The Cricketers Arms
St Helens, WA10 2EB
St Helens, WA10 2EB
The Cricketers Arms
St Helens, WA10 2EB
St Helens, WA10 2EB
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Dragonfly IPA - 4.3%
Dragonfly IPA
Pennine
4.3% IPA
£3.90 pt
A classic IPA, full bodied leading to a deep hop and citra bitterness.
Charm Assault - 4.1%
Charm Assault
Salopian
4.1% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Pale ale with flavours of apricot, lychee and grapefruit, the aroma may give a perception of sweetness, but the liberal use of Chinook adds poise and balance.
Autumn Gold - 4.2%
Autumn Gold
Riverhead
4.2% Golden Ale
£3.90 pt
A crisp and earthly bitterness is accompanied by subtle citrus notes from the Admiral hops used in this golden ale. A smooth and malty backbone paired with a delicate amber hue perfectly encapsulates the glow of the season in a pint pot.
White Rat - 4%
White Rat
Ossett
4% Session Pale
£3.90 pt
Thriving on bold, hoppy citrus flavours, this maverick is always ahead of the curve. This very pale, hoppy ale is made from low colour malt. A combination of Cascade, Columbus and Amarillo hops produce an intensely aromatic and resinous finish.
Entire Butt - 4.6%
Entire Butt
Salopian
4.6% English Porter
£4.10 pt
First brewed in 1998, reborn in 2025. It takes its name from a traditional style of porter brewed in 18th?century London. Pouring dark mahogany with a creamy tan head, it delivers fruitcake and chocolate aromas, with raisin, coffee, and molasses flavours. A medium body and dry finish complete this quietly complex, historic porter, crafted for today.
Landlord - 4.3%
Landlord
Timothy Taylor
4.3% English Pale
£4.30 pt
An incresingly dry, hoppy, bitter finish complements the spicy, citrus character of this full-flavoured and well balanced amber beer.
Mad Goose - 4.2%
Mad Goose
Purity
4.2% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
A zesty pale ale with a smooth and citrusy finish. Brewed with English Maris Otter, Caragold and Wheat malts, with Pilgrim bittering hops and Cascade and Willamette aroma hops.
Oracle - 4%
Oracle
Salopian
4% Golden Ale
£3.90 pt
A crisp, sparkling sunflower gold ale with a striking hop profile. Dry and refreshing with a long citrus aromatic finish. Hops: Citra and Amarillo.
Pure Gold - 3.8%
Pure Gold
Purity
3.8% Golden Ale
£3.90 pt
A refreshing golden ale, easy drinking beer with a lovely dry and bitter finish.
Excelsius - 5%
Excelsius
Ossett
5% Pale Ale
£4.10 pt
Three times SIBA national champion and the strongest beer in our core range. A classic pale ale, brewed from British pale malt and US Cascade hops. Smooth, fruity and full-bodied, with a deceptive bitterness to complement its alcohol strength. Refreshing citrus hop aromas complete the sensory pleasure.
Secret - 4%
Secret
Small World
4% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Pale straw coloured beer hopped with Chinook and Vic Secret, spicy with pine characteristics with pineapple and passion fruit in the finish.
Head Hunter - 4.5%
Head Hunter
Howzat
4.5% Golden Ale
£3.60 pt
A golden ale with Green bullet for bittering and Azacca hops for flavouring with Orvil Belgian yeast.
Plum Porter Grand Reserve - 6.5%
Plum Porter Grand Reserve
Titanic
6.5% Fruited Porter
£5.00 pt
Based on our multi award winning Plum Porter, our Plum Porter Grand Reserve is dark, and has added strength and elevated roundness due to the increase in alcohol content. Matured in conditioning tank for 21 days, it's fruity and loaded with flavour and strength!
Audacia & HBC630 - 4.3%
Audacia & HBC630
North Riding
4.3% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Pale ale using Audacia and HBC 630. Flavours and aromas are red berries and stone fruit. Collaboration with CAMRA National Pub of the Year The Bailey head.
Imperial Yorkshire Stout - 8.5%
Imperial Yorkshire Stout
Black Sheep
8.5% Dark
£7.50 pt
Full of depth, with rich, punchy maltiness. Chocolate, liquorice and dried fruit flavours are met with peppery hoppiness, engulfing the palate with rich sweetness. This is tempered by a dry finish from our Yorkshire Square fermenting techniques.
Craft Keg Available
Neck Oil - 4.3%
Neck Oil
Beavertown
4.3% Session IPA
£4.60 pt
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.
Coal Drop - 4.1%
Coal Drop
Tiny Rebel
4.1% Nitro Stout
£4.40 pt
An easy-drinking, smooth and creamy sessionable nitro stout, combining pale malted barley with a blend of rich kilned and roasted malts.
Premium Lager - 4.8%
Premium Lager
Hawkstone
4.8% Pale
£4.80 pt
The original Hawkstone Lager. Bold, yet balanced, with a smooth body and top notes of light citrus complemented by a subtle, crisp bitterness and malty backbone. Setting the standard for a British Premium Lager.
