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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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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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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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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.

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

At 4% ABV, Bulmers Cider Crushed Red Berries & lime is a full flavoured mixed red berry cider, cut through with a sharp shot of lime to deliver an explosive fruit taste.

Tasting Notes: Apple cider blended with red berries, cut with a shot of lime to deliver an explosively fruity taste.

Pear cider made mainly from desert pears with a hint of perry pear & apple juice for extra depth and body. Bulmers Pear Cider compliments the colourful Bulmers range, offering a flavour for everyone, perfect for mixed group drinking occasions.

Tasting Notes: Bulmers Pear Cider has a light and refreshing pear flavour in every drop.

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