Our Guest Ales
Banks's Bitter 3.8%
A full, clean, bitter tasting beer with malty and hoppy flavours and winey, fruity overtones. 3.8%abv.
Brakspear Brakspear Bitter
A superb session beer. Amber in colour with a good fruit, hop and malt nose. The initial taste of malt and the well hopped bitterness quickly dissolves into a predominantly bitter- sweet and fruity finish.
“Perhaps the greatest beer in the world at 3.4%” – Andrew Jefford FT.
Brakspear Organic
English Target hops give this beer a
remarkable aroma. Late hopping with Goldings and
fermentation by the Brakspear yeast creates a remarkable
zesty aroma, a full fruity flavour and a golden colour.
All Hops and Barley used in this beer are organically
grown and produced.
Jennings Cocker Hoop
Cocker Hoop 4.6% ABV
(also available in 500ml bottle)
An award-winning golden bitter from an all malt brew, with Styrian Golding hops added at various stages, to give a classic hop flavour and aroma.
A bitter beer of great character, appealing to those drinkers who really appreciate their beer and are looking for quality.
Launched in 1995 as ‘September Ale’, Jennings Cocker Hoop has become hugely popular, particularly with Lake District tourists in summer.
The name is derived from ‘Cock-a Hoop’, an old custom of removing the cock (or spigot) from a barrel and resting it on the hoop of the cask before commencing a drinking bout, but was changed to reflect the brewery’s location on the banks of the River Cocker.
Jennings Cumberland Ale 4.2%
A superb golden coloured ale, brewed with malt made from specially selected Maris Otter barley and using only the finest English aromatic hops. Traditionally brewed for over a hundred years, using pure Lakeland water drawn from the brewery’s own well.
A full flavoured beer with a delicate hop character, makes this beer ideal for the demanding, modern beer drinker. Cumberland Ale has become a firm favourite nationwide and is Jennings best selling brand outside the Lake District. (4.2% ABV in 500ml bottle)
Jennings Honey Bole 4.0%
A beer with a definite sting in the tale! Honey Bole is a light straw coloured easy drinking ale made with classic English hops. Its delicate flavour is enhanced by the addition of natural honey.
Marston's Fever Pitch 4.2%
As the temperature rises to fever pitch for football fans everywhere, this beer is a certain winner. The extremely pale ale combines Maris Otter malt with East Kent Goldings hops to produce a beer guaranteed to go down easier than a continental dive in the box!
Marston's Marston's Oyster Stout 4.5%
A rich dark and exceptionally creamy stout with a fruity, floral
and spicy character derived from English aroma hops –
Fuggles and Goldings and a bitterness derived
from roasted malts.
Marston's Old Empire 5.7%
To coincide with World Cup – West Indies.
A tempting aroma of biscuity malt, floral hops, vanilla and toffee, with hints of citrus fruit. A very refreshing, drinkable and well balanced India Pale Ale
Marston's Pedigree 4.5%.
Pedigree has a fascinating aroma and palate of biscuity malt, spicy hops and light fruit, all overlain by the famous salty, sulphury note that comes from the spring waters of the Trent Valley.
Ringwood Boondoggle 4% draught and bottle (500ml)
Meaning ‘to go on a jolly’, Boondoggle is very aptly named for a summer beer. It is a straw-coloured summer ale flavoured with Fuggles and First Gold and floor-malted Maris Otter barley to give it a moreish fruity taste.
Ringwood Old Thumper
SPECIAL PRICE - NOVEMBER ONLY. A warm, rounded yet suprisingly pale stong beer with a luscious balance fo grain and hop leavinga bitter sweet finish with a hint of fruit.
Wychwood Wizards Staff 4.0%
Epitomising the brewer's art, Blends into the cauldron a hat full of pale barley & pinch of Cara malt. Once bubbled up with three infusions of Styrian Golding hops, a potion of mystical dry biscuit flavour is conjured up with an extravagant burst of citrus aroma. Ritual defiance to anyone questioning the loss of craft brewing