York CAMRA beer and cider festival runs from 17-20th September on York’s Knavesmire near the race course. Full details of the festival, including opening times and ticket prices are available on the website yorkbeerfestival.org.uk.
Knavesmire, York | |
Ended Sat 20 Sep 2014 |
Information is provided to the best of our knowledge, but please check with the festival organiser before attending as the details here may be inaccurate.
This beer list is tentative, please check at the festival for available beers as changes can occur before and during the festival.
From Czech Republic. Unpasteurized light lager beer with a pleasing bitterness, distinct pungency, with hop aroma and rich foam.
From Czech Republic. Premium lager with a balanced bitter taste in harmony with its tasty fullness and hop aroma.
From Belgium. Golden coloured 3 grain Belgian beer brewed to original 1679 recipe. Citrus smell and taste with quinine-type dryness
From Czech Republic. Refreshing light lager with a nice hoppy finish.
From Czech Republic. Engaging aroma with a well-rounded hop and malt taste and a quick, bitter tinge.
From Belgium. Velvety smooth with a good malty flavour and due to good dose of Saaz hops, a slightly bitter finish.
From USA. Grassy, citrus flavour from 4 American hops with a subtly sweet flavour from Carastan malts.
From USA. An easy drinking IPA naturally brewed with a complex array of malts, grains and hops.
From Belgium. Refreshing Belgian wheat beer that is packed with strawberry fruit flavour.
A golden bitter with a good balance of malty and refreshing citrus notes leading to a mellow tangy finish.
Light, easy drinking, summer special mixing UK, Czech & German Hops.
This premium bitter has a distinctly malty character with a hint of nuttiness while the enhanced hopping rate recalls for many the good old days of a true Yorkshire bitter.
From Netherlands. Blonde beer with a fresh-spicy aroma of Sladek hops and Szechuan pepper. A full-bitter taste that ends in a wonderfully dry finish.
From Netherlands. Dark Trappist beer with a gentle flavour, creamy head and pronounced bouquet.
From Germany. Traditional wheat beer made according to the old Bavarian style with spicy fruit flavours.
From Czech Republic. Light, bright, bottom-fermented lager that is brewed using Australian hops to give it a distinctive bite.
From Germany. A deep gold light and fresh lager. Pouring with a small head the taste is of spicy hops with a slight granular body.
From USA. Care for some hops with your hops? Before fermentation this Pale Ale is strained through a bed of them ! Boy can you tell…
A strong, malty beer with a mild hop flavour and a gentle aroma.
American style pale ale made with Williamette, Cluster and Cascade Hops, creating a beer with an excellent bitterness and a fabulous hoppy aftertaste.
A bitter tasting session beer with a strong hoppy aftertaste.
From Netherlands. Abbey beer utilising american Columbus Hops and balsamic honey to produce a beautifully balanced flavour.
From Belgium. Refreshing fruit beer based on the unique Rodenbach beers aged in oak barrels, partly macerated with full red fruits.
From USA. Deep amber in colour, Robust and full flavoured. The delicate hop aroma is complemented by a rich maltiness.
Medium Cider from Somerset
Medium Sweet Cider from Hampshire
Medium Cider from Hampshire
Medium Dry Cider from Herefordshire
Sweet (F) Cider from North Yorkshire
Mid-straw coloured beer with aromas of tropical fruit and mangoes. The beer is sweet all the way through, balancedby some bitterness at the finish.
Nelson Sauvin hops give aromas of elderflower and grapes. Strong citrus flavours, especially grapefruit. Very refreshing and packed full of flavour.
A pale ale with an abundant hop aroma, with herbal and pine notes, coupled with a spicy pepper and citrus flavour.
Distinctive floral aroma, leading to a predominantly citrus taste, with grapefruit and lemons to the fore. A quenching bitter finish.
Rich lager flavours with a full bodied malt base provide a well rounded flavour with plenty of depth. German Mittelfruh hops for authentic hop character.
Light lemon coloured pale ale. Triple hopped with American Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo hops.
Brewed using the finest quality Maris Otter malt and English hops. Chestnut in colour, having a well rounded, rich flavour.
Aromatic roast malts give a deep red colour and Fuggles Hops give a mild level of bitterness and aroma.
A full bodied Victorian style porter with hints of liquorice. The initial bitterness gives way to a smooth, mellow finish.
Golden coloured hoppy & fruity session ale. “Wankled” is an old Yorkshire term.
Juicy session ale bursting with citrus and tropical fruit character .
Jam-packed with a choice selection of some of the world’s most remarkable hops, refreshingly bitter, full of citrus and tropical fruit aroma.
A rich, chocolatey porter brewed with oak chips for a barrel aged flavour. A smooth and satisfying dark ale.
Single hopped showcasing Mosaic for a fruity softly bitter yet light refreshing summer pint.
An American style Brown Ale coming with a rich malt backbone backed up with a Citra dry hopping.
Collaboration beer with French band The Algorithm. A beautiful Belgian wheat beer comes full of banana and bubblegum
South Pacific IPA overflowing with kiwi fruits, lime and orange zest. Sweet malts are balanced against a big bitter bite.
Dark, voluptuous breakfast stout infused with Ethiopian Guji natural coffee beans from Stafford based coffee roaster Hasbean.
Core pale ale, lots of malt, bags full of hops, always changing.
Rye malt provides a rich biscuity spiciness balanced with a good dosing of hops and infused with the subtle essence of saffron.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Hop packed and a taste of sunshine with notes of tangerine, mango, grapefruit and pineapple.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Dark and rich modern milk stout with hints of cherries, chocolate, coffee and almonds.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
New world blonde ale with grapefruit and grassy notes. Hoppy, light and refreshing.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
It's the tropics, it's bold with a rich malty backbone running through the middle of every mouthful.
