| Brewery | Beer | ABV (%) | Tasting Notes |
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| 4T’s | Runcorn, Cheshire | Dark Evil Knight | 7.2 | The Silver Knight's dark side! A rich, robust porter. |
| 4T’s | Runcorn, Cheshire | Silver Knight | 5.2 | A new beer from the local micro brewery, brewed especially for BBBB's 25th festival. |
| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Absolution | 5.3 | Mid-straw coloured beer with aromas of tropical fruit and mangos. |
| Abbeydale | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Speculation | 4 | A golden ale that has a well balanced, smooth and biscuit taste. |
| Acorn | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Blonde | 4 | Clean tasting hoppy beer with fruity aftertaste. |
| Acorn | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Bullseye | 4.5 | Rich red bitter that is sweet and malty with caramel notes. |
| Acorn | Barnsley, South Yorkshire | Gorlovka Imperial Stout | 6 | Rich and smooth. Full of chocolate and liquorish flavours. |
| Alechemy | Livingston | Bad Day At The Office | 4.5 | Had a bad day at the office? Then time to quaff a couple of this great anti-stress beer and have a good night at the BBBB. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Blue Sky Tea | 4.2 | Pale fruity tea aroma. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Crombouke Day-Eye TnT | 3.9 | A single hopped American Pale Ale using TnT from the Barth-Haas Group of hops. |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Gin Pit | 4.3 | A pale ale with a smooth malt balance and a sweet, fruity flavour. The pit and village lies on the Tyldesley/Astley border.
Mrs Otto says
Its brewed with juniper berries don't you know! Save some for me please! |
| Allgates | Wigan, Lancashire | Milk Stout | 4.5 | Traditional milk stout. Smooth, dark and delicious. |
| Art Brew | Bridport, Dorset | Now Beer | 6.5 | An odd flavour of mildly spicy tea, like Lapsang Souchong, but it's not that and it's more peppery. Touch of marmalade leads to a dry finish. Quite enjoyable in a strange way.
Mrs Otto says
Your taste buds will have a party with this beer! There's an underlying spiciness and a lovely hoppy kick. Very nice. |
| Ascot | Camberley, Surrey | Pengiun Porter | 4.5 | Beautiful smooth chestnut ale with an initial subtle hoppiness giving way to coffee malt flavour then rich chocolate at the finish. |
| Backyard | Walsall, West Midlands | Stout | 4.8 | Smooth, rich, dark ale. Mid dry palate. Sweet and understated bitter finish. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Barley to Beer | 3.6 | English malt and East European hops blend to give a pale bitter with a citrus and herb finish. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Blonde | 5 | A very pale ale with pleasant woody flavour and distinct berry aroma. |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Pavillion Pale Ale | 4.5 | Fruity yellow beer with citrus hop aroma. |
| Belleville | London | Battersea Brownstone | 4.8 | A rare brown ale. Fruity and nutty with caramel and toffee from the chocolate and crystal malts, and a little spice in the finish. |
| Binghams | Ruscombe, Berkshire | Vanilla Hoppy IPA | 5 | Flavoured IPA from this Berkshire Brewery. |
| Black Hole | Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire | Starry Night | 4.4 | A mild fruity caramel malt aroma. Fruity spicy caramel malt flavour. Smooth with sweet aftertaste. A decent spicy bitter. |
| Bootleg | Manchester | Lawless | 4.7 | Full bodied premium best bitter with a deep amber colour. |
| Bootleg | Manchester | Treason and Plot | 4.6 | Brewed with treacle. A balanced stout with just enough treacle not to be too sweet. |
| Bradfield | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Belgian Blue | 4.9 | This unique beer has Christmas berry overtones and a slight blue tint to the head, making it an unusual winter warmer. |
| Cheshire Brewhouse | Congleton, Cheshire | Cheshire Gap | 3.7 | A session pale ale. Challenger hops with a New World hop twist. |
| Cross Bay | Morecambe, Lancashire | Nightfall | 3.8 | Amber session ale with a spicy fruit finish. |
| Cross Bay | Morecambe, Lancashire | Zenith | 5 | Light gold IPA with tropical aroma and a hefty kick of 3 hop varieties. |
| Dark Star | Haywards Heath, West Sussex | The Art Of Darkness | 3.5 | This is a low gravity beer with a big heart. Crunchy roast background but light and refreshing. A thing of great value! |
| East London | London | East India Spice | 5.5 | Spiced winter ale with nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and orange peel. |
| East London | London | Jamboree | 4.8 | A golden summer ale using English hops throughout, in particular Bramling Cross. |
| Elland | Elland, West Yorkshire | 1872 Porter | 6.5 | Champion Beer of Britain 2013. Rich, complex and dark porter from an original 1872 recipe; with an old port nose and coffee and bitter chocolate flavours on the palate. |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Gold | 4.5 | Exmoor Gold is an appetising and enticing gold in colour. Bittersweet with hints of citrus fruit weaving in and out. |
| Fernandes | Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Ale to the Tsar | 4.1 | A pale, smooth, well-balanced beer with some sweetness leading to a nutty, malty and satisfying aftertaste. |
| Fool Hardy | Stockport, Cheshire | Rash | 3.8 | A rich copper beer with a very light floral aroma. Initial toffee flavour immediately gives way to a bombardment of flavours.
