| Brewery | Beer | ABV (%) | Tasting Notes |
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| 4T’s | Runcorn, Cheshire | Master | 5.9 | Pale golden ale with sweet caramel notes and a long bitter finish. |
| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Dr Morton's Crispy Aromatic Duck | 4 | A pale beer with light, citrus aromas and flavours and a refreshing bitter finish. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Mad Monk | 7.1 | A noir beer packed with dark fruits, roasted malts, some nutty notes as well as liquorice and some slight chocolaty notes. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Pepper Lane | 4.1 | A clean-drinking, pale golden ale, hopped with U.S. Galena & Liberty to give low bitterness and mild aromas. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Sloe Stout | 7.2 | A complex fruit stout packed with slow berries but with notes of coffee & chocolate. A taste sensation. |
| Anarchy Brew Co. | Morpeth, Northumberland | Cascade | 4.1 | |
| Arbor | Bristol, Gloucestershire | PSBH Bomb | 4.7 | |
| Bad Seed | Malton, North Yorkshire | Summer Ale | 3.8 | |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Flat Cap | 4 | A pale bitter with a citrus aroma and a hoppy citrus finish. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | JB Bitter | 4.6 | Well balanced Lancashire bitter that will not disappoint! |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Port O Call | 5 | A post modern mild! Full of roast barley flavour with port overtones. Definitely not mild! |
| Blackjack | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Bramling Cross | 4 | Pale and full of blackberry taste. |
| Blue Bee | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Rakau IPA | 5 | |
| Boggart | Manchester | 99 Steps | 3.9 | A very pale ale with herbal characteristics. |
| Bootleg | Manchester | Urban Fox | 4.2 | Flavours are sweet cereal and caramel with thick honey and an oily palate. Some lemon with woody dryness in the finish. |
| Borough | Lancaster, Lancashire | Wintertime Dark | 5 | A dark stout with aromas of dark sugar, red fruit. Taste is more fruits, light spice. Sweet finish. |
| Burning Sky | Firle, East Sussex | Aurora | 5.6 | A pale-amber ale with big citrus and tropical fruit flavours. |
| Canopy | Herne Hill, London | Brockwell IPA | 5 | Pine, minty nose and grainy. Initial taste is sweet bubble-gum grainy, grassy tangerine drying creamy breadiness. |
| Carlisle | Carlisle, Cumbria | Nut Brown | 4.7 | A soft, chestnut coloured ale with round, nutty flavours. |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Blueberry Classic Bitter | 5 | Pale in colour with a light delicate bitterness and the natural flavour of blueberry. |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Raspberry | 5 | A BBBB classic. A pale fruit sensation.
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| Cryptic Ales | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Anagram | 3.6 | A pale golden ale with a very light hop taste and aroma. |
| Crystal | Brough, East Yorkshire | Black Pearl | 5 | A big, rich, fruity beer, heavy chocolate roasted malt notes, big thick palate with hints of molasses and treacle. |
| Dark Star | Haywards Heath, West Sussex | Hophead | 3.8 | An extremely clean-drinking pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops. |
| Drygate | Glasgow | Seven Peaks Mosaic IPA | 5 | A riotous, uncompromising, and bold cacophony of aromatic hops on a crisp malt backbone. |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Gold | 4.5 | Exmoor Gold is an appetising and enticing gold in colour. Bittersweet with hints of citrus fruit weaving in and out. |
| Firebrick | Blaydon on Tyne, Tyne & Wear | Tyne 9 | 3.9 | A Schwartzbier (dark larger) with notes of burnt toast, rounded chocolate, earth, baking cocoa. |
| Frontier | Derby, Derbyshire | Atlas Stout | 4.2 | A full-bodied dry stout with roasted malt and chocolate notes. |
| Fyne Ales | Cairndow, Argyll | Avalanche | 4.5 | Clear golden. Dry, clean citrus hop taste with a bitter finish. |
| Fyne Ales | Cairndow, Argyll | Jarl | 3.8 | A full-on citrus experience. Light and golden, a perfect ale for whiling away the hours on a sunny day. |
| Fyne Ales | Cairndow, Argyll | Vital Spark | 4.4 | A very rich dark ale. |
| Holts | Manchester | Bitter | 4 | Full drinking and original cask bitter rich in colour and taste. |
| Holts | Manchester | Mild | 3.2 | Award winning dark brown ale with light caramel malty sweetness. |
| Hopcraft | Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan | Devilfish Ink | 5.8 | A Black IPA with American hops, Azacca and Mosaic dry hopped. |
| Hophurst | Hindley, Greater Manchester | 50 Gyle | 4.4 | A session IPA with hop flavours of berries, tropical fruit and citrus. |
| Hophurst | Hindley, Greater Manchester | Cosmati | 4.2 | A hoppy citrus golden ale. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Beer Studio Pale Propino | 4.2 | Light premium ale lightly kilned propino malt combined with rye challenger and cascade hops. |
| Ilkley | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | Crossroads | 5.4 | Inspired by Ilkley’s standing as an ancient Roman crossroads rather than the well known ’Blazing Squad’ anthem, Crossroads is our new West Coast IPA. |
| Ilkley | Ilkley, West Yorkshire | Crossroads | 5.4 | Inspired by Ilkley's standing as an ancient Roman crossroads rather than the well known 'Blazing Squad' anthem, Crossroads is our new West Coast IPA. |
