The Thirsty Duck
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Burscough, L40 5RZ
The Thirsty Duck
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Atlantic Red - 5.4%
Atlantic Red
Titanic
5.4% abv
£4.20 pt
Deep red in colour, this ruby ale uses a blend of red and dark crystal malts to create a smooth, rich, malty flavour, followed by a light, subtly sweet finish. The fourth and final instalment in our Modern Classics series, showcasing some of the most popular seasonal beers from recent years.
Wild Swan - 3.4%
Wild Swan
Thornbridge
3.4% abv
£4.20 pt
White gold in colour with aromas of light bitter lemon, a hint of herbs and a subtle spiciness. A great refreshing beer.
Mustard - 4.2%
Mustard
Pomona Island
4.2% abv
£4.20 pt
A golden ale. So the big ol' boy looks like he had enough. Still he could use a little Mustard!
Humble Beginnings - 4%
Humble Beginnings
Wilde Child
4% abv
£4.20 pt
This beer is an exact clone and pays homage to the first ever all grain beer that Wilde Child's owner produced on a homebrew scale back in 2011. A simple grain bill of pale and wheat malts backed up by the winning combination of Cascade and Citra hops equal one perfectly sessionable beverage.
Thirsty Duck Bitter - 3.7%
Thirsty Duck Bitter
Hawkshead
3.7% abv
£4.00 pt
A pale, hoppy and bitter ale: a slight elderflower aroma from Slovenian Celeia hops, followed by long bitterness. The hikers' favourite - the perfect thirst quencher after a day on the Fells. A great session bitter.
Craft Keg Available
Phaedra - 5.3%
Phaedra
Pomona Island
5.3% abv
£6.00 pt
I'm gonna open up your gate, and maybe tell you about Phaedra. Our Core range Pale is the sort of beer the bears repeating, time and again.
Like Clockwork - 4.3%
Like Clockwork
Loud Shirt
4.3% abv
£5.70 pt
A bright, citrusy pale ale with notes of tropical fruit rounded off with a floral aroma and balanced with a malty sweetness.
Key Lime Tau - 6.28%
Key Lime Tau
Hawkshead
6.28% abv
£6.30 pt
A kettle-soured, lactose infused golden ale brewed with fresh lime zest and lemongrass to taste biscuity and strongly of lime...just like a key lime pie. First brewed in collaboration with Crooked Stave for the 2015 International Rainbow Project.
Disco Midnight - 5.1%
Disco Midnight
Turning Point
5.1% abv
£5.70 pt
A reimagining of our flagship pale as a dry hopped stout. The familiar hop additions of Chinook, Simcoe, and Mosaic performing in tandem with a smooth, roasty malt base. Vegan friendly.
Ciders & Perries Available
Scrummage - 6%
Scrummage
Harry's Cider
6% abv
£4.50 pt
A golden medium cider, with a well-balanced fruity flavour. An easy drinking smooth cider that keeps you coming back for more.
Whisky Cask - 6.7%
Whisky Cask
Thistly Cross
6.7% abv
£4.50 pt
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.
Mango - 4%
Mango
Lilley's
4% abv
£4.50 pt
Smooth and sophisticated mango cider made with an ample portion of mango juice and Somerset cider.
Legbender - 6%
Legbender
Rich's
6% abv
£4.50 pt
This is a traditional, dry Somerset scrumpy cider - cloudy in appearance, with a good balance of tannins in the flavour. Easy to drink but beware can make you go weak at the knees!
Kingston Black (7%) - 7%
Kingston Black (7%)
Gwatkin
7% abv
£4.50 pt
A dry still cider which is made with the famous Kingston Black variety. A traditional dry farmhouse cider.
Medium Dry - 5.8%
Medium Dry
Seacider
5.8% abv
£4.50 pt
A fruity flourish gives way to a dry backbone. All the Gala and Bramley flavour washing over then a creeping dryness, refreshing the palate. Produced with slightly less Gala Apple juice to produce a refreshing dryness and a higher ABV.
Caple Rd Blend No 3 - 5.2%
Caple Rd Blend No 3
Westons
5.2% abv
£4.50 pt
Full bodied medium cider, mature apple aroma with headed oaky notes. Rich, complex and characterful with delicious mature apple flavours, complemented with hints of spicy oakiness.
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Fluorescent Adolescent - 4%
Fluorescent Adolescent
Wilde Child
4% abv
£4.20 pt
Reminisce of fruity times gone by and get stuck into this super juicy pale ale that’s made with Cascade and Comet hops and more grapefruit that you can shake a market fruit stall at. Vegan friendly.
