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Rate Beers 2013 Best - One of the worlds top 100 brewers and only one of 5 UK brewers to make the list
Collaboration "Carnage" - 7.4%
Get ready for the carnage!
Brewery
Buxton / To Øl
Style & Colour
IPA
Amber
Alcohol %
7.4%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From Sept 2013
Food paring & comments
With the amount go hops in this, find yourself some great Indian or Spicy Thai food and enjoy!
N/R
Created after a big night of drinking and still cloudy vision, It’s got a few special Danish ingredients in and a whole load of very juicy and aromatic US hops. With a generous amount of dry hopping. So get ready to look out for Samarbejds Ødelæggelse IPA. The name is roughly translated as Collaboration Carnage, and is a fitting description
Sky Mountain 4.9%
Sour IPA?
Brewery
Buxton / To Øl
Style & Colour
Sour Ale
Amber
Alcohol %
4.9%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From Sept 2013
Food paring & comments
Soft cheeses , and cured meats
N/R
Take the Collaboration Carnage and give it the sour treatment. An interesting experiment in how you can take a big hoppy IPA and give it the full blown sour treatment to create a totally different beer.
Gold - 5.2%
Aussie BBQ session beer
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Golden Ale
Alcohol %
5.2%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From Nov 2013 (keg)
Food paring & comments
A great session beer to compliment for any long hot Australian BBQ, perfect with cheddar and steaks
95/100 (97 style)
Fantastic all round session beer. Buxton Gold is a refreshing golden beer with a wonderful aroma and flavour coming from its Amarillo, Liberty and Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand and the US.
Moor Top - 3.6%
Session beer with flavour that only the British can deliver!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Pale Ale
Pale Golden
Alcohol %
3.6%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
A great session beer to compliment most foods, but of course the Aussie BBQ is perfect!
92/100 (99 style)
A delicious beer. Hopped with armfuls of American Chinook hops, this beer oozes citrus flavour and aroma. It has a lovely sweetnes balanced with a lingering bitter finish backed up with a late grapefruit hit.
Buxton SPA "Special" - 4.1%
A showcase for the American Citra Hop
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
"Special Pale Ale"
Amber
Alcohol %
4.1%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
For those that like their session beers a little hoppier. Ideal for BBQ's and meat dishes
91/100 (99 style)
A light, refreshing, hoppy pale ale. A showcase for the incredibly aromatic North American hop – Citra. It has a lovely citrus aroma, with juicy fruit flavours in the mouth. Medium bitternes.
Hops - Citra
Hops - Citra
Black Rocks - 5.5%
A session Black IPA for those that like a true IPA experience
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Black IPA
Rich dark
Alcohol %
5.5%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
Pork Belly and Vanilla Gellato
98/100
Black Rocks is a Black IPA. It is very dark in colour, yet has many characteristics of an India Pale Ale. Late mash additions provide the colour without the harsher, roasted flavours of the dark malts. The beer has a blackcurrant aroma and flavours of liquorice and pithy grapefruit
Jaw Gate - 5.6%
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
American Pale Ale
Amber
Alcohol %
5.6%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From July 2013
Food paring & comments
Thai food and spicy asian dishes
82/100
American Pale Ale; Hopped with handfuls of juicy American hops, plenty of malt character, sneaky bit of NZ in there too. Like all their beers expect a smooth and well balanced finish that delivers a beer you'll want to keep coming back to.
Wild Boar - 5.7%
The closest thing to a session IPA from the IPA specialists
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
IPA
Amber
Alcohol %
5.7%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
top seller
Food paring & comments
Thai food and spicy asian dishes
97/100
Wild Boar pours a pale straw colour with a fluffy white head. It has aromas of spicy lime and mango, with distinct flavours of honey malt and fruit punch, followed by a dry bitter finish.
American Rye - 4.3%
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Rye Pale Amber Ale
Light Amber
Alcohol %
4.3%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
TBA
Food paring & comments
Great with asian beef dishes and curry
86/100 (96 style)
A hoppy amber ale, brewed with a complex mash of Marris Otter pale malt, Rye, Caramalt and Wheat.
A shed-load of American hops provide a delightful marmalade / citrus bitterness, well balanced by the sweetness of the malt, whilst delivering a charcteristic peppery Rye flavour.
A shed-load of American hops provide a delightful marmalade / citrus bitterness, well balanced by the sweetness of the malt, whilst delivering a charcteristic peppery Rye flavour.
Wyoming Sheep Ranch - Reserve No. V - 8.4%
A unique tasting IPA with a great caramel tastes
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
DIPA
Rich Golden
Alcohol %
6.3%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
Great with asian beef dishes and curry
94/100
After a long wait, our Special Reserve No.5 is pretty much ready. it’s an 8.4% big, bold, double IPA. It’s fresh, piney, big-bodied and with a bitterness that’ll slap you in the chops.
