CLASSIC RANGE - Westerham Brewery · Eagle Brewery’s 1938 gyles. Made with a blend of coloured...
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CLASSIC RANGE
FINCHCOCKS ORIGINAL 3.5% ABV
A session beer made using hops exclusively from the Finchcocks hop garden in Kent. Adrian Tierney-Jones, author of the Big Book of Beer says, “A powerfully flavoursome beer for such a low ABV”.
COLOUR
AROMA Sweet, Citrus, Fresh Hop
TASTE Fruity, Peardrops, Dry Finish
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale & Crystal
HOPS Kent WGV & Goldings
GRASSHOPPER 3.8% ABV
A dark, malty bitter with nutty, roasted notes from the chocolate malt. This session bitter is hopped with Kent Target hops from the National Trust’s hop farm at Scotney Castle and Finchcocks’ Kent Goldings.
COLOUR
AROMA Malty, Toffee, Floral
TASTE Full Bodied, Zesty, Dry
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal & Chocolate Malt
HOPS Kent Target & Goldings
SUMMER PERLE 3.8% ABV (MAY-SEPT)
This golden ale is hopped with Kent First Gold, Yakima Valley Cascade from the USA and Hallertauer Perle hops from Germany which impart a citrus, spicy and floral finish to this summer ale.
COLOUR
AROMA Floral, Lemon, Spicy
TASTE Fresh, Zesty, Dry Finish
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Extra Pale Ale Malt & Light Munich Malt
HOPS First Gold, Cascade & Perle
SPIRIT OF KENT 4.0% ABV
Spirit of Kent celebrates the Kent Spitfire, a Mark IX Spitfire housed at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. It also recalls the ‘XXX Modification Depth Charges’ that flew out of Biggin Hill in June 1944 filled with Westerham Ales. The ‘XXX Joy Juice’ was racked into the unused auxiliary fuel tanks and flown over to the forward airbases in France. Hopped with 9 different types of Kent bred and Kent grown hops.
COLOUR
AROMA Hoppy, Lemon, Citrus
TASTE Smooth, Sweet, Malty
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale & Caramalt
HOPS WGV, Early Choice Goldings, Bramling Cross, Progress, Target, Pilgrim, First Gold, Sovereign & Finchcocks’ Hop X
HOP ROCKET IPA 5.5% ABV
A true India Pale Ale brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and no Crystal Malt. It is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness. Quadruple hopped in the copper, our Hop Rocket® and dry hopped. The Good Beer Guide’s Roger Protz says “…puts to shame some of the lacklustre beers of modest strength that masquerade as IPA.”
COLOUR
AROMA Citrus, Hoppy, Floral
TASTE Orange, Grapefruit, Dry
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale
HOPS Fuggles, Goldings, Bramling Cross, First Gold & Progress
1965 SPECIAL BITTER ALE 4.8% ABV
A premium ale to commemorate the year the Black Eagle Brewery closed, Winston Churchill passed away, and our founder Robert Wicks was born. Brewed to a similar recipe as the last brew at the old brewery.
COLOUR
AROMA Fruity, Malty, Apricot
TASTE Warming, Full, Dry Finish
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale & Crystal
HOPS Kent Northdown & Goldings
AUDIT ALE 6.2% ABV
A strong ale, brewed to the 1938 strength and using the same ingredients as the original best selling bottled beer of the Black Eagle Brewery. Supreme Champion Cask Beer two years in a row.
COLOUR
AROMA Port, Raisins, Molasses
TASTE Complex Fruits, Smooth, Warming
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale & Crystal
HOPS Kent Northdown & Goldings
BRITISH BULLDOG 4.3% ABV(4.1% ABV from 1st March 2015)
A rich, full bodied best bitter in the traditional Kent style. Beer writer Jeff Evans describes it as a “A satisfying, hoppy best bitter in the great British tradition, with a smooth malt backdrop and lots of tangy, tart, orangey fruit.”