An American red brewed with the classic Citra hop and then dry hopped with Riwaka, the ghost hop. Why a ghost hop? Because they stopped growing it just before they realised what an incredible hop it was, we managed to get our hands on one of the last ever bags Brewed with York CAMRA as a festival special, it is served on cask and KeyKeg to highlight how the two forms of dispense enhance different flavour aspects.
See cask version for tasting notes.
A bewitching blend of two rich, roasted flavours. We use the finest fresh coffee to enhance the decadent pleasure of this dark and complex beer.
This refreshing Bavarian style wheat beer is a real Bad Seed. It was one of the first beers to break the Reinheitsgebot, the strict German purity laws.
Our IPA captures the flavours and aromas of the Cascade, Columbus and Chinook hops. This beer sings ‘All hail the hop!’
Saison, a refreshing drink originally popular with Belgian farm workers known as ‘les saisonniers’. Honey, ginger and seeds of paradise give a modern and zesty twist.
Malts smoked at the brewery over applewood and cedar wood give a delicious subtle smokiness, which when combined with maple syrup gives a rich mouthfeel. Belgian yeast then throws it's own twist on proceedings, making for a complex and drinkable beer.
South Pacific Pale Ale celebrates the unique variety of hops native to New Zealand: Pacifica, Green Bullet and Pacific Gem. Notes of summer fruit, especially blackberry, with a slight hint of black pepper, malt sweetness balanced with a dry finish.
A crafted brew of malt and English hops produsing a rounded ruby ale.
Easy drinking pale with Challenger and Savinski Goldings hops.
Pale ale with with a blend of 3 American hops giving distinct piney notes with exotic spice and an aroma of grapefruit and a hint of apricot.
A bitter with a hit of caramel, delicate spicy undertones with flowery hints. Has a good bitter aftertaste on the pallet with a slight biscuity finish.
Brewed with a blend of hops including Challenger and Progress with Fuggles as the main variety which gives the beer its bite and characteristic nose.
Aromas of of hops, orange-fruit and roast coffee maltiness. Bittersweet taste with a dry finish packed with fruity notes and Goldings hops.
Beautifully balanced, light cask ale that’s perfect for summer drinking.
Beautifully crisp Yorkshire ale named after the 200 year old fermentation system used to brew all Black Sheep beers.
A crisp finish and wonderful smell are created by an epic hop combination of Chinook and Cascade. The prestigious Golden Promise pale malt provides the body and a generous wallop of Cara malt adds a wonderful colour and sweet edge.
Heavy enough to satisfy, light enough to have another with all the depth of flavour and chompy-ness expected from dark beer drinkers regardless of the season.
Blonde ale with fruity notes from Chinook hops.
Blonde beer that is hopped with 3 different hops, plus dry hopping. Refreshing, well balanced and easy drinking.
Chestnut brown bitter brewed with Fuggles hops.
Very pale, brilliant blonde beer has citrus and summer fruit aromas making it an extremely refreshing ale.
A rich deep chestnut coloured ale, with a beautifully smooth creamy head. A citrus aftertaste gives way to a long dry finish.
A distinctive fruity pale ale, well balanced with a powerful floral bouquet, full-bodied and a predominantly dry aftertaste.
In a time of renewed Russian imperialism, we bring you a traditional aged Russian Imperial Stout. Smooth like the Volga and as bonkers as Putin.
A rich porter with gentle beech-smoked malt notes.
A dark cloudy beer and a festival special. York CAMRA asked for an IPA, done as a wheat beer, and made dark. Silliness. Think soft hazy Belgian witbier sweetness (plus spicy and estery yeast notes) with dark roasted burntness and extra orange/citrus hops. If you can't imagine it, just drink it.
See cask version for tasting notes.
A simple wet-hop golden ale brewed with fresh First Gold hops, straight from the bines at Yorkshire Hops. The most Yorkshire beer you'll ever drink!
A luscious 5-malt nut brown mild with a delicate hazelnut aroma.
A strong Belgian blonde ale, infused with saffron (gram-for-gram more expensive than gold!). The saffron adds sweet hay and honey notes.
Chinook hops provide punchy citrus and pine flavours to this pale ale - from the icy slopes of the Rockies where the warm Chinook wind is known as the 'Snow Eater'.
A full-bodied IPA with layers of hoppy goodness. Literally sunshine in a glass.
A blast from the old world... Our stingo (strong Yorkshire ale) is derived from a 19th century recipe that includes black treacle and is aged in a wood sherry cask.
A full bodied pale (for its strength) session bitter. Moderate bitterness, pronounced floral/citrus hop aromas.
New world IPA. Rich mouthfeel, big hop aromas, long dry bitter finish, with some residual sweetness.
Pale in colour this is an easy drinking session bitter this was created for the Fox & Goose - a local Co-operative pub in Hebden Bridge.
Amber in colour this is a traditional Bitter but full flavoured with use of New Zealand hops.
From Belgium
From Belgium
Golden ale brewed especially for the Shambles Tavern in York.
Rich, complex dark beer with intense chocolate and vanilla flavours.
Full bodied dry stout with a bitter finish, spicy with hints of liquorice and dark berries. Brewed using the finest Yorkshire malts and roast barley.
Premium Worcester hops combined with Yorkshire malt to give a well balanced zesty lemon taste, with hints of orange & grapefruit.
Pale session bitter with a refreshing citrus taste and a crisp bitter finish. Brewed using Cascade and Centennial US hops and finest Maris Otter malt.
Pale ale brewed with American Amarillo and English Admiral hops.
Very dark black hoppy IPA . Carafa malts give the dark colour without the roast flavour of dark malts.
