Saxon Bar
Christchurch, BH23 1QN

Saxon Bar
Christchurch, BH23 1QN

Cask Beers Available

Cask Beers Available

Ale - 3.8%

Ale

Exmoor Ales

3.8% abv

Pale brown beer with a malty aroma, a full dry taste and a malty bitter finish.

Otter Head - 5.8%

Otter Head

Otter

5.8% abv

We believe that the key to brewing a great strong beer is to make it well-balanced with a good use of hops making Otter Head easily drinkable. Whilst it has a distinctive barley wine, old ale character it remains light to drink with a malty, fruity and slightly sweet flavour with a long bittersweet aftertaste. The fruit and malt aroma sits well with the beer’s deep, luxurious red/brown colour. Hops: Challenger, Fuggles and Pilgrim.

Space Cadet - 4.8%

Space Cadet

Dark Revolution

4.8% abv

Strong yet dreamy, smooth floral and citrus aroma with a rocket punch of tropical fruit flavours that’ll take you out of this world. Get lost in the clean, smooth taste of this wonderful galaxy of flavour.

Kick-Start - 5.7%

Kick-Start

Vibrant Forest

5.7% abv

This wonderful rich stout is made with freshly roasted Colombian coffee beans from our friends Mozzo in Southampton. It pours an opaque black with the aroma being dark roasted malts and kick of espresso. The taste leads with full-bodied dark roasted coffee upfront and oats inject a nice smooth texture to finish.

High Winds - 4.5%

High Winds

Eight Arch

4.5% abv

Crisp pale ale brewed with new season Nelson Sauvin and Idaho 7 creating a massively drinkable pint full of zesty tangerine and grapefruit flavour.

Craft Keg Available

Cashmere Outside, How Bow Dah? - 3.8%

Cashmere Outside, How Bow Dah?

Fallen Acorn

3.8% abv

A Cashmere led session pale, with Nelson Sauvin leaf. Lots of citrus, grape, and melon notes, in an easy drinking pale that you can smash all day long.

Square Logic - 4.2%

Square Logic

Eight Arch

4.2% abv

Super crushable pale brewed with some of our favourite fruit filled hops on a bed of pale, Vienna malt and flaked oats for a smooth base.

Soundwave - 5.6%

Soundwave

Siren

5.6% abv

Welcome to tropical hop heaven. Soundwave is an eminently drinkable IPA, full of flavour and subtle with bitterness. Our most famous beer pours with an inviting haze, while big-hitting American hops deliver fruit notes in abundance and a trademark resinous finish.

Happy Hour - 4.6%

Happy Hour

Dark Revolution

4.6% abv

Hazy, New Zealand pale ale. Citra and Motueka on the dials for this one. Expect in your face citrus with a lively lemon and lime follow up. Hops: Mosaic, Citra and Motueka. Vegan friendly.

She Sells Citra - 6.5%

She Sells Citra

Pentrich

6.5% abv

A naturally hazy, super hoppy IPA brewed with masses of Citra hops. Expect huge citrus and tropical flavours over a light bitterness.

Barrel Aged Caribbean Chocolate Cake 2023 - 11.1%

Barrel Aged Caribbean Chocolate Cake 2023

Siren

11.1% abv

A dense, rich and luxurious stout brimming with hand-roasted cacao nibs and harmonised with Cypress wood spirals. Ageing in Bourbon barrels adds delicious vanilla, whiskey and toasted oak character. Pure indulgence.

Hoop - 5.5%

Hoop

Full Circle

5.5% abv

Hoop is our American Pale Ale, it's delicious and smooth. Mega hoppy beer with the citrus and pine of the best of yank pales. Easy drinking but not low on flavour. Balance is our mission here.

Verve - 4.3%

Verve

Dark Revolution

4.3% abv

Clean, crisp but with a classic noble hop bite, Verve is everything we admire in this classic beer style.

Ciders & Perries Available

Traditional Farmhouse - Medium - 6%

Traditional Farmhouse - Medium

Cranborne Chase

6% abv

A crisp, fruity, easy going cider that leaves you longing for more. Our best all rounder. Made on our family farm from cider apples grown in Dorset and our own orchards.

Traditional Farmhouse - Vintage - 6.8%

Traditional Farmhouse - Vintage

Cranborne Chase

6.8% abv

We've aged some of our finest cider in oak barrels. This brings you a smooth rich, oaky, medium dry cider that really packs a punch!