COLOUR
AROMA Floral, Malty, Fruity
TASTE Balanced, Toffee, Rich Fruit
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale & Crystal
HOPS Kent Northdown, WGV & Progress
JANUARY–MARCH
PUDDLEDOCK PORTER 4% ABV
A traditional dark brown winter ale brewed with Crystal and Chocolate Malts, hopped with Kent Target, Bramling Cross and Goldings hops for flavour and aroma.
COLOUR
STYLE Porter
MALT Pale Ale, Dark Crystal, Caramalt & Chocolate
HOPS Target, Bramling Cross, Goldings
JUNE
ALSACE BLONDE 4% ABV
Pale ale brewed with the distinctive Strisselspalt hop from the Alsace Lorraine region of France. Well known in the local lagers. Sherbet lemon hops perfuse this delicate beer.
COLOUR
STYLE Alsatian Blonde
MALT Extra Pale Ale, Light Munich
HOPS Strisselspalt
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER
SCOTNEY GREEN HOP 4% ABV
Brewed to celebrate the hop harvest, this mid amber pale ale is late hopped with a huge quantity of Green Kent hops that were picked on the morning of the brew. Sappy sweet with delicate hop flavours.
COLOUR
STYLE English Best Bitter
MALT Pale Ale, Crystal
HOPS Green Hops
SEPTEMBER
GOLD RUSH 4% ABV
Classic 3 C’s American Pale Ale with a huge hop aroma and balanced bitterness. Chinook has piney flavours, Cascade floral and citrus flavours, and Centennial has citrus and pine notes.
COLOUR
STYLE American Pale Ale
MALT Pale Ale, Crystal
HOPS Chinook, Cascade, Centennial
OCTOBER–DECEMBER
DOUBLE STOUT 5.5% ABV
Brewed to the style and strength of the Black Eagle Brewery’s 1938 gyles. Made with a blend of coloured and roasted malts. Late hopped with Kent Goldings. The pumpclip design is inspired by the 1930s and 1940s bottle labels of the Black Eagle Brewery.
COLOUR
STYLE Porter
MALT Pale Ale, Caramalt, Chocolate, Roast Barley
HOPS Kent Northdown, Goldings
OCTOBER
GENERAL WOLFE MAPLE ALE 4% ABV
Brewed with crystal malt in the grist and we add Canadian maple syrup to the copper. The brew is hopped with Bramling Cross hops which are a cross between an English Golding hop and a Manitoban (Canadian) wild hop. Commemorates General Wolfe who was born in Westerham and defeated the French at the Heights of Abraham in Quebec, 13 September 1759.
COLOUR
STYLE Maple Ale
MALT Pale Ale, Light Munich, Crystal, Roast Barley, Maple Syrup
HOPS Kent Northdown, Challenger & Bramling Cross
OCTOBER–NOVEMBER
BONFIRE BITTER 4% ABV
Exploding with Cascade hops, loaded into the Hop Rocket and launched. Light blue touch paper and stand well back. A true hop bomb! Hoppy, citrus and floral.
COLOUR
STYLE English Best Bitter
MALT Pale Ale, Crystal
HOPS Cascade
DECEMBER
GOD’S WALLOP 4% ABV
A traditional Old Ale style beer made Maris Otter pale ale malt, amber and dark crystal malts and 5 types of Kent hops. The beer has a delicious fruity note and complex hop flavours lingering on the palate.
COLOUR
STYLE Old Ale
MALT Pale Ale, Dark, Crystal, Chocolate
HOPS Northdown, Target, Bramling Cross, Goldings, WGV
SEASONAL BEERS
SINGLE HOP SERIES
SOVEREIGN FebEnglish traditionalist seeks Greek prince with a sensitive side to appreciate delicate nature. Loves corgis and long weekends in castles.
HERKULES MarTeutonic, high-alpha male seeks thigh slapping partner to help with bucket list of twelve tasks. No sense
of humour required.
MOUNT HOOD AprMild American of German descent seeks outdoors type to explore Oregon’s highest mountain. Volcanic eruptions will make the earth move.
