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Brewpoint - Anchorman
4.1% - Pale

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

Brewpoint - Half The World Away
4.5% - Best Bitter

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

Brewpoint - Tiny Spark
0.5% - IPA

Low in alcohol big in tropical flavour. Refreshing citrus and stone fruit showcase the English, US and New Zealand hops leading to a crisp bitter finish

Digfield - Chiffchaff
3.9% - Golden

An amber-gold pale ale with a distinct hoppy aroma

Digfield - Mad Monk
4.8% - Brown

Deliciously full bodied, this dark brown ale has hints of malt and chocolate in the finish

Hornes - Triple Goat Pale Ale
3.9% - Pale

Refreshing natural pale ale brewed with malted pale barley, whole flower hops, brewers yeast and pure water

Hornes - Unlocked Hornes IPA
4.3% - IPA

A citrusy refreshing session IPA, packed full of Citra and Simcoe hops.

Kelchner - Honey Trap
4.8% - Speciality

This beer is brewed with gallons of Bedfordshire honey complimented by a generous portion of malt, wheat, hops, orange and spices. You are overwhelmed with fresh aromas of wild honey flowers, citrus & spice, giving a refreshingly delicious brew

Kelchner - Parklife
4.2% - Bitter

A smooth amber bitter ale, with a malty caramel character and a hint of orange from the hops

Leighton Buzzard - Cloudy Buzzard
4% - Golden

Hazy hoppy golden ale

Leighton Buzzard - Restoration Ale
4.6% - Best Bitter

A mid brown best beer with similarities in colour and strength to a traditional best bitter but benefiting from the generous use of American Cascade and Perle hops to deliver a fruity refreshing beer.

Nene Valley Brewery - Big Bang Theory
5.3% - IPA

Wonderfully balanced pale ale. Huge hop aroma giving way to malty sweetness and a gentle bitter finish.  We want to keep all that hoppy goodness in there for you, so expect haze

Nene Valley Brewery - Egyptian Cream
4.5% - Stout

A Milk Stout with a velvety mouthfeel and a deep, full richness created with a range of malts and flaked oats with a little extra lactose sweetness. The beer the pharaohs wish they had invented

Phipps NBC - Becket's Ale
4.5% - Speciality

A sweet dark and malty pint with honey the key constituent, an ingredient often found in Mediaeval ales. Sweetish malty aroma with a slight spicy bite and orange dried fruit notes followed by a dry earthy flavour and a bitter slightly astringent finish with hints of dried fruit

Phipps NBC - IPA
4.3% - IPA

Sweet malty aroma with orange notes followed by a bitter flavour balanced by malt and fruit and a dry bitter aftertaste

Potbelly - Beijing Black
4.4% - Mild

A strong dark mild, Mild but not Meek

Potbelly - Crazy Daze
5.5% - Golden

A very light golden Bitter with hidden strength beware

Potton - Holly Pup
3.8% - Mild

Dark and malty with a complex, yet light flavour, Holly Pup is a worthy addition to mild’s proud tradition. Brewed with East Kent Goldings hops

Potton - Transmitter
4% - Golden

Light Golden Ale with Soft and Citrus Fruit aroma and flavour

Tring - Colley's Dog
5.2% - Dark

Dark ruby in colour but not over rich. Strong yet very drinkable, this premium ale has a long dry finish with overtones of malt and walnuts.

Tring - Shear Fright
4.4% - Best Bitter

A bold incantation of an Extra Special Bitter. Only the finest British hops are blended in our cauldrons, joining a recipe which includes Black Malt, used for a roasty, toasty palate

Tring - Tea Kettle Stout
4.7% - Stout

Plenty of roasted malts and rolled oats produce a rich and complex traditional stout with hints of liquorice. The bitter malty flavours are enhanced by a moderate bitterness and a rounded late hop aroma is provide by East Kent Goldings.

Vale - Black Beauty
4.4% - Porter

Harking back to the 1880's with a Traditional Thames Valley brown Porter. Roasted malt and coffee on the nose, smooth malt with liquorice and chocolate on the palate.

Vale - Scarecrow
4.5% - Red Ale

Dark and delicious: this ruby beer matches deep malty flavours with a subtle berry hop finish.