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Oakham Ales

A brewery in Peterborough.

Oakham Ales is a multi-award winning brewery with an enviable reputation for its innovative approach and for the quality and consistency of its brews.
Founded in Rutland in 1993, Oakham have been based in Peterborough since 1998.
In addition to a well-known core range of beers (JHB/Inferno/Citra/Bishops Farewell and Green Devil IPA), the brewery continues to produce a long list of seasonal, special and cask aged beers in cask, keg, bottles and cans.
The first UK brewery to brew a beer with 100% Citra hops!

2 Maxwell Rd, Woodston, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 7JB
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01733 370500

[email protected]

http://www.oakhamales.com

Facilities include: Real Ale, SIBA, We're award winners, Good Pub Guide, CAMRA – branch, CAMRA – national,

Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 17:00
Sat - Sun: Closed

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3 Witches 4.4

October 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Amber in colour with bewitching orange aromas and spell-binding soft fruit notes. A grainy background stirs up in the cauldron leading to a dry fruity finish.

Asylum 4.5

Premium bitter with insane hop aroma and grapefruit and berries to taste before you’re certified to a bitter end.

Tasting Notes: Grapefruit, berries, bitter

Attila 7.5

Balanced, malty, fruity.

Tasting Notes: Rich elderflower aromas, ripe red berry and citrus flavours and a long, smooth, fruity finish.

Belma 4.0

January 2026 Seasonal Beer (Now Sold Out)

Tasting Notes: Light, fresh and fruity with soft citrus, sweet and red berry characteristics and inviting aromas of pineapple, melon, and strawberry. Well balanced and smoothly drinkable.

Below Zero 4.1

December 2026 Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: TBC

Bishops Farewell 4.6

An Oakham Classic!

Tasting Notes: A golden, premium beer with a smooth, malty background, rich and fruity hop flavours and a refreshing finish.

Black Hole Porter 5.5

Malty, sweet, fruity.

Tasting Notes: Big dark malt flavours combine with a sweet and fruity hop taste to make this strong porter exceedingly drinkable.

Black Magic 5.0

A sumptuous new porter.

Tasting Notes: Flavoured with Cholaca (100% pure cacao) and hopped with Cascade on top of a complex base of 7 different malts. Robust and rich, dark and decadent and supernaturally smooth.

Blue Skies IPA 6.0

Bold, exotic, citrus.

Tasting Notes: Grapefruit, blackcurrant and pineapple flavours dive through clouds of zesty lime in this sunburst golden beer.

Blurred 4.4

August 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Smooth, assertive and aromatic citrus, tropical and berry fruit flavours with distinctive grassy, resinous, herbal hints.

Bona Nox 8.0

A beer packed with powerful citrus fruit and berry flavours and a rich aroma giving way to a warm afterglow.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, citrus, berry

Citra 4.2

Zesty, hoppy, citrus.

Tasting Notes: Light gold in colour, bursting with citrus and tropical hop flavours and sensationally refreshing.

Citra T90 4.6

An exciting new addition to the Oakham Citra family. Citra T90 is brewed with powerful T90 hop pellets for maximum aroma and flavour.

Tasting Notes: Exploding with tropical and citrus fruit hop character with a moreish bitter finish.

Cryptic 5.0

Next Available in May 2026 TBC.

Tasting Notes: This inscrutable IPA teases answers down and across your taste buds with aromas of peach and raspberry and a slight minty note. Tastes of fresh raspberries and summer pudding with an underlying bitterness to balance the sweetness. All on a perplexing light caramel malt base.

Darker Days 4.8

Rich, hoppy, fruity.

Tasting Notes: Rich roasted malt with hints of honey and raisin in the background plus trademark Oakham citrus hop flavours.

Dr. Phobia 5.2

Dark chestnut beer brewed with barley, wheat and rye malts to give a complex malt flavour with robust American hops.

Tasting Notes: Malty

Dragon 5.0

Fresh, aromatic, balanced.

Tasting Notes: A golden beer bursting with grapefruit, lemon, apple and rose characters.

