Beers in Order of Strength

3.9% ABV

Brew XI : Bass (Birmingham)
Best Bitter (BBBB or 4Bs) : Berrow
Bitter : Big Lamp
Borve Ale : Borve
Special Bitter : Broughton
Arrowhead Bitter : Cannon Royal
Oslers Summer Pale Ale : Coach House
James Buckley Ale : Crown Buckley
Druid : Dyffryn Clwyd
Ordinary Bitter : Edgcote
Simpkiss Bitter : Enville
Bitter : Franklin's
* Summer Ale : Fullers
Drawwell Bitter : Hanby
Kimberley Best Bitter : Hardys And Hansons
* Show Ale : Hesket Newmarket
Bitter : Holden's
* Quaff : Jolly Roger
Broadsword : Jolly Roger
Bitter : Juwards
Bitter : Leaking Boot
Bitter : Mansfield
Strong Country Bitter (for Whitbread) : Morrells
Two Henrys Bitter : Nix Wincott
Best Bitter : Oak
Bitter : Old Bear
Barnsey Bitter : Old Bear
Brothers Best : Old Forge
Traditional Bitter : Old Mill
Somerby Premium Bitter : Parish
PG Steam : RCH
IPA : Rebellion
Dark : Reepham
Bevy : Reindeer (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Jak's : Rooster's
Special : Rooster's
Tamar : Royal Inn
Foxy : Steam Packet
Best Bitter : Stocks
Lifeboat Ale : Titanic Brewery
Wychert Ale : Vale
Bitter : Vaux
Piddle in the Hole : Wyre Piddle
Joule's Crown Ale : Bass Birmingham
M&B Brew XI : Bass Birmingham
Stones Best Bitter : Bass Sheffield
Davenports Traditional Bitter : Tetley Walker (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Shipstone's Bitter : Tetley Walker (Carlsberg-Tetley)
* Black Bull Bitter : Theakston (Scottish & Newcastle)
New Cherry Pickers : Alford Arms (Whitbread)

