The Thirsty Duck
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Burscough, L40 5RZ
The Thirsty Duck
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Burscough, L40 5RZ
Cask Beers Available
Cask Beers Available
Peak To Pool - 5.3%
Peak To Pool
Neptune
5.3% IPA
£5.00 pt
A laid-back Summer IPA made for long, easy days. Amarillo and Crystal hops bring bright orange zest, peach, and soft floral notes on the nose. Gentle citrus sweetness - tangerine and apricot - balanced by a light, grassy bitterness that keeps things crisp and clean. Collaboration with Thornbridge. Vegan friendly.
Easy Rider - 4.3%
Easy Rider
Kelham Island
4.3% Pale Ale
£4.80 pt
A staple of the Kelham Island range, and with good reason as it pours pure gold and is beautifully balanced with notes of citrus, peach and passion fruit.
Bonnie & Blonde - 4%
Bonnie & Blonde
Loch Lomond
4% Pale Ale
£4.60 pt
A perfectly balanced pale ale. Floral and orange aromas lead to a sweet, malty biscuit flavour that is rounded off with a light citrus finish. Hops: Amarillo, Cascade and Chinook.
Manchester Stout - 4.8%
Manchester Stout
Blackjack
4.8% Stout
£4.60 pt
A rich and complex malt bill drives this stout giving notes of leather, coffee and bitter chocolate. For this version we use Northern Brewer hops that gives a distinct Manchester nod to the true Northern heritage. Rich, indulgent and dark as the night is long. Vegan friendly.
Thirsty Duck Bitter - 3.7%
Thirsty Duck Bitter
Bowland
3.7% Traditional Bitter
£4.40 pt
A traditional copper coloured easy drinking ale. Rounded flavours with malty, hoppy and nutty undertones and smooth dry finish. Gluten free.
Craft Keg Available
Mosaic - 4%
Mosaic
Arbor
4% Pale Ale
£6.00 pt
Heavily hopped Mosaic pale ale with bold floral and tropical fruit flavours and aromas. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
Black Gates - 4.1%
Black Gates
Bristol Beer Factory
4.1% Nitro Stout
£5.00 pt
True-to-style nitro stout, expect creamy, smooth balance. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
Ciders & Perries Available
Rhubarb - 4%
Rhubarb
Seacider
4% Fruit Cider
£4.90 pt
A fruity and refreshing blend of our Medium Apple Cider infused with rhubarb.
Scrumpy - 5.5%
Scrumpy
Tippetts
5.5% Medium Cider
£4.90 pt
Here we press traditional West Country cider apples to make a beautiful hazy amber cider. A classic Somerset medium cider bursting with fruit and just the right amount of dry tannins to keep you coming back for more.
Whisky Cask - 6.7%
Whisky Cask
Thistly Cross
6.7% Medium Cider
£5.20 pt
The perfect marriage between Scottish methods and Scotland's favourite craft cider. We use Glen Moray Distillery Scotch whisky casks to give our cider its warming notes of oak, vanilla and honey.
Orchard Dry - 5.2%
Orchard Dry
Snails Bank
5.2% Med/Dry Cider
£4.90 pt
A more challenging cider for the connoisseur. Again, Dabbinett apples feature highly in the blend along with other traditional bitter sweets such as Harry Masters and Ellis bitters. Not so dry as to be unpleasant, just slightly sweeter to ensure a crisp balanced cider where all the flavors really shine through.
Devon Red - 4.5%
Devon Red
Sandford Orchards
4.5% Medium Cider
£4.90 pt
A perfectly balanced, refreshing, medium cider named after the rich red soil that gives our orchards their distinctive quality.
Vintage - 7.2%
Vintage
Rich's
7.2% Medium Cider
£5.20 pt
This clear, golden, medium cider is aged in oak vats, resulting in a rich, complex character, with powerful apple flavours and warm caramel notes.
Astro - 4.8%
Astro
Just Pressed
4.8% Sparkling Dry
£4.90 pt
Taking dry cider to new levels! A gently carbonated cider that leaves fresh apple notes on the palate followed by a dry sensation.
Apples & Pears - 4%
Apples & Pears
Lilley's
4% Fruit Cider
£4.90 pt
Made from 88% pear and 12% apple. Sweet in flavour with a mouth-watering almost exotic taste.
Mango - 4%
Mango
Lilley's
4% Fruit Cider
£4.90 pt
Smooth and sophisticated mango cider made with an ample portion of mango juice and Somerset cider.
