These are the beers that have been promised so far…
Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description |
6 Bells | Big Nev’s | 3.8% | A pleasing, faintly grassy aroma leads to a dry, fruity hop flavour and a refreshing dry finish. Big Nev’s has consistently been our best selling brew for more than twelve years. |
6 Bells | Summer Loving | 3.9% | A bright zingy ale with a clean hoppy bitterness which marries well with an abundance of fruit and floral aroma. |
Abbeydale | Deception | 4.1% | A pale beer, made with fabulous Nelson Sauvin hops. Aromas of elderflower and grapes. Strong citrus flavours, especially grapefruit. Long lasting bitter finish. Very refreshing and packed full of flavour. |
Adnams | Lighthouse | 3.4% | With its light fragrance, lovely malty flavours and long hoppy after palate, Adnams Lighthouse shines through as another champion beer from The Coast. |
Adnams | Southwold Bitter | 3.7% | A beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness. |
Arkell’s | Moonlight | 4.5% | First brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Peter Arkell OBE, father of present Chairman James. The name portrays Peter’s missions flying low-level sorties over France in 1943, picking up agents in occupied territory using the moon to land. The label on the bottle has a Lysander plane on it, which Peter Arkell actually flew in. A golden auburn ale with a warm toasty aroma and distinctive citrus hoppy flavour. |
Atomic Brewery | Dark Matter | 4.1% | A malty beer, mild and dry in the mouth with hints of fruit and coffee. |
Backyard Brewhouse | The Hoard | 3.9% | A golden bitter. Refreshingly dry with a pleasantly balanced biscuity malt flavour. |
Ballards | Midhurst Mild | 3.4% | Traditional mahogany brown, mild, smokey, roasted nutty aroma with sweet molasses and dark chocolate flavours. |
Bateman | Black and White | 3.6% | An unbelievably full bodied beer which is dark, rich and creamy, brimming with fruity flavours and nutty overtones from the charred black Yorkshire malt creating a beer with a crunchy biscuit character and larger than life personality! |
Belhaven | Belhaven Black | 4.2% | Bursting with roast coffee and chocolate flavours, this is a truly genuine and premium pint. Brewed using pure Scottish water and a unique blend of Scottish triple malts sourced from the finest locally grown barley. |
Belhaven | IPA | 3.8% | Refreshing floral hints and citrus tones combine to produce the unmistakable clean, crisp flavour of this long awaited IPA… Well worth waiting for! |
Bellingers | Gallipoli | 5.3% | One of our First World War Centennial Ales. Full bodied stout. Rich chocolate malt with roasted notes. Smooth finish. Using English Pioneer and Goldings Hops. |
Bewdley | Worcestershire Way | 3.6% | A pale straw colour, First Gold, Celeia, and Fuggles hops. A very refreshing session beer with citrus aftertones. |
Box Steam | Piston Broke | 4.5% | A golden, hoppy beer. |
Brakspear | Brakspear Special | 4.3% | Golden red colour with a well balanced aroma and a hint of sweetness. Full bodied, the taste is initially sweet giving way to a dry hop bitterness, finishing with a slightly sweet fruitiness. |
Brakspear | Golden Bull | 3.7% | Golden in colour, refreshingly moreish and bursting with citrus notes this pale ale is best enjoyed in the summer sunshine. |
Brakspear | Oxford Gold | 4.0% | A golden beer with a zesty aroma and a full fruity flavour. |
Branscombe Vale | Branscombe Mild | 3.7% | Bitter sweet mild with vanilla flavours. |
Brough’s | Springfield | 4.0% | A light easy drinking ale with delicious subtle zesty taste and floral aromas. |
Burton Bridge | Golden Delicious | 3.8% | A pale, straw-coloured beer with a delicate Styrian hop aroma and a dry bitter finish. |
Butcombe | Yeti | 4.0% | A ‘Glacier Cool’ Blond beer made with a beautiful balance of rugged North American hops. |
Cannon Royall | Arrowhead | 3.9% | A refreshing straw coloured bitter. A delightful pungent aroma of hops makes this session beer a pleasure to enjoy. |
Castle Coombe | Yertiz | 4.1% | Here is it – a triple hopped, well balanced bitter! |
Castle Rock | Harvest Pale Ale | 3.8% | Pale beer with a distinct hop flavour that leads to a crisp finish. |
