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Always
striving to serve ales in top condition, we are proud to have been featured
for five consecutive years in the CAMRA's Good Beer
Guide in 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
We do not stock regular ales but like to stock a wide range of beers
across our handpulls. These are just a few of our most popular beers. |
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Malvern Hills Black Pear 4.4%
This beer has rapidly gained cult status and was the winner of "West
Midlands Beer of the Year in 2005". Some drinkers search far and wide
for this beer - but we have it on sale as a regular ale. It is a
golden premium beer with a combination of hops giving a pleasant bitter
finish. Three Black Pears appear on Worcester's second Coat of Arms,
which dates back to the 16th Century AD. For hundreds of years, the
Black Pear has remained a popular symbol of the County of
Worcestershire. The origins of this fruitful piece of Worcester's
heritage are sadly lost in the mists of time. There lingers a dramatic
tale of Queen Elizabeth I visiting the city of Worcester in 1575 and
remarking on the size of the fruit growing on a Black Pear tree, then
insisting it should be put on the city's Coat of Arms. Believe what you
like. There is no written evidence to this effect and some "experts"
claim this particular Queen never set eyes on Worcester during her life.
The first of Worcester's Coats of Arms features a castle with three
towers and nobody seems to know which castle this could be. So a rather
cloudy and mysterious past seems to haunt Worcester. At least the Black
Pear actually exists. There are Black Pear trees still growing in
Worcester's Cripplegate Park and the fruit is good for cooking.
Worcestershire is generally known for its pears and perry; neighbouring
Herefordshire for its apples and cider. These two counties are divided
by the Malvern Hills, the location of this exciting new brewery. |
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Exmoor Ales Fox 4.2%
Well, a fox beer is irresistible to us at the Fox Inn. Exmoor Fox is
as subtle as the creature after which it is named, this is one of Exmoor
Brewery’s most popular ales. Four malts are mixed in the mash tun and
deliver a graceful and sleek malty mouthfeel. Hops are Goldings,
producing a burst of delicate citrus and slight spice on the mid-palate,
and Progress, which soothes the finish with a soft bitterness, while
more malt comes forth to produce a delicious and lingering bittersweet
character. Exmoor Ales is based in Wiveliscombe, a Somerset town on the
edge of Exmoor. The town has been at the heart of West Country brewing
for two centuries. The famous Hancock's brewery dominated it and the
regional economy. Formed in 1807, its vast array of buildings crests the
hilltop, known as Golden Hill, and forms the skyline of the town visible
for miles around. At one time the Hancock’s employed half the town’s
workforce, and owned the best of the 36 town pubs! After the War,
Hancock’s, as many other regional breweries, fell to the consolidation
of the many by the few. Eventually in 1959 the site was abandoned.
Exmoor Ales "Golden Hill Brewery" occupied a modest part of the Hancock
site in 1980, where it has remained since acquiring more land and
buildings as it has grown over the years. |
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Highgate Highland Whisky Ale
4.4%
The last time we stocked this, our customers finished the cask off in a
matter of hours!! Made traditionally using pale, crystal and amber malts
and bittered with Fuggle, Golding, Styrian Golding and Progress and then
fortified at rack with half a bottle of whisky in every firkin. Malt and
higher alcohols on the nose are followed by an intensely malty palate
and a pleasant warm finish, courtesy of the whisky. A perfect beer to
keep out the winter cold. Brewing commenced at Highgate Brewery on 1st
July 1899. The population of Walsall was around 90,000. Lying on the
edge of the "Black Country", the workshop of England, Walsall had many
working collieries and a long established saddlery industry, both labour
intensive and thirsty occupations. Perhaps more importantly beer cost 2p
a pint! In 1895 Mr. James A. Fletcher, son of the proprietor of Fletcher
Brothers, an old established wines and spirits business in Ablewell
Street, Walsall, decided to establish the Highgate Brewery. He set about
acquiring property in Sandymount Road, to brew propriety beers and the
Brewery was incorporated as a limited company on 16th August 1898. |
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Sharp's Doom Bar
4.0%
The aroma of Doom Bar is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop,
inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a
perfect balance and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, light
roasted malty notes and a subtle yet assertive bitterness. The
bitterness remains into the finish with dry fruity notes. Doom Bar
Bitter is named after an infamous sandbank at the mouth of the Camel
Estuary in North Cornwall. The Doom Bar is at its most dangerous between
low and high tides when it is submerged by just a few feet where
unsuspecting mariners can easily become stranded or, in extreme weather,
shipwrecked. Doom Bar Bitter embodies many characteristics which makes
it worthy to carry the name of this natural wonder. Its distinctive
aroma and very fine balance sets it apart from other beers taking
unsuspecting first time drinkers by surprise with its moreish appeal. |
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Highgate Dark Mild
We sell the smooth version of this beer, a mild on which the
reputation of Highgate Brewery was built and first produced in 1899.
