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Light golden in colour and brewed with a big pile of Mosaic hops giving the beer a wonderful hoppy aroma and a refreshing smack of fruity citrussy flavours.

Golden colour with an orange tint, brewed with five hops from the UK and USA and fermented longer to give a clean and dry finish

This celebration of land and harvest offers initial toast and bready notes on the nose, followed by red berries and subtle sweet-cherry smoke. The taste is full and round, and those red berries and redcurrants become more pronounced. The bitterness is soft and smooth, and a touch of citrus lemon balances the spice and charred maltiness

Southwold Bitter is a beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness. Brewed with the finest East Anglian malted barley, sourced locally to the brewery.

A classic British Amber Ale. Easy drinking, with the perfect balance between the malt and hops. Aither’s flagship beer that will stand out in quality and taste

The perfect blend. Malty by nature with fruity aromas. A classic British pale ale

Hazy sunshine with a whisper of Raspberry

Our twist on an old Irish recipe, this light amber bitter offers a little bit of smoke and a little bit of spice. An easy drinking session ale

Seven malts have been carefully combined to produce a good bodied oatmeal stout with flavours of dark chocolate and subtle roasty notes

A collaboration brew with our friends at Blue Monkey Brewery. A curiously delicious balance of spicy, peppery notes from the yeast, an intense aroma with citrus and woody top notes, and hints of tropical fruits and sherbet from the Columbus hops

Flavours of fruit, hazelnuts, almonds, liquorice and spicy hops, gently infused with roasted grains to create a taste explosion of warm buttered toast and crunchy nut biscuits

English hopped pale ale with Godiva and Ernest

A highly flavoursome and aromatic sessionable IPA that uses Citra, Lucky Spence IPA has a lush, fruity hop character with an assertive bitterness. It's refreshing on the finish and has honey and bready malt undertones

Martyr IPA is dedicated to our uncompromising Bishop, this hopped-up ale demands your full attention. Our American style IPA is fittingly strong and brash, unleashing full-on flavour. Washington native hops Willamette and Simcoe take centre stage to deliver a symphony of spicy floral bitterness, supported by a sweet malty backbone

English Fuggles and Goldings do a sterling job of balancing crystal and pale ale malts, working their hops off for a floral aroma and a satisfying bitterness that is subtle but, like us, in it for the long haul.

This effervescent blonde ale bursts with citrus and floral flavours, delivering the ultimate in Scottish refreshment

Treacle caramel flavours and a hint of roasted barley are blended with New World Citra and Columbus hops, which infuse this red ale with a balanced grapefruit aroma

A modern, fresh and fruity cask beer brewed using a blend of contemporary English ingredients with American late-hopping. This blockbusting beer begins with a gentle malt sweetness, leading to a lingering, bitter finish

A lovely autumnal dark amber ale. Biscuit, toffee and caramel flavours offset by moderate bitterness and roasted malts’ characteristics with a slightly dry finish

A best bitter with a malty toffee character and a pleasant refreshing fruity bitterness. Brewed with Maris Otter pale ale malt, crystal malt, and English Phoenix & First Gold hops.

A rich, satisfying stout brewed with oats that invites you to take one quaff after another. Up front, it greets your tongue with a treacle edge; rather than rudely overwhelming your palate though, the bitterness quickly smoothes out with silky tides of flavour and a sweet finish

There’s more to this refreshing Pale Ale than meets the eye. Bursting with modern hops yet light, highly drinkable and gluten free. Maybe we should’ve called it The Holy Dale

Our laid back session IPA really packs a punch. Dry hopped with a hefty amount of Mosaic; expect juicy mango, tangerine, and grapefruit flavours

A wonderfully balanced best bitter with good malty flavour and dark fruit notes, these are offset by a strong hop with a very clean finish. A great thirst quenching beer for any time of the day.

Delicious malty, caramel and liquorice flavours combine wonderfully in a smooth drinking velvety, oatmeal stout with a freshly roasted coffee and toffee finish.

Copper coloured fruity summer ale packed full of flavour. Blackberry, strawberry and floral rose notes in perfect balance with just the right amount of malt character. A refreshing summer thirst quencher, it's fruit salad in a glass.

Welcome to the Dark side. Using darker grains such as Chocolate Malt, Roast Barley and Beech Smoked Malt which emphasise a smoky chocolatey character. The addition of Fuggles Goldings and Challenger hops combine to provide the gentle bitterness to offset the creamy maltiness. Porteresque in Nature, complex in flavour, an ale for the true connoisseur

A punchy pale ale packed with Galaxy hops

Smooth rich oatcake stout

American hopped golden ale. Brewed with a blend of the 7 “C” hops, including Cascade, Citra & Chinook to give a light and citrusy hop burst

Juicy as you like, this mango IPA is perfect for balmy evenings – or days. Vegan friendly so will be hazy.

The beer dry hopped, fruity and with much more body than its gravity suggests.

A clean crisp IPA with citrus characteristics resulting from a blend of malted barley and American hops.

A hoppy pale ale with citrus balance.

