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Our Autumn Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Friday 11th October, Saturday 12th October and Sunday 13th October 2024.

Beer, Cider & Perry List

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

Goachers Green Hop 3.9% Pale ale brewed using fresh Kentish green hops.
Kent Brewery Quiet American 4.2% A light and fresh American Pale Ale that is both floral and citrusy with a hint of grapefruit.
Tonbridge New Zealand Pale 4.5% New Zealand hopped pale ale brewed with Nelson Sauvin and Motueka hops. Bready, grainy and mild toffee malt flavours with tropical fruit, gooseberry and zingy citrus hop flavours and aromas.
Vale Of Glamorgan Maverick 4.5% Rich, golden style session American IPA with heavy hopping of Amarillo and Simcoe for a BIG citrus aroma.
New River Great Amwell Pale 4.6% Pale gold American pale ale with resinous bitterness and notable floral aromas, hints of nectarine; subtle sweet maltiness.
Musket Gracious English IPA 5.3% A traditional IPA brewed exclusively with English Malts and Kentish Bramling Cross hops. Pale in colour, it has a dry finish with a lingering bitterness.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Triple FFF Alton’s Pride 3.8% A traditional English bitter brewed using water from the Hampshire chalk hills. Full and clean tasting, initially malty then tangerine fruit and resinous hop build to a quenching bitter finish.
Milestone Raspberry Wheat Beer 5.6% A Continental style wheat beer infused with fresh, wild raspberries producing a refreshing fruit beer.

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

Crouch Vale Essex Boys Best Bitter 3.8% Full bodied, traditional-style mid-brown “best” brewed from 100% English barley malt and copious English Challenger and Boadicea hops, which shine through.
Caveman Neanderthal 4.4% The Neanderthal remembers when Best Bitter was the
best. This beer is our recollection of that, full of roast and caramel malt flavours and traditional Kent hops.
Portobello Central Line 4.4% The use of a unique malt combination gives a distinct red hue and a rich malt base complemented by a clean aroma and a robust hop bitterness.
Bexley Old Mill Autumn Ale 4.5% This Autumn seasonal bitter has a lovely malty, biscuity taste and end bitterness.
Elephant School Peasant’s Revolt 4.6% Deep red ale brewed with New World hops giving big hop flavours.
Canterbury ‘26’ Light Amber 6.4% A strong, medium bodied, hoppy amber ale. The Olicana, Amarillo and Magnum hops give a deliciously complex flavour profile of spice, floral and subtle citrus. This is offset by the slight sweetness of the malt base
incorporating light crystal.

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

Westerham Wally Winkers Death by Chocolate Stout 4.5% A triple chocolate stout with an intensely sweet, chocolatey nose balanced by a medium-dry flavour of bitter chocolate rounded out by hints of coffee and sweet vanilla.
Nuttycombe RCH Old Slug Porter 4.5% A delicious traditional porter with a full bodied taste of chocolate, coffee, blackcurrant and black cherry with a good aroma.
Brentwood Poseidon’s Porter 4.6% Robust and complex dark porter with notes of caramel, chocolate with a hoppy finish.
Gadds Dark Conspiracy Porter 4.9% Rich, smooth, dark ale combines great flavours from English, German and Belgian malts with a careful blend of American and Kentish hops to give a truly complex drinking experience.
Titanic Plum Porter 4.9% This beer is dark strong and well rounded; the richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of Goldings hops and natural plum flavouring.
Black Hole No Escape Porter 5.2% A combination of chocolate and damsons with a hint of vanilla supported by underlying roast malt. Complex flavours yield to hops for a mildly bitter dry after taste.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
Tonbridge India Pale Ale 4.8% (Local) A modern IPA with a robust flavour and a crisp medium bitter finish. Kent grown Target and Epic hops provide a delicate blend of fruit, herb and spice notes. Dry hopped with English Cascade for an extra intensity.

