4BEERS: B

BADGER

Badger Best (4%), Badger Original (3.8%), Blandford Fly (5.2%), Festive Feasant (4,5%)
First Gold (4%): A wonderful, inviting hop aroma gives way to a robust hop taste, balanced by subtle malt. Nutty, spicy taste with an undercurrent of vanilla, offering lingering bitterness on the finish. A fine tribute to the hopgrower's art. I drank it quite slowly and it was in excellent condition right to the bottom of the glass. (DN)
Flowers IPA (3.5%), Flowers Original (4.3%)
Fursty Ferret (4.4%): A golden/brown ale with a fruity aroma and toffee/zesty citrus notes. Admiral, Goldings and Styrian Goldings hops delicately balance the beer, leading to smooth bitterness and a slight spiciness.
Gobbledy Goose (4.6%), Golden Champion (5%), Golden Glory (4.5%)

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Hopping Hare (4.5%): A light, refreshing, golden ale with a distinctive hoppy aroma and slight citrus undertones. Super Styrian hops are added twice during the brewing process, with Styrian Goldings added in the cask.
Long Days (4.5%): A golden summer ale with a subtle hint of raspberries to complement underlying malt and hop aromas. (brewery notes)
King & Barnes Sussex Bitter (3.5%)
Poacher's Choice (5.7%): A liquorice and damson flavoured bottled beer, Hall & Woodhouse's record fourth winner in the Tesco Drinks Awards. It is a smooth, dark ale, enhanced by a touch of liquorice for spicy sweetness and damson for a soft, subtly fruity taste. Its robust flavours combine well with game, desserts and mature cheeses. (brewery notes: 28-09-07)
Pumpkin (4.6%): A Halloween ale with hints of roast pumpkin cloves and peat. This sweet and slightly smokey bottled ale is especially recommended as an accompaniment to pumpkin pie, sticky toffee apples and carrot cake. The back label of the bottle features a recipe for a pumpkin ale soup. (brewery notes: 28-09-07)
Tanglefoot (4.9%): Good pale malt taste with a bitter finish. Fruity notes are balanced by smooth hoppiness — from Styrian Goldings — and biscuity flavour.

BALLARDS

Ballards Annaversary (4.5%), Best Bitter (4.2%), Duadekademon (5.5%), Golden Bine (3.8%), Midhurst Mild (3.4%), Nyewood Gold (5%), Old Bounder Series (9.4%), On the Hop (4.5%), Wassail (6%), Wild (4.7%) Wheatsheaf (5%)

BANK TOP

Bikes Trikes & Beer (3.6%), Brydge Bitter (3.8%), Dark Mild (4%), Flat Cap (4%), Game Set & Match (3.8%), Gold Digger (4%), Old Slapper (4.2%), Pavillion (4.5%), Port O' Call (5%), Samuel (4.2%), Santa's Claws (5%), Smokestack Lightnin' (5%), Volunteer (4.2%)

BANKS'S

Bitter (3.8%): A classic Midlands bitter, with good malf-hop balance and a clean finish.
Fine Fettle (4.8%), Original (3.5%),

BANKS & TAYLOR

Bedfordshire Cliffhanger (3.8%): A golden beer with a citrus aroma, a smooth fruity taste and a dry finish.
Dragonslayer (4.5%): A full-flavoured and refreshing light coloured bitter with a good hop character (Challenger and Goldings) throughout and underlying fruit flavours.
Edwin Taylor's Extra Stout (4.5%), Goalden Hatter (4%), Shefford Bitter (3.8%), Shefford Mild (3.8%), Shefford Old Dark (5%), Shefford Old Strong (5%), Shefford Pale Ale (4.5%)
Tinker (4.5%): A 2007 special celebrating Bedford's most famous son, John Bunyan. An amber-brown beer with lots of fruit and a subtle finish from Bramling Cross and Cascade hops.
Two Brewers Bitter (3.6%)

