A light golden pale ale brewed with Maris Otter barley and crystal malts, generously complemented with fuggle and golding hops.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(3.8 / 5)
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UPDATE: Wild Weather Ales – King St Pale
An easy-drinking hazy extraordinaiore of a beer, King St. Pale is loaded up with oats for a silky mouthfeel and topped off with a healthy charge of Mosaic dry hops.Longdog Brewery – Columbus Single Hopped Ale
Camerons – Ahop-alypse Now
Andwell’s Resolute
Taking its name from a town within the high Arctic, despite its cool name this is the sort of bitter that you’ll easily warm to.
Andwell’s Best Bitter combines the finest malt and hops to produce a well balanced malty and hoppy flavour with a light amber colour.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(3 / 5)
Oakham Ales – Citra
Muddled Memories – Calmer Llama
Rebellion – Dive Bomb
Dive Bomb is a Golden Ale with a pronounced hop aroma. Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin, Azacca and Citra all vie for your attention, layering on flavours of Citrus and tropical fruits.
Malt: Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal
Hops: Mosiac. Nelson Sauvin, Azacca, Citra
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling):
(4 / 5)
UPDATE: Morland – Old Speckled Hen
A high proportion of crystal malt in Old Speckled Hen provides the key toffee/caramel flavour. The yeast used to ferment the beer provides the other key character – estery or banana/pear drop. This estery note provides the fruity and refreshing balance. The hops used add a palate cleansing herbal note and very slight orange citrus. A very malty, full bodied and warming ale.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Zero Degrees – Downtown
Zero Degrees take on making a great American Pale Ale. British & German malts meet sexy American hops and their first brew!
Fruity is the first word that comes to mind – mainly tangerine, grapefruit and melon. Then you notice the pleasant, full bodiness of it and how easy it is to drink. ABV 4.6%.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
UPDATE: Wild Weather Ales – Shepherds Warning
UPDATE: Siren Craft Brew – Soundwave
A 5.6% west coast IPA: golden, immensely hoppy and alive with grapefruit, peach and mango flavours.
Soundwave carries her drinker to the west coast, to the golden shores of California where craft ale is nectar. She is the driest of Siren’s ales – full with flavour but subtle with bitterness.
Her resinous finish will pull you off balance.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(4.5 / 5)
Binghams – Brickworks Bitter
Devil’s Backbone America IPA by Marstons
American IPA is the first Devil’s Backbone beer to be sold outside of the United States. The beer is an original Devil’s Backbone recipe showcasing American hops and brewed especially for the English palate. It’s a mix of English (East Kent Goldings and Admiral) and American hops added late in the process with a single-infusion mash of Pale Ale malt.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Rebellion – Afterburner
Windsor & Eaton – Last Drop
Ossett Brewery – Yorkshire Blonde
A Fruity Pale Ale.
Yorkshire Blonde is a mellow, lager coloured ale. Full-bodied and low in bitterness, there is a delicate malty sweetness on the palate. The fruity hop aroma results from a generous late addition of Mount Hood hops.Our biggest selling beer, Yorkshire Blonde is a mellow, lager coloured ale.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(1.8 / 5)
Rebellion – Gold
A rich golden ale with an intensely hoppy aroma. We’ve crammed the hop back with as much American Mosaic hops as we could. This gives the beer a huge aroma of tropical fruits, citrus fruits and red berry. We’ve kept the bitterness relatively low despite the huge dose of late hops, so Gold retains its drinkability and balance. A truly contemporary golden ale.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Modue Brewery – Radgie Gadgie
New Wharf – Santa Brews
In collaboration with the Burghfield Santas
This small batch brew is packed solid with various hops from around the world. A solid malt back bone wisps away to leave deep peachy notes, leading to a light chocolate autumn berry sweetness.
This amazing beer was originally brewed exclusively for Burghfest where it won the coveted Beer of the Festival award. As it was so popular New Wharf brewed it again for Christmas.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.5 / 5)
Rebellion – Peacemaker
Peacemaker is an Oatmeal Pale Ale. The addition of oats adds a subtle nuttiness and a silky-smooth mouthfeel. The trio of Amarillo, Azacca and Citra hops give a real tropical fruit and citrus hit with a crisp and refreshing character.
Malt: Pale, Golden Naked Oats.
