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ABBEY ALES

4REGULAR BEERS

Bellringer (4.2%), Salvation (4.8%), Steeplejack (4.7%)

4SEASONAL BEERS

Bath Star (4.6%), Bellringer (4.2%), Black Friar (5.3%), Chorister (4.5%), Mild (4%), Resurrection (4.6%), Twelfth Night (5%), White Friar (5%)

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ABBEY BELLS

THIS BREWERY HAS NOW CLOSED

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1911 Celebration Ale (4.8%): Launched at the start of the 2003 football season as a celebration, in Bradford City's centenary year, of the club's FA Cup success, way back in 1911. Claret in colour, for reasons which will not be lost on City fans. A malty ale with an aroma of newly-fallen autumn leaves.
Black Satin (6.2%): A sweet stout — a rich and warming brew which is usually brewed only around Christmas and New Year, or on special occasions.
Cordelia's Gift (4.3%): Pearl malt, a dash of chocolate malt and Fuggles hops unite to produce a sinisterly dark beer which has a taste reminiscent of dandelion and burdock, while retaining a modicum of maltiness. Gives a subtle aroma of freshly cracked Christmas nuts.
Grease (4.6%): This beer was produced in memory of the brewer's 750cc motorcycle which had to be sold to help set up the brewery. Golden in colour, it has a heavy and very late addition of Goldings hops. Smells of honey and tastes of liquorice.
Hoppy Daze (4.1%): A very pale beer with a generous helping of hops giving a wonderful tang. An orange and lemon nose accompanied by toffee overtones — the brewer's own favourite.
Monday's Child (3.7%): A pale session beer which could be described as a purist's dream, consisting of Maris Otter pale malt, hops and nothing else. The main quota of hops is added late and the residue is added very late. The result is an unassuming and refreshing beer with fruity banana notes and a clean mouthfeel.
Original Bitter (5.1%): A no-nonsense strong English ale, quite dark in colour. Has been described by two publicans as "having complex flavours" and "possessing a whisky nose". In common with all Abbey Bells beers, a single variety of hops, in this instance Goldings, contrives with the pale and crystal malts to produce the complexity of flavour.
Santa's Stocking Filler (4.5%): Maris Otter and crystal malts combine to produce a beer the colour of Rudolph's nose. Caramel undertones can be detected through the malty flavours.

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ABBEYDALE

4REGULAR BEERS
Absolution (5.3%), Black Mass (6.66%), Brimstone (3.9%)
Doctor Morton's Milk of Amnesia (4.5%): An unfined wheat beer fermented with proper wheat beer yeast. Banana, coriander and cloves dominate the taste, with good citrus notes, too. (04-08-10)
Last Rites (11%): Ridiculously drinkable, as I and a couple of others discovered at the 2005 Exeter Festival of Winter Ales, where it was runner-up champion beer. Pale in colour, it has a sweet barley taste, kept in check by the hops. Definitely a half-pint at the end of the session! (DN: January 2005)
Matins (3.6%), Moonshine (4.3%)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Advent (4.6%, Christmas), Alchemy (4.2%), Archangel (4.7%), Belfry (4.5%), Best Bitter (4%), Black Bishop (4.2%), Decadence (6%, June 2006), Evil (4.6%, July 2006)
Hell's Bells/Belles (5.8%): A straw coloured beer with a hoppy aroma and smooth citrus taste.
Holy Water (6%), Illumination (4.8%), Invocation (4.2%), Original Sin (4.9%), Prophecy (4.5%), Redemption (5%), Resolution (4.5%), Restoration (4.2%, August 2006), Resurrection (4.6%), Sanctuary (4.2%), Stormbringer (4.7%), Temptation (4.5%), Turning Point (4.5%), Vespers (4.2%), Wheat Beer (4.5%), White Christmas (5.2%), White Knight (4.5%), White Lady (4.7%)

4SPECIAL BEERS
Ancient Grease (4.4%), Ascension (5.3%), Black Lurcher (7%), Dark Side (5.3%)
Deception (4.1%): Nelson Sauvin hops give elderflower and grape aromas and s trong citrus taste to this pale brew with a long bitter finish. (04-08-10)
Firedog (8%), HIC! (4%), James the First (7.3%), L'Age D'or (3.9%),

