The beer that changed everything. The first brew we perfected, the beer that made our name with its distinctive bitter, clean and refreshingly dry flavour. Made with only the best Maris Otter malt blended with a variety of English hops (a secret that we can never share), Butcombe Original is the classic session beer.
Dark ale with floral aromas followed by a long lasting sweet malty finish with hints of burnt caramel. When something more substantial and full bodied is called for!
A classic golden beer, Welsh Pale Ale has hints of tropical fruit, balanced by a delicious malty finish.
A mild brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character give a pleasing session drink. The finest pale ale malt (made from Maris Otter barley) is blended with torrified wheat, invert sugar and a small amount of roast barley, to ensure consistent colour.
A satisfying thirst quenching and refreshing light bodied golden warm weather ale using zesty aromatic hops to produce a sharp tangy aftertaste.
This golden ale is a complex blend of malted barley and wheat utilising 4 hop varieties, producing a fresh moreish brew with a lingering hoppy aftertaste.
A traditional style of ale typical of the East of Scotland. A superb classic with a deep copper hue and light bronze creamy foam. 80/- is brewed using Belhaven yeast and allowed to ferment at a slightly higher temperature. This delivers satisfying malt flavours and layers of soft fruit with a toffee finish.
Bitter with a faint flowery aroma and a moderately fruity, malty taste. The finish is long but pleasantly bitter with some sweetness and dryness.
This beer is a satisfying 4.8% ABV employing choice malt from Berkshire and a touch of golden syrup producing sweet toffee and caramel notes with vinous overtones produced by the special yeast and higher fermentation temperature. Finally Kentish Admiral hops produce a balance and subtle marmalade character.
This new golden beer is a superbly balanced, refreshing beer, with a malty, sweet aroma, floral, fruity hoppiness, and a complex, zesty flavour.
Amber coloured with an amazing woody, spicy nose. Full of soft nutty biscuit flavours with a rounded bitter finish.
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