The Starting Gate
Penn Fields, WV3 7BG
Penn Fields, WV3 7BG
The Starting Gate
Penn Fields, WV3 7BG
Penn Fields, WV3 7BG
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Cheltenham Gold - 4.5%
Cheltenham Gold
Goffs
4.5% abv
A classic American IPA. Boldly hoppy with a distinctly tropical aroma.
Hornswoggle - 5%
Hornswoggle
Froth Blowers
5% abv
Best described as Piffle Snonker with attitude: Extra-pale malt in large enough quantities to induce an alcoholic euphoria are combined with floral hops to produce a deceptively easily-drinkable five-percenter.
Butty Bach - 4.5%
Butty Bach
Wye Valley
4.5% abv
Butty Bach is Welsh meaning 'little friend'. 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.
Black & Blueberry - 4.5%
Black & Blueberry
Beowulf
4.5% abv
Dark ale finished off with a judicious dose of blueberries.
Craft Keg Available
Wholesome Stout - 4.6%
Wholesome Stout
Wye Valley
4.6% abv
A dark, full-bodied number; a wonderful stout with intense roasted barley flavours and a dry, bitter finish. It boasts roasted coffee notes and plenty of hop flavour. It's only the second beer to gain top beer writer Roger Protz's five-star rating.
Pale Ale - 4%
Pale Ale
Camden Town
4% abv
Like the Queen wearing dirty sneakers, it's traditionally British with a rock star twist of American hops, giving citrus and tropical fruit, a round body and a drink-me-faster bitterness.
Ciders & Perries Available
Stowford Press - 4.5%
Stowford Press
Westons
4.5% abv
A refreshing medium-dry sparkling cider that is bursting with the delicious flavour of crisp cider apples.
Coming Soon
Black Rock - 5.6%
Black Rock
Tudor
5.6% abv
A smooth dark porter made with chocolate malt that tastes as velvety as it looks. Made for the 'real' real ale drinker.
Three Tuns Stout - 4.4%
Three Tuns Stout
Three Tuns
4.4% abv
Black, silky-smooth, creamy, old-fashioned stout with a tight, foamy head and effusive caramel and burnt, roasted flavours, carrying to a long spicy, bitter finish.
Bumblehole - 5.2%
Bumblehole
Olde Swan
5.2% abv
A strong clean full tasting, pale bitter with a delicate hop and long lingering finish.
Solaris - 4.5%
Solaris
Newbridge
4.5% abv
Brewed with English Maris Otter malted barley, and a combination of English hops and American hops (Target & Amarillo). Our aim was to create a beer to drink on a hot summer's day in a traditional beer garden. Its first hit is quite a harsh bitterness, but then followed by beautiful fruity mouth feel, and floral aroma.
Baldwin IPA - 4.2%
Baldwin IPA
Bewdley
4.2% abv
A golden hoppy pale ale brewed with plenty of Summit, Columbus and Citra hops. Named after Stanley Baldwin, MP for Bewdley and three times Prime Minister.
Java The Hutt - 5.2%
Java The Hutt
Green Duck
5.2% abv
A rich java coffee stout, big chocolate and roasty notes.
Town Crier - 4.5%
Town Crier
Hobsons
4.5% abv
A full-flavoured golden ale with a big voice. The elegant straw coloured bitter has a hint of sweetness which is complemented by subtle hop flavours leading to a dry finish. The nose of crisp fruit is apparent with a refreshing balance of taste, a bitter which is supremely consistent and full of flavour.
XXX - 4.3%
XXX
Three Tuns
4.3% abv
A renowned beer from a recipe passed down by the Roberts family who owned the brewery for several generations; a pale-straw-coloured, premium bitter with simple, light malty-sweetness, delicately balanced with light bitterness of floral, earthy character.
Elsie Mo - 4.7%
Elsie Mo
Castle Rock
4.7% abv
A blonde, single malt beer, light in colour and refreshing on the palate.
Oatmeal Stout - 4.6%
Oatmeal Stout
Castle Rock
4.6% abv
Notes of dried fruit, roasted coffee and caramel are balanced by creamy oats, giving this beer it's characteristic smooth and luxurious mouthfeel. Vegan friendly.
White Knight - 4.7%
White Knight
Goffs
4.7% abv
A well hopped bitter with a light colour and full bodied taste. Bitterness predominates in the mouth and leads to a dry, hoppy aftertaste. Deceptively drinkable for it's strength.
Khyber - 5.8%
Khyber
Kinver
5.8% abv
A true to style strong and bitter IPA brewed with Centennial hops.
Tudor IPA - 4%
Tudor IPA
Tudor
4% abv
A classic IPA, light in colour, with a sharp, hoppy, grapefruit finish.
Screech Owl - 5.5%
Screech Owl
Castle Rock
5.5% abv
Brewed to export strength this strong well hopped India Pale Ale has become a firm favourite with followers of the style.
Witchfinder General - 5.5%
Witchfinder General
Kinver
5.5% abv
A dark and heavy porter brewed with Phil Cope from Witchfinder General 80's metal band.
Rumble Town - 4.5%
Rumble Town
Green Duck
4.5% abv
Pale ale brewed with Azacca and Amarillo hops giving orange marmalade and juicy tropical fruit notes.
Riverside Stout - 4.8%
Riverside Stout
Froth Blowers
4.8% abv
A classic Oatmeal Stout developed on the bank of the Singapore River in 1997 by a master brewer friend, and personalised by us in Erdington: 'micronized' oats and a hint of Weyermann's smoked malt give it its perfect finish.
Also Available
Foreign Keg
ABK Hel 5.0%
£4.20
No Description.
ABK Pilsner 4.2%
£4.00
No Description.
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The Starting Gate is in the Wolverhampton CAMRA branch area.