Beers A-Z

1845

Highly acclaimed strong ale and was described by Roger Protz as 'a rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish' winner of numerous awards eg: the CAMRA Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain (1998-1999 and 2002) and the British Bottle Institute's award for the Best Dressed Bottle (1...
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A over T (Aromas over Tongham)

Extra strong ale. Surrey's strongest beer! Deep tawny colour, complex and powerful yet well balanced with fruity notes, and hints of chocolate & raisins. A truly stunning Beer. A distinctive ale from the 'Barley Wine' stable
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Albion Special

Brewed exclusively as a cask conditioned beer for the Albion Inn, Canal Bank, Loughborough. A well-balanced bitter, light copper in colour with a nutty aroma and a smokey malty taste - Fuggles and Golding hops leading through.

Bad King John

A very English ale, but black! Bitter...intense...like the ruthless man it honours. Do not look for subtlety from this fine ale.

Barbus barbus

Barbus Barbus is the latin for the barbel fish and this beer celebrates the sport of coarse fishing. In cask form it has quickly become the brewery’s most popular ale and the bottled version has also gained itself a fan club. Three hop strains contribute to the flavour, although, yet again, the brewery won’t say which. Hoppy and well balanced witho...
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Black Beauty Porter

A fine example of an old fashioned porter. Black Beauty was the only book written by Norfolk writer and horse lover Anna Sewell. It is one of the 10 best selling books of all time. Sadly Anna died soon after publication and so knew nothing of her success.

Black Grouse

Black Monk

Hand-crafted rich dark ale; to all intents and purposes a mild. Just a stone's throw from the brewery is Bradwell Abbey. Founded in 1154 as a Benedictine priory, this was the monastic dwelling of the 'Black Monks', so named because of the colour of their clothing. Still standing is the stone barn used to malt barley for making ale...of wh...
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Blackguard Porter

Pronounced ‘blaggard’ is Butt’s popular porter, introduced as a winter brew but now likely to be found all year round.The label features a variation on the brewery’s playing card joker logo, showing a ‘jester with attitude’, as Chris describes it. Ingredients-wise, the only information the ever-secretive Mr Butt will supply is that he uses British ...
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Blakes Gosport Bitter

Strong, dark and intensely malty, this bitter has everything you need for a cold winters evening yet surprisingly easy to drink for a hot summers day.
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Blond

Easy drinking and golden in colour.Plenty of hops with a bitter-sweet after-taste.A perfect accompaniment to cheese
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Bluebird Bitter

A fine session ale with light golden colour. The intense resinous and spicy hop character which is the beer’s hallmark is derived from the use of unusual quantities of English Challenger hops, each bale being individually selected by the brewer. The malt is of course Maris Otter fermented slightly warm to give a soft fruitiness with a faint hint of...
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Bluebird Bitter Premium XB

Primarily an export brew. An English Pale Ale with American Aroma Hops. Bluebird XB combines 2 of the great themes of ale brewing to produce something distinctive and new. The fine tradition of English Pale Ale is about quaffing, refreshment and complexity of flavour without alcoholic strength. Then throw in new wave American hop variety Mount Hood...
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Brewster's Bundle

First brewed to celebrate the birth of Charley, our Brewsters baby girl.

Bronze coloured with a honeyed aroma and a full sweetish palete. (275ml bottle).

BSA (Burma Star Ale)

A tawny coloured well hopped full bodied ale with hints of roasted malt.

This beer is dedicated to the courage of all those who earned the Burma Star in World War 2. Hogs Back donate a portion of the revenue from this ale to the Burma Star Association.

Cereal Killer

Golden colour. Faint banana aroma with spice. Bittersweet taste with a sharpness from hops and a little lemony. Finishes with a dry bitterness.
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Cock n Bull story

Clean biscuity malt in this amber beer gives way to a light fruity flavour with a long bitter hop finish. A traditional pint. Named after the two pubs in Stony Stratford where the phrase originated. All our real ales are made from the finest natural ingredients - including malt, barley, hops and wheat (Midsummer ale only).  Most of these ...
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Coniston Old Man

