Seasonal and special beers

These beers are available from time to time, but we don’t guarantee their availability.
Beers such as South Island Pale, Triple Chocoholic, Hazelnut Coffee Porter, Stateside IPA, Crystal Red are available for the majority of the time.

Beers such as Dublin Stout, Summer Ale, Winter Ale, White Christmas are (you’ve guessed it!) seasonal.

Some beers we brew just because we fancy it!!

Availability:

We keep our list of available beers up to date, so check what is on with confidence!

Amarillo Gold

Amarillo Gold

A straw coloured bright wheat beer with a light biscuit base, a distinct orange bouquet and intense citrus flavour.

(4.4 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: Sold out in a week!

Bavarian Black

Bavarian Black

A German style black beer with smooth chocolate flavours and moderate bitterness and spicy hop flavours.

(4.9 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: to be announced

Bavarian Gold

Bavarian Gold

A German Helles style beer with golden malt base from Vienna malt and a mild spicy hop character from noble German hops.

(4.2 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Challenger Special

Challenger Special

A strong English Ale with complex toffee and roast flavours and good spicy bitterness of the Challenger hop.

(5.2 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Cherry Stout

Cherry Stout

A smooth stout brewed using roasted wheat and dark malts infused with delicate cherry flavours.

(4.7 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Cream Stout

Cream Stout

A silky smooth full bodied stout with balanced roast flavours and a hint of sweetness. Contains lactose.

(4 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Crystal Red

Crystal Red

English best bitter, deep red colour, with crystal malt providing rich toffee flavours balanced with the herby spiciness of Fuggle and Challenger hops.

(4.4 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be decided

Dark Matter

Dark Matter

A smooth, full bodied, chocolate coloured dark mild with rich roast malt flavours balanced with the herby spiciness of Fuggle hops.

(3.8 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: Sold out

Dublin Stout

Dublin Stout

A classic Irish Stout with deep malt flavours and a dry finish lightly hopped with Golding and First Gold varieties.

(4.0 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Empress IPA

Empress IPA

Traditional English pale ale with good malt base, strong bitterness and the marmalade citrus flavours of the Golding hop.

(5.0 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be decided

Hazelnut Coffee Porter

Hazelnut Coffee Porter

A smooth, dark red porter with German malts and hops. Additions of fresh ground coffee and roast hazelnut syrup give this speciality beer, depth and complexity.

(4.6 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

Kala Black IPA

Kala Black IPA

A black IPA with smooth roast malt character and big American hop presence. This is a new, one-off brew, which also has limited availability in bottles. Get it while you can!

(6.2 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be decided

New World Red

New World Red

A deep red malty ale with firm bitterness and citrus notes from blended Australian, American and New Zealand hops.

(5.2 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: 9 May

Rye Pale Ale

Rye Pale Ale

A pale amber beer with a hint of spicy rye. A blend of US and New Zealand hops make for a zesty citrus flavour.

(4.4 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

South Island Pale

South Island Pale

A clean, pale beer, with cool crisp fruitiness from New Zealand hops, grown at Tasman Bay.

(3.5 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: From 27 May

Stateside IPA

Stateside IPA

American style IPA with Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo hops providing strong bitterness.

(6.0 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: From 20 May

Summer Ale

Summer Ale

(4.2 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: Summer 2013

Triple Chocoholic

Triple Chocoholic

Chocolate malts, cocoa, chocolate essence combines to provide a strong chocolate bouquet and a rich chocolate flavour. Good hopping provides a balancing bitterness..

(4.8 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: From 30 May

Tykes Gold

Tykes Gold

A golden ale with a biscuit malt base and citrus and spicy hop flavours from a blend of American and Slovenian hops.

(4.4 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: To be announced

White Christmas

White Christmas

A pale refreshing beer made with pale rye and Vienna malts. Light hop flavours are enhanced with coriander seeds and orange peel added to the final boil.

(4.5 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: December 2013

Winter Ale

Winter Ale

A traditional strong bitter with rich malty base and residual sweetness from a blend of malts and moderate balancing bitterness from Brambling Cross and Northdown hops.

(4.9 % ABV)

Available: Yes Yes No No

Date: Winter 2013

Permanently available beers

Range of our bottled beers