Cats | Mog | 3.8% | Absolutely light and crisp. |
Cats | Tabby | 4.1% | A refreshing & fruity reward to help you forget about the rat-race. |
Compass | West | 3.5% | Copper coloured with a tropical fruit nose and plenty of baked malt through to the finish, underpinning and good bitterness. |
Coors | Sharps Doom Bar | 4.0% | A balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. |
Coors | Sharps Doom Bar 2 | 4.0% | A balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. |
Cotswold Brewing Co | Cotswold Lager | 4.0% | Light and refreshing with hints of tropical fruit and elderflower. |
Cotswold Spring | Codger | 4.2% | A dry, crisp, chestnut, perfectly balanced beer with a subtle hoppy finish. |
Cross Bay | Dusk | 4.0% | A very Ruby ale with a strong fruity nose. With slight hint of Cocoa followed by a floral/blackcurrant aroma. |
Cross Bay | Sunset | 4.2% | A light refreshing thirst quenching ale with a sharp start moving on to leave a smooth orange and lemon rind aftertaste. |
Cumbria | Loweswater Gold | 4.3% | A pale gold beer with a hoppy citrus zesty aroma and a sweet, lemon, fruity taste. |
Dark Star | Hophead | 3.8% | A blend of two great aroma hops, Simcoe, the darling of the craft brewer and Ahtanum, the new kid on the block, to produce a zesty hop blend and brings a new take on this popular beer. |
Donnington | Best Bitter | 3.5% | Light, malty and delicious, from Hooky’s only real rival. |
Dowbridge | Ratae’d | 4.3% | Tawny coloured, with strong hop aroma and bittersweet finish. |
East London | Nightwatchman | 4.5% | A dark, warm, smooth beer with a red tinge and well hopped. |
Elgood | Buzz Light Beer | 4.0% | A smooth, golden, slightly malty beer, rounded off with a fresh floral hoppy finish. |
Enville | Ginger Beer | 4.6% | Produced using root extract ginger this ingeniously created ginger beer has a flavour which is not overpowering and is very refreshing. |
Everards | Artigianale | 4.5% | Golden amber beer with a citrus, peppery aroma and lemon, lime and pepper taste. |
Felinfoel | Dragon IPA | 3.6% | A golden beer with a smooth flavour. |
Flowerpots | Flowerpots Bitter | 3.8% | A dry, hoppy traditional bitter with a light bronze colour. Delicious! |
Freeminer | Back Street Heroes | 4.8% | A brown ale absolutely packed with malt flavour. Back Street Heroes has a characterful finish of Worcestershire grown English hops. Brewed for the bikers magazine, it truly is the “engine oil of life”. |
Fuller’s | Summer Ale | 3.9% | Refreshing, light cool golden beer with crisp malts and Czech hops. |
Goff’s | Tournament | 4.0% | An amber thirst quencher with delicate floral aroma and bitter sweet finish. |
Grainstore | Ten Fifty | 5.0% | A full strength mahogany coloured beer, which has a moreishness typical of a beer possessing the fine balance of pronounced hop bitterness & aroma against a natural malty sweetness, creating a deceivingly drinkable beer. |
Greene King | Carnival Golden Ale | 4.0% | A well balanced, full bodied golden ale with an underlying herbal hop and bitter linger ,tropical fruit and citrus notes. |
Grey Trees | JPR Pale Ale | 4.7% | A Traditional British Pale Ale, well balanced beer brewed with Crystal and Marris otter pale malts, infused with US chinook, cascade and sincoe hops, this imparts both a citrus aroma and citrus taste. |
Grey Trees | Valley Porter | 4.6% | Tasting notes not available – please make up your own! |
Hall & Woodhouse | Badger First Call | 4.0% | A clean, fresh, distinctive beer with hints of orange and spice from the First Gold hop. |
Hambleton | Best Bitter | 3.8% | Golden bitter with citrus notes leading to a mellow tangy finish. |
Harveys | Best Bitter | 4.0% | A full, well-hopped bitter with a reputation that exceeds the borders of its native and adjoining counties. |
Harveys | Copperwheat | 4.8% | It has been described as “wheat and sweet” but it still retains the typical dry palate and is extremely moreish. |
Holden’s | Golden Glow | 4.4% | An 18ct gold ale with subtle yet fragrant hop aromas, a moreish gentle sweetness and an almost citrus like bitter finish. |
Holt | Humdinger | 4.0% | Golden Brown in colour. Brewed with a combination of English malt, Mexican Aroma Honey and Citrus Flavoured hops. Winner of the Tesco Beer Challenge. |