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Dark Angel (4.7%), Devotion (4.4%), Firedog (8%), HIC! (4%)

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ACORN

4REGULAR BEERS
Barnsley Bitter (3.8%), Barnsley Gold (4.3%)
Old Moor Porter (4.4%): A full-bodied, Victorian-style porter with hints of liquorice. Initial bitterness gives way to a smooth, mellow finish. A bronze medal winner in the champion beer of Britain contest in 2008. (brewery notes)
Sovereign (4.4%), Yorkshire Pride (3.7%)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Darkness (4.2%): Brewed for Mild May, a dark red mild, hopped with Fuggles, with a mix of black and Crystal malts. (brewery notes)
Gorlovka Imperial Stout (6%), Harvester (4.5%)
Lightness (3.6%): A golden-style mild, brewed with Maris Otter and Crystal malts and hopped with Fuggles. Made to mark Mild May in 2010. (brewery notes)
Summer Pale (4.1%): A very dry aroma to this seasonal, with some malt on the finish. (05-08-10)

4SPECIAL BEERS
2 Monkeys (4%): Launches in November 2009 to mark Acorn Brewery's 1,000th brew, 2 Monkeys is an easy-drinking, near-blonde brew, with plenty of bitterness and a crisp finish. Crystal malt is balanced with Whitbread Golding Variety and American cascade hops.
The 7th Noel (5.4%)
England's Dreaming (4.5%): A pale, well-hopped bitter with three hop varieties. (05-08-10)
Hersbrucker IPA (5%)

4BOTTLED BEERS
Barnsley Bitter (3.8%), Barnsley Gold (4.3%), Old Moor Porter (4.4%), Gorlovka Imperial Stout (6%)

4DISCONTINUED / UNKNOWN STATUS
The 1st Noel (4.8%, Christmas), The 2nd Noel (4.9%, Christmas), The 3rd Noel (5%, Christmas), Conqueror (4.9%), Crusader (3.8%), Dickie's Brew (4.5%), Egg Nog (4.7%, Easter), Forester (4.5%, autumn), Golden Embers (4.5%, Bonfire Night), IPA (5%), Legacy (3.9%), Legend (4.1%), Lions' Roar (4.2%, World Cup 2006), Oakmen (4.5%), Pioneer (4.5%), Regal (4%), Special Pale Ale (4.7%), St George's Best (4.6%, St Geroge's Day), Strongheart (5.1%, summer), Summer Pale (4.1%), Triple Hop (4%), Vanguard (4.5%), White Oak (4.8%), Winter Ale (4.5%, winter), Wryneck (4.9%),XL (5%)

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ADNAMS

4REGULAR BEERS
Bitter (3.7%): Dry and bitter, with a hint of sulphur. (DN)
Broadside (4.7%): A deceptively drinkable premium bitter, with rich fruit cake aromas and well balanced malt and hop flavours.
Explorer (4.3%): The name is explained by the use of two hops from the New World, Chinook and Columbus. Very enjoyable. (DN)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Extra (4.3%): A copper coloured hoppy beer, with herbal and floral aromas. There is good malt balance leading to bitterness. (05-08-10)
May Day (5%), Old Ale (ABV not known), Oyster Stout (4.3%), Regatta (4.3%), Tally Ho (7%), Yuletide (4.5%)

4SPECIALS
Gunhill (4%): A well balanced dark ruby ale, with biscuit, fruit and chocolate notes coming through.
Pale Champion Ale (3.4%): A traditional pale ale re-created to an old recipe for J D Wetherspoon's 30th anniversary beer festival in autumn 2009. There's a spicy herbal tone on the palate, from Fuggles and Goldings hops.
William Godell Celebratory Ale (4.5%): A 2009 special brewed by Adnams brewster Belinda Jennings and a team of female volunteers to mark the 500th anniversary of businessman and landowner Godell bequeathing land to the town of Southwold. The recipe includes barley, oats and wheat and a small amount of modern Nelson Sauvignon hops. The beer is light and amber coloured beer with an aroma of tropical fruits and gooseberries. (brewery notes 22-08-09)

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Barley Mow (5%)
Fisherman (4.5%): Rich, dark, malty, Christmas cakey; a beer very much in the old ale tradition. One of my favourite winter beers of 2004/5. (DN)
East Green (4.3%): Light golden in colour, with subtle citrus and grassy hop aromas, East Green is brewed to be carbon neutral, Adnams working in co-operation with experts from the University of East Anglia. (Brewery notes 02-06-08)
Innovation (6.7%): Hoppy and golden in colour, brewed with Maris Otter barley and malted wheat, and Styrian Goldings and Columbus hops. An assertive grapefruit and herbal bitterness is balanced by a subtle sweetness. (Brewery notes 12-12-07)
Lighthouse (3.4%): Developed from Adnams Champion Pale Ale, the amber beer delivers a crisp, refreshing taste. A well balanced, light, session beer.

