Our Beers
An introduction to the beers.
Regular Beers
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Marvellous Maple Mild 3.7%
From: £35.83Popular with all who try it, this delicate dark brown mild has just a hint of maple syrup coming through in the finish.
Available all year round in polypins
Voted best mild – Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009
Champion Mild at Cornwall Beer Festival 2014
Nominated for Champion Beer of Britain 2015
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Lumberjack 5.2%
From: £28.33Our strong, slightly sweet, full bodied bitter is brewed using traditional English Fuggles and EKG hops to give a round, hoppy finish.
Food Match: Sumptuous with Stews & Red Meats
Available all year round in bottles and polypins.
Gold – SIBA East Region Best Strong Ale 2009
Silver – SIBA East Region Best Bottled Strong Ale 2013, 2015, 2017
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Legacy 4%
From: £37.50Class in a Glass! Amber bitter, slightly sweet with light hoppy finish. Easy drinking at its best. New for 2017.
Available in Polypins.
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Hope & Glory 4.5%
From: £26.67Our full bodied red premium bitter. A well balanced bitter with full malt flavours and a lightness of the hops coming through in the flavour, leaving a pleasing end note and lingering bitterness.
Champion premium bitter of East England. (SIBA).
Food Match: Superb with Sausages
Available all year in bottle, occasionally in polypins
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Golden Crust 3.7%
From: £26.67Lightly hopped pale ale. As found in Pie & Pint Inns.
Gluten Free & Vegan Friendly.
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Chockwork Orange 6.5%
From: £31.67A deep chocolate, malty beer brewed with oranges to give it a background citrus bitterness and matured to create a classic ‘old ale’ style.
Food match – Chocolatey dessert, Strong cheese & Classical music.
Available all year round in bottles and polypins
SILVER – SIBA East Best Speciality Beer 2009
Voted best Strong Ale – Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009
BRONZE – SIBA East Best Strong Beer 2012
Beer of festival at Belgrade, Serbia 2014 & Silver medal at Hungary beer festival 2014
Official Beer of the Book A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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Brentwood IPA 3.7%
From: £26.67A lightly hopped pale session bitter. A refreshing pint after a hard day at work.
Food Match: Perfect with Pies
Available all year round in polypins and bottles
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Brentwood Gold 4.3%
From: £26.67A rich, golden beer with a slight sweet malt character and heavily hopped with powerful fruity Cascade hops that come through at the end, providing a great finish.
Food Match – Fantastic with fish
Available all year round in polypins and bottle
Voted best Golden Ale – Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009
SILVER – SIBA East Region Bottled Gold Beer catagory 2012
Gold Medal at Hungry National Beer Festival 2014
Gold Medal Great Taste Awards 2015
Bronze Medal bottled beer class – SIBA East bottled beer category
Champion Bottled Best Bitter Eastern England 2018
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Brentwood Best 4.2%
From: £37.50Our best bitter made with a good dose of Challenger and EKG hops giving a well rounded flavour and aroma. Light copper in colour this beer is a firm favourite with our regulars.
Available all year round in polypins
CAMRA Champion Best Bitter of East Anglia 2017
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BBC1 1.5%
From: £26.67BBC2’s little brother! Light brown in colour, loads of flavours bursting on the palate from the mix of Columbus, Chinook, Citra & Cascade hops. Ridiculously drinkable.
Food Match: Champion with cheese.
Available in bottle or Polypins.
Seasonal Beers and Specials
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Crimble Crumble 4.5%
From: £35.83Full of Christmas cheer, warming red spicy bitter to keep you jolly throughout the season. (Shalom from Jim!)
Available in Polypin & 330ml bottles
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Frosty Baubles 3.8%
From: £25A Golden, Hoppy, Festive little number. Designed to make you feel like dancing. Don’t stop or your Baubles might ice over.
Available in Polypin and Bottles.
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Boston Brown 4.4%
From: £35.83A true American Brown Ale with a tantalising brown malt characteristic packed with American hops.
Late Winter, available in polypins
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Toblerone Stout 4.5%
From: £37.50Sweet stout brewed with honey and chocolate.
Available in polypins
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Winter Warmer 4.7%
From: £26.67A well balanced amber coloured winter ale with spicy notes creating a full flavoured beer to enjoy on cold winter days.
Available winter in polypins, all year round in bottles
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Chestnut Stout 3.999%
From: £35.83A smooth, rounded, easy drinking stout, brewed with local chestnuts.