The classic, traditional best bitter; malty, deceptively moreish session ale

Festival Special for Bedford Beer Festival. Pale ale with a dry hoppy taste and a floral finish

A very light in colour IPA, dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand

A tropical pale ale. A stone fruit aroma leads to a light citrus flavour that is rounded off with a clean and refreshing finish

Natural dark cherry fruit flavour added to our rich smokey stout, packed full of roasted malt flavour with added sweet fruity dark cherry creamy flavour

Mature hops, citrus fruit nose with a balance of hops and malt in the mouth with a smooth, hoppy aftertaste

A full-bodied IPA that is hazy, vibrant, and juicy, featuring Amarillo, Mandarina Bavaria, Columbus, Citra, and Cashmere hops

A light, clean and refreshing beer packed full of Cascade and Vic Secret hops

A smooth dark porter with four malt varieties providing lightly smoked, liquorice and chocolatey flavours.

An easy drink blonde ale. Ideal for a summer's day.

Scottish smoked honey pilsner with a slightly smokey, peated flavour

Subtle citrus flavours, with a pleasant bitterness and astringency that grows on the aftertaste.

A well-balanced strong ale with a complexity of hop, fruit, sweetness and bitterness in the flavour, and a lingering hoppy, bitter aftertaste.

On the nose, this dark beer offers bitter chocolate, figs, toffee and hints of fruit.On the palate, this resolves into beautiful, silky-smooth, coffee-and-chocolate flavours, followed by figs, dates and dried fruits, with a very appealing, lingering aftertaste of fruits and hop bitterness.

A brilliant ruby red colour, deliciously perfumed with hints of spicyness. Rich hop fruits giving way to a clean dry refreshing floral hop bitterness.

Well balanced with roasted malt aroma and taste, hints of coffee and chocolate and a dry finish

Complex fruity ale, with citrusy flavours and notes of tangerine, pineapple and peach, plus coconut and vanilla aromas

Crow is dark, smooth and nothing like a nitro-stout, this is a lovely traditional stout with a subtle hop finish. Roast and coffee aromas and Coffee, chocolate and gentle roasted flavours.

Traditional English IPA made to the old Potton Brewery recipe, Session beer with East Kent Goldings & English Cascade hops

A chestnut coloured ale with nutty and biscuity notes, a smooth hoppy edge and a nicely bittered finish

Oatmeal milk stout

Pale and hoppy American wheat Beer

Wake up and get that Positive Grindset! Rich Espresso Martini stout with subtle vanilla flavours

A solid and Highly drinkable ale brewed with Cascade, and Mosaic for their fruity and citrus qualities, with a bit of Zeus for added edge

A breakfast stout with a gentle touch of smoke, coffee and chocolate. Broken Dream is deep and complex. She lurks in your imagination. She binds smoke and coffee aromas with chocolate, milk and oats to create something thick, velvety and slick.

A hit from its inception, it's zesty, refreshing and at just 3.5% packs a flavour punch well above its ABV. Using citrusy American hops this has all the hop character of an American IPA but with an alcohol content that will allow you to continue enjoying pint after pint.

Refreshingly different, naturally cloudy, wheat beerfrom Sulwath. Exclusively brewed frommalted wheat and rolled oats and a hint of Seville orange peel. It is sweetishand fruity. The pleasant initial taste predominates throughout the glass. Try this refreshing summer beer as a real alternativeto more traditional lagers.

The balance between sweetness and earthy flavours is a delicate one, but we like to think that ours is spot on

A traditional English best bitter. Hopped with Centennial & US Cascade

Cwtch is our very own untraditional Welsh Red Ale. Six malts, two US hops and weeks of Tiny Rebel love and attention go into making this unique beer. Citrus and tropical fruit dominate the taste that is backed up with caramel malts that balance the moderate bitterness.

This dark malty beer is the epitome of a classic English Ale made with a combination of British Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops giving a rich mellow quintessentially British pint

Brewed with both Munich Malt and Colour 400 Crystal Malt to give a warm ruby red glow. Brewed down to a final gravity of 1008, making it a deceptively light beer. Once more a selection of British hops help compliment and lift the red malty ale into a fine strong beer

Brewed using selected malts that add only colour to this refreshing tasting dark stout which allows the dark fruit aromas of the Brambling Cross hop to come through on the nose

This beer has been brewed in honour of our Steam Room, which displays a 1900s Towcester Railway Station sign on loan from Towcester Museum and which is directly above the rising steam from our brewhouse kettle. It is a pale ale brewed with the addition of Citra and a blend of American hops creating great citrus aromas

Dark, aromatic and estery strong ale brewed using the finest Maris Otter malt and premium aroma hops.

A smooth, creamy, ruby dark mild with a fruity pallate and gentle late hop aroma

Brewed to commemorate the Battle of Britain, this ale is characterised by a debonair medium light colour and a dare-devil maltiness that compliments a courageous hop aroma from the best Mount Hood hops.

Brewed with the same base as Apocalypse it has a similar blend of subtle bready and marmalade flavours with earthy and spicy hoppy notes. With a higher alcohol content this is a perfect beer for anyone who likes a bit more kick with their golden ale

Featuring Rauchmaltz, a Bavarian specialty smoked malt, blended with crystal malt, it's distinctive flavour is uniquely smoky with hints of caramel. Isolation is carefully hopped to give a gentle bitterness with floral and earthy flavours, blending perfectly with the smoky malt

Smooth, rich and rounded 'Old Ale' with a velvety texture and hints of chocolate, treacle and liquorice

Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. A background of sweet malt and a hoppy 'grapefruit' bitter finish characterises this champion bitter