PALISADE MayMellow Yank from Washington’s Yakima Valley seeks partner to smell the roses with. Pastimes include
rustic fence laying.
SUMMER JunTasmanian beauty with love of citrus fruits, apricots & large melons seeks boy, cute as could be, for those summer nights. Tell me more, tell me more...
MOSAIC JulComplex American, with a love of pine forests and tropical fruits seeks partner to help put back together the
pieces of her broken heart.
VIC SECRET AugPassionate, fruity Aussie with a love of life and tight budgie smugglers seeks barbie-loving temptress for good times. Loves cricket & pommie bashing.
HALLERTAU TRADITION NovRefined, noble Bavarian seeks partner with a mutual love of pale helles and pilsner lagers. Must be into the four
spring dwarf technique.
FOR HOP LOVERS *All beers 4% ABV
Fruity English traditionalist seeks Greek prince with a sensitive side to appreciate delicate nature. Loves
for warm fires and friendship.
BOTTLED BEERSKEGGED BEERS
CRAFT RANGE
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 5% ABV
Straw yellow lager (that means lagered or matured for 4 weeks) hopped with Czech grown Saaz or Zatec noble hops with a distinctive hop aroma and bitterness usually found in Bohemian pilsners. Brewed with the finest English lager malt and fermented with a lager yeast and then cold conditioned for 4 weeks. Pilsners are traditionally quite bitter and this version is no different.
HOP ROCKET IPA 5.5% ABV
A true India Pale Ale brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and no Crystal Malt. It is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness. Hopped with First Gold, Fuggles, Bramling Cross, Progress and Goldings. Quadruple hopped in the copper, our Hop Rocket® and dry hopped.
COLOUR
AROMA Citrus, Hoppy, Floral
TASTE Sharp, Citrus, Full Bodied
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale
HOPS First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings, Bramling Cross & Progress
Using a proprietary method, we have been able to reduce the gluten content of most of our bottled beers to less than the World Health Organisation’s Codex Alimentarius determined level of 20ppm or less of gluten. Test Certificates are available on our website.
Same Beer – No Gluten
COLOUR
AROMA Vibrant, Tropical Fruits
TASTE Dry, Smooth, Hoppy
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Lager Malt, Cara Gold
HOPS Zatac / Saaz from Czech Republic
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 5% ABV
Straw yellow lager (that means lagered or matured for 4 weeks) hopped with Czech grown Saaz or Zatec noble hops with a distinctive hop aroma and bitterness usually found in Bohemian pilsners. Brewed with the finest English lager malt and fermented with a lager yeast and then cold conditioned for 4 weeks. Pilsners are traditionally quite bitter and this version is no different.
COLOUR
AROMA Vibrant, Tropical Fruits
TASTE Dry, Smooth, Hoppy
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Lager Malt, Cara Gold
HOPS Zatac / Saaz from Czech Republic
HOP ROCKET IPA 5.5% ABV
A true India Pale Ale brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and no Crystal Malt. It is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness. Hopped with First Gold, Fuggles, Bramling Cross, Progress and Goldings. Quadruple hopped in the copper, our Hop Rocket® and dry hopped.
COLOUR
AROMA Citrus, Hoppy, Floral
TASTE Sharp, Citrus, Full Bodied
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale
HOPS First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings, Bramling Cross & Progress
Using a proprietary method, we have been able to reduce the gluten content of most of our bottled beers to less than the World Health Organisation’s Codex Alimentarius determined level of 20ppm or less of gluten. Test Certificates are available on our website.
Same Beer – No Gluten
BOTTLED BEERS
CLASSIC RANGE HERITAGE RANGE GLUTEN FREE
SCOTNEY PALE ALE 4% ABV
A pale ale originally brewed exclusively for the National Trust using hops from their hop farm at Scotney Castle.
SCOTNEY BITTER 4.3% ABV
A best bitter originally brewed exclusively for the National Trust using hops from their hop farm at Scotney Castle.
