MBRAF Beer List 2017
Please note: The breweries are grouped as follows:
East Coast 1-46 and LocAles 47+
Each section is in alphabetical order by brewery
(May be subject to change without notice)
No | Brewery | Beer | Colour | ABV | Notes |
1 | 1648 | Triple Champion | Chestnut | 4.0% | Deep chestnut, old fashioned English bitter with a rich malty back taste |
2 | 1648 | Sacred Solstice | Golden | 4.3% | 2016 SIBA BRONZE AWARD Celebrate those summer nights. Golden spicy ale with a hint of Elderflower and Ginger aroma |
3 | 8 Sail | Rolling Stone | Pale | 4.3% | Hopped with new British Hop Varieties. Combining the old and the new - wind power milling and new hops, this unique beer is truly 'From Field to Flagon'. |
4 | Batemans | East Coast Screamer | Golden | 4.0% | A unique blend of American style hops and extended barrel ageing create a powerfully hopped, golden beer. |
5 | Big Lamp | Prince Bishop Ale | Golden | 4.8% | A good, clean, tasty bitter |
6 | Big Lamp | Lamp Light | Golden | 4.2% | A crisp, light coloured, refreshing ale, with a dry aftertaste |
7 | Black Hole | Cosmic | Amber | 4.2% | Amber with malt and english hops taste of fruit and nuts |
8 | Black Hole | Milky Way | Golden | 6.0% | Pale wheat beer honey and banana spicy finish |
9 | Brewster's | Marquis | Amber | 3.8% | English session beer, rich malty colour. Light juicy maltiness perfectly balance by delicate hoppy finish |
10 | Brewster's | Hop A Doodle Doo | Copper | 4.3% | A copper coloured ale, brewed with four malts and three hops. It has a full bodied feel and a delicious fruity hop character |
11 | Buffys | India Ale | Golden | 4.6% | Golden in colour and flavoured with dwarf First Gold hops |
12 | Buffys | Norwich Terrier | Golden | 3.6% | A pale refreshing bitter beer is brewed using Halcyon and Marris Otter malts. It is flavoured with First Gold hops whilst Styrian and Mounthood hops add to the aroma |
13 | Crouch Vale | Amarillo | Golden | 5.0% | Aromas of Amarillo hops and a lasting spicy and orangy flavour. Cara malt provides a little burnished colour, but the light body belies its strength |
14 | Crouch Vale | Essex Blonde | Golden | 4.7% | Featuring a whole new hop grist (Chinook, Summit and Mosaic) |
15 | Dark Star | Revelation | Golden | 5.7% | A blend of Warrior, Cascade, Columbus, Crystal and Chinook by the sack full – then dry hopped during conditioning using our ‘Hoptimizer’ |
16 | Dark Star | Espresso | Dark | 4.2% | A black beer brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops. Then freshly ground Arabica coffee beans are added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma |
17 | Durham | White Velvet | Golden | 4.2% | Pale and smooth. One of the first “White Beers” and still one of the best. Lots of character and very quaffable. The base is provided by gentle Cluster, American hops. |
18 | Durham | White Stout | Golden | 7.2% | Unfined |
19 | Elgoods | Black Dog | Dark | 3.6% | An award-winning cask conditioned traditional dark mild. Well balanced malt and hops gives a pleasant aroma and taste, with splendid roasted bitter flavours. |
20 | Elgoods | Cambridge Bitter | Amber | 3.9% | Gold Medal Winning, malty, fruity aroma with a bitter finish. |
21 | Fat Cat | Marmalade | Copper | 5.5% | A flavoursome copper ale combines English pale malt with speciality Munich malt for complexity and a smooth finish. Norfolk Beer of the Year 2016! A multi-award winner, once nominated for Champion Beer of Britain. |
