4BEERS: C

CAINS

4REGULAR BEERS
Bock Beer (4.5%): A continental-style brew with Munich malt and European Hallertau and Saaz hops. A complex, rich, smooth and warming beer. It is bottled with an ABV of 8%.
Dark Mild (3.2%), FA (5.1%), Finest Bitter (4%), IPA (3.8%),

4SEASONAL BEERS 2008
Culture Beer 2008 (5%): Brewed to celebrate Liverpool, Cains' home city, being European Capital of Culture for 2008. Biscuity malt and orange citrus hops combine well for an easy-quaffing amber beer. There are Liberty, Cascade and, late on, Styrian Goldings hops. (DN: 01-06-08)
Dragonheart (5%)
Finest Lager (5%): A smooth, full-flavoured lager with Maris Otter malt from Norfolk and Saaz aroma hops.
Fine Raisin Beer (5%): What can I say? This has instantly become a Norbury favourite, a very drinkable ale with a subtle hint of raisins sitting nicely in the background and cutting through sweetish notes. Beautiful. (DN)
Sundowner (4.6%), Triple Hop (4.5%), Victorian Beer (4.7%)

4DISCONTINUED / UNKNOWN STATUS
Dr Duncan's Elixir (4.5%), First Class (4.3%), Red (4.5%)

CAIRNGORM

Bard's Ale (4.4%), Black Gold (4.4%), Blessed Thistle (4.5%), Cairngorm Gold (4.5%), Highland IPA (3.6%, ), Howler (5.8%), Nessie's Monster Mash (4.4%), Red Mountain Porter (4.5%), Santa's Sledgehammer (6.3%), Sheepshaggers Gold (4.5%), Stag (4.1%), Trade Winds (4.3%)
Wildcat (5.1%): Originally brewed at the now defunct Tomintoul Brewery, where I first sampled it in the 1990s, this is a smooth, deep, amber-coloured ale with a complex malt, fruit and hop flavour, the latter from Challenger and Fuggles varieties.
Tradewinds (4.3%): Light, dry, hoppy beer with pleasant tones of elderflower and vanilla. Good summer quaffing ale.
White Lady (4.7%), Witches Cauldron (4.9%)

CALEDONIAN

Auld Lang Syne (4.6%): A maltier Caledonian, but with a dry finish. Not what us Deuchars drinkers are used to at all, but jolly fine all the same. (DN)
Chocolate Drop (3.8%): Crammed with malted roast and caramel to give a good chocolatey taste.
Deuchars IPA (3.8%): Bursting with refreshing fruity hoppiness. A beautiful golden colour. One of those beers that maintains its lively character in a bottle, even though it is not bottle conditioned. On draught, magic. It was CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain in 2002. (DN)
Golden Promise (4.4%)
Nectar (4.3%): Bronze in colour with a complex fruity character, there are hints of honey and a citrus palate, ending in zesty sweetness. Hops are Fuggles and Styrian Goldings.
XPA (4.3%): A full-flavoured, pale gold bitter.
80/- (4.1%): Complex beer with strong hop and malt characteristics, the strength of the former being balanced well by crystal malt and roast barley flavours. The roast barley is really strong on the aroma. A former CAMRA champion beer of Scotland.

CAMBRIDGE MOONSHINE

Harvest Moon Mild (3.8%), Moonraker's Golden Ale (5%), Mulberry Bitter (4%), Pig's Ear Porter (4.7%), Porter (5.8%), Winter Moon Stout (4.5%)

CAMBRINUS

Bootstrap (4.5%), Celebrance (5.5%), Clogdance (3.6%), Dark Harvest (4%), Deliverance (4.2%), Endruance (4.3%), Hearts of Oak (5%), Herald (3.7%), Honeywheat (3.7%), Lamp Oil (4.5%), Solstice (3.8%), St George's Ale (4.5%), Yardstick (4%)

CAMERON'S

Autumn Knights (4.2%), Banner Bitter (4%), Cameron's Creamy (3.6%), Castle Eden Ale (4.2%)
John's Smith's Magnet (4%): An easy-drinking beer the bitter-sweet flavours and fruity notes of a Scotch ale.
Long Leg (4.8%)
Monkey Stout (4.4%): A rich black colour with a chocolate aroma. Chocolate malts give a roasted taste with a bitter sweet balance. (brewery notes: 10-05-08)
Nimmos XXXX (4.4%), Spring Knights (4%)
Strongarm (4%): Tasted stronger that it actually was to me, with a good deep red colour and an unexpected balance of good hop flavour against fine crystal malt. (DN)
Summer Knight (4%), Trophy Special (4%), Winter Knights (5%)