Hops: Amarillo, Azacca, Citra
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Rebellion – Virtuoso
Virtuoso is a deep amber ale with a pleasant hoppy aroma. Chocolate and Double Roasted Crystal malts give a subtle roast malt character which is beautifully balanced against the tropical and citrus fruit notes from the Simcoe and Motueka hops. Complex, subtle and expertly crafted; a symphony in a glass created by Rebellion’s virtuoso brewers.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Lagunitas – 12th of Never
“As the River Styx froze and the final pig took flight, when the last winged monkey departed the darkly fragrant netherlands, as wishes became horses and all the beggars rode… Under a newly-blued moon at dawn on the very 12th of Never: the second-to-last craft brewery in America pressed the green ‘start’ button on their canning line. We wanted to be the Last Small Brewer in the U.S. to can their beer and maybe, finally, by now, we are…The ‘12th of Never Ale’ is everything we’ve learned about making hop-forward beer expressed in a moderate voice. Pale, cold, slightly alcoholic, and bitter. It’s all we know.”
What more is there to say!
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(4.3 / 5)
Loddon – NOTUS
A multi-award winning American Pale Ale, including, Beer of Festival at Burghfest in 2016.
NOTUS is brewed with citra, centennial, sterling and cascage, making it tropical, fruity and completely delicious. At 4.7% it packs a punch, as well as offering perfect late summer refreshment.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
St Austell – Proper Job
A powerfully authentic IPA, Proper Job is brewed with a blend of imported American hops. It is a real treat of a beer with a growing reputation and is loved by beer enthusiasts far and wide. Perhaps the forerunner of all modern IPAs in the UK!
An award-winning modern IPA, packed full of citrus, pineapple and grapefruit resinous flavours with a fine crisp bitter finish.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.5 / 5)
Goose Island Beer Company – Midway Session IPA
Uprising – Treason
WIndsor & Eaton Knight of the Garter
A straw coloured golden ale with an initial hit of cut grapefruit zest giving way to a deliciously sharp sherbet finish.
At under 4%, this classic is an easy drinking year round favourite.
CAMRA 2018 Champion Beer of Britain. Golden Ale – Bronze Award.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(3.5 / 5)
Rebellion – Revolutionary
Revolutionary is a Red ale with roasted malt character and fruity hop notes. Small additions of roasted and black malts create the deep red hue as well as a depth and complexity. Subtle use of Azacca and Citra hops add a tropical / citrus fruit character.
Malt: Pale, Crystal, Dehusked roasted barley, Black malt
Hops: Azacca, Citra
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Marstons – 61 Deep
61 metres is the depth of the well at the Marston’s Brewery that gives this refreshing pale ale it’s name. The five American and Australian hops give it it’s fresh, zesty aroma, whilst the tropical fruit and citrus notes make it extremely drinkable.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Rebellion – Unifier
Unifier is a tawny pale ale with a distinctly hoppy character. We’ve added a prodigious quantity of American aroma hops to this beer to give it a very bold hoppy hit. The aroma is full of tropical fruit and citrus notes as well as pine, spice and herbal elements. It has relatively high bitterness but the extra sweetness from the addition of crystal and Munich malts help to balance this out.
Malt: Munich, Double Roasted Crystal
Hop: Progress, Simcoe, Mosaic
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Little London – Hoppy Hilda
Windsor & Eaton – Guardsman
The first beer brewed in Windsor for more than 80 years was launched on St George’s Day 2010 – it remains a best sellers to this day.
A lovely copper coloured session strength ale with a tangy taste, yet a really smooth fresh hop finish, ensuring that it is very ‘quaffable’
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Bays Brewery – Devon Dumpling
Marston’s Bombardier – Glorious English
Savour the distinct aroma, then surrender to the perfect balance of malty richness, tangy hops and sultana fruit on the palate.
Natural mineral water, the ripest English fuggles hops and crushed crystal malt deliver this experience of England in a glass. Brace yourself for a long soft spicy finish.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(2.5 / 5)
Siren Craft Brew – Undercurrent
A 4.5% pale ale with spicy, grassy aromas and a taste of grapefruit and apricot.
Undercurrent is part pale, part oats and part caramel barley. Her swirls of bold, bready and nutty malt whirl into a concoction of spicy, citrus, floral hops. Mystery lurks in those cascade and palisade hops.
