The Butchers Arms
Chester-le-Street, DH3 3QD

The Butchers Arms
Chester-le-Street, DH3 3QD

Cask Beers Available

Cask Beers Available

Courage Directors - 4.8%

Courage Directors

Eagle

4.8% abv

A genuine premium beer, pale brown in appearance with a deep rich taste. Full bodied with a clean, bitter taste, balanced with a sweet burnt, malty and fruity notes with a distinctive dry-hop aroma and flavour.

Farmers Blonde - 4%

Farmers Blonde

Bradfield

4% abv

This award winning, very pale brilliant blonde beer has citrus and summer fruit aromas making it an extremely refreshing ale.

Bass Premium Ale - 4.4%

Bass Premium Ale

Carlsberg Marston's

4.4% abv

Still brewed to an original recipe using only the finest ingredients and the experience of generations. It is brewed with two strains of yeast to produce a complex nutty, malty taste with subtle hop undertones, which has widespread appeal to repertoire drinkers.

Hobgoblin Gold - 4.2%

Hobgoblin Gold

Wychwood

4.2% abv

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.

Old Peculier - 5.6%

Old Peculier

Theakston

5.6% abv

A full-bodied, dark brown, strong ale. Slightly malty but with hints of roast coffee and liquorice. A smooth caramel overlay and a complex fruitiness leads to a bitter chocolate finish.

Wainwright Gold - 4.1%

Wainwright Gold

Carlsberg Marston's

4.1% abv

Inspired by our Lake District heartland, we’ve aimed to make the everyday extraordinary. The result is Wainwright Gold; a lightly hopped, refreshing golden ale that’s packed full of sweet honey and subtle citric flavours.

Craft Keg Available

Camden Stout - 4%

Camden Stout

Camden Town

4% abv

A smooth and creamy stout with a thick head, boasting berry hop flavours and a coffee-like finish.

Neck Oil - 4.3%

Neck Oil

Beavertown

4.3% abv

A light and zingy go to IPA. Extra pale base malts are used to keep it crisp and give the hops a great platform to dance on. Masses of hop additions during the whirlpool and a huge dose of dry hops make this a brilliantly 'easy' IPA. Hops: Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo, Galaxy, Vic Secret and Mosaic. Vegan friendly.

Ciders & Perries Available

Old Rosie (2019) - 6.8%

Old Rosie (2019)

Westons

6.8% abv

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.

Cyder - 4.5% (keg)

Cyder (keg)

Aspall

4.5% abv

Made in the Aspall house style by blending culinary and bittersweet apple varieties such as Cox and Russet to deliver the refreshing, crisp taste of just-bitten apples. Delivering the refreshing, crisp taste of just-bitten apples with a light to medium body. A new mid-strength cider for all occasions.

Coming Soon

Landlord - 4.3%

Landlord

Timothy Taylor

4.3% abv

An incresingly dry, hoppy, bitter finish complements the spicy, citrus character of this full-flavoured and well balanced amber beer.

Best Bitter - 3.8%

Best Bitter

Theakston

3.8% abv

The definitive English Bitter. This fine golden-coloured beer has a full flavour that lingers pleasantly on the palate. With good bitter sweet balance, this beer has a subtle hop character described as citrus and spicy. It's a refreshing and very satisfying pint - noted for the aroma of its Fuggle hops and the dry hopping of Bramling Cross to add to its characteristic Theakston aroma.

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The Butchers Arms is in the Durham CAMRA branch area.