More than 450 real ales, more than 100 ciders and perries will be available between 16th and 19th September 2015. Housed in a spacious marquee with ample seating, a huge beer garden and a wide selection of food stalls. To accompany all this music be provided a wide range of acts.
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Ended Sat 19 Sep 2015 |
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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.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Full-flavoured session pale. Citrus and mango aromas with a clean grapefruit finish.
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
Hop packed and a taste of sunshine with notes of tangerine, mango, grapefruit and pineapple.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
It's the tropics, it's bold with a rich malty backbone running through the middle of every mouthful.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
It's the tropics, it's bold with a rich malty backbone running through the middle of every mouthful.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Dark and rich modern milk stout with hints of cherries, chocolate, coffee and almonds.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
West Coast pale ale. Burst of fruity Californian hops on the aroma. Notes of pine, mango and lychee with a clean finish.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Mojito pale ale. Sweet bodied, with an intense burst of lime and a fresh mint finish.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Strong coffee - infused brown ale. Warm chocolate and bourbon notes with a blast of fresh ground espresso.
BAD Co. - Brewing & Distilling Company
Strong brown ale. Full bodied with dark chocolate notes, balanced with sweet sherry overtones.
English pale with refreshing hop bite. Hopped and dry hopped with Summer (a unique hop from Australia). Sunshine in a glass!
Dark, rich and roasted. Notes of biscuit, coffee and chocolate.
Part of our single hop series - English style pale with a different hop each time. El Dorado is a big American hop which has tropical flavours.
Part of our single hop series, Bravo is a big American hop that brings an earthy spice to the beer with big fruit notes especially citrus, orange and pith.
A kettle sour dry hopped with Vic Secret, a full on hop blend from Australia making this beer clean, fruity and fresh. A unique flavour combination.
Full bodied classic German style wheat beer with notes of orange blossom and clove.
All singing, all dancing cheerleader for Team Cascade. This American pale shows off the Cascade variety of hop that spawned the craft beer revolution.
This classic Belgian farmhouse ale makes a refreshing summertime drink, given a zesty twist with honey, ginger and grains of paradise.
Espresso and stout. A bewitching blend of two rich, roasted flavours. We use Kaffa Forrest Single Estate coffee from York Coffee Emporium.
A classic US West coast style IPA hopped with Columbus, Cascade and Chinook. Big, bold and beautiful with notes of pine, resin and grapefruit.
Collaboration brew with North Riding Brewery. Our twist on a classic English red ale has been hopped with Jester before it was fermented on fresh raspberries.
Collaboration brew with Tap East Brewery. A massive quantity of Citra, Comet and Vic Secret make this beer a real 'juicy banger'.
An easy-drinking malty blonde, using hops from the UK’s northernmost hop farm: Yorkshire Hops.
A juicy-fruit pale that exploits all the glorious pungency of the US super-hop Mosaic.
Mini-IPA with tropical hop flavours and a magical secret - it contains neither barley nor wheat malt! This beer is brewed with the African grain sorghum and is gluten-free (less than 5ppm).
Deep amber California Common or "Steam" beer, brewed with rye malt. An ale fermented with lager yeast. Collaboration with Ad Hop brewery from Liverpool.
Cocoa powder and cherries combine in this weighty stout to deliver a beery reflection on the classic Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte - or ‘Black Forest gâteau’.
Belgian blonde ale - the only beer that we know of that is infused with saffron (gram-for-gram more expensive than gold!). The saffron adds sweet hay and honey notes to the classic Belgian flavours.
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.
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.
Pale session beer dry hopped with Chinook for that extra hop hit!
Brewed with Maris Otter malted barley and a touch of wheat malt for a rich, golden, satisfying ale hopped with a blend of English and Slovenian hops for a zesty finish.
Golden ale single hopped with Columbus to give a resiny grapefruit and tropical citrus flavour.
A light, golden ale showcasing the extremely popular Citra hop variety from America. Very refreshing and satisfying, packed with resinous and fruity flavours.
Brewed with Simcoe and Columbus hops, dry hopped with Citra. Brewed with a small amount of crystal malt to give a slightly red colour and a hint of sweetness.
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.
Stout brewed with a blend of six malts and hopped with Pilgrim and Goldings to give a smooth roasty finish.
This golden IPA has low to moderate bitterness and very distinctive tropical fruit notes from the premium American hops used in its production. Smooth, hoppy goodness.
Named after the eponymous Ravi, Shankar IPA is a seriously fruity, hoppy, pale beer with a clean, zesty finish.
Super-smooth, strong, dark ale made from a blend of Yakima IPA and Patrick Irish stout. A rich, satisfying ale with a silky mouth feel, bold flavours and a potent punch.
Black IPA brewed with biblical quantities of premium American hops and special de-husked German roasted malt.
A very un-traditional dark brown IPA with full bitterness, pleasant roasted malt flavours and bags of fruity hop flavour and aroma.
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.
Multi-award-winning pale ale packed with American hops. Intensely refreshing and satisfying, with surprising balance and body for such a low abv.