Mrs Otto says
There is some toffee there, but it won't overpower you and it soon gives way to a wonderful hoppy taste that lingers and lingers.
These two Fool Hardy ales are usually only available at the Hope Inn, Stockport, so make the most of this opportunity to try them both. |
| Fool Hardy | Stockport, Cheshire | Risky | 4.4 | An easy drinking pale ale with a good balance of hops, subtle hints of citrus and a well rounded finish.
Mrs Otto says
This is a beautiful pale ale with a good balance between the hops and the subtle underlying citrus flavour.
These two Fool Hardy ales are usually only available at the Hope Inn, Stockport, so make the most of this opportunity to try them both. |
| Great Heck | Goole, North Yorkshire | Yule Twig | 5.2 | A collaboration brew between Great Heck in Goole and the Steel City Brewery, Sheffield. Brown, but definitely not twiggy! Munich and roast malts. Lots of fruity hops. Rich brown and hoppy with notes of Xmas pud. |
| Holts | Manchester | Bitter | 4 | Full drinking and original cask bitter rich in colour and taste. |
| Holts | Manchester | Maplemoon | 4.3 | Brewed using unique subtle maple flavouring. |
| Holts | Manchester | Mild | 3.2 | Dark brown colour with light caramel malty sweetness. |
| Hopcraft | Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan | Bang Tidy | 4.8 | A hopped up version of their better than average best bitter. |
| Hopstar | Darwen, Lancashire | Lancashire Gold | 4 | Well balanced brew with Maris Otter malt and a blend of English and American hops. |
| Hopstar | Darwen, Lancashire | Smokey Joes Black Ale | 4 | SIBA & CAMRA multi award winning stout. Black and malty with just a hint of fruit. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Original Bitter | 3.8 | Pale brown malty brew with earthy hoppiness. |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | XXXX | 6.8 | Classic chestnut coloured warming winter ale. |
| J.W. Lees | Middleton, Manchester | Manchester Pale Ale | 3.7 | Yellow beer with floral citrus and malt aroma. |
| Ludlow | Ludlow, Shropshire | Black Knight | 4.5 | A stout with a fully roasted barley flavour with coffee overtones and a gentle bitter finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Blonde Witch | 4.5 | Light gold fruity beer with a lasting finish. |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Ice Witch | 4.3 | Clear gold with a fruity aroma and floral citrus taste. |
| Mouselow Farm | Dinting, Derbyshire | Golden Gosling | 3.5 | Light, delicately flavoured bitter. |
| Mr Grundy's | Derby, Derbyshire | No Man's Land | 4.5 | Dark in colour - yet hoppy - retaining the soft malty flavours of a traditional bitter. |
| Naylors | Keighley, North Yorkshire | Porticus Stout | 4.1 | A classic stout. Black, rich and smooth.
Mrs Otto says
Roasted malts, a hint of butterscotch and at the same time not too bitter. Mmmmmmm yum!
