| Brewery | Beer | ABV (%) | Tasting Notes |
|---|
| Atlas | Kinlochleven, Argyllshire | Latitude | 3.6 | An intensely hoppy, fruity light ale; full of citrus |
| Atlas | Kinlochleven, Argyllshire | Nimbus | 5 | Well balanced yellow beer; dry and fruity |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Orient Line | 4.2 | Launched in October 2004 at Bolton Beer Festival |
| Bank Top | Bolton, Greater Manchester | Pavillion Pale Ale | 4.5 | Named after the brewery's new home |
| Boggart | Manchester | Brew | 4.3 | Highly quaffable ruby red beer |
| Boggart | Manchester | Standard Pioneer | 4 | Light, fruity ale |
| Boggart | Manchester | Starless Night | 4.2 | Rich chocolate stout with roasted nut aftertaste |
| Bowland | Clitheroe, Lancashire | Bowland Gold | 3.8 | Uncompromisingly hoppy golden bitter filled with fresh citrus flavours. Silver Medal winner at Peterborough Beer Festival 2004. |
| Bowland | Clitheroe, Lancashire | Headless Peg | 4.5 | The Ribble Valley legend of Peg O'Nell lives on in this strong traditional ale. Peg was a serving girl at the nearby Waddow Hall in the 18th century and legend has it that she broke her neck and died whilst fetching some water from the well. Peg's spirit is said to demand a life every seven years and, traditionally, an animal or a bird has been drowned on Peg's Night to satisfy her ghost. |
| Bowland | Clitheroe, Lancashire | Old Nick Knacker | 4.6 | Premium porter with fruit in the mouth and a chocolate finish. |
| Bowland | Clitheroe, Lancashire | Sawley Tempted | 3.7 | Copper-coloured ale filled with fruit and toffee flavours and the heady aroma of Mount Hood hops. |
| Breconshire | Brecon, Powys | Golden Valley | 4.2 | Malt, hops and fruit give a good aroma and flavour with a building bitterness |
| Breconshire | Brecon, Powys | Ramblers Ruin | 5 | A dark, amber beer; malty and well hopped |
| Caledonian | Edinburgh | Deuchars IPA | 3.8 | Extremely tasty amber hoppy brew; lovely |
| Cambrinus | Prescot, Merseyside | Yardstick | 4 | Mild, malty and lightly hopped |
| Church End | Nuneaton, Warwickshire | Rest in Peace | 7 | Strong winter-only brew |
| Church End | Nuneaton, Warwickshire | Stout Coffin | 4.6 | Black, chewy, tasty and creamy as a good stout should be |
| City of Cambridge | Chittering, Cambridgeshire | Boathouse Bitter | 3.8 | Copper brown, full bodied session bitter |
| City of Cambridge | Chittering, Cambridgeshire | Hobsons Choice | 4.1 | Highly drinkable golden brew with pronounced hop |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Flintlock | 3.8 | Very pale beer; light on the palate with a slightly sweet finish |
| Coach House | Warrington, Cheshire | Old Wharf Bitter | 5 | Aroma of apples and butterscotch leads to a bitter tang and clean, flinty finish |
| Dark Tribe | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire | Red Rooster | 4 | New brew |
| Dark Tribe | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire | Twin Screw | 5.1 | Fruity rose-hip flavour with a hoppy aftertaste |
| Exmoor | Taunton, Somerset | Exmoor Gold | 4.5 | BBBB favourite; yellow bitter with a clean hoppy aftertaste |
| Fenland | Ely, Cambridgeshire | IPA | 3.9 | New beer from Cambridgeshire |
| Frankton Bagby | Rugby, Warwickshire | Red Oak | 3.9 | New beer from Rugby |
| Fugelestou | Louth, Lincolnshire | Marsh Mild | 4.2 | New and rare mild |
| Goffs | Winchcombe, Gloucestershire | Jouster | 4 | Lovely tawny ale with bitterness and fruit |
| Greenfield | Oldham, Greater Manchester | Clog Dancer | 4.2 | Rare brew |
| Harviestoun | Alva, Clackmannanshire | Bitter and Twisted | 4.2 | Superb lemon-bitter brew; Champion beer of Wigan |
| Harviestoun | Alva, Clackmannanshire | Jack The Lad | 4.1 | Seasonal beer |
| Hook Norton | Banbury, Oxfordshire | Double Stout | 4.8 | Rich, dark and highly drinkable |
| Hook Norton | Banbury, Oxfordshire | Old Hookey | 4.6 | Full bodied, fruity beer with hoppy character and sweet finish |
| Hop Back | Salisbury, Wiltshire | Summer Lightning | 5 | Dangerously drinkable beer with hoppy aroma and intense bitterness |
| Hoskins | Swindon | Tom Kelly's Stout | 4.2 | A welcome return for this dark, rich brew |
| Hydes | Salford, Greater Manchester | Perfection | 4.8 | Dark robust ale; full bodied and full flavoured |
| Isle of Skye | Portree, Isle of Skye | Deligance | 4.4 | Scottish ale brewed under licence |
| J.W. Lees | Middleton, Manchester | Icebreaker | 4 | Seasonal wheat beer |
| J.W. Lees | Middleton, Manchester | Moonraker (Cask) | 6.5 | Strong malty fruit aroma with dry fruity finish |
| Langton | Market Harborough, Leicestershire | Bowler Strong Ale | 4.8 | Strong red ale with a hoppy nose |