CANAVAN'S

Dublin to Liverpool (4.5%), Two Churches Bitter (4.5%)

CANNON ROYALL

Arrowhead Bitter (3.9%), Fruiterer's Mild (3.7%), King's Shilling (3.8%), Muzzle Loader (4.2%)

CAPTAIN COOK

Black Porter (4.4%), Midships (4.1%), Slipway (4.2%), Sunset (4%)

CARLOW

O'Hara's Stout (4.3%): Voted the world's number one stout at the 2000 International Brewing Awards, the maker attributes its success to the combination of traditional stout hops, an extra pinch of roast barley and crystal clear Irish water.

CASTLE ROCK

Adder (4.5%), Bat (5.5%), Black Gold (3.5%), Conker (4.4%), Curlew (4.1%y), Elsie Mo (4.7%): This was SIBA's supreme champion of the Midlands in 2005 and one can see why. Maris Otter malt meets a selection of hops, including Challenger, to create a strong, golden pint that really gives a great deal of pleasure on a sunny summers day.
Flying Ant (4.3%)
Harvest Pale (3.8%): A light, hoppy, exceptional session bitter. A blend of American hops balance gently kilned malt to create a very smooth and drinkable beer, described by Roger Protz, no less, as "the finest blond beer I've drunk in many a year". (DN: 25-01-08)
Hedgehog (3.8%), Hemlock Bitter (4%), Mayfly (3.7%), Nottingham Crocus (3.9%), Nottingham Dark Stout (4.5%), Nottingham Gold (3.5%), Owl (4.3%), Partridge (4.8%), St John's Wort (5.5%), Snowhite (4.2%), Willow (4%)

CAYTHORPE

Cocker Beck (3.7%), Dover Beck (4%), Old Nottingham Extra Pale Ale (4.2%), Stout Fellow (4.2%)

CEREDIGION

Ale 2000 (5%), Black Witch (4%), Flowerface Organic Beer (4.5%), Gold Dragon (4.2%), Old Black Bull (6.2%), Red Kite (4.3%), Spirit of the Forest (3.8%)

CHALK HILL

CHB (4.2%), Dreadnought (4.9%), Flintknapper's Mild (5%), IPA (5.3%), Old Tackler (5.6%), Tap Bitter (3.6%)

CHARLES WELLS

Bombardier (4.3%), Eagle Bitter (3.6%), Banana Bread Beer (4.5%), Summer Solstice (4.1%), Naked Gold (4.5%)

CHEDDAR ALES

4REGULAR BEERS
Gorge Best(4%)
Potholer (4.3% cask, 4.5% bottled): Light in colour with a full, zesty flavour. (brewery notes)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Mild Cheddar (3.7%), Totty Pot Dark Porter

CHILTERN

Battle of Britain Beer (5%), Bodgers Barley Wine (8.5%), John Hampden's Ale (4.8%), Lord Lieutenant's Ale (6%), Three Hundreds Old Ale (5%)

CHURCH END

Altar Ale (3.6%), Arthur's Wit (6%), Avon Ale (3.8%), Baldrick's Cunning Plan (4.3%), Bats in the Belfry (5.6%), Boston Fat Boy (4.4%), Bounty Bitter (4.3%), Clanger Ale (4.3%), Classic Regs (4.1%), Cop Gun (4.8%), Cuthberts (3.8%), Drop Goal (4.5%), Excommunicated (5%), Fallen Angel (5%), Goats Milk (3.8%), Grave Digger's Ale (3.8%), Holy Bones (5%), Hooker Ale (4.5%) Hop Gun (4.1%): A deliciously hoppy, pale bitter, enourmously refreshing. Green Bullet hops give it its distinctive bitterness. (DN: 23-06-07)
India Green Ale, India Pale Ale (5%), Listed (4.2%), Molly's Blackout (4.5%), Nene Bitter (5%), Nun's Ale (4.5%), Old Father Brown (6%), Old Pal (5.5%), Pete's Progress (3.8%), Pews Porter (4.5%), Pheasant Plucker (3.7%), Poacher's Pocket (3.5%), Pooh Beer (4.3%), Pulpit (4.8%), Rest in Peace (7%), Shakes Beer (4%), Stout Coffin (4.6%), Sunshine (4.6%), Vicars Ruin (4.4%), What the Fox's Hat (4.2%), Whittle Ale (4.4%), Willie Brew'd (4%), Without-a-Bix (4.2%)

