The Bhurtpore Inn
Bottled Beer Menu
British Ales
Bass Museum (Coors), England
Worthington White Shield India Pale Ale 275ml 5.6% £1.95
Delicious, if perhaps lacking some of the character it had 15 or 20 years ago. The archetypal IPA.
Eldridge Pope, England
The brewery has gone, but their beers are back! Thomas Hardy Ale is back on our list after a break of several years – see O’Hanlon’s brewery.
Guinness,
Ireland
Strong version of the famous stout brewed in Dublin for the Belgian market. Bottled by John Martin’s of Antwerp, and re-imported to the UK for a few lucky people!
Lee’s,
England
Harvest Ale 1998 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £3.10
Harvest Ale 1999 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £3.05
Harvest Ale 2000 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £3.00
Harvest Ale 2003 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £2.95
Harvest Ale 2004 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £2.90
Superb, annually brewed strong ale from Manchester.
O’Hanlon’s, England
Thomas Hardy’s Ale Strong vintage ale 8.5fl.oz 11.7% £3.95
One of the great classic English ales of the 20th century (then brewed by Eldridge Pope in Dorset) is reborn in the capable hands of O’Hanlon’s of Whimple in Devon. Smoky , fruity and hoppy, with an enormous length of finish. All in all, a very welcome return.
Scottish Courage, England & Scotland
A sweet brown ale, a bottled mild.
Traquair House, Scotland
Traquair House Ale Strong ale 330ml 7.2% £2.70
Jacobite Ale Strong spiced ale 330ml 8% £2.95
1000th Brew Strong ale 330ml 10% £3.35
From a brewery based at the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, which specializes in high quality strong bottled beers aswell as a small quantity of cask ale.
Whitbread, England
Gold Label Barley wine 180ml 10.9% £1.40
Now the nations standard. The first pale barley wine, launched in 1951 by an independent Sheffield brewer subsequently taken over by Whitbread, naturally!
Lagers
Becks, Germany
Yes. It’s here because it’s popular.
Bitburger, Germany
The Pils is also available on draught. It is the biggest selling draught beer in Germany. Dry, crisp and really rather classy.
Budweiser, Czech Republic
Budvar Budweiser Pilsener Now on draught
Budvar Budweiser Dark Dark lager Now on draught
No relation to the Milwaukee ‘King of Beers’ which we would not stock here. This is the ‘Beer of Kings’. One of the undisputed great lagers.
Pilsner Urquell, Czech Republic
Pilsner Urquell Pilsner 330ml 4.4% £2.00
This was the first golden lager beer, and every other golden lager you see owes its origin to this beer. Still considered to be as good as lager gets due to its great complexity and balance of malt and hops.
ROMAN, Belgium
Romy Luxe Premium pilsner 250ml 5.7% £1.95
A well rounded pilsner from a brewery which dates back to 1545!
Trappist Ales
The jewel in the crown of continental ales. These are all certified ‘Authentic Trappist Product’ – brewed at the monastery by the monkswith the help of lay workers. We stock every available variant.
Blond Trappist triple 330ml 8% £2.95
Bruin Trappist brown 330ml 8% £2.95
After an 84 year gap the Achel monastery started to brew commercially once more in 1998. In 2001 they introduced their first bottled ale, a delightfully fresh, easy drinking golden triple, followed soon after by a darker version. Very nice, and improving all the time. Very good already but a work in progress none the less.
Chimay, Belgium
Red Trappist double 330ml 7% £2.65
White Trappist triple 330ml 8% £2.90
Blue 2005 Trappist Strong 330ml 9% £3.10
Blue 2004 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £3.20
Blue 2001 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £3.45
Blue 2000 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £3.55
Blue 1999 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £3.75
Blue 1998 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £3.95
Premiere Trappist double 750ml 7% £5.25
SPECIAL PRICE £3.25
Grand Reserve Trappist strong 750ml 9% £6.50
SPECIAL PRICE £4.50
The second biggest and possibly best known Trappist brewery, it was started in 1862 to help fund the completion of the then new monastery. A new brewery was opened in 1989. The ales are thought to improve with laying down, with the Red and Blue developing port like characteristics after 5 years.