It is a chestnut brown colour, with a lightly bubbly head. Nose is extremely fruity - apples, plums and bananas are all noticeable, although these become more obvious as the beer warms (it was served from the fridge so was rather cold initially). In the mouth it is initially malty, with caramel, toffee and dark fruit flavours, plus a roasty, grainy...
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Coper (Organic)

This celebratory offering is brewed using a variety of speciality malts to compliment two classic hop varieties, fuggles and goldings, all of which are farmed organically. A Coper is a ship employed in surreptitiously supplying strong drink to deep sea fishermen. Not a lot of people know that.
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Cosmic Glow

Full flavoured premium bitter, malty and smooth
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Crystal Tips

A full bodied crystal malt flavoured beer. This is a ruby bitter in which malt dominates. Some fruity hop in the nose & taste.

Cwrw Caredig

Cwrw Caredig is a golden ale with a complex fruity note an alcohol content of 4.1% abv., served lightly chilled is very refreshing.  The beer reflects its name - kindly or friendly.

Danebridge IPA

A refreshing golden beer.
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Dogs Hair

"The world-famed, palatable, effervescing, cooling & effective remedy for all known ailments".

Dylan's Choice

Crisp in flavour, smooth of texture this beautifully hopped ale stimulates the taste buds with a compelling combination of fruity notes and floral over tones. 4.2% abv

Entire Butt English Porter

Historically the term used to describe a porter blended from a variety of ales, Entire Butt uses 14 different malts and 3 hops to recreate this forgotten style of porter. Black/brown with a crisp white head and is distinctly vinous. It has little hop character as essentially the flavour is de...
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Fools Gold

A pale refreshingly complex best bitter. Fruity aroma leads to a bitter-sweet flavour and after-taste with predominance of citrus tones.
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Foreign Export Stout

It pours an almost jet black hue, with a little reddish hint against light. The head is very restrained, without the help of force-pour, forming just a thin layer of sparse big bubbles. The nose: lightly sweetish dark chocolaty note upfront, followed by woody and a little black ink-like note, plus, yeah, a hint of char-coal!! just like wh...
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Gold Blade

Crisp, refreshing, and deliciously citrus-tinted with a hint of spice, it’s a flavour that cuts the biggest thirst down to size. Made from only hand selected, traditionally prepared, floor-malted, riband wheat from rolling chalk downs of Wiltshire, this is a truly classic beer. An absolute for Summer barbecues.
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Gold Rush

A golden ale celebrating Norfolk's gold rush of 1848! using finest Norfolk malt and GOLDings hops. It's easier to find than buried treasure and requires no digging. The drinker is rewarded with a soothed throat.

Golden Ale

Easy drinking golden ale with plenty of hops.The bitterness carries on in the finish. Deceptively drinkable beer for it's strength.
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Golden Ale

Straw colored but with a good bitter flavour.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans......one of
the very few beers around.

Golden Brown

Chris Butt confesses to being a Stranglers fan, hence the use of one of their song titles for this beer’s name. In the lyrics there is reference to ‘tied to a mast’, which explains the girl tied to a mast of a ship on the label. The beer contains three different malts and just one hop strain. Obviously potent with a slight spiciness from the hop va...
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Grim Reaper

A wonderfully aromatic golden bitter, brewed using only traditional hand-picked ingredients. Traditional ale in a bottle - serious beer.

Hawthorn Gold

Hathern derives from the Saxon word for the hawthorn which was prevalent in the village. A light golden summer beer with a good balance of hops and malts.

Heart of Oak

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar this exceptional ale that has been brewed in the finest Naval tradition. Initial strong, fruity hop flavours lead to a bittersweet aroma, balanced by a warm chocolaty finish


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Hen Cloud

Made with lager malt with a sweet, hoppy finish. Named after a local hill.
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High & Mighty

Beer of the Gods - conceived in Massachusetts out of  a German recipe and lovingly overhopped in the time-honoured American way, this beer was looking sensible until it was fermented it in England as an ale. "Beer of uncertain parentage".

Hornblower

William Hoste from Tittleshall, Norfolk was a great British naval hero. A favourite of Nelson, his exploits inspired writers CS Forrester and Patrick O'Brian. He famously signalled his crew to 'remember Nelson' before battle.