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Atom Splitter (4.7%), Boathouse Bitter (3.8%), Bramling Traditional (5.5%), Darwin's Downfall (5%), Easter Bunny (3.8%), Hobson's Choice (4%), Holly Heaven (5.1%), Jet Black (3.7%), Mich'aelmas (4.6%), Parker's Porter (5.3%), Patron Saint (4.7%), Rutherford IPA (3.8%), Sunset Square (4.4%), Trinity (4.3%)

CITY OF STIRLING

Ale (4.8%), Ben Nevis Ale (4%)

CLARK'S

4REGULAR BEERS
Classic Blonde (3.9%), No Angel (4%), Ram's Revenge (4.6%), Westgate Gold (4.2%)

4SEASONAL BEERS
Henry's Harvest Special (4.4%, September to November), Henry's Heady Daze (June to August, 3.6%), Henry's Hearthwarmer (4.2%, December to February)
Traditional Bitter (March to May, 3.8%): An amber coloured ale with a pleasant, smooth, fruity palate, and long lasting flavour. (brewery notes)

4SPECIALS
All a Quiver (4.4%, December), Billy the Kid (4%, January), Double Vision (4.2%, June), Feel the Pinch (3.8%, July), Horn of Plenty (4.2%, April), In the Balance (3.8%, October), Pride of Place (4.4%, August), Red Rag Mild (4%, May), Still Intact (4%, September), Sting in the Tale (4.2%, November), Take the Bait (3.8%, March), You've Urned It (4.4%, February)

4DISCONTINUED / UNKNOWN STATUS
Black Gold (4%, May), Bursting Nectar (4.5%, July), Christmas Moon (3.8%, December), Classic Brunette (4.2%), Golden Hornet (5%), Hammerhead (4.8%, October), Indian Summer (4%, September), Mulberry Tree (5%), Rodney's XXXXXX Ale (4.6%, June), Scrooge's Brew (4.6%, December), Steel Cities Best (4.2%, April), Two Jags (4%, March), Wakey! Wakey! (4.6%, January), Westgate (3.8%, February), Wise Guys (4.6%, November)

CLEARWATER

1646 (4.8%), Cavalier (4%), Ebony & Ivory (4.2%)
Oliver's Nectar (5.2%): A malty, nut brown, best bitter.
Torridge Best (4.4%), Village Pride (3.7%)

COACH HOUSE

Blunderbus Old Porter (5.5%), Bootleg Valentine Ale (5%), Burns Aulde Sleekit (5.5%), Coachman's Best Bitter (3.7%), Combine Harvester (5.1%), Countdown (4.7%), Cracker Barrel Bonfire Bitter (4.6%), Cromwell's Best Bitter (4%), Dewi Sant Heritage Ale (4.7%), Dick Turpin Premium Bitter (4.2%), Duckworth's Delight (4.3%), Farrier's Best Bitter (3.9%), Flintlock Pale Ale (4.4%), Ginger Nut Premium Beer (5%), Gunpowder Strong Mild (3.8%), Honeypot (3.8%), Innkeeper's Special Reserve (4.5%), Ostlers Summer Pale Ale (4%), Post Horn Premium Ale (5%), Postlethwaite (4.6%), Rabbit Punch (4.2%), Regal Birthday Ale (4.7%), Squires Gold Spring Ale (4.2%), St George's Heritage Ale (4.9%), St Patrick's Leprechaun Ale (4.7%), Summer Sizzler (4.2%), Taverners Autumn Ale (5%), Three Kings Christmas Ale (6%), Wizard's Wonder Halloween Ale (4.2%)

COASTAL

Angelina (4.1%): A terrific golden hoppy beer that disappeared in six hours when It made an appearance at the Star during a CAMRA branch meeting in the last week of January 2007. (DN)
Coastal Paths (3.8%), Engine Room (5%), Godrevy Gold (4%), Golden Hinde (4.1%), Handliner (4%)
Hop Monster (3.7%): An excellent golden session bitter loaded with tasty hops.
Merry Maidens Mild (4%)
Special Dark Mild (4.4%): Not strictly a mild, but a very fine dark beer all the same with complex fruit and roast flavours, but some dryness too.
(DN: 14-02-08)

COLES

Amber Ale (4%), Black Stag (4%), Cwrw Blasus (4.3%), Cwrw Betys Beetroot Ale (4%), Cwrw Llanddarog (4.1%), Cwrw Nadolig (3%, Christmas), Dewi Sant (4.4%), Liquorice Stout (4%), Nettle Ale (3.8%), Oaten Barley Stout (4%), Roasted Barley Stout (4%), Summer Harvest (3.8%)

