Beers

We have five beer engines at the tap that are in constant use. That means we always have four beers available at any one time with the fifth engine ready as soon as one runs out. Our customers generally prefer the session beers between 3.4 and 4.2 abv and we generally keep to this pattern, although we do occasionally ring the changes and have a more powerful brew. Below are a selection of our regular beers that we enjoy and we also mix in a few others on a regular basis to keep abreast of things. We are always very keen to keep our beer prices as low as we can and currently our prices start at £1.80 a pint.

	Tinners – 3.7% abv	A traditional delicious Cornish ale, brewed with the finest malts and choicest hops. Tinners has a light refreshing flavour with only a hint of bitterness, ideal for revitalising the palate when drunk with a curry, chilli or spicy Italian lasagne.
	Tribute – 4.2% abv	A our premium handcrafted ale, deserving to be savoured with a premium dish. Tribute has become a popular favourite with drinkers both in Cornwall and further up-country. Its moreish hoppy flavour complements a fine chicken, gammon or fish dish in particular. Look out for its fresh citrus nose, good enough to rival any fine white wine.
	Dartmoor Best Bitter –	A beer with a strong regional heritage, Dartmoor Best Bitter is a fine easy drinking session ale with a touch of bitterness, complemented by a smooth malty finish. Ideal with a crusty Ploughman's lunch.
	Fullers London Pride - abv 4.1	London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles)London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale.
	Wychwood Tight Head 4.0 abv
	Butcombe Silver Jubilee - 4.3 abv
	Butcombe Bitter - 4.0 abv	Amber coloured, malty and notably bitter beer, with subtle citrus fruit qualities. Hoppy, malty, citrus and very slightly sulphur aroma, and a long, dry, bitter finish with light fruit notes. Consistent and refreshing.
	Old Sarum - 4.1 abv	Traditional well balanced bitter utilising a complex malt and hops combination. Aroma is floral / spicy, full-flavoured with dry bitterness. Colour is dark ruby brown.
	Cuthberts - 3.8 abv	A light brown session bitter that drinks well above its gravity. A deceptively full flavoured beer with a clear sharp finish.
	Reel Ale - 4.0 abv	This is a popular session beer at 4%. It has a clean, quenching taste and smooth finish. It is made with traditional floor malted barley and a blend of English hops.
	Spring Tide - 4.3 abv	This is a copper coloured ale with sweeter overtones. it has a traditional best bitter strength, offering the drinker a well balanced and smooth pint.
	Beachcomber - 4.5 abv
	Archers Best - 4.0 abv	Quality amber coloured best bitter.
	Archers Merry go Round - 4.1	Pale straw colourwith an abundance of hop flavour and aroma.
	Archers Farmers Boy 3.8 abv
	Archers Summer Ale - 3.5 abv	Light, Hoppy and easy drinking.

	Cornish Coaster - 3.6 abv	Cornish Coaster presents itself as the perfect choice for the session or lunchtime drinker. On the palate the ale bristles with fresh and flavoursome hops which initially merge with a sweet biscuit malt following into a distinct finish with a wonderful hop bite. This remarkable ale is renowned for its fully flavoured characteristics yet retaining its lighter abv.
	Doom Bar Bitter 4.0 abv	Doom Bar Bitter is a dry fully malted ale with superb balance and complexity. On the palate a clean and light body of crunchy malt is complimented by a distinguished and subtle lightly hopped finish. Doom Bar Bitter is named after the infamous Doom Bar that lies across the Camel Estuary at Rock in North Cornwall and was the natural choice for this award winning ale when introduced to the market in 1995.