Her silky, creamy body will pull you under.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.5 / 5)
Rebellion – Legend
Legend is an oatmeal pale ale. The addition of oats adds subtle nuttiness, extra body and a silky smooth finish. Ernest is a rediscovered British hop that was originally disregarded due to its ‘new world’ characteristics. It produces complex fruity notes of apricot, citrus and spice.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Sharps – Wolf Rock IPA
New Wharf – Erins
A hard rocking full bodied American Pale Ale. Bursting with Mosaic hops, which leave a storm of tropical fruits dancing on your palette.
This was the first beer brewed at New Wharf.
Like all New Wharf beers it is unfiltered, unfined and unpasteurised.
Sampled by all The Harper Arms Regulars at the MicroBurghfest event held at the Burghfield May Fayre.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.3 / 5)
LandLOrd’s note: Normal Harper Arms rating rules have been applied – The Regulars had at least 3 pints each and some had a lot more…
Binghams – Citra Summit
Rebellion – 25
Brewed to celebrate Rebellion Brewery ‘s 25-year anniversary of brewing in Marlow.
25 is an extra pale ale brewed with Sterling hops, citrus peel and Belgian ale yeast. Sterling hops, not only have an entirely appropriate name for silver anniversary beer but also have a beautiful lemon and spicy character which work in harmony with the other elements of the ale. The inclusion of lemon and orange peel adds a subtle citrus aroma and the Belgian ale yeast contributes a spicy note and gives this beer a real Belgian ale character.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Purity Brewing Company – Pure UBU
Pure UBU (pronounced ‘OO-BOO’) is named after our faithful canine friend ‘UBU’, a maverick, brim full of character and the unofficial protector of our secrets. God love him, the dog is mad, but an inspiration to all who enjoy doing what they do and who want to be loved for being what they are.
Pure UBU (4.5% ABV, IBU36) is a distinctive, full flavoured beer with a sweeter finish. Brewed with English Maris Otter, Crystal, and Wheat malts, with Pilgrim and Cascade hops.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Andwell’s – King John
This Pale Ale takes its name from the castle built by King John in 1207, which is located less than a mile from the original Brewery, and from where he rode out to Runnymede to sign the Magna Carta. The beer itself is deep amber in colour with a blend of pale ale and crystal malt. The bitterness and fruity aroma are developed from a combination of hops.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
West Berkshire Brewery – Maharaja IPA
Brewed strong and hoppy, Maharaja is a stunning example of an IPA. Masses of English hops and three different malts produce a complex flavour and strong citrus aroma. Smooth, deep golden and beautifully balanced with a crisp dry finish.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Rebellion – IPA
Rebellion – Roasted Nuts
A deep ruby, complex and flavoursome beer, packed with intense and distinctive malt & hop character.
Made from a blend of Maris Otter pale ale, crystal & chocolate malt in the mash tun with a 3-stage addition of American Cascade hops for a powerful, intensely fruity flavour & aroma.
There are no nuts added to Roasted Nuts…
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Bond Brews – Bengal Tiger
Bengal Tiger’ is an English Style India Pale Ale. Brewed with a nod to the original English style IPA with 2 types of malted barley whilst East Kent Golding hops provides the Bitterness, Goldings for aroma and dry-hopped for good measure.
Won Bronze at the Silchester Beer Festival 2017
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.3 / 5)
Rebellion – Gold
A rich golden ale with an intensely hoppy aroma. American Mosaic hops gives this beer a huge aroma of tropical fruits, citrus fruits and red berry. The bitterness relatively low despite the huge dose of late hops, so Gold retains its drinkability and balance.
A truly contemporary golden ale. Who said seasonal winter beers had to be dark?
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(3.9 / 5)
Shepherd Neame – Master Brew
Master Brew is brewed using only the finest Kentish barley and hops and is Shepherd Neame’s flagship beer in the brewery’s Kentish heartland.
The “Local Hero” is a distinctive, mid-brown bitter ale, with all the hoppy aroma you would expect of a beer brewed in the heart of the hop country.