Available late Autumn/early Winter in polypins
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Spooky Moon 3.8%
From: £35A dark brown bitter with a sweet fruity finish, balanced with just the right level of bitterness to make this the perfect session pint.
Available Autumn in polypins
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Summer Virgin 4.5%
From: £25Our first brew, a light golden beer with citrus notes and aromatic hops giving a range of fruit flavours.
Food Match: Brilliant for BBQ’s & with Spicy Foods.
Available in bottles year round and in polypins in summer
Voted beer of the festival -Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2007
Voted beer of the festival – Colchester Summer Beer Festival 2010
Voted beer of the festival – Colchester Summer Beer Festival 2010
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Brentwood Blonde 3.8%
From: £37.50A light blonde session bitter with full fruit flavours and a crisp finish from Styrian Golding hops.
Available Spring/Summer in polypins
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Workhouse IPA 5%
From: £37.50Collaboration brew with Billericay Brewery. Unfined and hazy IPA brewed with 5 different types of hops – Rakau, Olicana, Styrian Wolf, Tahiki & Citra for a great depth of flavour.
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Van Kannor 7.7%
£30.83Brewed in 2014, Van Kannor is triple fermented with beer, wine and champagne yeast. Hand turned and degorged, it combines gentle fruitiness with sweet malt aromas to create a luxurious and sophisticated beer, produced using traditional champagning methods.
Limited run of 1000 x 750ml bottles. Serve chilled in Goblet style beer glass.
“It is the best beer to come out of Essex.” – Matt Chinnery (British Guild of Beer Writers)“Developing in complexity and nuance as it ages, Brentwood Brewery’s Van Kannor could arguably be the best beer produced in Essex for many years. Smooth as silk, tart and fruity, with waves of peach and pear drop dominating the taste and a finish of spicy white pepper and crushed coriander seed, this is certainly a beer that you need to experience at least once. It’s limited though so you’d better be quick as when it’s gone it’s gone forever.” -Justin Mason (British Guild of beer writers)
“Van Kannor is a really special beer! Pour it into a flute and savour the fruity aroma then take a sip. Sweet malts develop first, followed by a satisfying mouth filling mousse and finally a gentle bitterness. “Delicious as an aperitif and also with creamy cheese,” – Jane Peyton (Beer sommelier & School of booze and Beer o’clock author)
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SPA 4.1%
From: £37.50Session Pale Ale with a relaxing bitterness and invigorating burst of Lemongrass, Mango & Passion Fruit. New for 2018.
Available in polypins.
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Santa’s Sack 4%
From: £35.83Our brand new Xmas beer! Brown in colour, full of fruity and spicy flavours.
Available Xmas in Polypins
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Santa’s Paradise 3.5%
From: £35.83Santa is back from his holiday in Australia where he bought back some delightful hops for us to try. This beer has a citrus grapefruit flavour with a subtle peach and apricot coming through towards the end.
Available Christmas in polypins
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Pacific Pale Ale 4.7%
From: £35.83This pale ale has been designed with hops from the Pacific region. Strawberries and melon are present in the aroma and then on the palate. The beer leaves a hint of resin on the toungue and a lingering bitterness with a slight sweetness from the malt. A well balanced beer with lots of flavour to get your mouth watering.
Available August in polypins .
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Old Lang Syne 4.7%
From: £35.83A matured old ale allowing the malt characters to develop for a complex flavour. A gentle woody spicy hop undertone complements the beer to bring you into a new year in style.
Available January in polypins
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Hot XXX Buns 3.9%
From: £35.83A flavoursome bitter for Easter. Lemon and citrus hops complement the spices added for a true hot cross bun taste.
Available over Easter in polypins
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Fragile X Ale 4.3%
£27.50Fragile X Syndrome is the most common inherited cause of learning disability and autism. It affects nearly 200,000 people in the UK. The Fragile X Society supports individuals and families affected by the disorder. Brentwood Brewing Company are donating 10p per bottle sold to the society.
Available in 12 x 500ml cases.
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Elephant School – Mallowphant 4.8%
From: £35.83Marshmallow Stout
Available in Polypin – 36 or 18pints
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Burton Ale 4.8%
From: £35.83A traditionally brewed beer in the 'Burton' style following the age-old Burton recipe. A wonderful step back in time.
Available throughout March.
Late Winter/early Spring, available in polypins.
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APA 5%
From: £35.83Refreshing American Pale ale brewed with Simcoe & Equanot. New for 2018.
Available in Polypins.
