The 2013 Ales

By The Tippler - April 18 2013
The 2013 Ales
Glasses at the ready. We are on the way to sourcing 30 of the UK's finest cask ales for your delictation and delight.  This is the list so far ....  
 Brewery AleABVDonor
 West BestWest 

 West BeerFest Best

A superb traditional English bitter complete with a reddish hue, malty aromas and a mellow kick. Meant for men ... and rugby players.

 4.5%Stu Bennett
Jennings 

Cocky Blonde


Brewed on the banks of the River Cocker; this full bodied cocky blonde is sure to satisfy your thirst. Light and refreshing with a delicate hint of strawberry this beer has plenty to boast about.

4.0%SportNetwork.net
Marstons 

Pedigree New World


A marriage of the fragrant flower of Australia with the pedigree of England, the perfect union of English class and style with the free spirit of a New World. A handsome ale with a crisp, refreshing, flavour, producing a thoroughbred pale ale.  

 

4.0% Hazel Window Cleaners
Marstons 

Endeavour Single Hop


Endeavour is a brand new English hop, grown by the capper family In deepest Herefordshire. Known as a 'Hedgerow' hop, it grows without the towering traditional tall hop poles. Endeavour imparts a familiar English bitterness, with subtle dark fruit & citrus in the background. 

 

4.0% MKM Hartlepool
Shipyard 

Independent Pale Ale

Shipyard Independence is a Golden Pale Ale, combining finest English malted barley with a whole bunch of bold and brave American hops. Clean, dry and refreshing, Independence ends with a firecracker citrus hopburst. Awesome!

4.1% West Amateurs
Wychwood 

Rascal


They say the Devil's in the Detail - and that's the result in this cheeky little Rascal. A cunning combination of six different hop varieties creeps up on the unwary, & captures the tastebuds with mischievous mayhem.  

 

4.2%Stasha De Estelle
 Ringwood FortyNiner Ringwood 

 FortyNiner


Fortyniner is named after the 1849 gold rush. Golden in colour and brewed to 4.9%, Ringwood has been brewing this classic beer since 1978.Golden full-bodied malted beer, silver medal winner at the 1996 International Beer Competition at Burton-on-Trent.

 

 4.9%The Sunday Suppers
 Banks's Sunbeam Banks's 

 Sunbeam


A light golden ale brwed for quenching summer thirsts. First brewed to celebrate Wolverhampton's tenth anniversary of achjieveing City status. 

 

 4.2%Peter Olsen
 Brakspear's Bitter Brakspear's 


Brakspear's Bitter


A superb session beer. Amber in colour with a good fruit, hop and malt nose. The initial taste of malt and the well hopped bitterness quickly dissolves into a predominantly bittersweet and fruity finish.

 

 3.4%Marstons Brewery
 Cocker Hoop Jenning's 

 Cocker Hoop


Launched in 1995 as ‘September Ale’, Jennings Cocker Hoop has become hugely popular, particularly with Lake District tourists in summerThe name is derived from ‘Cock-a Hoop’, an old custom of removing the cock (or spigot) from a barrel and resting it on the hoop of the cask before commencing a drinking bout, but was changed to reflect the brewery’s location on the banks of the River Cocker.

 

 

 5.6%The Myers Dynasty
 Hobgoblin Wychwood 

 Hobgoblin

Without doubt one of the most popular cask ales we he have ever had behind  the West bar. It is certainly the one which we order the most and rarely lasts more than an hour and a half after a home game.

 4.5%Hart Biologicals
 Sneck Lifter Jennings 

 Sneck Lifter

Sneck Lifter has won Bronze award in the International Cask Ale competition at the Brewing Industry International Awards 2011. It was in the class 4 for cask ale 4.9% - 6.9% ABV Receiving a Bronze at the 2005 Brewing Industry International Awards held in Munich. A gold award was received in 2009 and a bronze award in this years International Beer Challenge.

 5.1%Black Bull - Trimdon
 Strongarm Camerons 

 Strongarm

Hartlepool's brewing tradition at its finest. The "Ruby Red" is best enjoyed with a foaming head where the sparkler is opened to allow the oxygen to release the rich flavours

 4.0%

West First XV 
 Cameron's Mosaic Camerons 

 Mosaic

Cameron's special guest ale so called beause it is brewed using the premium Mosaic hop variety.

 4.5%Kingfield Developments
 Trophy Special Camerons 

Trophy Special

The cask version of the most popular beer "East of the A19." Originally brewed at Castle Eden Trophy Special is noted for the sweetness it leaves on your top lip and it's deceptively light and moreish .

 4.0%The Causeway
 Dorset Gold Palmer's 

 Dorset Gold

Lightly hopped, golden premium ale. A refreshing, zesty and thirst-quenching beer, from the heart of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. Originally brewed as a summer ale and proved so popular it’s now available all year round.

4.5%West Minis and Juniors
 Fat SpratAdnams
 

 Fat Sprat

 

All the way from the Suffolk coast this is a  well balanced amber beer with lovely grapefuit flavours and aromas and a dry finish


 3.8% LWC Drinks
 Benedictus Durham Brewery 

Benedictus

Historically, beers of this strength were normally sweet, the yeast not being able to process all the sugars in the wort. We use an extremely active yeast which renders the finished beer dryer than would be expected. Even so, there are still enough unfermented malt sugars that fill out body and mouthfeel. The first draught is surprisingly energetic. Peach and pear drops mingle with the shear weight of alcohol. Bottle-conditioning and a unique blend of hops balance the caramel flavour of crystal malt. The overall impression is of a fully integrated, characterful richness.


 8.4% Murray Hignam Chartered Surveyors
 Bombay 106  Durham Brewery 

 Bombay 106

Named after the 106th Bombay Light Infantry which was formed from the East India Trading Company's 2nd Bombay in 1858, who later became the 2nd Batallion of the Durham Light Infantry in 1881. This type of beer was drunk in India at this time.

A true IPA with an authentic hopping rate and strength to match the original beer that was exported from Burton to India in the 19C. In the days before beers were filtered and sterilized, a live cask product had to be able to withstand the warm, mobile hold of a ship.

 7.0% Hartlepool Rovers IIIs
 Le Peloton Brains of Cardiff
 

 Le Peloton


An ale brewed to be at the front of the pack, ‘Le Peloton’ is a deliciously smooth golden ale infused with a hint of Welsh honey to give a complex and refreshing flavour with a clean finish

 4.0%West Amateurs' Creaky Joints
 Little BewdyThwaites 

 Little Bewdy


With the Old Enemy visiting our shores to do battle against England for the Ashes throughout the summer, Thwaites has taken inspiration to combine a selection of Australian hops to brew Little Bewdy, a pale ale with an earthy hop aroma, balanced bitter notes with a hoppy flourish to finish. 

 


 4.2% The Scott Family
 Old EmpireMarston's 

 Old Empire

Old Empire is brewed using Optic malt, a subtle and paler grain that will allow other flavours to come through on the palate. Goldings and Fuggles hops are added to this brew, which is then late hopped with the American Cascade variety for extra hop strength.

 5.7% The Gingers

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