BRITISH BULLDOG 4.3% ABV
A rich, full bodied best bitter in the traditional Kent style. Finished in the Hop Rocket® with Progress hops for a full flavour and aroma.
COLOUR
AROMA Floral, Malty, Fruity
TASTE Balanced, Toffee, Rich Fruit
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal 150
HOPS Kent Grown: Northdown, WGV & Progress
VICEROY IPA 5% ABV
A true English IPA. The inspiration behind this beer, the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, was a figure of enormous importance.
COLOUR
AROMA Apricot, Hoppy, Peaches
TASTE Citrus, Nutty, Hoppy
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale
HOPS Target, Progress
COLOUR
AROMA Roasted, Malty, Spicy
TASTE Sweet, Malty, Dry Finish
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal 150
HOPS Scotney Castle Target
COLOUR
AROMA Malty, Caramel, Fruity
TASTE Sharp, Citrus, Full Bodied
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Amber
HOPS Scotney Castle Target
AUDIT ALE 6.2% ABV
A strong ale, brewed to the 1938 strength and using the same ingredients as the original best selling bottled beer of the Black Eagle Brewery.
DOUBLE STOUT 5.5% ABV
First brewed in 2009 to the style and strength of the Black Eagle Brewery’s famous Double Stout 1938 gyles.
COLOUR
AROMA Rich, Coffee, Mature Fruits
TASTE Chocolate, Roasted, Warming
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Chocolate Malt, Roast Barley
HOPS Northdown, Goldings
COLOUR
AROMA Scented, Floral, Fruity
TASTE Sweet, Tropical Fruits, Full Bodied
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal 150, Demerara Sugar
HOPS Kent Grown: Northdown & Goldings
COLOUR
AROMA Port, Raisins, Molasses
TASTE Complex Fruits, Smooth, Warming
BITTER
SWEET
MALT Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal 150
HOPS Kent Grown: Northdown & Goldings
FREEDOM ALE 4.8% ABV
Produced to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act on 25th March, 1807.
WESTERHAM BREWERY
Grange Farm, Pootings Road, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6SA
Tel: 01732 864427 Email: [email protected]
www.westerhambrewery.co.uk@WesterhamBrew WesterhamBrew
Brewing in Westerham can be traced back to the early 1600s and by the mid 1800s there were two breweries in the town, the Swan Brewery and the Black Eagle Brewery. It is the moderately hard greensand aquifer water that made Westerham famous for its pale bitter beers such as India Pale Ale.
By 1899 the Black Eagle Brewery had taken over many other breweries nearby. During the Second World War ales from Westerham were popular with young airmen stationed at nearby RAF Biggin Hill. Indeed following the D-Day landings in June 1944 Westerham Ales racked its beer into the auxiliary fuel tanks of Spitfires and these were flown to our troops in Normandy - the RAF’s version of the Brewer's Dray.
Following the war Taylor Walker Brewery of Limehouse in London took over the Black Eagle Brewery and by the late 1950s most of the bitter beer for the London market was being brewed in Westerham. When Taylor Walker was itself taken over by Ind Coope, the brewery in Westerham was closed in 1965 bringing to an end nearly 400 years of brewing history.
The new Westerham Brewery was founded in 2004, proudly restoring brewing to this historic town. Using the same greensand aquifer water, the original heritage yeasts of the Black Eagle Brewery and producing many of the same styles of beers, Westerham Brewery is recreating the beers that made Westerham famous.
Our water is drawn from a greensand aquifer below Westerham. The water has made Westerham a brewing centre for over
400 years.
We source the finest English malting barley. Freshly milled every day it is the backbone
of our craft beers.
More than 90% of our hops are sourced from Kent hop gardens. We know the farmers and
we support them. Only the Best of Kent.
We ferment our beers with a multi-strain hertiage yeast. According to the National
Collection of Yeast Cultures it makes ‘Very excellent tasting beer’. We agree.
BREWING HERITAGE