives |
3.6% |
Light, quaffable and moreish. Bitter finish. |
Worcs |
| Whittington |
Cats Whiskers |
4.2% |
Chocolatey aroma, turning fruity and floral. Bittersweet to taste with more nut, hop and lemonfruit leading to bitter finish. |
Worcs |
| Williams Bros |
Fraoch |
4.1% |
A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt character, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish. |
Clackmannanshire |
| Williams Bros |
Joker |
4.3% |
No description available. |
Clackmannanshire |
| Wissey Valley |
Wild Widow |
3.6% |
A mild made with elderflower and port from the brewery formerly known as Captain Grumpy's. |
Norfolk |
| Wold Top |
Gold |
4.8% |
Light coloured summer beer whose taste belies its strength. A heady mix of Maris Otter, Wheat and Cara Malt along with a combination of Goldings and Styrian Goldings hops give the beer a soft, fruity flavour with a hint of spice! |
E Yorks |
| Wolf |
Edith Cavell |
3.7% |
Brewed with blackcurrants |
Norfolk |
| Wood |
Pot O Gold |
4.4% |
Current SIBA champion Best Bitter. Golden bitter with aromatic hops. |
Shrops |
| Wooden Hand |
Cornish Mutiny |
4.8% |
No description available. |
Cornwall |
| Wychwood |
Pole Jolter |
4.1% |
Refreshing and thirst quenching |
Oxon |
| Wye Valley |
HPA |
4.0% |
Pale, hoppy, malty brew with a hint of sweetness before a dry finish. |
Herefs |
| Wye Valley |
Dorothy Goodbody's Summertime Ale |
4.2% |
Easy-drinking, refreshing summer bitter |
Herefs |
| Wylam |
Summer Magic |
4.1% |
Pale ale with a citrus aftertaste. |
Northumberland |
| Wylam |
Bohemia Pilsner |
4.6% |
Deep gold in colour with a heady bouquet of malt and hops and a deep finish of fruit. |
Northumberland |
| Wyre Piddle |
Piddle in the Wind |
4.5% |
A superb mix of flavours. Nice hoppy nose through to a lasting aftertaste makes it a good, all-round beer. |
Worcs |
| Yates |
Sun Goddess |
4.2% |
A lager style real ale. Deliciously light and fruity. |
Cumbria |
| York |
Chariot of Fire |
4.1% |
The finest brewers malted wheat blends superbly with York Brewery's liquor and yeast. A crisp, dry taste. |
N Yorks |
| Youngs |
Golden Zest |
4.8% |
Refreshing golden beer Zesty crisp citrus flavour. Maris Otter barley malt together with continental Styrian hops Creates a wonderfully light, refreshing golden beer. |
London |
