Bottled Beers

Belgium

Cantillon

Fresh raspberries are added to an intensely sour beer to give the pink
Champagne of the beer world. The lewd label fell foul of the US
authorities and had to be purified for import.

Gueuze
Blend of Young & Aged Lambics

Aromas of horse blanket and horse piss are the tell-tale signs of a wild
yeast known as brettanomyaces. It also produces acetic acid in this
intensely sour, characterful museum-piece.   

West Hainaut, Antwerp

Dupont Moinette Blonde

Blonde Ale/Super Saison

Moinette Blonde is an improved Saison dating from 1955, coppery blonde with fine hop aromas from East Kent & Styrian goldings.  A multi strain yeast and warm conditioning  and fermentation in bottle gives a well attenuated spicy complexity.

Deus

Bosteels Brewery
Deus
Strong Belgian Ale

Sporting a Dom Pérignon look-alike bottle and matured in caves in Champagne, Deus is not short of ambition. A profound and complex beer that blurs the boundary.   

Duvel

Moortgat Brewery, Breendonk, Antwerp
Duvel
Strong 'Blonde' Ale

The most famous blond from Belgium. Pale gold with a dense rocky head showing lots of mouth-tingling carbonation from a well-judged maturation in bottle. Saaz hops give a floral and citric blast on the
nose. A beautifully balanced beer with lots of complexity.   

Duchesse de Bourgogne

Verhaeghe, Flanders

Duchesse de Bourgogne

Sour brown ale - Burgundy of Belgium

A traditional  'sour brown ale' aged in wood, imparting distinctively lactic sourness, giving hauntingly Pinot Noir like aromas and flavours. A fine accompanient to jugged hare or venison liver.

Liefmans Cuvee Brut

Oudenaard, Flanders

Liefmans Cuvee-Brut
Sweet Cherry Fruit Beer

A great aperitif and equally good dessert or pudding beer with plenty of residual sweetness. Morello and sour schaerbeek cherries are added to a sour brown ale producing a delightfully sweet and sour beer.  

Trappist, Belgium 

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Achel, Belgium

Achel Blonde

Trappist Trippel

This blonde, charactful beer is a surprisingly refreshing brew at 8% ABV. It is lightly filtered, but re-ferments with added yeast in the bottle. The Abbey of Achel is one of only six trappist breweries now operating in Belgium.  It offers 2 draught beers which are availlable only at the Abbey.

Orval

Notre Dame d'Orval, Villers-devant-Orval
Orval
Trappist

Pale, with a distinctive bronze appearance. Well-hopped with a firm, drying bitterness and the hallmark tang of Brettanomyces. A great palate cleanser.

Rochefort 10

Notre Dame de Saint Remy, Rochefort, Namur
10 or Quadrupel
Trappist

Strong, dark, profound Trappist beer in the old ale style with aromas of
vanilla and dark chocolate and rich, lingering chocolate malt flavours.   

Westmalle

Notre dame de Sacre Coeur, Malle, Antwerp
Tripel
Trappist

From its rich tawny hue to the fine carbonation lacing its chalice goblet, this highly aromatic and rich pale ale commands reverence. Vanilla and ripe pear fruitiness is underscored by a drying, leafy bitterness. Complex and superb.   

St Bernardus ABT12

Watou, West Flanders

St Bernardus ABT 112

Abbey style quadrupel

They used to brew beers for the Westvleteren monastry until 1993. A fabulously rich paen to malt.... and yeast. Ebony black, coconut brandy- lusciously magnificent.

German
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Fruh

Cologne, Germany

Fruh

Kolsch

The Benchmark Kolsch, a subtle hybrid of ale fruitiness and round clean lager sophisitication.  Pale gold in colour with a good lasting head and persistent effervescence. The hoppy dry finish is intensely appetising with a touch of mineral dryness and noble hop character- hallertau mittelfruh and tettnang.

Schneider

Kelheim, Bavaria
Schneider Weiss
Bavarian Hefe Weiss

The ‘Rolls-Royce’ of German wheat beers. Aromas of bananas
and cloves and fabulous effervescence make this the ultimate
picnic beer. Prost!

Schneider Aventinus

Kelheim, Bavaria

Schneider Aventinus

 Dark Baravarian Weiss Doppelbock

Deep and complex- for big and relaxing moments by the fire.  The ideal companion for hearty roast meat, venision and also fruity chocolate desserts. Oldest wheat doppelbock of Bavaria (1907)

Schneider Hopfenweisse

Kelheim, Bavaria

Schneider Hopfenweisse

Pale Bavarian Weiss Dopplebock

An experimental collaboration between Hans Peter Drexler of Schneider and Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn. Heavily hopped with Hallertaurer saphir in an attempt to marry local hops with a usually lightly hopped classic

Rauchbier

Bamberg, Bavaria

Rauchbier

Smoked marzen beer

Beec wood from the Franconian forests is used to cure some of the malt in this full flavoured  smoked lager.  NOt for the faint hearted - try this with brunch!

Budweiser Budvar

Cologne, Germany

Budweiser Budvar

A 90 day lagering confers a special roundness and complexitiy on this classic. Whole native Saaz hops deliver fine noble hop aromas and a smooth bitterness. Eminently quaffable.

England

Adnams

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk
Celebratory Beer
Strong Pale Ale

After 350 years of breiwing in Sole Bay - Adnams' salvo to Belgium speciality beers. It will be fascinating to watch it mature. Drink with Foie Gras.

