|
Brewery
|
Beer Name
|
abv
|
Description
|
County
|
|
Adnams
|
Best Bitter
|
3.6%
|
Southwold bitter, good
session
|
Suffolk
|
|
Arkell's
|
Summer Ale
|
4.0%
|
Cool clean &
refreshing.
|
Wiltshire
|
|
Ash Vine
|
Challenger
|
4.1%
|
Malty newcomer
|
Somerset
|
|
Black Sheep
|
Best Bitter
|
3.8%
|
Rich flavoursome ale
from Masham, brewed by the real Theakston
|
North Yorkshire
|
|
Brunswick
|
Second Brew
|
4.2%
|
From the historic
Bunswick Inn
|
Derbyshire
|
|
Burtonwood
|
Vicars Revenge
|
4.2%
|
What upset the Vicar?
|
Cheshire
|
|
Wells
|
Bombardier
|
4.3%
|
good, old-fashioned ale
to chew on
|
Bedfordshire
|
|
Cotleigh
|
Tawny
|
3.8%
|
South Western Ale
|
Somerset
|
|
Crown Buckley
|
Rev. James
|
4.5%
|
Vicar's Tipple, real ale
from Wales
|
Mid Glamorgan
|
|
Dark Horse
|
Sunrunner
|
4.1%
|
Full flavoured bitter
with fruit notes and strong bitter finish.
|
Herfordshire
|
|
Donnington
|
Best Bitter
|
3.5%
|
light, malty and
delicious, from Hooky's only real rival
|
Gloucestershire
|
|
Fromes Hill
|
Overture
|
4.2%
|
From a new brewery in
Hereford Hop country
|
Herefordshire
|
|
Fuller's
|
Summer Ale
|
3.9%
|
Looks like lager, but
doesn't taste like it, thank God. Not so malty as usual Fuller's
|
London
|
|
Gales
|
Best Bitter
|
3.8%
|
Bristol's best, moreish,
mouth-filling
|
Hampshire
|
|
Hall & Woodhouse
|
Dorset Best Bitter
|
4.1%
|
Was Badger Best, and is
still pretty good
|
Dorset
|
|
Hardys & Hansons
|
Kimberley Classic
|
4.8%
|
Strong & Fruity,
proceed with caution.
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
Harveys
|
Sussex Best Bitter
|
4.0%
|
one of my (Peter Millar)
favourites, a beer to sip and savour
|
East Sussex
|
|
Hogs Back
|
T.E.A
|
4.2%
|
Tawny Brown, Malty
|
Surrey
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Best Bitter
|
3.4%
|
The Best Bitter
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Old Hooky
|
4.6%
|
subtly sweet
old-fashioned autumnal ale
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Mild
|
3.0%
|
like it used to be,
dark, tasty, surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Haymaker
|
5.0%
|
flower, fruity and
packs the punch its name promises
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Double Stout
|
4.8%
|
proof that the Irish
don't have a monopoly; nothing like Guinness
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Twelve Days
|
5.5%
|
Dark Strong Sweet,
Hooky's Xmas ale
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Hook Norton
|
Generation
|
4.0%
|
Dry, tasty, addictive -
latest beer in the range in honour of newest member of the family
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Judges
|
Magistrates Delight
|
4.6%
|
unless you end up in
front of one afterwards
|
Warwickshire
|
|
Mansfield
|
Deakin
|
4.3%
|
A new and as yet
untasted brew - The Golden Drop
|
Nottinghamshire
|
|
Morland
|
Old Speckled Hen
|
5.2%
|
Oxfordshire's national.
strong reliable complex.
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Morrells
|
Varsity
|
4.3%
|
Oxford's own, deserves
to be better known
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Federation
|
Buchanan Original
|
4.4%
|
Strong Northerner
|
Tyne & Wear
|
|
Brains
|
S A
|
4.2%
|
Known as Skull Attack in
South Wales - more dangerous than it's strength would suggest!
|
South Glamorgan
|
|
Shepherd Neame
|
Spitfire
|
4.7%
|
Born to commemorate
battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive...
|
Kent
|
|
Smiles
|
Best Bitter
|
4.1%
|
Makes you grin.
|
Avon
|
|
Wychwood
|
Best Bitter
|
4.2%
|
Conservatively named
local bitter.
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Thomas Hardy Brewery
|
Hardy Country Bitter
|
4.2%
|
Thomas Hardy Brewery
used to be Eldridge Pope.
|
Dorset
|
|
Uley
|
Hogshead
|
4.0%
|
Copper coloured beer
with a dry finish
|
Gloucestershire
|
|
Brakspear
|
Premium
|
4.1%
|
Based on one of the
classic ales of England, amber colour, hops and malt
|
Oxfordshire
|
|
Wadworth
|
Summersault
|
4.5%
|
Unusual summer brew
|
Wiltshire
|
|
West Berkshire
|
Good Old Boy
|
4.0%
|
Well balanced malty
fruity and hoppy
|
Berkshire
|
|
Wolf
|
Best Bitter
|
3.9%
|
Sheepish.
|
Norfolk
|
|
Young's
|
Special
|
4.6%
|
Strong, full flavoured
bitter. The name special is well deserved.
|
London
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