Light bodied session beer with hints of grapefruit through a citrus flavour and aroma. Grassy and moderately dry.
A beast of a dark old ale, with caramel, molasses and roast malt on the palate, and some liquorice on the finish.
Excellent roast malt flavours in this traditional style porter. Smooth and dark, and easy drinking.
Bright golden with a white head, brewed with Dana, First Gold and Cascade hops for lemon citrus, orange pith and slight lychee notes.
Maris Otter and Vienna malted barley with Citra and Motueka hops give a smooth drinking ale with a pronounced fruity, citrus hop character.
A delicate and easy drinking blonde with a refreshing citrus kick.
Maris Otter and Munich barley together with Summit and Styrian Golding hops give a full measure of maltiness and superb hoppy flavour.
Amber in colour with a refreshing hoppy aftertaste; this delicious ale has been brewed using English hops, finest barley and most importantly.. purest Dales water.
A beautifully golden ale brewed with English malt, European hops and golden oats. Incredibly smooth and refreshing.
A genuine real ale Pilsner brewed with German pilsner malt, saaz & hallertau hops and Yorkshire water.
Full-bodied well-balanced bitter with a biscuit malt and delicate hop character.
A well-hopped blonde beer with hints of grapefruit, orange and other citrus fruits.
Pale ale brewed with Amarillo and Summit hops.
Bitter with toffee, fruity characters and zesty, spicy and dry.
An authentic all English IPA. Pale, strong and bitter, yet deceptively easy drinking. Intense hoppy aroma compliments strong malty flavour.
A refreshing, blonde beer made with Challenger, Bramling Cross and Cascade English hops. Smooth, fresh and highly drinkable!
A stronger version of Blonde made with Challenger, Bramling Cross and Cascade English hops. Smooth, hoppy and very fresh.
A refreshing, golden blonde beer. Hoppy with a hint of citrus and sherbet.
Aromas of fruit, malt and roast malt give way to well-balanced fruit, malt and hoppiness on the tongue with some sweetness.
A light amber coloured ale. There are three different hops all of whichare English, with the late hops traditionally floral.
Dry, light and refreshing thanks to the English ale yeast strain but packs in the hoppy flavour from the American Citra and Amarillo hops.
Citrus fruits and the addition of paradise seeds brings a spicy undertone. Bitterness comes courtesy of Czech Saaz hops.
Pale ale brewed for the Centenary of the Diocese of Sheffield 1914 – 2014.
Pale ale, named after the first aircraft races in England at Doncaster Racecourse in 1909.
Mucky blonde ale brewed specifically for Mapfest, Doncaster's multi venue music festival.
Golden IPA brewed with the finest West Coast American hops.
Rich, complex and dark porter from an original 1872 recipe, with an old port nose, and coffee and bitter chocolate flavours on the palate.
A pale golden bitter brewed with a touch of Munich malt and a pronounced floral aroma and finish from the North American Cascade hops.
A very tasty beer with a blend of six different hops gives a zingy, citrussy and a floral full on hop taste.
Brewed with hops from the US West Coast combined with light malts to create a very refreshing citrusy blonde beer of medium strength.
The Five Points Brewing Company
Railway Porter aged for 4 months with Brettanomyces yeast.
The Five Points Brewing Company
Fresh, zesty, aromatic pale ale brewed with malted barley, a little wheat, and Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops from the West Coast of the USA.
The Five Points Brewing Company
Full bodied, aromatic red rye ale brewed with malted barley, 20% rye and Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe hops.
The Five Points Brewing Company
A porter in the classic London style with our own twist. Aromas of chocolate and coffee with hints of caramel, brewed with British East Kent Goldings hops.
A straw coloured pale ale that uses a combination of the freshest EKG, Agnus & Bobek hops. Citrus overtones that tickle the nose.
The first beer produced by Fuggle Bunny Brew House marking the beginning of an adventure.
Golden ale. Sweet honey flavours with hints of spice and earthy undertones.
Hints of citrus fruits, spice and blackberries and what leads Fuggle into a whole new world where the unexpected seems to be the norm…
A naturally hazy pale wheat beer infused with ginger. Spicy, refreshing and with a hint of citrus, this is a quirky take on a classic.
An extra pale ale with bags of American hops for a real citrus kick. Flavours of pine resin and citrus fruits create this mouth-watering pale ale.
A complex blend of dark malts creates this classic, rich, strong stout.
A rich, full-bodied porter brewed with three aromatic English hops.
Beatnik is iconoclastically fruity. A pale ale with a tropical air, a firm malt base and light, sharp and bitter undertones.
Southpaw is disarmingly punchy. An amber ale with a mouthful of malt and hops, it comes out with fruit, citrus and refreshing balance, backed up by a corner of bitterness.
Pale golden ale, light, refreshing and zesty with citrus hop notes and fruity aroma from a good dose of Citra and Cascade hops.
German style cloudy wheat beer with loads of American hops, combining the estery banana and clove notes of the weizen with the fruity notes of an American IPA.
Golden ale brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand and Topaz from Australia. The hops combine to give gooseberry and tropical fruit flavours.
Black IPA brewed with biblical quantities of premium American hops and special de-husked German roasted malt.
Pale session beer dry hopped with Chinook for that extra hop hit!
Golden ale made with American Citra hops added in heaping quantities to give a clean refreshing beer with delightful tropical fruit flavours and aroma.
Dark, silky smooth session bitter brewed with English chocolate and crystal malts.
Traditional mahogany coloured session bitter with subtle yet exotic hop aromas.
Named after the eponymous Ravi, Shankar IPA is a seriously fruity, hoppy, pale beer with a clean, zesty finish.
Golden ale made with 100% Simcoe hops added in large quantities for a massive hit of satisfying tropical fruit aroma and flavours.