Hand-crafted by the Faversham brewery’s talented team of experienced brewers, it is a well-balanced traditional ale.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Loddon Brewery Razzle Dazzle
Loddon Brewery Hocus Pocus
West Berkshire Brewery – Mr Chubb’s Lunchtime Bitter
UPDATE: Meantime Brewery – London Pale Ale
Meantime London Pale Ale combines lots of American Cascade and Centennial hops to give it a complex citrus aroma and buckets full of local Kentish Goldings to provide the bitterness that makes the style so refreshing. Together they conspire to assail the nose with a complex, heady mix of spearmint, grass and ‘hop sack’ aromas, fruity citrus flavours and a bitter finish that makes pale ale drinking a truly rewarding experience
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Wild Weather – Babel Tree
3% Table Beer.Stone Brewing – Stone IPA
One of the most well-respected and best-selling IPAs in the America, this golden beauty explodes with tropical, citrusy, piney hop flavors and aromas, all perfectly balanced by a subtle malt character. This crisp, extra hoppy brew is hugely refreshing on a hot day, but will always deliver no matter when you choose to drink it.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Theakston – Old Peculier
The Legend!
Old Peculier is a beautiful, yet very simple beer, brewed using a very generous blend of finest pale, crystal and roasted barley with two bitter hops combined with the majestic and noble ‘Fuggle’ hop to produce a beer of awesome full-bodied flavour with subtle cherry and rich fruit overtones.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Oskar Blues – Dales Pale Ale
This voluminously Hopped Mtha delivers a hoppy nose and assertive-but-balanced flavors of pale malts and citrusy floral hops from start to finish.
Oskar Blues launched its canning ops in 2002, brewing and hand-canning Dale’s Pale Ale in the Lyons, Colorado, brewpub. America’s first-craft-canned mountain Pale is a hearty, critically acclaimed trailblazer that changed the way craft beer fiends perceive portable beer
American Strong Pale Ale 6.5%
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.5 / 5)
Rebellion – Red
A warming, Autumnal red ale, rich & malty, with a balancing bittersweet hop character.
10% Crystal malt blended with Maris Otter pale ale malt in the mash gives the beer its reddish hue. English First Gold & Goldings hops added at stages in the copper for flavour. Late addition Bramling Cross hops in the hop-back for a fruity aroma.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Rebellion – Blonde
A light golden Summer beer, with a citrusy hop character. Serve it slightly cooler than usual for an ale, to enhance its refreshing quality.
A blend of Maris Otter pale & extra pale ale malt in the mash tun. First Gold hops in the copper, for that distinctive citrus hop bite!
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
UPDATE: St Austell Tribute Ale
Tribute is the benchmark for The Harper Arms regulars.
A favourite choice throughout South West England as well as being one of the fastest growing premium cask ale brands in the rest of the UK.
Tribute as it’s light, hoppy, zesty, easy to drink and consistently delicious.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(5 / 5)
Windsor & Eaton – Kohinoor
Based on a classic IPA recipe which uses Imperial Malt along with Chinook, Simcoe and Pacific Jade hops. However the additional special ingredients of Jaggery (raw cane sugar from India bought from Southall market), Jasmine Petals, Cardamom and Coriander produce a distinctive twist to this “Indies Pale Ale”.
The resultant beer is a pale, smooth, full IPA with a distinct bitterness and with a hop aroma that is enhanced by a touch of the exotic!
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Sharps Brewery – Atlantic Pale Ale
Atlantic is a deep golden colour. The aroma of Pale Ale is a blend of stunning citrus notes, juicy tropical fruits and fresh-picked hops with a touch of candy floss. The flavour has a delicate sweetness with fruity succulence and citrus spice to the fore. The finish is sweet at first becoming dry and lingering with hop zest.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Renegade Brewery – Red Eye PA
A collaboration with Farmageddon Brewery in Northern Ireland, a fruity, hoppy, Red IPA with bags of flavour and a dry resinous finish.
Packed with Columbus, Galaxy and Centennial hops, this hoppy Red IPA begins with big aromas of burnt orange and passion fruit followed by sweet malt flavours and a dry resinous finish. Full-on with bags of flavour.
Specially sourced at Dave’s request following his sampling of Farmageddon – India Pale Ale
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Brew Dog – Dead Pony Club
PAYING HOP-FLECKED HOMAGE TO THE GLORY OF THE PACIFIC COAST, DEAD PONY CLUB HAS BEEN CRAFTED FROM AN INSANE AMOUNT OF US HOPS, DELIVERING MASSIVE CITRUS AROMAS OF LEMONGRASS AND LIME ZEST.
Dead Pony is the invigorating surf that pounds the iridescent shoreline yards from the salt-encrusted asphalt of Route 1. The hop-heavy west-coast wonderland awaits.
Dive in and the toasted malt base soon yields to a huge box-fresh hop hit, washing tropical fruit, floral garlands and spicy undertones all over your palate.