Hook Norton | Cascade Red | 4.9% | Fresh as a daisy, with a delicate grassy nose, and full coloured but finely tuned palate. One to drink as the sun goes down. |
Hook Norton | Centennial IPA | 5.4% | A robust fully hopped IPA, packing a bold punch of hop. |
Hook Norton | Centennial Red | 4.7% | A red beer with pleasant sweetness and a full, Demerara sugar fruitiness. |
Hook Norton | Cotswold Lion | 4.0% | Perfectly balanced, fresh and fruity. A blend of four malts and four hops gives a slightly sweet taste and a wonderful aroma of dark fruit. |
Hook Norton | Double Stout | 4.8% | Smooth and full-bodied with a refreshing hoppy aftertaste. A blend of dark malts give it a character all of its own. Black malt enriches the colour and teases the palate, and brown malt gives it the dryness. |
Hook Norton | Haymaker | 5.0% | A strong pale ale of distinctive taste. Plenty of Goldings hops during the brewing give it a certain something extra – like sunshine dancing on the tongue. |
Hook Norton | Hooky | 3.5% | A subtly balanced, golden bitter, hoppy to the nose, malty on the palate. The classic session beer, eminently drinkable. |
Hook Norton | Hooky Gold | 4.1% | A very pale, crisp beer confidently displaying its hop character. The first Hook Norton Beer to feature American hops, a fruity aroma and a pleasant, light taste. |
Hook Norton | Hooky Mild | 2.8% | A dark chestnut coloured ale, full of roast malt flavours, and complemented with superb dry-hop aromas from East Kent Goldings. |
Hook Norton | Old Hooky | 4.6% | A beautifully balanced beer, fruity by nature, with a well-rounded body and the suggestive echo of Crystal Malt. |
Hook Norton | Special Dark Mild | 4.6% | Dark and rich, with a blackcurrant fruitiness form the Bramling Cross hops. |
Hook Norton | Tew Drop | 5.1% | Packed full of the hop trio fuggles, goldings and challenger and accompanied by the aromatic Cascade and Amarillo hops – a dancing beer not a talking one. |
Hop Back | Summer Lightning | 5.0% | An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to an excellent long, dry finish. |
Hopshackle | Hopnosis | 5.2% | An amber coloured beer which tastes of intense fruit with background malt and a bitter dry finish. |
Hydes Anvil | Sharp Motueka | 4.7% | Delightful citrus and tropical flavours provided by the New Zealand Motueka hop. |
Jennings | Cumberland Ale | 4.0% | A superb golden coloured, full flavoured ale with a delicate hop character |
Kingstone | Challenger | 4.0% | A smooth and richly hoppy well-balanced ale with a malted nose and toffee undertones. |
Kingstone | Humpty’s Fuddle | 5.8% | Dangerously smooth, a warming, oaky-smoky tipple. Humpty has a slightly sweet floral nose, a balanced level of malt supporting the hops and finally a subtle but slightly citrusy finish. |
Lees | Manchester Pale Ale | 3.7% | Zesty, fruity beer with characterful flavours that embody the very essence of Manchester – alternative, distinctive and youthful. |
Loddon | Hullabaloo | 4.2% | Rich, nutty and malty with a dry hop finish. |
London Fields | Hackney Hopster | 4.2% | A debonair young chap of a pacific pale ale, showing off flavours of grapefruit, lemon zest and gooseberry. |
Long Itch | Light Relief | 3.8% | A refreshingly drinkable pale ale, using several quality hops which give delicate floral and grassy aromas, summer in a glass! |
Loose Cannon | Abingdon Bridge | 4.1% | Copper coloured, traditional ‘bitter’. It kicks off with a good bitter bite, followed by plenty of flavour. A full and satisfying roundness. |
Loose Cannon | Blonde Bombshell | 4.2% | A blonde beer, very refreshing on the palate with great citrus grapefruit flavours to finish |
Mighty Oak | Captain Bob | 3.7% | Fruity and hoppy and on the palate; there is a slightly sweet maltiness that balances an easy going bitterness that is followed by hints of gooseberry, elderflower and grape in the finish. |
Moncada | Notting Hill Blonde | 4.2% | Continental style yellow beer, a mix of hops, bitterness and sweetness. The flavour explodes on the tongue. |
Mordue | Northumbrian Blonde | 4.0% | Fresh and zesty with a hoppy lemon/grapefruit aroma. |
Mulberry Duck | Copper Bottom | 4.6% | Strong malty ale with just a hint of chocolate. Hopped with Goldings and Bramling Cross. |