Jute - 4.2%
Jute
Salt
4.2% Session IPA
£4.50 pt
A spin on the classic hazy style, with a seamless blend of Australian and American hops to create a seriously juicy session IPA delivering juicy, citrus notes and a low bitterness, melon-rind finish. Brewed for easy drinking, uncompromising on flavour. Hops: Centennial, Mosaic, Topaz and Vic Secret. Vegan friendly.
Ciders & Perries Available
Orchard Dew - 6%
Orchard Dew
Sheppy's
6% Medium Cider
£4.40 pt
A fine, naturally cloudy cider, Orchard Dew is medium in sweetness, with a crisp refreshing taste.
Farmhouse Cider (Dry) - 6%
Farmhouse Cider (Dry)
Sheppy's
6% Dry Cider
£4.40 pt
A dry, still cider made from a blend of apple varieties. Farmhouse Draught at its finest made from a variety of home grown apples fermented in wood. This is a traditional scrumpy.
Lily The Pink - 4.5%
Lily The Pink
Celtic Marches
4.5% Medium
£4.40 pt
Our golden girl is a medium fruity cider with a gorgeous delicate hue. Made using 100% cider apples, from our very own Herefordshire farm, Lily has an intense fruity nose and is gently sweet on the palate. Lily's subtle balance of fresh cider apples, candy apple sweetness and light body makes for a very easy drinking and quaffable cider.
Copper Top - 7.4%
Copper Top
Farmer Jims
7.4% Medium Dry Cider
£4.40 pt
A rich copper coloured cider that is full of taste and strength!
Dry Cider - 5%
Dry Cider
Farmer Jims
5% Dry Cider
£4.40 pt
The distinct flavour and aroma of Dabinett cider apples really comes through producing a slightly sharp cider with a dry finish.
Cider with Raspberry - 4%
Cider with Raspberry
Sheppy's
4% Med/Sweet
£4.40 pt
Delicious combination of a traditional light Somerset cider and pure raspberry juice, which creates a characterful drink with a pleasant, refreshing fruitiness.
Blackberry & Elderflower - 4%
Blackberry & Elderflower
Sheppy's
4% Fruit Cider
£4.40 pt
Cider with Blackberry has that added twist with the addition of Elderflower, to create a fruity taste with a floral aroma.
Mad Jack - 5%
Mad Jack
Cockeyed
5% Dry Cider
£4.40 pt
A delicious dry cider with an aftertaste of stewed apple.
Bee Sting - 6.8%
Bee Sting
Lilley's
6.8% Sweet
£4.40 pt
Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
Old Rosie (2019) - 6.8%
Old Rosie (2019)
Westons
6.8% Medium Dry Cider
£4.40 pt
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.
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Dr Morton's Angler Management - 4.1%
Dr Morton's Angler Management
Abbeydale
4.1% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
A classic pale ale, light, hoppy and refreshing with a tempting bitter finish. Chinook and Centennial hops give notes of grapefruit and pine. Gluten free.
Naughty & Nice - 5.9%
Naughty & Nice
Vocation
5.9% Chocolate Stout
£4.10 pt
This is our rich, dark and decidedly decadent chocolate stout. Uncompromisingly bold and chocolatey, it's a beer to sip and savour - for drinking in your favourite armchair and contemplating life. It's a little bit naughty, but very, very nice. Treat yourself!
Blackberry Porter - 4.5%
Blackberry Porter
Elgood's
4.5% Fruited Porter
£3.90 pt
A dark ruby-coloured porter. The predominant blackberry aroma, with hints of malt, leads to a rich, roasted malt palate, complemented by a pleasing hop bitterness and clean berry fruit flavours in the finish. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
Long Moor Pale - 3.9%
Long Moor Pale
Small World
3.9% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Pale ale with grapefruit and citrusy notes with a light bitter finish, brewed with Centennial and Cascade hops.
Pure UBU - 4.5%
Pure UBU
Purity
4.5% Pale
£3.90 pt
A distinctive, full flavoured beer with a sweeter finish. Brewed with English Maris Otter, Crystal, and Wheat malts, with Pilgrim and Cascade hops.
Last Porter Call - 4.9%
Last Porter Call
Titanic
4.9% Dark
£4.10 pt
The porters scurry around loading the passenger's bags building up a tremendous thirst. When the day is done their preferred tipple is, like this beer, dark strong and well rounded. The richness of this rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops. Let this be your last port of call.
Chop & Change - Barbe Rouge - 4.5%
Chop & Change - Barbe Rouge
Vocation
4.5% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Our ever-evolving cask pale ale showcases a new single hop each month, delivering a fresh twist every time. Brewed with a pale, wheat, and oat base, and Barbe Rouge hops bring festive red berry and subtle stone fruit flavours, perfectly balanced with a hint of winter spice and a touch of caramel sweetness.
First Class - 3.8%
First Class
Titanic
3.8% Session Bitter
£3.90 pt
Passengers in steerage class lapped up the luxury that the Titanic embodied, in first class however the opulence literally enveloped them. This beer uses the choicest ingredients, carefully selected, to create a magnificent golden brown beer, hoppy yet balanced to offer a taste of luxury to the bottom of the glass.
