Elland Brewery, Elland, West Yorkshire
1872 Porter 6.5%
The Barge & Barrel Brewery and the West Yorkshire Brewery merged in 2002 to form the Eastwood & Sanders Brewery. In 2006 this was renamed Elland, the town where the brewery is based. 1872 Porter is a gold coloured creamy beer with a hint of chocolate from the malt roast and is based on an 1872 recipe.
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Exmoor, Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
Exmoor Gold 4.5%
Somerset’s largest brewery. Exmoor Gold has a floral hoppy with caramel maltiness carefully balanced with a bittersweet finish.
Frog Island, Northampton
Fire-Bellied Toad 5.0%
Light golden brown in colour with a long bitter finish for those that enjoy a well hopped beer. Incidentally, if you order their beers by mail order then the bottles labels will be personalised for you. Ideal for gifts.
George Wright, Rainford, Merseyside.
Drunken Duck 3.9%
When it was decided that this brewery needed a new brew plant, they decided to go high tech. The plant was designed using the latest Computer Aided Design 3D software and the plant itself is computer controlled. Drunken Duck is a golden beer with a hop and dry aftertaste.
Goose Eye, Keighley, West Yorkshire
Bronte Bitter 4.0%
The family run Goose Eye Brewery produces this amber coloured best bitter. Unfortunately the breweries website has been un-available for a while.
Grafton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Hayloft Bitter 3.8%
Unfortunately, I know nothing about this brewery and it doesn’t have a website.
Great Newsome, Winestead, Hull
Pricky Back Otchan 4.2% .
The brewery was set up in May 2007 following two successful grant applications to DEFRA and Growing Routes, a former livestock buildings were converted into a purpose built brewery.
Amber coloured bitter with a citrus nose and is ‘for those who prefer a more robust ale’. The beers name is taken from an old Yorkshire phrase ‘the prickly backed urchin’ i.e. a hedgehog.
Great Orme, Colwyn Bay, Conwy.
Celtica 4.5% On the hillside of the beautiful Conwy Valley you will find this microbrewery. Celitca is a peppery sweet ale.
Green Jack, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Orange Wheat Beer 4.2% & Gone Fishing 5.5%
Founded in 1993 by Real Ale enthusiast Tim Dunford. They have gone on to win many awards at CAMRA festivals.
Orange Wheat Beer is a favourite of mine and Champion Beer at the 2005 Norwich Festival and a silver award at the 2009 SIBA East festival. Golden, slightly bitter but with a strong citrus and marmalade flavour. Gone Fishing is a strong golden ESB ale.
Greene King, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
XX Mild 3.0% & Abbot Ale 5.0%
Seller of the UK’s biggest brand of bottled ale, Old Speckled Hen, Green King started brewing in 1799. In the last twenty years it has taken over such breweries as Ruddles and Ripley’s.
It also owns the Hungry Horse and Old English Inns, making it a giant amongst the breweries. XX Mild is a dark sweet mild while Abbot Ale is a full-bodied beer with a bittersweet aftertaste.
Hadrian & Border, Newcastle upon Tyne
Gladiator 3.8%
Run by husband and wife team of Andy and Shona Burrows since 1992, they now employ eight people. Gladiator is a ruby coloured session bitter malty palate and a strong bitter finish
Hambleton, Melmerby, North Yorkshire
Stud 4.3%
Stud is a bitter beer, rich in fruity and hop taste with a hint of spice. Voted beer of the festival at the 2004 Richmond and Dales CAMRA festival.
Hammerpot, Poling, West Sussex
White Wing 4.0%
Set up in 2005 this micro-brewery aims to produce authentic local real ale. White Wing was a River Arum built small ship that saw action in Dunkirk. The beer is a medium ale, slightly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste.
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Hart, Little Eccleston, Lancashire.
Liberator 3.8%
Started as a bootleg brewery until a raid from Customs and Excise, led to a court appearance and a £3,500 fine. After the court appearance, the custom officer forced the brewery owner to meet a local landlord, who wanted his pub to have its own brewery.
As they say the rest is history. The custom officer and brewer and now good friends. There is no mention of the Liberator beer on their website.
Harveys, Lewes, Sussex
Armada Ale 4.5% & Sussex Best Bitter 4.0%
Would be interesting to compare these two beers from the oldest brewery in Sussex, dating back to 1790.
