| Brewery | Beer | ABV (%) | Tasting Notes |
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| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Absolution | 5.3 | Pale golden ale with honey aroma and a tangy refreshing flavour.
Mrs Otto says
This Yellow golden beer pours with a small head. There is a distinct Aroma of citrus/lemon, with some bready and earthy notes as well. The flavour is full of citrus fruits with some notes of bready and mild herbal notes. It’s an easy to drink beer, despite the strength. |
| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Deception | 4.1 | Citrus/grapefruit flavour leads to a long bitter finish. |
| Acorn | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Gorlovka Imperial Stout | 6 | Ebony coloured with bags of malt and a spicy bitterness. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | California | 3.8 | Named after a Wigan mine, it is a clean drinking golden coloured ale with a zesty and fruity aroma.
Mrs Otto says
A well balanced golden coloured ale, easy drinking and refreshing. Named after a local coal mine, California is an extremely clean drinking golden coloured ale with a zesty and fruity aroma. Brewed with gently-kilned malts and an aromatic blend of American hops, this 3.8% beer has exceptional poise. Its distinct hop flavour leads to a refreshing and dry finish. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Mad Monk | 7.1 | Mad Monk is already developing something of a cult following wherever it goes. It's a rich, intense brew with big complex flavours and a warming finish. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Pretoria | 3.9 | Named after the local mine it is a perfectly clean yellow gold ale with big assertive lemon sherbert hops; juicy with just a pinch of sourness. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Dark Mild | 4 | Smooth mouthfeel leads to roast malt and a bitter taste. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Gold Digger | 4 | Features a citrus aroma with grapefruit and a hint of spice on the palate. |
| Batemans | Wainfleet, Lincolnshire | Dark Mild | 3 | A welcome return of this gold medal winning dark mild. |
| Black Iris | Derby, Derbyshire | Intergalactic IPA | 6 | A true IPA. Drink with care!
Mrs Otto says
Very Hoppy. Lots of citrus. Smells very fresh. Getting lots of grapefruit, like a sour citrus. Hops are definitely there. Moderate body, with good carbonation. The taste lingers in your mouth a long time. This is a trip to outer space (OMG!) |
| Black Iris | Derby, Derbyshire | Iron Gate | 5.5 | A robust strong quaffable stout. |
| Blackedge | Horwich, Lancashire | HoP Pale Ale | 3.8 | Refreshing pale session beer that won gold at the Edgeworth beer festival.
Mrs Otto says
Well hopped, clean, citrus flavoured pale ale. |
| Blackedge | Horwich, Lancashire | Pike Pale Ale | 4 | Pale ale with a good hint of citrus hop.
Mrs Otto says
Pale ale with a distinct hint of citrus hop flavour. |
| Blue Ball | Runcorn, Cheshire | Spank | 6 | Golden IPA with fruit aromas and taste, and a dry finish. |
| Blue Ball | Runcorn, Cheshire | Zeppelin | 5.5 | A salute to the classic German Wheat Beer. Bitter sweet with a complex array of spice and fruit undertones. |
| Boggart | Manchester | Extra Rum Porter | 6.3 | A strong porter with added rum. |
| Brodies | Leyton, London | Bethnal Green Bitter | 4 | Maris Otter and Crystal malt in the mash tun. Target, Challenger and Goldings in the copper. The quintessential English bitter. |
| Brodies | Leyton, London | Citra | 3.1 | This all Citra super low ABV beer is perfect for lunchtime supping. There is a blast of fresh mango in every mouthful. |
| Brodies | Leyton, London | Dalston Black IPA | 7 | Intense aromas of tropical fruit in this classic Black IPA. |
| By The Horns | London | Bobby On The Wheat | 4.7 | An English style wheat beer. Very quaffable and goes well with a curry. |
| By The Horns | London | Diamond Geezer (Retired) | 6.4 | A red strong ale to keep the chill away on winter nights. |
| Cheddar | Cheddar, Somerset | George Best | 4 | A clean tasting bitter with a warm malt flavour. |
| Copper Dragon | Skipton, North Yorkshire | Black Gold | 3.7 | Creamy, fruity and dark with coffee undertones. |
| Copper Dragon | Skipton, North Yorkshire | Golden Pippin | 3.9 | Golden beer with intense aroma and a dry bitter taste. |
| Crouch Vale | Chelmsford, Essex | Yakima Gold | 4.2 | Very pale beer with highly aromatic amarillo hops. |
| Dancing Duck | Derby, Derbyshire | Dark Drake | 4.5 | Delicious malty, caramel and liquorice flavours combine wonderfully in a velvety smooth drinking stout with a freshly roasted coffee and toffee finish. |
| Dancing Duck | Derby, Derbyshire | Nice Weather For Ducks | 4.1 | A refreshing summer thirst quencher. It's fruit salad in a glass. |
| Dark Star | Haywards Heath, West Sussex | American Pale Ale | 4.7 | A classic American style IPA.