Single hopped IPA with massive quantities of Topaz in the copper, and then dry hopped in the fermenter giving a resinous, zesty, aroma and flavour.
Unfined complex wheat stout brewed with added vanilla pods for a subtle vanilla flavour.
Very dark mild brewed with addition of chocolate and black malt. Beautiful chocolatey, roasty flavours dominate this classic dark mild.
Strong IPA with a blend of US hops – Citra, Simcoe, Cascade, Chinook and Amarillo. Low bitterness, fruity flavours and aromas balance a solid malt backbone.
Amber coloured best bitter brewed with crystal malt for a dedpth of flavour and Pilgrim hops for bitterness.
Traditional deep dark stout with tones of roasted malts and liquorice.
Straw coloured light refreshing session ale.
A deliciously smooth treat, brewed with chocolate and orange.
Zesty blonde beer brewed with Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley.
A thirst quenching blonde with citrus flavours combined with local Yorkshire lavender.
This 18th century London beer style is brewed with 100% English ingredients and showcases the delicious flavours of chocolate and vanilla.
An amber coloured bitter, perfectly blended malt and hops makes this well-rounded beer balanced and refreshing.
Brewed using a single pale ale malt, and hopped with a selection of three varieties giving a well balanced finish.
A pale coloured thirst-quencher, using Maris Otter malt, wheat malt and an abundance of bittering and aromatic hops.
A rich ruby/brown ale which is packed with dark chocolate and liquorice flavours. Warm, smokey and intriguing.
A bright, blonde ale with refreshing citrus notes and a crisp finish.
A light coloured ale, hoppy with gooseberry and grapefruit flavours and a crisp finish.
A very bright amber coloured ale with a soft spiced lemon and honeyed flavour. The hop character is well-balanced with a mellow bitter finish.
Session pale ale with a variety of fruity and aromatic hops from around the globe. Flavourful thirst-quenching beer.
Refreshing pale ale with six different hops from the US and New Zealand giving a complex citrus aroma. The subtle sweet malt flavour balances the fresh bitterness.
West Coast IPA packed full of Amarillo, Chinook and Simcoe. Collaboration with Brains and brewed with their yeast strain at at Hardknott.
Pale refreshing juicy asparagus nose with a summer salad crispness to the middle. Celery and nuts give way to refreshing bite at the end.
Amber ale with loads of American hops. And then dry hopped with even more.
Recently awarded a Silver at Peterborough Beer Festival (Porter & Stout category) - an all English recipe porter.
Packed with citrusy American hops and balanced with Kent Goldings. Named after the 76 acres of woodland to the west of Harrogate.
Smooth, full bodied dark ale brewed with a trio of dark malts complemented by the spicy, blackcurrant aromatic notes of British Bramling Cross hops.
The choicest Australian Galaxy and US Cascade hops are used to give a fresh, aroma of citrus and berry fruits with hints of zest and spice.
An IPA with a citrus flavour and a blend of thyme and fresh peaches.
Hoppy ale, CAMRA Champion Beer Of North Wales 2014.
Cloudy wheat beer brewed with Mandarina hops from Bavaria which give a pleasantly fruity aroma and a strong tangerine flavour.
A well-structured black IPA with notes of treacle and coffee, balanced by powerful hops that make it rich and palatable.
Strong notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla dominate this silky smooth porter. Vanilla conditioned, relatively light and easy drinking.
Extra pale ale that, at only 4.0%, coats the palate irresistibly. It`s light, zesty and has a sharp twist as it shimmers down the throat.
Intensely complex, richly flavoured, strong ale brewed Maris Otter pale and crystal malts withChallenger, Northdown and Target hops.
Malty English Ale made with the finest Maris Otter & amber malts, flavoured with Brewers Gold & Goldings hops.
Hoppy, flavourful & easy to drink session ale.
Flagship IPA made with the finest Maris Otter malt, blended with Citra hops.
A big bitterness along with fruity and complex hop flavours resulting from adding all the hops at the boiling phase.
New Zealand's hop Nelson Sauvin gives white wine, gooseberry and tropical fruit loveliness along with a massively aromatic character.
"Pennine light mild" which contains some unusual Belgian malts to give a luscious biscuity flavour. Magnum, Admiral, Marynka hops.
Extraordinary, medal-winning dark session beer. A blend of 5 malts give a smooth, mellow easy to drink beer with a hint of liquorice in the finish.
CAMRA award-winning golden session ale, packed with soft fresh aromas, yet light, thirst quenching and superbly easy-drinking.
SIBA award-winning dry crisp pale ale. Strongly hopped to give a strong but mellow floral finish.
Rich nut-brown Yorkshire ale. Everything that is great about traditional Yorkshire bitter, fused with Ilkley Brewery’s unique hop character.
Classic golden IPA with aromas and flavours of mango and grapefruit. Warming, smooth & full of flavour with a powerful dry bitter finish.
Multi-award-winning pale ale packed with American hops. Intensely refreshing and satisfying, with surprising balance and body for such a low abv.
The combination of 7 malts give you complex biscuit layers of flavour, with a velvety smooth palate and creamy head. There is a soft bitterness from the hops.
US style roggenbier, a peppery aroma leads to soft sweet malty loveliness. Orange peel and fresh ground ginger lift the palate and leave it fresh.
Chocolate chipotle stout, velvety smooth, bittersweet with a subtle smoky fire in its belly.
Black beer with a good mouth feel and finishing with a slight sweetness.
A light, smooth, satisfying gold bitter. Subtle fruity hops give the taste profile on the tongue and nose.
A pale gold ale with a soft malt character and a refreshingly complex hop aroma - easy drinking premium ale.
Black coloured, dark mild. Taste of roast barley with a little malt. Not bitter.