North St Cider - 4.8% (keg)
North St Cider (keg)
Bristol Beer Factory
4.8% Med/Dry Cider
£4.90 pt
A medium dry, sparkling cider made with 100% British Bittersweet cider apples. Crisp, refreshing, and packed full of fresh apple goodness. Developed exclusively for Bristol Beer Factory by Westons. Gluten free and vegan friendly.
Coming Soon
Vision Like An Acrobat - 4%
Vision Like An Acrobat
Black Lodge
4% Pale Ale
£4.60 pt
An easy-drinking pale with aromas of mango, pineapple and stone fruits from the Azacca and Mosaic hops, with juicy tropical fruit flavours and a light floral note following on the palate, balanced by subtle sweet biscuit notes from the addition of light cara in the malt bill. Finish is dry and smooth! Vegan friendly.
ALF - 4.1%
ALF
Gan Yam
4.1% Blonde Ale
£4.60 pt
Ultimate thirst quenching ale for coming off the fells, the name being a nod to him of the pictorial guides to the Lake District. Blonde base with Citra leaf added once the wort is cooled to 80 degrees for plenty of citrus aroma but limited bitterness. Vegan friendly.
Milk Stout - 4.5%
Milk Stout
Bristol Beer Factory
4.5% Milk Stout
£4.60 pt
The original Bristol Milk Stout with smooth chocolatey sweetness and balancing coffee bitterness with hints of dark fruits. This award winning national champion stout is a beautifully creamy, full-bodied stout. Hops: Fuggles and Challenger. Gluten free. Contains lactose.
Black Dog Runs At Night - 5.2%
Black Dog Runs At Night
Black Lodge
5.2% Black IPA
£4.60 pt
Black IPA brewed with a contrast of roasted malts and punchy Cascade, Centennial and Columbus American hops. Aromas of citrus fruits, resin and pine. On the palate, an initial hit of hop bitterness and stone fruits is followed by a subtle coffee and malty sweetness. Vegan friendly.
Shangri-La - 4.2%
Shangri-La
Arbor
4.2% Session IPA
£4.60 pt
Liberally hopped session India Pale Ale brewed with Citra, Columbus, Ekuanot and Mosaic hops for maximum flavour. Vegan friendly.
Zesty - 3.4% (keg)
Zesty (keg)
Thornbridge
3.4% Pale Ale
£6.00 pt
A perfect sunshine beer! It's light, crisp and fantastically refreshing with beautiful rays of juicy citrus flavour from start to finish. Vegan friendly.
Sunday River - 4.2% (keg)
Sunday River (keg)
Arbor
4.2% Pale Ale
£6.00 pt
A hazy pale ale brewed with Krush and Azacca. Notes of citrus, mango and white grape flavours and aromas. Vegan friendly.
Apple - 4.7%
Apple
Pulp
4.7% Med/Dry Cider
£4.90 pt
The orchard apples are a mix of Herefordshires finest. We have used a blend of real cider apples, bitter sharps and bitter sweets to which are added some desert varieties to make a zesty medium dry and very refreshing cider.
Fruit Bat - 3.4%
Fruit Bat
Snails Bank
3.4% Fruit Cider
£4.90 pt
Crisp apple cider blended with Strawberry, Raspberry and Blackcurrant. Perfect over ice on a freshly mowed lawn.
Orchard Blend - 6.5%
Orchard Blend
Wild West
6.5% Med/Dry Cider
£4.90 pt
A medium dry cider made with a blend of apples. Still and cloudy, prominent apple flavours, with a hint of citrus and soft tannins. Made from 100% juice, wild fermented with no added sugar or sulphites. Apple varieties include: Bell, Helen's Apple, Somerset Royal, Harry Master's, Ellis Bitter and Chisel Jersey.
Wizard - 5%
Wizard
Tricky
5% Medium Cider
£4.90 pt
A blend of 3 classic cider apples, Dabinnet, Yarlington Mills and Michelin sourced from Somerset orchards. A well balanced and full bodied classic farmhouse cider with mid tannin and medium sweetness.
Also Available
Belgian Draught
Brasserie D'Achouffe Chouffe Blonde 8.0%
£5.00
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.
Vanhonsebrouck Kasteel Tropical 7.0%
£5.50
Kasteel Tropical is a fresh specialty beer with a vibrant, yellow colour that will fill your nose with tropical scent of passion fruit. Enjoy the intense flavour of fresh tropical fruit, with a slightly sweet pineapple note and the full flavour of mango and peach – perfectly balanced with the fresh
German Draught
Paulaner Helles 4.9%
£5.00
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
Hofbrau Munchen Hofbrau Session Lager 3.3%
£4.40
An easy drinking lager that is crisp and refreshing, unfiltered richness of grain, spice, light bodied and crushable!