BAREARTS

Alder Carr Farm Tayberry Wheat Beer (5.5%), Bartrams Darkside (4%), Blackberry Porter (5.2%), Blonde (5.3%), Brown Ale (4.8%), Dry Blonde (5.9%), Mother-in-Law's Tongue Tied (9%), Oat Stout (7.8%), Raspberry Beer (5%), Strong Ale (10.4%), Summer Beer (6.8%)

BAREFOOT

First Foot (4.2%), Milk of Amnesia (4.5%), SB (5%), Sole Beer (4.5%)

BARROWDEN

Beach Boys (3.8%), Bevin Boys (4.5%), Farmer Boys (3.6%), Fun Boy Four (4.4%), Naughty Boys Bitter (4.8%), Youngs Boys Bitter (4.1%)

BARNGATES

Cat Nap (3.6%), Chesters Strong and Ugly (5.2%), Cracker Ale (3.9%), Tag Lag (4.4%)

BARTRAMS

Beer Elsie Bub (4.8%), Bees Knees (4.2%), Blackthorpe Bitter (3.6%), Captain Bill Bartram's Best Bitter (4.8%), Captain's Stout (4.8%), Cit'r'us (4%), Coal Porter (4.5%), Comrade Bill Bartram's Egalitarian Anti-Imperialist Imperial Soviet Stout (6.4%), Goosegog Grozet (4%), Green Man (4%), Jester Quick One (4.4%), Little Green Man (3.8%), Lychee Limbo (4%), Marld (3.4%), Mother-in-law's Tongue Tied (9%), Pierrot (4%), Premier Bitter (3.7%), Red Queen (3.9%), Rougham Ready (3.6%), Stingo (4.5%), Suffolk'n'strong (5%), Thurston Quencher (4.7%)

BARUM

Barnstablaster (6.6%), Barumberg (5.1%), Breakfast (5%), Challenger (5.6%), Golf (4%), Jester (4.2%), Original (4.4%), XTC (3.9%)

BATEMAN'S

Aquarius Ale (4.4%): A hoppy beer with a grapefruit flavour. Citrus aroma at first, with a crisp finish. (brewery notes)
Combined Harvest (4.4%): Grainy tasting with a delightful floral start and finish.(brewery notes)
Dark Lord (5%)
Dark Mild (3%): A creamy mild with a fruity palate, some roast character and a hoppy finish. (brewery notes)
Hop Bine Bitter (3.6%): A traditional amber bitter, brewed using fine natural ingredients. Full bodied and well hopped. (brewery notes)
Hooker (4.5%): A hoppy rather than a bitter ale, with a citrus fruit overtone and a dry hop aroma. (brewery notes)
Middle Wicket (4.4%): A hoppy beer with plenty of fruit character. Starts with a spicy aroma and finishes with a taste of grapefruit. (brewery notes)
Miss Cheeky (4.2): A citrus fruit overtone with a dry hop character. (brewery notes)
Miss Luscious (4.3%): A citrus fruit overtone with a dry hop charater. (brewery notes)
Miss Saucy (4.3%): Well-balanced, but hops come to the fore gradually. Citrus notes, and I got a hint of bubblegum too. (DN)
Miss Voluptuous (4.2%): A hoppy beer with a citrus overtone and dry hop character. (brewery notes)
Miss Whiplash (4.2%): Golden, crisp ale with a perfume hoppy character. (brewery notes)
Rosey Nosey (4.9%): Delicious warming malt flavour, with good hop support in a robust-tasting annual favourite. (DN)
Salem Porter (4.7%): A porter with a dry roast, nutty palate and rich malty aftertaste. (brewery notes)
Spring Goddess (4.2%): Brewed and dry-hopped with floral- and citrus-style hops, combined with prime Maris Otter malt, producing a golden, malty, crisp pale ale with a delightful flowery aroma. (brewery notes)
Summer Swallow (3.9%): A crisp, clean beer with a delightfully floral nose and a subtle bitter taste. Brewed using East Anglian barley and East Kent Goldings hops. (brewery notes)
Valiant (4.2%): A delicious golden beer — clean, crisp and zesty. (brewery notes)
Victory Ale (5.5%): A full-flavoured and aromatic strong pale ale. A predominantly fruity aroma with a malty palate balanced with an exquisite hop character. (brewery notes)
XB Bitter (3.7%): A distinctive, well balanced bitter, with a refreshing dry bitterness on the palate and pleasing hoppy finish. (brewery notes)
XXXB Bitter (4.8%): Five times premium beer winner at the Great British Beer Festival, and it's hard to argue with a recommendation like that. An excellent, well-balanced premium bitter. Goldings, Challenger and Liberty hops balance malty sweetness that dries out nicely on the finish. (brewery notes)

