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Acorn, Gorlovka Imperial Stout (England) (RP) Acorn's Gorlovka Stout is brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, crystal malt and roasted barley. The single hop is Challenger. The colour is ruby/black and the beer has a thick collar of foam. The aroma offers liquorice, cocoa powder, roasted grain and peppery hops. Bitter hops build on the palate with roasted grain, liquorice, cocoa and burnt fruit. The long and bitter finish has spicy hops, burnt fruit, liquorice, cocoa and roast. It?s an especially hoppy interpretation of stout and is bursting with complex flavours. It?s also available in cask-conditioned form. Malt: high. Fruit: high. Bitterness: high. Also available Archer Road Beer Shop and the Dram Shop in Sheffield. Available direct from the brewery: 01226 270734. 6.0% ABV, 50cl, ?2.00 - ?2.50, Rhythm & Booze.

Adnams, Broadside (England) (RP) Ruby red beer with spicy hops, pear drop fruit and hop resins on the aroma, burnt fruit, a hint of chocolate, chewy grain and peppery hops in the mouth, followed by a long, bittersweet finish with tangy hops, rich dark malt, ripe fruit and a light chocolate note. ?18.99 for 12 from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen and online. Around ?1.80 per bottle from other retailers. 6.3% ABV, 50cl, ?18.99 (x 12), Waitrose.

Adnams, East Green (England) (RP) This is Adnams' carbon neutral beer, brewed with Maris Otter pale malt and Boadicea low-pesticide hops grown in Suffolk. It's straw-coloured with a hint of sulphur on the nose, with rich fruit - peaches and lychees - hop resins and biscuit malt. The palate is bittersweet with fruit dominating but balanced by juicy malt and tangy hops. Hop bitterness builds in the finish but ripe fruit and sweet malt continue to offer a good balance. ?12.89 for eight bottles from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen and online. Around ?1.80 a bottle from other suppliers. 4.3% ABV, 50cl, ?12.89 (x 8), The Co-operative, Morrisons, Sainsbury's.

Adnams, Explorer (England) (RP) Straw colour with a big grapefruit, peppery hop and nutty malt aroma. Tart citrus fruit, biscuit malt and peppery hops fill the mouth. Some fruity sweetness in the finish balances bitter hops and sappy malt. Very refreshing. ?13.50 for eight bottles from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen and online. 5.5% ABV, 50cl, ?13.50 (x 8), brewery website.

Adnams, Gunhill (England) (RP) Deep copper colour with a big malt loaf aroma with peppery hops. Rich nutty malt in the mouth is balanced in the mouth by bitter hop resins and sultana fruit. The bittersweet finish is dominated by spicy hops, rich malt and burnt fruit. ?18.99 for 12 from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen, and online. 4.0% ABV, 50cl, ?18.99 (x 12), Adnams Cellar & Kitchen.

Adnams, Lighthouse (England) (RP) Bronze colour with a grassy hop nose, pear drop fruit and cracker wheat grain. Fruit builds in the mouth but is balanced by chewy malt and bitter hop resins. The finish is dry and quenching with spicy hops, ripe fruit and rich juicy malt. ?18.99 for a case of 12, Adnams Cellar and Kitchen and Online. 3.4% ABV, 50cl, ?18.99 (x 12), Adnams Cellar & Kitchen.

Adnams, Solebay (England) (RP) Solebay comes in a 750ml bottle with a cork and cradle, inside an attractive silver tin: both bottle and tin have dates of key moments in the history of Southwold and the brewery. The beer has a gold/pale bronze colour and big hint of butterscotch on the aroma, with powerful hop resins and cracker-wheat malt. Rich juicy malt coats the tongue but is balanced by toffee/butterscotch notes and spicy hops. The long and complex finish is bittersweet to start but hop bitterness grows, balancing the rich grain and butterscotch; the beer is warming and finally dry. Malt: high. Hops: medium. Fruit: low. Limited edition. 10.0% ABV, 75cl, ?9.99, Adnams Cellar & Kitchen, brewery website.

Adnams, SSB Suffolk Strong Bitter (England) (RP) Pale copper colour with bitter oranges, spicy hops and digestive biscuit malt on the nose. Bitter peppery hops, tart fruit and chewy malt fill the mouth, while bitter hops dominate the finish but are balanced by orange fruit and juicy malt. ?18.25 for 12 from Adnams Cellar and Kitchen and online. Around ?1.80 per bottle from other retailers. 4.5% ABV, 50cl, ?18.25 (x 12), Asda, Booth's, Waitrose.

