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

We had 30+ stunning real ales and ciders, craft keg, cans and bottles:

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.

We had many Kentish still ciders available and of course our usual selection of draught real ales and other drinks.

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.

We had 30+ stunning real ales and ciders, craft keg, cans and bottles.

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.

We had 30 stunning real ales and ciders, craft keg, cans and bottles.

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

We had 18 different still ciders & perry available, bottles of sparkling cider and of course our usual selection of draught real ales and other drinks.

Biddenden:

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

Dudda’s Tun:

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

Kent Cider:

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.
Kent Cider Discovery 5.0% Light, fruity, single varietal, medium apple cider : very pleasant & easy-drinking! CAMRA award winner.
Kent Cider 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.
Kent 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:

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.
Kentish Pip 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.
Kentish Pip 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:

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

We had 22 cask beers, 7 draught ciders and 2 keg beers available:

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.