Nick Otley talks about the state of Real Ale

Here’s a short video of Nick Otley, landlord of the Bunch and MD of Otley Brewing Co., talking briefly about the ressurgance of real ale in the UK

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ANCHOR BREWING – San Fransisco

One of America’s oldest, founded in 1896 and brewing in its current location since 1979.

Steam  4.8% £2.60

Deep amber colour, thick creamy head and rich flavour.  An example of a traditional ‘California Common Beer’

Liberty Ale 5.9% £2.80
An American Pale Ale heavily hopped with ‘Cascade’.  Copper colour and heavy aroma.

Porter 5.6% £2.80

A richly flavoured porter with a worldwide reputation.  Aromatic fruity nose. Caramel and dark coffee taste and a lingering, superior aftertaste.

BROOKLYN BREWERY – New York
Established in 1987 this is New York’s foremost craft brewery.

Brown Ale 5.6%
Pale, crystal, chocolate and black malts give this beer a complex creamy texture complimented by a balanced amount of hops
Black Chocolate Stout 10%
An imperial stout.   Big alcohol flavours alongside thick coffee, chocolate and caramel.

East India Pale Ale 6.8%

Deep gold colour.  Malty, earthy body and piny/citrus hop presence

GOOSE ISLAND – Chicago
What began as a ‘brewpub’ in 1988 expanded in 1995 to a fully fledged brewery
312 Urban Wheat 4.2%
Spicy aroma of Cascade hops followed by a crisp, fruity flavour
Honkers 4.3%
Fruity hop aroma with a rich malt middle.  An American interpretation of a traditional English bitter.

IPA 5.9%
A legendary India Pale Ale.  Clean and refreshing, perfect balance of classically American hops and sweet malt body.

SIERRA NEVADA – California
Considered the premier craft brewery in the United States with its origins in Chico, 1979
Pale Ale 5.6%
Deep amber colour.  Full bodied and complex.

Porter 5.6%

A blend of deep roasted barley malts gives a rich, smooth and malty flavour

Stout 5.8%
Creamy, full bodied traditional stout with a pronounced roast flavour

Torpedo 7.2%
A bold, assertive IPA highlighting the complex, citrus, pine and herbal character of whole-cone American hops.
Kellerweis 4.8%

A Hazy Golden wheat beer made using the traditional Bavarian style of open fermentation

Tumber 5.5%

A brown autumn ale using malt within days of it being roasted to give this beer a gracefully malty character

FLYING DOG – Maryland
Tire Bite 5.1%
Clean, crisp Golden Ale
Road Dog Porter 6%
Nutty, earthy, coffee notes
In Heat Wheat Hefeweissen 4.7%
Huge banana and clove notes
Raging Bitch 8.3%
American IPA hoppiness with a Belgian yeast funk

Odell – Colorado
Founded in Doug Odell’s kitchen in 1989!

5 Barrel Pale Ale 5.2%

Brewed with a choice selection of five different hops.  Fresh and lively
Odell Double Pilsner 8.1%
Refreshing and delicate yet bold and assertive.  A clear and golden tribute to a Bohemian pilsner
St. Lupulin 6.5%
A dry hopped, extra pale ale.  Pleasing aroma and crisp clean finish

Victory
Opened in 1996 by two industry veterans

Prima Pils 5.3%

A crisp lager with a bracing herbal bite

HopDevil IPA 6.7%

American hops backed by rich German malts

Hop Whallop 8.5%
An annual homage to the hop harvest.  Aromatic splendour and bitter beauty
Storm King Stout 9.1%
Massive, roast malt complexity
Golden Monkey 9.5%
Golden, Belgian style ale. One to savour

MAUI – Hawaai
Handcrafted beers from Hawaii!
Mana wheat 5.5%
Organic wheat, malted barley and fresh local pineapple
Bikini Blonde Lager 4.5%
Pale lager with light bitterness

CORONADO – California
Islander IPA 7%
Copper with intense hop bitterness
Mermaid Red Ale 5.7%
Caramel and a touch of chocolate malts.  Dry aroma.

Golden Ale 5.4%
A European style pilsner with traditional Czech Saaz hops

Indigo Imp – Ohio

Family owned, hand-crafted small batch brewery

Blonde Bombshell 6.2%
Blonde ale with a fruity and nutty aftertaste
Jester
Pale ale fermented with Belgian yeast.  Clove and a little banana flavour with hop finish

BELGIAN

DeKoninck 5.0%
Vedett White (Wheat Beer)   4.7%
Vedett Blonde 5.0%
Mongozo (Coconut beer) 4.5%
Saison Silly 5.0%
Duchesse de Bourgogne 6.2%
Belgoo Magus 6.6%
Van Honsebrouke – Brigand 9.0%
Van Honsebrouke – Kasteel Blonde 7.0%
Van Honsebrouke – Kasteel Brune 11  11%

Cuvee des Trolls 7.0%

Delerium Tremens 8.5%

La Chouffe 8%

Mc Chouffe 8%
Houblon Chouffe 9%

Rochefort 8 9.2%

Rochefort 10 11.0%

Urthel Hop It 9.5%

Brasserie Dubuisson – Scaldis Ambre 12.0%
Duvel 8.5%

Kwak 8.4%

BELGIAN SOUR BEERS

Cantillon Geuze 5.0%

Cantillon Kriek 5.0%

Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus 5.0%
BELGIAN – ABBEY AND TRAPPIST

Chimay Red 7%

Chimay White 8%

Chimay Blue 9%

Karmeleit Tripel 8.4%

La Trappe Blonde 6.5%

La Trappe Tripel 8.0%

Maredsous Blonde 6.0%

Maredsous Brune

Maredsous Tripel 10.0%

Orval 6.2%

Westmalle Dubbel 7.0%

Westmalle Tripel 9.5%

GERMAN

Erdinger

Hefe Weiss – 5.3%

Urweisse – 5.2%

Hefe Dunkel – 5.6%

Pikantus – 7.3%

Flensburger Pils – 4.8%

Fruh Kolsch – 4.8%

Kuppers Kolsch – 4.8%

Schlenkerla

Rauchbier Marzen – 5.1%

Rauchbier Weizen – 5.2%

Schneider

Aventinus – 8.2%

Original – 5.4%

Grunes – 6.2%

Jever -Pils – 4.9%

Maisels Weiss – 5.4%

Schlosser Alt – 4.8%

St. Georgenbrau -Kellerbier 4.9%

Veltins – 4.8%

FRUIT BEERS

Bacchus

Framboise – 5.0%

Kriek – 5.8%

Liefmans

Cuvee Brut (Kriek) – 6.0%

Fruitesse – 4.2%

Timmermans

Framboise – 4.0%

Kriek – 4.0%

CZECH

Bohemia Regent Dark Lager – 4.4%

Bohemia Regent President 6.0%

Eggenberger

Hopfenkonig (Hop King) – 5.1%

DUTCH

Budels

Organic Lager – 5.0%

ITALIAN

Menabrea 4.8%

Little Welsh Nibble Video

Friends of the Earth Pontypridd have produced a neat little video detailing exactly what went on at ‘The Little Welsh Nibble’, a sustainable food festival held at the Bunch of Grapes last June

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