Koningshoeven, Holland
La Trappe Blonde Trappist blonde 330ml 6.5% £2.55
La Trappe Trippel Trappist triple 330ml 8% £2.90
La Trappe Quadrupel Trappist strong 330ml 10% £3.40
The only non Belgian Trappist monastery with a commercial brewery. The right to use the ‘Authentic Trappist’ mark was withdrawn in 1999, but following reorganization and more involvement by the monks it was reinstated in 2005.
Orval, Belgium
Orval Trappist ale - very hoppy 330ml 6.2% £2.90
A single ale is available from this monastery though I have been lucky enough to try the lighter ‘Petit Orval which is usually kept for the brothers. Best, really, drunk after a year or two of laying down, which we try to provide. It is a very hoppy beer.
Rochfort, Belgium
6 Trappist double 330ml 7.5% £2.75
8 Trappist triple 330ml 9.2% £3.25
10 Trappist strong 330ml 11.3% £3.45
Still a very traditional Trappist brewery. Availability of the 6 is quite limited. The brewery was set up in 1899 with help from brothers from the Achel monastery. The Good Beer Guide to Belgium suggests that the beers improve with age and should last for decades.
Westmalle, Belgium
Dubbel Trappist double 330ml 6.5% £2.80
Tripel Trappist triple 330ml 9% £3.30
Now the largest of the Trappist breweries. They developed the original dark dubbel and blond tripel styles. They also brew a rarely seen weaker beer for the brothers, and I would love to get some! We sometimes get the Dubbel on draught.
Westvleteren, Belgium
Extra 8 Trappist triple 330ml 8% £3.25
Abt 12 Trappist strong 330ml 11% £3.95
The 6 is a beautiful, flavoursome pale ale, the 8 is a delicious example of a strong double or dark triple. The 12 is described in CAMRA’s essential ‘Good Beer Guide to Belgium’ as ‘one of the world’s great barley wines, a dark, intense, vinous brew that should improve for up to 10 years in the cellar’. The beers are produced only in small quantities and are usually only obtained direct from the monastery or a local outlet, ‘In de Vrede’ which customers who have been say is well worth a visit. The food is good too!
Abbey Ales
Abbaye des Rocs, Belgium
Nounnette Abbey triple 330ml 7.5% £2.95
An excellent new addition to their range. A very tasty blonde triple.
Abbaye du Val Dieu, Belgium
Brune Abbey double 330ml 8% £3.10
Triple Abbey triple 330ml 9% £3.35
Very accomplished beers produced in the grounds of a Cistercian Abbey, but not classified as Trappist as the monks themselves are not involved in the brewing process.
Bosteels, Belgium
Karmeleit Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 8% £3.10
A delicious triple with some wheat & oats in the mash.
Lefebvre, Belgium
Floreffe Blonde Abbey blonde 330ml 6.3% £2.45
Floreffe Double Abbey double 330ml 6.3% £2.45
Floreffe Triple Abbey triple 330ml 7.5% £2.80
Floreffe Prima Melior Abbey strong 330ml 8% £2.95
A good range of ales that we are able to offer occasionally on draught. The Prima Melior has a hint of aniseed.
Roman, Belgium
Ename Dubbel Abbey double 330ml 6.5% £2.90
Ename Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 9% £3.20
An independent family business since at least 1545! Very drinkable examples.
St. Bernardus, Belgium
Pater 6 Abbey ale 330ml 6.7% £2.40
Prior 8 Abbey ale 330ml 8% £2.85
Abt 12 Abbey strong 330ml 10% £3.40
Until 1994 the 6,8 and 12 were brewed as commercial versions of the St. Sixtus beers of the Westvleteren trappist monastery whose beers are only rarely available outside the monastery. They are fine brews, but now quite different from those of the monastery. All their beers are very accomplished.
