| Drinks Being independent from any brewery, we stock a huge range of products - far more than the average pub. We aim to be the best in every product category - real ales, lagers (or 'world beers'), ciders, vodkas... Real Ales We are recognised as real ale experts and we have a huge range of real ales going through the 9 hand-pumps in the main bar and 2 in the venue. Real Ales - on now (as of 16/05/12)
Real Ales - coming soon
Draught Beers We have one of the largest range of draught lagers (or quality world beers) in town! We sell:
We also stock a very large range of bottled lagers and world beers; interestingly, our biggest-selling lines are the quality beers like Budweiser Budvar, Warsteiner and Chimay, rather than the bland products usually available in British pubs. Stout We stock Guinness and wish it was Dublin-brewed rather than London-brewed! However, we still have the reputation of selling the best Guinness around. Ciders Our main draught ciders come from Westons of Much Marcle in deepest Herefordshire. They produce a wide range of draught and bottled ciders and perries (pear cider) the traditional way. Sometimes, people don't like real ciders at first, if they have been used to the bland products of the national cider companies. That is because real ciders and perries actually TASTE of apples and pears! Our regular hand-pumped real draught Westons ciders are the award-winning 'Old Rosie' (ABV 7.3%, so watch out!), Vintage and Herefordshire Perry . We also sell Westons' keg cider - 'Stowford Press', which is also very flavoursome, and Briska Swedish Cider.
Wine Menu
Spirits As well as regular spirits, we offer a large range of the most popular types - particularly vodkas and rums. We stock up to 50 types of vodka from eastern Europe and up to 10 rums, from the Caribean.
Soft drinks and non-alcoholic Soft drinks are really important in a pub but are often ignored by retailers, who assume offering tonic and orange is good enough. Well, it isn't! As well as the regular softs you would expect, we stock a large range of excellent fruit juices called 'Looza' from Belgium, with lovely flavours like pear, banana, apricot, grape, mango, passion fruit and peach. We stock Fentimens quality ginger beer and other softs, such as Frobishers and Hartridges. Our water is the brilliant Harrogate Spa from Yorkshire, winner of a best bottled water in the world contest. For drivers, we have Bitburger 'Drive' - a properly-brewed non-alcoholic lager from Germany that tastes really good (unlike some!). |