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4.0% ABV

Buchan Gold : Aberdeenshire
Best Bitter : Archers
3B Bitter : Arkell's
Best Bitter : Arundel
* Bedfordshire Clanger : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
* Santa Slayer : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Freds Cap : Bank Top Brewery
Best Bitter : Black Bull
Old Kiln Ale : Border
Spinnaker Classic : Brewery on Sea
Eve'ill Bitter : British Oak
Bitter : Buffy's
* Ebony Dark : Bullmastiff
Best Bitter : Bullmastiff
Pigswill : Bunces
XL Bitter : Burton Bridge
James Forshaws Bitter : Burtonwood
Bitter : Butcombe
Banner Bitter : Butterknowle
Bitter : Butts
Traditional Bitter : Cains
Camerons Strongarm : Camerons
Crown Special : Camerons
Lakeland Gold : Cartmel
Thistle Mild : William Clark
* Gold : Combe
Wild Boar : Commercial
Best Bitter : Concertina
Old Dark Attic : Concertina
Wheeltappers Ale : Cottage
Two Pints Best Bitter : Cropton
Best Bitter : Crouch Vale
Munslow Ale : Crown Inn
Piston Broke : Cyder House Inn
JLK Pale Ale : Davenport Arms
* BHB : Dunn Ploughman
SBA : Donnington
Slaters Original : Eccleshall
Blackdown Porter : Elridge Pope
* Special Ale : Federation
Buchanans Special : Federation
Crofters : First In, Last Out
Bitter : Freeminer
Auld Alliance : Fyfe
Gold : Gale's
* Premium Bitter : Gibbs Mew
Salisbury Best Bitter : Gibbs Mew
Best Bracken : Glaschu
Special Bitter : Goddard's
Jouster Ale : Goff's
Tom Brown's Best Bitter : Goldfinch
Rayments Special Bitter : Greene King
Britannia Bitter : Guernsey
Badger Best Bitter : Hall & Woodhouse
Bull : Hambleton
* Rocket Best Bitter : Hardington
Mayson Premier : Hart
Criminale Porter : Hart
Sussex Best Bitter (BB) : Harvey
Hilden Ale : Hilden
Greater Northern Porter : Hilden
Special Reserve : Hilden
Bitter : Holt
Special : Hop Back
Wild Alternative : Hop Back
HOB Bitter : Hoskins & Oldfield
Little Matty : Hoskins & Oldfield
White Dolphin : Hoskins & Oldfield
Amber Ale : Hull
Cumberland Ale : Jennings
Summer Gold : John Thompson Inn
Shipwrecked : Jolly Roger
Bitter : Kemptown
King's Ransom : King's Head
Sovereign : Larkins
Belter : Leatherbritches
Bitter : Lees
Inspired : Lichfield
Clog Dancer : Little Avenham
Porter : Little Avenham
Bitter : Longstone
Special Reserve Bitter : Thomas McGuiness
Stout : Thomas McGuiness
80/- Export : Maclay
* Kanes Amber Ale : Maclay
Porter : Maclay
Pickwick's Porter : Malton
Amazon Bitter : Masons Arms
Captain Flint : Masons Arms
Old XXXX : Mauldons
Midsummer Gold : Mauldons
* Broomstick Bitter : Mauldons
* Mother's Ruin : Mauldons
Celebration : Maypole
* Brewers Pride : Mitchell's
* Cask Bitter : Mole's
Best Bitter : Mole's
Original Bitter : Morland
* Opening Medicine : Mundane
Bitter : Nethergate
Anna Valley Ale : Newale
Best Bitter : Oakhill
Dragonhead Stout : Orkney
Farm Gold : Parish
Redemption : Passageway
Porter : Pilgrim
* Progress Best Bitter : Pilgrim
Progress : Pilgrim
Bitter : Plassey
* Black Skye Bitter : Porter
Dartmoor IPA or Best Bitter : Princetown
Renown : Reckless Eric's
Hartleys XB : Robinson's
Level Best : Rother Valley
Pillage Porter : Rudgate
* Stout : Ryburn
Doom Bar Bitter : Sharp's
Old Brewery Bitter or OBB : Samuel Smith
Porter : Spikes
Bitter : Springhead
Jack Of Hearts : Stag
Lord Douglas Dark Mild : Stag
* Bitter Black : Steam Packet
Bit o Black : Steam Packet
Tarka's Tipple : Tally Ho
Best Bitter : Taylor
Reel Ale : Teignworthy
Snigbrook Ale : Thwaites
Jimmy's Bitter : Tipsy Toad
Sessions : Tomlinson's
Best Lockoford Bitter : Townes
The Ridgeway Bitter : Tring
* Wild Boar : Trough Brewery Ltd Bradford, W.Yorks
* Spring Fever : Ushers
* Autumn Frenzy : Ushers
* Sheffield Best Bitter : Wards
Good Old Boy : West Berkshire Brewery Company
* DNC Best Bitter : West Coast
* DNC Guiltless Stout : West Coast
Hartington Bitter : Whim
1066 Country Bitter : White
Brand Oak bitter : Wickwar
Parish Bitter : Wood
Fiddlers Elbow : Wychwood
Hereford Pale Ale or HPA : Wye Valley
* Springtime Bitter : Wye Valley
* Porter : Young's
Wheat Beer : Young's
Best Bitter : Bristol (Courage)
Magnet : John Smith's (Courage)
Royal Wessex Bitter : Flowers (Whitbread)

