The Oast House

Clean and crisp with a restrained bitterness and a subtle citrus aroma, this light golden beer was Japan's first "dry" lager.

Tasting Notes: Its deft, distinct dryness comes from a carefully concise fermentation period, a minimum four week maturation period and the traditional addition of a small amount of rice. Fresh and with plenty of balanced finesse, it's an ideal accompaniment to the well-defined flavours and textures found in sushi.

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.

Blue Moon Belgian White is a Belgian-style witbier brewed by Blue Moon Brewing Co. originally in Golden, Colorado, and launched in 1995.

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This beer is brewed from three different kinds of barley malts.

Tasting Notes: Dark Declared Best Lager in the World in this year's World Beer Awards, run by Beers of the World magazine, Budweiser Budvar Dark is a retro-beer. This is because it has been designed to come as close as possible to how all Bohemian and Bavarian lagers tasted before bottom fermented golden lager stole the show in the mid nineteenth century. Now, thanks to Budweiser Budvar, the Darkside is moving centre stage again. Enjoying the same brewing cycle as Original, Dark gets its delicious roasted flavour from being brewed from three types of malt; Munich, caramel and roasted.

Budvar's best known beer, always worth a drink.

Tasting Notes: By far and away the best known beer in the Budvar portfolio ABV5 Original is available on draught and in two bottle sizes, 330ml and 500ml as well as in 500ml cans. Brewed from nothing but local natural materials in a 100 days brewing cycle ( 90 spent fermenting ) it is universally regarded as one of the world's great lager conditioned beers.

Lord Karan Bilimoria founded Cobra Beer in 1989 having realised that Britain deserved a better, smoother, less gassy lager.

Tasting Notes: Using the finest natural ingredients and a traditional Indian blend of barley malt and yeast, with maize, hops, and rice, he created an extra smooth and less gassy beer, quite unlike any other.

Duvel is a natural beer with a subtle bitterness, a refined flavour and a distinctive hop character. The unique brewing process, which takes about 90 days, guarantees a pure character, delicate effervescence and a pleasant sweet taste of alcohol.

Tasting Notes: The beer is determined by the temperature. Duvel obtains its typical bitterness by adding various varieties of aromatic Slovenian and Czech hops. We use only exclusive hops that are renowned for their constant, outstanding quality.

It is brewed using fine yeast according to a traditional recipe and, of course, in strict accordance with the Bavarian Purity Law.

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The result is a hop lover’s dream with a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, and long hop finish.

Tasting Notes: Imported From Chicago this India Pale Ale recalls a time when ales shipped from England to India were highly hopped to preserve their distinct taste during the long journey. The result is a hop lover’s dream with a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, and long hop finish

Brewing beer is a 100% natural process. Heineken beer is made from the purest ingredients.

Tasting Notes: The resin from the female hop flower cones is used to help balance the sweetness of the barley with a refreshing bitterness.

Organic Honey Dew is the UK’s best selling organic beer.

Tasting Notes: Light and golden with a zesty edge and a bitter-sweet flavour, Honey Dew is a naturally palatable brew that is Soil Association approved. Served chilled, Organic Honey Dew offers both refreshment and an unbeatable taste. The real organic honey in the brew gives a gentle sweetness that appeals to a wide range of people, even those who perhaps wouldn''t usually drink beer, making it a very popular choice!

Best of British! This double award winning extra special Bitter is named after the WWII airplanes that made the famous Dam buster raids.

Tasting Notes: Brewed using pale ale and crystal malts for a rich full-bodied bitter flavour with biscuit and fruit malt aromas. The finely balanced hop character is enriched by the late addition of Styrian Goldings as a dry hop in each cask to give a more prominent floral hop aroma and warming aftertaste.

Leffe Blond is an authentic blond abbey beer with a slight hint of bitterness to it.

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Discover something a little different with curiously dark and thoroughly delicious Nutty Black. This dark ruby mild is one of only four beers to win Champion Beer of Britain twice, and voted World’s Best Dark Mild at the World Beer Awards.

Tasting Notes: Dark ruby mild with a hint of nuttiness but unmistakable roasted and bittersweet flavours. Brewed with only the finest dark kiln roasted malts and English barley for a bittersweet flavour and lightly hopped with Fuggles and Goldings.

This is their firstborn brew, whose accidental discovery started our story in 2003. Its originality also lies in its singular taste – notes of biscuity malt and vanilla swirling within a creamy, mellow character.

Tasting Notes: Smell: Caramel and rich roasted malts Taste: Incredibly smooth with a delicious toffee character and a light hop fruitiness Finish: Creamy and warming

A powerfully authenic IPA, Proper Job is brewed with a blend of imported American hops. It is a real treat of a beer with a growing reputation and loved by beer enthusiasts far and wide.

Tasting Notes: Perhaps the forerunner of all modern IPAs in the UK, Proper Job regularly wins awards, both from within the brewing industry and also at CAMRA Beer Festivals. The awards include the prestigious Champion Bottle Beer at CBoB and Champion Premium Best Bitter at the SIBA National Beer Festival. Proper Job is also supported with a unique online supporter's scheme called Proper Job Ambassadors. Here a growing group of fans and enthusiasts are encourage to tweet/post ect their enjoyment of Proper Job to the world! It's a great way to support new stockists or listings with retailers.

Katy isn’t the most well known apple variety but it’s certainly a superstar! We think it’s the perfect cider apple with subtle flavours and smoothness.

Tasting Notes: Light, dry and fragrant with a soft sparkle.

This is a Pale Ale brewed with two specially selected hops, Sovereign and Nelson Sauvin from New Zealand.

Tasting Notes: The combination of these hops produces an intense and distinctive tropical fruit aroma including Mango, Lychees and Passion Fruit to deliver an easy drinking and refreshing beer.

A medium, still cider

Tasting Notes: That all-important first sip delivers the full bittersweet richness of cider apples, followed by the lingering sweetness of ripe fruit, including notes of the dark autumn berries from the hedgerow.

With a light and floral taste and the extra zing from a hefty squeeze of lime, Kopparberg Elderflower & Lime Cider is a secret worth discovering. Pour over chunks of ice and enjoy with a thin slice of cucumber…or strawberry for that sweeter taste.

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This one is for the purists; nothing but the taste of fresh green apples, with a little tang and some big fizz. Kopparberg Naked Apple Cider keeps it simple, there’s no need to complicate things, especially when it tastes this good.

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Kopparberg Strawberry & Lime Cider is perfect for Summer BBQs. Drink it over ice and the job’s done.

Tasting Notes: Like summer in a glass; a splash of fresh strawberries in apple juice, and a squeeze of tangy lime.

Tasting Notes: Perronelle''s Blush has a subtle blackberry aroma with a hint of traditional cyder apple. Deceptively smooth with a silky but refreshing palate, it offers a perfect bend of sweetness and acidity with a lovely mouth feel and a lingering aftertaste of berries.