Speciality Beers / Imported Beers

The very best collection of speciality draught and bottled beers in the whole of Oxfordshire. These are the real things, sourced from all around our beautiful planet for you to enjoy. See the Beer and Food Recommendations.

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Non Alcohol / Alcohol Free

Beck's A/F Size: 27.5cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
A clean and refreshing taste (Germany).

Holstein Pils A/F Size: 33.0cl ABV: 0.2% Price: £2.50
Brewed in accordance with the strict German Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) of 1516 (Germany).

Erdinger Wheat beer A/F Size: 50.0cl ABV: 0.4% Price: £3.00
This is a premium alcohol-free wheat beer brewed in accordance with the German Reinheitsgebot of 1516

Tourtel Blonde A/F Size: 25.0cl ABV: 0.4% Price: £2.20
A favourite of old , malt finish with a refreshing palate (Belgium).

Super Bock Twin Stout Size: 33.0cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
A light texture with a fine finish that balances between bitter and sweet. Really great (Portuguese).

Super Bock Twin A/F Size: 33.0cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
High in aroma and taste, made with one of the most advanced fermentation procedures. (Portuguese).

Stella Artois A/F Size: 25.0cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
Fully imported alcohol-free beer with a refreshing taste (Belgium).

Jupiler Alcohol-free Size: 25.0cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
A quality product with a smooth taste (Belgium).

Cobra Zero Alcohol-free Size: 33.0cl ABV: 0.0% Price: £2.50
Really smooth and rounded….Very drinkable one of the best around (India).

Cheers Petra Dark A/F Size: 33.0cl ABV: 0.5% Price: £2.50
If you like black beer this is a must, a good mixture of bitter-sweet with a well balanced finish. A market leader (Portuguese).

Draught Beers

Leffe Blonde Size: half pint ABV: 6.6% Price: £2.30
A classic Abbey beer, which is sweet and smooth.The beer has quince, gooseberry, bitter cherry and apple flavours; together with cloves, nutmeg and all spices.

Hoegaarden Size: half pint ABV: 4.8% Price: £2.30
A distinctive, pale-yellow 'white beer' with a cloudy appearance. Hoegaarden is full of lemon zestiness with notes of clover, oranges and coriander.Totally Refreshing.

Staropraman Size: pint ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.50
A traditional Czech pilsner which has a rich natural sweetness with a buttery lemon floral dryness. A quality premium lager.

Heineken Draft Size: pint ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.50
Imported beer reaches places other beers only dream of.A premium lager with a good finish.

Stella Artois Size: pint ABV: 5.1% Price: £3.50
What can you say "Stella" it says it all . Popular and refreshing.

Eiken Artois Size: pint ABV: 4.6% Price: £3.40
A refreshing lager aged in oak to give this beer a unique flavour over other lagers.

Stella Artois 4% Size: pint ABV: 4.0% Price: £3.40
England's only trip-le-filtered lager. At 4% it's both distinctive and refreshing.

Becks Vier Size: pint ABV: 4.0% Price: £3.40
A clean, crisp and refreshing full bodied taste.An authentic, quality pilsner.

Guinness Ex Cold Size: pint ABV: 4.1% Price: £3.50
Direct from Dublin, you can taste the flavour of Ireland.

Cask Ale Size: pint ABV: various Price: £various
Please ask for today's selection.

Africa : Kenya

Tusker Size: 50.0cl ABV: 4.2% Price: £3.80
Good quality lager, with plenty of punchy hop character and a lingering finish.

Africa : Morocco

Casablanca Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.50
"Play it again Sam!!" A North African premium lager from Tangiers.

Africa : South Africa

Castle Lager Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Golden beer with a lovely aroma, is not too dry nor sweet with the right degree of bitterness.

Savanna Cider Size: 34.0cl ABV: 6.0% Price: £3.30
Great with a slice of lemon, a true classic.The only cider made with Granny Smith apples.

Asia-Pacific : Australia

Little Creatures Size: 37.5cl ABV: 5.6% Price: £4.50
An Aussie classic bottle conditioned ale from Fremantle,WA "Expensive but good". Many of our beers are deceptively strong. Please drink responsibly. All beers subject to availability. Please ask staff for today's specials.