Van Honsebrouk, Belgium
Kasteelbier Donker Abbey strong 330ml 11% £3.50
Clean but uncompromising barley wine. Thoroughly satisfying.
Golden and Blond Ales
Achouffe, Belgium
Kwelchouffe Special blonde 330ml 8.5% £3.10
Superb speciality beer from a celebrated small brewery in Belgian Luxembourg.
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Triple Strong golden ale 330ml 9% £3.30
Slightly spicy , dryish golden triple. A fine example.
De Ryck, Belgium
Special Blonde ale 750ml 5.5% £3.75
A superb pale ale, slips down a treat. Why not share a bottle!
Dupont, Belgium
Moinette Blonde Biologique Organic blonde 250ml 7.5% £2.55
Moinette Blonde Blonde ale 250ml 8.5% £2.55
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultrablonde Strong golden ale 330ml 8% £2.80
Hoegaarden, Belgium
Grand Cru Strong golden ale 330ml 8.7% £2.85
Sadly, this once fine beer is
Moortgat, Belgium
Duvel Strong golden ale 330ml 8.5% £2.90
Proef, Belgium
Beersel Blond Strong golden ale 330ml 7% £2.75
A new range of beers produced by Proef for Drie Fontainen
Roman, Belgium
Ename Blonde Blonde ale 330ml 6.5% £2.90
Sloeber Strong golden ale 330ml 7.5% £3.10
An independent family business since at least 1545!
Van Steenberge, Belgium
Amber Ales
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Ambrio Amber ale 330ml 6.5% £2.90
Dubuison, Belgium
Bush Beer Classic amber barley wine 250ml 12% £2.55
The beers were apparently renamed Bush as a tribute to the British following liberation in 1918. This is Belgium’s strongest beer.
Duyck, France
Jenlain Ambree Amber biere de garde 750ml 7.5% £4.95
Lovely spicy ale from north west France.
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultra Amber ale 330ml 7% £2.60
Vervifontaine, Belgium
An interesting selection of good ales from a brewery set up in the mid nineties.
Brown Ales
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Classic Strong brown ale 330ml 8.5% £3.20
A great revamped range from a respected brewer
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Classic Strong brown ale 330ml 8.5% £3.20
A great revamped range from a respected brewer
Bosteels, Belgium
Pauwel Kwak Brown ale 330ml 8% £3.10
Amber ale darkened and sweetened with candy sugar
De Ryck, Belgium
Rochus Brown ale 750ml 6.3% £3.95
A delicious, complex dark ale with a fine balance.
A small family affair comprising lady head brewer An assisted by several other family members. First established in 1886, the beers are absolutely superb. Introductory prices – drink it while you can! Some bottles have different strengths stated on the labels but the stated strengths are believed to be correct for these batches.
Hoegaarden, Belgium
Liefmans, Belgium
Goudenband Old brown ale 375ml 8% £3.25
We also have a small stock of aged Goudenband at the old ABV of 6% - rather a treat at more than 9 years ‘out of date’. Please specify if you would like this version......£4.75.
Roman, Belgium
Special Roman Brown ale 250ml 5.6% £1.90
St. Bernardus, Belgium
Grottenbier Brown ale 330ml 6.5% £2.40
Van Steenberge, Belgium
Gulden Draak Strong dark ale 330ml 10.5% £3.10
Vervifontaine, Belgium
Fagnard Brune Brown ale 330ml 8% £2.75
An interesting selection of good ales from a brewery set up in the mid nineties.
Fruit Beers and Gueuzes
Anker, Belgium
Boscoulis Raspberry ale 330ml 6.5% £3.40
A wonderful new strong raspberry ale to rival the very finest!
Belle-Vue, Belgium
Framboise Gueuze with Raspberries 375ml 5.7% £3.50
Easy drinking, sweetish raspberry ale.
Boon, Belgium
Kriek Gueuze with cherries 375ml 5% £3.65
Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait Old gueuze 375ml 8% £4.30
Oude Kriek 1998 Old gueuze with cherries 375ml 6.5% &nb