Dreamcatcher 6.9

Tasting Notes: This deep paprika red beer is bursting with blackberry, blackcurrant and black cherry flavours and aromas underlined with subtle caramelised malt. A delicate hint of marzipan rolls back up to the tip of the tongue before you’re left with a smooth, warming, yet dry finish.

El Dorado Simcoe 5.0

There are bucketsful (literally) of El Dorado and Simcoe (plus some Centennial) in this new USA hopped "Hop Slam", backed up by Maris Otter pale malt and plenty of Golden Oats.

Tasting Notes: Aromas of pear and ripe water melon, flavour of clementine, balanced with sweet, biscuit malt and a soft bitterness at the finish.

Elephant in The Kanha 5.2

Softer flavours and mouth feel characterise this excellent New England IPA.

Tasting Notes: Bold but not cloying sweetness accompanied by plenty of fruit hop flavours from the Belma and Cashmere hops - think tangerine and watermelon. Just enough bitterness to balance it all out plus a smooth and full mouthfeel.

Endless Summer 3.4

A pale golden beer with citrus, peach and pine flavours and aromas of stone fruit and mandarin, showcasing the new Eureka hop.

Tasting Notes: Citrus, peach, pine

Enough Rope 4.3

This pale amber seasonal bitter is bursting with tropical fruit and citrus flavours, leading to a powerful (yet balanced) bitterness and a dry, refreshing finish.

Tasting Notes: Tropical, citrus, bitter, dry, refreshing

Ernest 4.0

April 2026 Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: Expect complex flavours and predominantly fruity notes of apricot, citrus and spice from this UK single varietal.

Fireship Stout 4.4

November 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: A dark and robust cask stout, smoothly drinkable with roasted malt notes of coffee plus hoppy, spicy floral flavours, hints of orange zest and a balanced bitterness.

Glass Mountain 4.2

July 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Zesty lemon flavours with herbal hints, notes of mint and green tea and a clean moreish bitterness. A bright and hugely refreshing new single hop beer featuring the unique USA sourced hop variety Lemon Drop.

Got Tash? 4.0

Smooth, tropical, refreshing.

Tasting Notes: A pale gold beer showcasing 4 exciting hop varieties from Slovenia. Fresh aromas of blackcurrant, elderflower, tropical fruit and lime leading to a light bitterness.

Green Devil IPA 6.0

Powerfully hopped, multi- award winning contemporary IPA.

Tasting Notes: This contemporary IPA explodes with amazing hop harvest aromas, packs in big tropical and citrus hop flavours before a crisp, refreshing finish.

Hangar 17 4.1

A rich malty amber beer with aromas of tangerine and tangy citrus with a hint of orange peel.

Tasting Notes: Malty, citrus

Harmonia 5.5

Hazy IPA with US sourced Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and Amarillo hops working in perfect harmony .

Tasting Notes: Abundant tropical and citrus fruit hop aromas and flavours. All in concord with a soft and smooth mouthfeel from the addition of malted oats to the brew.

Hawse Buckler 5.6

Rich, creamy, coffee.

Tasting Notes: This spicy, rich and unique beer is bursting with chocolate and coffee malt flavours.

Hell Bent 5.0

Cask Aged Coffee Porter

Tasting Notes: Cask Aged Coffee Porter featuring a robust dark malt backbone, fruity, spicy hop notes and fresh ground roasted coffee flavours. A marriage of flavours made more in Heaven than Hell we reckon.

Helter Skelter 5.0

Classic Cask Aged Golden Ale next available from April 2026.

Tasting Notes: Silk sleek hop aromas and fruity hop flavours rounded off with a refined bitterness.

Hooked Up 4.1

March 2026 Collab Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: Expect vibrant orange and soft lemon citrus flavours with intense berry, tropical and stone fruit notes, resinous spice and minty herbal hints. All finished off with a clean grapefruit bitterness.

Hop Walk 2026 4.1

October 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: TBC

Hoppy Pale 4.2

June 2026 Collab Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: Distinctive citrus, tropical and stone fruit flavours partnered with bold, bright and earthy spice and black pepper characteristics, hints of resin and a zesty grapefruit bitterness

Inferno 4.0

A light golden beer with a big personality.