I Can't Believe It's Not Bitter

Clean and crisp with a fruity aftertaste. The use of Saaz hops gives this lager a citrus finish that lingers on
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Ivanhoe

A very English Pale Ale. A subtle red beer dominated by neither malt sweetness nor extreme hop…we want balance. Roast malts, whole English aroma hops.
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Le Butts

Brewed with lager yeast and hops resulting in a crisp and refreshing European style biere.
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Lord Lee's

An amber ale. Spice and malt in the nose. Bitterness with maltiness to finish.
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Manchester IPA

This classic indain pale ale is designed to appeal to all discerning palates.  A light russet amber colour producing a refreshing biscuit like flavour which is supplemented by a complex citrus finish.Made with genuine manchester grown hops
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Mud City

This is a rich, full-bodied sweet stout. Brewed with raw Ecuadorian cocoa powder, vanilla, flaked oats, wheat and a complex blend of beautifully dark malts. Strong so served in 330ml bottles.

Old Bloomer

Rich complex darker beer with light roasted aroma, fruitiness and perfectly balanced roasted chocolate flavours ... very moorish. Named after the class of steam locomotive built in Wolverton in the 19th century. Tales from the ales...Not far from the brewery and opened in 1838 Wolverton Works was the home of the class 31 steam locomotive ...
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Original Port Stout

Roast barley, warm vinous undertone Palate Full flavour, dark, liquorice finish using aroma hops Styrian Goldings Guardian/CAMRA Champion bottle-conditioned Beer of Britain 2007 and 2003. These honours arrives hard on the heels of a Silver Medal in the 2002 WORLD BEER CUP at the first time of entry.
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OTT (Old Tongham Tasty)

Dark beer with a full complex aroma of sweet roated malt, fruitiness and a hint of liquorice. Tastes of sweet fruit and malt. The finish is sweet malty and nutty.
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Paxton's pride

Ridgeway Bitter

Using the new Boadicea strain of aphid-resistant hops. Golden amber. Fruity and floral aroma. Well-balanced, clean before the floral, bitter, dryish finish.
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Ridgeway Blue

Tesco Beer Challenge Winner 2007. A pale ale designed to be served chilled.Unusually brewed using whole leaf hops. "A crisp refreshing light pale coloured ale with a hint of citrus from the hops with a dry bitter finish keeping the underlying sweetness in check." Chris S."Pale ale taste with slight bitt...
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Ridgeway IPA

Given Peter's track record this is bound to be a winner. 5.5% bottle conditioned authentic IPA, "well as near as you can get without a time machine to collect ingredients", adds brewer Peter.
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ROB

Ridgeway Organic Beer - a refreshing traditional bitter with an organic purity.
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Rocheberg Blonde

A Continental style blonde bier using finest German Hallertauer Hersbrucker and Perle hops. Containing wheat and barley.

Rocket Fuel

A strong golden ale guaranteed to go down with a bang.
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Royal Oak

Within months of its return in 2004, this great ale has won Gold in the The International Brewing Industry Awards' fiercely competitive bottled ales 4.2-5.1% abv class - the class that covers most of Britain's premium beers. (The IBI Awards is Britain's premier brewing competition featuring jurists of Head Brewer status and abov...
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Shooting Star

A strong, smooth dark ale.
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St Edwards

Premium malty bitter

Staffordshire Bitter

A traditional hoppy bitter

Stout

classic stout made with 6 different malted grains a world of flavours, so satisfying...
suitable for vegetarians and vegans......one of the very few beers around
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Stumbling Badger

A wonderfully balanced ale, packed full of flavour and aroma with hints of fruit and a hoppy finish. "Watch out for the badger!"

T.E.A.

A pale ale where the name stands for 'Traditional English Ale'. It is an unusual orange-golden colour, with a thin, bubbly, but long-lasting head. The nose consists of hop flowers and very light malt, with some citrus notes. It is bitter, hoppy and slightly sharp in the mouth, and feels very clean on the palate. There is no sweetness and relat...
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Thin Ice

An extremely pale bitter with a delicate lemon crispness, softly complemented with a satisfying spiced orange finish.

Thomas Hardy's Ale (x12)

"Best beer in the World"
Off-licence News International Challenge 2006

A unique achievement with a special place in English brewing history. Strong in alco