The Imperial Hotel

Foster's is the ultimate ice-cold refreshment. Its balance of subtle fruitiness and vanilla is ideal for the sweeter-toothed lager lover. The perfect session beer to enjoy with mates.

Tasting Notes: A light-coloured lager style, it presents full malt character with a balanced clean hop bitterness. Combined with a slightly hoppy, but yeasty/malty nose, Foster's lager is a full bodied beer with excellent drinkability.

The beer that made us famous, our Joseph Holt Bitter. Pours a deep amber with a creamy head encompassing full bitterness with a dry malt base.

Tasting Notes: A full drinking and original cask bitter that is rich in both colour and taste. Pours a clear amber, almost ruby, colour with creamy white head. It has a mild fruity and woody aroma, with berry undertones. Drinks smooth with a woody, malty and slightly peppery taste with a hint of floral hops.

A smooth drinking very dark beer with complex roasted malt aroma and taste. Pours black to brown with a creamy off-white head and soft carbonated texture. The flavour is subtle with a dry and slightly nutty finish.

Tasting Notes: A smooth drinking very dark beer with complex roasted malt aroma and taste. Pours black to brown with a creamy off-white head and soft carbonated texture. The flavour is subtle with a dry and slightly nutty finish.

2011 saw the introduction of our IPA, which has proved to be very popular in both Free Trade and the selected Joseph Holt pubs that stock it.

Tasting Notes: Our IPA is a very pale, traditional, English ale with relatively high bitterness and a fragrant hop aroma. It is brewed with traditional East Kent Goldings and Slovenian Styrian Goldings.

A soft and sweet palate, linked with a subtle hoppy aroma. The Smooth pours to a dark golden colour, with a rich creamy head and has a nutty, malt flavour.

Tasting Notes: A soft and sweet palate, linked with a subtle hoppy aroma. The Smooth pours to a dark golden colour, with a rich creamy head and has a nutty, malt flavour.

Joseph Holt Two Hoots Golden Ale is a light, refreshing and beautifully balanced golden ale. Brewed with pale ale and lager malts and Cascade whole hops. Two Hoots bagged a gold medal at the Brussels Beer Challenge and was also regional winner of Sainsbury’s Great British Beer Hunt.

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Strongbow gets its distinctive flavour and cut-through refreshment through the unique blends of bittersweet British cider apples from our Herefordshire orchards.

Tasting Notes: The cider is made from a blend of bittersweet cider and culinary apples making it a well-rounded, balanced cider with a good mix of fresh apples and cidery flavour