York Brewery

All Seeing Rye is a rich amber coloured beer with a sumptuous malt palate. The addition of malted rye to the grain bill adds some subtle spicy notes and a refreshing dryness to the aftertaste

Tasting Notes: In order for the malt character to shine thorough the hop palate has been kept simple with Goldings hops filling out the high spicy notes

A premium bitter with an orchard fruits, woody and hoppy smell and a malty, sweet and refreshing taste.

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An amber Bitter with a honey, almond and slightly spicy smell, with a biscuity, malty and smooth taste.

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A proper stout with a rich roasted malt backbone, and added oats for an extra creamy finish.

Tasting Notes: British WGV hops accentuate the roasted malt tones by adding herbal, earthy notes with a hint of autumn fruit on the aftertaste.

Blood Orange & Lemon Infused Wheat Beer

Tasting Notes: The intense bittersweet flavours of blood orange balance well with the lemon peel bitterness. To partner and enhance the fruit infusions, we’ve selected the beautiful US grown Lemondrop hop, which itself brings a strong aroma of lemon, alongside some lighter melon and mint-like notes. Use of wheat malt leads to a silky mouthfeel and excellent head retention which only adds to the experience.

The Romans have a reputation of being master craftsmen and we’ve followed that fine tradition, pouring our heart and soul – cor et anima – into every drop of this rich Milk Stout.

Tasting Notes: The addition of sweet and creamy lactose luxuriously balances the roasted malt flavours, whilst a gentle nose of hops adds depth.

Hailing from Yakima Valley, Calypso, despite its aroma-focused breading, boasts a high alpha acid percentage, making it an excellent dual-purpose hop.

Tasting Notes: Hailing from Yakima Valley, Calypso, despite its aroma-focused breading, boasts a high alpha acid percentage, making it an excellent dual-purpose hop. In flavour, Calypso exhibits crisp, fruity aromas with notes of apple, pear and stone fruit shining through, underscored by subtle, earthy, tea-like notes.

Centurion's Ghost is a multi gold medal award winning dark ruby ale.

Tasting Notes: Centurion's Ghost has a smooth roasted malt palate, and a combination of Challenger, Fuggle and Bramling Cross hops give it a subtle bitterness with autumn fruit flavours that linger on the aftertaste.

Single Hop Golden Ale

Tasting Notes: A recent graduate from the Charles Faram hop breeding program, CF219 has been grown in Herefordshire by MH and L Andrews. So new to commercial production, it is not yet officially named, and excitingly we’ve been trusted with the entire first available crop to produce this ale. We’re told to expect a vibrant hit of hedgerow fruit with some supporting floral, spicy character on the aftertaste.

A full-bodied milk stout flavoured with cherry, chocolate and vanilla.

Tasting Notes: A blend of 6 different malts alongside lactose additions give this beer a rich, full-bodied flavour, alongside a luxuriously silky mouthfeel. The inclusion of cacao nib in the recipe builds robust chocolate notes into the flavour, whilst cherry & vanilla infusions add sweetness and depth. Phoenix hops are the perfect match here, with their chocolate & molasses flavour notes.

Originally Released in 1974 as a high alpha bittering hop, production had all but ceased by the early 80’s.

Tasting Notes: Comet has made a recent comeback for use as a late addition aroma hop imparting a subtle and unique "wild American" grassy aroma, alongside a sizeable hit of citrus and grapefruit rind.

A golden Bitter with a grapefruit, tropical smell and a dry, citrus and zesty taste.

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First grown in 1923 at Wye College, Ernest takes its name from its breeder, prof. Ernest Salmon.

Tasting Notes: First grown in 1923 at Wye College, Ernest takes its name from its breeder, prof. Ernest Salmon. It was initially rejected due to its “strong, coarse, American aroma” which was then undesirable in British beer. However, it is precisely these characteristics that have seen it surge back into production in more recent years, making complexly flavoured ales with strong fruit notes, especially apricot, alongside notes of citrus and spice.

This incredibly easy drinking, creamy, straw-coloured ale has a light and fruity hop character and a fairly dry finish.

Tasting Notes: The pale colour and creamy texture can be attributed to a grain bill comprising of only Pale Malt. The perfect partnership of US grown Amarillo and Willamette hops leads to a slightly spicy, almost floral aroma with a distinct tinge of orange, alongside an earthy fruitiness.

This incredibly easy drinking, creamy, straw-coloured ale has a light and fruity hop character and a fairly dry finish.

Tasting Notes: The pale colour and creamy texture can be attributed to a grain bill comprising of only Pale Malt. The perfect partnership of US grown Amarillo and Willamette hops leads to a slightly spicy, almost floral aroma with a distinct tinge of orange, alongside an earthy fruitiness.