Tasting Notes: Bursting with fruity hop flavours, citrus notes and a refreshingly bitter finish.

Infinity Loop 5.0

Skilfully brewed UK hopped Cask Aged IPA.

Tasting Notes: A never ending swirl of intense tropical and citrus fruit flavours with undertones of spice and earthy resin lead to a complex, moreish bitterness.

Interstate 4.2

September 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Citrussy orange and grapefruit bitterness plus tropical peach and passionfruit nicely complemented with subtle spicy, earthy, pine resin notes.

JHB (Jeffrey Hudson Bitter) 3.8

Light, crisp, refreshing.

Tasting Notes: Light gold in colour, distinctively smooth, with citrus fruitiness and a refreshing hoppy finish.

Junkyard 4.0

February 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: The spicy, aromatic, blackcurrant and lemon notes of Bramling Cross work brilliantly with the intense tropical and citrus flavours and complex bitterness of Jester® and Olicana®.

Khyber Pass 5.5

Tangy, hoppy, citrus.

Tasting Notes: Aromas of citrusy marmalade, flavours of oranges and soft crystal malt notes, with a long, hoppy, dry finish.

Krush 4.4

June 2026 Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: Big, bold, fruit forward flavours with stone fruits, citrus orange, tropical fruits (think guava in particular) and berries to the fore.

Leonid 4.0

November 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Motueka (New Zealand), Savinjski Goldings (Slovenia) and Magnum (Germany) cohesively combined in this vibrant new pale ale. Crisp lime and lemon flavours, floral and herbal notes, hints of spice and a pleasantly bitter finish.

Midnight Mild 4.0

May 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Jet black, smooth-drinking and full of fruity New World hop flavours plus hints of coffee, caramel and chocolate.

MK Ultra 3.7

A pale golden beer with citrus, peach and pine flavours and aromas of stone fruit and mandarin, showcasing the new Eureka hop.

Tasting Notes: Citrus, peach, pine

MK VII 3.9

A deep amber coloured beer with smooth biscuity malt and packing a powerful punch of tropical fruit hop aroma.

Tasting Notes: Tropical, fruity

Mohawk 4.4

September 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Lime and passionfruit to the fore with notes of guava, grapefruit, gooseberry, white grape and a hint of resinous pine. Vibrant, juicy, fruity and contemporary in flavour with a balanced bitterness.

Moon Landing 4.2

An illuminating ruby beer bursting with notes of citrus and tropical fruit. Six different malts give the beer a rich complexity with a full body and dry finish.

Tasting Notes: Citrus, fruity, tropical

Mr Hyde 6.5

An strong, full flavoured contemporary IPA brewed with plenty of Kiwi sourced hops.

Tasting Notes: Packed with powerful citrus hops with a dangerously thirst quenching level of bitterness to finish.

Nectaron 4.0

February 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Expect loads of Southern Hemisphere tropical pineapple, passion fruit and peach characters plus citrus grapefruit notes and herbal hints.

New World Order 4.0

Pale gold with a delicate malt base and bursting with tropical and citrus fruit aromas.

Tasting Notes: Malty, tropical, citrus, fruity

Oblivion 5.7

Oblivion has a strong spiced fruit aroma, with a rich malt and full on fruit flavour, which lingers on in almost boundless bitter finish.

Tasting Notes: Fruity, Malty, Spicy

Obsidian Order 6.2

A brand new Black IPA brewed with two US monster hops.

Tasting Notes: Kicking off with rhyming aromas of coffee and toffee with hints of citrus pine in the background. On the palate the coffee/toffee flavours are enriched by hints of dark chocolate and caramel interspersed with a fresh citrus zing. Balanced, smooth and incredibly drinkable and refreshing for a 6.2% ABV beer.

Pendulum 3.8

January 2026 Seasonal Beer Now Sold Out

Tasting Notes: Floral, herbal and respectfully restrained citrus aromas and flavours predominate in this light and sessionable UK hopped pale ale.