Red Rye At Night - 5.4%
Red Rye At Night
Thornbridge
5.4% abv
£4.20 pt
Our red rye IPA pours a deep and welcoming red colour, leading to an embrace of dark fruit and caramel in the aroma. On the palate a light grainy spiciness comes through from the rye, working in tandem with citrus and resin from the new world hops. It finishes dry with a long-lasting bitterness.
Doubtless - 4%
Doubtless
RedWillow
4% abv
£4.20 pt
Some things just work and there is no doubting the harmonious interplay in this pale ale between Citra and Amarillo hops. Orange and mango, a soft body and clean finish, it’s hella good! Gluten free.
Way Out Wheat More Or Less - 4.5%
Way Out Wheat More Or Less
RedWillow
4.5% abv
£4.20 pt
Back in the day a little brewery called Offbeat brewed a Hefeweizen. A delicious hazy wheat beer with banana, clove and a hint of bubble-gum, it was a cult classic! Now reimagined for the next generation of drinker. Vegan friendly.
Dominion - 4.8% (keg)
Dominion (keg)
Salopian
4.8% abv
£6.30 pt
This tropical pale ale is extravagantly hopped with a quintet of hops coupled with a clean malt base and lashings of fresh pineapple juice to deliver a delightfully zingy pale. Hops: Nectaron, Mosaic, Idaho 7, Sabro and HBC 586. Collaboration with Castle Rock.
Easy St - 4.9% (keg)
Easy St (keg)
Loud Shirt
4.9% abv
£5.70 pt
This is an easy summery IPA that mashes together our two favourite hops Citra and Mosaic. Such tropical notes have been blended with Cashmere to allow for a floral easy IPA with notes of lemon, lime and melon. Vegan friendly.
Shangri-La - 4.2% (keg)
Shangri-La (keg)
Arbor
4.2% abv
£5.70 pt
This resplendent session IPA is a mystical, harmonious brew that summons flavours of ripe and juicy tropical fruit. Complimenting its rich flavour profile with a beautifully soft and viscous mouth-feel, wherever you may be, just one sip will whisk you away to paradise.
DDH Jaipur - 5.9% (keg)
DDH Jaipur (keg)
Thornbridge
5.9% abv
£6.30 pt
After launching as part of the 15th Anniversary of Jaipur in 2020 - we have brought it back as part of the core range. DDH Jaipur uses the same recipe as Jaipur but is double dry hopped creating an even punchier tropical fruit character. Hops: Chinook, Centennial, Ahtanum, Simcoe, Columbus and Cascade. Vegan friendly.
Waterpistol - 4.6% (keg)
Waterpistol (keg)
Amity
4.6% abv
£6.00 pt
Meet our hazy pale ale, Waterpistol. Expect big juicy tropical vibes with a tonne of Australasian hops thrown in, but with a super sessionable ABV! Like a supersoaker right in the face, this is as refreshing as it comes.
Cherries & Berries - 4%
Cherries & Berries
Lilley's
4% abv
£4.50 pt
Somerset cider bursting with berry scrumptiousness. Crafted with the most sublime cherries and berries, this mouth-watering cider is sweet with a soft underlying berry flavour and bold cherry notes.
Dog Dancer - 6.5%
Dog Dancer
Gwynt y Ddraig
6.5% abv
£4.50 pt
Produced from bittersweet cider apples blended with a true sharp cider apple, it is a light straw coloured cider with a medium dry, smooth, crisp, slightly sharp characteristic.
Very Perry - 5%
Very Perry
Snails Bank
5% abv
£4.50 pt
A fruity medium Perry with a complex yet balanced flavor only found in real Perry. This little number is made from Stinking Bishop Perry pears and has all the hall marks of a top quality Perry.
Also Available
Foreign Keg
Hofbrau Munchen Hofbrau Session Lager 3.3%
£4.00
An easy drinking lager that is crisp and refreshing, unfiltered richness of grain, spice, light bodied and crushable!
Ayinger Helles Lager 4.9%
£4.80
This is a light, bright and very satisfying beer. Lightly golden with a bubbly, medium white head that steadily shrinks to a thin foamy lace, the aroma is soft and sweet with grain and very flowery hops. The taste is full bodied with lots of green apple and light but persistent hints of pine and her
Weihenstephan Brauerei Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier 5.4%
£4.90
Premium German Hefe-Weissbier: Fruity nuances of banana and cloves intermingle with malt flavours to create a balanced beer with a light creamy character.
De Huyghe Delirium Red 7.5%
£4.80
Soft fruity aroma, with hints of almond and mildly sour cherries. Delirium Red has a dark red colour, with a light pink, compact and lacing head
Brasserie D'Achouffe La Chouffe 8.0%
£4.20
Starts of with some citrus notes, followed by a refreshing touch, pleasantly spiced to give it great brightness. This golden beer, with its light taste of hops, was the 1st to come from Achouffe Brewery.
