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Bottled Beers Menu
British & Irish Ales
Brewdog, Scotland
Their recreation of a German Schwartzbier (a style which originally peaked 200 years ago). It, of course, has the Brewdog ‘twist’. Not so much a copy, more a new interpretation.
‘The UK beer scene is sick and we are the doctor’ Brewdog claim. They may well be right, and this is a lovely beer. I do, however, take exception to the label’s claim that we are all completely ignorant about beer.
‘We wanted to showcase the awesome backbone of the Czech brewing tradition, the noble Saaz hop, and also tip our hats to the modern beers that rock our world, and the people who make them.’
‘The latest installment uin the limited edition concept beer series is a triple dry hopped Imperial Black IPA. A monster of an iPA combining dark malts with a monumental amount of hops. This is the hoppiest beer the brewery has ever made. The Abstrakt series is about directional, boundary pushing beers, blurring distinctions and transcending categories.’
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!
Innis & Gunn, Scotland NEW
Blonde Lightly oaked beer 330ml 6% £3.50
Matured for 37 days, many of them in white oak bourbon casks (see below).
Original Oak aged beer 330ml 6.6% £3.75
Reputedly discovered by mistake. The beer, was originally brewed to prepare casks for the production of Grant’s Ale Cask Whisky (also stocked at the Bhurtpore). It is brewed in Dunbar and matured in white oak bourbon casks for 30 days. At this point it had fulfilled its purpose and would have been disposed of if some inquisitive soul hadn’t decided to taste it! The beer now spends a further 47 days in a marrying tun to finish. A happy series of events! It is quite unique and rather delicious.
Lee’s, England NEW
Harvest Ale 2009 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £3.75
Harvest Ale 2010 Vintage strong ale 275ml 11.5% £3.75
Superb, annually brewed strong ale from Manchester. Back on form after a few disappointing vintages.
Marble, England
Decadence Imperial Russian Stout 750ml 8.7% £15.95
An excellent recreation of the style, as brewed for the Russian Court from 1770 by Thrale’s of London. Over the years this beer was moved from brewery to brewery Thrale’s to Barclay Perkins to Courage to John Smith’s) but was discontinued in 1994 (I still have a few bottles – sorry, not for sale). The flavour is typical – smoky coffee and bitter chocolate, but with a bitterness that is pure Marble. First rate stuff.
USELESS FACT: the high ABV was necessary to stop the beers freezing on the long, cold Baltic stage of the journey.
Decadence Kriek Imperial Russian Stout with cherries 750ml 8.7% £17.25
Decadence Frambozen Imperial Russian Stout with raspberries750ml 8.7% £17.25
These are the above beer with added fruit. Cherries and raspberries have been added to Belgian ales for 300 years, often nowadays resulting in an over-sweet concoction where traditionally they would just be to offset extreme sourness in Lambic beer styles (try Cantillon’s fruit beers). These are in the best tradition, where plenty of fruit is definitely there, but it does not dominate. Distinctly superior. VERY limited stock.
Special 2009 Barley wine 750ml 10.7% £17.25
The colour is a very traditional deep amber, the aroma full of rich malt, but distinctly hoppy and promising much depth. The real treat starts when it hits your tongue. Actually, it doesn’t so much hit it as roll across it like liquid velvet. The sweet malt is everything you might want from a big strong beer, and is quickly followed by that wonderful wave of Marble hops. These bottles are big enough to share, but you may choose not to! Straight into my top 10 brews.
O’Hanlon’s, England
Thomas Hardy’s Ale Strong vintage ale 8.5fl.oz 11.7% £4.90
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. CURRENTLY SEEKING STOCK
Scottish Courage, England & Scotland
A sweet brown ale, a bottled mild.
Traquair House, Scotland
Traquair House Ale Strong ale 330ml 7.2% £3.65
Jacobite Ale Strong spiced ale 330ml 8% £3.95
From a brewery based at the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, which specializes in high quality strong bottled beers as well as a small quantity of cask ale.
Whitbread, England
Gold Label Barley wine 180ml 8.5% £1.75
Now the nations standard, but recently downgraded from 10.9% abv. The first pale barley wine, launched in 1951 by an independent Sheffield brewer subsequently taken over by Whitbread, naturally!