BATH ALES

Barnstormer (4.5%), Festivity (5%)
Gem (4.1%): Maris Otter Barley and Challenger and East Kent Goldings hops combine in an amber coloured bitter with a good malty base leading to a fruity, bitter finish.
Rare Hare (5.2%)
SPA (3.7%): First Gold hops give a pleasant, dry finish; very refreshing. (DN)
Wild Hare (5%)

BATHAMS

Best Bitter (4.5%), Mild Ale (3.5%), XXX (6.5%)

BATTERSEA

Bitter (4%), Pagoda (3.7%), Power Station Porter (4.9%)

BATTLEDOWN

Brigand (4.7%), Saxon (3.8%), Turncoat (4.5%)

BAYS

Best (3.7%): Curiously, not a best bitter at all but a nice, well-balanced session beer with a dry, hoppy finish.
Breaker (4.7%): A chestnut coloured best bitter, with fruit flavours coming from the malt. There's a good, dry finish.
Gold (4.3): An easy-drinking, light, golden beer with refreshing citrus notes.

BAZENS

£Sd (4.4%)
Black Pig Mild (3.6%): A classic dark mild, with some sweetness, and smokiness from the malt, but hop balance too. (DN: 15-02-08)
Blue Bullet (4.5%), Bomber Ale (3.8%), Bullocks (4.3%), Centaur (4.2%), Cliff Bier (5.2%), Dilemma (4.1%), eXSB (5.5%)
Flatbac (4.2%): A very good, light-coloured bitter. Good hop offers citrussy bitterness without being overpowering.
Fresher's Special (5.5%), Goatee Beer (4.9%), Golding Fleece (4.4%), The Good, The Bad and The Fuggly (4%), Knoll Street Porter (5.2%), Lionbrew (4.4%), The Newun (4.2%), 20 Not Out (4.1%), On Goldings Pond (4%), Pacific Bitter (3.8%), Red Shed (3.8%), Riverside (4.5%), Santa's Reinbeer (4.6%); Scuttler (4%), Sea God (4.3%), Stinger (4.3%), Wass Ale (4.5%), Zebra Best Bitter (4.3%)

BEARTOWN

Ambeardextrous (3.8%), Bear Ass (4%), Bearfaced Rye (5%), Bearly Literate (4.5%), Bearskinful (4.2%), Black Bear (5%), Blarney Bear (4.8%), Brown Bear (3.9%), Bruin's Ruin (5%), Extra Claws (6%)
Ginger Bear (4%): A well balanced session bitter, hopped with Challenger and Northdown and with added root ginger to give a distinctive kick.
Goldie Hops (3.5%)
Hoppy New Bear (4.5%): A mid-brown, malty beer with a fruity taste and aftertaste.
IBA (4.8%), Kodiak Gold (4%), Pandamonium (4.5%), Polar Eclipse (4.8%), Santa's Claws (4.5%), Strawberry Bear (4.5%), Wheat Bear (5%)

BECKSTONES

Border Streeans (4.1%), Hematite (5.5%), Iron Town (3.8%), Leat (3.6%)

BEER ENGINE

Piston Bitter (4.8%), Rail Ale (3.8%), Sleeper Heavy (5.4%)
Whistlemas (7.3%): A mid-brown beer with a sulpjury aroma, very sweet palate but with a dry finish.