Light amber in colour and fairly bitter. Northdown hops followed by the late addition of Golding hops gives hints of honey, citrus and spice.
Tasty and refreshing amber coloured bitter. The taste has background citrus fruits balanced by malt. It is relatively low on bitterness.
A light refreshing blond session beer, Cascade hops give it a slight citrus flavour. This is a beer with a fine hoppy aroma and taste.
Chestnut in colour, full flavoured with a well rounded finish and just a hint of chocolate.
A full bodied yet beautifully smooth dark porter. Perfectly balanced.
Very pale and spectacularly thirst-quenching. Three different hops give this beer a delightful citrus nose.
Pale gold in colour. Initial bitterness gives way to delightful citrus fruit flavours. Named after Alexandrina Pit at Rainton Colliery.
Pale golden with a complex aroma from the generous use of American hop varieties.
A single malt, single hop combination. A straw coloured pale ale with citrus and passion fruit flavours from the New World hops.
A classic Yorkshire Bitter. Finest English hops blend perfectly with our unique Yorkshire yeast to create a full flavoured beer with a superb hoppy finish.
An easy drinking pale ale. Light and hoppy with delicate floral notes and a well balanced finish.
A premium dark mild. Crystal and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this award winning ale.
A light hoppy bitter. Select Chinook hops give citrus notes to this delicate golden ale.
A quality blonde. This light refreshing ale combines a beautiful body from our English malts with the fruity aroma of the American hops.
An easy drinking ale. By combining the finest English malts and hops with a dose of dry hopping, this is our modern twist on a traditional session ale.
American style pale ale brewed with five different grains combined with two of America's most potent hops to produce a beer that is well balanced with a fruity aroma.
Lustrous golden ale with heady aromas of sweet pine and tangerine and a light caramel body. Earthy pine and sweet citrus flavours.
A blend of four malts and bags of whole hops to deliver a decadently deep and indulgent experience.
Citra hopped version of the regular High Wire, a tribute to the pale ales of the West Coast of America, beers unapologetically hop forward.
Pale ale with plenty of US hops to give the beer a floral/grassy aroma and lip smacking citrus flavours.
Single hopped with new English variety Endeavour. Blonde refreshing beer with distinct endeavour hop flavour.
Traditional IPA, packed full of our lovely British hops with complex fruity and floral aromas.
Black IPA, roasty background, English hops on the tongue and on the nose make this beer really rich, complex and intense on your senses.
Very pale gold with a light orange citrus nose, bitter orange hop taste and long bitter, dry-ish finish.
Black hoppy ale with a very light roast malt aroma and zesty notes. The taste is fruity with a light to medium bitternes, fresh zesty finish.
This pale gold ale has a lovely lemon zesty aroma from Bravo hops, a crisp bitter taste and gentle, bitter refreshing finish.
Brewed using New Zealand hops. Blonde ale with a tropical fruit nose, with light citrus notes. Moreish taste, fruity with a short bitter finish.
Crafted in collaboration with Beermoth speciality bottle shop, a big and bold American style IPA with a distinctive U.S hop character.
A golden bitter, subtle tartness that gives way to a bitter, dry finish.
Additions of Earl Grey tea, heavy infused hopping and traditional cask maturing result in citrus fruit aroma , hop notes are complimented by bergamot and a light tannic finish.
This full bodied copper coloured beer displays a delicate blend of cloves, coriander and heaps of fiery ginger.
Dry session bitter with a light malt base carrying a wonderful display of New Zealand hops, notes of citrus and grapefruit.
An enjoyable, easily quaffable golden ale. Created with a well balanced hoppiness, a pleasant citrus taste with a hint of spiciness.
A fine example of a North East brown ale. It is a good balance of ripe grain and spicy hops, with a long bittersweet finish.
Brewed with a hint of Demerara sugar to create a strong and warming beer that is also smooth and easy to drink, dark ruby in colour, smooth, sweet, with a hint of liquorice.
This smooth blonde beer is very light in colour and uses Cascade and First Gold hops to give refreshing hoppy and complex grapefruit flavours on the palate.
Very dark ruby easy drinking porter. Liquorice notes on the palate, delicately hopped with a smooth dry finish.
Blonde lager style beer with the addition of American Hops to create a spicy, floral, citrus aroma. Clean and refreshing.
Bright golden ale. Bold, hoppy aroma, with a full tropical/citrus fruit flavour and a strong bitter finish.
Dark refreshing beer with a distinct chocolate malt flavour and smooth hoppy finish.
Brewed with Maris Otter malt from the first cut of Moorhouse’s exclusively sourced barley combined with East Kent Goldings hops.
Full malty flavoured beer with a crisp sweet fruity aftertaste and soft citrus nose.
A fruity amber beer with more than a hint of hops. The bitterness carries on in the aftertaste. A superb session beer.
Single malt, amber coloured rich ale laced with berry and fruit aromas.
Blonde ale, fresh and zesty with a hoppy lemon / grapefruit aroma.
A refreshing American style IPA brewed with lager malts well balanced with a full American hop, deceptively drinkable with a lasting aftertaste.
Traditional, robust stout with roast almonds and chocolate flavours perfectly balanced with a tight creamy head.
A blend of the recipes of our own Bitter and Porter. Deep brown beer with mellow flavours of roasted barley. Very smooth!
This pale ale has a distinct hop aroma, balanced by a robust bitterness and fruity flavours.
Brewed using Optic malt, along with a touch of wheat, has citrus and spice flavours with a floral finish provided by Hallertauer hops.
A classic best bitter, with a twist. Using crystal rye in the malt grist gives liquorice and toffee notes and using only one hop gives a fruity and scented aroma with a long dry finish.