Rich nut-brown Yorkshire ale. Everything that is great about traditional Yorkshire bitter, fused with Ilkley Brewery’s unique hop character.
CAMRA award-winning golden session ale, packed with soft fresh aromas, yet light, thirst quenching and superbly easy-drinking.
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.
Brewed with real rose petals, this pale ale is floral, fragrant and crisp.
Mint stout, this unusual and extraordinary beer combines rich chocolate malt flavours with lingering fresh mint.
Easy-drinking, well-hopped pale ale, brewed with a blend of American and New Zealand hops.
Amber ale brewed with the addition of rye malt and a blend of American hops to create a quaffable beer with citrus fruit aromas and a light, spicy finish.
Simcoe hops are used to impart lemon flavours on this single hopped pale ale, brewed with the addition of honey.
Dry hopped version of Yankee with floral and citrus fruit aromas of the Cascade hop, grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington State, USA,
Bavarian-style pale ale, brewed using hops from Germany and the Czech Republic. Pilsner and Munich malts.
Big and bold IPA, brewed using Citra and Chinook hops from the USA to create tropical and passion fruit aromas and a lasting, bitter finish.
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.
IPA brewed with 100% Citra hops that create aromas of mango, apricot, grapefruit & mandarin orange, along with a lasting, juicy, tropical fruit bitterness.
Jasmine Green Tea IPA, brewed in collaboration with Taylors of Harrogate. A blend of four hops, jasmine flowers and Taylors’ Green Tea with Jasmine.
A big juicy IPA brewed with Amarillo, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, Centennial and Simcoe hops.
Black kiln dried malts create a dark bitter-sweet and smooth beer. Chocolate, coffee and caramel flavours are complented by a vanilla twist.
Full bodied bitter with fruit and hops complementing the aftertaste.
Flavoursome dark beer, distinctive hazelnut, toffee malt and sweet catramel are evident along with a touch of roast coffee and soft spicy hops.
Flaxen blonde ale. Balanced hoppy bitterness and a crisp fruity finish.
Well hopped, bittersweet, complex fruit gives a memorable aftertaste.
A deeply rich and satisfying premium stout with complex balanced flavours and a warm subtle chocolate finish.
Nutty, rich ruby ale, stronger than usual for a mild. Multi award winning beer.
Straw-hued pale ale with light biscuit and citrus in both the aroma and taste.
Gloriously golden session IPA bursting with tropical fruit aroma and juicy bitterness.
Blond golden ale with a citrus heart and chased with subtle chilli heat.
The big brother of the family, Oberon denotes an explosion of rich malt and resinous hop on your tongue!
Feral Imperial Stout loaded with decedent dark malt, howling hops and smooth espresso finish.
Session ale brewed with challenger and Celeia hops which is crisp and refreshing with grapefruit undertones and a citrus finish.
Rich amber coloured beer with a sumptuous malt palate including malted rye. Goldings hops create the high spicy notes.
An award winning blonde, that is light and creamy with fruity aroma.
Born from Brewer's Gold and Saaz hops, Sorachi Ace was originally produced in Japan for the Sapporo Brewery. Intense lemony flavours, with hints of white flowers and tea.
Malted wheat adds a creamy body to this pale beer. The addition of dried lavender flowers imparts a unique floral herbal quality, Styrian Goldings hops.
Using only the flavours of UK grown Challenger hops and a dash of Crystal malt, expect a refreshing taste, where fruit and hops dominate the flavour and aroma.
Maris Otter Pacific pale ale full of Antipodean promise. Four of the best New Zealand grown hops provide a feast for the taste buds.
A slightly different version of our tawny coloured brew served from the wood, reminiscent of Victorian style IPAs.
Deviously infusing the dark ruby, Centurion’s Ghost Ale with the infamous and scary Ghost Pepper, Mostly Ghostly could give you a bit of a shock.
Nelson Sauvin hops give aromas of elderflower and grapes. Strong citrus flavours, especially grapefruit. Very refreshing and packed full of flavour.
Distinctive floral aroma, leading to a predominantly citrus taste, with grapefruit and lemons to the fore. A quenching bitter finish.
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.
Brewed using the finest quality Maris Otter malt and English hops. Chestnut in colour, having a well rounded, rich flavour.
A full bodied Victorian style porter with hints of liquorice. The initial bitterness gives way to a smooth, mellow finish.
A deep malt and hoppy aroma with liquorice throughout. Roast malt, friut and hops also carry through this full bodied stout.
A rich, chocolatey porter brewed with oak chips for a barrel aged flavour. A smooth and satisfying dark ale.
Golden ale, brewed with an outstanding trio of bold American hops for a full fruity aroma and flavour, with a refreshing citrus finish.
Brewed with Nelson Sauvin and Dr Rudi hops. White grape aroma and tropical fruit flavours.
Anglo-American IPA. The initial punch lemony citrus aroma gives way to a rounded hedgerow UK hop flavour which compliment each other perfectly.
Special brew for the rugby World Cup, a red ale with malty rich overtones and a full body.
