Made as a hobby in the garage of a suburban home near Antwerp. The Serafijn is a spiced blond ale.

Gueuze is a blend of three year old lambic with one year old lambic. Although it is only 5.0%, Cantillon say this beer will quite happily store for twenty years.

This is the beer that rekindled interest in fruit lambics. Over the years up 1973, when this beer was first produced, lambics had been getting ever sweeter, using fruit syrups. Cantillon returned to basics, using real fruit to produce a subtle blending which doesn't allow the sweetness to swamp the acidity of the lambic. It was given this name to distinguish this beer from existing fruit lambics.

"an easy-drinking smooth nut brown beer which combines rich malt with aromatic Fuggles hops." Brewery description

"a light refreshing amber beer, finished with Styrian Golding hops for a characteristically fruity flavour and floral aroma." Brewery description.

A dark, chocolate beer, similar to stout.

Not too sweet, as some ginger beers can be,with a nice hoppy dryness to stop it becoming too spicy or cloying. The aroma is also pleasant and light.

Gold colour with astringent citrus fruit flavour (tangerine and grapefruit). Quite floral with some toffee malt.

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"A rich appealing aroma and colour give a hint of the prospect to come. The balance of subtle bitterness and sweet malt flavours make that prospect a reality. Thirst quenching and eminently drinkable; a fine quaffing ale." Brewery description.

"A light, easy drinking alewith a fruity citrus aroma and flavour, giving a subtle crisp bite to refresh the palate. Smooth to the taste with a crisp, revitalising finish; The essence of a summer's day." Brewey description .

"A light coloured bitter, hopped in the cask for a hoppy refreshing flavour." Brewery description.

"A burnished gold premium ale. Full bodied, smooth and satisfying." Brewery description. Returning to Barleycorn's by popular demand.

After a break of 18 months Beartown have started bottling again. Currently it is just their popular golden ale.

Brown ale flavoured with Marischino cherry. Currently out of stock

"Complex, malty dark ruby beer, full malt taste balances well with hop bitterness and fruit flavours." Brewery Description.

A black bitter. It has sharp hop bitterness together with the depth of flavour of dark malts.

"A full-bodied flavoursome rounded ale with a distinctive hoppy palate and aroma." Brewery description.

"A beautifully balanced beer, fruity by nature with a well rounded body and the suggestive echo of crystal malt." Brewery description.

"A strong premium beer of structures quality dominated by elaborate fruity hop notes, with a grainy background and dry finish." Brewery description.

The session bitter from this small brewery in Great Harwood, near Burnley.

Pale ale bittered using the  Target hop. Due to it's high alpha acid content Target is often considered an unsubtle hop and usually only used in conjunction with others. This beer shows Target's true worth.

"A deep golden fruity beer, with a subtle dry finish." Brewery description.

"A rich and malty premium bitter, with a classic British hop flavour." Brewery description.

First produced in 1996 to commemorate 100 years since the publication of Housmans Shropshire Lad. "A strong well rounded bitter drawing from a fine blend of selected English malted barley, traditional English Fuggles and Golding hops." Brewery description.

Based on an 18th century recipe and spiced with coriander. Originally brewed to celebrate the rebellion of 1745. "A rich warm biscuity aroma balanced by hops and a herbal note from the coriander. A bittersweet finish with hints of chocolate, winey fruit and coriander". Roger Protz.
World Champion - World Beer Championships 1997

A pale beer blended with Tayberries, which turns the beer pink! The name is pronounced ‘rosheen’.

"a massive character, especially in its spiciness". Michael Jackson.

Dark brown and with a very full body. This beer is brewed just once a year, on 24 February, the birthday of Emperor Charles V, who was brought up in Mechlen, home of Anker brewery. Comes complete with its own distinguished gift box.

The Saison style is a  strong pale artisan beer, originally developed to refresh farm workers in the field. "Golden oak coloured, dry, herbal ale packed with hops, giving a huge aroma and lingering afterburn. The archetypal modern saison." Tim Webb.

Van Eeckes most famous beer. First brewed in 1981 for the hop festival in nearby Popering, a centre of hop growing (hommel is the local name for hops). As you would expect, this is a highly bittered beer, full bodied and flowery.

A great quality Belgian wheat beer; assertively citric and spicy with clean and dry finish. Currently out of stock

A fine, rich, strong brown barley wine

A great example of the Flemish Red style, best known of which is Rodenbach, though the Duchesse de Bourgogne is slightly sweeter. Flemish Reds are soured in oak, giving a tanic quality often found in new world wines.

"A very dark, almost black beer … astonishingly deep, bitter, roasty and fruity nose … balanced taste of roast barley, vine fruits, currents, liquorice and evident alcohol." Peter Alexander.