Carlton Cold Size: 35.0cl ABV: 4.6% Price: £3.30
The iconic clear glass bottle shows this amber nectar off to good effect. Smooth, light, clean and very, very refreshing.

Coopers Pale Ale Size: 37.5cl ABV: 4.5% Price: £3.30
Known simply as "green cap", this classic Aussie ale is dry and pleasantly hoppy, with a fruity malt palate (banana and toffee).

Coopers Sparkling Size: 37.5cl ABV: 5.8% Price: £3.40
Halfway between a lager and a wheat beer lies this lesser-known gem.

Coopers Stout Size: 37.5cl ABV: 6.3% Price: £3.70
Superb, earthy, oily stout. Loads of deep nutty, coffeeish flavour and a creamy mouthful make this one to try. Fabulous.

Crown Lager Size: 37.5cl ABV: 4.9% Price: £3.30
A selection of the choicest ingredients along with attention to detail produces a creamy fruitiness, rich malty mid-palate and crisp clean hop to finish.

Hahn Premium Size: 37.5cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Good quality Antipodean quaffer.The clean hop aroma and soft, dry finish are reminiscent of some of the better German exports.

James Boag’s Premium Lager Size: 35.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Wonderful light, slightly grassy lager, hints of vanilla on the nose and a clean, crisp finish. "A Tasmanian star".

Tooheys Extra Dry Size: 34.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Smooth, crisp, premium lager "Hay Bruce put another Steak on the Hot Rock".

Tooheys New Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.6% Price: £3.30
Light, clean lager, slowly starting to gain more cult recognition in the UK.

Victorian Bitter Size: 37.5cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.30
When the sun is out, and the barbie is smoking, there's only one thing that will do - VB! The cult classic, here for your delectation.

Asia-Pacific : New Zealand

Monteiths Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Rich malty flavour, Gold award-winning lager from New Zealand with a crisp refreshing hop finish.

Speights Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.0% Price: £3.30
Flavoursome copper-coloured lager from Dunedin, New Zealand. Light, but well-balanced, with a touch of malt sweetness in the finish.

Steinlager Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
A fairly well-hopped lager, with a refreshing bitter aftertaste.

Continental Europe : Austria

Samichlaus Size: 33.0cl ABV: 14.0% Price: £6.60
Billed as "The Strongest Lager Beer in the World", this deep rich beer has a full complex aroma - Christmas pudding, sherry, cognac, cherries, chocolate - and an incredible flavour. A classic digestif beer.

Continental Europe : Belgium

Augustijn Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £4.95
Top quality abbey ale, smooth and surprisingly easy to drink. Fairly dry, with subtle spice notes.

Augustijn Grand Cru Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £4.95
Wonderful quality 'grand cru' version of the standard Augustijn, with a point more alcohol, and slightly richer in the body and the finish.

Liefmans Framboise Size: 37.5cl ABV: 4.5% Price: £4.50
Middleweight raspberry beer, finely balanced, just on the sweet side of sharp.

Liefmans Kriek (Cherry) Size: 37.5cl ABV: 6.0% Price: £4.50
Wonderful sweet and sharp cherry beer, very appealing and easy to drink.

Boon Franboise (Rasp) Size: 75.0cl ABV: 6.2% Price: £10.50
A wonderful sparkling refreshing raspberry lambric fruit wheat beer "Top of the range".

Fruli Strawberry Size: 25.0cl ABV: 4.1% Price: £2.95
The best strawberry flavoured beer available - a must! Goes well in a flute.

Floris Chocolate Size: 33.0cl ABV: 3.0% Price: £2.95
For those who enjoy the chocolate flavours.

Brugs Tarwebier Size: 25.0cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.50
Quite light, slightly perfumed wheat beer, with floral notes and a hint of apple sauce.

Bush Beer Size: 25.0cl ABV: 12.0% Price: £5.50
Legendary strong ale. Smooth malty palate, slightly nutty, with hints of hop spiciness in the finish.