Lots of malt and big juicy hops are what go into making our flagship India Pale Ale. Think uber drinkable and thirst quenching & you're halfway there.
A pale golden ale, light and fresh tasting with the fruity and flora aroma of Sovereign hops.
Crystal malts combine with English Goldings hops for a richer flavour. This ale has a very clean finish and late-hop bitterness.
Dark stout infused with vanilla and dark malts.
A dark ruby bitter with smooth hops and a satisfying bitter finish this will keep you coming back for more. Brewed to mark the Bishop of Durham becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Full flavoured beer inspired by a traditional porter recipe. Overtones of chocolate mixed with a hint of coffee alongside an aroma of hops.
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.
Beautifully balanced, light cask ale that’s perfect for summer drinking.
Aromas of of hops, orange-fruit and roast coffee maltiness. Bittersweet taste with a dry finish packed with fruity notes and Goldings hops.
Pale ale brewed with five varieties of US hops.
West Coast-style pale ale with refreshing citrus hop flavours.
Blonde beer that is hopped with 3 different hops, plus dry hopping. Refreshing, well balanced and easy drinking.
Dark stout with chocolate and roasted coffee flavours.
Luxurious dark brown ale with a full mouth feel, giving way to a hop fruitiness achieved by late Citra hop additions.
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.
A refreshing pale ale brewed with strawberry essence give subtle fruit flavours.
A balanced porter ale, brewed from an old traditional recipe dating back to the 1700s. A dark brown coloured porter with hints of toffee and caramel and some hoppiness.
A golden coloured ale, refreshing with an aroma that is bready malts, some sweet malts, mild floral and fruity hops.
Rich black stout with fruity and roast notes, brewed using English oats.
A pale aromatic beer, refreshing with a good level of bitterness, citrus undertones and a clean finish.
A well balanced golden traditional English style ale brewed with top quality Maris Otter malt and English hops.
A premium dark mild brewed with a complex mix of malts and oats giving a wonderful depth of flavour, well balanced with undertones of coffee and chocolate and a full finish.
New version of classic Burton ale, full of character and flavour. Originally brewed by Ind Coope when first introduced in the 1980s.
Well rounded, ruby red ale with a distinctive, tight creamy head. A good balance of malt, hops and bitterness.
Traditional, full flavoured, golden ale exclusively brewed using Fuggle hops, both in the copper and as a late addition to give a distinctive, late copper hop flavour.
Traditional North East milk stout brewed using both chocolate and crystal malts which gives this a distinctive black colour.
Created to celebrate 150 years of brewing excellence, a special 5% version of the brewery’s flagship brand Strongarm.
A pale fruity single hopped session beer.
Powerfully hopped with sweet malt and a depth of tropical fruit. Silures were a powerful Celtic tribe from today’s South Wales and stood tall against Roman invasion.
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.
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.
Rich brown in colour. Sweet dark fruit cake flavour, dark treacle or molasses.
The pale amber craft ale has a fresh, citrus aroma and a tropical, fruity taste, whilst the unique blend of hops leave a bitter-sweet aftertaste on the tongue.
Bright, dry, and easy drinking with an assertive bitterness.
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.
Maris Otter and Vienna malted barley with Citra and Motueka hops give a smooth drinking ale with a pronounced fruity, citrus hop character.
Crystal clear wheat beer with peppery honey and spice notes.
A strong and tasty beer with Junga and Palisade overlaying the triple-hopped Summit, providing a pronounced hop profile.
Full flavoured light coloured hoppy ale.
A beefed-up version of the brewery’s Code Breaker porter, with a tad more sweetness.
Pale ale brewed with Amarillo and Summit hops.
A refreshing, blonde beer made with Challenger, Bramling Cross and Cascade English hops. Smooth, fresh and highly drinkable!
Pale ale single hopped with Brewers Gold.
An authentic all English IPA. Pale, strong and bitter, yet deceptively easy drinking. Intense hoppy aroma compliments strong malty flavour.
A light coloured beer with a floral aroma. The taste has a hoppy, fruity beginning leading to a malty aftertaste followed by a subtle dry finish.
A light amber coloured ale. There are three different hops all of whichare English, with the late hops traditionally floral.
Aromas of fruit, malt and roast malt give way to well-balanced fruit, malt and hoppiness on the tongue with some sweetness.
A creamy and silky smooth golden pale ale. Clean malt aftertaste with a fruity hop character and mild bitterness.
A blend of Warrior, Cascade, Columbus, Crystal and Chinook – then dry hopped using their ‘Hoptimizer’ (Industrial sized hookah).
A refreshing brew using classic lager hops from the Czech Republic and Germany alongside real lager malt and, importantly yeast. Continental-hopped cask lager.
Light red steam beer made around the San Fransisco area. Made in the traditional Steam Beer style and method, it is clean, crisp and refreshing.
This is an EPA that is fresh tasting with some citrus tones that opens up the palate for the nicely balanced malt finish.
This is a light brown ale that 'shiners' may have drank to slake their thirsts while working down in the hidden hollers making their illicit spirits.