Dark Flagon - 4.4%
Dark Flagon
Wily Fox
4.4% Dark
£3.90 pt
A traditional porter made from a blend of the finest Maris Otter, Chocolate and crystal malts. then Muscovado sugar and Molasses are added to provide a Rum finish to the rich Coffee and dark Chocolate base. English hops are used to enhance and balance this complex malt character, resulting in a supremely quaffable beer. A beer to help you through the depths of winter!
Citra - 4.2%
Citra
Oakham
4.2% Session IPA
£3.90 pt
A Citra hopped session IPA. Light gold in colour, bursting with citrus and tropical hop flavours and sensationally refreshing.
Duckworth Lewis Method - 4.3%
Duckworth Lewis Method
Howzat
4.3% Best Bitter
£3.60 pt
A traditional best bitter.
Market Porter - 4.5%
Market Porter
Thornbridge
4.5% Porter
£3.90 pt
This is a smooth robust, creamy porter with a hint of coffee to finish. Named after our new pub in York - The Market Cat.
Anthrats - 4.5%
Anthrats
Rat Brewery
4.5% Stout
£3.90 pt
A rich and robust eight-malt stout. Roast, chocolate and coffee flavours dominate. Bitterness is moderate.
Masham Ale - 6.5%
Masham Ale
Thornbridge
6.5% Strong Ale
£5.00 pt
We invited Theakston for a special collaboration and together we’ve brewed their unique Masham ale, using the very best English malt and Fuggles hops. Fermented on our famous Burton Union set, this version of Masham ale is deep amber in colour, with rich aromas of dried fruit and cinder toffee and boasts a well-rounded, smooth finish.
Northern Rising Unity Stout - 4.4%
Northern Rising Unity Stout
Timothy Taylor
4.4% Stout
£4.30 pt
A velvet smooth stout with deep flavours of roasted malt, subtle caramel and lashings of dark chocolate. Using the finest Golden Promise malted barley grown to Timothy Taylor's exacting specification, complemented by chocolate malts to deliver an easy drinking, creamy finish. Collaboration with Northern Monk.
Respire - 4%
Respire
Black Sheep
4% Session IPA
£3.90 pt
This session IPA is heavily hopped with Citra and Chinook, producing huge tropical and citrus notes, carried by a soft, velvety malt base of pale malt and torrefied wheat. Respire is bright and incredibly drinkable, making it perfect for the pub garden as summer rolls around.
5 Fer 47 - 4.2%
5 Fer 47
Howzat
4.2% Pale Ale
£3.60 pt
Pale ale brewed with extra pale malts, Green Bullet for bittering and a large amount of Nelson Sauvin for flavour.
Samhain Stout - 5%
Samhain Stout
Pictish
5% Stout
£4.10 pt
A rich full bodied stout brewed for Halloween.
Citra Spin - 4.2%
Citra Spin
Howzat
4.2% Session IPA
£3.60 pt
Session IPA hopped with Citra.
Fusion - 4.1%
Fusion
Pictish
4.1% Pale Ale
£3.90 pt
Part of our rotating Fusion series, each pale ale highlights hops from one region. This time it’s New Zealand, expect juicy tropical notes and a fresh, fruit-salad finish.
Thunderbridge Stout - 5.2%
Thunderbridge Stout
Small World
5.2% Dark
£4.10 pt
A traditional dry stout brewed with roasted barley and balanced with chocolate malt for slight sweetness.
Butty Bach - 4.5%
Butty Bach
Wye Valley
4.5% Bitter
£3.90 pt
This smooth and satisfying premium ale is burnished gold in colour, and certainly has made a few friends in its time. Brewed using Maris Otter and Crystal malts, flaked barley, malted wheat, and locally grown Fuggles, Goldings and Bramling Cross hops.
Gully Mild - 3.5%
Gully Mild
Howzat
3.5% Mild
£3.60 pt
A traditional mild brewed with pale malt, roasted chocolate, oats, crystal, wheat and East Kent Golding hops resulting in a rich sweet full bodied mild.
Dublin Up - 4.5%
Dublin Up
Wily Fox
4.5% Dark
£3.90 pt
A rich and moreish, ebony coloured Irish oatmeal stout. The symphony of roasted barley and dark malts deliver cappuccino and mocha flavours on the palate, and are complimented by the clean bitterness of Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops, leading to a velvety, dry finish.
Riverhead Reserve - 8%
Riverhead Reserve
Riverhead
8% American Barley Wine
£7.50 pt
Brewed with Bramling Cross hops, this barley wine boasts deep layers of dark fruit molasses and warming alcohol. Rich and full bodied, its bold malt base is lifted by the hop's signature notes of blackberry and subtle spice.
Cherry Porter Grand Reserve - 6.5%
Cherry Porter Grand Reserve
Titanic
6.5% Fruited Porter
£5.00 pt
A connoisseur's version of Cherry Porter. Expect the same fruity sweet tones with a stronger, more intense, matured taste. One to savour.