Perun 5.5

Cask Aged Pale

Tasting Notes: An intriguing combination of flavours with soft citrus hop flavours (think satsuma and clementine) merging with sweet apricot and passionfruit and hints of candy.

Preacher 4.3

Full bodied beer with a smooth delicate bitterness. Sweet malty flavours with a divine, fruity hop flavour and a heavenly aroma.

Tasting Notes: Bitter, malty, fruity

Root and Branch 5.0

Tasting Notes: Smooth, subtle, aromatic dark malts branch out into vibrant citrus, tropical and stone fruit hop aromas and flavours from skilfully combined USA and UK sourced hops

Scarlet Macaw 4.4

July 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: Exciting, fruity hop flavours and an intensely refreshing bitterness that’s as sharp as a Macaw’s screech! Classic American Pale!

Shakedown 5.0

Cask Aged IPA available from April 2026 TBC.

Tasting Notes: Bright and bold with stone fruits, citrus, tropical and berry fruit hop flavours and aromas to the fore plus earthy, pine resin notes.

Skyline 5.0

Cask Aged IPA

Tasting Notes: The towering spicy citrus characteristics of Cascade are skilfully enhanced by the tropical pineapple, passion fruit and peach characters plus herbal hints of Nectaron® and express lifted further by the aromatic grape and gooseberry notes of Nelson Sauvin™. All topped out with a moreish bitterness from UK sourced Challenger.

Snake Charmer 4.3

Roast malt flavors are balanced by hop notes before a pleasantly dry finish.

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Sun City 3.7

August 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: A refreshing new Blonde Ale featuring a dynamic duo of New Zealand sourced hops. Kiwi favourite Nelson Sauvin™ is combined with a relatively new hop superstar in Nectaron® to give abundant and aromatic flavours and aromas. Expect loads of tropical pineapple, passion fruit, peach and gooseberry characters plus citrus lime, grapefruit notes and herbal hints.

Tempest 5.0

Cask Aged Fest Bier

Tasting Notes: Delicate fruity aromatics and floral, herbal and tangerine notes before a clean lemon finish.

The Final Cut 6.0

Cask Aged IPA

Tasting Notes: Super powerful, intense and complex tropical and citrus fruit hop aromas and flavours in a heroically hopped Cask Aged IPA.

The Hare and The Hedgehog 3.9

March 2026 Seasonal Beer

Tasting Notes: Three big hitting USA sourced hop varieties combine in this punchily citrus, intensely dry, moreishly bitter session ale.

Thunderhawk

April 2026 Seasonal

Tasting Notes: Powerful and aromatic tropical fruit, grape and wet stone aromas and flavours and a smooth mouthfeel..

Urban IPA 5.0

Cask Aged IPA

Tasting Notes: Mega-flavourful with fruity orange, pineapple, strawberry and melon characters, spice, earthy grass and pine notes and a clean grapefruit bitterness.

Velvet Claws 4.2

Pale golden beer with rich hop flavours from a blend of German and American hops with a spicy citrus and blackcurrant aroma.

Tasting Notes: Spicy, citrus, blackcurrant

White Dwarf 4.3

May 2026 Seasonal Beer.

Tasting Notes: UK sourced Pioneer, Goldings and Challenger are joined by Cascade from the USA in this light, predominately English-hopped bitter. Fruit flavours shine through to a zesty, thirst quenching finish.

Would Be Kings 5.0

A strong pale ale featuring four excellent European hops sourced from Germany, France and Poland.

Tasting Notes: Fresh pear aromas with hints of white grape lead to fresh red berry flavours and a really refreshing summertime vibe. A clean bitterness and smooth mouthfeel complete another outstanding Oakham cask aged beer.

Oaple Orchard Reserve 6.8

Oaple Orchard Reserve is a dry robust full bodied cider with a heady apple fruit aroma and a dry finish.

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Oaple Original 5.8

Oaple Original is a medium dry cider starting with a slightly tart apple flavour leading to a full bodied and deliciously fruity taste.

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Oaple Twisted Tree 4.8

Oaple Twisted Tree is a medium sweet cider which has a candy apple aroma with fresh apple flavours mellowing to a fruity finish.

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