Beer/Cider/Perry List

Brewery	Beer	Type	ABV	Tasting Notes
Adnams	Bitter	Bitter	3.7	Fragrant aromas of finest English hops and malt. Dry but refreshing, with a distinctive lingering hoppiness. Appetising and delicious.
Arundel	Stronghold	Bitter	4.7	A smooth full-flavoured premium bitter. A good balance of malt, fruit and hops comes through in this rich brew.
Arundel	Sussex Mild	Mild	3.7	A traditional English style dark and smooth mild.
B & T	Black Dragon	Mild	4.3	Dark, rich in flavour, with a strong roast barley finish.
B & T	Edwin Taylor's Extra Dark Stout	Stout	4.5	A pleasant creamy black bitter beer with a strong roast malt flavour. Multi award winner.
Bartrams	Catherine Bartram's IPA	Bitter	4.3	A full bodied malty IPA style; tangy hops lead the malt throughout and dominate the dry hoppy aftertaste.
Bateman's	DM (Dark Mild)	Mild	3.0	Characteristic fruit and roasted nut nose, a classic mild, jet black. Multi-award winner.
Bateman's	XXXB	Bitter	4.8	A brilliant blend of malt, hops and fruit on the nose with a bitter bite over the top of a faintly banana maltiness that stays the course. A russet-tan brown classic.
Bath Ales	Gem Bitter	Bitter	4.1	Well-balanced and complex, this medium-bodied bitter is malty, fruity and hoppy throughout. Amber-coloured, it is drier and more bitter at the end.
Bath Ales	Spa	Bitter	3.7	This brew uses pale lager malt which gives it a wonderful golden hue. This is complemented by using a dwarf variety hop (First Gold) which imparts a prodominently citrus aroma. It is dry without harshness, crisp and full flavoured, a hugely refreshing bitter.
Bath Ales	Wild Hare	Bitter	5.0	A golden organic pale ale.
Black Sheep	Black Sheep Special	Bitter	4.4	A well rounded and warming bitter beer with a good helping of hops and fruit in the taste and aroma, leading to a moderately dry, bitter aftertaste.
Blackawton	West Country Gold	Bitter	4.1	A light golden fresh tasting ale bursting with sweet malt flavours and the delicate vanilla and fruit hints of the Styrian Golding hops.
Brakspear	Special	Bitter	4.3	Golden red colour with a well balanced aroma and a hint of sweetness. Full bodied, with a dry hop bitterness, finishing with a slightly sweet fruitiness.
Brandon	Royal Ginger	Speciality	4.1	A refreshing summer ale. The distinctive mix of malt and hoppy spice, balanced with a gentle but ginger flavour, results in a malty ginger finish.
Brandon	Rusty Bucket	Bitter	4.4	Based on a traditional best bitter brew. This beer is smooth on the palate and is noted for its soft, but surprisingly fruity flavour.
Branscombe Vale	Drayman's	Bitter	4.2	A mid-brown beer with hop and caramel notes and a lingering finish.
Brentwood Brewing Company	Heavenly Body	Golden	4.3	Medium perry made from a blend of perry pears, and matured in a Whisky Cask.
Buffy's	Moonstone	Bitter	4.1	One of Buffy's monthly specials, try it now or miss out forever!
Buffy's	Mucky Duck	Stout	4.5	Easy drinking dark smooth beer with a little more flavour than most. Brewed using Maris Otter and Pale malts, coupled with Willamette and Styrian Golding hops. With chocolate and roasted tones.
Buffy's	Norwich Terrier	Bitter	3.6	Introduced in the summer of 1998 this pale refreshing 3.6 abv bitter beer is brewed using Halcyon and Marris Otter malts. It is flavoured with First Gold hops whilst Styrian and Mounthood hops add to the aroma.
Buffy's	Rogers Ruin	Strong	6.2	Fruit pudding in a glass retaining it's bitterness, a deep amber malty strong bitter.
Burton Bridge	Damson Porter	Porter	4.5	A delicious fruit porter still retaining a distinctive bitter after palate.
Burton Bridge	Stairway To Heaven	Bitter	5.0	Golden bitter. A perfectly balanced, moreish beer. The malty and bitter start leads to a hoppy body with some astringency.
Caledonian	Deuchar's IPA	Bitter	3.8	An extremely tasty and refreshing, amber-coloured session beer. Hops and fruit are very evident and are balanced by malt throughout.
Church End	Grave Digger's Ale	Mild	3.8	Dark black and red in colour, with a complex mixture of chocolate and roast flavours. The use of two different hops, gives the beer a complex feel and smooth finish.
Church End	Stout Coffin	Stout	4.6	Black, chewy and creamy. A first class example of what a stout should be.
