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B & T BEDFORDSHIRE CLANGER –*** 3.8% A decent enough session ale but not a particularly memorable one . Real ale first tried at a beer festival B & T EDWIN TAYLOR'S EXTRA STOUT *****. 4.5% A strong mild, deceptively so, almost too strong to call it mild, but with this taste, who cares? Real ale first tried at a beer festival Badger Brewery – FIRKIN FOX 4.6% ***** Rich tasting hoppy citrus ale, tastes much stronger than it actually is, making it a very worthy session ale, with a long lingering satisfying aftertaste. Strong on flavour and refreshing too. Badger Brewery – FURSTY FERRET 4.4% ***** Very Malty ale from Dorset, dating from 1777, and inspired by a legend of a pub infested by ferrets. It has a very distinctive enduring taste. – Bottled beer on first tasting, bought for me for my birthday by a friend. Bank Top BIG BUMP - LITTLE BUMP () 4.5% **** Amusingly named bitter, with a logo depicting a pregnant woman in cartoon form, or possibly the beer belly it will give you if you take too much of a liking to the beer which is easy with a decent, though non-to-special ale like this. Real ale first tried in a pub Bank Top LEPRECHAUN STOUT –6% ***** Dark ale with added blackcurrant – very good indeed. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bank Top RED BARON 4.1% ***** Launched at the Bolton Beer Festival 2010 and sure to fly far – very nice ale. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bank Top - SAMUEL CROMPTON'S ALE *** 4.2% Pleasant drinkable staple beer in anchester, but not particularly distinguished. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Banks’s BITTER ***** 3.8% A fair to middling ale – that they give it no name other than just Bitter shows how traditional this one is. Bottled beer Bateman’s - VALIANT .2%. A weak beer with the taste and consistancy of cold tea. It takes forever and a day to settle in the glass. Awful Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bazen's. BLACK PIG MILD ***** 3.6% - There's a slight taste of antiseptic TCP to this and it is more akin to bitter than mild. Eccentric drink that just shouldn't work, but it does. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Beartown BEARLY LITERATE 4.5% **** Almost a wheat beer, but not quite – a strong smooth taste – quite a satisfying ale. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Beartown POLAR ECLIPSE 4.8% ***** Delightfully mild stout Real ale first tried at a beer festival Blackwater - YAKUZA 4.2% *** Rather watery tasting, - a name like Yakuza makes it sound dangerous to mess with, but it's a quite safe beer over all. Real ale first tried at a beer festival BODDINGTONS *** - Manchester brewed until recently. When I was in Canada, I wanted to try Canadian Beers, and one publican there tried to convince me, a Mancunian, that Boddingtons was Canadian. He really got a telling off for that. Beer wise, Boddies tastes fine when well kept, and serves as a useful fall back beer if the real ale isn't flowing. Canned Boddies is a real no-no though. First tried at home in cans, but also on draught in many pubs. First tried from tins at home but later on draught in many pubs. Boggart – MUD BRAWLER PORTER 4.4% ***** A surprisingly light porter with a touch of chocolate in the taste Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bogart Brewery NOIR NELL **** 4.2% Xmas ale, warming and rich textured. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bollingtons - WHEAT NANCY – Bollington’s – 4.2% 5/5 Rich taste and aftertaste, named after a folly, but not folly to drink this. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bowland - ADMIRAL OF THE BLUES ***** a very rich exotic, distinctive fruit taste, with a dash of vanilla. Marvellous Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bowland CROMWELL STOUT –– 4.5% ***** Bitter bordering on stoutiness, but a fine beer with a hint of fruit. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bowland Brewery HUNTERS MOON 3.7% * the taste of cold coffee isn’t my idea of fun beer. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Bowland Brewery SKY DANCER 4.5% ***** Gorgeous bottled ale, with multi-national hops combinations Real ale first tried at a beer festival Brampton -1302 ***** Rich hoppy golden bitter. A very tasty real ale. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Brampton – WASP NEST 5.0% ***** A very sweet amber taste Real ale first tried at a beer festival Brew Dog - 77 LAGER 5% 5/5 A rarity, a lager that gets served at Real Ale festivals, - - make them well and us bitterites will take a taste. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Brightside – MAVERICK IPA 4.8% Light tasting amber/copper ale, border between session ale / non-session ale Real ale first tried at a beer festival BUDWAR ***** 5% As strong imported lagers go, this Czech beer is one of the finest, and a very popular drink with my Civil War Re-enactment buddies who go through several cases of it. Not to be confused with American Budweiser tried by bottle and more rarely on draught. BUDWEISER * How anyone can drink this is beyond me - it tastes insipid and I find it almost impossible to get drunk on it. Tried from pubs, bottles and tins Buntingford NIGHT OWL PORTER *** 4.2%. Slight watery aftertaste spoils an otherwise nice light beer. A very mild mild indeed. Nice and harmless. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Buntingford OATMEAL STOUT **** 4.4%. Rich & Impressive tasting stout. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Burton Bridge GOLDEN DELICIOUS ***** 3.7%. Tastes stronger than it is, and definitely lives up to its name. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Butts JESTER ORGANIC **** 3.5%. Fizzy, fun, and nice. A bitter for those making a slow transition from alcopops to proper beer. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Buxton KINDER SUNSET –– 5.5% ***** Wild blend of tastes in every sip, bitter, sweet, ruby, caramel. Sensational ale. Real ale first tried at a beer festival Arthur Chappell