Mrs Otto says
This beer pours a crisp pale yellow with slow rising white foam. It has aromas of wood oil and lemon zest on the nose. There are gentle melon malts and sharp citrus hops flavours. Sweet comeback and a tart dry end. Soft, sticky and medium-bodied, very British yet so American and is another winner from Dark Star. It's a great thirst quencher but beware the ABV. |
| Dark Star | Haywards Heath, West Sussex | Critical Mass | 7.8 | Strong in colour and flavour. Mashed with dark, roasted barley malts balanced by the Challenger and East Kent Golding hops. Also known as Critical Mess!
Mrs Otto says
Pours nice ruby-red with a fine, staying, creamy beige head. Aroma has toasted caramel, chocolate, mildly vinious, blackberries, figs. Low carbonation, fine oily and fat mouthfeel. Flavour is pleasant, chocolate, light tar, blackberries (the sweet ones). Fat maltiness, vinious and warming. Lovely, staying malty bitterness. Yum. |
| Dunscar Bridge | Bolton, Lancashire | Steeplejack | 3.8 | Light, golden beer with subtle hints of lemon and grapefruit. |
| Dunscar Bridge | Bolton, Lancashire | Wicketkeeper | 4 | Moreish best bitter with pleasant aroma. |
| Durham | Bowburn, Durham | White Stout | 7.2 | Rebirth of a 200 year old beer style. |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Gold | 4.5 | Exmoor Gold is an appetising and enticing gold colour. Bittersweet with hints of citrus fruit weaving in and out. |
| Fyne Ales | Cairndow, Argyll | Jarl | 3.8 | Golden light ale with a full-on citrus experience. |
| Geeves | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Fully Laden IPA | 6 | A proper IPA with hefty alcoholic strength and loads of Bobek hops used late in the boil to give it a citrusy, sweet floral taste and aroma and a satisfying bitterness. |
| Geeves | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Smokey Joe | 5 | A strong stout made with several different malts. Rich and robust, Smokey Joe is quite a mouthful. |
| Green Jack | Lowestoft, Suffolk | Ripper | 8.5 | Gold medal winning rich amber and warming barley wine. |
| Hardknott | Millom, Cumbria | Katalyst | 3.8 | A juicy asparagas nose gives way to nut and celery flavours and a finishing fresh bite. |
| Hawkshead | Kendal, Cumbria | Windermere Pale | 3.5 | Crisp and fruity with hints of melon.
Mrs Otto says
Beer has a strength (ABV) of 3.5%. A very pale beer, made with Maris Otter pale malt and a hint of malted wheat. Fresh flavours come through from the English hops. A thirst quenching, easy drinking summer ale. |
| Holdens | Dudley, West Midlands | Golden Glow | 4.4 | Golden beer with a hint of sweetness and a light hoppiness. |
| Holts | Manchester | Bitter | 4 | Classic session ale with well balanced bittering hops. |
| Hop Back | Salisbury, Wiltshire | Summer Lightning | 5 | The first golden beer that changed the British drinking habits all those years ago. |
| Howard Town | Glossop, Derbyshire | Wren’s Nest | 4.2 | Multi gold medal winning pale hoppy beer. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Manchester’s Finest (Cask) | 4.5 | English pale malt and fuggle hops give a distinctive flavour. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Winter Fuggle | 4.4 | Chestnut coloured beer with a fruity nose and a hoppy finish. |
| Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Pale | 3.8 | A well balanced light ale with citrus in both aroma and flavour. |
| Liverpool Craft | Liverpool, Merseyside | Dark Icon | 4.8 | A slightly smokey porter for the cold nights coming our way. Bang tidy dee! |
| Liverpool Craft | Liverpool, Merseyside | Tame Hahuta | 4.4 | A brand new pale brew. |
| Merlin | Arclid, Cheshire | Merlins Gold | 3.8 | Light golden ale with rounded floral and citrus flavours. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pendle Witches Brew | 5.1 | Full bodied, well balanced malty brew. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pride of Pendle | 4.1 | Gold medal winning classic malty bitter. |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Inferno | 4 | Impressive golden beer with an intense spicy hop with an explosion of fruit. |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | JHB | 3.8 | Lemon and grapefruit hop notes abound in the aroma and palate. |
| Offbeat | Crewe, Cheshire | Kooky Gold | 4.1 | Golden session ale with a burst of cascade hops. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Bumblehole | 5.2 | Strong, sweet robust bitter. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark | 4.2 | Smooth, sweet dark mild with roast malt finish. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Entire | 4.4 | Classic Black Country quaffing ale. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Ma Pardoes Original | 3.5 | Ma Pardoes classic straw coloured light mild. |
| Ossett | Ossett, West Yorkshire | Pale Gold | 3.8 | Refreshing pale ale with a slight hoppy aroma. |
| Owenshaw Mill | Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire | Gollums Revenge | 4 | A lager style bitter with Czech hops. |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Porter | 5 | Dark chocolate porter with a hint of roasted coffee. |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Wobbly Bob | 6 | A BBBB classic strong ale often referred to as "Bobbly Wob". |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Whatever! | 3.8 | New, pale and well hopped brew that has soon become a regular beer.