Church End	What The Fox's Hat	Golden	4.2	A full golden coloured beer with a soft hop flavour and finish.
City of Cambridge	Oakleaf IPA	Bitter	3.6	Rich amber coloured pale ale with classic English aroma of Goldings hops.
Crouch Vale	Amarillo	Golden	5.2	Golden and fruity with masses of Cascade hops. Look out for this local beer and check out the pump clip, it reflects the name!
Crouch Vale	Brewer's Gold	Bitter	4.0	CHAMPION BEER OF BRITAIN 2005 Striking grapefruit nose leads to a beer of generally citrus hoppy character, underpinned by a perfumed sweetness and an orangey aftertaste.
Dark Star	Expresso Stout	Stout	4.2	A stout brewed with fully roasted barley malt and Challenger hops but freshly ground espresso coffee beans added to provide a rich coffee aroma.
Dark Star	Old Ale	Bitter	4.0	Brewed with dark malts to give a rich bronze colour, a malty caramel tastealong with the fresh astringency of Goldings hops
Dark Star	Original	Bitter	5.0	A dark strong bitter with a hint of rich malt flavour from the cara malt.
Dark Star	Summer Meltdown	Bitter	4.8	A well balanced golden bitter with the warm flavour of Chinese stem ginger
Delvin End Cidery	Orchard Express	Cider	6.5	Medium Dry cider made with a blend of apples.
Delvin End Cidery	Smiling Moose	Cider	7.0	A cider blended from a variety of apples grown in Ridgewell, Essex, made using traditional methods for the East of England. Best Cider at Colchester and Chappel festivals.
Delvin End Cidery	Storm	Cider
Double Vision Cider	Double Vision	Cider	7.4	Medium Sweet cider made with a blend of apples.
Double Vision Cider	Impaired Vision	Perry	7.4	Medium Sweet perry made from a blend of perry pears.
Elgoods	Black Dog	Mild	3.6	Award winning well known traditional mild, Crystal malt and roast barley balanced with Fuggles hops are used to create this well balanced beer with full roast flavour.
Elgoods	Greyhound	Strong	5.2	A rich brown full flavoured bitter. The recipe is Pale ale malt,Torrified Wheat, invert sugar and roast barley. The hop blend is Fuggles and Challenger.
Famous Railway Tavern	Crab & Winkle	Mild	3.7	Fruity dark mild with full bodied fruitiness balanced by a roasty bitterness and a delicate hop character.
Famous Railway Tavern	Fireside	Bitter	4.8	This delicious black bitter is brewed with smoked hops which give it a unique flavour.
Farmers Ales	Pucks Folly	Golden	4.2	A golden beer to rival any other on the bar. Light and refreshing with a citrus (some say grapefruit!) note. We use a true English hop, the East Kent Golding, and in great abundance too. This is our best selling beer. CAMRA CHAMPION GOLDEN ALE OF ESSEX 2006
Felstar	Braintree Blonde	Bitter	4.0	A Golden Ale with a fresh, citrus hop nose, a tart lemon compliments the crisp taste; dry, bitter hoppy long finish.
Felstar	Celebrate Chelmsford	Bitter	4.2	A light amber bitter from our most local brewery. Brewed using Galena and First Gold hops giving a long hoppy finish.
Felstar	Crix Gold	Golden	4.0	A dark golden ale with a slight citrus note and prickly hop taste. A refreshing beer with a delicate but robust body and a long finish.
Felstar	Rayne Forest	Bitter	3.8	This dark mild is very smooth, more hoppy than is usual, with a light biscuity roast flavour.
Front Street	Callums Ale	Bitter	4.3	A reddish/copper coloured ale with a moreish flavour and bitter hop finish
Gales	HSB	Bitter	4.8	A mid-brown beer with a fresh aroma. The full-bodied sweet and fruity taste, with noticeable maltiness, follows through to the aftertaste. For those with a sweet tooth.
Goffs	Tournament	Bitter	4.0	Dark golden in colour, with a pleasant hop aroma. A clean, light and refreshing sesion bitter with a pleasant hop aftertaste.
Grainstore	Ten Fifty	Bitter	5.0	Full bodied ,rich mahogany coloured+E40 strong bitter with a hint of malt on the nose. Malt, hops and fruitiness coalesce in a well-balanced taste leading to a satisfying bitter-sweet finish.
Green Jack	Orange Wheat	Wheat/Fruit	4.2	Light with grainy fruit, citrus and marmalade flavours, the big favourite of our regulars and locals.
Gwatkins	Dry Thorn	Perry	7.5	Dry perry made with a single variety of perry pear (Thorn).
Gwatkins	Stoke Red	Cider	7.5	Sweet cider made with a single variety of apple (Stoke Red).