Red ale with a caramel aroma. The flavour is sweet fruits and toffee.
Refreshing and crisp orange wheat beer with a classic wheat haze and an aroma of oranges and madarins.
American hopped IPA with an aroma of citrus fruits with a hit of apple blossom and peaches and grapefruit flavour.
Under that dark exterior and hoppy, light citrus aroma is a classic Belgian tasting brew ready to explode!
A crisp and refreshing light summer ale. Golden colour and full of summer aromas from the specially selected hops.
The colour comes from Carrared Malt and Black Malts. A full bodied beer with aroma of lemon grass and citrus from New Zealand hops.
A copper session bitter brewed using Challenger & Goldings hops to give a fruity finish.
An upfront U.S. hopped pale ale giving a fresh taste and aroma.
New beer - no tasting notes available.
This pale lager-like beer is all-German hopped to give excellent balance and rich flavour.
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 variation on the classic pale ale thanks to a whale load of Citra hops.
This pale ale showcases the single hop variety at its best, giving this beer a complex blend of floral, tropical, fruity and earthy characteristics.
A hop forward pale ale with light malt and a balanced citrus character from large additions of Centennial hops. Dry hopped in fermentation with Zythos for a hint of tropical fruit.
Blonde beer. Smoothly bittered with pleasant fruity hoppy finish.
Black moreish beer with a chocolate, orangey, vanilla flavour coming through.
Golden coloured with light honeyed notes and a very delicate background of pine behind a clean traditional hopping.
Black lager, a homage to the great number 9’s in Newcastle United’s history, the likes of Alan Shearer and Jackie Milburn.
Dry British blonde beer. Brewed with Boadicea and Pioneer hops, British lager and wheat malt.
Pale beer brewed with Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin hops
Double IPA with Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, Cascade, Equinox and Chinook hops.
Pale bitter, brewed with Maris Otter malt, hopped with East Kent Goldings and Nelson Sauvignon.
Contrasting sweet and bitter flavours from Maris Otter Mash and Kentish Hops give a lasting finish with fresh, floral overtones.
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…
Session ale single hopped with Australian Topaz for wonderfully complex flavours of resin, light tropical fruits and a hint of citrus lime.
Brewed with low colour malt for a lustrous, sparkling body and bags of American hops for big flavours of pine resin, lemon, and grapefruit.
A blend of several dark malts to create this rich, bold stout. Expect flavours of black coffee, dark chocolate and a lingering smokiness.
Pale ale, light, yet full of flavour. Brewed wtih oats for a velvety mouthfeel. Aromas of citrus peel and passionfruit.
Session IPA, fruity, flavoursome and effortlessly drinkable.
IPA brewed with tempting malt, heaped with chewy, resinous hops.
Brewed using copious amount of wheat malt this smooth fruity ale will be a perfect late summer tipple.
Dark, rich malty brown ale with liquorice tones.
Amber coloured best bitter brewed with crystal malt for a dedpth of flavour and Pilgrim hops for bitterness.
Carefully concocted by Yorkshire's finest chefs, this delicious, golden beer is brewed with local Yorkshire honey and seasoned with a pinch of lemon thyme.
Llight chestnut in colour with a deliciously smooth malty taste and balanced with complex biscuity flavours.
This 18th century London beer style is brewed with 100% English ingredients and showcases the delicious flavours of chocolate and vanilla.
A pale coloured thirst-quencher, using Maris Otter malt, wheat malt and an abundance of bittering and aromatic hops.
An amber coloured bitter, perfectly blended malt and hops makes this well-rounded beer balanced and refreshing.
Dark, rich and full-bodied slightly roasted with a malty palate ending with a pleasant bitterness.
A rich ruby/brown ale which is packed with dark chocolate and liquorice flavours. Warm, smokey and intriguing.
Deep ruby ale with robust chocolate and liquorice flavours. Brewed with assistance of York CAMRA members, Karl and Mark.
A dark stout, full bodied with a rich aroma of expresso and treacle.
Pale ale with a citrus, pine and floral aroma. Citrus, fruit and herbal flavour.
Smooth drinking beer, straw coloured, the aroma hops give a delicacy and subtlety to the robust full-bodied flavour.
A stout with a strong roast malt flavour balance with some hoppiness.
Refreshing juicy asparagus nose with a summer salad crispness. Celery and nuts give way to refreshing bite at the end.
Intergalactic Space Hopper is a lot of fun. They really wanted to see just how amped-up we could make the hop profile.
English hopped golden ale. Moderate bitterness with tropical fruit aroma from new variety English hops.
4 types of malt and 4 varieties of US hops. Robust and deceptively easy drinking American inspired ale.
English hops and traditional dark malts. A rich balance of alcolhol, hops and malts.
Traditional bitter, an amber ale with toasty and earthy flavours of malt and caramel. Brewed with English hops, Northdown and Goldings.
The official beer of the Cleveland Way National Trail. This refreshing pale ale lays refreshing citrus & floral aromas against a delicate malt base.
This golden ale has lemon and floral aromas, and a slightly sweet flavour to match with fruity notes.
