Specialist Drinks
We have a number of
specialist draught and bottled beers available, our specialist beer menu
is included below. We also have a selection of fruit and
country wines as well as Scottish and Irish Whiskys available.
SPECIALIST
BEERS ON DRAUGHT:
Liefmans
Fruitesse, 3.8% |
V |
A fruity pleasantly sweet, sparkling and
refreshing beer blended with the juices of stawberry, raspberry, cherry,
blueberry and juniper. |
Leffe
Blonde, Belgium, 6.6% |
V |
The Leffe Abbey
overlooks the river Meuse at Dinant in the Wallon region
where they made beer until the Napoleonic times, in the
1950's it made the first licencing arrangement thus creating
"Abbey Beers". Now it is the best known "Abbey Beer" in
Belgium being brewed to the monastic recipe in a commercial
brewery. Light bodied for
its strength and with a little hoppy dryness at the finish
and a spicy clove like aroma.
|
Konig Pilsner, 4.9% |
V |
A truly authentic German Pilsner, pale straw
in colour topped by a brilliant white frothy head,
clean and crisp with a classic Pilsner aroma. |
Erdinger
Heffe Weissbier, Germany, 5.3% |
V |
Top fermented
premium wheat beer. Heffe means "added yeast" leading to a
hazy appearance. Refreshing and sparkling with a particularly flowery
bouquet, hints of apples and cloves lead to a gentle fruity finish. |
4 craft keg beers available (please see chalk board) and a
selection of cans (please ask staff for details.
|
SPECIALIST
BOTTLED BEERS:
Leffe
Brune, Belgium, 6.5% |
V |
A ruby/brown beer with a thick creamy head,
intense fruity nose and sumptuous, thick, rich milk chocolate flavours
and a malty finish.
|
Leffe Radieuse,
Belgium, 8.2% |
V |
The name refers to the halo that radiates
around the head of a saint. An extra strong dark beer with a sweetish
roast flavour.
|
Duvel,
Belgium, 8.5% |
V |
"Devil Beer" Deceptively strong, delicious
straw coloured ale, has a soft seductive palate with a
strong hop aroma, and a fabulously creamy head.
|
Guinness Export,
Belgium, 8.0% |
|
Brewed in Dublin for Belgium this stout has
a ripe dark fruity aroma, great depth of hop, burnt raisins in the mouth
and a long bitter sweet finish. |
Rodenbach Grand Cru,
Belgium, 6.0% |
V |
Supremely sour red - brown beer, fermented in
oak for at least 18 months. One of the worlds classic beers and the
finest example of an old or Flemish red Ale. |
Kwak,
Belgium, 8.0% |
|
Smooth, sweetish ale, darkish red in colour
with a slight liquorice aroma and palate. Very distinctive with a most
unusual glass. |
Timmerans Peche,
Belgium, 4.0% |
V |
One of the best peach beers available,
smooth and sweet, likened to a peach champagne by many, very peachy!
|
Timmermans Kriek, Belgium, 4.0% |
V |
A good commercial cherry beer with balanced
acidity.
|
Timmermans Framboise,
Belgium, 4.0% |
V |
A fruity, raspberry beer with a delicate
taste, easily drinkable.
|
Aecht Schlenkeria Rauchbier,
Germany, 5.1% |
V |
Dark brown in colour, with an intense smoked
malt aroma and palate, with dry malt in the mouth and a deep smoked malt
finish. |
Orval,
Belgium, 6.2% |
V |
A very dry,
herby beer characterised by a bouquet of fresh hops, with a
fruity notes and pronounced bitterness. As with other
Trappist beers, the flavours will change depending upon age
of the beer and the temperature it is served at. |
Westmalle
Triple, Belgium, 5% |
V |
A clear golden yellow trappist beer. A
complex fruity aroma and nice hop scent with a splendid
aftertaste. (Bottle Conditioned). |
Saison
Dupont, Belgium, 6.5% |
V |
A beautifully
balanced, complex beer that has a refreshing fruitiness and
long, dry finish, it is bottled unfiltered so maybe cloudy
or have a slight sediment that is normal and perfectly
natural. |
Chimay
Red, Belgium, 7.0% |
V |
This trappist
beer known as "Premiere" is a dark brown dubbel and has a
sweet fruity aroma with a creamy head. |
Ampleforth Abbey Dubbel, England, 7.0% |
V |
A dark coloured and full
bodied Abbey beer, in the Belgium Trappist style with a
fruity, malty flavour. |
Hiver Honey
Beer, England, 5.0% |
|
A golden straw colour and
opens with an inviting honey and biscuit aroma, Through a
sparing use of challenger and uk cascade hops a hint of
citrus brings depth and balance. |
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA,
England, 5.9% |
|
A complex combination of all that makes beer great. The
immediate impression of Jaipur is soft and smooth but this
rapidly builds around the mouth to a crescendo of massive
hoppiness. |
GLUTEN FREE:
Estrella
Damm Daura, Spain, 5.4% |
V |
Multi award winning golden
(pilsner like) lager. (3ppm). |
Brewdog
Vagabond, Scotland,
4.5% |
V |
A pacific Coast Pale Ale, the
hops explode with floral notes, quickly surrendering to a
cornucopia of crazy caramel and finally melting into an
abyss of citrus (zero gluten). |
Hollows &
Fentimans Ginger Beer, England, 4.0% |
V |
All natural alcoholic ginger beer is made using a time
honoured recipe from just five ingredients: ginger roots,
water, sugar, pear juice and yeast. |
Brass
Castle Bad Kitty,
England, 5.5% |
V |
An award winning
(vegan friendly) bottle conditioned chocolate and vanilla
porter, smooth and rich on the palate.
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BOTTLED WHEAT BEERS:
Erdinger Dunkel Weissbier,
Germany, 5.6% |
V |
A dark (Dunkel) wheat beer top fermented,
tawny but bright with a pleasant chocolate and liquorice aroma and
palate. |
BOTTLED STOUTS AND PORTERS:
Brooklyn
Chocolate Stout, USA, 10.0% |
V |
A luscious deep
dark chocolate flavoured imperial stout style ale, achieved
through a blend of specially roasted malts. Liquid velvet!
|
Crew
Republic Smoked Porter, Germany, 6.5% |
V |
An experimental
brew using East Kent Golding hops with smoked and roasted
malts.
|
Black Sheep Imperial Russian
Stout, England, 8.5% |
V |
A deliciously
dark, strong & powerful beer to be savoured...
Irresistible but not for the faint
hearted. |
Rudgate
York Chocolate Stout, England, 5.0% |
|
The rich,
complex flavours are complemented by a single estate
colombian chocolate essence specially created by York Cocoa
House. |