Ashover Brewery

This traditional London style Porter is brewed to an original recipe dating back to 1910 and its fermented out with an authentic London yeast.

Tasting Notes: Roasted, chocolate, bitter

Clear golden wheat beer enhanced with Curcao orange peel and crushed Coriander seeds. Inspired by Abbey beers.

Tasting Notes: Orange, furity

Strong and pale with plenty of American hops, in the style of an American Pale Ale. SIBA Gold and Bronze medal Bottled Beers 2013.

Tasting Notes: Citrus, orange, fruity, sweet

Light with slight citrus hop, very pale and easy drinking session beer. No Longer brewed.

Tasting Notes: Citrus

This full bodied Stout delivers warming chocolate and coffee flavours with are enhanced by a slightly bitter hop finish.

Tasting Notes: Chocolate, coffee, bitter, hoppy

Dark, rich and fruity, this Porter style ale is soft and yet full of body and flavour. Made using an abundance of wild locally grown damsons.

Tasting Notes: Dark, rich and fruity

Their first dark beer, brewed for St Georges day (but supporting the other side!)

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Refreshing, crisp and quaffable. Brewed with more fresh elderflowers than you can shake a stick at. This beer is undeniably just what it says on the tin.

Tasting Notes: Refreshing, crisp and quaffable

A great Pale session beer. Refreshingly brewed with Chinook & Cascade hops. Thirst quenchingly quaffable and moreish.

Tasting Notes: Refreshing, hoppy

Originally created for Chesterfield Market Festival in October 2009, this pale beer well hopped with New Zealand varieties of hop was the favourite for the tasting panel from the Derbyshire Brewers Collective.

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Light ale with a slight citrus hop, very pale session beer. The name commemorates the Ashover Light Railway.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, citrus

Rich full bodied Stout enhanced by the addition of liquorice to the boil. A nod to the Basset family's Ashover roots.

Tasting Notes: Full-bodied, liquorice

BSBA Overall champion beer Rail Ale Festival 2014 & SIBA Bronze Medal 2013. Brewed using the ever popular citra hop. Clean pale, crisp and refreshing.

Tasting Notes: Pale, crisp and refreshing

Complex malt flavours in this low gravity and low coloured mild are enhanced by subtle hop character.

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Light copper traditional bitter with good malt flavours. Perle hops give a well-balanced bitterness.

Tasting Notes: Malty, Hoppy, Bitter

SIBA Bronze medal winner Premium bitters 2012, Very pale, American hopped beer. Pronounced citrus flavours with a dry bitter finish.

Tasting Notes: Citrus, dry, bitter

Ashover Rainy Daze a traditional bitter

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Ashover Rambler is a traditional bitter

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Janine & Dominic return from the west coast of America, fired up with enthusiasm to create a strong red ale.

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A full bodied red ale with beautifully balanced malt complimenting the fruitiness born from an abundance of American hops.

Tasting Notes: Full bodied, malty, fruity

Beautiful smooth and malty, brewed with German beech smoked malt giving a subtle depth of flavour. Definitely a beer to try before you die.

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Golden ale with a soft fruity flavour and well bodied mouth feel. Brewed with Simcoe and Cascade hops to give a crisp, clean finish.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, well-bodied, crisp

Massive and flavoursome Winter Warmer, may be brewed again.

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Ashover Tri - Decade is a traditional bitter

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Dark Brown Ale, malty and rich. Hopped with Motueka and Pacific Gem giving a hint of oak and berry fruit.

Tasting Notes: Malty, rich, oaky, fruity

Easy drinking session beer, created for the Poet & Castle pub in Codnor which stands at the end of "Golden Valley".

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Beautiful smooth and rich, chocolate roasted essences with hints of coffee and caramel. Brewed with the addition of lactose.

Tasting Notes: Chocolate, roasted, coffee, caramel