White Shield, England
Worthington Red Shield Blond Burton ale 500ml 4.2% £3.10
Red Shield is a genuine pale ale, brewed only with pale malt. The hops are English Bramling Cross and two American varieties, Cascade and Centennial. A large amount of late hops are used at the end of the copper boil for additional aroma and flavour. The beer has a tangy citrus fruit aroma plus a delicious hint of pear fruit.
Worthington E Premium Burton ale 500ml 4.8% £3.35
Copper brown in colour, with a deliciously complex aroma - nutty bread, baking spices, some caramel - and a similar set of flavours playing out across the palate, but finishing dry, spicy and nutty.
Worthington White Shield India Pale Ale 500ml 5.6% £3.75
Delicious, if perhaps lacking some of the character it had 15 or 20 years ago. The archetypal Burton brewed IPA. Try also Marston’s Old Empire if you see it on draught anywhere, though bottles are a little disappointing – unlike White Shield it is Pasteurised. BRITAIN’S CHAMPION BOTTLED BEER 2011, bronze in 2012
Lagers
Becks, Germany
Becks Vier Pilsener On draught – 4%
Still brewed in Bremen but specially for the UK market
Yes. It’s here because it’s popular.
Bitburger, Germany
Bitburger Premium Pils Pilsener On draught – 4.8%
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 On draught – 5%
Budvar Budweiser Dark Dark lager On draught – 4.7%
Budvar Budweiser Half & Half Blended lager On draught – 4.8%
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. The Half and Half is blended on demand in the cellar from the other beers, and brings together the best aspects of both beers.
Fruh, Germany
Fruh Kolsch Kolsch 500ml 4.8% £3.95
The classic beer style of Cologne. Deliciously light & fruity lagered beer. Very tasty and refreshing.
Trappist Ales
The jewel in the crown of continental ales. These are all certified ‘Authentic Trappist Product’ – brewed at the monastery by the monks with the help of lay workers. We stock every available variant (when available! – see Westvleteren.)
Blond Trappist triple 330ml 8% £3.85
Bruin Trappist brown 330ml 8% £3.85
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.
Achelse Kluis Extra Bruin Strong Trappist brown 750ml 9.5% £12.25
Bottled by hand by the monks at the smallest of the six Belgian Trappist breweries and rated a ‘****/* classic of it’s kind….huge, dark chestnut, sweetish, chocolaty’ by CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide to Belgium.
Trappists of Koningshoeven, Holland
La Trappe Blonde Trappist blonde 330ml 6.5% £3.35
La Trappe Trippel Trappist triple 330ml 8% £3.75
La Trappe Quadrupel Trappist strong-- 330ml 10% £4.45
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Trappist strong 375ml 10% £11.95
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. The Oak aged variant is usually only available from the abbey, and is aged for two years in a succession of barrels (fresh oak, port barrels, whisky barrels and red and white wine barrels) each of which adds its own unique flavour.
Trappists of Orval, Belgium
Orval Trappist ale - very hoppy 330ml 6.2% £3.50
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.
Trappists of Rochfort, Belgium
6 Trappist double 330ml 7.5% £3.80
8 Trappist triple 330ml 9.2% £4.90
10 Trappist strong 330ml 11.3% £6.40
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.
Trappists of Scourmont, Belgium
Chimay Red Trappist double 330ml 7% £3.70
Chimay White Trappist triple 330ml 8% £4.50
Chimay Blue 2012 NEW Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2011 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2008 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2007 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2006 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2005 Trappist Strong 330ml 9% £5.20
Chimay Blue 2004 Trappist strong 330ml 9% £5.20
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.
Trappists of Stift Engelszell, Austria NEW
Gregorius Trappist strong 330ml 9.7% £7.95
Produced at the only Trappist monastery in Austria, founded in 1293, in Engelhartszell on the Danube. Engelszell was elevated from priory to abbey status when Gregorius Eisvogel became Abbot in 1925. The lack of the ‘Authentic Trappist Product’ (ATP) label on the bottle signifies an early bottling. It will appear on future issues. This is a dark beer and will be joined in due course by new beers named after other abbots. Supply may be sporadic in the short term.