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4.1% ABV

Old Ale : Adnams
Challenger : Ash Vine
Stones Best Bitter : Bass (Sheffield)
Devon Gold : Blackawton
* Winter Fuel : Blackawton
Bosun's Tickle : Bridgwater
* Cains Bitter : Cains
ERA : Caledonian
80/- Ale : Caledonian
Porter : Caledonian
* EXB : William Clark
Thistle Bitter : William Clark
Two Bays Best Bitter : William Clark
Neary's Stout : Commercial
Best Bitter : Cuckmere Haven
Country Stile : Daleside
Dalesman Old Ale : Daleside
Sun Runner : Dark Horse
Dobs Best Bitter : Exe Valley
* Exmoor Dark : Exmoor
Best Bitter : Featherstone
London Pride : Fullers
Best Dark Ale : Goachers
Gribble Ale : Gribble
Best Bitter : Hardington
Original 80/- : Harviestoun
* Fraoch Heather Ale : Heather
Vickery's Brew : Henstridge
Devils Water : Hexhamshire
XB or Lucy B : Holden's
Doolish : Isle Of Man
JTS XXX or Lloyds Derby Bitter : John Thompson Inn
* Original Bitter : Lion's
Derby or County Bitter or JTS XXX : Lloyds
Nutbrown : Malton
* Stout : Mitchell's
Main Street Bitter : Pembroke
* Best Bitter : Robinwood
Best Bitter : Shepherd Neame
Best Bitter : Smiles
Ramsay Bitter : Solva
Best Bitter : Thompson's
Premium Bitter : Titanic Brewery
Stag : Tomintoul
Brick Kiln Bitter : West Berkshire Brewery Company
Wild Oats : Wild's
* Norfolk Porter : Woodforde's
Old Bram : Woodforde's
* Mother-In-Law's Tongue : Woodforde's
Dirty Dick's : Young's
Auld Reekie 80/- : Rose Street (Carlsberg-Tetley)
* Hogshead Bitter : Theakston (Scottish & Newcastle)
Diesel : Fox And Newt (Whitbread)

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4.2% ABV

Gold : Arundel
Black Bess Porter : Ash Vine
Best Bitter : Ballard's
Golden Bine : Ballard's
* Madhatter : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
* Maiden's Rescue : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Samuel Cromptons Ale : Bank Top Brewery
SB Bitter : Beartown
80/- Ale : Belhaven
Bog Standard Bitter : Blackmoor
Nectar Soup : Blackmoor
Wages : Blewitts
Noggins Nog : Border
SA Best Bitter / Skull Attack : Brains
Merlins Ale : Broughton
80/- Ale : Broughton
Second Brew : Brunswick
Best Bitter : Bunces
Bridge Bitter : Burton Bridge
Ventnor Premium Ale (VPA) : Burts
Conciliation Ale : Butterknowle
Pride : Cannon
CHB : Chalk Hill
Best Bitter : Cheriton
What The Fox's Hat : Church End
Festival Ale : Clark's
Sqiures Gold Spring Ale : Coach House
* Wizards Wonder : Coach House
Hackett VC : Concertina
Aldercote Ale : Cotleigh
* Hobby Ale : Cotleigh
Scoresby Stout : Cropton
Millennium Gold : Crouch Vale
Saxon King Stout : Cuckmere Haven
Celtic : Durham
Cwrw Castell or Castle Bitter : Dyffryn Clwyd
Thomas Hardy Country Bitter : Elridge Pope
White : Enville
Tiger Best Bitter : Everards
* Stoat : Exmoor
Double Dragon : Felinfoel
Cardinal : First In, Last Out
Ensign Ale : Flagship
Royal Charter : Flamingo
Flame Thrower : Fox And Hounds
Bostin Bitter : Fox And Hounds
Wild Mild : Fox And Hounds
Roadhog : Foxley
Overture : Fromes Hill
* XXXXX : Gale's
* 5X : Gale's
India Pale Ale : Gale's
Winter Brew : Gale's
* Real Draught Bitter : Guernsey
Sunbeam Bitter : Guernsey
Zetland Best Bitter : Hadrian
Legion Ale : Hadrian
Goldfield : Hambleton
Stallion : Hambleton
Lionheart : Hampshire
Raging Rooster : Hardys And Hansons
Belchers Best Bitter : Hedgehog And Hogshead
Old Slug Porter : Hedgehog And Hogshead
Traditional English Ale or TEA : Hogs Back
Tom Kelly's Stout : Hoskins & Oldfield
* John Barleycorn : Hull
Mainbrace Bitter : Jollyboat
Goodness Stout : Jolly Roger
Coombe Ale : Judges
Golden Eagle : Kelham Island
Broadwood : King And Barnes
Bretonside's Best (BSB) : King's Head
Sheriff's Ride : Lichfield
Old Grace Bitter : Longstone
Junction Bitter : Thomas McGuiness
Brewers Pride : Marston Moor
* Porter : Marston Moor
* Squires : Mauldons
* Special : Mauldons
Special Bitter : Mauldons
Squires Bitter : Mauldons
* Fortress : Mitchell's
* Old Crog : Mitchell's
Griffin : Nene Valley
* March Hare : Oak
Great Raft Bitter : Old Chimneys
Best Bitter : Palmers
* ESB : Pitfield
Belcher's Wood : Rainbow
Summer Velvet : Reepham
Rapier Pale Ale : Reepham
Velvet Stout : Reepham
Best Bitter : Robinson's
Pictons Pleasure : Ross
Battleaxe : Rudgate
* Porter : Ryburn
Rydale Bitter : Ryburn
Bitter : Shardlow
* Masons Dark Ale : Shepherd Neame
42 : Skinner's
* Old Ale : Skinner's
Penguin Stout : Skinner's
XSB : Sutton
Black Velvet Stout : Thompson's
IPA : Tolly Cobbold
* 80/- : Tomintoul
Samson : Vaux
* Bombardier Best Bitter : Wells
* DNC Kangaroo XXXX Pale Ale : West Coast
* Old Station Porter : West Highland
Burcom Bitter : Willy's
Special Bitter : Wood
Woodcutter : Wood
* John Brown : Woodforde's
Emerald Ale : Woodforde's
* Earls Ale : Wortley
Best : Wychwood
* Golden Summertime Ale : Wye Valley
Aitken's 80/- : Bass Glasgow
Pilots Pride : Minerva (Carlsberg-Tetley)
* Antlers Pride : Minerva (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Castle Eden Ale : Castle Eden Brewery (Whitbread)
Olde Frithsden : Alford Arms (Whitbread)
Cushtie : Fox And Newt (Whitbread)