BELHAVEN

80 Shilling, St Andrew's Ale

BELLS

Cosbys (3.7%), Dreamcatcher (4.7%), India Pale Ale (4.8%), Mucky Dog (6%), Rainmaker (4.1%), TP Buck (4.3%), Valiant (4.2%), Victor (4.1%), Vulcan (5%), What the Duck (5.5%)

BELVOIR

Beaver Bitter (4.3%), Peacock's Glory (4.7%), Old Dalby (5.1%), Star Bitter (3.9%), Star Mild (3.4%), Whippling Golden Bitter (3.6%)

BEOWULF

Beorma (3.9%), Blizzard (5%), Chasewater Bitter (4.4%), Dragon Smoke Stout (4.7%), Fifty Winters (4.4%), Finn's Hall Porter (4.7%), Glutlusty (4.5%), Gold Work (5.1%), Grandal's Winter Ale (5.8%), Heroes Bitter (4.7%), Hurricane (4%), Mercian Shine (5%), Noble Bitter (4%), Swordsman (4.5%), Wergild (4.3%), Wuffa (4.5%), Wiglaf (4.3%)

BERROW

BBBB Best Bitter (3.9%), Porter (4.7%), Topsy Turvy (6%)

BETWIXT

Sunlight (4.3%)

BIG LAMP

Bitter (3.9%), Blackout (11%), Double M (4.3%), Embers (5.5%), Keelman Brown (5.7%), Old Genie (7.4%), Premium (5.2%), Prince Bishop Ale (4.8%), Summerhill Stout (4.4%), Sunny Daze (3.6%)

BITTER END

Call Out (4.2%), Cockermouth Pride (3.8%), Cuddy Lugs (4.7%), Czechumberland (4.5%), Farmer's Ale (3.8%), Full English (5%), Skinner's Old Strong (5.5%), Wheat Beer (4.1%), Wordsworth 6X (5%)

BLACK COUNTRY

Bradley's Finest Golden (4.2%), Fireside (5%), Pig on the Wall (4.3%)

BLACK DOG

Rhatas (4.6%), Schooner (4.2%), Whitby Abbey Ale (3.8%)

BLACK HOLE

Bitter (3.8%), No Escape (5.%), Red Dwarf (4.4%)

BLACK ISLE

BC Scotch Ale (4.5%), BC Wheat Beer (4.5%), Blonde (4.5%), Heather Honey (4.7%), Hibernator II (6.2%), Porter (4.5%), Red Kite Ale (4.5%), Yellowhammer (4%)

BLACK SHEEP

Best Bitter (3.8%), Emmerdale (5%)
Golden Sheep (4.7%): A summer thirst-quencher with a bit of bite. A lovely traditional pale ale aroma precedes a full-bodied taste with a satisfying dry finish. Specially selected for Tesco's Finest range.
Holy Frail (4.7%)
Riggwelter (5.9%): A dark, fruity bitter, with complex flavours.
Special Ale (4.4%)

BLACKAWTON

44 Special (4.5%), Exhibition Ale (4.7%)
Headstrong (5.2%): Smooth, malty sweetness turns to hoppy fruit in this deceptively drinkable strong ale.
Original Bitter (3.8%): A copper coloured session beer, hoppy with a malt finish.
Peninsula Ale (4.6%): A best bitter that delivers a good malt hit with plenty of bitterness on the finish. (DN)
Saltash Sunrise (5%): Mount Hood hops give this super golden ale a long, hoppy finish.
Westcountry Gold (4.1%), Winter Fuel (5%)

BLACKDOWN

Dark Side (5%), Devon's Pride (3.8%), Gold 4.3%

BLACKFRIARS

Old Habit (5.6%), Sygnus Bittergold (4%), Yarmouth Bitter (3.8%)