I can already tell this will be a new BBBB favourite! Get it before it disappears! |
| Nine Standards (Settle) | Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria | Silver Standard | 4.3 | A classic pale ale with a strong hoppy aroma. |
| North Star | Ilkeston, Derbyshire | The Devil's Deadly Weapon | 6.66 | A complex 'beast' ale with hints of port wine. |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Inferno | 4 | This light, igniting ale flickers complex fruits across your tongue, leaving a dry, fruity, bitter finish, smothering your thirst. |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | JHB | 3.8 | Another BBBB classic bitter. |
| Offbeat | Crewe, Cheshire | Double Dotty IPA | 8.2 | An Imperial IPA; full of tropical fruit with a bitter refreshing end. |
| Offbeat | Crewe, Cheshire | Way Out Wheat | 4.5 | CAMRA and SIBA award winner. Hefeweizen style wheat beer with a slightly sweeter edge with coriander and sweet orange peel. Bubblegum and banana on the nose give this a full fruit bowl of aromas. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Bumblehole | 5.2 | Strong, sweet robust bitter. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Entire | 4.4 | Faintly hoppy, amber premium bitter, with sweetness persistent throughout. |
| Olde Swan | Dudley, West Midlands | Ma Pardoes Original | 3.5 | Classic Black Country quaffing ale. |
| Ossett | Ossett, West Yorkshire | Silver King | 4.3 | Silver King has won many prestigious awards. This lager-style beer has a crisp, dry flavour and a fruity, citrus aroma. |
| Outstanding | Bury, Greater Manchester | Silver Fox | 4 | House ale for the Automatic Café, Bury. Hoppy with a bitter finish. |
| Outstanding | Bury, Greater Manchester | Silver St. One | 4 | Pale beer using kohatu hops from down under. |
| Penpont | Launceston, Cornwall | Silent Knight | 7.2 | Dark festival brew, subtly spiced. |
| Pied Bull | Chester, Cheshire | Matador | 5 | A rich malt driven ale featuring an aromatic hop profile. Beware, easily drinkable. |
| Portobello | Kensington, Greater London | Apache IPA | 7 | And Old English IPA. Robust bitterness and an explosion of hop flavour and aroma. |
| Privateer | Manchester | Bonaventure | 4 | Raspberry wheat beer. |
| Privateer | Manchester | Silver Special | 3.7 | A sessionable ale brewed with American hops, watch out for the fruity finish! |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Alf | 3.9 | A malty red beer made with calypso hops for a fruity aroma. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Clementine | 5 | SIBA winner. A spicy, dark and luscious beer packed with seasonal aromas and a classic clementine flavour in the smooth finish. |
| Prospect | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Silver Tally | 3.7 | A clean, pale golden yellow beer with citrus aromas, a dry bitter sweet balance and full hop flavour. |
| Rat (Osset) | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | Lab Rat | 4.3 | A classic pale ale with citrus hop character and balanced bittering.
Mrs Otto says
Indulge your inner scientist with this delicious pale ale. It's brewed at the Rat and Ratchet in Huddersfield, one of Osset's microbreweries. These smaller plants allow for some experimentation with the recipes that isn't possible in the bigger, main breweries. Where good chemistry meets good brewing, good beer is the result.
N.B. No rats were harmed during the making of this beer! |
| Redwillow | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Soulless | 7.2 | Hugely enjoyable black IPA. Hoppy with fresh lemon tart and a powerfully rich fruity blend with a moderate sweetness. |
| Salamander | Bradford, West Yorkshire | Stout | 4.5 | A dark Moorish stout with note of liquorice and roasted malts. Quite fruity. Slight bitterness. Light smoky and caramel. |
| Sarah Hughes | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6 | Classic BBBB strong dark mild from the Black Country. What more can we say? |
| Shiny | Little Eaton, Derbyshire | Keyworth | 4 | A new session ale from this new and interesting brewery. |
| Stables | Stanley, Durham | Silver Buckles | 4.4 | An India Pale Ale. Light and golden biscuit with a grapefruit finish. |
| Thornbridge | Bakewell, Derbyshire | Kipling | 5.2 | Typical of a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wine, this wonderful South Pacific Ale has a great grassy nose with kiwi fruits in abundance. The wonderful fruity mouth gives way to a great bitter finish. |
| Thornbridge | Bakewell, Derbyshire | Wild Swan | 3.5 | White gold in colour with aromas of light bitter lemon. A hint of herbs and a subtle spiciness. A great refreshing beer. |
| Thwaites | Blackburn, Lancashire | Gain Line | 3.5 | A crisp and easy drinking pale ale. |
| Thwaites | Blackburn, Lancashire | Smoke Stack | 5.8 | A Rauchbier with a distinctively smoky aroma and a mix of smoky peat and charcoal flavours. |
| Timothy Taylor | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Landlord | 4.3 | Multi award winning. A BBBB favourite. A classic Yorkshire bitter. |
| Tiny Rebel | Newport, Gwent | Dirty Stop Out | 5 | CAMRA Champion Beer of Wales 2013. A unique schizophrenic beer. Complex, dark, with hints of smokiness. A blend of 9 malts matched up with a firmly hopped back bone make this a very self-assured stout. |
| Toolmakers | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | Sonic Screwdriver | 4.2 | A nice pale ale. A refreshing summery taste to get rid of the winter blues. |
| Truefitt | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire | Ironopolis | 4.7 | A North East Stout, full of chocolate and roasted flavours, slight tart red fruit and a nutty, dry, bitter finish. |
| Truefitt | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire | January Sale Ale | 3.7 | Pale ale infused with NZ Pacifica hops. Hints of oranges. |
| Wilson Potter | Manchester | Bon Don Doon | 4.2 | A refreshing blonde beer made with Columbus and Perle hops. |
| Worsthorne | Burnley, Lancashire | Gold | 3.6 | A spicy aroma leads to a distinctive taste using East European hops. |
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