Adnams, William Godell Celebratory Ale (England) (RP) Adnams has broken out from the straitjacket of Bitter and Broadside with a raft of additional beers, made possible by its new flexible German-built brewhouse. This new and exhilarating ale celebrates William Godell, known as the 'Father of Southwold', the brewery?s home base in Suffolk. An image of Godell features on the label of the bottle-conditioned beer, complete with a red seal. The 750ml bottle has a cork and cradle closure to underscore the image of antiquity. The ale is based on a recipe from the early 16th century and uses oats and wheat alongside conventional malting barley. The hop marks a departure from Adnams? devotion to Fuggles and Goldings: the beer uses the much-acclaimed New Zealand variety Nelson Sauvign, so called because it creates a gooseberry character similar to the one found in wines from that country that use the Sauvignon grape. The beer has a massive gooseberry aroma backed by a cinnamon stick spiciness, peppery hops and mellow grain. The tart gooseberry fruit dominates the mouth but sweeter fruits develop, balanced by tangy hops and biscuit malt. The finish is dry, bitter, hoppy, fruity and wonderfully refreshing. It?s only January, but William Godell will take some beating to win Beer of the Year. The beer is available from Adnams Kitchen & Cellar in Southwold, 01502 727 222. Malt: high. Hops: high. Fruit: high. 4.5% ABV, 75cl, ?24.99 for six, Adnams Cellar & Kitchen.

Alcazar, Bombay Castle IPA (England) The bottled version of Bombay Castle was at first bottle conditioned but brewer David Allen says ? interestingly ? that he finds the current filtered version closer to the cask beer. It is brewed with Maris Otter pale malt and is generously hopped with two English varieties, Goldings and Progress. The hops create a remarkable 75 bitterness units, making it probably the bitterest beer brewed in Britain. The level of bitterness recalls the hey-day of IPA brewing in the 19th century, when beers destined for India had high levels of hops to help them withstand the three-month sea journey to Bombay and Calcutta. The beer is a pale bronze colour with a spicy and woody hop aroma, balanced by sappy malt and tart, nose-tingling citrus fruits. It is intensely bitter in the mouth, with an almost iodine or quinine flavour, with tangy citrus fruits and juicy malt. The finish is long and complex, with deep, tart and tingling hop notes, tangy fruit and biscuity malt. 6.5% ABV, 50cl, ?2.25, brewery website.

Arkell's, Moonlight (England) Named in commemoration of Peter Arkell's missions flying low-level sorties over France in 1943 to pick up agents in occupied France during the full moon period, this beer has a dark, tawny gold colour with a creamy, thick head. It has a clean, hoppy nose is joined by a crunchy, sweet crystal malt character and notes of toffee. It is rich and toffeish in the mouth too, with a full texture. It is very smooth, with a nice bitter tang of hops that is really quite green and grassy. This Swindon-brewed beer is only available in local branches of Asda. 5.0% ABV, 50cl, ?1.68, Asda.

Arundel, Sussex Gold (England) "Best Bitter" brewed in Sussex by Arundel, this pours a a gentle, medium gold with quite a thin off-white head. The nose is malty, with a touch of seaweedy character and some sour, lemony notes. On the palate it is medium bodied and the two dominating flavours are sweet malt and that sour, slightly salty citrus. It is fresh, with a rather weak mid-palate, and a touch of dank character. The malt does fill in again on the finish, in this slightly "dirty" tasting beer that is, nevertheless, not unpleasant. 4.2% ABV, 50cl, ?1.75, Beersofeurope, Sainsbury's.

Aspall, Dry Suffolk Cyder (England) (GDS) Aspall's dates back to 1728 and is one of four cider makers based in Suffolk. Draught Suffolk Cyder was introduced in 2003 to celebrate the family's 275 years of making cider in the parish of Aspall. Sold on draught in Suffolk and selected London bars, it is also now available in bottled format. A powerful apple aroma leads into a crisp, clean cider, medium-flavoured, subtle, with a notably refreshing character. 5.5% ABV, , ?1.69, Asda, Sainsbury's.