22 | Fat Cat | Lemon Sencha | Golden | 5.0% | A refreshing Green Tea with Lemon – including both juice and peel, as well as aroma-enhancing lemongrass. Light and lovely. |
23 | Franklins | English Garden | Golden | 3.8% | Session ale with a bright golden colour using 5 specially selected US hops providing citrus and grapefruit with a floral aroma balanced beautifully against the sweet malt base. |
24 | Great Newsome | Elderflower Power | Golden | 4.6% | Floral/Fresh/Blonde, Barley Malt, Wheat Malt, Whole Hops, Yeast, Natural Flavouring |
25 | Great Newsome | Frothingham Best | Amber | 4.3% | Amber/Raisin & Hazelnut/Resin Hop & Peach Fruit/Water, Barley Malt, Wheat Malt, Pilgrim, Whole Hops, Yeast |
26 | Great Newsome | Sleck Dust | Golden | 3.8% | Straw/Floral/Lemony Citrus/Water, Barley Malt, Wheat Malt, Whole Hops, Yeast |
27 | Great North Eastern | Rivet Catcher | Golden | 4.0% | Golden ale |
28 | Great North Eastern | Swinging Gibbet | Amber | 4.1% | Amber ale |
29 | Green Jack | Summer Dream | Golden | 4.0% | Brewed using fresh handpicked Elderflowers from the Norfolk and Suffolk countryside, Summer Dream is a clean, crisp, pale ale with floral aromas. A perfect ale on a summers day. |
30 | Green Jack | Red Herring | Red | 5.0% | A rich, fruity red ale, brewed with Oak and Beech smoked malts, giving the beer its subtle smokey flavour and dry smokey finish. Red Herring is brewed with inspiration from German 'rauch' beers. |
31 | Green Jack | Orange Wheat Beer | Golden | 4.2% | A bright golden 'wheat' beer, brewed with 40% wheat malt and a combination of fresh and dry orange peels. Orange Wheat has a restrained zesty citrus flavours from the hops and the peels, balanced with soft sweetness from the wheat malt. |
32 | Hadrian and Border | Northumbrian Gold | Golden | 4.5% | Light golden coloured ale with a biscuit malt flavour countered with floral and aromatic hops. |
33 | Hadrian and Border | Reiver IPA | Golden | 4.4% | Light golden bitter with a clean citrus palate and aroma with subtle malt flavours breaking through at the end. |
34 | Kent | Old Jamaica | Dark | 5.1% | A sweet stout based around a traditional Jamaican recipe with a modern twist. |
35 | Kent | Black gold | Dark | 4.0% | Dark, mysterious with the easy drinking qualities of a Golden Ale. |
36 | Mauldons | Blackberry Porter | Dark | 4.8% | A full bodied, black porter, with a balanced hop aroma & rich blend of chocolate & roast flavours, giving way to a subtle sweet fruit finish. |
37 | Mauldons | Suffolk Pride | Golden | 4.8% | A full bodied strong bitter, light in colour with a powerful bouquet of hops & developed fruit with a deep dry finish. |
38 | Maxim | Maximus | Ruby | 6.0% | Crafted from the finest ingredients with a hint of Demerara Sugar to create a strong and warming beer that is also smooth and easy to drink, dark ruby in colour, |
39 | Maxim | Samson | Amber | 4.0% | Brewed mainly using Maris Otter malt, with a blend of a small amount of Crystal and roasted malts to deliver its distinctive flavour. The balance, bitterness and aroma is enhanced through the addition of English Golding hops to both the main brew and individually to each cask. |
40 | Mordue | Transatlantic Pale | Golden | 4.7% | Mid golden Pale Ale combining Floral US hops with grassy, spicey English varieties. |
41 | Mordue | Radgie Gadgie | Chestnut | 4.8% | Premium strength northern ale balancing leafy hops, berry fruit and malt. |
