The Beers Listed can be purchased from one or more of the Beartown outlets

KROMBACHER PILS

Both on Draught and in Bottles


Brewed at Krombacher brewery, Germany.

A delicate Pilsener- style beer made from non-Pilsener malt, Krombacher Pils has a well-hopped finish.

Duvel is a high fermentation beer that is still brewed today based on the craftsmanship of yesteryear. Duvel is made using the finest barley malt and hops, with no additives or preservatives. Duvel is not pasteurised and so is entirely pure and natural. Like champagne, secondary fermentation and long maturation occur in the bottle, giving the beer its highly distinctive taste. When poured into the traditional cup-shaped sampling glass, the beer foams into a generous layer of froth. The balance between a fine aroma and subtly bitter taste give this beer a unique place in the rich tradition of Belgian beer.

Schneider Weisse: German beer, the King of Weisse Beer. This is the tastiest Weisse beer that you will come across. Slight hints of lemon and fruit, very refreshing.

Its complex aroma consists of light fruit, a touch of spice (cloves and nutmeg) and maybe some vanilla. There is also a malty touch that seems to hint at the strength - at 5.4%. On the palate it is quite spritzy, yet smooth and subtly spicy, with complex light fruit - apples, lemons, oranges, bananas and melons, with a pear-drop estery hint. It's finish is slightly sweeter and again quite malty, with the light, lemon-zesty fruit lingering in a smoothly cloying aftertaste. Overall this beer's classic status is well-deserved - it is smooth, complex and refreshing, with a hidden strength.

Guinness Special Export Stout (8.0% a.b.v.)

This is only available as a high alcohol carbonated product. It has a strong, oaky, complex flavour.

This is the famous and relatively rare Belgian Guinness, bottled specially for John Martin SA.
A very dark, almost black beer with faint ruby highlights and an astonishingly deep, bitter, roasty and fruity nose.
Texture is smooth and silky yielding a deeply complex and balanced taste of roast barley, vine fruits, currants, liquorice and evident alcohol. The beer is very dry and bitter which disguises the hefty alcohol fairly well, leading to a surprisingly clean bitter and dry finish.

CHIMAY RED

This is distinctive in its chocolate-brown colour, which makes it particularly attractive. Topped by a stable, whitish froth, it has a slightly fruity, apricot-like scent that comes from the fermentation. The aroma perceived in the mouth is a balance that confirms the fruity nuances detectable to the sense of smell. A slight hint of bitterness gives this a refreshing taste with a silky feeling on the tongue. On the palate, the taster perceives a pleasant sharpness which completes the taste qualities of this beer perfectly.

CHIMAY BLUE

Main dark beer produced within the very heart of a Trappist abbey, Blue Chimay is distinctive, above all, in its very character of a strong beer. This is a product whose scent of fresh yeast combined with a slightly rosaceous flowery touch is particularly pleasant. Its aroma, perceived on sampling in the mouth, only serves to heighten the pleasant sensations perceived in the scent, at the same time revealing a slight and enjoyable caramelised type note.

Leffe Blonde 6.6 percent Alcohol Brewed in Belgium since 1152.

Over the centuries, monasteries across Europe have built a unique reputation for patiently developing unique drinks using the very best of local climate, soils, crops and skills. Naturally, in Belgium, the monasteries devoted their skills to brewing beer. Leffe, our original abbey beer, traces its origins back to the Abbey Notre Dame de Leffe, founded in 1152 on the river Meuse in the province of Namur. It was here, sheltered in this calm valley, that the original recipe for Leffe was conceived. At that period of our history, abbeys and monasteries provided shelter, food and refreshment to passing travelers and pilgrims alike. Being entirely self-sufficient, the Norbertine monks at Leffe hand-crafted their own beer, brewed naturally from the finest local ingredients with an almost religious dedication.

Erdinger Weissbier

Wheat, 5,3% percent Alcohol Brewed in Germany since 1853.

Erdinger is very pale and pours with the characteristic high-rise, fine-bubbled, long-lasting head. On the nose there are grassy, hay-like hops, slightly reminiscent of a lager, with a wheaty cloves-and-bubblegum touch. On the tongue the bubblegum flavour is again distinctive - it is quite lively and bitter, but refreshing. There is also a rubbery note and a slightly oily mouthfeel. Spicy and fruity flavours are present but subtle, a little like vanilla ice cream with a hint of cloves and oranges. The vanilla and wheat flavours continue into the shortish, slightly bitter aftertaste. A somewhat unexceptional example of the style, but nevertheless a pleasant and refreshing beer.

KWAK 8%

 

Named after Pauwel Kwak who first brewed this gourmet beer in 1791. The family-owned Brewery Bosteels located in Buggenhout, Belgium, brews Kwak in the zuur Flanders style producing a dry, assertively tart beer. Kwak has a slightly sweet flavour, a fruity aftertaste, and a hint of bitterness. Top-fermented, it has a rich, copper colour with a creamy head. The distinctive glass originated from coachmen needing a way to enjoy beer since Napoleonic Code forbade them sharing a drink with the passengers. Kwak developed this glass so the coachmen could remain seated yet hang the glass on the coach and enjoy the rich beer too. (8% )ABV)
Alcohol content: 6.5% Vol. Alc.
Bottle volume: 30 cl (also available in 50 cl pitchers and 75 cl bottles)
(crown cap)
Colour:deep reddish brown and turbulent light brown head that disappears
fairly rapidly.
Aroma: fairly closed aroma that releases hints of caramel, coffee
(roasted), aniseed and liquorice when the beer is swirled. There is
also a touch of fresh orange peel.
Taste: pleasant, slightly bitter initial taste with hints of coffee and
caramel, that gives way to a fairly smooth centre. The bitterness comes
pleasantly to the fore in the aftertaste, with hints of coffee and a slightly
roasted touch. Heart-warming and yet not too heavy thanks to a
pleasant degree of acidity, which lends the beer freshness.
Alcohol content: 8% Vol. Alc.
Bottle volume : 30 cl (also available in 50 cl pitchers and 75 cl bottles)
(crown cap)
Colour: deep, warm, amber and fairly lasting white head.
Aroma: very complex aroma with hints of green fig, plums, prunes,
caramel, coriander and a slightly animal smell. Very special and captivating.
Taste: fully confirmed in the taste. Pithy initial taste that gives way to
a strong, alcoholic centre. Hints of plums, honey, and spices. Marvelous
body giving way to a lasting aftertaste that is bitter but pleasant.

Budejovicky (Czech Budweiser - the original!) Pilsner, 5% Alcohol

Brewed in Czech republic since 1895.

The City of Budejovicky has been making beer since the 1500's from the clear waters of an artesian well, 300 meters deep. The german name for the city is Budweis, hence, the beer is ALSO called Budweiser.

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
(Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer)

Bamberg and Smokebeer (the Germans call it "Rauchbier")Smokebeer from Schlenkerla is a dark, aromatic, bottom fermented beer with 13.5 % original extract, which is equivalent to an alcohol content of 5.1 %.
Its smoky flavor is being achieved by exposing the malt to the intense, aromatic smoke of burning beech-wood logs at the Schlenkerla-maltings. It matures in 700 year old cellars, deep down in the hills of Bamberg, into a mellow, magnificent-tasting beer.

"Even if the brew tastes somewhat strange at the first swallow, do not stop, because soon you will realize that your thirst will not decrease and your pleasure will visibly increase."