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4.3% ABV

Extra : Adnams
Valiant : Bateman
Best Bitter : Batham
Piston Bitter : Beer Engine
Beaver Bitter : Belvoir
Millers Ale : Bird In Hand
Black Horse Bitter : Black Horse And Rainbow
Winter Ale : Black Horse And Rainbow
Old Ale : Brakspear
Special : Brakspear
Pistol Knight : Branscombe Vale
Railway Porter : Brunswick
Polly's Folly : Buffy's
Murrays Heavy : Caledonian
Beechwood Bitter : Chiltern
* Seven Sisters Sussex Special : Cuckmere Haven
Albert Ale : Earl Soham
Bicentenary Pageant Ale : Elgood's
Matthew Clayton's Original Strong Ale : Fellows, Morton and Clayton
Barking Mad : Foxley
Fulham Ale : Freedom
Black Baron : Greene King
XXXX or Old Ale : Harvey
Doris's 90th Birthday Ale : Hesket Newmarket
* West-Morland Ale : Hesket Newmarket
* Blackhall Stout : Hexhamshire
* Penns Ale : Hoskins
* JTS Rich Porter : John Thompson Inn
* Porter : Kelham Island
Curates Downfall : Lastingham
Special : Linfit
Pickled Priest : Little Avenham
Country Best Bitter : McMullen
Gladstone : McMullen
* White Rabbit : Mansfield
* 1855 : Mansfield
Deakins White Rabbit : Mansfield
Varsity : Morrells
Tyke Bitter : Oak
Bright : Otter
Pitchfork : RCH
Restoration : Reckless Eric's
ESX Best Bitter : Ridleys
Witchfinder Porter : Ridleys
Yankee : Rooster's
Best Bitter : Summerskills
Landlord : Taylor
Ram Tam (XXXX) : Taylor
Spring Tide : Teignworthy
XXX Bitter : Three Tuns
XXX Stout : Three Tuns
Archibald Beckett : Tisbury
* Down With It : Tomlinson's
Tap And Spile Premium : Ushers
6X : Wadworth
Bombardier Premium Bitter : Wells
Great Eastern Ale : Woodforde's
* John Browne's Ale : Woodforde's
* Hereford Supreme : Wye Valley
* Dartmoor Strong : Furgusons (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Imperial : Joshua-Tetley (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Extra : Abington Park (Scottish & Newcastle)
Streatham Strong : Greyhound (Scottish & Newcastle)