BLACKPOOL

Bitter (4%), BPA (4.2%), Golden Smile (3.7%)
Brewed for Barnsley Brewery (no longer operating): Ay Up It's Christmas (4.8%), Black Heart Stout (4.6%), IPA (4.2%)

BLANCHFIELDS

9 Bull (4.9%), Black Bull Mild (3.6%), Black Witch (4.6%), Fire Bull Night (3.9%), Golden Bull (4.2%), Jester Bull (4.4%), Killer Bull (6%), Raging Bull Bitter (4.9%), Santa's Red Nose Bull (6%), Spring Bull (4.2%),White Bull (4.4%)

BRANSCOMBE VALE

Yo Ho Ho (6%): A brown beer, malty, with a full-bodied taste and a smooth bitter finish.

BLENCOWE

Beach Boys (3.8%), Danny Boys (4.5%), Farmers Boy (3.6%), Golden Boy (5%), Young Boy (4.1%)

BLINDMAN'S

Buff (3.6%), Conquest (3.8%), Eclipse (4.2%), Golden Spring (4%), Icarus (4.5%), Mine Beer (4.2%), Siberia (4.7%)

BLUE ANCHOR

Spingo Bragget (6.1%), Spingo Christmas Special (7.6%), Spingo Easter Special (7.6%), Spingo Jubilee (4.6%)
Spingo Middle (5.1%): Perennially popular, especially among the locals in helston where it is made at the rear of the Blue Anchor brewpub, this confusingly titled beer is a copper red best bitter with plenty of maltiness.
Spingo Special (6.7%): Dark, malty and strong with a fruity finish.

BLUE BELL

Moulton Mill Ale (3.7%), Old Comfort (5%), Old Fashioned (4.8%), Old Gold (4.5%), Old Honesty (4.1%), Mild (3.6%)

BLUE COW

Thirlwell's Best (3.8%), Thirlwell's Witham Wobbler (4.5%)

BLUE MOON

Dark Side (4.8%), Easy Life (3.8%), Hingham High (5.2%), Liquor Mortis (7.5%), Milk of Amnesia (5.2%), Moon Dance (4.7%), Sea of Tranquility (4.2%), Total Eclipse (9%)

BLYTHE

Bitter (4%), Chase Bitter (4.4%), Palmer's Poison (4.5%)

BOB'S

Chardonnayle (5.1%), White Lion (4.3%), Yakima Pale Ale (4.5%)

BOGGART HOLE CLOUGH

Angel Hill (4.2%), Bitter (3.8%), Brew (4.3%), Dark Mild (4%), Dark Side (4.4%), Light Mild (3.8%), Standard Pioneer (4%), Steaming Boggart (9%), Sun Dial (4.7%)

BOTTLE BROOK

Deep Well Bitter (5.2%), Full Moon (4.6%), Meandering Mild (4.3%), Midnight Mash (5.1%)

BOWLAND

Bowland Dragon (4.2%), Bowland Gold (3.8%), Bowland Oak (4%), Chipping Steamer (3.9%), Dancing Cow (4.1%), Golden Trough (3.8%), Headless Peg (4.5%), Hen Harrier (4%), Hunters Moon (3.7%), Sawley Tempted (3.7%)

BOWMAN ALES

Eldorado (3.5%), Quiver Bitter (4.5%), Swift One (3.8%), Wallops Wood (4%)

BOX STEAM

Blind House (4.6%), Jock Ewart's Amazing Figgy Pudding (5%)
Rev Awdry's Ale (3.8%): A straw-coloured bitter with a hoppy aftertaste.
Three Shires (4.4%), Tunnel Vision (4.2%)

BRADFIELD

Farmers Belgian Blue (4.9%), Farmers Bitter (3.9%), Farmers Brown Cow (4.2%), Farmers Pale Ale (5%), Farmers Stout (4.5%)