More information is a little sketchy – I can’t translate their website and have had to resort to looking at the dreaded ratebeer.com (there is just so much rubbish written on it). This could be one to watch as they refine their recipes.
Trappists of Westmalle, Belgium
Dubbel Trappist double 330ml 7% £3.75
Tripel Trappist triple 330ml 9.5% £5.25
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.
Abbey Ales
Abbaye du Val Dieu, Belgium
Brune Abbey double 330ml 8% £3.95
Triple Abbey triple 330ml 9% £4.25
Grand Cru Abbey strong 750ml 10.5% £11.75
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.
Bavik, Belgium
Petrus Speciale Abbey blonde 330ml 5.5% £2.85
Petrus Dubbel Bruin Abbey Double 330ml 6.5% £3.40
Petrus Blond Golden abbey double 330ml 6.5% £3.40
Petrus Gouden Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 7.5% £3.85
Pilaarbijter Bruin Abbey double 330ml 6.5% £3.30
Pilaarbijter Blond Abbey triple 330ml 7.5% £3.90
A fine range of abbey style ales, newly available in the UK.
Bosteels, Belgium
Karmeleit Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 8% £4.70
A delicious triple with some wheat & oats in the mash.
De Molen, Holland NEW
Heen & Weer Abbey triple 330ml 9.5% £4.80
Translates as Back & Forth (De Molen means ‘the mill’). The brewery is rated as one of the world’s top ten. Very limited stocks.
“Our brewery has two locations. At one end of the town centre is the real brewery - with kettles and stuff - and the restaurant. At the other end of town we have our warehouse and storage building. Here's where our beers ferment, lager, age and are stored until they are send all over the world. After brewing the fermenters are driven to the warehouse with a forklift. An empty fermenter is taken back to the brewery. So, we go back & forth with the beers all the time!”
De Ranke, Belgium
Guldenberg Abbey triple 330ml 8.5% £3.85
A very hoppy blond triple, setting the standard for bitter triples.
Lefebvre, Belgium
Floreffe Blonde Abbey blonde 330ml 6.3% £3.50
Floreffe Double Abbey double 330ml 6.3% £3.50
Floreffe Triple Abbey triple 330ml 7.5% £3.95
Floreffe Prima Melior Abbey strong 330ml 8% £4.50
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% £3.35
Ename Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 9% £4.60
An independent family business since at least 1545! Very drinkable examples.
St. Bernardus, Belgium
Pater 6 Abbey ale 330ml 6.7% £3.20
Watou Tripel NEW Abbey ale 330ml 7.5% £3.80
Watou is a recent addition to the range, and has been well reviewed. It was originally brewed for the French market.
Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 8% £4.35
Prior 8 Abbey ale 330ml 8% £4.35
Abt 12 Abbey strong 330ml 10% £5.25
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.
Senne, Belgium
Jambe-de-Bois (Wooden Leg)Abbey triple 330ml 8% £4.55
Generously hopped with a hint of ginger
Slaapmutske, Belgium
Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 8.1% £4.45
Actually brewed by the excellent De Proefbrouwerij to slaapmutske's recipe. First rate.
Urthel, Holland
Urthel Hibernus Quentum Tripel Abbey triple 330ml 9.5% £4.60
Urthel’s brewer brews her beers at the Koningshoeven Trappist monastery. It is strong, well hopped example.
Golden and Blonde Ales
Achouffe, Belgium
La Chouffe Strong blond ale 750ml 8% £10.65
A delicious, polished blond. Really slides down!
Chouffe Houblon Strong blond seasonal ale 330ml 9% £5.65
An American inspired hoppy blonde using Amarillo hops. In an IPA style with a harmonious balance of the bitterness and a pleasant fruitiness.
Anker, Belgium
Maneblusser blond ale 330ml 6% £3.25
A smooth, quaffable ‘city beer’
Lucifer Strong golden ale 330ml 8% £4.25
This once famous rival to Duvel perished in 2007. Luckily Anker bought the brand and have breathed new life into this fine golden ale.
