Cask Ales

Our bar is stocked with hand-pulled, cask ales plus guest beers from independent breweries.

Our regular ales are described as:

Black Sheep Best Bitter 3.8% abv

A hoppy and fruity beer with strong bitter overtones, leading to a long, dry, bitter finish.

Spitfire Premium Kentish Ale 4.5% abv

"The glowing amber of this premium Kentish ale has wonderfully generous aromas of tangy malt, soft raisins and sweet oranges, freshened by the floral, grassy notes of three different Kent-grown hop varieties (flowery Target, tangy First Gold and orange-fragrant East Kent Goldings). In the mouth, the finely balanced flavour opens with a blast of rounded malt before the rousing, almost spicy hops follow through to provide a complex, multi-layered finish."

Guest Ales

Some of the independent brewers who have supplied us with a superb variety of well-received guest ales this year:

• Anglo Dutch Brewery, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
• Boggart Hole Clough Brewing Co. Moston, Manchester
• Coach House Brewing Company Ltd, Warrington, Cheshire
• Cottage Brewing Co, Castle Cary, Somerset
• Derwent Brewery Co, Silloth, Cumbria
• Eccleshall Brewing Co Ltd, Eccleshall, Staffordshire
• Howard Town Brewery Ltd, Glossop, Derbyshire
• Little Valley Brewery Ltd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
• Nick Stafford HambletonAles, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
• Northumberland Brewery Ltd, Bedlington, Northumberland
• Oldershaw Brewery, Grantham, Lincs
• Phoenix Brewery, Heywood, Greater Manchester
• Saltaire Brewery Limited, Shipley, West Yorkshire
• Springhead Fine Ales, Newark, Nottinghamshire
• George Wright Brewing Co, Rainford,
  Merseyside

This is just a selection of the breweries
from whom we have had guest ales on
offer recently. Many ales are occasional
or seasonal brews and we rarely repeat
a guest ale within the year, except by
popular demand and subject to availability.