Phipps NBC

A low strength amber bitter

Tasting Notes: Taste: Malty, Toffee, Moreish Smell: Forest Fruits, Chocolate, Marmalade

A sweet dark and malty pint with honey the key constituent, an ingredient often found in Medieval ales. Becket’s Ale won the best Artisan Drink award at 2015’s Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards.

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Phipps always swims against the tide of fashion, looking to their proud heritage to bring you this brown ale with the creamy texture of a stout but the hoppy character of a strong ale; the best of both worlds in one cask.

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The perfect marriage of our Ratliffe's Stout malts to give a deep dark colour and a smooth mellow chocolate flavour, allied to the hop selection from our best selling Phipps IPA to give the classic pale ale hop nose and bite. Winner of the 'Artisan Local Drink of the Year' category in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards 2019/20

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A pint of bitter that gives you a full range of complimentary flavour and a dry finish that leads you smoothly into your next pint.

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A light amber harvest ale brought back to life from Phipps' 19th century, leather bound brewer's books. A cunning combination of Kent hops rule the taste buds over Maris Otter, Pale Ale and Crystal malts.

Tasting Notes: Hoppy, fruity

To mark the 40th anniversary of the closure of Phipps' original Bridge street brewery, we have brought back to life the final new brew from the old company

Tasting Notes: This titan of a beer has the colour and drinking quality of the IPA but with a subtle punch of an export strength ale.

A English bitter

Tasting Notes: This beautiful, rich golden beer has intense but well rounded, refreshing bitterness.

Bright golden ale with excellent thurst quenching bitterness and robust malty undertones

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A deep golden beer with good malty complexity, exquisitely balanced with a bright hoppy finish.

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Full on flavour from this light copper coloured ale. Deep dryness and strong bitterness followed by a sweetening aftertaste of dark malt. A lively exciting beer with a hoppy ending.

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A fresh interpretation of the classic Phipps style of sweet, amber-gold ales but using modern aromatic Amarillo hops.

Tasting Notes: This fruity session ale is inspired by the famous water meadows that lie between our home town of Northampton and the meandering River Nene. The perfect companion for lazy summer days by the river or in the pub garden.

he classic blend of Goldings and Fuggles hops gives the characteristic English ale flavours to this full-bodied beer.

Tasting Notes: The balance of bitterness and sweetness, allied to a smooth hoppy after-taste, creates a most drinkable pint and our flagship brew.

Unlike some stouts, it isn’t overly bitter due to careful use of traditional English hop varieties in the brewhouse. Winner of the CAMRA Winter Beer festival in Derby 2013.

Tasting Notes: This is a creamy, full bodied malty brew, satisfyingly rich with distinct caramel and coffee notes. A combination of crystal and roasted malts give the stout its deep, dark flavour topped off with a creamy, thick tan head.

This is a deep red, nutty 3.8% bitter based on the old NBC recipe, passed on by Pat Heron who started at NBC in 1954

Tasting Notes: Nutty

A cosmic fusion of crisp lager malts with a contemporary selection of ale hops produces a golden beer with a modern attitude to flavour

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Steam Roller is the first new brew to emerge from the country's oldest new brewery

Tasting Notes: A burnished copper coloured pint which rolls over the taste buds leaving a smooth finish of toffee and caramel. As the flavours fade away, a hint of smokey notes lingers.