| 1 | Abbeydale | Moonshine | 4.3% | An acclaimed brew from a new Yorkshire company | South Yorkshire |
| 2 | Arkell’s | Summer Ale | 4.0% | Cool clean & refreshing. | Wiltshire |
| 3 | Badger | Dorset Best Bitter | 4.1% | Was Badger Best, and is still pretty good | Dorset |
| 4 | Barnsley | Glory | 4.8% | Powerful ale from South Yorkshire | South Yorkshire |
| 5 | Beartown | Bear Ass | 4.0% | Cuddly Toy and Donkey? | Cheshire |
| 6 | Black Sheep | Riggwelter | 5.9% | Recipe for legless sheep… | North Yorkshire |
| 7 | Black Sheep | Best Bitter | 3.8% | Rich flavoursome ale from Masham, brewed by the real Theakston | North Yorkshire |
| 8 | Brakspear | Best Bitter | 3.4% | Regatta Refresher from Henley, better than Pimms! | Oxfordshire |
| 9 | Burtonwood | Bucaneer | 5.2% | Doesn’t look strong, but is. | Cheshire |
| 10 | Burtonwood | Top Hat | 4.8% | Deceptively light, sweet, soft and slightly nutty flavour | Cheshire |
| 11 | Butcombe | Bitter | 4.0% | Refreshing Bitter | Avon |
| 12 | Cotleigh | Barn Owl | 4.5% | Quiet and Deadly (if you’re a mouse) | Somerset |
| 13 | Dark Horse | Sunrunner | 4.1% | Full flavoured bitter with fruit notes and strong bitter finish. | Herfordshire |
| 14 | Donnington | S B A | 4.0% | A malty bitter from Britain’s most picturesque brewery | Gloucestershire |
| 15 | Donnington | Best Bitter | 3.5% | light, malty and delicious, from Hooky’s only real rival | Gloucestershire |
| 16 | Federation | Buchanan Original | 4.4% | Strong Northerner | Tyne & Wear |
| 17 | Fromes Hill | Overture | 4.2% | From a new brewery in Hereford Hop country | Herefordshire |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Fuller’s | London Pride | 4.1% | Wonderful strong flavoured ale, malty, rich and bitter. | London |
| 20 | Gales | Gb | 4.0% | New June ’98 A dry, bitter beer with a long hoppy aftertaste | Hampshire |
| 21 | Greene King | Abbot Ale | 5.0% | Distinctive and strong, well balanced and fuity | Suffolk |
| 22 | Greene King | Ipa | 3.6% | Hoppy biiter, good session beer | Suffolk |
| 23 | Harveys | Sussex Best Bitter | 4.0% | one of my (Peter Millar) favourites, a beer to sip and savour | East Sussex |
| 24 | Hogs Back | T.E.A | 4.2% | Tawny Brown, Malty | Surrey |
| 25 | Hook Norton | Generation | 4.0% | Dry, tasty, addictive – latest beer in the range in honour of newest member of the family | Oxfordshire |
| 26 | Hook Norton | Twelve Days | 5.5% | Dark Strong Sweet, Hooky’s Xmas ale | Oxfordshire |
| 27 | Hook Norton | Double Stout | 4.8% | proof that the Irish don’t have a monopoly; nothing like Guinness | Oxfordshire |
| 28 | Hook Norton | Best Bitter | 3.4% | The Best Bitter | Oxfordshire |
| 29 | Hook Norton | Old Hooky | 4.6% | subtly sweet old-fashioned autumnal ale | Oxfordshire |
| 30 | Hook Norton | Mild | 3.0% | like it used to be, dark, tasty, surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink | Oxfordshire |
| 31 | Hook Norton | Haymaker | 5.0% | flower, fruity and packs the punch its name promises | Oxfordshire |
| 32 | Hoskins | Toms Gold | 4.4% | Gold! | Leicestershire |
| 33 | Ledbury | Northdown | 4.2% | Full flavoured ale from the home of Hops. | Herefordshire |
| 34 | Leyland | Leyland Gold | 4.2% | Wellingborough’s finest | Northhamptonshire |
| 35 | Mansfield | Old Baily | 4.8% | Barely Legal | Nottinghamshire |
| 36 | Morland | Old Speckled Hen | 5.2% | Oxfordshire’s national. strong reliable complex. | Oxfordshire |
| 37 | Morrells | Oxford Bitter | 3.7% | Light, golden, bittersweet ale. | Oxfordshire |
| 38 | Oakhill | Best Bitter | 4.0% | A light and flavoursome bitter from near Bath | Avon |
| 39 | Ridleys | Rumpass | 4.5% | Well balanced and flavoursome | Essex |
| 40 | Robinson’s | Best Bitter | 4.2% | Classic refreshing bitter | Cheshire |
| 41 | Ruddles | County | 4.9% | Classic Rutland Ale… but not from Rutland | Leicestershire |
| 42 | Shepherd Neame | 1698 Celebration Ale | 4.5% | 300 Years of brewing history, in a glass | Kent |
| 43 | Shepherd Neame | Spitfire | 4.7% | Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive… | Kent |
| 44 | Smiles | Golden | 3.8% | Golden coloured beer with high bitterness | Avon |
| 45 | Taylor | Landlord | 4.3% | Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost “lemony” bitter. | West Yorkshire |
| 46 | Uley | Old Spot Prize Ale | 5.0% | Fruity redish coloured ale, strong balaced aftertaste of hops and bitterness | Gloucestershire |
| 47 | Wadworth | 6 X | 4.3% | darker than usual bitter, bitter nose, strongly flavoured | Wiltshire |
| 48 | West Berkshire | Longdog | 4.3% | Powerful and flavoursome | Berkshire |
| 49 | Whitbread | Flowers Original | 4.5% | Hoppy aroma and very bitter finish | Bedfordshire |
| 50 | Wolf | Coyote | 4.3% | Howligly good… | Norfolk |
| 51 | Wychwood | Three Lions | 5.0% | Something to do with football perhaps… | Oxfordshire |
| 52 | Wye Valley | Dorothy Goodbody | 4.2% | Actually Dorothy Goodbody’s Golden Summertime Ale – a mouthful, and a splendid one too! | Worcestershire |
| 53 | Young’s | Special | 4.6% | Strong, full flavoured bitter. The name special is well deserved. | London |