Recreation of a 1750's porter containing coriander. Six medals already in the CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain Speciality Category
An award winning blonde beer. Brilliantly refreshing citrus notes compliment the biscuity palate.
Rich oat stout infused with freshly roasted coffee. Inspired by strong American dark ales that use the two breakfast ingredients of oats and coffee to create a deep and aromatic ale.
A full-flavoured well-bodied Stout brewed with oatmeal for depth of body and flavour which includes roasted malt and liquorice overtones.
Golden bitter made with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops.
Traditional best bitter hopped with Magnum and Bramling Cross
Export porter brewed with a blend of seven malts. Dry hopped with Chinook and Columbus.
Pale ale featuring a heavywight selection of Antipodean hops; Pacific Gem,Waimea, Rakau and Motueka.
Pale ale brewed with a blend of British and US Hops and English malts.
A golden, honey coloured beer made with pale and Caragold malts. A zesty beer crafted with a blend of three types of hop from English and European growers.
A cacophony of hops and malts harmoniously orchestrated in the style of a traditional I.P.A.
A pale barley malt, with wheat and bohemian hops makes this a refreshing fruity beer with a sweet finish.
Rich coloured, brewed with crystal and roasted malts to give a mellow and distinctive hoppy flavour. Slightly bitter and malty aftertaste.
Russet coloured, full malty quaffing ale with a smooth mellow character.
A symbol of 51 Squadron RAF. A rich ruby, malty beer.
A full palate balanced with a crisp hop flavour giving a clean dry finish with delicate fruit notes.
The New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hop produces a high level of bitterness with gooseberry & grapefruit characteristics.
This lager-style beer has a crisp, dry flavour and a fruity, citrus aroma.
Sweet, fruity and hoppy flavour with a dry and citrus finish.
Whisky cask aged red ale brewed in celebration of the Rat Brewery’s 500th brew.
Pale golden in colour with a hoppy aroma and an initially sweet flavour developing to full on maltiness. A dry, citric finish.
Powerful American hopped IPA with citrus and grapefruit flavours. Smooth and deceptively easy to drink.
Munich and Caramalt give this beer a sweet malty base and a deep golden colour. German hops give a pleasant bitterness and Cascade and Chinook provide the powerful citrus aromas.
English IPA brewed to commemorate the Kate Bush live shows.
Very pale, slightly sweet session beer with spicy/lemon hop notes.
US influenced pale ale with three classic "C" hops for a citrus finish.
A smooth, suave and sophisticated award winning stout.
Eldorado hopped pale ale.
Traditional strong pale ale, brewed with English malt and hops.
Light golden coloured bitter brewed using ale and crystal malts with English hedgerow hops.
A refreshing pale ale packed with American and Australian hops.
Celebrating our 400th brew, a pale ale Packed with seven new world hop varieties.
An easy drinking pale amber beer brewed with Amarillo Centennial and Simcoe hops.
A premium oatmeal stout infused with fresh North Star coffee.
Extra pale, heavily hopped IPA with intense citrus hop finish.
IPA brewed with 100% Citra hops that create aromas of mango, apricot, grapefruit & mandarin orange, along with a lasting, juicy, tropical fruit bitterness.
Well-hopped pale ale, brewed with a blend of US and New Zealand hops, producing an orange, citrus fruit aroma and a refreshing level of bitterness.
Aromatic bitter that showcases the Liberty hop, which is from Washington State in the USA.
Bavarian-style pale ale, brewed using hops from Germany and the Czech Republic. Pilsner and Munich malts.
Dry hpped version of Yankee with floral and citrus fruit aromas of the Cascade hop, grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington State, USA,
Refreshing pale ale that’s been infused with ginger and lemon peel with Cascade and Motueka hops.
Brewed with hops harvested a mere six hours before they were added to the boil.
Creamy, pale ale brewed using a mixture of four American hops that combine to create a cocktail of fruit aromas.
Dark beer with a hint of coffee on the finish, brewed using four malts, English hops and the addition of Taylors of Harrogate After Dark coffee.
Pale ale as prepared for India that’s been brewed using six different varieties of hops, crammed into almost every possible part of the brewing process.
Well hopped, bittersweet, complex fruit gives a memorable aftertaste.
Dark bitter sweet mild. Chocolate, coffee & caramel flavours with a vanilla twist.
Blonde hoppy ale, plentiful bitterness with mandarin, lemon and lime on the nose.
Flaxen blonde ale. Balanced hoppy bitterness and a crisp fruity finish.
A deeply rich and satisfying premium stout with complex balanced flavours and a warm subtle chocolate finish.
Full bodied bitter with fruit and hops complementing the aftertaste.
A pale amber premium ale, with well-balanced bitterness and zingy citrus fruit notes.
Nutty, rich ruby ale, stronger than usual for a mild. Multi award winning beer.
Brewed with Galaxy hops, a lovely golden colour and as with the Pale Ale, has good head retention.
This light coloured, clean and refreshing pale ale brewed with Cascade hops has good head retention and has a slight hoppy taste.
Rich stout brewed with Goldings Hops, very dark in colour, full bodied and flavoursome.
Roasted malts in both aroma and taste.
Golden premium ale brewed with Challenger and Styrian hops. This beer has a refreshing citrus hop flavour.
A bittersweet copper-coloured bitter with a distinctive hop character derived from Progress and East Kent Goldings hops.
Brewed with an eclectic mix of hops from across the world. Crisp, tart, fruity and refreshing but also with a juicy malt background.
Very hoppy double IPA. Notes of grapefruit and orange up front followed by a touch of pine and grass with a hint of sweetness in the finish.
A UK first tasting! Full flavoured pale ale, with strong citrus hop flavours from exciting new US hop #256.
