| Brewery | Beer | ABV (%) | Tasting Notes |
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| 3 Potts | Southport, Merseyside | Sprocket IPA | 5.5 | Aromas of citrus, pine, and resin. Taste is bitter, good orange bite, grassy. |
| 4T’s | Runcorn, Cheshire | Starry Night | 5.5 | Brewed for this festival, a dark English ale with mass hop flavours. |
| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Moonshine | 4.3 | Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is light citrus. Taste is light sweet and grainy. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Gold Digger | 4 | Golden beer with citrus aroma and a touch of spiciness. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Pavillion Pale Ale | 4.5 | A yellow beer with fruity flavour and peppery hoppiness. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Port O Call | 5 | Dark brown ale with roast malt and dark fruit taste. |
| Bathams | Brierley Hill, West Midlands | Best Bitter | 4.3 | A traditional Black Country bitter. |
| Big Bog | Waunfawr, Caernarfon | Blonde Bach | 3.9 | The ultimate Hop Heads beer with a secret blend of no less than 7 different hop varieties. Intense citrus notes and its incredibly pale colour makes this a truly unique ale. |
| Big Bog | Waunfawr, Caernarfon | Quagmire | 6 | A strong but easy drinking six percenter! Mid-brown in colour with a medium to high bitterness from the Wye Challenger and Fuggles hops. |
| Black Hole | Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Milky Way | 6 | A pale wheat beer. Milky Way is brewed using Mount Hood and Styrian Golding hops which provide a bitter sweet finish to this strong ale. |
| Black Sheep | Masham, North Yorkshire | Imperial Russian Stout | 8.5 | From Yorkshire to Russia with Love. A strong fruity noir treat with liquorice and molasses. |
| Black Sheep | Masham, North Yorkshire | Monty Python’s Life of Brian | 3.9 | Brian is a very naughty Pale Ale! |
| Blackjack | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Dragon’s Tears | 5.2 | A golden ale with some sweet tropical fruit and a hint of jasmine. |
| Blackjack | Manchester, Greater Manchester | One Eyed Jack | 6 | Aroma of roasted sweet malt and chocolate. Taste of roasted bitter malt, chocolate, and coffee. |
| Buccaneer | Runcorn, Cheshire | Portside | 4.1 | A tasty treat from this new Cheshire brewery. |
| Bude | Bude, Cornwall | Black Rock | 5.1 | Dark ale with blackberry aromas, pronounced yet smooth malt flavours and a distinctive black olive aftertaste. |
| Calvors | Coddenham, Suffolk | Smooth Hoperator | 4 | Smooth Hoperator is an American style Pale Ale. It is brewed with four different East Anglian malts, giving a rich golden colour and background sweetness. |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Blueberry Classic Bitter | 5 | A pale ale with added blueberry flavours. |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Strawberry | 5 | A pale ale with added strawberry flavours. |
| Deva | Sandycroft, Cheshire | 568 | 4 | Single hop "cascade" pale fruity and floral session beer. A "Pint" by any other name! |
| Deva | Sandycroft, Cheshire | Dual IPA | 5.2 | A new IPA from this award winning brewery, expect a full on hop sensation. |
| Elland | Elland, West Yorkshire | 1872 Porter | 6.5 | International Award Winning Porter based around an original 1872 recipe. Very dark and rich with a complex bittersweet palate and luscious malt flavours with warming rich port notes that combine into the subtle hoppy finish. |
| Elland | Elland, West Yorkshire | White Prussian | 3.9 | A pale golden ale with lemon citrus notes and a bittersweet finish. |
| Empire | Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire | Indiaman | 5.2 | Generously hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Columbus, and Cascade hops. One beautiful full bodied and full flavoured beer. |
| Errant | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear | Clever Girl | 4.1 | A beast of an IPA brewed with heavy hitting Waimea and Cascade hops. |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Beast | 6.6 | A "Beast" of a beer full of dark ripe fruits, chocolate, and toffee note. Beware this is very Moorish. |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Gold | 4.5 | "Nectar of the Gods" this BBBB classic won't last long! |
| Five Points | Hackney, Greater London | Railway Porter | 4.8 | A Porter in the classic London style with our own twist. Aromas of chocolate and coffee with hints of caramel, brewed with British East Kent Goldings hops. |
| 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 or a cold evening in Atherton. |
| G2 | Ashford, Kent | Plough | 4.4 | A delicious deep gold classic IPA. Crisp and refreshing to taste, soaked citrus aroma, look to the stars and the Plough will guide you. |
| Hogarths | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Enraged Musician | 4.2 | Golden beer with mix of British and Yakima valley hops and golden syrup! |
| Hogarths | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Strolling Player | 4.6 | A smooth dark ruby porter with some sweetness and a fruity hop finish. |
| Hogarths | Bolton, Greater Manchester | The Bruiser | 4 | A traditional session bitter with strong malt character backed up with hop bitterness. |
| Hop Back | Salisbury, Wiltshire | Summer Lightning | 5 | A welcomed return of this terrific straw-coloured beer with a fresh, hoppy aroma and a well rounded, malty flavour with an intense bitterness which leads to an excellent long, dry finish. |
| Hophurst | Hindley, Greater Manchester | Antler | 4.5 | Winter spiced best bitter. |
| Hophurst | Hindley, Greater Manchester | Debonair | 4.9 | A dry traditional stout from Wigan. |
| Hophurst | Hindley, Greater Manchester | Evolve (Topaz) | 4.5 | Pale Ale Series (El Dorado and Chinook hops). |
| Howard Town | Glossop, Derbyshire | Wren’s Nest | 4.2 | A light hoppy beer, made with Halcyon and Crystal malts, and Pioneer and Cascade hops. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Provenance West Coast Wheat Ale | 4 | American Style dark wheat beer, low in bitterness with plenty of toasted malt, fruit and caramel. |