Both are described as a best bitter, with good malt and hop balance. Though Armanda is amber in colour, whereas Sussex Best is brown and fuller-bodied.
Harviestoun , Alva, Clackmannanshire.
Schiehallion 4.8%
A lager brewed with lager yeast and lager hops. This ale has been described as hoppy, malty, bitter with a fresh taste of grapefruit.
Hawkshead, Cumbria
Hawkshead Red 4.2% .
Bitter-sweet ale with a deep red colour described as a beer for those who like their ale to have some colour and a taste of malt.
Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
Great Cockup Porter 3.0%
Established in 1988, this brewery was bought by villagers, in 1999 who operate it as a co-operative in order to keep this vital community resource. Great Cockup Porter is dark and chocolaty.
Hexhamshire, Hexham, Northumberland.
Devil's Water 4.1%
Named after a local burn, Devil's Water is a malty dark ale with a fruity range of flavours — deceptive, not to be taken lightly.
Hogs Back, Tongham, Surrey
Hop Garden Gold 4.6%
Multi-award winning brewery, the list of awards on their website is impressive. Hog Garden Gold is slightly bitter, easy drinking and slightly citrusey with hop character.
Holdens, Dudley, West Midlands
Black Country Mild 3.7%.
Holdens started as a brew-pub in the 1920. Four generations of family later and it is still a family run pub. Black Country Mild has a strong overtone of malt in this red/brown lightly blended mild.
Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Hooky Gold 4.1%
This is one brewery I’d love to visit for its has a 25hp steam engine which it uses for power, housed in the turn of the century Victorian Tower brewery.
The brewery itself goes back even further, being founded in 1849. As the name suggests, Hooky Gold is a golden ale. Crisp and fruity with a citrus aroma.
Hopback, Downton, Wiltashire,
Crop Circle 4.2% & Summer Lightning 5.0%
Award winning brewery with Summer Lightning picking well deserved acclaim where ever it goes. It’s a pale intensly bitter but with a malty/hoppy base. Crop Circle is a gold coloured, crisp beer. More of a summer beer, than a spring one though.
Hornbeam, Denton, Manchester
Lemon Blossom 3.7%
As the name suggests, Lemon Blossom has a citrus feel to it which it gets from the Sorachi Ace Hops, which originate in Japan and New Zealand.
Houston, Renfrewshire
Warlock Stout 4.7% A dark Stout. Strong, smooth and bursting with flavour with a dry finish.
Howard Town, Glossop, Derbyshire
Longendale Lights 3.9% & Wrens Nest 4.2%
Howard Town Brewery is owned by husband and wife teams Les and Janet Dove, and Tony Hulme and Rowena Curley. Wren's Nest is a light hoppy beer and was the 2007 SIBA National Supreme Champion Beer
Ilkley Brewery, Ilkley, West Yorks.
Olicana Gold 3.9%
New on the scene is the Ilkley Brewery, who only started brewing last year. Olicana Gold is a refreshing session ale with a delicate bitter finish.
Isle of Purbeck, Studland, Dorset
Holes Bay Wrecked 4.5% & Dorset Solar Power 4.3%
With equipment from the former Poole Brewery and set in the grounds of the Bankes Arms Hotel the brewery has gained a lot of respect since first brewing in 2002. Solar Power is a light golden ale, slightly hoppy. One for those long days of summer, I think.
Jarrow Tyne & Wear
Rivet Catcher 4.0%
Formed by real ale enthusiasts Jess and Alison McConnell in 2002, they moved into larger premises in 2008 to meet demand for their wares. River Catcher was a CAMRA beer of the year in 2008 and 2009. It’s a smooth, light beer with fruity feel to it.
Kelham Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Easy Rider 4.3%
What is it with pubs called the Fat Cat. The one in Norwich produced a brewery and so to the one in Sheffield.
The latter becoming Kelham Island Brewery. Easy Rider is a straw-coloured beer with hints of citrus fruit flavour. One for those that like a subtle flavour.
Keltek, Redruth, Cornwall
Mr Murdoch's Golden IPA 4.5%
The Keltek Brewery began life as a small in a stable on the Roseland peninsula in Cornwall, but is now based in Redruth.
Mr Murdoch Golden IPA is almost tangerine in colour with malt and hop flavours but not too bitter. William Murdoch was the inventor of gas lighting and coined the term gasometer.
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