	Exmoor Ale - 3.8 abv	Exmoor Ale was named Best Bitter at the Great Britain Beer Fesitval. A pale brown beer with a malty aroma, a full dry taste and a malty, bitter finish.
Milk Street Brewery. Frome	Funky Monkey - 4.0 abv
Milk Street Brewery. Frome	Gulp - 3.5 abv
	Youngs Bitter - 3.7 abv	Pale golden dry bitter which has a fresh clean nose and an aroma of hops and citrus fruit. Maris Otter pale ale malt, torrefied barley, crystal malt, fermentation sugar and Fuggles and Goldings hops. Brewed by methods unchanged for generations to modern standards using only the highest quality traditional ingredients.
	Tawny Bitter - 3.8 abv	Tawny Bitter was the first beer to be produced by the newly started Cotleigh Brewery back in 1979. Today it is still the brewery's leading brand and is undoubtedly one of the most popular pints in the West Country. Tawny bitter is brewed using local malted barley and English whole hops. A distinctive, well- balanced traditional bitter, Tawny Bitter has been a finalist in the Champion Beer of Britain competition on two occasions, and twice been chosen as a CAMRA Good Beer Guide "Beer of the Year".
	Golden eagle - 4.2	Following many years as the brewery's most successful guest beer, Golden Eagle Best Bitter was launched as a permanent brew in 2001. Golden Eagle is brewed with locally grown pale-malted barley, giving the finished beer a clear, golden hue. The addition of selected whole hops provide a fragrant hop character.
	Thwaites bitter - 3.6 abv	A clean tasting refreshing session bitter, combining bitterness and biscuity flavours with a lingering bitter finish. - Good Beer Guide 2003
	GFB - 3.5 abv	Refreshing golden beer with the sort of light , clean taste which makes it an ideal session pint. Hoppy aroma and taste lead to a good dry finish - winner of Championship medal at the international brewing industry awards.
	Hopback Best - 4.0 abv	Our latest session beer. Best Bitter is a pale ruby ale with a fresh malty palate giving way to a dry hoppy finish. Very moreish!
	Hopback Summer Lightning - 5.0 abv	A terrific straw coloured beer with a fresh, hoppy aroma and a well rounded, malty flavour with an intense bitterness which leads to a long dry finish.
	Wye Valley Bitter - 3.5 abv	A light hoppy session bitter with a clean crisp after taste. Ingredients: Maris Otter quality pale malt, Wheat and Crystal malt. English Target and Golding hops.
	Dorothy Goodbodys Golden Ale - 4.2 abv	Dorothy Goodbodys’ Golden Ale is produced to compliment the warm, sunny days of spring and summer. Brewed using Maris Otter pale Crystal and Wheat malts, it blends perfectly with Fuggles and Goldings hops.. The seasonal delight combines only the finest ingredients, many harvested in Dorothy's glorious Herefordshire

	Brakspear - 3.4 abv	Brakspear Bitter, is a 3.4 per cent abv beer that is a perfectly balanced and classic draught real ale and a true light, session bitter. Available on draught and in the bottle
	Brakspear Special - 4.3 abv	Brakspear Special, is a 4.3 per cent abv cask-conditioned ale with a full-bodied beer's initial taste and a hint of sweetness. Available on draught and in the bottle.
	Best Bitter 3.8 abv	Tasting Notes : Nose Tempting hop aroma with fruit notes. Palate Good malt feel in the mouth, dry, tangy fruit finish. Comments Delicious, easy drinking slightly tart pale bitter. History Our first brew and still our top seller, Ringwood Best accounts for over 60% of our production.
	Tiger Best Bitter - 4.2 abv	A true best bitter with a clean, well-balanced, malty, hoppy flavour and a delightful hoppy aroma. The pleasing copper colour and full body, both stem from high quality ingredients, like Maris Otter barley and Crystal malt which are used in the brew. The character of the ale, as with most Everards ales, is enhanced by the traditional technique of 'Dry Hopping' - where whole, dry, aromatic East-Kent Goldings hops are added by hand to each cask of the ale prior to conditioning. An ale which has almost universal appeal due to the fine balance of English malt and hops. The finish is long, dry and extremely satisfying.

Cottage Brewery	Cottage Whippet Crackaway
	Cottage Champflower ale 4.2 abv
	Cottage Ernie Ales

	Morrells Oxford Bitter - 3.7 abv