Brewery | Beer Name | abv | Description | County |
Adnams | Best Bitter | 3.6% | Southwold bitter, good session | Suffolk |
Arkell’s | Summer Ale | 4.0% | Cool clean & refreshing. | Wiltshire |
Ash Vine | Challenger | 4.1% | Malty newcomer | Somerset |
Black Sheep | Best Bitter | 3.8% | Rich flavoursome ale from Masham, brewed by the real Theakston | North Yorkshire |
Brunswick | Second Brew | 4.2% | From the historic Bunswick Inn | Derbyshire |
Burtonwood | Vicars Revenge | 4.2% | What upset the Vicar? | Cheshire |
Wells | Bombardier | 4.3% | good, old-fashioned ale to chew on | Bedfordshire |
Cotleigh | Tawny | 3.8% | South Western Ale | Somerset |
Crown Buckley | Rev. James | 4.5% | Vicar’s Tipple, real ale from Wales | Mid Glamorgan |
Dark Horse | Sunrunner | 4.1% | Full flavoured bitter with fruit notes and strong bitter finish. | Herfordshire |
Donnington | Best Bitter | 3.5% | light, malty and delicious, from Hooky’s only real rival | Gloucestershire |
Fromes Hill | Overture | 4.2% | From a new brewery in Hereford Hop country | Herefordshire |
Fuller’s | Summer Ale | 3.9% | Looks like lager, but doesn’t taste like it, thank God. Not so malty as usual Fuller’s | London |
Gales | Best Bitter | 3.8% | Bristol’s best, moreish, mouth-filling | Hampshire |
Hall & Woodhouse | Dorset Best Bitter | 4.1% | Was Badger Best, and is still pretty good | Dorset |
Hardys & Hansons | Kimberley Classic | 4.8% | Strong & Fruity, proceed with caution. | Nottinghamshire |
Harveys | Sussex Best Bitter | 4.0% | one of my (Peter Millar) favourites, a beer to sip and savour | East Sussex |
Hogs Back | T.E.A | 4.2% | Tawny Brown, Malty | Surrey |
Hook Norton | Best Bitter | 3.4% | The Best Bitter | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Old Hooky | 4.6% | subtly sweet old-fashioned autumnal ale | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Mild | 3.0% | like it used to be, dark, tasty, surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Haymaker | 5.0% | flower, fruity and packs the punch its name promises | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Double Stout | 4.8% | proof that the Irish don’t have a monopoly; nothing like Guinness | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Twelve Days | 5.5% | Dark Strong Sweet, Hooky’s Xmas ale | Oxfordshire |
Hook Norton | Generation | 4.0% | Dry, tasty, addictive – latest beer in the range in honour of newest member of the family | Oxfordshire |
Judges | Magistrates Delight | 4.6% | unless you end up in front of one afterwards | Warwickshire |
Mansfield | Deakin | 4.3% | A new and as yet untasted brew – The Golden Drop | Nottinghamshire |
Morland | Old Speckled Hen | 5.2% | Oxfordshire’s national. strong reliable complex. | Oxfordshire |
Morrells | Varsity | 4.3% | Oxford’s own, deserves to be better known | Oxfordshire |
Federation | Buchanan Original | 4.4% | Strong Northerner | Tyne & Wear |
Brains | S A | 4.2% | Known as Skull Attack in South Wales – more dangerous than it’s strength would suggest! | South Glamorgan |
Shepherd Neame | Spitfire | 4.7% | Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive… | Kent |
Smiles | Best Bitter | 4.1% | Makes you grin. | Avon |
Wychwood | Best Bitter | 4.2% | Conservatively named local bitter. | Oxfordshire |
Thomas Hardy Brewery | Hardy Country Bitter | 4.2% | Thomas Hardy Brewery used to be Eldridge Pope. | Dorset |
Uley | Hogshead | 4.0% | Copper coloured beer with a dry finish | Gloucestershire |
Brakspear | Premium | 4.1% | Based on one of the classic ales of England, amber colour, hops and malt | Oxfordshire |
Wadworth | Summersault | 4.5% | Unusual summer brew | Wiltshire |
West Berkshire | Good Old Boy | 4.0% | Well balanced malty fruity and hoppy | Berkshire |
Wolf | Best Bitter | 3.9% | Sheepish. | Norfolk |
Young’s | Special | 4.6% | Strong, full flavoured bitter. The name special is well deserved. | London |