An Indian Pale Ale with four different hops added at three different stages.
A golden hoppy bitter with a malty biscuit overtone, very moreish. Caramalt together with Goldings hops supplies a clean taste sensation for our flagship bitter.
A special beer brewed for Tynedale Beer Festival sponsor Patricia Arnold.
Smooth strong golden bitter. Caramalt, crystal malt and Goldings hops combine to give a smooth mouth feel.
A cracking citrus and gooseberry driven pale blonde session ale.
Strong notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla dominate this silky smooth porter. Vanilla conditioned, relatively light and easy drinking.
Hop forward American style wheat beer. Invitingly bitter and crisp. As hazy as the summer sun and refreshingly light in body.
Golden beer with small stature but a big attitude! Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin.
Hops from the US West Coast and Australia - Chinook, Columbus, Centennial and Galaxy.
Black IPA - a big bolshy 5.8% super-hopped up beastie with US hops Azacca and Mosaic in the copper and Mosaic for the dry-hop.
Wonderfully golden session beer. Fresh malt and hop aroma lead to a satisfyingly bitter finish.
Very pale and spectacularly thirst-quenching. Three different hops give this beer a delightful citrus nose.
Delicious amber ale with a substantial hop kick.
A full bodied yet beautifully smooth dark porter. Perfectly balanced.
Light golden ale brewed to celebrate the rugby World Cup.
A golden fruity ale. The famous grapefruit hop Chinook gives this beer great citrus flavour with a satisfying, long lasting finish.
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.
A premium dark mild. Crystal and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this award winning ale.
Dark russet brown with a sweet aroma and taste of coffee and coconut. Unfined - may be hazy.
American hopped pale ale. Unfined - may be hazy.
Deep walnut brown strong porter. Unfined - may be hazy.
One off special, amber colour, dry hopped with Goldings.
Rich strong hoppy bitterness with a full bodied sweetness and bitter coffee finish with a little fruity malt on the aftertaste.
Pale ale with plenty of US hops to give the beer a floral/grassy aroma and lip smacking citrus flavours.
Full bodied, hoppy red beer. Five types of malt and six types of hops. Aromas of grapefruit and pine, combined with orange and citrus.
A tribute to the pale ales of the US west coast. Mango, lychee and grapefruit flavours against a smooth malt base. Bitter finish.
A noble hop aroma from the use of three different German hop varieties. The bitterness is medium strength with herbal notes and there is a long tasty bitter finish.
A red ale, brewed with Calypso and Citra hops from the USA, giving an aroma rich in citrus fruits. The taste is fruity and bitter and has a good body.
This golden coloured ale was brewed using English Minstrel hops to support our boys in the Rugby World Cup. It has a fruity hop aroma and a bitterness that hints of peach and apricot fruits. The finish is long and lingering.
Carefully crafted to blend the finest Maris Otter malt with English Golding & Fuggle hops, this beer is smooth and light.
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.
Dark refreshing beer with a distinct chocolate malt flavour and smooth hoppy finish.
A refreshing blond ale with a fruity springtime flavour and a touch of citrus, flowers and ruch peppery spice on the aroma.
A premium light refreshing ale with a sweet citrus dry finish.
Gold beer brewed with Maris Otter malt, early hopped with First Gold, late hopped with Citra.
Dark bitter brewed with Maris Otter malt with Goldings early and late hops.
Brewed with Horizon hops from the USA giving the beer a dry bitterness that is reminiscent of a traditional IPA of yesteryear.
Initially brewed with no name - hence the batch number. Malty but crisp, with a subtle hoppy finish, Brew 1641 is a real characterful pale ale.
Easy drinking session pale made with Citra, Chinook and Brewer’s Gold hops.
Aussie-American pale ale hopped with Galaxy and Calypso. Moderate bitterness with notes of passionfruit and citrus.
Well-hopped India Pale Ale made with Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy and Calypso hops. Notes of grapefruit, citrus and tropical fruits. Dry hopped with Citra in the cask for extra punch
Softer and sweeter and gently hazy, hints of sweet orange. Brewed with Magnum, Cascade, Chinook and Ahtanum hops.
A smooth, golden malt base. A combination of English Goldings and American Cascade hops creates a fare grand, bright and balanced beer.
A combination of their freshly roasted Milestone blend of 100% Arabica coffe from Grumpy Mule deliciously moreish beer.
Enter the new kid on the block, Mosaic hops are full of blueberry and citrus flavours and seriously pack a powerful punch.
Citrus in a glass, the hop that keeps on delivering. Easy drinking premium pale ale with a grapefruit and lemon taste and aroma.
A full bodied porter with notes of chocolate and autumn berries.
Using the Nelson Sauvin hops giving a wine type finish to this fruity pale ale.
IPA brewed with Admiral, Jester and Bramling Cross hops.
A light blonde session IPA, contributing a big tangerine aroma and long, thirst quenching citrus pith flavour.
Rich dark chocolate and lactose sugar, balanced with bitter ground coffee beans and hints of hazelnut
Big punches of pine, pithy grapefruit and resinous soft flesh fruit.