Speciality Porter

Tasting Notes: We’ve given this porter a seasonal coffee shop twist. Freshly ground coffee adds its trademark, comforting bitterness, while infusion with root ginger adds a warming spice. A spoon of two of Lactose ensures a luxuriously creamy mouthfeel alongside a subtle, balancing sweetness. Flyer hops add further depth to the flavour through their liquorice and treacle toffee overtones.

A Golden Ale with a soft fruit, floral and hoppy aroma and a sweet, fruity and dry finish.

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A beautifully balanced, light gold coloured beer with dominant hop flavours and pale malt character.

Tasting Notes: Guzzler is an easy drinking, crisp & refreshing session ale brewed with Challenger and Celeia hops that bring about a light citrus palate with overtones of Grapefruit.

You can expect strong fruity notes, with wine-like qualities of gooseberry and grass, akin to Sauvignon Blanc. The aroma is complex with hints of cassis and elderflower in addition to grapes, grapefruit and lemongrass.

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Fresh from scooping a silver award at the SIBA National Beer Competition 2017, Hansom Blonde is creamy, fruity, and incredibly refreshing.

Tasting Notes: Exclusive use of Pale Malt leads to the light colour and creamy texture, whilst a hearty addition of much sought after Citra hops gives the beer a light bitterness, with hints of tropical fruit and citrus on the aftertaste. We’re sure you’ll agree with us, that it’s truly a handsome blonde!

This is an amber coloured session ale, in which biscuity malt character combines with honeyed almond hop tones to make a rich, full-tasting beer.

Tasting Notes: A dash of oats in the grain bill adds a lovely silky mouth feel to the experience whilst UK grown Pilgrim and Northdown hops give rise to the spicy, slightly floral, sweet aroma.

Speciality Honey & Almond Ale

Tasting Notes: This golden ale is brewed with real honey, infused with almonds and topped off with a splash of amaretto. Oats and Caramalt in the grain bill add a smooth caramel character bringing balance to the nuttiness while accentuating the honey flavour. Hopwise we’ve chosen British grown Pilgrim which adds further notes of honey alongside complementary hints of cedar and spice.

Intermission is a session IPA that is both Gluten Free and Vegan-friendly.

Tasting Notes: A Maris Otter barley based grain bill gives a clean crisp base allowing the hops to shine, with gluten removed during production. A quintet of US hop big hitters - Azacca, Cascade, Citra, Mosaic & Willamette – bring a cacophony of fruit and citrus flavours to the party, with subtle tropical fruit notes on the aftertaste.

Expect a dominant bright citrus note of lemon or grapefruit alongside the quintessential floral, earthy spice of its noble parent.

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Single Hop Golden Ale

Tasting Notes: Developed by the Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing in Žalec, Kolibri is the result of crossbreeding between European and American hop varieties. It is pretty much solely used as an aroma hop and is noted for its subtle yet complex flavour pallet. Upon first sip you’ll notice a big hit of lemon and pineapple, this opens out to an array of more nuanced flavours, which might include blackcurrant, elderflower and blueberry.

The Romans have a reputation of being master craftsmen and we’ve followed that fine tradition, pouring our heart and soul - Cor et Anima - into every drop of our IPA.

Tasting Notes: A quintet of Amarillo, Cascade, Citra, Columbus, and Simcoe hops give an almighty punch of citrus with a crisp bitter finish.

Minster Ale is a well-hopped golden ale with good malt character and a beautifully full hop palate.

Tasting Notes: A trio of American grown hops – Centennial, Chinook, and Citra – brings a big citrus punch to the party, whilst Pacific Gem from New Zealand gives a refreshing, lingering bitterness.

Deviously infusing the award winning, dark ruby, Centurion’s Ghost Ale with the infamous and scary Ghost Pepper, Mostly Ghostly could give you a bit of a shock.

Tasting Notes: Coming in at 1.1 million Scoville heat units, the Ghost Pepper held the ‘World’s Hottest Chilli’ title for a number of years. Native to Assam and known locally as the ‘Bhut’ or ‘Naga’ it delivers a lovely delay to its heat coupled with a long and powerful growing warmth which makes it the perfect chilli to enhance stronger flavours.

Released in 2000 by New Zealand HortResearch, Nelson Sauvin is an excellent all-rounder able to produce big punchy Ales as well as subtle, yet bitter Lagers, making it very popular indeed.

Tasting Notes: Released in 2000 by New Zealand HortResearch, Nelson Sauvin is an excellent all-rounder able to produce big punchy Ales as well as subtle, yet bitter Lagers, making it very popular indeed. Its distinctive fresh crushed gooseberry smell is reminiscent of Sauvignon Blanc – hence the Sauvin part of its name. Alongside the gooseberry flavours, you’ll also get a hint of Grapefruit.

An International Brewing Awards 2017 Silver category award winner, Otherside IPA is a Maris Otter pacific pale ale packed full of antipodean promise.