Ciders & Perry [Main Bar]:

Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Blackcurrant 5.0% A blackcurrant cider, clear and bright ruby red in colour. Rich berry flavour with a balance of tart and sweetness.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Biddenden Kentish Kiss 5.0% Created from apples with an aesthetically pleasing golden yellow skin with a slight red blush and rosy coloured flesh, giving a Provence rosé colour.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered.
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Dudda’s Tun Bone Dry 5.5% A clean, crisp and full-dry cider made from Katy and Bramley apples – refreshing to the end.
Kent Cider Pear 6.0% A medium still cider made using Kentish Comice and Conference pears. Soft and delicate on the palate: this cider differs from perry as it isn’t made with perry pears.
Turners Medium Dry 6.5% Still, crisp and fruity cider with a balance of acidity and sweetness.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised.
Broadoak Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
Biddenden Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Summer Cider Festival was held on Friday 16th August, Saturday 17th August and Sunday 18th August 2024.

Biddenden (Kent):

Kentish Kiss Cider 5% A medium still cider bursting with flavour to give a refreshing appley experience. Created from apples with an aesthetically pleasing golden yellow skin with a slight red blush and rosy coloured flesh, giving a Provence rosé colour.
Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.

Broadoak (Somerset):

Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.

Dudda’s Tun (Kent):

Salted Caramel 4.0% This sumptuous blend of cider and caramel, with just a hint of salt to soften the acidity is a massive hit with those who have a sweeter tooth. Golden in colour, with a sweet caramel aroma.
Bone Dry 5.5% A clean, crisp and full-dry cider made from Katy and Bramley apples – refreshing to the end.
Disco 5.6% First press of the season. This medium/dry cider delivers super appley flavour from our farm grown Discovery apples.

Kent Cider (Kent):

Toffee Apple 4.0%With the sumptuous taste of sweet apple and caramel. Handcrafted with English apples from orchards near Faversham in Kent.
Mango 4.0%Fresh and fruity, a vibrant and tropical twist on traditional craft cider – perfect for sunny days.
Strawberry 4.0% A sweet, light and fruity apple cider blended with 100% real strawberry juice.
Pear 6.0% Medium cider, dry and soft on the pallet with a distinctive and pleasant, bitter finish.

Kentish Pip (Kent):

Forager 3.4% A well balanced, deeply complex medium still cider with all the excitement and intrigue of autumn. Blended with a mix of damsons, rowan berries, rosehips, elderberries and many others.
High Diver 4.8% High Diver plunges you into a world of fine bubbles and bobbing apples. A luxurious blend with Cox and Bramley apples, medium dry, marrying fresh acidity with a bright aromatic fruit character.
Skylark 5.5% A next generation cider with big notes of fresh Kentish dessert apples, followed by a flourish of complex cider tannins. Slow fermentation of this special blend of dessert and cider apple varieties creates a deeply refreshing, medium dry cider for people who expect the beyond.

Turners (Kent):

Apple Pie 4.0% Gently spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves this really is like apple pie in a glass!
Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb, this cider is sweet, juicy and very refreshing.
Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour.
Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with elderflower syrup.
Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice pears with a dash of Bramley apple cider. Still, wine-like and easy-drinking. Medium-sweet, unfiltered.
Medium Dry 6.5% Still, crisp and fruity cider with a balance of acidity and sweetness.
Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness.
Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still cider made with 100% Russet apples from Kent. Big and full flavoured with a touch of tannin and medium-dry finish. Unfiltered and unpasteurised.

Wilkins (Somerset):

Dry 6.0% This hazy, smooth, oak matured dry cider is made from a blend of apple varieties.
Sweet 6.0% This hazy, smooth, oak matured sweet cider is made from a blend of apple varieties.

Our Easter Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Good Friday 29th March, Saturday 30th March, Easter Sunday 31st March and Easter Monday 1st April 2024.

Beer, Cider & Perry List

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

Leigh On Sea Legra Pale 3.8% [Essex] A light, fresh and sessionable golden ale. Single hopped, during the boil and following fermentation, with lashings of Citra hops for a clean citrus flavour.
Only With Love Wishbone 4.3% [East Sussex] A pale ale with a classic Aussie and Kiwi hop mashup, this time with Ella and Motueka for a serene, tropical cruise of peach, passion fruit and a little twist of lime.
Three Acres Extra Pale 4.5% [East Sussex] A refreshing, citrusy pale ale, finished with an exciting new generation of English hops – giving their American cousins a run for their money.
Iron Pier Wealdway IPA 4.5% (LocAle) Brewed using Columbus and Chinook hops, resulting in a piney, citrus and floral aroma.
Stay Wild Patty APA 4.6% (LocAle) Loaded with citrus, piney resin hop flavours and aromas, perfectly balanced with a subtle malt character.
Mighty Oak Cascade IPA 6.2% [Essex] Traditional India Pale Ale style, robust in character, nicely bitter but balanced with an intense floral hop flavour.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Green Duck Bostin Bitter 3.8% [Worcestershire] A proper Black Country bitter, brewed with heritage Maris Otter malt bringing a rich gold appearance. A bitter orangey bite from the First Gold hops brings this beer together, contrasting the sweetness of the malt.
New Bristol Bristol Bitter 4.0% [Bristol] A very sessionable best bitter, malt driven Bristol beauty. Light to medium body, gold in colour. Hops: Gold and Goldings.