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor Strong golden ale 330ml 8% £4.50
A new blond beer, hopped for aroma with Goldings, French Tradition, Saaz & Spalt.
Gouden Carolus Triple Strong golden ale 330ml 9% £4.50
Slightly spicy , dryish golden triple. A fine example.
Brooklyn, USA NEW
Local No.1 Strong golden ale 750ml 9% £12.95
Malted barley and hops from Germany, aromatic raw sugar from Mauritius and yeast from Belgium are combined by brewing genius and beer writer Garrett Oliver. Full golden in colour, with an alluring aroma and a truly complex, deep palate. Secondary fermentation takes place in the (beautifully presented) bottle. An absolute corker.
Cazeau, Belgium
Tournay Strong golden ale 330ml 6.7% £4.20
Very accomplished golden ale from a tiny farmhouse brewery in Hainault. Most of their output goes to the States, but we have procured a few cases! Pricey, but well worth a punt.
De Molen, Holland NEW
De Molen means ‘the mill’. The brewery is rated as one of the world’s top ten. Very limited stocks.
Op & Top Light IPA 330ml 4.5% £3.60
“Light IPA/Bitter using European Premient as bittering hops then late hopped with US Cascade and Amarillo”
Engels Golden ale 330ml 4.5% £3.90
A superb English style golden ale.
Donder & Bliksem Pilsner inspired ale 330ml 5.7% £4.10
‘This is our thirst-quencher for long, warm evenings. A real session bitter De Molen style. Not just a pilsner, but brewed in the Bohemian tradition. In Bohemia they love a fruity pilsner with firm hop bitterness.’
Premiant Hopburst Single hop IPA 330ml 6.2% £4.20
Sladek Hopburst Single hop IPA 330ml 6.2% £4.20
Single hop IPAs (Premiant and Sladek hop varieties).
Boreftsblond Light IPA 330ml 6.5% £3.60
“Not just another blond like there are so many others. This blond is being treated with the correct respect it deserves by our brewer and customers. At 6.5% ABV she's on top of the style. Sweet like most blondes but with a herbal aroma and flavour accompanied by some coriander. So it's not mainstream but you'll be able to enjoy it for the whole evening”.
De Ranke, Belgium
XX Bitter Bitter pale ale 330ml 6.2% £3.45
A very hoppy pale ale, managing to achieve bitterness and delicacy.
Hop Harvest 2010 Strong bitter ale 750ml 8% £9.80
Somewhere between an IPA, a Saison and a strong blonde.The beer is brewed with the seasons fresh ‘wet’ hops (i.e. not dried; unkilned) and lots of them. De Ranke have only produced 5,000 bottles of this limited release beer.
Du Bocq, Belgium
La Gauloise Blonde Strong blonde ale 330ml 6.3% £3.30
Mildly fruity and lightly bitter, yet with good body. Highly drinkable.
Duvel - Moortgat, Belgium
Duvel Strong golden ale 330ml 8.5% £4.25
Amongst the world’s very best beers.
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultra Soif Blonde ale 330ml 5% £2.70
Ultrablonde Strong golden ale 330ml 8% £3.65
From a farmhouse brewery producing a fine range of quality, tasty beers.
Gayant, France
Biere du Desert Strong blonde ale 330ml 7.2% £3.20
Well hopped blonde ale from France,
Halve Maan, Belgium
Brugze Z’ot Blonde ale 330ml 6% £4.25
Gold Award winning golden ale from Bruges. Dangerously easy to drink! The brewery itself is a very nice, visitor friendly establishment in Bruges where the beer is sold unfiltered.
Oud Beersel, Belgium
Bersalis Strong golden ale 330ml 9.5% £4.65
A spiced blond Tripel with citrus notes.
Bersalis Kadet Golden ale 330ml 4.5% £3.15
Little brother to the above beer, but rather better for the drivers. The brewery has won a number of awards recently.
Rogue, USA
Juniper Pale Ale Pale ale 355ml 5.2% £4.45
Saffron coloured pale ale with a floral aroma and spicy dry finish. Whole Juniper berries are used
Dead Guy Ale Deep golden ale 355ml 6.5% £4.65
In the style of a German Maibock. Deep honey in colour , malty and rich in flavour. Brewed in honour of the Mayan Day of the Dead!