Mulberry Duck | Gold Sparkle | 3.8% | A light and mellow golden ale. Maris Otter and Caragold malts combine with Fuggles and Brewers Gold hops to produce this most refreshing beer with a pleasing finish. |
North Cotswold | Shagweaver | 4.5% | A pale hoppy bitter brewed with New Zealand Hops. |
Oakham | Scarlet Macaw | 4.4% | Tart gooseberry and soft peach on the nose. Gooseberries and fruit to taste, before an intense bitterness that’s as sharp as a macaw’s screech! |
Old Cannon | Best | 3.8% | An excellent session beer brewed using Bobeck hops giving a nice crisp taste. Very refreshing, absolutely full of flavour and extremely moreish. |
Olde Swan | Original | 3.5% | A straw coloured light mild, smooth but tangy, and sweetly refreshing with a faint hoppiness. |
Oxfordshire Ales | Pride of Oxfordshire | 4.2% | To quench a real thirst, we traditionally brew our golden ale to give a biscuity, fruity character and vibrant juicy refreshment. Pride of Oxford is also brewed to appeal to the younger ale drinker, making a real transition from lager. |
Patriot | Nelson | 4.0% | A light well balanced hop-driven beer. |
Pot Belly | Welland Truly | 4.9% | A light coloured beer brewed using only Lager Malt together with German Select Spalt Hops. |
Purity Brewing Co | Pure Gold | 3.8% | A refreshing golden ale. An easy drinking beer with a lovely dry and bitter finish. CAMRA West Mid’s Beers of the Year 2013! |
R C H | PG Steam | 3.9% | This complex multi layered ale has a floral hop aroma with medium bodied hop, bitter taste with some fruit and sweetness. |
Ramsbury | Golden Ale | 4.5% | Our very first ale – pale ale malt, crystal malt and a small amount of torrified wheat, plus Golding and Celeia hops, produce a distinctly light hoppy aroma and taste. |
Robinson’s | Dizzy Blonde | 3.8% | Straw coloured summer ale with distinctive herbal perfume-like hop aroma, and crisp zesty palate. |
Roosters | Italian Job | 4.7% | A collaborative pale ale originally brewed with Birrificio Italiano. The addition of black pepper and lemongrass to the brew create delicate citrus and spicy aromas, which lead to a moderate level of bitterness. |
Rudgate | Jorvik Blonde | 3.8% | Flaxen Blonde Ale. Balanced hoppy bitterness and a crisp, fruity finish. |
Salamander | Golden Salamander | 4.5% | Silver Medal Winner at the Great British Beer Festival. A golden premium ale brewed with Challenger and Styrian hops. This beer has a refreshing citrus hop flavour. |
Salamander | Mud Puppy | 4.2% | A bittersweet copper-coloured bitter with a distinctive hop character derived from Progress and East Kent Goldings hops. |
Sambrooks | Pumphouse Pale | 4.2% | A light, zesty beer with a wonderful citrus aroma. |
Severn Vale | Nibley Ale | 3.8% | A light and refreshing golden ale with lively citrusy hops. |
Sherfield Village | Pilgrim Stout | 5.0% | Slightly sweet with chocolatey notes and a good hoppy base.Slightly sweet with chocolatey notes and a good hoppy base. |
Skinners | Betty Stogs | 4.0% | Easy drinking copper ale with a superb balance of citrus hops, malt and bitterness. Bitter finish is slow to develop but long to fade. |
Slaughterhouse | Saddleback | 3.8% | An amber colour conversational bitter with a distinctive Challenger hop flavour. |
St Austell | Liquid Sunshine | 3.9% | Reach out and drink in the Summer with our Liquid Sunshine brew; a distinct, easy drinking golden honey coloured ale. |
St Austell | Proper Job | 4.5% | Mutiple award-winning beer. A powerfully hopped golden bitter that explodes with citrus grapefruit flavours, |
St Georges | Worcester Sauce | 4.3% | A Saucy little number with a mid-amber colour and a large amount of hops to give a fruity finish. |
Stroud | Budding Pale Ale | 4.5% | Champion Beer of Gloucestershire 2006 and 2008. Very popular pale ale with a grassy bitterness, sweet malt and luscious floral aroma. |
Summerskills | Devon Dew | 4.5% | Honey, yellow with a floral, clean malty aroma. Sweet lemon upfront with a long grapefruit finish, mildly hoppy. |
Teignworthy | Strawberries & Cream | 4.6% | An ideal summer pint. Bright and golden with a creamy finish. |
