The Stocky Beer Fest is my favourite of the festival calendar

This is a good example of an English IPAⁱ.   It has an earthy, spicy hop flavour with a good amount of hop flavour but balanced by the malt taste.

A rich, smooth malty porter with roasted and chocolate flavours, but not sweet.  

Champion Beer of Britain 1998.   This pale ale has an excellent light hop character with soft malt taste.

Very pale, citrussy, light, bitter, golden beer.

A Champion Beer of Britain in 2004 and deservedly so.   A pale beer with a fruitiness from the malt but not sweet.   Good hoppiness too.

This Lake District golden ale has good bitterness but a good citrus floral hoppiness too.   Easy to drink but satisfying too.   Available online or at Booth's supermarkets.

A multiple Champion Beer of Britain, last winning in 1999.   There is no doubt that this is a Yorkshire bitter, it has a good amount of bitterness but also loads of floral citrus hoppines

This golden beer is all about showing off the Goldings hop.   Nothing else in the beer distracts from the hoppy flavour and aroma, merely complements it.   Only available in bot

This is a dark mild with bags of flavour even though it is fairly low in alcohol.   A malty, chocolatey flavour that doesn't overwhelm and is very easy drinking.   A Champion Be

The following beers are typical examples of beers from the Northⁱ of England;

Timothy Taylor Landlord - a pale ale with much hoppiness and bitterness.