The Products - Traditonal Real Ale in Shropshire

BEERS REGULARLY AVAILABLE

	1642 3.8% abv A golden bitter with light maltiness, comprising nutty and coffee flavours, leading to a refreshing medium/strong, spicy bitterness with a long-lingering finish.		XXX 4.3% abv A renowned beer from a recipe passed down by the Roberts family who owned the brewery for several generations; a pale-straw-coloured, premium bitter with simple, light malty-sweetness, delicately balanced with light bitterness of floral, earthy character.
	Cleric's Cure 5.0% abv A light-tan beer presenting medium malty-sweetness with powerful, spicy, floral bitterness and hop character designed to re-create the iconic style of India Pale Ales of the 19th. Century.

 

 

BEERS SEASONALY AVAILABLE

	Mild 3.4% abv A dark, smooth-textured mild, with rich caramel and chocolate-malt flavours leading to a subtle, light, bitter finish with hints of spiciness.		Stout 4.4% abv Black, silky-smooth, creamy, old-fashioned stout with a tight, foamy head and effusive caramel and burnt, roasted flavours, carrying to a long spicy, bitter finish.
	Old Scrooge 6.5% abv A rich, dark and fiery, yet smooth, barley wine with flavours of liquorice, ginger, caramel and roasted malts lasting through into a strongly bitter finish.		Solstice 3.9% abv A pale-straw-coloured summer beer having a light malty quality; medium-strong, crisp, fruity bitterness with citrus and straw flavours, the character of the season.
	Ginger 3.8% abv A pale-straw coloured beer with a very lightly-malty palate giving way to a subtle, refreshing, ginger flavour which lingers and is accompanied by light hoppiness.		Stirling 4.1% abv A tawny-coloured winter beer of rich maltiness with burnt and roasted flavours, medium-strong, rich, fruity bitterness and a smooth, mellow presentation.

The Ingredients

When we talk of 'Pale Malt' we are usually referring to the Maris Otter Malt used in most of our recipes. Maris Otter is a variety of barley and has one of the best reputations as a pale ale malt.   

We stipulate for our Maris Otter Malt to be floor-made.

However, there are other malts which are pale in colour. As they have not been roasted they have their enzymes active and are capable of performing their own conversion of starch to sugar; the enzyme activity of the coloured maltsr, has been destroyed by roasting.

Apart from the Maris Otter, the other pale-coloured malts used in the brewery are Mild Ale Malt and Wheat Malt.