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

Pennine Adulteress Saffron 4.2% [North Yorkshire] A ruby ale, deep burgundy in colour with complex fruit characteristics and lightly hopped.
Stewart Brewing 80/- 4.4% [Edinburgh] A full bodied, full flavoured auburn coloured classic heavy that was originally brewed for the world famous Athletic Arms (Diggers) in Edinburgh. It is easy drinking with aromas of malt, light hops and fruit to compliment it’s smooth and creamy texture.
Bexley Crook Log 5.2% (LocAle) A deep ruby ale combining darker malts and UK Goldings hops to produce a rich taste with a hint of fruity spice.
Westerham Audit Ale 6.2% (LocAle) A strong ale, brewed to the 1938 strength and using the same ingredients as the original best selling bottled beer of the Black Eagle Brewery. Made with pale and crystal malts and huge charge of Kent Goldings hops.
Goachers Old 1066 Ale 6.7% (LocAle) Named after the original gravity of the brew, this fruity rich barley wine has been produced by us in small quantities every winter since 1983.

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

Elephant School White Elephant Mild 4.0% (LocAle) Golden mild brewed with coriander. Gluten free.
Craven BAP Porter 4.5% [Keighley] Black Angus Porter – A full bodied and beautifully smooth dark porter. Perfectly balanced flavours of roast malt and chocolate.
Marlix Neon Tepee Chocolate Raspberry Stout 4.5% (LocAle) A rich, smooth stout base with cocoa nibs and kilos of real fruit added to give a wham of flavour – undertone of chocolate overlaid by a punch of raspberry.
Canterbury Kazbek Rye Porter 4.6% [Kent] A rich, full-bodied, spicy single hop porter. Deliciously smooth with gentle spicy notes from both the rye and the Kazbek hops.
Mutineers Black Flag Vanilla Edition Stout 4.8% (LocAle) Black Flag is our range of stouts each with an additional ingredient to the original recipe. This edition has organic vanilla pods added, to create a warm creamy flavour to complement the chocolate notes in the stout.
Tonbridge Velvet Raven Stout 5.2% (LocAle) Classic English style stout with a blend of toffee, liquorice, chocolate and coffee notes.
Gadds Dogbolter Porter 5.6% [Kent] Dark porter brewed with six different malts for a rich, malty body balanced by a deep and lasting hop bitterness.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
Pig & Porter A Night Like This 5.3% The Mosaic and Simcoe hops already gave this IPA strong elements of tropical fruit and citrus but the addition of a significant amount of blood orange puree takes this beer a lot further.

Ciders & Perry [Main Bar]:

Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Blackcurrant 5.0% A blackcurrant cider, clear and bright ruby red in colour. Rich berry flavour with a balance of tart and sweetness.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Biddenden Kentish Kiss 5.0% Created from apples with an aesthetically pleasing golden yellow skin with a slight red blush and rosy coloured flesh, giving a Provence rosé colour.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered.
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Turners Medium Dry 6.5% Still, crisp and fruity cider with a balance of acidity and sweetness.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised.
Broadoak Perry 7.5% Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma.
Biddenden Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Autumn Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Friday 13th October, Saturday 14th October and Sunday 15th October 2023.