Badger Brewery, Blandford Fly Premium Ale (England) This dark gold/bronze ale has a white, thin head. The nose is distinctly spicy, with ginger and cinammon notes dominant, and a sweet hint of flowers. On the palate there is a noticeable sweetness, that softens all the hop and malt edges. Some bitterness does creep through to engage the palate on the finish, but this is a distinctively sweet and spicy beer that will split the jury into lovers and haters I suspect. 5.2% ABV, 50cl, ?1.82, Booth's, Waitrose.

Badger Brewery, Golden Champion Ale (England) This brilliant golden beer is, I believe, brewed with the addition of a little edlerflower essence, which certainly would explain the floral, quite exotic character on the nose. As well as notes of confectionery and Turkish delight, there's some fudge-like malt and a cut of grassy hops. On the palate it is quite full, with a creamy texture and that Elderflower fruit cordial note is definitely present, with a Parma-violet sweetness playing against some good bitter hops and a toffeed, rich background. Despite all that, this is crisp and light in the mouth, and had a fresh finish. It is perhaps a touch sweet for my palate, but is intriguing, different, and really quite enjoyable 5.0% ABV, 50cl, ?1.69, Asda, Booth's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Waitrose.

Badger Brewery, Golden Glory (England) Golden Glory is brewed with extract of peach blossom, which is an absolutely unmissable aspect of this beer's aroma and flavour that some will love and some will hate. It pours a deep, amber/gold with a thin, quickly dissapating head. On the nose a perfume of downy peach and floral, summery aromas leaps from the glass. Behind is some toffee character in a very aromatic and singular beer. On the palate the creamy texture seems filled with a sweet, peach flavour at first, but then a nicely restraining core of hops begins to grip, and a fuller, darker malt underpinning adds a bit of weight. The peach note is evident through the finish in a "situation beer" that you couldn't drink often, but which makes a fine change from more orthodox styles. 4.5% ABV, 50cl, ?1.59, Booth's, Tesco, Waitrose.

Badger Brewery, Hopping Hare (England) (RP) The beer is hopped in the copper with Admiral and Boadicea varieties and then ?late hopped? at the end of the boil with Styrian Goldings. The hops create 30 units of bitterness. The beer has an inviting gold colour, a good head of foam, and a complex aroma of light butterscotch, lemon fruit, grassy hop resins and a cracker wheat grain note. Bitter hops are balanced in the mouth by juicy malt and tangy lemon fruit. The finish is dry, bitter, fruity and malty and is wonderfully crisp and quenching. The brewery recommends it as a good companion for Thai green curry or lamb shank. I think it would go equally well with fish and pasta dishes. Further information from www.badgerdirect.com. Malt: medium. Hops: high. Fruit: high 4.5% ABV, 50cl, ?1.79, Sainsbury's, Tesco.

Badger Brewery, Pickled Partridge Ale (England) Pickled Partridge is Badger Brewery's seasonal ale for winter, appearing in November for three months. It is a fairly dark beer with a tawny, burnished amber colour and fairly thin off-white head. On the nose there are malty, roasted grain notes but also a definite spiced Seville orange tang. In the mouth it has a bit of bite with a green, chicory-like hoppy note and more of that citrus adding a lighter, fruitier lift. Pleasantly quaffable with a bit of depth to it. 4.5% ABV, 50cl, brewery website, Beersofeurope.

Badger Brewery, River Cottage Stinger Nettle Beer (England) Cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall supplies the hand-harvested organic nettles from his Dorset HQ for this beer (brewed by Badger brewery) that transports me back to seaside holidays in Morecombe as a teenager, when a glass of nettle beer was a daily tipple! Quite subtle nettle, lemon and orange aromas, with a hint of biscuit. Wonderfully fresh on the palate, the nettles still fairly discreet, behind plenty of hoppy bite, citrus and a softening edge of malt. Deliciously drinkable. 4.5% ABV, 50cl, 2.30, Vintage Roots.

Badger Brewery, Tanglefoot Summer Ale (England) Pours a lovely burnished gold colour, with a medium-density off-white head. The nose is somehow summery, with a distant echo of nettle beer, as well as lots of tangy citrus and a little note of toffee. On the palate it is medium-bodied but creamy smooth, with a seamless, delicious palate that balances a hint of sweetness against grassy herbal and resinous hop flavours. This beer is elegant and beautifully balanced, and though not flashy, really grows on you with every sip. Quite subtle, but terrific stuff. 5.0% ABV, 50cl, ?1.72, Asda, Booth's, Luvians, Waitrose, widely available.