Inspired by US-Style pale ales, Dead Pony is a low amplitude, high voltage hop hit; California dreaming for the craft beer generation.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.5 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Wild Boys
Collaboration with Yeastie Boys
Texas Brown Ale.
Drawing sweetness from a complex malt base but turning 360 with a vibrant mix of New Zealand & UK hops (with a handful of our favorite American hops in for good measure)
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Back to the Winchester
Morland – Old Speckled Hen
A high proportion of crystal malt in Old Speckled Hen provides the key toffee/caramel flavour. The yeast used to ferment the beer provides the other key character – estery or banana/pear drop. This estery note provides the fruity and refreshing balance. The hops used add a palate cleansing herbal note and very slight orange citrus. A very malty, full bodied and warming ale.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Goose Island Beer Company – Goose IPA
An India Pale Ale that recalls a time when ales shipped from England to India were highly hopped to preserve their distinct taste during the long journey. The result is a hop lover’s dream with a fruity aroma, set off by a dry malt middle, and long hop finish.
Hops: Cascade, Celeia, Centennial, Pilgrim, Styrian Golding
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.3 / 5)
BrewDog – Hop Fiction
Harpers Brewing Company – Bottled Selection
A selection of beers from Aldi under the Harper’s Brewing Company brand.
Amber Stone is a traditional English bitter, Wild Billy’s IPA is an American IPA, Medusa is a ruby red ale and Golden Crown is a golden ale.
Brewed by Marston’s in the UK.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling):
- Golden Crown
(2.3 / 5) - Amber Stone (2.3 / 5)
- Wild Billy’s IPA (2.5 / 5)
- Medusa
(2.8 / 5) - Overall (2.5 / 5)
Note that The Regulars are currently in dispute with Aldi over the use of the Harper name. We want to ensure that the general public do not confuse these beers with our very own Harper Arms Hoppy Punch.
London Beer Factory – Paxton IPA
Paxton IPA is dry hopped with charismatic Australian hops known for their distinctive orange bouquet and wild herbal undertones. Full of flavour and attitude this beer does not apologise for what it is: a hard hitting, fully hopped IPA.
Featuring Vic Secret Hops – Check out the comments for the LandL0rd’s favourite Vic Secret pics.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4.3 / 5)
Shipyard – American IPA
Binghams – Twyford Tipple
Marstons Old Empire IPA
Crafted to produce an authentic re-creation of an IPA. With its pale appearance, strong hoppy taste and higher alcoholic strength it comprises all the genuine characteristics of a true India Pale Ale, which were necessary to survive the three month long journey from Burton to Bombay – 5.7% abv.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Serendipity
Serendipity is an explosively fruity American Pale Ale. Big American hops deliver a huge nose over a subtle malt bill.UPDATE: Wild Weather Ales – Fiddler on the Reef
Simcoe HoppedBrewDog – Punk IPA
Our scene-stealing flagship is an India Pale Ale that has become a byword for craft beer rebellion; synonymous with the insurgency against mass-produced, lowest common denominator beer. Punk IPA charges the barricades to fly its colours from the ramparts – full-on, full-flavour; at full-throttle.
Layered with new world hops to create an explosion of tropical fruit and an all-out riot of grapefruit, pineapple and lychee before a spiky bitter finish, this is transatlantic fusion running at the fences of lost empires.
Nothing will ever be the same again.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): 
(4.8 / 5)
Hop Art – Golden IPA
This is a traditional English style of strong, powerfully hopped ale.
Hop Art has taken inspiration from the American craft beer approach of massive hop aroma but with a unique balance to create a contemporary India Pale Ale.
Pale and Crystal malts provide a golden biscuity canvas for the hops. Simcoe, Ahtanum, Admiral and Cascade combine here with late dry-hopping to deliver a hedonistic, hoppy hit.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Adnams Ghost Ship
At 4.5% abv, this Pale Ale has a good assertive pithy bitterness and a malty backbone. It is brewed with a selection of malts – Pale Ale, Rye and Cara – plus Citra, and a blend of other American hop varieties to create some great citrus flavours.
Ghost Ship was adapted from a recipe for Deathly Pale Ale which was withdrawn from sales because the skull and cross-bones lablel was too similar to the poison symbol.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Robinsons Brewery – Trooper
TROOPER is a Premium British Beer inspired by Iron Maiden and handcrafted at Robinsons Brewery.