Chimay Blue Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £5.00
One of the best beers in the world, this deep, rich ale has a powerful nose of dried fruit and hints of spice, a complex rounded palate, and a long evolving finish with hints of port and dark berry fruit.

Chimay Red Size: 33.0cl ABV: 7.0% Price: £4.50
Chimay's 'standard' house ale, but don't be fooled, this is far from ordinary. A wonderful coppery ale, with hints of redcurrant fruit and a soft malty palate, and hints of hop dryness in the finish.

Delirium Nocturnum Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £4.70
A strong dark ale, fruity, malty with a gentle sweetness and a simple finish.

Duvel Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.5% Price: £4.60
The King of Beers. Strong golden ale, traditionally poured with a big rocky head. Lots of complex aromas (malt, pear drops, peppery hops) and a clean, well-structured finish.

Grimbergen Blonde Size: 33.0cl ABV: 7.0% Price: £3.95
Fairly light abbey beer, softly malty on the palate, with a hint of hops in the fairly tart finish.

Grimbergen Bruno Size: 33.0cl ABV: 10.0% Price: £5.50
Rich, smooth dark ale, almost Trappist-like in intensity. Very fully-flavoured, with a hint of alcohol in the finish.

Westermalle Tripel Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £5.00
A classic Trappist Ale, complex and slightly tart. "Recommended".

Grimbergen Triple Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £5.00
Pale blonde ale, quite fresh and crisp, with a few winey notes in the dry finish.

Gulden Draak Size: 33.0cl ABV: 10.5% Price: £5.50
Astonishingly full-bodied, dark powerful ale, packed full of well-balanced flavour, with a persistent fruitiness in the finish. One to drink sitting down.

Hep Kapittel Abt Size: 33.0cl ABV: 10.0% Price: £4.95
Deep, pale fruity spiciness, with a long dry finish. Recommended.

Rodenbach Grand Cru Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.0% Price: £3.95
A classic Belgium Red Ale aged in oak tuns. Has a bitter-sweet complexity with a light crisp finish.

Hoegaarden Grand Cru Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.7% Price: £4.70
Superb pale beer, hints of fruit (apricots and peaches) on the nose, slightly sweet on the palate, with a persistent dry finish.

St Feullien Tripel Size: 600.0cl ABV: 8.5% Price: £75.00
A clean crisp Tripel, plenty of hoppy spiciness with a dry citrus finish. A group-sized bottle to share.

St Feullien Tripel Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.5% Price: £4.95
A clean crisp Tripel, plenty of hoppy spiciness with a dry citrus finish.

Judas Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.5% Price: £4.50
Similar in style to Duvel, Judas is slightly drier in the finish, but retains the characteristic full flavour of a golden ale.

Juplier Size: 25.0cl ABV: 5.2% Price: £2.90
Lovely quality Belgian pilsner - light and clean, with a softly malty body and a dry finish.

Karmeliet Triple Size: 30.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £4.80
Very delicate and graceful, with etched details.

Kasteel Brune Size: 33.0cl ABV: 11.0% Price: £5.50
Strong dark ale, hints of dried fruit and chocolate on the nose, a sweetish palate and a long, evolving fruity finish.

Kasteel Triple Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £5.50
Sour then bitter-sweetness. Little hop presence.

La Guillotine Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £4.95
Strong golden ale, similar in style to Delirium Tremens, but with more up front flavours on the palate and in the finish.A real brute of a beer!

Leffe 9° Size: 33.0cl ABV: 9.0% Price: £4.95
Leffe 9° is a high fermentation beer with a deep golden colour. Its' wholesome taste and its rich flavour make it a beer full of character.

Leffe Brune Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.5% Price: £3.80
Coppery brown abbey ale, slightly smoky on the nose, and with a fairly dry finish for a bruin.

Leffe Radieuse Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.2% Price: £4.60
Strong dark abbey ale, spiced with coriander and bitter orange peel. Deep fruity flavours and a warming dollop of alcohol in the finish.

Leffe Triple Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.4% Price: £4.60
Medium bodied and slightly spicy, this triple carries its strength well - deceptively easy to drink!