Adnams

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk
Tally-ho
Old Ale

Brewed with Pale Ale, Crystal and Brown Malts. Tally-ho is dark mahogany red in colour with a rich, fruity aroma and a heart-warming sweet raisin and biscuit palate. An Old Ale, traditionally for Christmas, brewed at Adnams since 1880.

Adnams

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk
Innovation
Strong Pale Ale

First brewed in 2007 as a celebration of the installation and commissioning of their state of the art brewhouse. An exciting hybrid of UK and US styles with Columbus hops from the Pacific north-west, Styrian Goldings fromSlovenia giving a spicy orange note, and Boadicea, a dwarf hop variety grown nearby in Framlingham which lends a lemon and lime citric edginess and energy to the bitterness. Sterile filtered, it ages subtly.  

Adnams

Adnams

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk
Stout
Dry Irish Stout

Ink black in colour, with a dry chocolate and coffee bitterness and a full white creamy head. Drink with oysters and Irish stew.

Adnams

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk

IPA

Zippy, citric bitterness with a lovely biscuit malt backbone and fragrant citric and floral aromas. Works well with spicy food.

Meantime

Meantime Brewery, Greenwich, London
Chocolate Beer

A combination of dark kilned and chocolate malts gives a sumptuously smooth mouthfeel to this dessert beer. Good with chocolate puddings or as a late morning restorative.

Meantime IPA
India Pale Ale

The story began in Bow London in the 1790’s and has now jumped across the river. It was originally brewed for the civil servants and troops in India, as a strong, heavily hopped beer was needed to withstand a tropical voyage. IPA is brewed with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, giving theclassical earthy dryness overlaid with orange pekoe fruitiness of this most Maris Otter variety. The perfect foil for a mature cheddar with oatcakes.

Meantime London Porter

The first mass-produced beer for an urban market was London Porter.
This bottle conditioned recreation is a blend of two beers: a smoked bockbeer in the Franconian tradition and a well-hopped porter that captures the dark malt complexity and firm bitterness that epitomizes the style. Good with oysters, better with steak and sublime with chocolate pot.

Meantime Union
Vienna Style Lager

A rare example of a Vienna Style Lager popular in the 19th century. The toasty, spicy, rye grain and caramel like flavours of this good
looking tawny/red lager linger on the palate. Hopped with American ‘cascades’ giving some heft to the charred malt flavours. A must for BBQ parties.    

Meantime Weisse
Bavarian Style Wheat Beer

The defining character of a Bavarian Weisse beer is its yeast which gives the banana and clove aromas along with fabulous carbonation. There is 60% malted wheat in this beer - high even by German standards - which yields a light, zesty interpretation of the style. The ultimate refresher and perfect with Weisse Wurst.

USA

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Chico, N. California
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale American Pale Ale

A cult beer in Northern California and a world classic pale ale. Superb brewing skills and unsparing use of exotic hops from the Pacific North-West give enough pungency and juiciness to delight the mature hop-head.

Anchor Brewing Co

San Francisco
Liberty Ale American Premium Pale Ale

Fritz Maytag is the ‘grandfather’ of the US craft-brewing movement
and bought Anchor whiles a graduate student at Stanford in the late 1960’s. He has created wonderful beers for over 30 years. Liberty Ale first brewed in 1974 should be in every beer lover’s fridge.

Brooklyn

New York, USA
Brooklyn Lager
Vienna Lager

Garrett Oliver is the cultured and inspirational brewmaster at work here creating a ‘new wave’, aromatic, spicy and well-hopped food-friendly beer. Superb with tomato based sauces. 

New York, USA
Brooklyn Chocolate Stout

Imperial Stout

This is the award winning rendition of the IMperial Stour. Three mashes of each batch are used during brewing, resulting in a luscious, deep, dark chocolate flavour through a blend of specially roasted malts. Perfect with chocolate or fruit desserts.

Goose Island IPA

   Goose Island, Chicago

Goose Island IPA

English Style IPA
This India Pale Ale recalls a time when ales shipped from England to India were highly hopped to preserve their distinct taste for the journey. The result is a hop-lovers dream with a fruit aroma set off by a dry malt middle, and long hop finish. Great with curry.

 Goose Island     312

   Goose Island, Chicago

Goose Island 312

English Style IPA

A favourite with Obama (gifted to Cameron) the spicy aroma of cascade hops fills this beer, followed by a crisp, fruit ale flavour delivered in a smooth, creamy body.  This gives 312 the balance fo flavour and 'refreshment that never fills you up and won't let you down'.

Goose Island Bourbon Vanilla

Goose Island, Chicago

Goose Island Bourbon Vanilla

Barrel aged imperial Bourbon Stout

They have been experimenting with barrel ageing since 1996.  Goose Island poured this beed at the 2009 barrell aged beer fest and drinkers have loved ti sme much they bottled it!  A midnight black, caramel/chocolate flavoured classice works beautifully alongside a flourless pudding such as a chocolate torte.

Snake Dog IPA

Flying Dog, Maryland

Snake Dog IPA

American IPA

'More cunning than a snake in the bush... ' Snake Dog IPA is powered with speciality hops from the Pacific North-West. The is the brewery's 'hop monster' and the citrus fruit aroma will hypnotize the senses of the most hardcore craft beer drinker.

Gonzo Porter

Flying Dog, Maryland

Gonzo Porter

Imperial Porter

Made by legendary and abstract Flying Dog Brewery in Maryland, this Gonzo Imperial Porter is deep and turbo-charged. Mysteriously dark with rich and malty body, intense and roasted flavours and a surprising unique hop-hick.  With Gonzo weighing in at 8.7% it will bite you without the proper respect it deserves!