Frederic Robinson Ltd

Full bodied IPA with intense, complex hop flavor and aroma

Tasting Notes: Full bodied, hoppy,

ALOHA is a 4.6% Tropical Pale Ale.

Tasting Notes: ALOHA uses Zappa, Galaxy and Sultana Hops to infuse passionfruit, pineapple and peach aromas into a delicious, easy drinking Pale Ale

The discerning beard wearer deserves a tipple of hoppy intensity to complement their efforts. Cut through the fuzz with hits of a fruity citrus zing. An IPA for serious Beardos.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, citrus, hoppy

Big Bang is a 4.6% ABV sessionable, triple hopped India Pale Ale.

Tasting Notes: Big Bang IPA has a floral and passion fruit aroma and a citrus and full bodied taste thanks to Galaxy, Idaho 7 and Mosaic hops.

Big Sur is a 4.7% west coast style IPA

Tasting Notes: Big Sur is a 4.7% west coast style IPA with hoppy flavours and a smooth, slightly bitter finish. Packed full of Citra and Centennial hops, it's the taste of summer in a glass! Catch the waves this September and October!

Multi-platinum selling Manchester band elbow designed their ‘build a rocket boys!’ beer after a series of tastings at Robinsons Brewery in Stockport, a stone’s throw from elbow’s Manchester heartland.

Tasting Notes: Band members sampled a range of Robinsons’ ales to shortlist their preferred style of beer, taste and colour before deciding on a golden ale with a rich rounded body, smooth bitterness, subtle tang of malt and fruity aroma. elbow’s ale is a premium session bitter at 4.0% ABV, available in cask and bottle.

A strong character, full of hope and larger than life. A beer you don't meet every day. Deceptively unassuming, Cascade is well refined with hidden depth; the outgoing, adventurous type.

Tasting Notes: A full-bodied classic, packed with American and UK hops, giving a well balanced flavour of rich, roasted malt and tangy citric fruit.

Distinctive ‘natural’ milky sweet chocolate palate balanced by underlying hop and roasted malt characters.

Tasting Notes: Sweet, chocolate, roasted

Old Tom Chocolate is a deliciously indulgent addition to the Old Tom range, with the original recipe developed by Robinsons and the renowned chocolatier Simon Dunn.

Tasting Notes: Made from a rich concoction of our award winning Original Old Tom and the finest cocoa, this is a superior, rich and wonderfully warming speciality beer with a dark mahogany colour and a deep port wine finish.

Citra Pale Ale is a 3.4% light pale ale

Tasting Notes: A light pale ale, handcrafted and jam packed full of delicious Citra hops that deliver a sweet, fresh and citrus taste.

Clockwork is a 4.6% orange infused India Pale Ale

Tasting Notes: Clockwork is an orange infused India Pale Ale with a hoppy taste and a orange peel and zesty after taste.

What better beer to celebrate the reliable, uncompromising beauty of the Cumbrian countryside, than a proper, traditional brew with a real sense of belonging

Tasting Notes: Cumbria Way is a full-bodied beer with rich malt and hops, complemented by spicy hops and citrus fruit notes

Rich rounded body, smooth bitterness and subtle tang of malt

Tasting Notes: Rich, bitter, malty

A delicious red ale from the dark side.

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Dizzy Blonde started life as a limited edition seasonal ale. With demand quickly out stripping supply we promoted Dizzy to our core family range of ales.

Tasting Notes: Dizzy Blonde is a straw coloured ale with distinctive herbal or perfume like hop aroma. It’s a light refreshing beer with a clean zesty hop, complimented by a crisp dry finish.

Golden Ale

Tasting Notes: Crisp, zesty & refreshing

Known at the brewery as Peggy, this Dizzy Blonde is great fun, great company, and often the centre of attention.

Tasting Notes: She’s a zesty, vibrant ale with wild, aromatic, invigorating Amarillo hops…and a crisp, dry finish.

Pronounced ginger & spiced herb palate complemented by a sweet roasted malt dryness & wonderful ginger afterburn

Tasting Notes: Ginger, spicy, roasted

Robinsons purchased Hartleys Brewery, Ulverston on the 26th July 1982, adding 56 public houses to the existing Robinsons estate. Hartleys Brewery can be traced back to the middle of the 18th Century.

Tasting Notes: Rich rounded body, smooth bitterness and subtle tang of malt

First brewed in 1892 the beer allowance draw to a close in 1990 due to new regulations, but continues to be one of Robinsons’ best selling ales.

Tasting Notes: Hatters is an excellent easy drinking light ale with a dry roasted nutty malt palate and a delicate Golding dry hop aroma. Finishing with a thirst Quenching balance of malt and hops.

Hazy Pale Ale is a 4.3% easy drinking hazy pale ale.

Tasting Notes: Hazy Pale Ale uses a combination of Citra and Galaxy hops to provide fresh, tropical aromas with a full bodied and clean taste.

Helles, (pronounced ‘Hell Es’) is a traditional German pale lager bier. It’s all about the brewing process… We begin with a specially selected premium lager yeast & a variety of classic Noble European hops & throw in some Perle for a little bittering, then the Tettnang & Hersbrucker hops to add character. During fermentation, we add some Saaz for an earthy & floral hint & finally the Mandarina Bavaria hop to give an extra subtle hint of lemon complexity to the taste & aroma.