Roman, Belgium
Ename Blond Blonde ale 330ml 6.5% £3.35
Sloeber Strong golden ale 330ml 7.5% £3.70
An independent family business since at least 1545!
Senne, Belgium
Taras Boulba Golden ale 330ml 4.3% £2.95
A lightish, well hopped pale ale.
Brussels Calling Golden ale 330ml 5 % £3.75
A very limited quantity edition, brewed for the US market. Get it while you can – it is very good indeed.
Zinnebir Golden ale 330ml 5.5% £3.20
A stronger hoppy pale ale..
Slaapmutske, Belgium
Blond Blonde ale 330ml 6.4% £3.70
Actually brewed by the excellent De Proefbrouwerij to their own recipe. First rate.
Van Steenberge, Belgium
Urthel, Holland
Urthel Hop-it Strong blonde ale 330ml 9% £4.95
Urthel’s brewer brews her beers at the Koningshoeven Trappist monastery. It is a very strong, hoppy blonde.
Amber and Red Ales
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Ambrio Amber ale 330ml 6.5% £3.35
A ruddy amber ale, lightly spiced, from a brewery claiming to date back to 1369.
De Molen, Holland
De Molen means ‘the mill’. The brewery is rated as one of the world’s top ten. Very limited stocks.
Mooi & Meedogenloos Belgian ale, Czech hops 750ml 10.2% £19.95
‘Beautiful & Merciless’. Belgian style strong ale using Czech hops.
Dubuison, Belgium
Scaldis Amber (Bush Beer) Classic amber barley wine 250ml 12% £3.75
The beers were apparently renamed Bush as a tribute to the British following liberation in 1918. This is Belgium’s strongest beer. Since 2004 the beer has been sold as Scaldis when American brewing giant Anheuser-Busch forced them to drop the Bush name so as to avoid any possible confusion between brands. You would have thought they would like to be associated with at least one decent beer!
Du Bocq, Belgium
La Gauloise Ambree Amber ale 330ml 5.5% £3.10
Bright amber with a pleasantly hoppy aroma, good bitterness and the ability to quench a thirst.
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultra Amber ale 330ml 7% £3.10
From a good, farmhouse brewed range of beers
Rogue, USA
American Amber Ale Amber ale 355ml 5.3% £4.45
Tawny amber in colour with a coffee aroma. Roasted malt flavours and a smooth hoppy finish.
St. Rogue Red Ale Dry hopped red ale 355ml 5.3% £4.85
Reddish-copper with a roasty malt flavour and a hoppy spicy finish.
Northwestern Ale Red ale 660ml 5.8% £9.75
A deep red ale with citrusy hops and a malty backbone.
Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale Mahogany ale with cherries 660ml 6% £9.95
Deep mahogany red, dubbel style ale with cherries. Recommended with spicy food.
Brown and Other Dark Ales
Achouffe, Belgium
Mc Chouffe Strong blond ale 750ml 8% £9.60
A Scotch style ale (a popular style in Belgium). A dark, delicious brew with a hint of liquorice.
N’ice Chouffe Strong blond ale 750ml 8% £11.30
A very dark, very strong ale. Has a very pleasant sweetness.
Anker, Belgium
Gouden Carolus Classic Strong brown ale 330ml 8.5% £3.65
A great revamped range from a respected brewer
Bosteels, Belgium
Pauwel Kwak Brown ale 330ml 8% £3.65
Amber ale darkened and sweetened with candy sugar. Very popular!
Cazeau, Belgium
Tournay Noire Dark ale 330ml 7.6% £4.30
Splendidly tasty dark, porterish ale from a tiny farmhouse brewery in Hainault. Splendidly easy drinking. Most of their output goes to the States, but we have procured a few cases! Pricey, but well worth a punt.
De Molen, Holland
De Molen means ‘the mill’. The brewery is rated as one of the world’s top ten. Very limited stocks.