This traditional dark mild is brewed using pale, crystal and black malts
supplemented with high maltose syrup. Bitterness is provided using a
blend of Progress, Fuggle and Golding hops grown locally. Highgate Dark
Mild has a complex palate with chocolate, liquorice, roast malt and
fruit notes all discernible. A perfect balance between sweetness and
bitterness is evident and makes for a satisfying, yet more-ish beer. |
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John Smith's Extra Smooth
The "No Nonsense Beer", John Smith's Extra Smooth Bitter is the
famous British beer with the No Nonsense attitude. It was launched in
1995 alongside John Smith's Bitter, and has become the UK's best-selling
ale. It has been brewed at the famous John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster
since 1847. |
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Foster's Super Chilled
Foster’s Lager is Australia’s original, full strength lager. Its
signature full malt character on the mid-palate blends well with a
delicate creaminess and crisp, clean hop finish, creating a perfect
balance to the beer. Launched by the Foster Brothers in 1887, this
lighter European style lager became the beer of choice for Australian
beer drinkers creating a milestone in brewing history - largely thanks
to the brothers' innovative refrigeration process. Today, Foster’s Lager
is one of the fastest growing, truly global beer brands, available in
more than 150 countries. |
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Kronenbourg 1664
Sold in 70 countries worldwide, Kronenbourg 1664 is France’s No 1
selling beer and the UK’s second biggest premium selling lager. Its
unique recipe is distinguished by the use of the aromatic Strisselspalt
hop – the ‘caviar of hops’ which sets it apart from other beers. The
Strisselspalt hop has been exclusive to Alsace – the home of Kronenbourg
1664 - since 1885 and is a unique variety of French aromatic hops,
giving the beer an unrivalled aroma and superior taste. It is a 5.0%
continental premium lager, more bitter than sweet, with a distinctive
citrus flavour predominantly reminiscent of grapefruit. Kronenbourg was
launched in the UK in 1952 to mark The Queen’s accession to the throne.
Kronenbourg 1664’s distinctive continental style fount can be found in
bars and restaurants and features a head injection tap (HIT) that
delivers the perfect pour, giving a tight, smooth head that lasts the
whole pint long. |
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Guinness
Guinness Draught is the UK’s best selling black beer. A unique mix
of nitrogen and carbon dioxide helps create Guinness Draught’s liquid
swirl that tumbles, surges and gradually separates into a black body and
smooth creamy head. The rise and fall of the bubbles has perplexed PhD
physicists. But all you need to focus on is the taste. With an initial
malt and caramel flavour, Guinness Draught finishes with a dry roasted
bitterness. |
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Strongbow
A strong, dry cider, Strongbow delivers a full bodied, refreshing
taste. It is the unrivalled consumer’s favourite around the world,
accounting for over a quarter of all cider sold in the UK annually.
Strongbow stands at No 8 in the Top Ten Chart of UK best selling long
alcoholic drinks, more popular than most major lager brands. Strongbow
is a Gold Medal winner at the International Beer and Cider Competition,
London, voted best tasting cider in blind tastings by a consumer led
panel of judges. Strongbow is named after the Norman knight, Richard de
Clare, later Earl of Pembroke, who was nicknamed ‘Strongbow’ by his
troops for his feats of strength and prowess with the longbow. The
‘thudding arrow’ has been a feature of the brand’s television
advertising since the 1960’s. |
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