Someone once said that if the British stopped drinking beer , our intact economy would break down – and we ’ll admit that ’s a all plausible scenario . We do love our pints , and have been known to knock back two ( or 10 ) with the best of them . So it ’s a serious thing there ’s a lot of good , local liquidness coming our way . British breweries seem to be multiplying like rabbits , so we ’ve sorted the best for you to try .
Sharp’s Brewery Doom Bar
4.3 % ( bottle ) & 4 % ( gulp ) ABVCornwallRumor has it that Sharp ’s original brewer , Bill Sharp , started with a home outfit in his garage – because his wife did n’t like him going to the pub . After a match of decades lento gathering steam , this Cornwall - breed beer has found crazy success across the country – and even the globe . Mainly found on tap , there ’s a little bit of controversy about the bottled version , which is not bottled in Rock , Cornwall – as previously thought – but rather , at Burton - upon - Trent River , a full 267 miles away . This cultish beer is a snatch on the bitter side , but it ’s also malty and hoppy , with note of dried , glum yield .
Otley Brewing Co. O8 Premium
8 % ABVPontypriddThese Welsh brewer are maverick . Ditching any pretense of being traditional , they function in a wholly new direction – as show by their unclouded , modern look and finger – and are constantly bear on to see how far they can take their brewage . The O8 is the continuation of an musical theme that pop out with the original O1 amber ale . Taken a few stone’s throw ( and percentages ) further , O8 push the flavour toward big and sheer , with an vivid fragrancy , alongside subtle bank bill of pepper , smoking , and leather .
Camden Town Brewery Hells Lager
4.6 % ABVLondonWhat come out as three guy wire in North London making a second of beer has turned into a multi - million pound venture . Camden Town now develop around 12 million pints a year – and recently sold a large share to the vainglorious guys over at InBev . The beer that made its name is the Hells Lager , which is interchangeable to the German - mode “ helles ” pilsner ( “ hell ” mean “ tripping ” over there ) . This one ’s easy , with the hopping of a helles , resulting in a nippy , clean beer that you may easily pink back for hr .
Meantime Raspberry Wheat
5 % ABVLondonEveryone has that one friend whojust does n’t care beer . or else of abandon ship , have them try out this raspberry wheat beer from the Greenwich brewery . alike in taste to a lambic ( it has that sullen , fruity thing break down on ) , but when you first smell it , all you get is pure boo . There ’s no add sugar here , so it ’s not like drink in a sal soda – and it ’s still made with barleycorn and yeast , so you get that spot of delicious malt liquor .
The Kernel IPA
motley ABV but loosely between 5 % - 7%LondonThe Kernel has been one of the big drawing card in the Bermondsey trade beer view for a while now . Housed in one of the railroad arch , it ’s released a gang of unlike IPAs , each with their own unique quirkiness and ABVs – all of which are uncommitted at unlike sentence . Saturday sessions used to be hold at the brewery , where you could pay heed out and salute where it was all made , but the melodic theme commence to outgrow itself , and the brewery of late scale back into just operating a bottleful shop rather .
Harvey’s Brewery Sussex Best Bitter
4 % ( Draft ) & 3.6 % ( Bottles , aka Blue Label ) ABVSussexThe old independent brewery in Sussex , Harvey ’s has jolly much become synonymous with its blue - labeled Best Bitter . Seen in public house across the country , it ’s a somewhat classic , full - bodied bitter , with a in effect amount of record hop and a dry finish . This classic start sprightliness in 1955 and has been sway on the custom ever since – even picking up a telephone number of awards along the way .
BrewDog Punk IPA
5.6 % ABVAberdeenshireIf The Clash were a brewery , they ’d be BrewDog . Started on the premise that the big guys have been ruining beer , BrewDog wanted to make something unapologetically fantastic . So it introduced the Punk IPA : loaded with six different hops , this brew is a delicious assault on your taste bud , balanced by sweet notes of tropic fruits and caramel brown .
Dark Star Brewing Co. Hophead
3.8 % ABVSussexWhat start in 1994 as a boozy idea scribbled on the back of a beer mat in a Brighton pubhas now grown into the secondly - large brewery in Sussex . The Dark Star Brewing Company ( the name is a mention to a thankful Dead song ) turned out over 20 unlike mode a year , let in Crème Brûlée , Revelation , and the award - winning Espresso . The Hophead is an unsurprisingly bitter brew that transmute into something more light and zesty the more you drink it .
Ringwood Brewery Old Thumper
5.1 % ABVHampshirePeter Austin , who is often accredit for kick - start up the forward-looking British craft beer revolution , ground Ringwood in 1978 . The brewery has a retentive account of trying out bold tone and creative concoctions . The Old Thumper , which boasts the tagline “ A Beast of a Beer , ” has a serious following among people who make love its tender , malty flavor , plus fruit note and a bitter destination .
Fuller’s Brewery London Porter
5.4 % ABVLondonThe last family - own brewery in London , Fuller ’s set up the London Porter in 1996 with an aim to reignite interest in what was once a working man ’s classical beverage . Having won a batch of award , includingWorld ’s Best Porterat the World ’s Best Beer award in 2011 , it ’s safe to say this sulphurous , chocolatey pint of melted goodness is here to stay .
Timothy Taylor Landlord
4.3 % ABVYorkshireFamily - have for over 150 years , Timothy Taylor produce the classic Landlord , which had some serious media bombilation back in 2003 , when Madonna said it was her preferent beer . This pallid bitter is an easy - drunkenness darling , and has won both CAMRA ’s Champion Beer of Britain and the Brewing Industry Challenge Cup – four clip . Deep golden in color , this beer offers flavours that lean towards the crisp and citrus . It does n’t really have any malted flavors , and come off a little hoppy , with a very dry finish .
Harviestoun Brewery Ola Dubh 16
8 % ABVClackmannanshireThis Scots brewery does things a little otherwise . start up with an Old Ale - style beer , it take things up a notch by aging it in oak casks that formerly held Highland Park 16 - year - old individual malted Scotch . This lends the brewage some panorama of a stout , without much of the heaviness . The subtle nip of roasted malted , vanilla , and coffee , plus jot of smoky peat , make Ola Dubh 16 a very unequaled sipper – unspoiled had around room temperature .
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