SSS London triple stout 750ml 9.99% £19.95
Imperial Stout using an original 1914 London recipe, courtesy of beer-writer and historian Ron Pattinson.
Hel & Verdoemenis Imperial Russian stout 330ml 10.2% £8.60
Hell & Damnation
Rasputin Imperial Russian stout 330ml 11% £8.90
Amber ale darkened and sweetened with candy sugar. Very popular!
De Ranke, Belgium
Noire de Dottignies Strong dark ale 330ml 9% £3.85
More brown than black, somewhat in the porter style.
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultradelice Strong brown ale 330ml 8% £3.45
Ultrabrune Very strong brown ale 330ml 10% £3.65
From a good, farmhouse brewed range of beers. These are really lovely rich dark brews.
Liefmans, Belgium
Goudenband Old brown ale 375ml 8% £3.80
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......£4.95.
Rogue, USA NEW
Mocha Porter American porter 355ml 5.3% £4.45
Ruddy brown in colour, a bittersweet balance of malt and hops with a light finish.
St. Bernardus, Belgium
Grottenbier Brown ale 330ml 6.5% £3.45
Senne, Belgium
Stouterik Stout 330ml 4.2% £2.95
‘The Brussels Stout’ – a Belgian take on an Irish stout with American hops.
Equinox Strong dark ale 330ml 7% £3.45
A spicy, rich dark ale
Slaapmutske, Belgium
Bruin Brown ale 330ml 6% £3.35
Actually brewed by the excellent De Proef brouwerij to their own recipe. First rate.
Van Steenberge, Belgium
Gulden Draak Strong dark ale 330ml 10.5% £4.60
A long established family brewer produces this top rated powerful, dark ale. Handle with care.
Fruit Beers and Gueuzes
Anker, Belgium
Boscoulis Raspberry ale 330ml 6.5% £3.65
A wonderful new strong raspberry ale to rival the very finest!
Bavik, Belgium
Wittekerke Rose Raspberry wheat beer 250ml 4.3% £2.60
Deliciously refreshing wheat beer with added raspberry juice
Cantillon, Belgium
From the Anderlecht region of Brussels, this is surely about the brightest light in the Belgian firmament. Stunning, dry lambic beers to a man! Perhaps an acquired taste (be warned; they are very dry), but one of life’s great pleasures for the initiated. No wines have more complexity, in production or flavour.
Gueuze 100% Lambic Bio Gueuze 375ml 5% £5.10
Rose de Gambrinus Gueuze with raspberries 375ml 5% £5.95
The above are the core Cantillon range. Splendid examples of the traditional style.
Vigneronne Gueuze with grapes 750ml 5% £11.75
Grand Cru Bruocsella 2002 Old lambic-a still beer 750ml 5% £12.85
Grand Cru Bruocsella 2005 Old lambic-a still beer 750ml 5% £11.75
Grand Cru Bruocsella Bio 2006 Old organic lambic-a still beer 375ml 5% £7.20
The Bruocsella is a lambic aged for over 3 years in oak casks, and is selected for exceptional colour, taste and flavour. The beer is gold in colour and has a powerful, yet fine sourish taste. It has the aroma of a fine oxidized wine with sherry notes. Very dry. A beer to sip and savour, preferably with food.
Lou Pepe Kriek 3yr old gueuze with cherries 750ml 5% £14.60
Lou Pepe Framboise 3yr old gueuze + raspberries 750ml 5% £14.60
The Lou Pepe beers are a blend of 3 year old (when bottled) aged lambics, krausened with a little young ale just to add a little sparkle – absolutely stunning! The Kriek version is made with fresh cherries.
Cuvée Saint-Gilloise 2yr old dry hopped gueuze 750ml 5% £12.60
A dry hopped 2 year old blend of lambics. The unaged Hallertau hops result in a smoother character than their other gueuzes.
Saint-Lamvinus Lambic beer/wine blend 750ml 5% £15.90
A blend of lambic beer and Merlot from the Libourne region of France. (
De Ranke, Belgium
Cuvee de Ranke Blend of lambic and pale ale 750ml 7% £11.35
Kriek de Ranke Cherry beer 750ml 7% £12.15
These beers are a blend of de Ranke pale ale and year old Girardin lambic. The Kriek adds whole cherries to the mix. Beautiful, sparkling and refreshing brews.