High Tor - 6.3%
A unique tasting IPA with a great caramel tastes
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
India Red Ale
Rich Golden
Alcohol %
6.3%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
Great with asian beef dishes and curry
95/100 (99 style)
A delicious, refreshing red ale. It brings together a range of 6 specialty malts and New World hops. This creates a characterful ale with a toffee, caramel and dark fruit palate, finishing with soft piney, resinous hop notes.
Axe Edge - 6.8%
Our favourite beer in their range. Big and very tasty
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Double IPA
Pale Amber
Alcohol %
6.8%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Limited
Food paring & comments
Perfect with spicy food like Indian and Thai.
99/100
Their full flavoured, strong India Pale Ale. Now hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Nelson Sauvin. This beer has a pale straw-amber body, and pours with a full creamy head. Its complex flavours include mandarin orange, schnapps, pineapple, and juicy tropical fruits. It is warmingly alcoholic with a dry finish.
Hops: Nelson, Citra, Amarillo
NZ Axe Edge - takes the classic and ramps it up with a massive amount of Kiwi hops.
Hops: Nelson, Citra, Amarillo
NZ Axe Edge - takes the classic and ramps it up with a massive amount of Kiwi hops.
Imperial Black - 7.5%
Black IPA's don't get much better!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Imperial Black IPA
Black
Alcohol %
7.5%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
Great way to end a meal between main and desert if your not into Porters or Stouts.
99
Full bodied jet-black ale with a pale-tan head. Abundant fresh hop aromas suggesting zesty citrus pulp and forest fruits.
Rednik Stout - 4.1%
An English session stout for a winters night
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Classic Stout
Deep brown
Alcohol %
4.1%
Origin:
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From July 2013
Food paring & comments
Apple and rhubarb crumble
93/100
This stout ale pours a deep brown-tinted black, with a thick creamy latte head. Aromas of burnt roast coffee, malty molasses, prunes, and a hint of smoke. It is gently sweet & sour, with a moderate bitterness.
Tsar 9.5%
For those that love the perfect Russian!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Russian Imperial Stout
Black
Alcohol %
9.5%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml from
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
And another great way to end a meal, perfect with deserts, chocolate truffles, or to just sip by the fire
99/100
TSAR is rich and powerful, a full bodied Imperial Stout. Malty chocolate, mocha and dark berry fruit-notes preside over a subtle hop profile, whilst a smooth velvety texture in the mouth gives way to a lingering bitter, dark chocolate finish
Dark Knights - 5%
For those that love the perfect Russian!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
American Porter
Rich Brown
Alcohol %
5%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml from
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Disposable Kegs: 30ltr Keykegs
Availability
TBA
Food paring & comments
Desert beer with chocolate, cheese cake
91/100
This beer pours a deep chestnut brown, with a billowing cappucino head. It has aromas of forest fruits and a biscuity, malty body. Generously hopped with US varieties
Sede Vacante - 12%
Rich and creamy Barrel aged reserve Stout
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Aged Imperial Stout
Black
Alcohol %
12%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 500ml - 330ml
Availability
From Feb 2013
Food paring & comments
A perfect way to end a nigh. Dark Chocolate, Chocolate mud cake.
New Beer
A big, barrel aged imperial stout, released in a gap between brewers at Buxton. Sede Vacante, or vacant seat, generally refers to the time between the death of one pope and the appointment of another
Special Reserve No.1 - 9.5%
A Russian in a barrel...
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Russian Imperial Stout - Barrel aged
Black
Alcohol %
9.5%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Availability
rare
Food paring & comments
Couch beer, enjoy by itself to savour the flavours
So rare - No score
Our first forray into Barrel Ageing beers, and our first Special Reserve.
This Special Edition of our regular brew “TSAR” has been aged on oak for six months prior to bottling to impart extra flavour, aroma and character.
Huge flavours of roasted malt, chocolate and molasses combine with a little spice and the signature Buxton hop presence. Further complexity is added from the barrel ageing, bringing notes of vanilla, sweet oak and plums.
Only 112 bottles of this beer ever existed, if you have one, you are lucky. They were filled by hand on Thursday August 2nd, 2012 - during the London 2012 Olympic games.
This Special Edition of our regular brew “TSAR” has been aged on oak for six months prior to bottling to impart extra flavour, aroma and character.
Huge flavours of roasted malt, chocolate and molasses combine with a little spice and the signature Buxton hop presence. Further complexity is added from the barrel ageing, bringing notes of vanilla, sweet oak and plums.