Beer & Cider List

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

Stewart Pentland IPA 3.9% A golden dry ale, with slight fruit tones and a moderate bitterness.
Brentwood Italian Job 4.2% (LocAle) Session IPA to get you through any bank job.
Fauna Wild Dog IPA 4.2% A wild take on a traditional style. A British malt base containing crystal rye for added spice and colour.
Mutineers Green Hop Pale 4.4% (LocAle) Pale green hop ale, brewed with Cascade hops grown in Bromley.
Stay Wild Yeti Cold IPA 4.9% (LocAle) An Extra pale ale fermented at cold lager temperatures to showcase the citrus and tropical hops. (Sold Out)
Tonbridge IPA 4.8% (LocAle) Modern IPA with a robust flavour and a crisp medium bitter finish. Kent grown Target and Epic hops provide a delicate blend of fruit, herb and spice notes.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Lister’s Scrummy Ale 3.8% A slightly malty session ale, smooth and russet brown in colour.
Musket Flash In The Pan 4.0% (LocAle) A Green Hopped Golden Ale with infused aromas of floral, honey, spice and blackcurrant.
New River Chadwell 4.2% Pale chestnut coloured British Best Bitter.

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

Windsor & Eton Guardsman 4.2% A copper-coloured classic ale with a tangy taste,
smoothed by oak conditioning and a really fresh hop.
Severn Best Bitter 4.4% A full bodied best bitter with a strong malty base,
together with Pilgrim and Bramling Cross hops.
Milestone English Rose 4.5% Deep red English ale with a subtle hop, hints of fruity
berries and an easy drinking finish.
Island Brewery Vectis Venom 4.8% Easy drinking because of its deceptive character and darkness of colour, with an underlying smoothness that enables it to penetrate and deliver its potion in the most satisfying of ways.
Mighty Oak Saxon Strong 6.5% A deep tawny ale brewed with Bramling Cross, Progress and Goldings hops giving full bodied fruity flavours alongside a complex malt character.

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

Burton Bridge XL Mild 4.0% The first of the Mild’s brewed by Burton Bridge Brewery.
Canterbury Green & Black 4.0% It shouldn’t work but it just does. The richness of a black marries well with green Goldings
Hop Kettle Long Nights 4.8% Our take on a classic Irish dry-style stout. Brewed with a simple combination of base malt, a touch of oats, and plenty of roasted barley.
Leatherbritches Bohemian Dark 5.9% Deep dark porter brewed with 10 different malts for a rich, smooth winter warming beer.
Billericay Chapel Street Porter 5.9% (LocAle) Rich dark porter with chocolate, coffee and other complex flavours.
Elephant School Wombo 5.9% (LocAle) A spicy plum porter.
Marlix Where’s the Bloody Vindaloo Hippie? 6.0% (LocAle) A robust stout brewed with cocoa nibs, chilli and whiskey.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
Pig & Porter A Night Like This 5.3% The Mosaic and Simcoe hops already gave this IPA strong elements of tropical fruit and citrus but the addition of a significant amount of blood orange puree takes this beer a lot further.

Kentish Ciders [Main Bar]:

Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Gold 4.0% A blend of our cider, back-sweetened with the fresh apple juice from a variety of apple called Cheerfull Gold.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Biddenden Red Love 5.5% Produced with a red skinned, red fleshed apple also called Red Love®. A still, clear cider, medium flavour with a long-lasting finish, light and exceptionally refreshing.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Kent Cider Bramley 6.0% Our vintage single-varietal Bramley is clear and golden in colour with an original dry zingy taste.
Kentish Pip Grafter Cider 6.2% A medium dry cider crafted from a rich blend of heritage cider apples grown, pressed and fermented at Woolton Farm in Kent.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Biddenden Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Summer Cider Festival was held on Friday 23rd June, Saturday 24th June and Sunday 25th June 2023.

Biddenden:

Red Love 5.5% Produced with a red skinned, red fleshed apple also called Red Love®. A still, clear cider, medium flavour with a long-lasting finish, light and exceptionally refreshing.
Bushels 6.0% A medium-dry still cider produced using a blend of Kentish culinary and dessert apples.
Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.

Kent Cider:

Discovery 5.0% Light, fruity, single varietal, medium apple cider : very pleasant & easy-drinking! CAMRA award winner.
Berry 5.0% This still, sweet berry cider is our take on cider & black : the combination of mixed berry with a real apple cider base.
Spiced 5.0% For those of you with a sweet tooth this apple cider is lightly infused with warming spices: fresh ginger, cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
Hop 5.5% A medium-dry still cider with a light smokey tobacco aroma, a sweet apple taste and a bitter hop finish.
Bramley 6.0% Our vintage single-varietal Bramley is clear and golden in colour with an original dry zingy taste.
Blend 23 6.0% Blend 23 is our original medium cider blend : a tried and perfected mixture of many different apple varieties goes into making this easy-drinking, still cider.
Pear 6.0% Medium cider, dry and soft on the pallet with a distinctive and pleasant, bitter finish.
Gala 6.5% A light, fully dry apple cider made from juicy Gala apples. This single-varietal cider has won us two CAMRA gold medals for Kent and two silvers – making it one of our most accoladed traditional ciders to date.