Ecaussines, Belgium
Ultramour Fruits of the forest ale 330ml 5% £3.10
From a good, farmhouse brewed range of beers
Frank Boon, Belgium (pronounced ‘bone’)
Geuze Mariage Parfait 2007 Gueuze 375ml 8% £6.95
Very limited availability. A ‘Perfect Marriage’ of oak aged 3 year old lambics. Smooth and dry. Quality stuff.
Girardin, Belgium
Framboise 1882 Raspberry gueuze 375ml 5% £4.95
Amongst the very finest lambics. Very limited availability.
Liefmans, Belgium
Liefman’s Summer fruit ale 250ml 4.2% £2.85
Newly introduced crowd pleaser from the new regime at Liefmans.
Goudenband Old brown ale 375ml 8% £3.80
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......£4.95.
Cuvee Brut Old brown ale with cherries 375ml 6% £4.30
Liefmans brewery has been taken over by the excellent Moortgat-Duvel. A great deal of restructuring of the range is taking place, and a number of beers are being discontinued. We hope to continue to stock what we can.
Lindemans, Belgium
Cassis Blackcurrant gueuze 250ml 3.5% £2.75
Cuvee Rene Traditional Gueuze 375ml 5% £4.30
Cuvee Rene Oud Kriek Traditional Gueuze with cherries 750ml 5% £8.35
The Cuvee Rene beers are the ‘authentic lambic’ range from Lindemans.
Marble, England
See under British ales
Oud Beersel, Belgium NEW
Oude Geuze Gueuze with Raspberries 375ml 6% £5.95
Quality lambic producer. Closed recently but now back in production. The beer is a blend of different lambics with the main characteristics provided by 2 and 3 year old beers. Very refreshing with a lively sparkle.
Oude Kriek Gueuze with Cherries 375ml 6.5% £6.75
Real cherries are slowly absorbed into the blend of lambic beers giving a fruity character and a ruby red colour. True artisanal product with around 400 grams of cherries per litre. That’s nearly half a pound per pint in English.
Framboise Gueuze with raspberries 375ml 5% £6.50
Lambis beer and fresh raspberries in perfect union. The balance is delicate, providing a smooth, natural beer. Subtle and very refreshing. The fruit is backed up with a fistful of cherries for luck! Red pink in colour.
Timmerman’s, Belgium
A deliciously refreshing spontaneously fermented wheat beer, fruity and delicately spiced.
Kriek Gueuze with cherry 330ml 4% £3.20
Framboise Gueuze with raspberry 330ml 4% £3.20
Wheat Beers
Bavik, Belgium
Wittekerke Rose Raspberry wheat beer 250ml 4.3% £2.60
Wittekerke Wheat beer 330ml 5% £2.80
Deliciously refreshing wheat beer also with added raspberry juice
Erdinger, Germany
Weissbier Alkoholfrei Low Alcohol wheat beer 500ml >0.4% £1.95
Pikantus Strong, dark wheat beer 500ml 7.2% £4.30
An excellent range of Bavarian wheat beers from Erding near Munich
Heller-Trum, Germany
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier :
Weizen Smoked wheat beer 500ml 5.2% £4.20
The wheat version of this classic Bamberg style.
St. Bernardus, Belgium
Wit Belgian wheat beer 330ml 5.3% £3.20
A fine example of the style, produced with the assistance of the late Pierre Celis, the man who breathed new life into the Belgian wheat style having created the original Hoegaarden beers.
Schneider, Germany
Schneiderweisse Tap X: Mein Nelson Sauvin NEW Strong golden wheat beer 750ml 7.3% £9.95
A special edition brewed in 2011 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of ABT cafes in Holland. This is a complex, bottle fermented wheat beer. New world hops and spicy malts with a light sourness and fine bitterness. As good as one might expect!