Mrs Otto says
Pale and deeply hoppy, with hints of grapefruit, a good quaffing ale from a local Brewster (woman brewer). |
| Redwillow | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Headless | 3.9 | A light and hoppy pale ale that is refreshingly honest. |
| Redwillow | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Heartless Chocolate Stout | 4.9 | A chocolate stout.
Mrs Otto says
First impressions are of a pitch dark, brown beer smelling of chocolate, as you would expect from the name. A awesome brew and one I would truly recommend for dark beer lovers. |
| Revolutions | Castleford, West Yorkshire | Clash London Porter | 4.5 | A rich, dark traditional porter. |
| Ridgeside | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Black Night | 5 | Multi award winning stout. Taste the rolled oats along with chocolate malt, roasted barley and crystal malt. |
| Ridgeside | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Jail Break | 3.8 | An easy drinking pale session beer packed with loads of Chinook and Nelson Sauvin hop flavour. |
| Ridgeside | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Stargazer | 4.9 | A very distinctive pale hoppy beer brewed using Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand.
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| Saltaire | Shipley, West Yorkshire | Raspberry Blonde | 4 | Refreshing blond beer infused with raspberry. |
| Sarah Hughes | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6 | Classic BBBB strong dark mild from the Black Country. What more can we say? |
| Southport | Southport, Merseyside | Golden Sands | 4 | Golden triple hopped bitter with citrus flavour. |
| St Austell | St Austell, Cornwall | Proper Job (Cask) | 4.5 | SIBA gold medal winning golden bitter that explodes with citrus grapefruit.
Mrs Otto says
Light, clear and refreshing with an assertive hop bitterness, Proper Job IPA is based on a traditional IPA recipe which makes it perfect for long, hot summer days. |
| St Peters | Bungay, Suffolk | Golden Ale | 4.7 | A hop bouquet leads to a mix of malt and hops and a dry, fruity finish. |
| Summer Wine | Holmfirth, West Yorkshire | Diablo | 6 | Devilishly good IPA loaded with US hops with tropical fruit flavours.
Mrs Otto says
Wow! It's the way forward. A truly classic ale. Aromas of tangerine, tropical fruit, lemon zest, lots and lots of fruit. Sharp hop kick. Citrus and herbs. Fruit laden mouthfeel. |
| Tatton | Knutsford, Cheshire | Gold | 4.8 | Deep golden ale backed by robust hop character. |
| The Botanist | Richmond, Greater London | Night Porter | 5 | A traditional London Porter. Rich, dark and complex this beer has an outstanding depth of flavour. |
| Theakston | Masham, North Yorkshire | Old Peculier | 5.7 | Famous dark brown strong ale with chocolate finish. |
| Thornbridge | Bakewell, Derbyshire | Jaipur | 5.9 | Citrus dominated IPA. Its immediate impression is soft and smooth, yet it builds to a crescendo of massive hops. |
| Timothy Taylor | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Landlord | 4.3 | Gold medal winning. A BBBB all time classic. |
| Two Roses | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Black Beauty Stout | 5 | A strong, rich and dark cask conditioned stout.
Mrs Otto says
A strong, rich and dark cask conditioned stout with a nice dry finish. |
| Two Roses | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | First Edition | 4 | A light, refreshing cask conditioned India Pale Ale. |
| Tyne Bank | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear | Single Blonde | 4.1 | A light dry ale with a hint of vanilla. |
| Wincle | Wincle, Cheshire | Waller | 3.8 | A pale and refreshing beer with a distinctive hop character that is ideal for quenching a well earned thirst. |
| Wincle | Wincle, Cheshire | Wibbly Wallaby | 4.4 | A full bodied golden beer with fruity hoppy overtones and a dry, slightly biscuity finish. Very moorish. |
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