Weihenstephan Brauerei Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier 5.4%
£5.20
Premium German Hefe-Weissbier: Fruity nuances of banana and cloves intermingle with malt flavours to create a balanced beer with a light creamy character.
Belgian Bottle Selection
Trappist (Range)
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) La Trappe Puur (4.5% Hopped) La Trappe Blond (6.5%) La Trappe Blond (6.5%) La Trappe Dubbel (7%) La Trappe Isid'or (7.5% Amber) 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)
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) Monk's Stout (5.2% Dark)
Cantillon (Range)
Gueuze (5% Lambic) Rose De Gambrinus (5.5% Fruit Lambic) Kreik 5.5% (Fruit Lambic)
Malheur (Range)
Malheur 6 (6% Blonde) Malheur 8 (8% Blond) Malheur 10 (10% Blond) Malheur 12 (12% Brown)
Lupulus (Range)
Fructus (4.2% Fruit Beer) Blanche (4.5% Wit) Hopera (6% Hopped Beer) Brune (8% Brown Beer) Blonde (8.5% Blonde) Hibernatus (9% Dark Beer)
Achel (Range)
Tripel 8%, Dubbel 8%
Corsendonk (Range)
Corsendonk Pater (6.5% Dubbel) Corsendonk Agnus (7.5% Tripel)
Brasserie De Silly (Range)
Saison (5% Saison) Abbaye de Forest (6.5% Blonde Beer) Scotch (8% Scotch) Rouge (8% Fruit Beer)
Van Steenberge (Range)
Piraat (10.5% Amber) Piraat Red (10.5% Fruit Beer) 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)
Sour Beers (Range)
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) Bush Caractere (12% Amber)
Vanhonsebrouck (Range)
Kasteel Rouge (8% Fruit) Kasteel Tropical (7% Fruit), Kasteel Rubus (7% Fruit) Kasteel Cuvée (11% Quadrupal)
Alcohol Free (Range)
La Trappe Nil & Kasteel Tropical
Belgian Special Bottles
Brasserie De La Senne Bruxellensis 6.5%
Pale
Mont Des Cats (Blonde) 7.6%
No Description.
Chimay Yellow 6.5%
English Trappist
Chimay Blonde Forte 10.0%
No Description.
Brouwerij Slaghmuyder Witkap Pater 6.0%
No Description.
Adelaar Kriek
No Description.
Quintine Blonde
No Description.
German Bottle Selection
Schofferhofer Watermelon & Mint 2.5%
£4.00
No Description.
Schofferhofer Pineapple 2.5%
£4.00
No Description.
Schofferhofer Grapefruit 2.5%
£4.00
No Description.
Schneider Weisse Tap 3 0.5%
£4.50
No Description.
Schneider Weiss Tap 7 5.4%
£5.00
No Description.
Can Selection
Pales & IPAs (Range)
Rivington, New Bristol, Thornbridge, Wiper & True, Deya, Pomona Island, Bristol Beer Factory, Turning Point, Zapato, Squawk & Neon Raptor
Sours (Range)
Arbor Ales, Neon Raptor, Rivington & Vault City
Darks (Range)
Brass Castle
Low Alcohol 1%-2.5% (Range)
Schofferhofer (Pineapple, Grapefruit or Watermelon &Mint)
Alcohol Free 0.0%-0.5% (Range)
La Trappe Nil, Chouffe Blonde 0.0, Kasteel Tropical /Rubus(0.0%) // Schneider Weisse Tap 3, Athletic & Hogan's (0.5%)
Gluten Free (Range)
Pomona Island (Phaedra & Blume), Brass Castle (Bad Kitty), Bristol Beer Factory (Laser Juice)
Lager (Range)
Jever Pilsner, Lost and Grounded (Helles) & Pomona Island (Blume)
Awards
CAMRA Cider And Perry Pub Of The Year 2026
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CAMRA Area Pub Of The Year 2026
No Description.
CAMRA Cider And Perry Pub Of The Year 2025
No Description.
CAMRA Cider And Perry Pub Of The Year 2023
No Description.
CAMRA Cider And Perry Pub Of The Year 2022
No Description.
CAMRA Cider And Perry Pub Of The Yea 2021
No Description.
Ambassador Brasserie De A'Chouffe
2023, 2024 & 2025
Abassador Kasteel Brouwerij Vanhonsebrouck
2025