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Joseph Holt 1849 is a complex blend of choice malts and hops. A traditional ale, 1849 is great served with meat and cheese dishes.

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Anchor Steam Beer owes its deep amber color, thick, creamy head, and rich, distinctive flavor to a brewing process like none other.

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Every bottle of Becks is brewed according to the uncompromising German Reinheitsgebot (Purity law). With a strong and committed heritage, Becks has had only 6 brew masters throughout a 125 year history.

Tasting Notes: Our original Becks is a classic German lager beer with a distinctive full-bodied taste, fresh "hoppy" bouquet, golden colour and a full rich head. Adding to its complexity is a slightly fruity but firm crispness and a dry, clean finish.

A bottom fermented beer with a golden colour. This colouring is a result of the type of malt used in brewing.

Tasting Notes: The best raw materials are used to make Birra Moretti, as well as a special blend of high quality hops that gives it a unique taste and fragrance, enhancing its perfectly balanced bitter taste.

A full flavoured black ale with a satisfying bitter finish. Deep, dark and decidedly drinkable.

Tasting Notes: Bitter

A high volume barley wine.

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American Amber Lager

Tasting Notes: Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Vanguard and Cascade

Mild and fruity with malty and toffee flavours, a pleasantly light bitterness.

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A crisp and fruity pale ale brewed with American and New Zealand hops. A stalwart of the independent brewing scene in Manchester.

Tasting Notes: Crisp, fruity

Smooth Amber Ale bursting with hop aromas including Citrus, Peach, and Apricot

Tasting Notes: Citrus, fruity

Lighter than traditional beers, it holds a crisp and refreshing taste. A light dry beer very pleasant malt and hop notes with a round finish.

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Crystal Gold is the sweetest in the Joseph Holt Lager range. Brewed with whole hops from Slovenia, before being chilled and fermented at low temperatures - as a Lager should be. Crystal Gold is a decidedly clean Lager with a drop of sweetness on the aroma.

Tasting Notes: Crystal Gold is a decidedly clean Lager with a drop of sweetness.

Desperados is the world's first Tequila Flavoured Beer. A distinctive combination of full bodied lager with a kick of Tequila flavour

Tasting Notes: A light & refreshing taste profile balanced with spicy and lemony notes for sweetness.

It pours golden and clear with a crisp head and sparkling finish. The flavor is moderately sweet with subtle hints of lime and lemon.

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Surprisingly hoppy premium ale aimed at captivating the fifth sense of taste! It has an intense flavor, originating from The Styrian Hops, which gives a distinct citrus aftertaste.

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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.

Swirling clouds tumble as the storm begins to calm.

Tasting Notes: Unmistakeably GUINNESS®, from the first velvet sip to the last, lingering drop. And every deep-dark satisfying mouthful in between.

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.

Silver Medal winner in the International Brewing Awards, Maplemoon is brewed using unique subtle maple flavouring. A lighter more malty ale, this is a perfect accompaniment to spicy foods.

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Joseph Holt Mild is a smooth drinking traditional dark mild. Brewed with black and crystal malts for a rich, malty flavour and English cone hops for a full bitterness

Tasting Notes: A smooth drinking very dark beer with a fruity and roasted malt aroma and chocolate, caramel taste. It pours in a deep amber brown colour.

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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Kronenbourg 1664's pleasure is in its light lemon and herbal flavours from the Alsace hops, and clean bittersweet finish.

Tasting Notes: This exceptional beer originated in Alsace in Eastern France and is brewed with the exclusive Strisselspalt hop, known as the caviar of hops, which gives it its unique aromatic and fruity flavour.

A pale golden beer with fresh hop flavours and a clean satisfying finish. The perfect session ale.

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Rich Golden Ale with a refreshing hint of maple. This has been crafted to be the lighter brew to our award winning Maple Moon ale, using amber malts and Cascade aroma hops.

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Maredsous is the authentic beer of the Benedictine monks of the abbey of Maredsous in Belgium. The abbey is located in the Belgian Ardennes, south of the City of Namur, in the Province of Namur, next to a picturesque village called Denée

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Brewed from the finest spring planted barley malts, Peroni has a unique balanced taste with a delicate aroma arising from the hops of the most exclusive varieties.

Tasting Notes: Bright and light golden coloured with a pure white frothy head.

A traditional recipe brewed with Rich Crystal and Black Malts that gives a very distinctive burnt and roasted flavour. Bottled at 6% ABV, Sixex is a very strong Premium Ale and is the oldest product in the Joseph Holt Premium Bottled Ale range - over 100 years old with an unchaged recipe.

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A lip loosening red ale brewed with crystal rye and big hop flavours. Beer worth shouting about.

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Stella Artois is one of the world’s best-selling beers and is enjoyed in more than 80 countries. Its full, characteristic flavour and high quality is assured through a superior brewing process and by using the finest ingredients available.

Tasting Notes: It is brewed to perfection using the original Stella Artois yeast and only the best ingredients including the celebrated Saaz hops. It's the optimum premium lager, with its full flavour and clean, crisp taste.

Crafted with superior Belgian expertise, Stella Artois Black is brewed and imported from Leuven, Belgium. Stella Artois Black is matured for longer using only the finest ingredients such as female Saaz hops.

Tasting Notes: This imparts a richer, full bodied flavour and a crisp refreshing aftertaste

Vedett, a blond, light, well hopped premium beer with 5.2% alcohol content, is the cult Duvel Moortgat beer today: following its birth in 1945, it quickly acquired fame and recognition within an intimate circle of insiders in the Antwerp-Brussels region

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Bulmers Original Cider at 4.5% ABV offers a fantastic combination of softer culinary apples and sharper bittersweet apples, providing a cider rich in depth and character.

Tasting Notes: Well-balanced and medium-sweet

Made from the purest Swedish spring water, Rekorderlig Pear Cider is best served over ice with a wedge of zesty lemon or lime for a distinctively crisp experience

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A refreshing medium-dry sparkling cider that is bursting with the delicious flavour of crisp cider apples

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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