BEER INDEX
FIFTY OF THE BEST BEERS OF THE TRIP:
1. Tinners
Brewery: St Austell Brewery, St Austell, Cornwall
Pub: Tinners Arms, Zennor, Cornwall
2. Eden Ale
Brewery: Sharp’s Brewery, Rock, Cornwall (parent company Molson Coors)
Pub: Perranporth Inn, Perranporth, Cornwall
3. Proper Job IPA
Brewery: St Austell Brewery, St Austell, Cornwall.
Pub: Shipwrights Inn, Padstow, Cornwall
4. Otter Ale
Brewery: Otter Brewery, Honiton, Devon
Pub: Three Little Pigs, Crediton, Devon
5. Red Rock
Brewery: Red Rock Brewery, Bishopsteignton, Devon
Pub: Silverton Inn, Silverton, Devon
6. Dobs Best Bitter
Brewery: Exe Valley Brewery, Silverton, Devon
Pub: Lamb Inn, Silverton, Devon
7. Yellowhammer
Brewery: O’Hanlon’s Brewing Company, Whimple near Exeter, Devon
Pub: The Three Tuns, Silverton, Devon
8. Summerset
Brewery: Yeovil Ales, Yeovil, Somerset
Pub: New Inn, Wedmore, Somerset
9. Gorge Best Bitter
Brewery: Cheddar Ales, Cheddar, Somerset
Pub: Riverside Inn, Cheddar, Somerset
10. Brigstow Bitter
Brewery: Arbor Ales, Kingswood, Bristol
Pub: Cornubia, Redcliffe, Bristol
11. Wye Valley Bitter
Brewery: Wye Valley Brewery, Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire
Pub: The Bell, Skenfrith, Monmouthshire
12. Cwrw Hâf
Brewery: Tomos Watkin, Swansea, Wales (Hurns Brewing Company)
Pub: The Angel Inn, Grosmont, Monmouthshire
13. .410
Brewery: Golden Valley Ales, Peterchurch, Herefordshire
Pub: The Angel Inn, Grosmont, Monmouthshire
14. Butty Bach
Brewery: Wye Valley Brewery, Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire
Pub: The Angel Inn, Grosmont, Monmouthshire
15. Twisted Spire
Brewery: Hobsons Brewery, Newhouse Farm, Worcestershire
Pub: The Baron at Bucknell, Worcestershire
16. Hobsons Best Bitter
Brewery: Hobsons Brewery, Newhouse Farm, Worcestershire
Pub: Hundred House Inn, Purslow, Shropshire
17. Big Nev’s
Brewery: Six Bells Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Pub: The Six Bells Brewery & Pub, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
18. Goldings
Brewery: Six Bells Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Pub: The Six Bells Brewery & Pub, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
19. Cloud Nine
Brewery: Six Bells Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Pub: The Six Bells Brewery & Pub, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
20. Marathon Ale
Brewery: Six Bells Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Pub: The Six Bells Brewery & Pub, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
21. Solstice
Brewery: The Three Tuns (John Roberts Brewing Co), Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
Pub: The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire
22. Mojo
Brewery: Monty’s Brewery, Montgomery, Powys
Pub: The Horseshoe Inn, Bridges, Ratlinghope
23. Hobgoblin
Brewery: Wychwood Brewery, Witney, Oxfordshire (parent company Marston’s)
Pub: The Carrier’s Inn, Hatchmere, Cheshire
24. Owzat!
Brewery: Slater’s Ales, Stafford, Staffordshire
Pub: The Original Farmer’s Arms, Eccleston, Lancashire
25. Jennings Bitter
Brewery: Jennings Brewery, Cockermouth, Cumbria (parent company Marston’s)
Pub: The Canal Turn, Carnforth, Cumbria
26. Bluebird Bitter
Brewery: Coniston Brewing Company, Coniston, Cumbria
Pub: The Brown Horse Inn, Winster, Windermere, Cumbria
27. Doris’s 90th Birthday Ale
Brewery: Hesket Newmarket Brewery, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
Pub: Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
28. Haystacks
Brewery: Hesket Newmarket Brewery, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
Pub: Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
29. Scafell Blonde
Brewery: Hesket Newmarket Brewery, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
Pub: Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
30. Skiddaw
Brewery: Hesket Newmarket Brewery, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria
Pub: Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket
31. Criffel
Brewery: Sulwath Brewers, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
Pub: The Globe Inn, Dumfries
32. Northern Light
Brewery: The Orkney Brewery, Sandwick, Orkney (parent company Sinclair Breweries)
Pub: South Beach Hotel, Troon, Ayrshire
33. Arran Red Squirrel (bottled)
Brewery: Isle of Arran Brewery, Brodick, Isle of Arran
Pub: Brewery shop
34. Arran Sunset (bottled)
Brewery: Isle of Arran Brewery, Brodick, Isle of Arran
Pub: Lochranza Hotel, Lochranza, Isle of Arran
35. Old Speckled Hen
Brewery: Morland Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (parent company Greene King)
Pub: The Tartan Tavern, Oban, Argyll
36. Trade Winds
Brewery: Cairngorm Brewery Company, Aviemore, Inverness-shire
Pub: The Inchree Centre, Onich
37. Red Cuillin
Brewery: Isle of Skye Brewing Company, Uig, Isle of Skye
Pub: Th e Inchree Centre, Onich, Fort William
38. Williams Gold
Brewery: Williams Brothers Brewing Company, Alloa, Clackmananshire
Pub: The Grog & Gruel, Fort William, Inverness-shire
39. Williams Red
Brewery: Williams Brothers Brewing Company, Alloa, Clackmananshire
Pub: The Grog and Gruel, Fort William, Inverness-shire
40. Black Cuillin
Brewery: Isle of Skye Brewing Company, Uig, Isle of Skye
Pub: The Bothy, Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire
41. Dark Island (bottle)
Brewery: The Orkney Brewery, Sandwick, Orkney (parent company Sinclair Breweries)
Pub: The Seaview Hotel, John o’Groats
42. Scapa Special
Brewery: The Highland Brewing Company, Swannay, Orkney
Pub: Helgi’s, Kirkwall, Orkney
43. Schiehallion (bottled)
Brewery: Harviestoun Brewery, Alva, Clackmannanshire
Pub: Melvich Hotel, Melvich, Caithness
44. Sheepshaggers Gold
Brewery: Cairngorm Brewery Company, Aviemore, Inverness-shire
Pub: The Ben Loyal Hotel, Tongue, Sutherland
45. Nessie’s Monster Mash
Brewery: Cairngorm Brewery Company, Aviemore, Inverness-shire
Pub: The Ben Loyal Hotel, Tongue, Sutherland
46. Flora MacDonald’s
Brewery: Isle of Skye Brewing Company, Uig, Isle of Skye
Pub: Castle Tavern, Inverness
47. Texas
Brewery: Houston Brewing Company, Houston, Renfrewshire
Pub: Castle Tavern, Inverness
48. Orkney Best
Brewery: The Highland Brewing Company, Swannay, Orkney
Pub: Blackfriars, Inverness
49. Ossian
Brewery: The Inveralmond Brewery, Perth
Pub: Blackfriars, Inverness
50. Beinn Dearg Ale
Brewery: An Teallach Ale Company, Dundonnell, Wester Ross
Pub: Blackfriars, Inverness