42 | Salem Bridge Brewery | Salem Porter | Dark | 4.7% | Full of fruit, hazelnuts, almonds, liquorice and spicy hops, gently fused with roasted grains to create a flavour explosion of warm buttered toast and crunchy nut biscuits. |
43 | Wolf Brewery | Granny Wouldn't Like It!!! | Red | 4.8% | Dark red, rich and fruity. This mighty beer has many awards to its name. The swirling mix of flavours produces a complex but satisfying experience. |
44 | Wolf Brewery | Lavender Honey | Golden | 3.7% | Honey from The Norfolk Lavender Company is added during the brewing process to give this beer a delicate yet more-ish flavour. |
45 | Wolf Brewery | Lupus Lupus | Golden | 4.2% | Unique Flavoured blonde ale using fruity hops. |
46 | Woodfordes | Norfolk Nog | Ruby | 4.6% | Smooth, rich and rounded 'Old Ale' with a velvety texture and hints of chocolate, treacle and liquorice. |
47 | Buswells | Landrover | Amber | 4.9% | A new Brewery and Beer in the style of Ruddles County. Unfined |
48 | Charnwood | Vixen | Copper | 4.0% | Copper bitter honey/spice/fruit |
49 | Charnwood | Hello Sunshine | Golden | 4.4% | Pale bronze session ale soft fruit and spice |
50 | Church End | Grave Digger's Ale | Dark | 3.8% | Dark black and red in colour, with a complex mixture of chocolate and roast flavours. The use of two different hops, gives the beer a complex feel and smooth finish |
51 | Church End | Stout Coffin | Dark | 4.6% | Black, chewy, tasty & creamy |
52 | Dancing Duck | Dark Drake | Dark | 4.5% | Malty, caramel and liquorice flavours combine in a smooth drinking velvety, oatmeal stout with a freshly roasted coffee and toffee finish. |
53 | Elliswood | The Bollocks | Dark | 4.0% | A Festival Special |
54 | Elliswood | Nelson's right arm | Amber | 4.5% | A mahogany ale with autum flavours and fresh aroma. |
55 | Elliswood | Black Rose | Dark | 4.5% | A mild porter with a smooth and subtle chocolate aftertaste |
56 | Falstaff | Darkside | Dark | 6.0% | Deep red in colour with dark chocolate and plum aromas. Fruity bitter chocolate flavours and finish. |
57 | Freestyle | Yeti IPA | Amber | 4.5% | No tasting notes |
58 | Froth Blowers | Riverside Stout | Dark | 4.8% | An oatmeal stout with hints of smoked malt |
59 | Froth Blowers | SPA Anthem | Amber | 4.1% | Single hopped with Mandarina Bavaria |
60 | Hippy Killing Brewing Co | Bajan | 0 | 4.6% | New brew, no tasting notes |
61 | Kendricks | Boudicea | Golden | 4.2% | Crisp golden bitter, malty, spicy and tangerine |
62 | Kendricks | Harlot | Amber | 5.0% | Heavyweight amber ale spicy malty & sweet caramel |
63 | Langtons | Traction | Amber | 4.3% | Light chestnut in colour, this bitter has a rich hop flavour and aroma. |
64 | Langtons | Inclined Plane | Golden | 4.2% | Straw coloured bitter with a citrus nose and long hoppy finish |
65 | Market Bosworth | Porter | Dark | 5.0% | Traditional porter, deceptively easy to drink, It's old fashioned yet bang up to date. |
66 | Market Bosworth | Stout | Dark | 4.2% | Dark as the night, with roasted notes and subtly hopped for that old fashioned taste. |
67 | Market Bosworth | Pale Ale | Golden | 5.2% | Golden, with buckets of hops, punchy bitter blend with citrus aromas. |
68 | Merry Miner | Coal Face Porter | Dark | 5.0% | A full-flavoured dark reddish in colour porter with under tones of fresh honey and chocolate malt in the finish. |
69 | Merry Miner | Pit Pony | Golden | 4.5% | Full-flavoured golden in colour premium bitter, with a smooth pleasing bitterness in the finish. |
70 | Merry Miner | Miners Best Bitter | Amber | 3.7% | A pale smooth traditional best bitter with a crisp bitter after taste. |