COLLEGE GREEN

Belfast Blonde (4.7%), Headless Dog (4.3%), Molly's Chocolate Stout (4.2%)

COMBE MARTIN

Hangman's Bitter (4.5%), Past Times (3.9%), Shammick Ale (6.2%)

CONCERTINA

Ariel Square Four (5.2%), Bengal Tiger (4.6%), Club Bitter (3.9%), Dictators (4.7%), Old Dark Attic (3.9%), One Eyed Jack (4%)

CONISTON

Blacksmith's Ale (5%), Bluebird Bitter (3.6%), Bluebird XB (4.2%), Old Man Ale 94.2%), Opium (4%)

CONSETT ALE WORKS

Red Dust (4%), Steel Town Bitter (3.8%), White Hot (4%)

CONWY

Arbennig Special (4.5%), Castle Bitter (3.8%), Honey Fayre (4.5%), Mulberry Mild (3.8%), Sundance (4%), Telford Porter (5.6%), Welsh Pride (4%)

COPPER DRAGON

Best Bitter (3.8%), Black Gold (3.7%), Challenger IPA (4.4%)
Golden Pippin (3.9%): A straw-coloured brew with intense citrus aroma and flavour.
Scotts 1816 (4.1%): A well-balanced, full-bodied, copper-coloured ale.

CORVEDALE

Dark and Delicious (4.6%), Katie's Pride (4.3%), Norman's Pride (4.3%), Secret Hop (4.5%), Teresa's Pride (4.5%)

COTLEIGH

Barn Owl (4.3%): A fine tasting premium beer, darkish in colour, with good balanced hits of both malt and hops. (DN)
Blue Jay (4.2%), Buzzard (4.8%), Cotleigh 25 Anniversary Ale (4%), Golden Seahawk (4.2%), Harrier Lite (3.5%), Kookaburra (4.4%), New Harvest (4%), Osprey (5%), Peregrine Porter (4.4%), Red Nosed Reinbeer (5%), Snowy (5%)
Tawny Bitter (3.8%): A copper-coloured session bitter with well-balanced pale and crystal malts, and Goldings, Fuggles and Challenger hops.

COTTAGE

Between the Posts (4.6%), Broadgauge Bitter (3.9%), Cactus Jack (4.6%), Champflower Ale (4.2%), Deltic Diesel (4.7), Gold Rush (5%), Golden Arrow (4.5%), Gone with the Whippet (4.2%), Honour & Victory (4.7%), Jack and the Dragon (4.8%), Jack Frost (4%), JTW (4.2%), Merry Hound (4.2%)
Norman's Conquest Christmas Ale (4.5%): A good, malty (too malty for some) Christmas beer with undertones of fruit and spices. One pint only at a time for me! (DN)
Rule Britannia (5%), Santa's Steaming Ale (5.5%), Smooth Hound (4.2%)
Somerset & Dorset Ale (4.4%): A smooth, well-balanced best bitter. (DN)
Southern Railway (3.7%): Winner of the bitter class at the 2005 Maltings festival at Newton Abbot. It has an initial tartness which turns maltier then leads to a bitter finish, but its triumph is being able to pack so much taste into a 3.7% brew. A very clean tasting beer. (DN)
Wessex Pale (4.7%): Light in colour and very, very hoppy. (DN: 10-06-07)
Whippet Gold Cup (4.2%)

CROPTON

Endeavour (3.6%), Honey Gold (4.2%), King Billy (3.6%), Monkman's Slaughter (6%), Rudolph's Revenge (4.6%), Scoresby Stout (4.2%), Two Pints (4%), Uncle Sams (4.4%), Yorkshire Moors (4.6%)

CROUCH VALE

Anchor Street Porter (4.9%), Amarillo (5%), Blackwater Mild (3.7%), Brewers Gold (4%): A worthy double winner of the Campaign for Real Ale's champion beer of Britain crown. A golden ale with excellent citrus fruit notes.
Brewers Gold Extra (5.2%), The Conkeror (4.3%), Crackling (6%), Crouch Best (4%), Crouch Red (4.3%), Essex Blonde (4.7%), Essex Boys Bitter (3.5%), Essex Nights (4.1%), Fine Pale Ale (5.9%), Fireball (4.5%), The Golden Duck (3.8%), Happy Santa (4.3%), IPJ Mild (3.7%), Oregon Best (4.2%), Santa's Revenge (5%), Snowdrop (4.2%), Summer Breeze (4.2%), Topsail (4.3%), Willie Warmer (6.4%)