Tasting Notes: Sweetness balanced with a light bitterness, delicately hopped, clear & light, it’s the epitome of a thirst-quenching lager bier.

Hop Gun, a 4.0% ABV light amber ale will ‘take your breath away’. This beer, created using the Australian hop Galaxy, delivers a distinctive mix of passionfruit, peaches and orange citrus flavours with a hint of sweet caramel.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, citrus, caramel, sweet

An IPA giving citrus, floral & hoppy flavours & aromas thanks to the Citra & Centennial hops.

Tasting Notes: Bold yet refreshing with hints of malty caramel. There’s a zingy mouthfeel, a light body & a lingering bitterness.

Hopnik is an IPA which gives citrus, floral & hoppy flavours & aromas thanks to the Citra & Centennial hops.

Tasting Notes: Bold yet refreshing with hints of malty caramel. There’s a zingy mouthfeel, a light body & a lingering bitterness.

Dark, mysterious, ebony coloured stout with a distinct aroma of roasted chocolate & malt.

Tasting Notes: Roasted coffee & peppery hops leave a robust after bitterness, balanced by a hint of sweetness.

Light golden in colour, surprisingly crisp with a satisfying & lush fruity hop character.

Tasting Notes: Refreshing, smooth & light but packed with flavour.

Outrun the winter with Neon Sunset, a new 4.4% pale ale. Neon Sunset combines a carefully selected blend of zesty and herbal hops to create the perfect tipple to celebrate the changing of the seasons.

Tasting Notes: Neon Sunset combines zesty and herbal hops to create the perfect, clean Pale Ale.

Old Stockport, brewed since the late 19th Century, originally boasted the name ‘Ordinary Bitter’-perhaps unsurprisingly a name change in 1996 resulted in an increase in popularity!

Tasting Notes: Old Stockport is a classic light session bitter with a clean and refreshing palate, a good balance of malt, hop and citrus flavours with a short dry bitter sweet finish, and delicate goldings dry hop and fruity aroma.

This superior dark ale is recognised, both nationally and internationally, as one of the most famous strong ales, winning some of the industry’s most prestigious awards including World’s Best Ale.

Tasting Notes: Old Tom is dark, rich and warming with a cherry brandy like colour and character. This strong ale has a booming balance of ripe malt, and peppery hops combined with roasted nut and chocolate flavours with a smoky richness. A distinctive deep port wine finish with bitter hops balance complemented by heady, vinous aromas of dark fruit.

Stout

Tasting Notes: A booming balance of ripe hops, peppery hops with nut & chocolate flavours

Dark, mysterious, ebony coloured stout with a distinct aroma & taste of roasted malt & a touch of coffee & peppery hops leaving a clean but robust after bitterness, balanced with a hint of sweetness.

Tasting Notes: Rich and full bodied with a perfect balance and a smooth, creamy finish

Lager

Tasting Notes: Smooth tasting with delicate floral hop aroma.

Inspired by North American brews, Steam Lager is a delicious 5.5% ABV lager that imparts a delicate floral aroma with a smooth taste; the perfect tipple.

Tasting Notes: Smell: Floral, hop aroma Taste: Smooth, refreshing

Perfect winter warmer, Tom and Berry is an exciting blend of our award winning Old Tom with the taste of winter berries. Tom and Berry is a full bodied premium mahogany coloured bitter brewed using Goldings hops.

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Trooper is a Premium British Beer inspired by Iron Maiden and handcrafted at Robinsons brewery. Malt flavours and citric notes from a unique blend of Bobec, Goldings and Cascade hops dominate this deep golden ale with a subtle hint of lemon.

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Amber Ale

Tasting Notes: Bitter, strong roasted malt

IRON MAIDEN vocalist and ale aficionado Bruce Dickinson and Robinsons’ Head Brewer, Martyn Weeks have crafted LIGHT BRIGADE a unique interpretation of a sessionable golden ale.

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Trooper Red 'N' Black Porter is the first dark beer in the Trooper ranks and a modern take on a recipe dating back centuries.

Tasting Notes: The red and black colour comes from the blend of chocolate and crystal malt which gives this full bodied beer a roasted malt and caramel backbone. The special Robinsons’ yeast provides hints of both liquorice and honey character to create a delicious warming brew.

This is a deep ruby coloured porter style beer. The blend of malts used provides a roasted malt and caramel backbone, with hints of liquorice and honey, creating a rich, warming character.

Tasting Notes: Roasted, caramel, liquorice, honey

Unicorn is an award winning ale, including Gold Medal Winner at the Brewing Industry International Awards, which has been brewed for over 120 years, with over 4,600,000 pints consumed per year. The popularity of Unicorn is timeless.

Tasting Notes: Unicorn is a magnificent pale tart, thirst quenching ale with superb mouth feel of rich malt, hops and complex aromas of Golding hops, malt and tart fruit. It has a long dry finish with citrus fruit notes.

Dark Stout

Tasting Notes: Rich, dry, burnt coffee

Golden Ale

Tasting Notes: Rich Malt & Hops

This beer has a clean zesty hop palate complimented by a full malt character.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, zesty with a hint of blackcurrant

Amber Ale

Tasting Notes: Fruity, zesty with a hint of blackcurrant