BRAINS

45 (4.5%): A continental-style beer designed to appeal to the 18-35-year-old age group. The official beer of the Football Association of Wales.
Bitter (3.7%): Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops combine magnificently in this excellent, tasty session beer. Sweet maltiness gives way to a drier hop finish.
Bread of Heaven (4%): Ah, you can hear them singing in the valleys! This was a new brew in the autumn of 2004 to mark Brains' sponsorship of the Welsh national rugby team. It's got to be worth a try. (Worth a try — oh, please yourselves.) Reddish in colour with a good hop aroma and a hint of fruit in the taste too.
Buckley's Best Bitter (3.7%): A survivor of the Buckley's/Brains merger and a fine example of a session beer — always popular and quick to go when it turns up at the Star. Well-balanced with the hops throwing up nutty tones. (DN)
Buckley's IPA (3.4%): With that low an ABV more a PA than an IPA (touchy subject with me), but a good refreshing quaffer none the less.
Cwrw Seren (4.6%): A Christmas beer, aromatic and spicy. Seren is Welsh for star (crwr is beer).
Dark (3.5%): Despite its low ABV, it packs a wonderful punch and is, in all but name, a classic mild. There's malt and hoppy nuttiness plus a hint of chocolate too and a nice dry finish. A Norbury favourite. (DN)
Flowers IPA (3.6%): Session bitter made under contract for InBev.
Flowers Original (4.4%): Best bitter made under contract for InBev.
Land of My Fathers (4%): Beer launched for a limited period in 2006 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Welsh national anthem. Infused with Welsh honey to give a complex and refreshing flavour and a clean finish.
Rev James (4.5%): Named after the Rev James Buckley, founder of Buckley's Brewery, with which Brains merged in 1997. This is a classic strong ale made of a traditional recipe and offering a spiciness in the taste.
SA (4.2%): A fine, robust best bitter offering plenty of fruit and hop taste.
SA Gold (4.7%): A full-flavoured, hoppy and refreshing ale, with complex hop flavours from Cascade, Styrian Goldings and Target varieties, and vibrant citrus aromas, with a satisfying finish.
St David's Ale (4.1%): A light-coloured ale, dry hopped with Styrian Goldings to create a thirst quenching flavour with a refreshing bite and dry hop aroma.

BRAKSPEAR

Brakspear Bitter (3.4%): Double-drop fermentation excites the yeast and creates a complex brew that drinks above its lowly ABV.
Brakspear Organic (4.6): Target and Goldings hops give a zesty aroma and fruity flavour.
Brakspear Special (4.3%)
Brakspear Triple (7.2%): A bottle-conditioned ale brewed in the brewery's 'double drop' fermentation system. A highly aromatic, strong beer, that delivers rich, vinous complexity with flavours akin to rum and Madeira. Each bottle is numbered so you can check on the Brakspear website when it was bottled.
Brass Monkeys (4%), Downpour (4.5%), Fire Dog (.4%), Henry on Thames (4.6%), Hop Demon (4.2%), O Be Joyful (4.8%), Ploughman's (4.2%)

BRANCASTER

IPA (3.7%), Old Les (5%)

BRANDON

Bitter (4%), Breckland Gold (3.8%), Gun Flint (4.2%), Moonshine (4%), Nappertandy (4.8%), Rusty Bucket (4.4%), Slippery Jack (4.5%)

BRANDY CASK

Ale Mary (4.8%), Brandy Snapper (4%), John Baker's Original (4.8%), Whistling Joe (3.6%)

BRANSCOMBE VALE

Anniversary Ale (4.6%), Brannoc (3.8%), BVB Own Label (4.6%)
Drayman's Best Bitter (4.2%): A good-style bitter with a very pure taste, attributable to the use of Branscombe's own spring water. Easy drinking ale with a nutty hop character. (DN)
Hells Belles (4.8%), Summa That (4.5%), Yo Ho Ho (6%)