Turners:

Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Gold 4.0% A blend of our cider, back-sweetened with the fresh apple juice from a variety of apple called Cheerfull Gold.
Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Spring Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Friday 31st March, Saturday 1st April and Sunday 2nd April 2023.

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

Lister’s Springtime Pale 3.8% This seasonal ale is a slightly hoppy, pale ochre beer that has a tropical, fruity aroma and is balanced and refreshing.
Nelson Admiral IPA 4.0% (LocAle) A traditional IPA Beer brewed with Kentish Cascade Hops that leaves Citrus Hop flavours on the palate.
Goldmark Microbus IPA 4.0% A Session pale ale journey leading to a fruity, citrusy flavour using mosaic and simcoe dry hops.
Tonbridge India Pale Ale 4.8% (LocAle) Modern IPA with a robust flavour and a crisp medium bitter finish. Kent grown Target and Epic hops provide a delicate blend of fruit, herb and spice notes. Dry hopped with English Cascade for an extra intensity.
Mutineers Suffragette (Saison) 5.4% (LocAle) Classic French farmhouse saison, with Kentish hops. This beer stands out due to the delicious tartness this style provides.
Dovecote Vienna Lager 6.4% Marzen Festbier style dark lager. Vienna, Munich and wheat malts combined with German noble hops, Tettnang and Hersbrucker. Smooth, malty and moreish.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Nuttycombe Cotleigh Tawny Owl 3.8% Brewed using Devon pale and crystal malted barley and Herefordshire hops, Tawny is a distinctive well balanced best bitter with a subtle hop palate which blends with the sweetness of the malt.
Twickenham American Nut Brown 5.0% (LocAle) Blend of 7 malts and hit of Summit and Cascade hops, give this nutty brown ale a strong malt flavour with a citrussy American hop twist.
Stockport Crown Best 4.2% Pale copper in colour with a vibrant, fruity hop smell. Flavour is dry with toffee apples and a bitter finish.

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

Thurstons Horsell Best 3.8% A balanced full bodied bitter with a taste that belies its ABV.
Leatherbritches Dr Johnson 4.1% Deep rich brown in colour, traditional ale with a rich maltiness.
White Rose Best Bitter 4.3% This is a dark chestnut ale beautifully balanced with a slightly bitter start leading to a slightly sweet finish.
Harwich Town Flood Tide 4.3% Brewed to commemorate the 1953 floods. A dark brown bitter with a tangy sweet malt flavour and mildly dry finish.
Sandstone Post Mistress Bitter 4.4% A russet, brown premium bitter, It is a union of three hops, Goldings, Fuggles and Styrian Goldings to complement the malt component of crystal, chocolate and pale malt. Late addition of more Fuggles and Styrian hops provide extra aroma

Mild/Stout/Porter Beers [Festival Bar]:

Koomor Bark (Mild) 3.6% (LocAle) Smooth dark mild, mellow and uncomplicated with hints of caramel, nuts and honey.
Stardust Just Stout 4.2% A dry Irish stout. Serves black in colour and packs plenty of caramel and roast malt flavour.
Goachers Crown Imperial Stout 4.5% (LocAle) Our attempt to replicate the flavour and character of the true bottled Irish stout. Brewed with roasted barley and extremely high levels of Kent Fuggles.
Marlix Shut Up Stout 4.7% (LocAle) Coffee stout with oats and lactose – layers of flavour with a sweet finish.
Elephant School Marshmallow Stout 4.8% (LocAle) A Marshmallow Stout. Smooth and sweet stout with marshmallow aromas and flavours.
Only With Love Halland Oatmeal Stout 4.9% Deep, warming hops & malts combine together for a huge smash stout. Big, bold, oh-so creamy, toasty and dark, it’s the perfect chill down tipple.
Redemption Fellowship Porter 5.1% (LocAle) Dark brown coloured London Porter with chocolate, coffee, liquorice and dry roasted malt flavours complimented with hints of dark fruit.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kentish Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed locally in Knockholt.
Pig & Porter High Kickin’ Dandy IPA Keg 5.5% A classic West Coast IPA with a malty backbone and featuring Citra, Amarillo and Sabro hops. Brewed in Tunbridge Wells.