Gwynt y Ddraig	Haymaker	Cider	6.5	Medium cider made with a blend of apples.
Gwynt y Ddraig	Malvern Hills	Perry	5.5	Medium Sweet perry made from a blend of two varieties of perry pear.
Hampshire	Ironside	Bitter	4.2	A distinctive hop aroma draws you into this amber coloured bitter. Palate has a mineral dryness which accentuates the crisp hop flavour and clean bitter finish.
Hampshire	King Alfred	Bitter	3.8	A well balanced session bitter, light amber colour with an inviting malt and hop aroma. The best pale ale malt and generous useage of Progress and Golding hops lead to a light, refreshing palate, hints of caramel complexity and clean bitter finish.
Hampshire	St Clements	Wheat	4.8	The zest of real Oranges and Lemons is used to give a refreshingly citrous flavour to this classic wheat beer.
Hardy & Hansons	Kimberley Mild	Mild	3.1	A deep ruby mild dominated by chocolate malt. The fruitiness and caramel sweetness are well balanced in the taste, with a faint hoppy finish.
Hart of Stebbing	Hartthrob	Bitter	3.7	Traditional amber coloured bitter brewed with Pale and Crystal malts, Fuggles, Brewers Gold and a little Boadicea hops
Harvieston (Harviestoun)	Bitter And Twisted	Bitter	3.8	Refreshingly hoppy beer with fruit throughout. A bitter-sweet taste with a long bitter finish. A golden session beer.
Holden's	Black Country	Bitter	3.9	A medium bodied golden ale, a light well balanced bitter with a subtle, dry, hoppy finish
Holden's	Galloping Major	Golden	4.6	An impressive straw coloured bitter with an assertive hop character and fruitiness. Fill yer boots! CHAMPION BEER OF BRITAIN SILVER 2005, BRONZE 2006.
Holden's	Special	Strong	5.1	A Dark amber premium beer with robust malty overtones and a bitter sweet full bodied taste. Brewed using the Finest English Maris Otter Malt and Goldings hops this big, beautiful malty monster is an industrial strength beer at it's best.
Hook Norton	Old Hooky	Bitter	4.6	A well-balanced and full-bodied pale copper beer that is fruity with pale and crystal malt and hops on the aroma and taste. Sweet and fruity finish.
Hopback	Entire Stout	Stout	4.5	A rich, dark stout with a strong roasted malt flavour and a long, sweet and malty aftertaste. A beer suitable for vegans.
Iceni	Celtic Queen	Golden	4.0	A golden brew with a light hoppy nose giving way to a distinctly bitter characteristics throughout. A shallow mix of malt and hops adds some depth. A long lasting finish.
Iceni	Cranberry Wheat	Wheat/Fruit	4.1	A dry tasting light straw coloured ale made with a mix of malted barley and wheat - and cranberries.
Iceni	Fine Soft Day	Bitter	4.0	A deep gold colored ale with a distinctive blend of maple syrup and hops giving a balanced bitter sweet aftertaste.
Iceni	Norfolk Lager	Lager	5.0	Colour: Straw. A traditionally brewed lager. Lagered for 13 weeks at 2 degrees centigrade.
Iceni	Ported Porter	Porter	4.4	Packed with taste. A bottle of port is added to each cask
Iceni	Rasberry Wheat	Wheat/Fruit	5.0	An American style ale, delicately flavoured with summer fruits. Made with Hersbrucker hops, wheat and lager malt
Iceni	Roisin Dubh	Stout	4.4	Dark in color with a slightly sweet and very smooth taste.
Itchen Valley	Godfathers	Bitter	4.8	The first Itchen Valley beer, launched in 1997. The name comes from the original brewers being godfathers when the brewery was founded.
Itchen Valley	Winchester	Bitter	4.2	Traditional English Bitter, nut brown in appearance, sweet malty flavour, with a good hoppy nose.
James Goode Brown	Kammbrunnen	Lager	4.3	Traditional north German lager. Very pale and hoppy, made with Pilsner and Cara malt, Hallerteau and Magnum hops. Late hopped with Hallerteau hops.
James Goode Brown	Smanda Plus	Bitter	4.2	A traditional English bitter that your grandfather has told you about! Exclusive to Braintree Real Ale Festival!
James Goode Brown	Whatneez Special	Bitter	4.2	Brewed from a recipe of an original classic from the famous Mortlake brewery.
Jarrow	Jobiln's Swinging Gibbet	Bitter	4.1	A copper coloured, evenly balanced beer with a good hop aroma and a fruity finish. Award winning brewery is based at a pub in the town.
Jennings	Sneck Lifter	Bitter	5.1	A strong, dark brown ale with a complex balance of fruit, malt and full roast flavours right through to the finish.