Malt flavours and citric notes for a unique blend of Bobek, Goldings and Cascade hops give this deep golden ale a subtle hint of lemon. TROOPER takes its name from the Iron Maiden song which itself was inspired by the famous Charge of the Light Brigade.
A real ale enthusiast, band vocalist Bruce Dickinson has helped develop a beer with a true depth of character.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Mind Bullets
Wild Weather Ales – Betrayal
Greene King IPA
Greene King IPA is an easy drinking, session ale with a hoppy taste and aroma making it clean, crisp and moreish.
Carefully selected pale, crystal and black malts join with Pilgrim, Challenger and First Gold Hops to make a complex, refreshing ale.
What’s more it is brewed next door to Dave’s old primary school!
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (2.5 / 5)
Timothy Taylor’s Landord
Wild Weather Ales – Robbers
Wild Weather Ales – Storm in a Teacup
After trying this in the can we had to get a couple of growlers for a proper tasting.
Earl Grey IPA.
This is a beer with a worldwide love affair blending US and NZ hops with an Australian dry hop and Chinese inspired tea finishing with an English malt back bone.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (5 / 5)
Meantime Brewery – London Pale Ale
One hundred and fifty years ago the new bitter beer style, Pale Ale, was so popular that brewers had to import Californian hops to meet demand. Meantime London Pale Ale continues that tradition by combining lots of American Cascade and Centennial hops to give it a complex citrus aroma and buckets full of local Kentish Goldings to provide the bitterness that makes the style so refreshing. Together they conspire to assail the nose with a complex, heady mix of spearmint, grass and ‘hop sack’ aromas, fruity citrus flavours and a bitter finish that makes pale ale drinking a truly rewarding experience
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Red Four Four Three
West Berkshire Brewery – Dr. Hexter’s Healer
Guinness Golden Ale
(2 / 5)Wild Weather Ales – United States Of Whatever
Not on the web-site but The Regulars managed to track this one down.
A Pale base sits beautifully with Mosaic hops creating a tropical Mango plinth before being blown away by kilos of mango puree, close your eyes, doth grass skirt and be transported to a tropical place.
A 3.8% session beer.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling):
(3.3 / 5)
Renegade Brewery – India Session Ale
A sessionable, complex, hop-laden, chewy beast of an IPA from our friends at West Berkshire Brewery
For those who love hops but not the knee trembling ABV ( e.g. Wayne) , look no further.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Fiddler on the Reef
Wild Weather Ales – Big Muddy
Hogs Back – TEA
A Classic Best Bitter
An enticing amber colour with a hoppy and slightly fruity aroma. Using the finest English malt carefully balanced with local Fuggles hops, it is gently fermented to leave some of the natural malt sugars, to give a full and satisfying flavour with a long, dry finish.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.5 / 5)
Wild Weather Ales – Thirty Lives
Thirty Lives takes full bodied fruit flavors and translates them into a tantalizing tropical tongue experience. Starting with mango’s and honeydew melon on the nose and leading into a rich mouthfeel with an explosion of pink grapefruit and white grape. A summer behemoth!!
Mosaic & Huell Melon American Wheat – 4.4%
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (4 / 5)
Morland – Old Golden Hen
Morland’s Greene King’s “Old Golden Hen” captures a celestial ray of sunshine in the form of a rare and very special Tasmanian hop called Galaxy
A light gold hoppy bitter with loads of peach and grapefruit on the nose, and a broad, fruity taste, finished off with gentle bitterness..
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.3 / 5)
Windsor & Eton – Eton Boatman
Eton Boatman (4.3% ABV) is a golden ale and was released as the perfect beer for cheering on the Olympic rowing at Eton Dorney, less than a mile away from the Windosr & Eaton brewery.
Eton Boatman has a fresh, clean and full flavoured taste. It is made with a combination of American Citra hops producing citrus flavours and Australian Galaxy hops giving hints of exotic fruit. A perfect beer for those summer months
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (3.8 / 5)
Wizard – Robinsons Brewery
This is the stuff of Cheshire legend (The Wizard of Alderley Edge), combined with 5 English hops, pale, wheat and magical crystal malts.
The result is Wizard, a mythical amber ale with a spell-binding fruity, zesty palate…and a tantalising hint of blackcurrant.
Harper Arms Rating (5=Tribute, 1=Carling): (2.8 / 5)