Kentish Ciders [Main Bar]:

Biddenden Red Love 5.5% Produced with a red skinned, red fleshed apple also called Red Love®. A still, clear cider, medium flavour with a long-lasting finish, light and exceptionally refreshing.
Biddenden Bushels 6.0% A medium-dry still cider produced using a blend of Kentish culinary and dessert apples.
Biddenden Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.
Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Gold 4.0% A blend of our cider, back-sweetened with the fresh apple juice from a variety of apple called Cheerfull Gold.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Autumn Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Friday 14th October, Saturday 15th October and Sunday 16th October 2022.

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

New River Lost River 4.0% Summertime blonde session ale.
Bexley Bullion Green Hop 4.3% (LocAle) Brewed with the freshest Green Hops. Always different, always spectacular.
Woodforde’s Indian Summer 4.5% A combination of new world hops provide this light IPA with an explosion of tropical fruits, pineapple & lycée in aroma & Flavour.
Titsey Mercer’s Ale Belgian Blonde 5.0% (LocAle) Slightly honeyed fruit finishing with estery notes from the Belgian yeast.
Goachers Gold Star 5.1% A pale ale brewed to showcase the glorious hops that we have grown on our doorstep.
Milestone Raspberry Wheat Beer 5.6% A continental style wheat beer infused with fresh, wild raspberries producing a refreshing fruit beer.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Musket Flash In The Pan Green Hop 4.0% (LocAle) A Green Hopped Golden Ale with infused aromas of floral, honey, spice and blackcurrant, with a pleasantly dry, lingering, after taste.
Craft Beer Man Best Bitter 4.1% (LocAle) Brewed with East Kent Goldings and Northdown hops this beer is a take on the classic Kentish best bitter style. The Northdown hop gives a lasting bitterness which is balanced out with the spicy sweet aroma from East Kent Goldings and the maltiness of Crystal malt.

Brown/Amber Beers [Festival Bar]:

Brentwood Spooky Moon 3.8% (LocAle) A dark brown bitter with a sweet fruity finish balanced with just the right level of bitterness to make this the perfect session pint.
Cross Bay Hope & Glory 4.0% Smooth, refreshing pale ale with a caramel hint and a hoppy finish.
Twickenham Strange Brew 4.1% (LocAle) So named as a mistake by our maltsters meant the wrong malt going into a beer, which led us to blend two beers. Now brewed specially it contains 5 hops – including Styrians, Chinook and Cascade.
Mutineers Filibuster 4.2% (LocAle) A fusion of a classic British ale with an American twist. Hoppier than a normal bitter, this ale is packed with Willamette hops, to help bring out the subtle fruit flavour with a great aroma. Brewed in Bromley.
Goff’s Cheltenham Gold 4.5% Award winning American hopped golden ale. Brewed with a blend of the 7 “C” hops, including Cascade, Citra & Chinook to give a light and citrusy hop burst.
Tap House Malt Teaser 4.6% A rich crimson beer packed full of robust malt flavours and light toffee aftertaste.

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

Canterbury Green & Black 4.0% It’s back! It shouldn’t work but it just does. The richness of a black marries well with green Goldings
Charrington Oatmeal Stout 4.0% Well balanced nutty stout with a hint of treacle.
Pig & Porter Strangely Brown (Green Hop Porter) 4.8% (LocAle) We wanted to produce a dark beer that featured green hops. We used Challenger hops which give a lovely cedar like aroma and really lift the porter.
Elephant School Porter In A Storm 4.9% (LocAle) For a taste that will have you singing in the rain, this rich porter showers your tastebuds with waves of chocolate, fruity and bitter with successive sips.
Marlix Video Nasty Stout 5.0% (LocAle) Dark and rich stout flavour, creaminess from lactose, and a sweet, honeycomb undertone from loads of the finest artesan cinder toffee.
Spartan Cerberus 6.2% (LocAle) Cerberus is a rich, smooth export porter. A light, roasted aroma gives way to notes of chocolate and dark fruit with just a touch of spice from the hops.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
Pig & Porter High Kickin’ Dandy IPA Keg 5.5% A classic West Coast IPA with a malty backbone and featuring Citra, Amarillo and Sabro hops.

