The Woodman
Bridport, DT6 3NZ

The Woodman
Bridport, DT6 3NZ

Cask Beers Available

Cask Beers Available

Pentrich - Little Fury

Little Fury - 4.2%

Little Fury

Pentrich

4.2% abv

A naturally hazy session pale that’s hopped heavily with all the Citra we could muster. This beer is full of bold citrus and stone fruit flavours from the hops, complimented with a light bitterness on the finish. Vegan friendly.

Thornbridge - Jaipur

Jaipur - 5.9%

Jaipur

Thornbridge

5.9% abv

A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish.

Nene Valley - Release the Chimps

Release the Chimps - 4.4%

Release the Chimps

Nene Valley

4.4% abv

An IPA for everyday drinking. A pale malt base gives a crisp mouthfeel that allows late-addition and dry hops to come through with a clean punchy bitterness and a good deal of hop flavour for such a light beer.

3 Brewers - Special English Ale

Special English Ale - 4.8%

Special English Ale

3 Brewers

4.8% abv

A robust and full bodied premium ale. We use chocolate malt to give it a deep copper colour and the finest English hops give the ale a hint of berries. It's a well balanced, smooth and moreish ale.

Moor - Stout

Stout - 5%

Stout

Moor

5% abv

Quite simply, the way a stout should be. Richly decadent roasted malt with a lusciously elegant body. As smooth as silk every time and living proof that simply using the four essential beer ingredients forms the perfect stout. Vegan friendly.

Craft Keg Available

Thornbridge - Jaipur X Faith

Jaipur X Faith - 5.9%

Jaipur X Faith

Thornbridge

5.9% abv

An exciting collaboration combining the best of two flagship beers. By blending ingredients from both recipes, we created a truly remarkable brew that showcases the essence of our breweries. The result is a seamless fusion of our signature styles, bursting with tropical fruit, citrus and pine. A light sweetness in the body provides perfect balance before a tantalisingly bitter finish rounds out this celebratory beer. Hops: Chinook, Columbus, Cascade, Simcoe, Centennial and Citra. Collaboration with Northern Monk as part of our twentieth-anniversary celebrations.

UnBarred - Stoutzilla

Stoutzilla - 10%

Stoutzilla

UnBarred

10% abv

Jet black with enticing aromas of chocolate, vanilla, whiskey and coffee that draw you in. A robust stout with roasted and chocolate bitterness which is balanced by the Madagascan vanilla. Warming bourbon and coffee follow and end with a slightly drying finish. Vegan friendly.

Wiper and True - Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - 4.2%

Kaleidoscope

Wiper and True

4.2% abv

Citra, Simcoe and Mosaic: a trio of hops that combine to beautiful effect. Our carefully selected blend creates a kaleidoscope of bright citrus and vibrant fruit flavours, balanced with gentle, clean bitterness. Harmonious, refreshing, and very drinkable.

Elusive - Double Sunset Oregon Trail

Double Sunset Oregon Trail - 8%

Double Sunset Oregon Trail

Elusive

8% abv

This is a classically-styled West Coast red DIPA. Simcoe, Chinook and Columbus hops combine to deliver a resinous profile with a citrus undertone. The bitterness helps to balance the light caramel of the malts. Vegan friendly.

Ciders & Perries Available

Ross Cider - Mighty Red Apples

Mighty Red Apples - 6%

Mighty Red Apples

Ross Cider

6% abv

Delicate apple blossom on the nose, gorgeous lacing acidity on the palate wraps around the delicious tannins of Ellis Bitter like a velvet glove. Hinting at raspberry, but overflowing with classic Herefordshire cider flavours. Ellis and Browns are both bright red apples, hence the name!

Ross Cider - Spring Came Early

Spring Came Early - 6.5%

Spring Came Early

Ross Cider

6.5% abv

An exceptionally fruity blend of Dabinett and Browns apples (80/20 ratio). Luscious, easy-drinking, refreshing and perfectly balanced. The 2023 vintage gave us smooth and light bodied Dabinett that matches up perfectly with a small infusion of co-fermented Browns apples that provide fruity acidity. A muted aroma leads into a cider that zips across the palate with freshness and verve, bringing joy to the mouth.

Ross Cider - 2023 Biscuits For Dessert

2023 Biscuits For Dessert - 6.2%

2023 Biscuits For Dessert

Ross Cider

6.2% abv

A 2023 blend of Bisquet - a classic bittersweet apple - with Adam's Pearmain, Newton Wonder and Ashmead's Kernel - three delicious dessert apples - co-fermented and matured for 18 months. The resultant cider is glorious; the dessert apples wrap around the bittersweet flavours like a velvet glove. Their silky texture, delicate floral notes are a complement to Bisquet's easy going profile; with flavours of fresh hay, overripe kiwi, and a gentle finish. Seriously moreish.

Harry's Cider - Haymaker

Haymaker - 6%

Haymaker

Harry's Cider

6% abv

A medium/dry cider with a lovely appley aroma, using a blend of apples from Harry's orchard including the classic Dabinett variety.

Dorset Nectar - Top O' The Hill

Top O' The Hill - 5%

Top O' The Hill

Dorset Nectar

5% abv

A spectacular med-dry cider, matured for up to 10 months. Good body and healthy tannin, crisp, rich with a good nose and excellent spirit.

Dorset Nectar - Sweet Maiden

Sweet Maiden - 4.2%

Sweet Maiden

Dorset Nectar

4.2% abv

A medium-sweet traditional still farmhouse cider that is rich and velvety in taste.