| Litton Ale | Skipton, North Yorkshire | Pots Beck | 4.2 | Brand new brewery at Queens Arms in Yorkshire Dales |
| Mallard | Nottingham | Quackerjack | 4 | New seasonal ale |
| Mayflower | Wigan, Greater Manchester | Special Branch | 4 | Very pale and hoppy beer brewed for Royal Oak (brewery tap) |
| Merlin (Leigh - Closed) | Leigh, Lancashire | Astley Gold | 3.8 | Started brewing December 2004; multi-layered copper-amber beer |
| Merlin (Leigh - Closed) | Leigh, Lancashire | Vision | 4.2 | Golden full-flavoured beer with long, delightful, dry finish |
| Mighty Oak | Maldon, Essex | Burntwood Bitter | 4 | Tawny bitter with roasty palate dominated by coffee character |
| Mighty Oak | Maldon, Essex | Oscar Wilde Mild | 3.7 | Dry reddish mild with smokey dark chocolate taste |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pendle Witches Brew | 5.1 | Distinctive strong bitter with honey sweet taste but dry bitter finish |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Premier Bitter | 3.7 | |
| Moorhouses | Burnley, Lancashire | Pride of Pendle | 4.1 | Voted best cask bitter by brewers; long, dry finish |
| Newmans | Banwell, Somerset | Wolvers | 4.1 | Rounded best bitter with good body and astringent hoppy finish |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | Cold Turkey | 6.3 | Deep red with robust malt flavour and blackcurrant hop notes |
| Oakham | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | JHB | 3.8 | Award winning hoppy, straw coloured citrus brew; try it |
| Oakleaf | Gosport | Blake's Gosport Bitter | 5.2 | Belgium style beer with vinous finish; warming and well balanced |
| Old Bear | Keighley, North Yorkshire | Original | 3.8 | Refreshing balanced brew with dry, bitter aftertaste |
| Orkney | Stromness, Orkney | Skull Splitter | 8.5 | Satiny, smooth; deceptively light but dangerously drinkable |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Best Bitter | 3.9 | Tawny with a hint of sweetness in a full bitter with a dry hoppy finish |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Snowbound | 4.3 | Pale citrus winter bew; delicious |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | White Monk | 4.5 | Yellow beer with plenty of fruit and very bitter finish |
| Phoenix | Heywood, Greater Manchester | Wobbly Bob | 6 | BBBB classic; red-brown with malty fruity aroma |
| Portchester | Fareham, Hampshire | Slingshot | 4.2 | Assertively bitter golden beer from Portsmouth brewery |
| Robinsons | Stockport, Cheshire | Old Tom | 8.5 | Dark, complex beer; malt, port and fruit leads to a long bitter-sweet finish |
| Rudgate | York, North Yorkshire | Well Blathered | 5 | A premium golden ale |
| Sarah Hughes | Dudley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6 | Vastly popular strong mild; rich and warming |
| Shaw's | Dukinfield, Greater Manchester | North Down Pale | 4 | Hoppy pale ale brewed with North Down hops |
| Southport | Southport, Merseyside | Old Shrimper | 6 | |
| Southport | Southport, Merseyside | Sandgrounder Bitter | 3.8 | |
| Theakston | Masham, North Yorkshire | Old Peculier | 5.7 | Famous dark strong ale now returned to the Theakston family |
| Thomas' | NorthWest | Rottweiller | 6.2 | Strong beer especially produced for the BBBB; beware the hoppy bite!! |
| Three Rivers | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Aquarium Ale | 4 | Brand new beer; light and bubbly |
| Three Rivers | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Black Moon Stout | 4.8 | Rich, dark and bitter stout; recreated brew from daughter brewery in Bali |
| Three Rivers | Stockport, Greater Manchester | GMT | 3.8 | Easy drinking golden bitter with a light floral finish |
| Three Rivers | Stockport, Greater Manchester | Pilgrims Progress | 4.2 | Light amber in colour but full bodied with hints of caramel and coffee |
| Thwaites | Blackburn, Lancashire | Lancaster Bomber | 4.4 | Toasted malt and hops aroma with pronounced bitter finish |
| Thwaites | Blackburn, Lancashire | Mild | 3.3 | Now rare but tasty dark mild with malty flavour and caramel notes |
| Timothy Taylor | Keighley, West Yorkshire | Landlord | 4.3 | Dry, hoppy beer; 3 times Champion Beer of Britain |
| Tower | Burton on Trent, Staffordshire | Malty Towers | 4.4 | Yellow beer with malty, tobacco aroma and long, dry, bitter finish |
| Westerham | Edenbridge, Kent | British Bulldog | 4.3 | |
| Westerham | Edenbridge, Kent | Puddle Duck Porter | 4.5 | |
| WF6 | Normanton, West Yorkshire | Birkwood Circle | 4.5 | |
| Whitley Bridge | Wakefield, West Yorkshire | Gunslinger | 4.2 | Brewery launched in 2003 |
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