Brown Trout - 6%

Brown Trout

Meon Valley

6% abv

Amber cider lightly oaked with vanilla, kiwi fruit and caramel notes. Great with stilton and desserts. Using Hampshire and Sussex dessert apples together with bittersweets from the West Country. The Jonagold and Bramley cider provide the fruity and acidic balance and the Dabinett and Yarlington Mill cider the tannic length. The latter lightly oaked with American and French medium toast provide the smooth vanilla and caramel notes.

Blood Orange - 4%

Blood Orange

Seacider

4% abv

Made with real blood oranges and blended with Seacider Medium, this cider is refreshing and packed with flavour.

Dragonfly - 6%

Dragonfly

Meon Valley

6% abv

A golden coloured cider with wildflower nose and almond notes, hints of bittersweet and a long dry lingering finish. Using locally sourced Hampshire and Sussex apples and bittersweets from the West Country. A modern style with freshness, acidity and aromatic notes from Egremont Russet and Cox combined with Dabinett and Yarlington Mill to give the oomph, tannin and length of bittersweet apples.

Traditional Farmhouse - Dry - 6.5%

Traditional Farmhouse - Dry

Cranborne Chase

6.5% abv

A full on still, dry farmhouse cider. Crisp and clean, retaining it's sharp fruity apple flavour with a long oaky aftertaste.

Swallowtail - 4.5%

Swallowtail

Meon Valley

4.5% abv

Honey coloured refreshing summery blend of fruity Cox and Egremont apples balanced with a Bramley sharp and soft tannic finish from Dabinett and Yarlington Mill. A great session cider! Enjoy!

Whisky Cask - 6.7%

Whisky Cask

Thistly Cross

6.7% abv

The perfect marriage between Scottish methods and Scotland's favourite craft cider. We use Glen Moray Distillery casks to give our cider its warming notes of oak, vanilla and honey.

Chalkstream - 6%

Chalkstream

Meon Valley

6% abv

A golden coloured refreshing cider with an appley nose and long dry finish. A quaffable well balanced flavour using dessert/culinary apples comprising our own and locally sourced Hampshire and Sussex apples and bittersweets from the West Country. The Egremont Russet and Bramley cider provide the aromatic and acidic balance and the Dabinett and Yarlington Mill cider the predominant bittersweet tannic length to the sweetness of this cider.

Bakewell Tart - 4%

Bakewell Tart

Seacider

4% abv

Cherry juice and almonds mixed with delicious medium Sussex cider gives a very moreish sweet tasting craft cider.

Rhubarb - 4%

Rhubarb

Snails Bank

4% abv

A real apple cider infused with tart rhubarb and blended with vanilla for a smooth session cider.

Raspberry Ripple - 4%

Raspberry Ripple

Snails Bank

4% abv

Sweet cider infused with tart raspberry rippled through with vanilla.

Coming Soon

Confluxx - 8% (keg)

Confluxx (keg)

Unity (No Longer In Business)

8% abv

We're 6 years old! To celebrate getting this far we've taken our flagship hazy pale Conflux to another level. Doubling the malt and hops, and upping the ABV, it's Citra and Idaho 7 fireworks all night long!

Discotec - 6.3% (keg)

Discotec (keg)

Dark Revolution

6.3% abv

A super thick and juicy New England IPA. Smooth and very easy drinking. Hops: Idaho 7, Citra, Citra Cyro amd Mosaic.

Her Name Was Weborah - 9.5% (keg)

Her Name Was Weborah (keg)

Black Iris

9.5% abv

A chocolate and hazelnut porter. Full to the brim with decadent chocolate and hazelnut flavour and coming in at 9.5%. This should see you through the rest of the cold months fairly safely. Brewed in memory of our much beloved brewery spider. Vegan friendly.

Sex In A Canoe - 5% (keg)

Sex In A Canoe (keg)

Brewers Folly

5% abv

A clean, crisp and thirst-quenching lager dry hopped with Citra to give a subtle tropical vibe in the background.

Lightning Struck Itself - 6.5% (keg)

Lightning Struck Itself (keg)

Verdant

6.5% abv

Citra and Nelson Sauvin! Why haven't we made this IPA before? Idiocy.

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Saxon Bar is in the East Dorset CAMRA branch area.