Schneiderweisse Tap 6: Unser Aventinus
Strong dark wheat beer 500ml 8% £4.90
Schneiderweisse Tap 5: Meine Hopfen Weisse
Strong golden wheat beer 500ml 8.2% £5.10
Considered by many to be the finest of all the Bavarian wheat beer producers. Tap 7 is, to my mind, the best ‘standard’ wheat beer of them all. Tap 6, the mighty Aventinus, is powerful, dark and wonderfully moreish. The Tap 5 is the result of a collaboration by Schneider and Garrett Oliver of the acclaimed Brooklyn brewery of New York. It is a riot of hops. Truly wonderful beers.
Other Speciality Ales
Bavik, Belgium
Petrus Oud Bruin Matured & blended brown ale 330ml 5.5% £2.75
Petrus Aged Pale Matured & blended blonde ale 330ml 7.3% £3.75
Very pleasant aged beers comparable in style to Liefmans Goudenband and Rodenbach.
Belgoo, Belgium
Magus Four grain ale 330ml 6.6% £3.65
Brewed by Belgoo at the Binchoise brewery. Contains barley malt, wheat malt, oats, spalt and Saaz hops. It is a 100% natural, non-filtered beer that is served cloudy like a wheat beer.
Bosteels, Belgium
Deus, Brut des Flandres The last word in specialist beer! 750ml 11.5% £20.50
Brewed in Belgium and finished in France in the Champagne style. An astonishing achievement, and undoubtedly one of the world’s truly great beers.
Brewdog, Scotland
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Cazeau, Belgium
Saison Cazeau Saison - a summer ale 330ml 5% £3.70
Splendidly tasty golden ale from a tiny farmhouse brewery in Hainault. Most of their output goes to the States, but we have procured a few cases! Pricey, but well worth a punt.
Dupont, Belgium
Biere de Miel Organic honey beer 750ml 8% £9.25
An absolutely gorgeous honey ale. Share a bottle now!
Ecaussines, Belgium
Cookie Beer Spiced blonde ale 330ml 8% £3.35
La Loubecoise Dark ale with maple syrup 330ml 8% £3.35
From a good, farmhouse brewed range of beers. The Cookie Beer is spiced with cinnamon, ginger & cloves, inspired by the famous Speculoos (or Bastogne Cookie) biscuit. La Loubecoise contains maple syrup imported from Quebec.
Eggenberg, Austria
Samichlaus Bier Christmas beer 330ml 14% £5.95
The strongest regularly brewed (once a year on 6th December) proper (neither fortified nor frozen) beer in the world!
Heller-Trum, Germany
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier :
Marzen Smoked Marzen beer 500ml 4.8% £3.90
Weizen Smoked wheat beer 500ml 5.2% £4.20
Urbock Strong smoked beer 500ml 6.5% £4.90
Eiche Strong smoked beer 500ml 8% £5.40
Terrific stuff! Like drinking kippers! This beer is the speciality style of the town of Bamberg in Bavaria. The Marzen is traditionally brewed in March, the similar but more intense Urbock in the summer for autumn consumption. The Wheat beer is more of a summer drink. The malt is smoked over beech logs (oak in the case of the Eiche), and the beer is matured in the 700 year old brewery’s cellar.
Huyghe, Belgium
Fruity, sweetish beer made using Saaz and Styrian hops and three yeasts. Very nice!
Innis & Gunn, Scotland
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Lefebvre, Belgium
Barbar Honeyed beer 330ml 8% £3.70
Barbar Winter Bok Winter honey beer 330ml 8% £3.70
A very popular, very moreish pair of honey beers.
Hopus Hoppy ale 330ml 8.5% £3.85
A strong and very hoppy ale in a flip top bottle, Hopus is brewed using five different European hops
Liefmans, Belgium
Goudenband Old brown ale 375ml 8% £3.80
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......£4.95.
Marble, England
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Rodenbach, Belgium
Rodenbach Blended Flemish red ale 250ml 5.0% £3.20
Grand Cru Aged red Flemish ale 330ml 6.5% £3.85
Sadly, the Rodenbach brewery is no longer in private ownership. The future of Grand Cru may still be in doubt. As it is, the beer is still quite delicious and very refreshing but has lost a great deal of its superbly sour character.
12.9.2012