| J.W. Lees | Middleton, Manchester | Delta Wing | 4 | Mahogany Bitter with fruity hoppy aroma - look out for the boom. |
| Jaw | Hillington Park, Glasgow | Drop | 4.2 | A pale, hoppy session ale - perfect for summer, even a grim Northern summer! |
| Magpie | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | Hoppit / Hoppily Ever After | 3.8 | Fruity and floral aroma and flavour with a bitter finish. |
| Mallinsons | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Hop Trip | 4.2 | A pale fruity session beer brewed by one of the country's best brewsters. |
| Marlpool | Heanor, Derbyshire | Otters Pocket | 4 | Bright bronze beer that tastes of smoked malt with chocolate and hazelnut. |
| Martland Mill | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Chonkin Feckle | 3.8 | A golden yellow ale with a citrus hop aroma, floral notes and a pine finish. |
| Martland Mill | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Clogmaker | 4 | A rich golden full-bodied ale with a refreshing fruit flavour and an inkling of honey. |
| Martland Mill | Wigan, Greater Manchester | D Day Dodger | 4.1 | A red beer with malt aromas and crisp fruity finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Blonde Witch | 4.5 | Light ale with a fasting fruity finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pendle Witches Brew | 5.1 | Light golden, award-winning beer with a full, malty flavour which is soft and crisp, leading to a sweet, fruity aftertaste and soft, citrus nose. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | White Witch | 3.9 | A 'spellbinding' tipple to herald the dawn of spring. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Winter Looms | 4.2 | Red winter ale. Initial floral herby notes followed by spicy chocolate finish. |
| Muirhouse | Ilkeston, Derbyshire | Hat Trick IPA | 5.2 | An IPA packed with hops starting with Maynka for bittering and then finished with a hat trick of American hops. |
| Offbeat | Crewe, Cheshire | Disfunctional Functional IPA | 4.8 | San Diego inspired heavily hopped IPA. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Bumblehole | 5.2 | Pale, well hopped premium bitter. |
| Peakstones Rock | Alton, Staffordshire | Pugins Gold | 4 | A light golden coloured beer made with lager malt and Styrian hops which give it a citrus bite and aroma. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Pickaxe | 5 | A rich porter with complex flavours and a hint of chocolate. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Prosperity #2 | 4.9 | A pale fruity beer brewed with blood oranges. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Whatever! | 3.8 | A pale citrus intensely hopped beer made with 4 different hop varieties. |
| Redwillow | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Shameless | 5.9 | Marmalade in a glass, elegantly balanced off against a clean bitter finish. |
| Revolutions | Castleford, West Yorkshire | Blue Monday | 4.5 | A Dunkelwiess brewed especially for the 19th Jan the most depressing day of the year? |
| Revolutions | Castleford, West Yorkshire | Pretender Blonde | 4.5 | Unapologetically hoppy. |
| Sarah Hughes | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6 | Quite swiggable for a beer festival favourite. But one cannot drink a lot of this because it will sell out fast! |
| Schoolhouse | Darlington, Durham | Honour | 4.8 | Brand new brew from Darlington. |
| Siren | Finchampstead, Berkshire | Love of Work | 3.6 | A hoppy blond ale brewed with earl grey and being brewed in collaboration with Hill Farmstead. |
| Slater's | Stafford, Staffordshire | Haka | 5.2 | A full bodied beer with hop aroma. |
| Slater's | Stafford, Staffordshire | Top Totty | 4 | Top Totty has a ripe and generous fruitiness. It has deep and complex hop notes and contains plenty of malts. |
| Small World | Shelley, West Yorkshire | Thunderbridge Stout | 5.2 | A traditional dry stout brewed with roasted barley and balanced with chocolate malt for slight sweetness. |
| Stringers | Ulverston, Cumbria | Plan B | 3.7 | Pale, light and zesty. With a touch of honey! Gluten Free |
| Thornbridge | Bakewell, Derbyshire | Jaipur | 5.9 | A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish. |
| Timothy Taylor | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Landlord | 4.3 | A BBBB Classic, a traditional well balanced Yorkshire bitter. |
| Tiny Rebel | Newport, Gwent | Cwtch | 4.6 | Champion Beer of Britain 2015. What more can we say? It's a quaffer. Try It! |
| Tiny Rebel | Newport, Gwent | SNAFU | 4.4 | A new pale ale with Amarillo, Ahtanum, Azacca and Cascade hops to provide a bit more boom to keep you on your toes. |
| Totally Brewed | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | Crazy Like A Fox | 4.5 | A copper coloured hoppy ale made with speciality malts from Belgium. Dried fruit malt flavours with a citrus hop finish. |
| Totally Brewed | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | The Simcoe Kid | 6 | A ruby IPA with the American Simcoe Hop. Full and fruity with stone fruit, citrus and pine flavours. |
| Weird Beard | Hanwell, London | Decadence | 5.5 | A rich stout with chocolate and coffee roast flavour and a touch of oat creaminess. Truly decadent. |
| Weird Beard | Hanwell, London | K*ntish Town Beard | 5.5 | An American hoppy wheat beer, lots of citrus flavours and a hint of bubble-gum. |
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