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ADUR

Black William Stout (5%): A rich, dark stout with a creamy head, with chocolate and roasted malt aromas and flavours. Hopped with Target. (05-08-10)

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ALCAZAR

4REGULAR BEERS

Alcazar Ale (4%): A pale ale, full flavoured, with a fresh, pleasant aroma and crisp, dry, hoppy aftertaste.
Bombay Castle IPA (6.5%): The Bombay Castle was a 1,200 ton merchant ship owned by the British East India Company which plied the waters between Britain and India from 1792 to 1804. It no doubt carried consignments of precious India Pale Ale to the colony. Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt and liberal quantities of English hops, this is a traditional English-style India Pale Ale. Available in cask at Alcazar's brewery tap, the Fox & Crown, during November and December. A silver medal winner at the 2005 SIBA East Midlands competition then a gold medal winner in the same contest a year later.
Fox Tale Ale (4.9%): A classic amber bitter with a malt sweet edge to start and a full dry hop flavour at the end. In Alcazar's brewery tap, the Fox & Crown, it's known as Brush Bitter.
New Dawn (4.5%): A refreshing pale ale brewed with cascade hops. There's a pleasant floral aroma and light hoppy aftertaste.
Nottingham Nog (4.2%): A traditional amber session ale with full-bodied malt flavour and a mild hop finish.
Vixen's Vice (5.2%): A pale strong ale with well-rounded hop flavour and a fresh hop finish.
Windjammer IPA (6%): A full-bodied India Pale Ale brewed with five varieties of North American hops. Smooth and sweet on the palate, with a pleasant aroma and crisp hop finish. A silver medal winner in the SIBA East Midlands competition in January 2004.

4SEASONAL BEERS

Black Fox (3.9%): A traditional dark mild, brewed in spring.
Desert Fox (4.3%, summer): A cask conditioned lager, brewed for the summer months and served extra cold.
Maple Magic: A festive porter for the winter months, brewed with real maple syrup. Winner of a SIBA gold meal in 2004.
Mocha Stout (5%): A rich, full-bodied stout with unique essence of coffee and chocolate.

4BOTTLED BEERS

Bowman's Bounty (7%): Brewed in the classic India Pale Ale style, this bottled beer is strong, hoppy and pleasantly aromatic and a perfect accompaniment to Thai, Indian, Mexican and other spicy foods.

Devout Stout (8%): This is a strong, full-bodied, English-style imperial stout, smooth on the palate with a light hop finish. This bottled brew is an excellent accompaniment to seafood and red meats, or on its own at the end of a meal.

Gaoler's Ale (7.5%): A dark, amber, traditional old ale brewed with English malt and hops, robust in character with a unique malty flavour. An excellent after-dinner bottled beer, superbly complementing cheese, fruit and sweet desserts, or on its own as an ideal evening refreshment.
Little John's Myth (6%): A smooth-flavoured robust bottled porter with a fine balance of English malts and hops, and hints of chocolate and vanilla. It is delightful when accompanied by shellfish, meat dishes and particularly with chocolate and coffee flavoured dessert dishes.
Maiden's Magic (5%): A smooth, lightly hopped and aromatic English-style bottled brown ale, pleasantly malty with a hint of honey in aroma and taste. It complements light seafood dishes, mild cheese dishes, vegetable dishes and salads.
Scarlet Fervour (5.5%): A traditional English style strong bottled bitter, amber in colour, full bodied, with a pronounced hop character. A perfect accompaniment to typical English pub dinners such as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, and steak and kidney pie.

