We always have 11 guest real ales which change around three times a week. A broad range of styles are maintained, including mild, a stout or porter, strong ales and bitters of various strengths. Most are sourced from micro-breweries with an accent on local brewers, though we also actively support the older independent brewers.

Alongside the British ales we have a wide selection of European beers. On draught we have Bitburger Pils (the best selling draught lager in the Bhurtpore as it is in Germany). We also have Budweiser from the Czech Republic- in pale and dark forms - and Erdinger wheat beers from Munich. Our session lager is now Beck's Vier from Bremen.

From Belgium, The Bhurtpore offers Timmermans Peach beer (a real delight which Gordon Ramsay stocks in some of his restaurants, and which he drank when dining here in 2005) and a guest ale which may be a honey beer, another fruit beer or perhaps a Trappist ale.

We also have a bottled beer list which features around 150 of the finest beers in the world, mostly from Belgium, but with contributions from Britain, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Holland or Germany.

If you are still struggling to find the right tipple, we also have real still cider on tap and a list of 15 to 20 of the best bottled ciders money can buy - needless to say, Magners is not on this list.