Gordon Finest Gold Size: 33.0cl ABV: 10.0% Price: £4.95
Strong but very easy to drink now brewed in Belgium instead of Scotland.

Gordon Scotch ale Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.6% Price: £4.60
Deep full flavoured ale with a rounded malt aroma and an exciting finish.

Orval Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.2% Price: £3.80
The only beer brewed by the Trappist order at Orval, but a classic. Deep orangey colour, earthy, hoppy nose with hints of citrus and spice, rich, slightly peppery palate, and a long, drying finish.

La Chouffe Blonde Size: 75.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £8.25
Excellent bottled conditioned blonde ale from a small farmhouse brewery. Strong fruity with a hint of dry spice to finish.

Continental Europe : France

Desperados Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.9% Price: £3.50
The original party beer. Light lager sweetened with a twist of lime and a shot of tequila.A real party-starter

Trois Monts Size: 75.0cl ABV: 8.5% Price: £7.50
Superb biere de garde, crisp, zesty and hoppy, and hiding its strength well in a dry hop finish.

Continental Europe : Germany

Becks Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
The classic German lager, refreshing hop taste.A true favourite.

Erdinger Dunkel Weisse Size: 50.0cl ABV: 5.6% Price: £4.50
The dark version of the famed German wheat beer.

Erdinger Hefe Weisse Size: 50.0cl ABV: 5.3% Price: £4.50
The classic German wheat beer.

Erdinger Pikantus Bock Size: 50.0cl ABV: 7.3% Price: £4.95
The stronger "double brewed" version of the German classic. Deep roast malt notes give an impression of chocolate and fruitiness. Delicious!

Holstein Pils Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
One of the original pilsners, this beer is brewed using only the finest ingredients.

Jever Pils Size: 50.0cl ABV: 4.9% Price: £3.80
Superb dry pilsner, with a pronounced grassy bitter hop aftertaste.

Paulaner Hefe Weisse Size: 50.0cl ABV: 5.5% Price: £4.50
Wonderfully tasty, spicy wheat beer.Well-balanced and very well-rounded.

Paulaner Munchener Original Size: 50.0cl ABV: 4.9% Price: £4.50
Great quality beer, perhaps a little pale for a Munchnener, but packed full of lovely grassy hop notes.

Continental Europe : Italy

Birra Moretti Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.6% Price: £3.30
Light-bodied with a moderate bitterness and a soft and balanced texture. Straw coloured with a delicate malt flavour.

Peroni Gran Riserva Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.6% Price: £3.80
Full body, smooth, with a distinctive malty note, it is ideal to complement the hot Italian sausage.

Peroni Red Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.7% Price: £3.20
From the streets of Napoli this is a popular light and refreshing Italian lager. Trust us try one!! Continental Europe : The Netherlands

La Trappe Dubble Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.5% Price: £3.70
Dark, fruity ale, from the only Trappist monastery outside Belgium. Soft dried fruit and chocolate aroma on the palate. Medal winner at the International Beer Challenge 2004 awarded Best Strong Ale in the International Beer Challenge 2006. Say no more!

La Trappe Triple Size: 33.0cl ABV: 8.0% Price: £4.70
Bright, spritzy tripel, with plenty of spice and herbal notes, from the only Trappist monastery outside Belgium.

Grolsch (swingtop) Size: 45.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £4.25
Distinctive and perfectly balanced with a clean biscuity malt character very "yummy".

Continental Europe : Spain

Alhambra Reserva Size: 33.0cl ABV: 6.4% Price: £3.70
Good quality, slightly sweetish lager, drinking in the mould of a Belgian blonde beer.

Continental Europe : Sweden

Crocodile Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.2% Price: £3.50
Light, crisp lager, with a slight zestiness and a pronounced smoothness.

Eastern Europe : Czech Republic

Budvar Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
The Czech benchmark by which so many other beers are measured. Clean, fresh, well-balanced and endlessly drinkable. A classic.

Budvar Dark Lager Size: 50.0cl ABV: 4.7% Price: £3.80
With a bark colour, and a dry, fine bitter caramel flavour, this is an interesting twist on a classic lager.