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4.4% ABV

Premium : Aberystwyth
* Bodysnatcher : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Draught Bass - A Classic beer : Bass (Burton)
Porter : Berrow
Special Bitter : Black Sheep
Coppernob : Bridgwater
Newport Nobbler : Burts
M-Reg GTi : Church End
Burgular Bill : Clark's
* Cracker Barrel : Coach House
* Dewi Sant : Coach House
* Regal Ale : Coach House
Shipwrecker's Ale : Combe
* Peregrine Porter : Cotleigh
Somerset And Dorset Ale (S&D) : Cottage
Slaters Premium : Eccleshall
* Iron Brew : Freeminer
* Porter : Hampshire
Shropshire Stout : Hanby
Black Betty : Hanby
Blackwater Porter : Hogs Back
Supreme : Hoskins & Oldfield
Governor Strong Ale : Hull
Deirdre Of Sorrows : Iceni
Best Bitter : Larkins
* Red Admiral : Mansfield
* Red Squirrel : Mansfield
* George's Day : Mauldons
Lancaster Bomber : Mitchell's
The Tanner's Jack : Morland
Shopmates Ale : Nene Valley
* Midsummer Madness : Oak
No.9 : Plough Inn
Setting : Rising Sun
* Wide-Eyed And Crownless : Shardlow
Gold : Sutton
IPA : Thompson's
Black Tadger : Tipsy Toad
Old Dray Bitter : Worldham
Supreme : Wye Valley
Draught Bass : Bass Burton
Archibald Arrol's 80/- : Alloa (Carlsberg-Tetley)
Entire : HP&D (Carlsberg-Tetley)