They couldn’t just make a standard porter, so they added chilli and pepper to it to pep it up.
San Diego inspired heavily hopped IPA.
A very light gold colour. Aromas of tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit and papaya. Initially sweet flavours of passion fruit and peach leading to an intense dry hop finish.
A golden-coloured beer with a full malt and superb hop aroma, with a long lasting dry-ish hoppy complex finish.
Extremely light coloured beer with a surprising full bodied taste. The sweetness is offset by a very strong hopping rate.
A pale barley malt, with wheat and bohemian hops makes this a refreshing fruity beer with a sweet finish.
A symbol of 51 Squadron RAF. A rich ruby, malty beer.
Delicious, slightly sweet porter with roasted chocolate flavours and a pleasant hop aroma.
A deep golden bitter brewed with five different malts & five New World hops resulting in a complex depth of flavour leading to an aromatic resinous finish.
Brewed from pale and wheat malts and with just a sprinkle of crystal malt for colour, this is a classic golden English bitter.
A golden premium ale, brewed from British Maris Otter and wheat malts. Robust, full-bodied and with a slight honey sweetness on the palate.
A bitter tasting session beer with a strong hoppy aftertaste.
Light and refreshing beer with citrus and blackcurrant notes.
Nutty brown colour, mellow bitterness, followed by a spicy blackcurrant aftertaste.
Bright sparkling blonde with great aroma and smooth refreshing aftertaste.
Golden ale, sweet to the palate with a great hoppy after taste.
Cloudy like a wheat beer, Blønd packs in all the body, bitterness and tropical fruit flavour of a much bigger beer.
House is their go-to pale. Juicy, chewy and eminently drinkable, it’s absolutely packed with US hop flavour.
A crisp, refreshing beer, with a tropical, citrus aftertaste. Hops: Citra and Cascade.
Pale bitter, specially brewed for Al Murray (The Pub Landlord).
An ale of exceptional light, hoppy drinkability to slake the thirst & refresh the parts - look no further. Clean,fresh bitterness and gorgeous, zesty hop flavour.
An amber-coloured session ale brewed for the rugby World Cup.
Rich and flavoursome dark ale with hints of coffee and chocolate.
Pale, hoppy ale made from low colour Maris Otter malt. A combination of 3 high alpha American hops produce an intensely aromatic & resinous finish.
Devilishly black IPA with a citrussy tang.
A session version of Pacific Ghost.
Light refreshing EPA using English malts, extra late hopping using Saaz hops develops a well balanced hop flavour.
Full bodied brown ale using German Weyermann malts, creating a slightly smoked malt flavour, hopped using Pilgrim hop.
Pale brown/golden English hopped ale - fruit with moderate levels of bitterness.
Very pale, slightly sweet session beer with spicy/lemon hop notes.
Dark ale made with five dark malts and hopped with legendary US hops for a smooth rounded finish.
US influenced pale ale with three classic "C" hops for a citrus finish.
Nugget hopped pale ale brewed to celebrate a certain festival of rugby.
A classic cloudy wheat beer infused with lime and coriander.
A smooth, suave and sophisticated award winning stout.
An amber session ale hopped with Cascade and Centennial.
Rye pale, Chinook hops against a rye malt backdrop.
Southern Hemisphere IPA. Nelson Sauvin, Southern Cross and Ella give spicy, juicy notes before an assertive citrus pith bitter finish.
Pale session beer brewed with culinary lavender.
This all UK brew is bursting with hop character, smooth in the mouth with a very long bitter finish.
A subtle blend of malt and hops creates an easy drinking smooth ale, fruity hop flavours with a short bitter finish.
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.
A Blonde ale with light bitterness and a pleasant light hoppy aftertaste.
A clean, pale beer, with cool crisp fruitiness from New Zealand hops, grown at Tasman Bay.
A refreshing blonde ale delicately infused with the flavour of elderflower.
single hopped pale ale showcasing the mango and rich tropical fruit flavours of the Citra hop balanced against a sweet malt base enhanced with Munich malt.
A golden ale with a biscuit malt base and citrus and spicy hop flavours from a blend of American and Slovenian hops.
A black IPA with the roast malt flavours of a stout and the bitterness and fresh pine and citrus grapefruit flavours of the Cascade hop.
Chocolate malts, cocoa, chocolate essence combines to provide a strong chocolate bouquet and a rich chocolate flavour. Good hopping provides a balancing bitterness.
A deep red malty ale with firm bitterness and citrus notes from blended Australian, American and New Zealand hops.
Seven New World hops from around the Pacific rim are used to create this balanced beer with citrus and grapefruit notes.
American hopped pale ale with big fruity flavours and a hoppy aroma.
Traditional rich stout brewed using five malts to give full bodied in depth flavours and a chocolate aroma.
Golden pale ale brewed using Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo and Citra hops.
A dark amber ale with rich hoppy flavour with hints of citrus and a spicy nose.
A flavoursome golden ale with a hint of blackcurrant for a crisp, fruity, fresh finish.