Teme Valley | T’Other | 3.5% | A pale beer brewed using Challenger and Goldings hops to give a delicate aroma and a gentle bitterness. Amber malt contributes a light biscuit flavour. |
Three Castles | Saxon Archer | 4.0% | A light brown coloured ale with a wonderful aroma and a hoppy fruity palate. |
Three Castles | Summer Daze | 3.8% | A light blonde crisp bitter, full of body, rich in citrus & grapefruit aroma with a dry finish. |
Timothy Taylor | Landlord | 4.3% | Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost “lemony” bitter. Madonna’s favourite beer! |
Timothy Taylor | Landlord 2 | 4.3% | Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost “lemony” bitter. Madonna’s favourite beer! |
Titanic | Lifeboat | 4.0% | Cast yourself adrift with this fruity and malty,red brown bittersweet beer. It has a serene caramel character and the finish is dry and fruity. |
Tring | Moongazer | 4.2% | All American hopped. This amber/ruby hued ale has a well rounded bitterness with grapefruit, mango and peach hop characteristics imparted by Chinook and Citra. |
Turpin | Elder Flower Power | 3.2% | A refreshing aromatic hoppy blonde bohemian beer infused with freshly picked elderflowers. Perfect for a summers day! |
Turpin | Golden Citrus | 4.2% | Award winning golden ale steeped with Yakima Valley American hops for a powerful citrus flavour. |
Uley | Uley Bitter | 4.0% | A copper coloured beer with hops and fruit in the aroma, and a malty, fruity taste underscored by a hoppy bitterness with a hint of fruit in the taste. The finish is dry, with a balance of hops and malt. |
Wadworth | Ipanema | 3.8% | A flamboyant IPA style beer with excellent drinkability named after the famous Brazilian beach! A blend of four different malts and two American hops that party together in the spirit of Carnival to deliver this zingy, citrus, hoppy pale golden ale. |
Warwickshire | Churchyard Bob | 4.9% | A sweet, dark, ruby porter made with chocolate malt. Method ringers used the term ‘Churchyard Bob’ to signal the crossover of bell ringers. |
Wentworth | Pale Ale | 4.0% | Flagship multi award winning hoppy ale, light in colour with wonderful bursts of citrus with an unforgettable hoppy finish. |
Wessex | White Dwarf | 4.0% | Very pale bitter. |
Weston’s Cider | Old Rosie | 7.3% | The colour palate of burnt orange, sunset yellow and deep red invokes a time for relaxation and divulgence as well as underpinning the rual Herefordshire provenance of our fantastic cloudy cider. |
Weston’s Cider | Perry | 4.5% | Light and fruity with a well-balanced sweetness. A perfect drink for all occasions. |
Whale | Whale Pale Ale | 3.6% | A pale golden ale, lemongrass and honey on the nose with hoppy and citrus flavours and a dry finish. |
White Horse | White Horse Bitter | 3.7% | Using only the finest ingredients this golden bitter balances locally grown Challenge Hops with Yorkshires malt, to offer the discerning drinker a beer that will stop any horse in its tracks. |
Wickwar | Bankers Draft | 4.0% | Amber coloured beer with a fruity citrus aroma. A biscuit malt leads to a floral, crisp and clean finish. |
Windsor and Eton | Kohinoor | 4.5% | A pale, smooth, full IPA with a distinct bitterness and with a hop aroma that is enhanced by a touch of the exotic. |
Wood | Parish Bitter | 4.0% | A light coloured beer, hopped in the cask for a hoppy refreshing flavour. |
Wood Farm | Scrum | 4.0% | Deep ruby red full bodied beer. Crystal malt gives a malty nutty flavour. Long dry finish with a hint of berries. |
Wychwood | Wychwood Goddess | 4.1% | Watch the morning sun rise, dance around the maypole and abandon yourself with the Goddess Dana. The great mother hop is powerful – providing fresh lemon and floral notes for a refreshing beer bringing light where there was once dark. |
Wye Valley | Bitter | 3.7% | A delicate hoppy aroma leading to a full malty flavour ending in a crisp, clean bitter finish. |
York | Guzzler | 3.8% | A light golden beer with well balanced hops and malt against a background of fruitiness. Crisp, dry, and refreshing, Guzzler is a perfect beer for drinking all year round. |
Yubberton | Yawnie | 4.3% | A full bodied chestnut coloured ale with a creamy head. Well balanced with toffee malt notes persisting through a complex hop character and a satisfying bitter finish. |