Tasting Notes: We’ve selected four of the best New Zealand grown hops to provide a feast for the taste buds. Expect a host of tropical fruit notes against a background of citrus and pine from dry hopping with Motueka.

This American Cream Ale is incredibly pale in colour with a touch of oat and lactose added to create a light, yet luxuriously creamy mouthfeel.

Tasting Notes: Additions of Raspberry and Vanilla give the classic raspberry ripple flavour, whilst Huell Melon and Columbus hops add sharpness and bitterness for balance.

Flavoured with in season Yorkshire grown forced Rhubarb, this pale beer has a refreshing fruity tartness.

Tasting Notes: Little known, UK grown Archer hops round off the fruity palate whilst the addition of vanilla soothes the sharp edge of the Rhubarb.

Born from an international collaboration between York Brewery and Spanish brewery Cerveza Bizarra, ‘Rubia’ is an American style IPA with a pale amber hue.

Tasting Notes: Ever popular US grown Cascade and Simcoe hops bring a delightful mix of tropical fruits and citrus to the flavour, along with a punchy, bitter, slightly resinous aftertaste. The addition of slightly sweeter Munich and Melanoidin malts adds a subtle sweetness that brings balance to the beer.

Severus is a Black Wheat IPA packed full of rich dark malt and full hop flavour.

Tasting Notes: A blend of 6 malts creates a rich, darkly roasted backdrop with hints of liquorice that is surprisingly light in body. New Zealand grown Green Bullet hops, alongside US Columbus and Willamette creates a powerful citrus character with a marmalade-like quality. Bramling Cross and Phoenix enhance this with subtler fruit flavours, alongside a resinous earthiness.

Brut IPAs are hopped at the last moment of the boil, then undergo an extended fermentation process to reduce the residual sugar down to practically zero. The result is a bone-dry beer with very low bitterness and a fruity hop palate.

Tasting Notes: Brut IPAs are hopped at the last moment of the boil, then undergo an extended fermentation process to reduce the residual sugar down to practically zero. The result is a bone-dry beer with very low bitterness and a fruity hop palate. We’ve chosen an all US trio of Citra, Columbus & Comet hops, to give a grapefruit citrus against a backdrop of lighter stone fruit flavours.

Festive Pale Ale

Tasting Notes: The perfect brew for the festive season - pale, fruity and very easy drinking! US grown Willamette and Cascade, give a citrus punch with a light fruity aftertaste. Just enough to cut through all that rich festive food!

Developed by the Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing, Wolf is one of the latest Styrian hops on the market and is a dual-purpose, high-alpha variety with a very intense aroma.

Tasting Notes: Developed by the Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing, Wolf is one of the latest Styrian hops on the market and is a dual-purpose, high-alpha variety with a very intense aroma. Characteristic flavours that you may pick out include Lemongrass, Mango & Passionfruit.

Additions of strawberries and summer cup give this US-style Cream Ale the classic British summer flavour of strawberries and cream.

Tasting Notes: Additions of strawberries and summer cup give this US-style Cream Ale the classic British summer flavour of strawberries and cream. A touch of oat and lactose create luxuriously creamy mouthfeel in this otherwise light ale. The characteristic red berry notes of French Barbe Rouge hops both compliments and fills out the flavour with their characteristic red berry notes.

Yippee ki yay…Proving not all sequels are bad, Thai Hard is back!

Tasting Notes: Yippee ki yay…Proving not all sequels are bad, Thai Hard is back! New Zealand grown Dr Rudi hops once again lend their amazing lemongrass and pine notes alongside citrus bitterness. The main flavour punch, however, comes from the Thai trio of root ginger, lemongrass and kaffir lime. To pack in yet more flavour into version 2 we’re also adding coriander seeds and pandan leaves.

Relatively dark in colour, Traitors’ Gate is brewed in the style of a traditional old ale. Expect a complex malt palate with marmalade like hints of fruit from the hops.

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Unimpeachable IPA is a rich golden colour and is flavoured with additions of Peach and Mango.

Tasting Notes: A combination of hops make the mouth water, enhancing the fruity notes whilst adding some resinous bitterness for balance. New Zealand grown Rakau and UK grown Olicana add extra stone and tropical fruit. A hearty dose of Simcoe adds some much needed bitterness alongside some pine notes for balance.

Commercially released in 2013, Vic Secret hails from the same lineage as Topaz and has been described as a subtler version of Galaxy.

Tasting Notes: Expect clean and bright tropical character (passionfruit, pineapple) with supporting notes of fresh herbs and pine needles.

Our original brew, Yorkshire Terrier is a multi-award winning single hop premium golden ale.

Tasting Notes: Using only the flavours of UK grown Challenger hops and a dash of Crystal malt, expect a refreshing taste, where fruit and hops dominate the flavour and aroma with a clean, bitter finish.