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ALEHOUSE

Another Day, Another Dollar (4.3%), Robust Porter (4.3%), Technician's Pale (4%)
Under the Verulam Brewery name: Best (3.8%), Farmers Joy (4.5%)

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ALES OF SCILLY

Natural Beauty (4.2%), Old Bustard (4.2%), Scuppered (4.6%)

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ALLENDALE

Curlew's Return (4.2%)
Tar Bar'l Stout (4.5%): A black beer with a smokey malt aroma and taste, and a very dry finish.

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ALLGATES

Bottoms Up (4.2%), Brightblade (4%), Hasty Knoll (4.2%), Hung Drawn and Portered (5.2%), Napoleon's Retreat (3.9%), Reverend Ray (4.6%), Young Pretender (3.8%)

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AMBER ALES

4REGULAR BEERS
Amber Pale Ale (4.4%), Colonial IPA (5.1%), Original Black Stout (4%)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Amber Mild (4.8%), Amber Steam Ale (4%), Autumn Gold (4.8%), Summer Bock (4.5%), Winter Ruby Ale (5.1%)

4SPECIALS
Double IPA (9%), January 2010), Imperial Pale Ale (6.5%), Imperial Stout (8%, January 2010)

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ANDWELL

4REGULAR BEERS
Gold Muddler (3.8%), King John (4.2%), Resolute Bitter (3.8%)

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ANGLO DUTCH

Anglo Dutch Best Bitter (3.8%), At t'Ghoul and Ghost (5.2%), Devil's Knell (4.8%), Ghost on the Rim (4.5%), Ghoulis (4%), Imperial Pint (4%), Jasper's Ale (4.4%), Jasperus (4.4%), Kletswater (4%), Mild Rabarber (4%), Mitch's Brew (4.1%), No Doubt It's t'Stout (5.2%), Spike's on't Way (4.2%), Spikus (4.2%), Supreme Spikus (4.5%), Tabatha the Knackered (6%), Titan (5.2%), Whitterus (3.8%), Yorkshire Relish (4.7%).
Yorkshire Wit (4.5%): A Belgian-style white beer which, like brews such as Hoegaarden, is not pasteurised.

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APPLEFORD

Power Station (4.2%)
River Crossing (3.8%): A dark, hoppy session beer with a distinctive bitter finish.

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ARBOR ALES

4REGULAR BEERS
Beech Blonde (4.9%), Brigstow (4.3%), Hunny Beer (4.2%), Motueka (4%), Old Knobbley (4.5%), Oyster Stout (4.6%)

4SEASONAL BEER
Christmas Cheer (5.2%)

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ARCHER'S (Now brewed by Evan Evans)

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Arrows (4%): A very good session beer; well balanced, but with a very good hop note. (DN)
Best (4%), Crystal Clear (5%)
Dark Mild (3.4%)
Golden (4.7%): Fruity malt sweetness is balanced by East Kent Goldings, Fuggles, Styrian Goldings and WGV hop flavours in this popular golden best bitter.
Hop Bouquet (3.7%): Three hops in this light, floral, golden brew.
IPA (4.2%): Grapefruit and orange taste develops into a good bitter finish. A classic summer beer. (DN: June 17, 2006)
Little Gem (3.7%): For its ABV, this beer is packed with flavour. An excellent session bitter which is beautifully and delicately balanced. (DN)
Pride (3.8%), Special (4.3%), SSB (5%)
Six Hop (4.2%): Very refreshing and easy drinking, and you can really taste those hops, pleasant, but not overpowering (although you'd be pushing me to recognise six of them!). (DN)
Strong Dark Mild (5%): Usually brewed for CAMRA's Mild Month in May, there is a roasted and chocolate malt taste with a hint of liquorice.
Village (3.6%): Good nutty hop on this excellent session bitter. (DN)

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ARKELL'S

2B (3.2%)
3B (4%): A well-balanced amber beer, with a long butty finish, hopped with Fuggles and Goldings. (08-01-10)
Bees Organic Ale (4.5%): Brewed with organic-grown malted barley and hops. Organic honey is added to the copper to give its distinctive taste. Light and refreshing.
James' Real Ale (3.6%)
Kingsdown Special Ale (5%): A rich coloured strong beer, with strong malt and hop flavours, balanced by hop fruitiness. There is a long, dry finish. The hops are Fuggles and Goldings.
Mash Tun Mild (3.5%)
Moonlight (4.5%): A golden beer with a full, lingering flavour from Fuggles and Susan hops.
Noel Ale (5.5%): A full malty and hoppy flavour and leaves drinkers with a warm tingling feeling. (Brewery notes December 18, 2007)
Peter's Porter (4.8%), Summer Ale (4.2%), Yeomanry Bicentenary Ale (5%)