A classic premium pale ale, with a strong hoppy citrus aroma and earthy bitterness.
Delicious thirst quenching session ale that delivers massive citrus aromas and tropical fruit flavours.
Dark and silky beer made with malts that deliver a huge hit of roasted coffee and chocolate.
Clear golden coloured body. Fruity aroma of peach and herbal hops. Blended flavours of mild grapefruit and brown malts.
London Porter with layered bitter sweetmalt flavours of chocolate, treacle and toffee and hits of citrus and orange notes.
Brewed with Maris Otter malt, NZ hops: Green Bullet, Nelson Sav and Hallertau Aroma hops.
Light very drinkable pale beer, floral and zesty beer.
Pale ale with grapefruit and citrusy notes with a light bitter finish, brewed with Centennial and Cascade hops.
A traditional dry stout brewed with roasted barley and balanced with chocolate malt for slight sweetness.
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.
Premium Cascade, Simcoe, Centennial and Mount Hood hops give a fragrant bouquet with a fruity, malty and spicy flavour.
The Goldings provide hop aroma and the famous Oakwell Yeast strain imparts bags of yeast character.
A traditional English pale ale. Well hopped, refreshing and satisfying with bags of malt characteristics.
Their newest regular beer, a hoppy pale ale.
Transatlantic Pale Ale, using Maris Otter and a bit of Wheat Malt, with Columbus, Mosaic and Rakau hops.
Rich in malt flavours with a strong bitter hop flavour and aroma. Initial flavours of tropical fruits with a refreshing crisp bitter finish.
Lightly amber in colour with a pleasing bitterness and aroma of hopsacks, mowed lawns and a little marmalade given by the East Kent and Styrian Goldings hops.
Hoppy red IPA with hoppy and biscuit malt flavours and a bitter note throughout.
Pale English malt and American hops : Sonnet, Amarillo, Calypso and lots of Centennial.
Tropical flavours cascade over a crisp citrus base, with waves of blueberry, mango and fresh cut lime.
Unfined and with loads of haze forming oats so the fruity hop oils have a something to cuddle.
Traditional porter. Liquorice and vanilla flavours. Served from scotch whisky casks.
Old ale style. Smoked, woody and piney just like the forest.
Dark golden IPA. Vanilla and woody flavours.
The last of the true Pennine light milds, this amber coloured beer makes a refreshing session ale.
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.
European Pale lashing of Bobek with a dash of Aurora. Lemony / piney one off...
Rich and smooth oatmeal stout, full bodied and combining rich chocolate and roasted malts.
Brewed exclusively for the Swan in York but a rare cask escaped for our festival.
Golden ale brewed with a touch of pale chocolate and dark Crystal malts balancing the Pioneer, Willamette and Progress hops.
A really pale ale (RPA) with a fresh citrussy grapefruit taste from Junga, Willamette and Styrian Goldings hops.
Brewed with roasted rye and rye malts to give a red hue and a dry finish. Peppery with citrus flavours from Chinook and Columbus hops.
Hoppy pale ale brewed using only British grown hops with spice and blackcurrant notes from Pioneer and Bramling Cross hops.
A crisp, refreshing beer. Inspired by the American craft beer scene with a light pineapple presence.
The addition of sweet Orange County oranges ensure a truly unique and refreshing drinking experience.
A soft, floral IPA with sweet fruit notes on the palate.
Pale golden ale using only a single hop variety, Chinook, to give a grapefruit finish.
Rich deep scarlet beer with chocolate on the nose and a full round smooth flavour.
Well hopped pale ale using four varieties of hops from countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.
Brewed with a small amount of smoked malt, alongside chocolate malt, pale chocolate malt, roasted barley and crystal malts for a rich and warming flavour.
Brewed with freshly picked whole English hops.
The Village bike is all English Hops a light bitter taste and stunning golden colour. A great beer to drink on a good night out.
Brewed with all English hops brilliant if you’re looking for something away from the normal due to the addition of the ginger.
Full flavoured rich stout with a strong bitterness and stunning coffee and caramel aftertaste.
Layers of US hops are set against a backbone of British malts, so what this beer lacks in strength, it makes up for in character.
All the hoppy goodness of an IPA, but a sessionable strength. Its intense fruit-salad character comes from US West Coast hops.
Robust hop flavours over a malty backbone. Flavours and aromas of mango, citrus, earthy pine, tropical fruit and blueberry.
Pale ale with Mosaic, Cascade and Sorachi Ace hops.
Brewed using Brewers Gold and Aurora hops to give a well balanced bitterness with fruity and spicey characteristics.
A milk stout, lightly roasted to give a sweet creamy taste with a bitter and roasted finish.
As hoppy as a box of frogs! Made with Citra and Mosaic hops it has a defining floral and citrus aroma with a dry and bitter finish.
Rich and warming porter with a lovely roast malt flavour throughout and a subtle hint of spice.
Light copper session beer with delicious fruity malt flavours, mouth watering hop aromas and a moreish bitter, dry finish.
Smooth and well structured, brimming with roasted chocolate taste and aroma from four different malts.