Ciders [Main Bar]:

Biddenden Red Love 5.5% Produced with a red skinned, red fleshed apple also called Red Love®. A still, clear cider, medium flavour with a long-lasting finish, light and exceptionally refreshing.
Biddenden Bushels 6.0% A medium-dry still cider produced using a blend of Kentish culinary and dessert apples.
Biddenden Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary and dessert apples. Our famous Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste.
Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Summer Cider Festival was held over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, starting on Friday 26th August through to Monday 29th August 2022.

Biddenden:

Medium 8.0% Medium, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary & dessert apples.

Dudda’s Tun:

Bone Dry 5.5% A clean, crisp and full-dry cider. Made from Katy & Bramley apples.
Perry 5.5% A well balanced perry, with subtle honey notes. Produced from super ripe Comice pears.
Hop Grenade 5.7% A medium/dry green hopped cider, made by adding fresh green hops during fermentation.

Kent Cider:

Unity 4.2% Unity is a harmonious medium-sweet ﬂoral union. A Pear cider infused with fresh nettle & elderﬂower. Crafted from 100% Kentish pears and botanicals.
Discovery 5.0% Light, fruity, single varietal, medium apple cider : very pleasant & easy-drinking! CAMRA award winner.
Blend 23 6.0% Blend 23 is our original medium cider blend : a tried and perfected mixture of many different apple varieties goes into making this easy-drinking, still cider.
Gala 6.5% A light, fully dry apple cider made from juicy Gala apples. This single-varietal cider has won us two CAMRA gold medals for Kent and two silvers.

Kentish Pip:

Forager 4.0% Forager craft cider is packed with bright bursts of juicy flavour, perfect for taking a long slow sip and watching the world pass by.
Craftsman 4.8% An award winning blend of Kentish dessert apples and specifically grown cider apples. The result is a sublime balance of fresh apple flavour, medium dry, with complex notes and subtle bitter tannins.
Vintage 5.5% Using the sweet rich dessert apples and a higher percentage of cider apples this, more punchy cider is aged for a year to mellow, giving a rich medium sweet cider with lots of complexity and a long smooth finish.

Turners:

Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.

Our Spring Real Ale and Cider Festival was held on Friday 25th March, Saturday 26th March and Sunday 27th March 2022.

Pale Beers [Main Bar]:

New River London Tap 3.8% A refreshing Cascadian pale ale: hints of toffee, light citrus, hoppy; refreshing finish. The New River which has been London’s ‘tap’ for over 400 years inspired this thirst-quenching modern Pale Ale. Bursting with delicious hoppiness it delivers a clean, dry, refreshing taste. Brewed in Hoddesdon.
Dorking Pilcrow Pale Ale 4.0% (LocAle) A modern classic. American hops, Citra and Chinook give grapefruit / citrus flavours.
Frome Funky Monkey Pale Ale 4.0% Pour yourself a long tall glass of this English Pale Ale and linger on the light amber gleam before taking in the captivating aromatics of ripe mango and freshly squeezed grapefruit on the nose thanks to Citra and Mosaic in the hop mix. There is more citrus and tropical fruit on the palate, which are balanced by a subtle bittersweetness, before finishing with a clean bitterness and lasting dryness that encourages you to take another swig.
Portobello Tropical Crush 4.4% (LocAle) Fruity Session I.P.A.. Made With Fruits sourced from Portobello Market.
Twickenham Spring Ale 4.4% (LocAle) Golden hoppy ale with a sweetish edge. Dry hopped with Huell Melon for a fresh fruity nose and taste, with hints of melon and orange.

Other Beers [Main Bar]:

Spartan Helots Revolt British Lager 4.5% (LocAle) Brewed using a new experimental English hop: CF182 Opus. Expect light-floral and subtle-orange notes. Only two casks were produced so this is a very limited beer!
Pennine Millie George 4.0% A refreshing blonde ale with a mellow bitterness. Brewed using English Maris Otter barley and flavoured with a fruity hop. A real thirst quencher.
XT XT7 – Anglo-Belgian brune 4.5% The XT7 is a hybrid between English malt, Belgian yeast and a combo of British and European hops to create a beer in the style of a Belgian brune but for the British cask market. Something a bit different!

