FREEMINER BITTER ABV 4%

A hoppy distinctive beer, the benchmark of the Freeminer style of brewing. Hops abound in this classic beer. Brewed with Goldings and Fuggles hops, which are grown locally at Ledbury, Herefordshire, one of the traditional hop growing areas of the U.K. The beer has a distinctive bitterness at around 30 E.B.U., the colour is a light, digestive biscuit brown. Hops abound and blend perfectly with a balanced malt character, derived from traditionally malted Marris otter malt. No hop oils, artificial sugars, or adjuncts are used in the production of Freeminer beers. A no nonsense beer for drinkers who appreciate beer with taste. Available in bottle conditioned form, in 5OOMI NRB bottles. The BCB is produced using the intrinsic yeast from the primary fermentation of the beer, and no priming sugars are used, carbonation in bottle being from the fermentation of residual sugars.
(APPLICABLE TO ALL OF OUR BCB’s.)

SPECULATION ALE ABV 4.8%

A rich premium strength ale, plenty of hops in the nose, and loads of rich malt flavours in the mouth, an initial sweetness is rapidly replaced by the onslaught of hops a La Freeminer style, and the beer departs leaving a complex but balanced hop and malt aftertaste. 40 EBU. "Deep ruby red with firm foam and dry milk chocolate aromas - Dryness is splendidly balanced by malt complexity in the mouth with fine bitterness. "A particularly good food beer; smoky and sensual just like Naomi Campbell" Rupert Ponsonby - Decanter. "Bloody good" Don Burgess. Brewer. Winner 5* Decanter Magazine Available in 500 Ml NRB.

CELESTIAL STEAM GALE ABV 5.0%

Winner Bradford beer Festival Strong Bitter Category, 1995. A pale premium strength ale, showcasing the best of British malt and hops, Bitterness is immediately present with the floral hop lingering in the mouth as a departing signature Of the Choice Grade hops specially selected for this sought after ale.
(Also sold under the name Stairway to Heaven.) NOT BOTTLED

STRIP AND AT IT ABV 4.0%

A light Summer beer, brewed to combat the Summer onslaught of Europop draught beers, very pale, the beer has a surprising depth of flavour, inspired by a bit of transatlantic input, and using a novel hop variety, which is the predominant flavour, colour circa 10 EBC, bitterness 23 EBU, pleasantly hoppy in finish, perfect for hot Summer weather . . .
NOT BOTTLED

DEEP SHAFT STOUT ABV 6.2%

Guardian Bottle Conditioned beer of 1996. Not for wimps! Everything a BCB should be. Packed solid with malt, hops, and oats. Possibly the darkest stout of all time, a single varietal beer, made only with Fuggles hops, packed with bitterness, and brimming with aroma hopping, a deep and complex beer, worth taking some time over, and exploring the Hampton Court like maze of complex flavours. Initially, the dry, biscuit flavour of roast barley attacks the palate, soon to be replaced by the soothing Fuggles balm of rich smokiness, and then layer upon layer of malted oats, rich dark malts, and an unidentifiable eutectic finish of pure stout character. The definitive stout for the discerning drinker, dive in and explore!! 
AVAILABLE IN 500 Ml NRB

A ruby red bitter, made with special coloured malts. A very rich malt character, which gives an impression of a stronger beer than its 4.2% ABV. Made with an American hop variety, the beer is an interesting departure from the norm, demonstrating a wide spectrum of unusual floral flavour notes which appeal to the ale drinker who is looking for something a little more cerebral than the usual session strength style beers. The hop is out there somewhere . . . Originally brewed as a one off, demand has led to permanent production. 
NOT BOTTLED.

SLAUGHTER PORTER ABV 5.0%

Dark but light in flavour, well defined aroma of Fuggles hops in the nose, and hints of the lighter side of this complex hop, an excellent Porter for drinkers who enjoy dark beers but are looking for the underlying flavours of a premium strength beer, rather than the lower gravity dark mild end of this style of Classic Northern style of British beer, more akin to the traditional London porter. Dark, roasted malts get a chance to show their softer side as they delicately dance in an organoleptic ballet on the tongue. 
AVAILABLE IN 5OOMl NRB.

SHAKE MANTLE GINGER ALE ABV 5.0%

REALALEALCOPOP!! Something different, real ale base, brewed using a method derived from the traditional "Ginger beer plant" full mash, and using only real ginger, no extracts or artificial flavourings. Unfined, best served cloudy, in the style of a Weisen beer, with a little fresh lemon added when poured, not a run of the mill beer, drinkers fall into one of two camps, they either love this "off road" departure from the pure real ale style, or don’t, but life would be boring if everybody liked the same thing wouldn't it? Cloudy, demorera brown colour, astringent ginger toys with very light hops on the taste buds, and fresh root ginger tickles the tonsils on departure. Featured in The Independent 1994 by M. Jackson. 
AVAILABLE IN 500Ml NRB.

TRAFALGAR IPA ABV 6.0%

Brewed in the traditional style of this historic beer from the days when the sun never set on the British Empire. Historically, this beer was made at around 9% ABV and heavily dry hopped so that it would survive the long shipment to the Indian colonies, now, it is made at 6% to keep the excise bill down, but should sliding scale ever come in look out! We still dry hop. At 50 EBU the IPA is far more bitter than one would normally expect at 6%, but we believe in serious hopping at Freeminer. Pale in colour, with hints of sunset browns in the colour betraying the splash of crystal malts, the single varietal dosing of premium Goldings cuts into the tour de force of serious Marris Otter malts at play with the taste buds. The prolonged dry hopping is very evident in the nose and finish.

Do not accept the inferior 4  point something versions of this classic British beer which some other brewers try to pass off as IPA. Winner of the British Hop Marketing Association Gold Medal for the Best Single Varietal Bottled Beer 1997.
AVAILABLE IN 500Ml NRB

GOLD STANDARD. ABV 5.0

Winner of two awards in the 1998 beauty of hops awards, this beer was especially brewed to use the "first gold " variety of hops, it has been described (by the award judges) as "orange peel and apricot blossom blended together beautifully" we prefer to say that it is an incredibly hoppy golden beer well suited to all "hop heads" everywhere.

MORSES LEVEL. ABV 4.0

Originally developed for bottling, and sold as “Hurricane” as part of a Christmas pack.

The beer is named after one of the last Freemines left in the Royal Forest. Morses Level is one of the mines which is fighting the Government for the survival of Freemining in the area without let or hindrance, as has been the custom for the last Millennium. Only legislation can stop the Freemining tradition, something that has never been previously threatened by parliament, and has always been accepted as a unique tradition peculiar to the forest and worthy of preservation . Not even Europe has tried to interfere with the Freemining rights of the Forest.

The beer is a chocolate dark brown with a strong presence of floral hop and a characteristic bitter start, balanced by a strong malt character. At 4%ABV, it has the style of a much stronger beer, but the strength allows it to be enjoyed as a session bitter.