| Irwell Works | Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester | Costa Del Salford | 4.1 | Golden colour, fruity and slight pine and citrus hop aroma. |
| J.W. Lees | Middleton, Manchester | Moonraker (Cask) | 6.5 | A fruity red-brown beer with a rich sweet flavour. |
| Liverpool Organic | Liverpool, Merseyside | 24 Carat Gold | 4.1 | Generously hopped with a bitterness that builds steadily towards a lingering finish with spicy orangey notes. |
| Mallinsons | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Transpennine Brown Ale | 6 | A new brew from award winning brewster Tara. Expect a hoppy fruity delight. |
| Manning | Congleton, Cheshire | Cave-Man | 4.2 | An extremely well balanced bitter with a refreshing hop character. A light caramel colour and bitter crisp finish a unique ’no nonsense’ ale. |
| Martland Mill | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Bombers Blonde | 4.4 | A pale blonde ale with an intense hoppy aroma and a crisp refreshing citrus taste, leading to a slightly dry finish. |
| Martland Mill | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Spinner’s Gold | 3.8 | An enjoyable, easily quaffable golden ale. Created with a well balanced hoppiness, a pleasant citrus taste with a hint of spiciness. |
| Moor | Bristol, Gloucestershire | Last Minute | 7.1 | An inky black beer that has a spiced chocolate and red fruity flavour with smooth creamy spiced fruit on the roasted finish. Very good. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Black Cat | 3.4 | Red winter ale. Initial floral herby notes followed by spicy chocolate finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Blonde Witch | 4.5 | Light ale with a fasting fruity finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pendle Witches Brew | 5.1 | A bewitching full malty flavoured beer with a strong fruity hop aftertaste. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Stray Dog | 4.2 | Brewed in conjunction with Manchester band New Order, it's a refreshing and clean-tasting golden ale with hints of citrus fruit and lychee. |
| Northern Monkey | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Sheephouse | 4.2 | Pale Ale with subtle lime and peach flavours and a slight hoppy finish. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Bumblehole | 5.2 | Pale, well hopped premium bitter. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Entire | 4.4 | A traditional Black Country bitter. |
| Peakstones Rock | Alton, Staffordshire | Nemesis | 3.8 | A light coloured quaffing ale. |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Wobbly Bob | 6 | A BBBB favourite returns. Beware of this quaffable fruity and spicy ale or you will be Bobbly Wob! |
| Pied Bull | Chester, Cheshire | Pied Eyed | 4 | A good balanced session bitter with a good malty foretaste and a pleasant hoppy aftertaste. |
| Pied Bull | Chester, Cheshire | Sitting Bull | 5 | A HopHead Tasty tropical fruit sensation. Very suppable. |
| Potbelly | Kettering, Northamptonshire | Captain Pigwash | 5 | Made from the finest Maris Otter, Chocolate & Crystal malts, together with English hops to give an easy drinking dark porter. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Pickaxe | 5 | A full bodied dark ebony coloured porter with a smell of liquorice, and molasses and a hint of chocolate in the distinctive smooth rounded flavour. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Whatever Next | 4.5 | A pale fruity session ale with a well balanced malty finish. Very quaffable! |
| Rowton | Telford, Shropshire | Moonstruck Mild | 3.3 | A traditional semi-sweet mild with the molasses blending in nicely with the hops to produce a fine, easy to drink mild. |
| Salopian | Hadnall, Shropshire | Orbital | 3.9 | A crisp refreshing pale bittersweet brew. |
| Sarah Hughes | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6 | A BBBB favourite. A dark fruity treat, this beer wont last long so get it while you can! |
| Siren | Finchampstead, Berkshire | Proteus | 4 | A shape-shifting India Pale Ale. Made with Mosaic, Chinook, and Cascade hops. |
| Stockport | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Bitter Lemon | 4.2 | A straw coloured hoppy beer with a bitter lemon finish. |
| Stonehenge | Netheravon, Wiltshire | Danish Dynamite | 5 | A light golden, dry, and strong ale. Slightly fruity with a well balanced hop flavour and bitterness. Simply a top class beer which has won several major beer festivals. |
| Tarn 51 | Altofts, West Yorkshire | By George! | 4.1 | Single hopped pale ale with UK Cascade hops. |
| 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 | Madonna's favourite Yorkshire bitter won't last long at BBBB. Try this world class fruity ale while you can! |
| Tiny Rebel | Newport, Gwent | Juicy | 4.8 | A Tropical Golden Ale. Ever had a beer that’s so good it reminds you of when you were a kid? Of the wonder of the sweet shop, surrounded by a seemingly endless choice of delicious confections? |
| Tipsy Angel | Warrington, Cheshire | Mild | 3.8 | An old fashioned tasty mild. |
| Tipsy Angel | Warrington, Cheshire | Taipur | 5.9 | A pale juicy bitter with pithy, zesty citrus. Smooth, full body. |
| Track | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Mazama | 5.5 | A smooth IPA with a hint of citrus from this local brewery. |
| Triple FFF | Alton, Hampshire | Moondance | 4.2 | Amber coloured, very well hopped with a balanced bitterness. |
| Weird Beard | Hanwell, London | Mariana Trench | 5.3 | A riot of mango and passion-fruit on the nose but balanced enough to drink by the bucketful. |
| Wily Fox | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Mutiny | 5 | Lightly fruity with a good crispness that makes it sessionable.
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| Wily Fox | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Wry Smile | 4.3 | A new brew from this Wigan based brewery. Expect a Rye bitter ale. |
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