Dorset Nectar - Wildcat Cider

Wildcat Cider - 4.5%

Wildcat Cider

Dorset Nectar

4.5% abv

This untamed traditional cider is dark and mysterious, a medium cider with a bite, made using wild yeasts delivering a balanced cider with a light sparkle.

Dorset Nectar - Elderflower Cider

Elderflower Cider - 4%

Elderflower Cider

Dorset Nectar

4% abv

Exuberant, crisp, energising, complex cider with real, cider farm made elderflower cordial skilfully blended with our artisan craft cider.

Dorset Nectar - Pineapple Lane

Pineapple Lane - 3.4%

Pineapple Lane

Dorset Nectar

3.4% abv

A medium cider with pineapple juice blended in. A blend of the West Dorset cider apples and the fruity zing of pineapple.

Dorset Nectar - Hunny Bubble

Hunny Bubble - 3.8%

Hunny Bubble

Dorset Nectar

3.8% abv

Cider alchemy has never been finer, a sweet artisan cider, mellow appley tones and rich with real Dorset honey.

Pilton - Labyrinth

Labyrinth - 6.5%

Labyrinth

Pilton

6.5% abv

A full flavoured dry Somerset farmhouse cider made with Harry Masters Jersey and Nehou apples.

Ascension - Pilot

Pilot - 4.8%

Pilot

Ascension

4.8% abv

This is our original and best selling cider. Wild fermented cider blends with freshly pressed apple juice to create a refreshing and fruity blend.

Seacider - Medium Dry

Medium Dry - 5.8%

Medium Dry

Seacider

5.8% abv

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.

Burrow Hill - Medium Cider

Medium Cider - 6%

Medium Cider

Burrow Hill

6% abv

This medium farmhouse cider is smooth, golden and moreish - a cider that treads the path between rustic and refined with assured ease. Made with a blend of at least 11 varieties of vintage cider apples.

Burrow Hill - Dry Cider

Dry Cider - 6%

Dry Cider

Burrow Hill

6% abv

This dry farmhouse cider is smooth, golden and moreish - a cider that treads the path between rustic and refined with assured ease. Made with a blend of at least 11 varieties of vintage cider apples.

Burrow Hill - 'Alf & 'Alf Cider

'Alf & 'Alf Cider - 6%

'Alf & 'Alf Cider

Burrow Hill

6% abv

A blend of 2 ciders. Half is half dry (clean but with clear oak undertones) and half medium (Vintage 2021 oak aged to give a sweet summer cider) cider.

Burrow Hill - Fifi's Delight

Fifi's Delight - 7%

Fifi's Delight

Burrow Hill

7% abv

A juicy half and half medium cider made with apples from the hill blended with our Kingston Black. It is named after a brand new Burrow Hill apple.

Oliver's - Dabinett

Dabinett - 6.2%

Dabinett

Oliver's

6.2% abv

A still, single varietal cider made with Dabinett apples.

Oliver's - Wild Farmhouse

Wild Farmhouse - 6%

Wild Farmhouse

Oliver's

6% abv

A medium dry cider made with a blend of wild (spontaneously) fermented bittersweet cider apples. A touch of sweeter green apple flavour with the robust ripe red apple character of all our ciders with full body and mouthfeel. Please note the ABV changes with each batch but is usually between 5.7-6.3%.

Oliver's - Shezam

Shezam - 6%

Shezam

Oliver's

6% abv

Medium easy drinking cider made in small batches, using hand picked fruit with minimal intervention. Please note ABV may vary.

Oliver's - Making Hay

Making Hay - 6.3%

Making Hay

Oliver's

6.3% abv

A medium sweet still draught cider. Fruity but robust with good acidity and full mouthfeel. Appley and rich.

Ross Cider - Springback

Springback - 5.6%

Springback

Ross Cider

5.6% abv

A fruity, hazy new release that combines the old and new. The luxurious and endless tannins of our 2022 harvest Dabinett have been given time to smooth out and relax, and then reinvigorated by blending in an equal share of younger, apple-y cider from 2023. Redstreak and Browns always combine to make something soft and juicy, with the Browns offering gentle red fruit Acidity and the Somerset medium bodied tannins. A complete cider.

Dorset Nectar - Foxy Ginger

Foxy Ginger - 4%

Foxy Ginger

Dorset Nectar

4% abv

Authentic Dorset smooth sweet cider busty with exotic fiery ginger, small batch fermented by a wing ding of master cider makers.

Isaac Cider - Spectrum

Spectrum - 5%

Spectrum

Isaac Cider

5% abv

Awaiting tasting notes from brewery.

Isaac Cider - Anti-Gravity

Anti-Gravity - 5%

Anti-Gravity

Isaac Cider

5% abv

A smooth and easy drinking still medium dry cider, well rounded with a fruity finish.

Isaac Cider - Alchemy

Alchemy - 6.5%

Alchemy

Isaac Cider

6.5% abv

A medium sparkling blend of traditional clean tasting bittersweet Dabinett apples.

South West Orchards - Modern Craft Cider

Modern Craft Cider - 5% (keg)

Modern Craft Cider (keg)

South West Orchards

5% abv

A medium cider made with a blend of the finest West Country cider apples, such as Yarlington Mill, Harry's Master and Dabinett, plus a small amount of dessert apple to give the cider a fruity bite. The cider is fermented under ambient conditions, and then allowed to mature naturally for at least three months.

Iford - Stick Up

Stick Up - 3.4% (keg)

Stick Up (keg)

Iford

3.4% abv

Wild fermented modern fresh fruit rhubarb cider. Tart and smooth never crumbly. Banging wild fermented cider with heaps whole forced grown rhubarb, this one is tart, fresh and easy going. Lightly sparkling.

 

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