Hopped with Cascade, Centennial and Summit, light copper coloured with a mild fruity aroma.
Yorkshire malt gives the beer its golden colour with fine Admiral and Bramling Cross hops adding a hop bitterness to the taste.
This 3 malt stout, brewed with the addition of roasted barley and flaked oats, uses British East Kent Goldings and Fuggle hops.
Brewed with NZ Pacific Jade and Waimea hops this English IPA has citrus on the nose anda citrus taste with a hint of pepper.
Brewed with Vienna Malt and Oats. Hopped with Mosaic with some orangey Amarillo hops. Unfined, so naturally hazy.
A mellow malty flavour, from Wold grown barley, dark crystal malt and roasted barley. Hopped with Progress hops.
Gluten free beer made from maize, malt, hops and yeast.Full flavoured bitter beer with a citrus hop after taste.
Summer beer with a soft, fruity flavour with just a hint of spice.
Strong and well hopped for the voyage sending IPA from the Wolds to the World. Gluten Free.
A highly quaffable Double Hopped Extra Pale with hints of tangerine and spice.
Based upon an 1750 London Porter recipe, handcrafted with seven malted barleys, wheat, oats and a blend of hops, to provide rich, coffee and chocolate characteristics.
A distinctive golden ale blended with new world hops - Amarillo, Galaxy & Centennial - with a hint of passion fruit.
A traditionally cloudy Belgian wheat beer, influenced by the Lambic style of brewing & infused with fresh raspberries.
A traditionally cloudy Belgian wheat beer, influenced by the Lambic style of brewing & infused with fresh strawberries.
West Coast USA styled IPA, enhanced with Mosaic, Willamette & Magnum hops for a unique flavour.
Blonde American pale ale with heaps of Mosaic hops.
Crisp, golden ale with a strong hoppy finish from the Amarillo hops and a good underlying sharpness.
Golden IPA, brewed with Munich and Vienna malts. Hopped with big flavoursome Cascade, Amarillo and Herkules whole hops.
Dark in colour with deliciously fruity rhubarb flavours complete with a crisp aroma and refreshing tartness aftertaste.
Dark in colour but fantastic fruity summer beer.
Special brew for the York Ukulele Festival.
A well balanced golden best bitter with initial malty taste & fruity hop finish.
Ruby red, single hopped with English Fuggles.
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.
Lager malts blended with lovely citrus hops to create our unique hearty lager.
Barrel aged version of the October ale brewed last year.
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 North Yorkshire version of the West Coast style. 3 hop types in this one, to justify the ‘sunshine-in-a-glass’ claim.
Very dark mild brewed with addition of chocolate and black malt. In keeping with the beer style, hops don't feature in the flavour profile of this beer as much as with other Great Heck beers but it's no shrinking violet. Beautiful chocolatey, roasty flavours dominate this classic dark mild.
Initially bittersweet, well-balanced complex fruit, hints of citrus and a bitter, hoppy finish.
Fiery ginger and cool cardamon compete in this unique fruity beer.
A classic golden ale - soft, sweet cereal in the body blended with a gentle citrus finish.
Multi award winning dark ruby coloured ale with a smooth roasted malt palate, a light bitterness, with autumn fruit flavours.
Brewed with Fuggles to provide the bitter taste of the classic English Ale and Kent Goldings to give a slight hoppy aroma.
With a significant quantity of Rye Malt, providing a rich, biscuity spicyness balanced with a good dosing of hops and infused with the subtle essence of saffron.
Extra pale ale hopped with a single hop variety.
New bitter - no tasting notes available.
A refreshing, golden blonde beer. Hoppy with a hint of citrus and sherbet.
A beer brewed with the legendary Blockheads. Darker, stronger version of Hophead with specialty malts, hopefully giving drinkers a reason to be cheerful.
A careful balance of fruit, citrus and malt flavours. Centennial and Mosaic hops.
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.
Clean malty base topped with an explosion of grapefruit and tropical fruit flavours. Big aroma.
A very pale session ipa, which has a crisp citrus and slightly spicy bitterness, that leads it way into a mild fruitiness.
This very pale ale has a vast amount of hops added from the copper right up to dry hopping! This is a thirst quenching, teeth sucking ale.
This hoppy dark beer, has had hops in the copper and dry hopped in the fermenter, to give it an intense floral, citrus and grapefruit finish.
Made with a complex 7-malt grist which imparts a warm golden brown colour, this beer utilises U.S. hops to create a balanced and highly drinkable modern session bitter.
Session India Pale Ale, like any good IPA, SIPA has a sweet pale body and plenty of fruity hop bitterness but an easier drinking strength of 3.8%.
Sorachi Ace hopped imperial stout.
A sun-kissed orange colour from 7 malts, then a mix of 8 hops showcase the best of fruit, citrus and dank flavours for a complex and uplifting 'resiny mouthfeel'.
Supercharged Wylam India Pale Ale.... rich/bright & amber/bronze with lots of American hop aroma. Distinctly bittersweet on the palate with a massive hop complexity fashioned deep within the IPA tradition.
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