Brown Beers [Festival Bar]:

Hilltop Classic Bitter 3.9% English Bitter.
Mighty Oak Mended Drum 4.0% Janga and Olicana hops combine to give heaps of grapefruit and mango aroma in this refreshing golden ale.
Brentwood Hope & Glory Red 4.5% (LocAle) Our 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.
Dow Bridge Gladiator 4.5% Ruby chestnut, well balanced beer. Smooth and malty, but with a bitter, dry finish. Some fruit aroma and slight toffee sweetness.
Billericay Not A Waste 4.5% (LocAle) Not A Waste is an accidental beer. During the first attempt at brewing Norsey Gold we accidentally added a bag of darker malt, so we ended up with a slightly darker beer. However the beer still tasted delicious, the hoppy aroma of Norsey Gold with a slightly more malty body. The only cask of this beer outside Essex.
Canterbury ‘666’ Hoppy Red Rye 6.0% An intensely hoppy red rye. Alchemy with the malts and delicious hopping: Nelson, Mosaic & EKG. Devilishly tasty and dangerously drinkable. Our 666th brew.

Dark Beers [Festival Bar]:

Lister’s Westmorland Dark Mild 3.7% A traditional northern dark mild reminiscent of the brewer’s Lake District origins. It’s a smooth, refined, easy-drinking beer which remains a favourite in many parts of the country.
Marlix Neon Tepee Chocolate & Raspberry Stout 4.5% (LocAle) A rich, smooth stout base has cocoa nibs and kilos of real fruit added to give a wham of flavour- undertone of chocolate overlaid by a punch of raspberry. Brewed in Bromley
Mutineers Black Flag – Vanilla Edition Stout 4.5% (LocAle) Black Flag is a range of smooth velvet stouts from Mutineers. Various editions have been created, each with a different extra Ingredient. This edition has organic vanilla pods added, to create a warm creamy flavour to complement the chocolate notes in the stout. Contains Lactose, Oats & Vanilla.
Elephant School American Breakfast Stout 4.5% (LocAle) Stout with Bacon Waffle and Maple Syrup.
Gadds Oatmeal Stout 4.6% Natural crushed oats, just like your Granny uses in porridge, help to create this deliciously smooth and flavourful dark ale. There’s a rich, luxurious chocolate maltiness perfectly balanced by a robust Fuggle hop bitterness in this warming brew.
Northdown Tidal Moon Stout 5.8% An indulgent Stout infused with Port, brimming with rich, dark chocolate, boozy cherry notes and a hint of oak..
Wantsum Thanatos Chocolate Stout 5.9% A rich smooth chocolate Stout brewed using chocolate nibs.

LocAle is a CAMRA term signifying real ale from breweries within 30 miles of the club.

Kegs [Main Bar]:

Craft Beer Man Helles Lager 4.0% (Local) A Helles style Lager brewed to the German purity laws. With its citrus notes, it is gluten-free and vegan friendly. Brewed in Knockholt.
Pig & Porter High Kickin’ Dandy IPA Keg 5.5% A classic West Coast IPA with a malty backbone and featuring Citra, Amarillo and Sabro hops.

Ciders [Main Bar]:

Turners Apple Pie 4.0% Flavoured with spices and sweetened with fresh apple juice.
Turners Gold 4.0% A blend of our cider, back-sweetened with the fresh apple juice from a variety of apple called Cheerfull Gold. This juice is sweet and nectar-like and gives the cider a wonderful rounded and full-bodied flavour.
Turners Rhubarb 4.0% Blended with fresh-pressed Kentish rhubarb this is a very refreshing cider.
Turners Medium 5.0% Still, cloudy, naturally sweetened with fresh-pressed apple juice, giving a full, fruit flavour. Unfiltered.
Turners Elderflower 5.5% Still, fruity and floral, naturally sweetened with
elderflower syrup. Unfiltered. Best Kent Cider, Taste of Kent Awards 2018 and Silver Medal at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2017
Turners Pear 5.5% Made with a careful blend of fresh juice of Conference and Comice Pears with a dash of Bramley Apple Cider.
Turners Dry 7.0% Still, light, crisp cider with high acidity and low sweetness. Unfiltered and unpasteurised. Very Highly Commended at the British Cider Championships, Royal Bath & West Show, 2015
Turners Single Variety Russet 8.0% Still, big and full flavoured. Medium-dry.