Refreshing blonde ale, delicately infused with raspberry flavours.
Chocolate malts, cocoa, chocolate essence combines to provide a strong chocolate bouquet and a rich chocolate flavour.
Deep ruby strong ale with rich fruitcake flavours.
Traditional rich stout brewed using five malts to give full bodied in depth flavours and a chocolate aroma.
Golden ale brewed using Magnum, Citra and Amarillo hops giving subtle hints of Lime, Grapefruit and Melon.
A blend of pale, crystal and black malts for a full bodied beer. Bittering hops are Goldings for a smooth, delicate, slightly sweet finish.
Golden ale brewed with Challenger hops giving a crisp and fruity character.
Crisp and aromatic IPA with a touch of citrus and grapefruit.
Single malt and single hop beer, massive amounts of late hopping with dry hopping throughout fermentation.
Brewed with a mix of El Dorado and Kohatu hops and also dry hopped in the fermenter with Summit.
Light session ale showcasing two great American hops which impart interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters with a beautiful sharp juicy flavour.
Clear golden coloured body. Fruity aroma of peach and herbal hops. Blended flavours of mild grapefruit and brown malts.
Exceptionally pale with hoppy notes and utilises a blend of the exciting new hop varieties from New Zealand.
Based on a blend of American hops, Columbus, Summit and Cascade to give a mildly spicy, fruity and citrus palate and a dry finish.
London Porter with layered bitter sweetmalt flavours of chocolate, treacle and toffee and hits of citrus and orange notes.
A hoppy easy drinking golden beer brewed with First Gold hops.
Light very drinkable pale beer, floral and zesty beer.
Full bodied American Pale Ale with a fruity, piney aroma and a hoppy flavour with lasting bitterness.
Premium Cascade, Simcoe, Centennial and Mount Hood hops give a fragrant bouquet with a fruity, malty and spicy flavour.
Sweet stout with an almost black body with a tempting dark tan head. Rich, full-body and aromas of bitter chocolate and oak.
Complex hoppy aroma due to lots of Styrian hops with a delicate fruity malt taste .
A traditional copper coloured bitter. Goldings hops provide hop aroma and the famous Oakwell Yeast strain imparts bags of yeast character.
Golden ale, extremely refreshing and with a clean finish and perfectly balanced notes of citrus and nectarine.
Traditional best bitter. Well hopped, refreshing and satisfying with bags of malt characteristic.s
Collaboration with American brewer Ken Fisher of Grateful Deaf Brewing. Light amber with lots of Chinook and Columbus hops.
Straw coloured with a clean and dry flavour. Its balanced hopping and use of lavender makes for a beautiful floral aroma.
Strong porter with added plums. Really rich treacle flavour.
Festival special brewed with Vienna malt, Ella, Mosaic and Simcoe hops and dry hopped with Mosaic, Topaz and Citra.
Pale malt has been lavished with British Goldings and a late twist of Polish Marynka hop to produce a well balanced Best Bitter.
British IPA with a smooth malt base infused with hops from El Dorado in the Yakima Valley of USA to produce a fruit candy aroma.
Marks 100 brews and 1 year of brewing. Pale English malt and American hops:Sonnet, Amarillo, Calypso and lots of Centennial.
Brewed with generous amounts of luxurious molasses to give a warm, malty ale scented with very light hop characteristic.
Refreshing golden pale ale, brewed using prime English barley and wheat, continental hops.
Brewed using pale, crystal and roasted barley with two bitter hops combined with Fuggles giving full-bodied flavour.
A well-balanced, genuine Yorkshire bitter, with a full measure of maltiness and hoppy aroma.
Multi award winning, full drinking pale ale with a complex and hoppy aroma.
Wholesome and satisfying, this mellow beer has body and depth, leaving a pleasant fruity afterglow.
This pacific pale ale is saturated with Australian and New Zealand hops to deliver tropical flavours of pineapple and passion fruit with a background of spice and molasses.
A 'houblon nouveau' made with green Fuggles hops brewed within 24 hours of harvesting. Russet coloured with a fresh hop taste.
Hoppy strong pale ale brewed using British grown hops. Spice and blackcurrant notes from Pioneer and Bramling Cross hops.
Golden wheat beer. Lightly hopped with Junga and Cascade hops plus bog myrtle harvested from the North York Moors.
A really pale ale (RPA) with a fresh citrussy grapefruit taste from Junga, Willamette and Styrian Goldings hops.
Copper coloured ale brewed with rye and the usual barley for a sprinkling of autumnal flavours, New World hops make it bigger and bolder.
brewed with both lager (Saaz) and ale (Cascade) hops for the perfect blend of flavour and refreshment. Juicy, gently hoppy and mellow.
Hopped with Lemon Drop, a new experimental hop from the US, it delivers a gorgeous fresh citrus character with plenty of depth.
Light hoppy session ale with a beautiful nose with hints of mandarin from the Nelson Sauvin hops.
Rich deep scarlet beer with chocolate on the nose and a full round smooth flavour.
Deep red colour, citrus and tropical fruit flavours with a resinous mouthfeel. Columbus, Simcoe, Citra, Kohatu and Nelson Sauvin.
Rich and malty ale. Deep, slightly reddy brown in colour, slightly sweet and lightly hopped to give a berry fruit undertone.
Black "pale ale". This beer combines it's dark appearance with the punchy US hops, Cascade and Centennial.
Brewed with only one type of malt, and a single variety of hops (Motueka) for both flavour and aroma.
American Pale Ale with a robust malt base and west coast American hops.
Chocolate, vanilla and coconut black stout. Cocoa nibs, vanilla pods and toasted coconut are used in the brewing process.
Brewed using chocolate malt and a combination of First Gold and Admiral hops to give an orangy aroma and taste.