Belgian Bottles
Trappist (Range)
Achel Blond (8% Blond) Achel Bruin (8% Brown Ale) Chimay Red (7% Dubbel) Chimay White (8% White Beer) Chimay Blue (9% Brown Beer) Orval (6.2% Amber) Westvelteren 8 (8% Trappist) Westvelteren 12 (10.2% Quadrupal) Westmalle Extra (4.8% Blonde) Westmalle Dubbel (7% Dubbel) Westmalle Tripel (9.5% Tripel
Trappist (Range Continued)
Rochefort 6 (7.5% Dubbel) Rochefort 8 (9.2% Dubbel) Rochefort 10 (11.3% Quad) Rochefort Extra (4.8% Blonde) La Trappe Puur (4.5% Hopped) La Trappe Blond (6.5%) La Trappe Blond (6.5%) La Trappe Dubbel (7%) La Trappe Tripel (8%) La Trappe Quad (10%) La Trappe Wit (5.5%) Tynt Meadow (7.4% Brown)
St. Bernardus (Range)
St Bernardus Wit (5.5% White Beer) St Bernardus Pater 6 (6.7% Dubbel) St Bernardus Prior 8 (8% Dubbel) St Bernardus Tripel (8% Tripel) St Bernardus Abt 12 (10% Quadrupel)
Corsendonk (Range)
Corsendonk Pater (6.5% Dubbel) Corsendonk Agnus (7.5% Tripel)
Brouwerij Huyghe (Range)
Delirium Red (8% Fruit Beer) Delirium Tremens (8.5% Blond) Delirium Nocturnum (8.5% Dark Beer) La Guillotine (8.5% Blond) Averbode (7.5% Blonde)
Duvel Moorgat (Range)
Duvel (8.5% Blond) Duvel 6.66(6.66% Blond) Duvel Tripel Hop (9.5% Hopped) Vedett Extra (4.7% Wit Beer)
Brasserie D'achouffe Chouffe (Range)
La Chouffe (8% Blond) Cherry Chouffe (8% Fruit) Houston Chouffe (9% Hopped) Chouffe Blanche (6.5% Wit) N'ice Chouffe (8.5% Dark) Chouffe Soleil (6% Blond)
De Koninck Bolleke
5.2% Amber Beer
Dupont (Range)
Saison Dupont (6.5% Saison) Moinette (8.5% Blond) Avec les bonx Voeux (9.5% Blond)
Malheur (Range)
Malheur 8 (8% Blond) Malheur 10 (10% Blond) Malheur 12 (12% Brown)
De Ranke (Range)
Saison de Dottignies (5.5% Saison) XX Bitter (6% Hopped) XXX Bitter (6% 750ml Hopped) Guldenberg (8% Blonde) Noir De Dottignies (8.5% Dark)
Van Steenberge (Range)
Piraat (10.5% Amber) Gulden Draak (10.5% Dark)
Lefebvre (Range)
Barbar Blonde (8% Blonde) Barbar BOK (8% Bruin)
Fruit Beers (Range)
Lindermans Pecheresse (2.5% Fruit) Lindermans Framboise (2.5% Fruit) Mort Subite Kriek (4% Sour Fruit) Kriek Boon (4% Fruit) Oude Kriek Boon (6.5% Fruit) Kasteel Rouge (8% Fruit)
Sour Beers Cantillon / Duchesse / Rodenbach / Boon
Cantillon Gueuze (5% Sour) Rose De Gambrinus (5.5%) Cantillon Kriek (5.5%) Cantillon Iris (6.5% 750ml) Duchesse De Bourgogne (6%) Rodenbach Grand Cru (6%) Gueuze Mariage (8%)
Belgian Hopped Beers (Range)
Tara's Boulba (4.5%) Poperings Hommelbier (7.5%) Troubadour Magma (9%)
Classic Belgian Beers (Range)
Ename (6.6% Bruin) Kwak (8.4% Amber) Tripel Karmaliet (8.4% Tripel) St Feuillien Tripel (8.5% Tripel) Gouden Carolus Classic (8.5% Dark) Lupulus Blonde (8.5% Blonde) Hercule Stout (9% Dark) Pannepot (10% Dark) Straffe Hendrick Quad (11% Quad)
Cans
A Variety of Different Breweries -
We stock a range of different cans from breweries including: Arbor, Deya, Verdant, Vocation, Chapter, New Bristol, Tiny Rebel, Left Handed Giant and more. All cans range from extra pales to DIPAs, sours to stouts - a little bit of something for everyone
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The Thirsty Duck is in the Southport & West Lancs CAMRA branch area.