BRECONSHIRE

Brecon County Ale (3.7%), Golden Valley (4.2%), Green Dragon (4.6%), Ramblers Ruin (5%), Red Dragon (4.7%)
Welsh Pale Ale (3.7%): A pale golden, mildly hopped session bitter. (brewery notes)
Winter Beacon (5.3%)

BRENTWOOD

Big Brown Bear (4.8%), Summer Virgin (4.5%)

BREW WHARF

Best (4.1%), Borough Bitter (3.7%)

BREWSTERS

Bellydancer (5.2%), Daffy's Elixir (4.2%), Hop a Doodle Doo (4.3%), Hophead (3.6%), Marquis (3.8%)
Rutterkin (4.6%): A golden best bitter, hoppy and refreshing, offering sweetness, then bitters out. Stands up to Wetherspoon's chilling well.
(DN: 11-06-08)

BRIDGE OF ALLAN

Aleoween Pumpkin Ale (4.2%), Bannockburn Ale (4.2%), Bramble Ale (4.2%), Glencoe Wild Oat Stout (4.5%), Lomond Gold (5%), Stirling Bitter (3.7%), Stirling Brig (4.1%)

BRIDGNORTH

Best Bitter (4%)

BRIMSTAGE

Oystercatcher (4.6%), Rhode Island Red (4%), Scarecrow (4.2%), Trappers Hat (3.8%)

BRISCOE'S

Badger Stone Bitter (4.4%), Burnsall Classic Bitter (4%), Chevin Chaser (4.3%), Chevinbrau Lager (5.2%), Dalebottom Dark (4.3%), Otley Gold (4.6%), Puddled and Barmy Ale (5.8%), Ronbalds Reviver (3.8%), Runner's Ruin (4.3%), Shane's Shamrock Stout (4.6%), Three Peaks Ale (4.5%), Victorian Velvet (4.9%)

BRISTOL BEER FACTORY

Gold (5%): A fantastically hoppy, crisp, dry beer, with a bright white head. Dangerously drinkable!
No 7 (4.2%), Red (3.8%)

BROADSTONE

Best Bitter (3.8%), Black Abbot (5%), Donjon (5.4%), Donovan (6%), Gold (5%), Ladywell Ale (4%), Priorswell Porter (4%),RPA (3.8%), Stonebridge Mild (4%), Two Water Grog (4%), Warhorse (5.8%)

BROTHERS

Freedom Organic Lager (4.8%), Freedom Pilsener (5%), Freedom Soho Red (5%)

BROUGHTON ALES

Angel Organic Lager (5%): Pleasant, but in a smooth summer ale manner, rather than that of a lager. I didn't chill it beforehand (stupid boy), which would probably have improved its flavour. A smooth, easy-drinking with hop notes of vanilla and almond. The malt, says Broughton, comes from UK-grown barley while the hops are imported from New Zealand. (DN)
Border Organic Gold (6%), Black Douglas (5.2%), The Ghillie (4.5%), Greenmantle Ale (3.9%), Merlin's Ale (4.2%), Old Jock (6.7%), Scottish Oatmeal Stout (4.2%), Summer Ale (3.5%), Winter Ale (4.2%)

BROWN COW

Bitter (3.8%), How Now (5.1%), Nimbus Wheat Beer (4.8%), Old E'fer (4.4%), Simpson's No 4 (4.4%), Suddaby's After Dark Coffee Porter (5%), Wassail Warmer (5%, Christmas), Wide Eyed and Legless (4.7%)

BRUNSWICK

Black Sabbath (6%), Father Mike's Dark Rich Ruby (5.8%), Mild (3.6%), Old Accidental (5%), Pilsner (5%), Railway Porter (4.3%), Rambo (7.3%), Second Brew (4%), Triple Gold (4.5%), Triple Hop (4%)