Smooth and well structured brimming with roast chocolate taste and aroma.
Brewed with plenty of crystal malt and Magnum hops, creating a massively satisfying juicy flavour.
Winner of best IPA at the Galtres Beer Festival, this amber ale has a sweet malty backbone with a great upfront citrus bite.
Brewed with homebrewing legends, one from Yorkshire and one from Oregon. Three different hops. Amarillo, Columbus and Simcoe. An outrageously fruity IPA.
We took the malt bill on a bit of a journey with this beer 20% rye malt was put in this to give this beer a great peppery aroma, hopped with Belma and Columbus.
A wonderful pale ale with citrus notes on the nose and an easy drinking bitter refreshing finish.
A German inspired Bock beer. hopped with Noble hops and Munich Malt, big malty flavours with a balanced bitter finish.
An intensely bitter IPA, showcasing some of the best hops from America.
This dry Irish stout recipe is going to be flavoured with a secret ingredient, can you guess what it is?
Rich dark mild ale brewed with a blend of 8 malted grains which create a smooth well balanced beer.
English malts combine with a blend of New Zealand and American hops to create lingering citrus grapefruit flavours.
Blonde ale with a zesty finish and strong notes of toffee. The rich sweetness of crystal malt is complimented by the floral sherbet of Styrian Bobek hops.
Crystal malt adds body to the fruitiness of the Aurora and East Kent Golding hops and rounding off this well balanced best bitter.
Golden ale with a malty, citrus flavour anda not too intense bitter finish.
A ruby beer which tips its hat to both the amber ales of the west coast of the US and atraditional best bitter from the UK.
Ostentatious continuously hopped IPA. Hops are added continuously throughout the boil, developing a complex citrus flavour and fresh bitter edge.
Gluten free beer made from maize, malt, hops and yeast.Full flavoured bitter beer with a citrus hop after taste.
A mellow malty flavour, from Wold grown barley, dark crystal malt and roasted barley. Hopped with Progress hops.
Strong and well hopped for the voyage sending IPA from the Wolds to the World.
Summer beer with a soft, fruity flavour with just a hint of spice.
An Autumnal Golden coloured bitter, brewed with Wold grown malts and hopped with Fuggles.
Brewed from two-row Crystal and black malts for a full colour and big flavour plus Bramling Cross and Cascade hops.
Super-light extra pale ale which is double hopped with new season Australian Galaxy and NZ Pacifica.
Pale ale made with an American West Coast ale yeast. Crisp pale malts and lots of new world hops.
A golden pale ale - brewed with a semi wild Belgian Saison Yeast. A zesty fruity refreshing ale with a natural haze.
Big biscuity malt base with lots of dark fruit flavoured American hops on top and ‘to go’.
An award winning blonde, that is light and creamy with fruity aroma.
Multi award winning dark ruby coloured ale with a smooth roasted malt palate, a light bitterness, with autumn fruit flavours.
A blend of Chinook, Cascade and Pacific Gem gives this golden beer a heady citrus aftertaste.
Session ale brewed with challenger and Celeia hops which is crisp and refreshing with grapefruit undertones and a citrus finish.
An English style tawny coloured IPA with a lovely rounded bitterness.
A strong IPA with a big kick of amazing New Zealand hops.
A golden beer flavoured with heather flowers from the North Yorks Moors giving a pleasant floral finish.
A black IPA with a kick of New Zealand hops and a smokey, roasted aftertaste.
A refreshing, distinctive golden ale where fruit and hops dominate the flavour and aroma with a clean, bitter finish.
Unique ale based on an old 1750 London porter recipe with a distinctive coffee aroma and chocolate flavour.
Traditional Belgian wheat beer infused with fresh raspberries.
Blonde ale brewed with Centennial, Amarillo and Galaxy hops plus added passion fruit.
Brewed using a blend of malts and roasted barley to create an ale full of taste and colour. A deliciously smooth pint to while away the time of day.
This rich flavoured mild has hints of nut and chocolate and has a natural residual sweetness, an easy drinking ale.
Summer special, amber in colour but very fruity and refreshing.
The exceedingly tasty burst IPA range take their names from the kinds of hops used.
The latest in our single hop series. Waimea is a hop from New Zealand with intense tangelo and citrus fruit with subtle pine characteristics. Cask hopped to show the hop off to its full effect.
A last minute addition to the line up. First Gold green hops became available from Yorkshire Hops the week before the festival, so it would have been a crime not to bring them to York Beer festival. Fact of the day: You need to use five times as many green hops in a beer as dried.
Pale ale loaded with Mosaic hops.
Dark red ale loaded with Galaxy hops.
A very dark red coloured beer that combines quality fresh malts with black treacle and First Gold hops to create a real tastebud pleaser.
A high bitterness IPA with plenty of early Cascade Hops and a stack of late addition Galaxy hop.s
Brewed in collaboration with 'Was ist das' records of Hebden bridge in honour of the tour of 'Wooden Wand' this is a big, thick, rich, extra stout.
A red beer with over 20 kilos of oranges in it.
Simcoe and Citra 4.2% golden session treat.
Unusual grainy notes, fruity and citrussy hops, added zested and juiced oranges, clementines and grapefruits.
New hoppy pale ale with Comet, Citra and Mosaic hops.
American style pale ale with the floral aromas and strong bitterness of Cascade and Centennial hops.
Smooth, easy drinking IPA, with taste and aromas bearing citrus notes with a long dry aftertaste from an abundance of hops.
Imperial stout aged for 10 months. The last cask in existence. Full of chocolate, coffee, liquorice, and red berries this stout will blow you away.
A local take on the classic refreshing Belgian witbier style. A hazy wheat beer with orange, coriander, nutmeg and camomile.
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