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4.5% ABV

* Yeomanry Bicentenary Ale : Arkell's
Dragonslayer : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Edwin Taylors Extra Stout : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Shefford Pale Ale : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
* Guy Fawkes Bitter : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
* Romeo's Ruin : B&T {Ex Banks & Taylor}
Berkeley Vale Ale : Berkeley
44 Special : Blackawton
Spinnaker Buzz : Brewery on Sea
Spinnaker Buzz : Brewery on Sea
Winter Widget : Brewery on Sea
Wally Williams Bitter : Britannia
Light : Bull's Head
Burton Porter : Burton Bridge
Old Bushy Tail : Bushy's
* Piston Brew : Bushy's
125 : Caledonian
Buckshot Bitter : Cannon Royal
* Millwards Musket Mild : Cannon Royal
Thouroughbred : Cartmel
* Pews Porter : Church End
Worth Best Bitter : Commercial
Worth Porter : Commercial
* Harvest Festival : Commercial
Shot Firers Porter : Concertina
KW Special Pride : Concertina
Fitzpatricks Stout : Concertina
Bengal Tiger : Concertina
Barn Owl Bitter : Cotleigh
* Golden Eagle : Cotleigh
* Reverend James Bitter : Crown Buckley
Reverend James Original Ale : Crown Buckley
Gentleman's (Smuggler's) Gold : Cuckmere Haven
Ramsbottom Strong ale : Dent
* Woodys Crown : Dunn Ploughman
Jolly Jack Tar Porter : Dyffryn Clwyd
Ale : Enville
Exmoor Gold : Exmoor
Sundowner : Farmers Arms
Buchanans Original : Federation
Pompey Royal : Gale's
Flashman's Clout Strong Ale : Goldfinch
* Wharfdale Bitter : Goose Eye
Wharfdale : Goose Eye
Bridge Street Bitter : Green Dragon
Best Bitter : Green Jack
* Sorcerer : Greene King
Royal Raven : Greene King
Centurion Best Bitter : Hadrian
Scorpio : Hanby
Nemesis : Hart
Armada Ale : Harvey
Ptarmigan 85/- : Harviestoun
Old Timber : Highwood
Town Crier : Hobsons
Old Hookey : Hook Norton
Entire Stout : Hop Back
* Olde Skipper : Isle Of Man
Crewsaver : Kemptown
Tipper's Tipple : Kemptown
Old Ale : King And Barnes
* Harvest Ale : King And Barnes
* Easter Ale : King And Barnes
Royal Oui : Lastingham
Ashbourne Ale : Leatherbritches
Janet Street Porter : Linfit
* Porter : Lloyds
Old Malt Stout : Maclay
Wallace IPA : Maclay
* Royal Stag : Mansfield
* Black Tom Stout : Marston Moor
Merrie Maker : Marston Moor
* Merrie Monk : Marstons
* Pedigree Bitter : Marstons
Pedigree : Marstons
Great Northern : Masons Arms
* Love Potion No.9 : Mauldons
SP or Starting Price Ale : Mildmay
Ruby Ale : Mill
Landlords Choice : Mole's
Workie Ticket : Mordue
Goldengate : Nethergate
Balksbury Bitter : Newale
Black And Amber Bitter : Newport
Old Oak Ale : Oak
Hunky Dory : Oakham
Black Magic : Oakhill
1825 : Old Court
Barn Ale : Old Luxters
Ale : Otter
* Rainbow Porter : Parish
Golden Hill Ale : Pembroke
Saracen : Pilgrim
* Autumnal : Pilgrim
* Old English Porter : Plough Inn
* Atlas Special Bitter : Preston Atlas
* Walburges Splendid Porter : Preston Atlas
Old Slug Porter : RCH
Mutiny : Rebellion
Nailers OBJ : Red Cross
* Smugglers Stout : Reepham
Gnu Bru : Reindeer (Carlsberg-Tetley)
* Porter : Reindeer (Carlsberg-Tetley)
* Clifton Dark : Ross
Hartcliffe Bitter : Ross
* Kingsdowner : Ross
* Medievil Porter : Ross
Horsebridge Best : Royal Inn
* Maypole : Rudgate
* Strong Ale : Selby
Stinger : Spikes
* Choir Porter : Snowdonia
Stanney Bitter : Stanway
Packet Porter : Steam Packet
Brown Ale : Steam Packet
Beachcomber : Teignworthy
Craftsman : Thwaites
Scallywag : Thwaites
Thunderbolt : Thwaites
Town Crier : Thwaites
Stout : Titanic Brewery
* Ginger Tom : Tomintoul
* Femme Fatale : Tomlinson's
* Fractus : Tomlinson's
Pynot Porter : Townes
Old Ric : Uley
Founders Ale : Ushers
Malt And Hops : Wadworth
Farmer's Glory : Wadworth
* Valentine's Ale : Wadworth
* Easter Ale : Wadworth
* Summersault : Wadworth
Old Dog Bitter : Weetwood
* DNC Big Heavy Jimmie : West Coast
Woblle : Whitby's
Nut Brown Ale : Whitby's
Wild Blonde : Wild's
Wild Redhead : Wild's
Shropshire Lad : Wood
Nelson's Revenge : Woodforde's
* Glowing Autumn Ale : Wye Valley
* Wholesome Stout : Wye Valley
Pimlico Porter : Orange (Scottish & Newcastle)
McEwan 80/- or Younger IPA : Fountain (Scottish & Newcastle)
Younger No.3 : Fountain (Scottish & Newcastle)
Flowers Original : Flowers (Whitbread)
Pickled Squirrel : Alford Arms (Whitbread)
Black And Amber : Fox And Newt (Whitbread)
Reckless : Frog And Parrot (Whitbread)

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