BRYNCELYN

Buddy Confusing (5%), Buddy Marvellous (4%), Buddy's Delight (4.2%), CHH (4.5%), Cwrw Celyn (4.4%), Feb 59 (3.7%), Holly Hop (3.9%), Oh Boy (4.5%), May B Baby (4.5%), Peggy's Brew (4.2%), Rave On (5%), That'll be the Sleigh (6.6%)

BRYN CYF

Bitter (4%), Herald (6.2%), Special (4.5%)

BRYSON'S

Barrows Bitter (4.2%), Bitter (3.8%), Bryson's Hurricane (4.1%), Patrick's Porter (4.3%), Wammellers Wheat (4%)

BUFFY'S

10x (10%), Bitter (3.9%), Festival 9X (9%), Hopleaf (4.5%), India Ale (4.6%), Mild (4.2%), Mucky Duck (4.5%), Norwegian Blue (4.9%), Norwich terrier (3.6%), Polly's Folly (4.3%), Sleigher (4.1%)

BULL BOX

Bull Box Bitter (4%), Kerb Crawler (5.2%), Mid-Life Crisis (4.5%)

BULL LANE

Black Barrel (3.8%), Jack's Flag (4.7%), Nowtsa Matter (3.7%), Ryhope Tug (3.9%)

BULLMASTIFF

Brindle (5.1%), Jack the Lad (4.1%), Mogodog (10%, winter), Son of a Bitch (6%), Summer Moult (4.3%, summer), Thoroughbred (4.5%), Welsh Black (4.8%), Welsh Gold (3.8%), Welsh Red (4.8%)

BUNTINGFORD

Britannia (4.4%), Challenger (3.8%), Night Owl (4.2%), Pargetter's Mild (3.7%), Polish Hurricane (4.7%), Royston Pale Ale (4.3%), Royston Red (4.8%), Silence (5.2%)

BURRINGTON

Alchemy (4.2%), Azza Newt (4%), Barley Mow (3.8%), DNA - Dark Newt Ale (4.4%), Newt 'n' Wriggly (4.6%), Newt-rition - also known as Hoops Special (5.2%), Opus (4%), Ruby Newt (3.6%), Tippled Newt (3.8%)

BURTON BRIDGE

Battle Brew (5%): An amber coloured, full-bodied premium beer, bitter, with fruity overtones.
Bridge Bitter (4.2%): Pale brown and hoppy with a hint of roast caramel.
Burton Porter (4.5), Festival Ale (5.5%), Golden Delicious (3.8%), Stairway to Heaven (5%), Thomas Sykes (10%), Top Dog Stout (5%), XL Bitter (4%)

BURTONWOOD

Burtonwood Bitter (3.7%, for Wolverhampton & Dudley), John Smith's Magenta (4%, for Scottish Courage), Oxford Blue (3.7%, for Morrells), Top Hat (4.8%, for Wolverhampton & Dudley), Webster's Green Label (3.2%, for Scottish Courage), Webster's Yorkshire Bitter (3.5%, for Scottish Courage)

BUSHY'S

Bitter (3.8%), Castletown Bitter (3.5%), Lovely Jubbly (5.2%), Old Bushy Tale (4.5%), Piston Brew (4.5%, May and June), Ruby Mild (3.5%)

BUTCOMBE

Bitter (4%): Light, citrussy fruit notes lead to a log, dry, bitter finish. A much-loved West Country bitter.
Blond (4.3%): Very refreshing, clean and hoppy and, as the name suggests, very light in colour. The hops are Styrian and Saaz and the malt English pale lager malt.

BUTLER'S

Butler's Oxfordshire Bitter (3.6%), Red Fox (4%)

BUTT'S

Barbus Barbus (4.6%): The hop really hits you, yet the finished beer retains a decent balance. Another site is reporting citrus notes, but I'm getting nuts: well, that's the joy of beer tasting! Lovely straw colour and bags of condition down to the last mouthful. (DN)
Blackguard Porter (4.5%), Butts Traditional (4%), Golden Brown (5%), Jester (3.5%), Le Butts Biere (5%)