Only 112 bottles of this beer ever existed, if you have one, you are lucky. They were filled by hand on Thursday August 2nd, 2012 - during the London 2012 Olympic games.
Special Reserve No.2 Smokey and the Band-Aid - 7%
For those that love the perfect Russian!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Imperial Smoked Rye Porter
Black
Alcohol %
7%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Availability
24 bottles only
Food paring & comments
Couch beer, enjoy by itself to savour the flavours
90/100
An Imperial, Smoked Rye Porter evolved from the recipe book of JK; our Head Brewer. Mashed with malt smoked over a scottish peat burning fire, this beer has a lovely smokey, phenolic and slightly spicy character. Reminiscent of bonfires and Islay whisky.
Almost all gone, get it while you can and drink it whilst the smokey character is still prominent.
Almost all gone, get it while you can and drink it whilst the smokey character is still prominent.
Special Reserve No.3 Tsar BOMBA - 10%
It took 35 years to make this beer!
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Imperial Russian stout aged in wood and brewed with 35 year old yeast
Rich Black
Alcohol %
10%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Availability
24 bottles only for Australia
Food paring & comments
Couch beer, enjoy by itself to savour the flavours
97/100
In 1978, The Courage Brewery brewed a batch of Imperial Russian Stout, aged it in infected, wooden Hogsheads and some time later…. it was put into bottles.
34 years after that, we opened a bottle, drank the beer (which was amazing) and rescued the intruiging combination of sedimented yeasts and debris from the bottom of the aged vessel. We then inocculated a barrel of our own Russian Imperial Stout – TSAR with this precious sludge and left the beer to its own devices for 9 months. The only attention this beer got from us was a weekly roll-around-the-brewery, just like the Courage Hogsheads got.
Following this 9 month ageing, the beer that we now tasted had changed in character remarkably. The familiar landmarks were still there – huge body, chocolate, molases, but now there was so much more. The Brettanomyces strain of yeast that had laid dormant in the bottle all those years had re-awakened when dispersed amongst our young, fresh Imperial Stout, and had gone to work with vigour. Boosting the ABV by a further half-percent, and adding a delicious, trade-mark tartness to the beer, complimenting its hop bitterness and deep malty and dark fruit flavours.
The Tsar Bomba was born.
34 years after that, we opened a bottle, drank the beer (which was amazing) and rescued the intruiging combination of sedimented yeasts and debris from the bottom of the aged vessel. We then inocculated a barrel of our own Russian Imperial Stout – TSAR with this precious sludge and left the beer to its own devices for 9 months. The only attention this beer got from us was a weekly roll-around-the-brewery, just like the Courage Hogsheads got.
Following this 9 month ageing, the beer that we now tasted had changed in character remarkably. The familiar landmarks were still there – huge body, chocolate, molases, but now there was so much more. The Brettanomyces strain of yeast that had laid dormant in the bottle all those years had re-awakened when dispersed amongst our young, fresh Imperial Stout, and had gone to work with vigour. Boosting the ABV by a further half-percent, and adding a delicious, trade-mark tartness to the beer, complimenting its hop bitterness and deep malty and dark fruit flavours.
The Tsar Bomba was born.
Special Reserve No. 4 - Der Nord Sekt
A sour German :-)
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Soured Berliner Weisse
Rich Golden
Alcohol %
2.8%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Availability
24 bottles only for Australia
Food paring & comments
Rich cheeses, sliced meats
New Beer
Back in August 2012 they brewed a little 2.8% Berliner Weisse. Its been sitting patiently over the intervening months as the Lactobacillus we inocluated it with has slowly but steadily worked its sour magic.
They plan this beer to be available in the late spring of 2013 - They don’t want to rush it, plus, they think this will be a beautiful beer to drink on a warm early summer evening. (and for us winter)
24 bottles only on its way
They plan this beer to be available in the late spring of 2013 - They don’t want to rush it, plus, they think this will be a beautiful beer to drink on a warm early summer evening. (and for us winter)
24 bottles only on its way
Special Reserve No. 5 - Wyoming Sheep Ranch - 8.4%
A special reserve DIPA
Brewery
Buxton
Style & Colour
Imperial DIPA
Rich Amber
Alcohol %
8.4%
Origin
England
Sizes & Formats
Glass: 330ml
Availability
From March 2013
Food paring & comments
T-Bone steak, Creme Brûlée
93/100
After a long wait, our Special Reserve No.5 is pretty much ready. it’s an 8.4% big, bold, double IPA. It’s fresh, piney, big-bodied and with a bitterness that’ll slap you in the chops.
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