| 1 |
Abbeydale |
Moonshine |
4.3% |
An acclaimed brew from a new Yorkshire
company |
South Yorkshire |
| 2 |
Arkell's |
Summer Ale |
4.0% |
Cool clean & refreshing. |
Wiltshire |
| 3 |
Badger |
Dorset Best Bitter |
4.1% |
Was Badger Best, and is still pretty good |
Dorset |
| 4 |
Barnsley |
Glory |
4.8% |
Powerful ale from South Yorkshire |
South Yorkshire |
| 5 |
Beartown |
Bear Ass |
4.0% |
Cuddly Toy and Donkey? |
Cheshire |
| 6 |
Black Sheep |
Riggwelter |
5.9% |
Recipe for legless sheep... |
North Yorkshire |
| 7 |
Black Sheep |
Best Bitter |
3.8% |
Rich flavoursome ale from Masham, brewed
by the real Theakston |
North Yorkshire |
| 8 |
Brakspear |
Best Bitter |
3.4% |
Regatta Refresher from Henley, better than
Pimms! |
Oxfordshire |
| 9 |
Burtonwood |
Bucaneer |
5.2% |
Doesn't look strong, but is. |
Cheshire |
| 10 |
Burtonwood |
Top Hat |
4.8% |
Deceptively light, sweet, soft and
slightly nutty flavour |
Cheshire |
| 11 |
Butcombe |
Bitter |
4.0% |
Refreshing Bitter |
Avon |
| 12 |
Cotleigh |
Barn Owl |
4.5% |
Quiet and Deadly (if you're a mouse) |
Somerset |
| 13 |
Dark Horse |
Sunrunner |
4.1% |
Full flavoured bitter with fruit notes and
strong bitter finish. |
Herfordshire |
| 14 |
Donnington |
S B A |
4.0% |
A malty bitter from Britain's most
picturesque brewery |
Gloucestershire |
| 15 |
Donnington |
Best Bitter |
3.5% |
light, malty and delicious, from Hooky's
only real rival |
Gloucestershire |
| 16 |
Federation |
Buchanan Original |
4.4% |
Strong Northerner |
Tyne & Wear |
| 17 |
Fromes Hill |
Overture |
4.2% |
From a new brewery in Hereford Hop country
|
Herefordshire |
| 18 |
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 |
| 19 |
Fuller's |
London Pride |
4.1% |
Wonderful strong flavoured ale, malty,
rich and bitter. |
London |
| 20 |
Gales |
Gb |
4.0% |
New June '98 A dry, bitter beer with a
long hoppy aftertaste |
Hampshire |
| 21 |
Greene King |
Abbot Ale |
5.0% |
Distinctive and strong, well balanced and
fuity |
Suffolk |
| 22 |
Greene King |
Ipa |
3.6% |
Hoppy biiter, good session beer |
Suffolk |
| 23 |
Harveys |
Sussex Best Bitter |
4.0% |
one of my (Peter Millar) favourites, a
beer to sip and savour |
East Sussex |
| 24 |
Hogs Back |
T.E.A |
4.2% |
Tawny Brown, Malty |
Surrey |
| 25 |
Hook Norton |
Generation |
4.0% |
Dry, tasty, addictive - latest beer in the
range in honour of newest member of the family |
Oxfordshire |
| 26 |
Hook Norton |
Twelve Days |
5.5% |
Dark Strong Sweet, Hooky's Xmas ale |
Oxfordshire |
| 27 |
Hook Norton |
Double Stout |
4.8% |
proof that the Irish don't have a
monopoly; nothing like Guinness |
Oxfordshire |
| 28 |
Hook Norton |
Best Bitter |
3.4% |
The Best Bitter |
Oxfordshire |
| 29 |
Hook Norton |
Old Hooky |
4.6% |
subtly sweet old-fashioned autumnal ale |
Oxfordshire |
| 30 |
Hook Norton |
Mild |
3.0% |
like it used to be, dark, tasty,
surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink |
Oxfordshire |
| 31 |
Hook Norton |
Haymaker |
5.0% |
flower, fruity and packs the punch its
name promises |
Oxfordshire |
| 32 |
Hoskins |
Toms Gold |
4.4% |
Gold! |
Leicestershire |
| 33 |
Ledbury |
Northdown |
4.2% |
Full flavoured ale from the home of Hops. |
Herefordshire |
| 34 |
Leyland |
Leyland Gold |
4.2% |
Wellingborough's finest |
Northhamptonshire |
| 35 |
Mansfield |
Old Baily |
4.8% |
Barely Legal |
Nottinghamshire |
| 36 |
Morland |
Old Speckled Hen |
5.2% |
Oxfordshire's national. strong reliable
complex. |
Oxfordshire |
| 37 |
Morrells |
Oxford Bitter |
3.7% |
Light, golden, bittersweet ale. |
Oxfordshire |
| 38 |
Oakhill |
Best Bitter |
4.0% |
A light and flavoursome bitter from near
Bath |
Avon |
| 39 |
Ridleys |
Rumpass |
4.5% |
Well balanced and flavoursome |
Essex |
| 40 |
Robinson's |
Best Bitter |
4.2% |
Classic refreshing bitter |
Cheshire |
| 41 |
Ruddles |
County |
4.9% |
Classic Rutland Ale... but not from
Rutland |
Leicestershire |
| 42 |
Shepherd Neame |
1698 Celebration Ale |
4.5% |
300 Years of brewing history, in a glass |
Kent |
| 43 |
Shepherd Neame |
Spitfire |
4.7% |
Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and
may yet win it. Dry, distinctive... |
Kent |
| 44 |
Smiles |
Golden |
3.8% |
Golden coloured beer with high bitterness |
Avon |
| 45 |
Taylor |
Landlord |
4.3% |
Often regarded as one of the best ales in
the country, fruity, almost "lemony" bitter. |
West Yorkshire |
| 46 |
Uley |
Old Spot Prize Ale |
5.0% |
Fruity redish coloured ale, strong balaced
aftertaste of hops and bitterness |
Gloucestershire |
| 47 |
Wadworth |
6 X |
4.3% |
darker than usual bitter, bitter nose,
strongly flavoured |
Wiltshire |
| 48 |
West Berkshire |
Longdog |
4.3% |
Powerful and flavoursome |
Berkshire |
| 49 |
Whitbread |
Flowers Original |
4.5% |
Hoppy aroma and very bitter finish |
Bedfordshire |
| 50 |
Wolf |
Coyote |
4.3% |
Howligly good... |
Norfolk |
| 51 |
Wychwood |
Three Lions |
5.0% |
Something to do with football perhaps... |
Oxfordshire |
| 52 |
Wye Valley |
Dorothy Goodbody |
4.2% |
Actually Dorothy Goodbody's Golden
Summertime Ale - a mouthful, and a splendid one too! |
Worcestershire |
| 53 |
Young's |
Special |
4.6% |
Strong, full flavoured bitter. The name
special is well deserved. |
London |
