Brass Balance
Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
Brass Balance
Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
Birkenhead, CH41 6AB
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Marmalade Ale - 4.5%
Marmalade Ale
Peerless
4.5% Golden Ale
A golden ale brewed with 100% Chevallier Heritage malt for a distinct tangy note of marmalade. Hopped with Vista and Mandarina for a lovely fruity finish.
Pale Ale - 4.5%
Pale Ale
Higson's
4.5% Pale Ale
A smooth and easy drinking pale ale with a robust bitter kick, balancing out biscuity malts and citrussy hops. Vegan friendly.
Postlethwaite - 4.6%
Postlethwaite
Coach House
4.6% Amber
Pale amber ale, dry and fruity, dry hopped in the traditional manner which gives the beer a fine hop aroma.
Citruvian - 4.8%
Citruvian
Peerless
4.8% Pale Ale
A pale ale single hopped beer. Multiple additions of Citra hop provide an aromatic beer with a grapefruit finish on the palate.
Oatmeal Stout - 5.2%
Oatmeal Stout
Higson's
5.2% Oatmeal Stout
A creamy yet refreshing oatmeal stout with a rich mouthfeel and notes of espresso, dark chocolate, dried fruits, and smoke. Vegan friendly.
Wobbly Bob - 6%
Wobbly Bob
Phoenix
6% Strong Ale
This award-winning amber-coloured beer has a strong malt and fruit balance, evident in both the aroma and flavour, with a slight sweetness, leading to a dry finish.
Doom Bar - 4%
Doom Bar
Sharp's
4% Amber
A perfectly balanced beer combining subtle yet complex flavours. This creates an amber ale which is both satisfying and deliciously moreish.
Abbot Ale - 5%
Abbot Ale
Greene King
5% Premium Bitter
Warming, malty and fruity. Pale and amber malts contribute to a mouth filling and satisfying 'Horlicks' and biscuity maltiness. Challenger and First Gold give a base note of herbal hop and Fuggle as a late hop contributes the main fragrant fruity and floral and spicy notes. Fermented slowly to give just enough fruity esters providing a complex, satisfying and warming experience.
Ruddles Best - 3.4%
Ruddles Best
Greene King
3.4% Best Bitter
A best bitter brewed with the rare Bramling Cross hop for soft fruit aroma and taste. The satisfying bitterness is balanced by sweet toffee/caramel from the crystal malt. Hops: Goldings, Pilgrim, Bramling Cross and Target.
Craft Keg Available
Easy IPA - 4.7%
Easy IPA
Seven Bro7hers
4.7% IPA
Our take on a classic with a modern twist. Inspired by our mates from across the pond, we use American hops that provide fruity aromas and a slight bitterness, making a super easy drinking session IPA. Vegan friendly.
Punk IPA - 5.6%
Punk IPA
BrewDog
5.6% IPA
This Trans-Atlantic fusion IPA is light golden in colour with tropical fruits and light caramel on the nose. The palate soon becomes assertive and resinous with the New Zealand hops balanced by the biscuit malt. The finish is aggressive and dry with the hops emerging over the warming alcohol.
Sumo - 4.7%
Sumo
Mad Squirrel
4.7% Golden
Named after the two heavyweight hops that battle it out in this brew (Summit and Mosaic), $UMO will wrestle your taste buds with a flavour combo of tropical fruit, dank herbs and weighty bitterness. Other beers may enter the ring but $UMO will be the last brew standing. Vegan friendly.
Ciders & Perries Available
Old Rosie (2019) - 6.8%
Old Rosie (2019)
Westons
6.8% Med/Dry Cider
Old Rosie is the name given to our 1921 Aveling and Porter steam roller, that still sits in our yard in Herefordshire. Strong, reliable and so loved by everyone in the Westons family, we named this cloudy cider in her honour. Light, crisp and dry, this truly old fashioned cloudy cider is slowly matured and left unfiltered.
Black Dragon - 7.2%
Black Dragon
Gwynt y Ddraig
7.2% Medium Cider
The legendary Black Dragon! This medium cider now has quite a following amongst the most discerning cider drinkers. It is rich in colour, body and flavour with a fresh, fruity aroma.
Coming Soon
Oatmeal Stout - 5%
Oatmeal Stout
Peerless
5% Oatmeal Stout
Full bodied black stout. We use lots of oats to give a good mouthfeel and dark malts provide lots of backbone with toffee and caramel tones. Final gravity is 1013 giving an element of sweetness to balance the bitterness from the roast malts. This is a very easy drinking stout.
Otter Bright - 4.3%
Otter Bright
Otter
4.3% Blonde
In the past we brewed Otter Bright only in the summer. With the new dawn of interest in cask beer, it is perfectly positioned as a great beer for 'new age drinkers' who are discovering cask ale. It is so pale that it can easily be mistaken for lager and it delivers a great bitter citrus flavour with lots of fizz.
Hobgoblin Gold - 4.2%
Hobgoblin Gold
Carlsberg Britvic
4.2% Golden Ale
Gold coloured beer with a pleasant lemon, white grape and slightly bready nose. Taste reflects the nose with some astringency as the hops kick in.
Abbot Reserve - 6.5%
Abbot Reserve
Greene King
6.5% Brown
This distinctive, full-bodied, smooth and mature beer has primarily sweet and malty character which bursts out with rich fruitcake and toffee flavours.
Gower Power - 5.5%
Gower Power
Gower
5.5% IPA
An IPA brewed using a blend of barley, crystal, caragold and wheat malts. Powerful, balanced and endowed with a good dollop of quality whole hops. Welsh, warming, malty, fruity and strong.
Old Growler - 5%
Old Growler
Nethergate
5% Porter
This dark, complex and satisfying beer is based on a 1750s porter recipe, with a distinctive blend of roast malts and chocolate, a dominating fruit flavour and hints of liquorice.
Golden Thread - 5%
Golden Thread
Salopian
5% Golden
A bright gold ale, using wheat, lager malt, and flavoured with an infusion of aroma hops. Clean and crisp to the palate with a hint of sweetness and a long fruit-filled finish. Hops: Centennial and Simcoe.
Dark Nights - 5.4%
Dark Nights
Peerless
5.4% Dark Ale
Smooth traditional dark ale.
Bootleg Valentine - 5%
Bootleg Valentine
Coach House
5% Golden
A golden fruity bitter, fairly sweet but with a very dry after taste.