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Fine Ale Club Selection Boxes
& Tasting Notes 

Unless otherwise stated all prices are for a case of 12 x 500ml bottles.


 

                                        Contents                   Bottle Size & Price

 

Fine Ale Club

   113  Against the Grain             4.5% ABV  12x500 £30.00 including delivery

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      Britain's favourite Gluten Free Bitter (certified well below Codex standard 20ppm) smooth, creamy, good head and full flavoured. Indistinguishable from normal beer. Supplied to Harrods for their "Truly British" promotion in Autumn 2005 and blue rosette winner for taste at  the Chesterfield CAMRA festival February 2006. Against the Grain won GOLD in the  speciality bottled beers section at North of England "Oscars" organised by the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA)
 
 

Old Pals Session Bitter Box

Selection Box       31

12x500 £24.00

 

 

 2 each Wold Top Bitter, Nethergates Suffolk County, Cotleigh Golden Seahawk, Humpty Dumpty Cheltenham Flyer, Against the Grain, Wooden Hand Cornish Buccaneer
 

Connoisseurs Stout & Porter

Selection Box       32

12x500 £24.00

 

 

 3 each Wooden Hand Black Pearl, Humpty Dumpty Railway Porter, Nethergates Old Growler and Cotleigh Peregrine Porter
 

Easy Drinking Selection

Selection Box       33

12x500 £24.00

 

 

 3 each Wold Top Bitter, Wooden Hand Mutiny, Nethergates Umbel Ale, Wold Top Wolds Way
 

Chairman's Selection

Selection Box       34

12x500 £25.00

 

 

 3 each of 4 different beers chosen for you by the Chairman
     
     
      

Gift Voucher     157

12x500  £29.00


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Brewery

    Tasting Notes

Bottle Size & Price

 

N.B Please call 07957 864 727  if you would like a full case of any of the beers shown below as they may not always be available


Brewery

           Tasting Notes

 

Batemans

XXXB 4.8% ABV
 

 

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Brilliant blend of malt, hops and fruit with a bite that carries on into the aftertaste. A classic premium ale. Class winner at the 2000 exhibition
  Victory Ale 6.0% ABV
  Powerful, nutty flavour with a long hoppy finish.  Featured in Harrods "Truly British" promotion in Autumn 2005
  Combined Harvest 4.7% ABV
  Wheaty aroma, exceptionally smooth, unusual multi-grain beer, huge head. Could drink all night. a favourite with former lager drinkers.
  Dark Lord 5.0% ABV
  Dark ruby, porter style beer rich and spicy with a hint of citrus, Excellent with roast beef
  Summer Swallow 4.2% ABV
  Floral nose, crisp and clean sparkling golden beer with subtle bitterness
 

Hook Norton

Double Stout 4.8% ABV
 

 

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An exceptional dark red-brown stout, strong roast malt flavour, dry finish.  More character than Guinness we think
  Hooky Bitter 3.4% ABV
  Surprising strength of flavour, full of hops and malt, one to drink all night
  Old Hooky 4.6% ABV
  Well balanced and full bodied, very hoppy character with a long fruity finish
  Twelve Days 5.5% ABV
  Wonderfully complex dark ale, well aged in the bottle, strong malty finish and aftertaste. Vintage beers to celebrate Christmas and the New Year
  303 A.D. 4.0% ABV
  This very English beer with English malt and English hops is dry and crisp with a fruity finish. 303AD is supposed to be the year St George slew the Dragon!
  Cotleigh Golden Seahawk 4.2% ABV
 




 

Best bitter with a strong citrus bite and honey sweetness with a malty and citrus aroma
  Peregrine Porter 6.0% ABV
  Dark classic porter, sweet biscuit, liquorice and malt hints with long creamy finish.
  Barn Owl 4.5% ABV
  Crisp, malty premium bitter, Dark copper colour with bitter sweet finish
 

Humpty Dumpty

Little Sharpie 3.8%  ABV
 

       

        
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Golden yellow bitter with light hoppy aroma and a clean finish
  Railway Sleeper 5.0% ABV
  Full bodied strong ale, with fruity nose. Good maltiness leaving long dry finish.
  Reedcutter 4.4% ABV
  Golden ale with pineapple hints, hops and fruit give a bitter sweet finish.
  Porter 6.0% ABV
  A London style porter with a total of 4 different malts giving a touch of liquorice spiciness and chocolate undertones.
  Nethergates    Old Growler 5.5% ABV
 

   

  

A superbly heavyweight all malt porter.  Champion winter ale of Gt Britain & Gold Medal winner at the National Brewery Exhibition 1999 and overall (All Classes) winner in 2003. Also champion beer at the Chicago World Beer Festival in March 2004
  Umbel Ale 3.8% ABV
  Traditionally brewed lighter beer, very refreshing and clean on the palate. Made with hops, malt and traces of coriander. Champion speciality ale and Gold medal winner from over 500 entries at the National Brewers Exhibition 2000
  Suffolk County Best Bitter 4.0% ABV
  THE classic English best bitter. Clear and smooth on the palate. Long hoppy finish.  Knocks Greene King IPA for six
 

Wold Top

Wold Top Bitter 3.7% ABV
 

 

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Crisp clean aromatic session bitter, unusually full flavour for a low gravity beer, with long hoppy finish
  Mars Magic Premium Ale 4.6% ABV
  Premium amber bitter, smooth and fruity with both hops and malt to the fore in another long lingering finish
  Wold Gold 4.8% ABV
  Another winner from Wold Top, crisp, fruity and satisfying creamy best bitter
  Wolds Way 3.2% ABV
  The refreshing fruity dryness of this pale ale makes a perfect end to the day
 

Wooden Hand

Cornish Mutiny 4.8% ABV
 

   
   

Smooth complex and fruity with burnt toffee undertones. Golden ale crisp and clean wonderful to sample with friends by an open fire
  Cornish Buccaneer 4.3% ABV
  Great 'Thursday Night' beer with plenty of hops, smoky and fruity at the same time.  Our tasting panel was bowled over
 

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