Eastern Europe : Poland

Tyskie Gronie Size: 50.0cl ABV: 5.6% Price: £4.50
Brewed using crystal-clear water from the Gronie springs, this beer delivers a balanced flavour.A hidden gem.

North America : Canada

Moosehead Size: 35.5cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.30
Pale lager, lots of appealing grainy character on the nose, slightly sweet with a little hop bite in the finish.

North America : Mexico

Corona Extra Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.6% Price: £3.30
The classic Mexican quencher, in the original painted bottle. Clean and refreshing.

Dos Equis Amber Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.30
Very tasty amber lager, roast grain and caramel notes.

Pacifico Clara Size: 33.0cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.30
A brilliant pale and slightly hoppy, full-flavoured brew.

North America : USA

Anchor Steam Beer Size: 35.5cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.50
Delicious balanced ale, slightly sweet caramel notes and a long, orange-pithy hop finish.

Goose Island IPA Size: 35.5cl ABV: 5.9% Price: £3.60
A classic IPA, very dry, hoppy bitter but delicious works well with any spicy foods.

Brooklyn Lager Size: 35.5cl ABV: 5.1% Price: £3.50
Yummy!!! Delicious full of flavour with a light dry finish.

Cave Creek Chilli Beer Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.0% Price: £3.50
Crisp lager with a real chilli pepper in each bottle - it packs quite a kick!

Flying Dog - Doggie Style IPA Size: 35.5cl ABV: 5.4% Price: £3.50
Dry Hopped with a load of Cascade hops grown in the Pacific Northwest. Doggie Style has enough hop character to satisfy hop-heads.

Flying Dog - Snake Dog IPA Size: 35.5cl ABV: 5.8% Price: £3.50
Snake Dog is a traditional IPA, brewed with imported English Maris Otter pale malt and Golding Hops. A popular choice for the ale drinkers.

Michelob Size: 33.0cl ABV: 5.2% Price: £3.30
Brewed using exclusive two-row barley and only the finest natural ingredients. Full body with a straw colour. Ideal to sip with a bison hot rock.

Samuel Adams Boston lager Size: 35.5cl ABV: 4.8% Price: £3.50
Delicious, coppery lager, floral and citrus hints on the nose, smooth light caramel on the palate and a dry, gently astringent aftertaste.

South America : Argentina

Quilmes Size: 35.0cl ABV: 4.9% Price: £3.40
A light multi-grain lager with a clean and crisp finish " Very popular".

 

Beer and Food Recommendations
As with wine, your choice of beer to accompany food should be guided by your personal preferences. Let your palate be your guide. For those who are more traditional, red meats go with darker beers like ale or stout and white meats or fish go with lighter beers like lager or wheat beer (see back coverfor full guide). Go on enjoy yourselves!
Food	Beer Ideas
salads	American pale ale, pilsner, Belgian witbier, wheat beer, amber ale
soups	porter, brown ale, pale ale, pilsner lager, Vienna-style lager
seafood and shellfish	dry porter, oatmeal stout, wheat beer, best bitter, German pilsner
fish	American wheat beer, hoppy pilsner, Dortmunder export, Belgian whitbier, golden ale
spicy and Mexican food	Vienna-style lager, hoppy pilsner, golden ale, wheat beer
poultry	malty lager, bitter ale, brown ale
pork	Vienna-style lager, Märzen, Oktoberfest
red meats	fruity ale, Indian pale ale, British brown ale, porter, bock
cheese	hoppy beer, English old ale, Belgian beer, best bitter, dry stout, wheat ale, German pilsner, pale ale, British brown ale
desserts	Belgian witbier, Belgian strong ale, wheat beer, imperial stout, Irish Guinness, dark

TOP TIP FOR PAIRING BEER WITH FOOD

As with wine,your choice of beer to accompany food should be guided by your personal preferences. Let your palate be your guide. For those who are more traditional, red meats go with darker beers like ale or stout and white meats or fish go with lighter beers like lager or wheat beer (see back coverfor full guide). Go on enjoy yourselves!

Many of our beers are deceptively strong. Please drink responsibly.

All beers subject to availability. Please ask staff for today's specials.