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ARRAN

Ale (3.8%)
Blonde (5%): A fresh, lively hop aroma leads one into a clean-tasting, floral beer, with a hint of vanilla and spice. A very clean, summery beer. Hops are Cascade and Hallertau.
Dark (4.3%): A rich aroma o malt and hops, with hints if fruit, leads to a full mal flavour and deep bitter finish. A Scottish heavy style of beer, hopped with Challenger and Mount Hood.
Fireside (4.7%): A mid-brown bitter with ginger on the aroma, palate and the dry finish.
Sunset (4.4%)

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ARROW

Arrow Bitter (4%), Quiver (5%)

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ART BREW

4REGULAR BREWS
Art Brut (4.4%), Art Nouveau (3.9%), i beer (4%)

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ARUNDEL

ASB — Arundel Special Bitter (4.5%), Autumn Fall (4.1%)
Black Beastie (4.9%): A brown beer with chocolate aroma and spciy choolate palate.
Boss Hogg (4.8%), Bullseye (5%)
Castle (3.8%): A tawny coloured beer with a good balance of malt, fruit and bitterness and full hop aroma from Cascade and Northdown varieties.
Celebration Stout (4.6%), Chilly Willy (4.6%), Fat Willie (4.6%), Feasta Bunny (4%), Footslogger (4.4%), Grumpy Granny (4.3%), Hairy Mary (3.7%), Hard Willie (4.7%), Harvest (4.4%), Hoppycock (4.4%)
Lazy Willie (4.5%): An amber coloured best bitter with a soft malty flavour, giving way to hops — Cascade, Challenger and Goldings — which go on to dominate the finish.
Leaky Willie (4%), Little Willie (4%), Long Willie (3.9%), Old Conspirator (5%), Old Knucker (5.5%), Old Scrooge (5.3%), Pickled Mouse (4.1%), Romeo's Rouser (5.3%), Spooky (4.6%, Spotty Willie (4.3%), St George's (4.6%)
Sting in the Tail (4.7%): A light brown spring seasonal, predominatly hoppy with a hoppy aroma and a good bitter finish. The hops are Challenger and Goldings.
Stronghold (4.7%), Summer Daze (4.7%), Sussex Gold (4.2%), Sussex Mild (3.7%)
Warm Willie (5.3%): A dark brown winter beer with a chocolate aroma, burst chocolate palate and a sweet finish.
Welly Weather (4.1%), Wet Willie (4.4%), Winston Church Ale (4.7%)

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ASCOT ALES

4REGULAR BEERS
Alligator Ale (4.6%), Anastasia's Exile Stout (5%), Posh Pooch (4.2%)

4REGULAR BEERS
Oktoberfest (4.8%), Santa's Reserve (5.2%), Wheatsheaf (4.9%)

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ATLANTIC

Blue (4.8%), Gold (4.6%), Red (5%), Reef (5.5%)

ATLAS

Blizzard (4.8%): A pale brown beer with a sulphury aroma, a hint of ginger on the palate and a sharp finish.
Equinox (4.5%): A pale golden seasonal with a small amount of Highland honey in the brew. A floral aroma leads to a fruity flavour, with a hint of that honey on the finish. Challenger, Columbus and Liberty hops are used.
Latitude (3.6%): One of the great brewing arts is getting as much taste as possible into a beer with a low alcohol content, and this succeeds very well. Beautiful, golden and hoppy, and very, very drinkable. (DN)
Three Sisters (4.2%): A classic Scottish 80/- beer, deep ruby red and with a rich malt flavour, caramel malt being balanced by late hop fruitness from Fuggles and Styrian Goldings.

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ATOMIC

Atomic Bomb (5.2%), Atomic Disaster (9%), Atomic Fission (3.9%), Atomic Fusion (4.1%), Atomic Power (4.8%), Atomic Reactor (4.5%)Atomic Strike (3.7%)

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AVON BREWING CO

4REGULAR BEER
Gurt Lush (4.5%)