71 | Milestone | Rich Ruby | Ruby | 4.5% | Lightly Hopped with a Malty berry finish. |
72 | Milestone | Harry Porter | Dark | 5.2% | Rich porter with with subtle blackberry notes |
73 | Mr Grundy | Bullet | Dark | 4.3% | Devilish dark ale with a treacle aroma and a smooth rounded taste. |
74 | Slaughterhouse | Black and Tan | Dark | 4.1% | Otherwise known as half and half, Black and Tan is a well balanced blend of bitter and stout. |
The following beers will appear on the train at some time
No | Brewery | Beer | Colour | ABV | Notes |
T1 | Church End | What the Fox's Hat | Golden | 4.2% | A full golden coloured beer with a soft hop flavour and finish |
T2 | Church End | Fallen Angel | Golden | 5.0% | A sharp, full flavoured pale bitter. Bucket fulls of American hops, give it that lemony edge. |
T3 | Langtons | Hop On | Chestnut | 4.4% | A premium bitter deep chestnut colour. Hints of fruit in taste and aroma well balanced |
T4 | Langtons | Caudle Bitter | Copper | 3.9% | Copper coloured session bitter. Close to pale ale in style. |
T5 | Market Bosworth | Best Bitter | Copper | 4.8% | Dark copper, malty mouthfeel with a lingering bitter finish |
T6 | Merry Miner | Davy's Lamp | Golden | 4.0% | Pale barley in colour, full-flavoured bitter, citrus flavours on the nose, pleasing hoppyness in the finish. |
T7 | Shardlow | Five Bells | Red | 5.0% | Dark red coloured with a fruity aroma. Smooth on the palate, some dryness and roast malt in the finish. |
T8 | Shardlow | Whistle Stop | Golden | 5.0% | Mid gold colour, nutty malt, some toffee in the mouth. Faint hop and some dryness in the finish. |
T9 | Shardlow | Cavendish Dark | Dark | 3.7% | A mild, well balanced beer with a hoppy aftertaste |
T10 | Sperrin | Band of Brothers | Golden | 4.2% | Hoppy and full flavoured golden ale with long lasting smooth citrusy and refreshing overtones |
T11 | Sperrin | Head Hunter | Amber | 3.8% | Triple hopped with slight fruity hints and pleasant dry bittery mellow finish. easy drinking. |
Foreign Bottled Beers
Delirium Nocturnum | 8.5% |
Trappist Ale | 6.2% |
Pilsener | 4.9% |
Quilmes | 4.9% |
Duchesse de Bourgogne | 6.2% |
Petrus Aged Red | 8.5% |
Kasteel Blonde 7 | 7.0% |
La Trappe Dubbel | 7.0% |
Boon Kriek | 4.0% |
Celis White | 5.0% |
Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel | 5.0% |
St Bernardus Prior 8 | 8.0% |
Victory Prima Pils | 5.3% |
Maredous 6 Blonde | 6.0% |
Ciders
- (May be subject to change without notice)
- May not all be available at once
- Some ciders may only appear on the train
Press | Name | ABV | Type |
Aston Manor | Friels Vintage | 7.4% | M/D |
Aston Manor | Knights Malvern Myst | 5.0% | M/D |
Abrahalls | Status Quo Down Down | 4.6% | M |
Barbourne | Painted Lady Perry | 5.0% | M/S |
Biddenden | Bushells | 6.0% | M/D |
Bottle Kicking | Scrummage | 6.5% | M/D |
Bottle Kicking | Apple & Mango | 4.0% | Speciality |
Bottle Kicking | Rhubarb & Strawberry | 4.0% | Speciality |
Broad Oak | Moonshine | 7.5% | M/S |
Broad Oak | Perry | 7.5% | D |
Cockeyed Cider | Cock Bird Sweet | 5.0% | S |
Cockeyed Cider | Hedgehog Rose (Elderberry) | 4.0% | Speciality |
Cornish Cider Co. | Apple Slayer | 5.7% | M |
Farmer Jim's | Rootin Tootin (Ginger & Rasp) | 4.0% | Speciality |
Gwynt y Ddraig | Celtic Warrior | 5.5% | S |
Gwynt y Ddraig | Fiery Fox | 6.5% | M |
Hogan's | Harvest Press | 5.3% | M |
Lilley's Cider Barn | Crazy Goat Pyder | 6.8% | M/S |
Circle Cider | Cats Tongue | 6.1% | D |
Millwhites | Apples and Pears Pyder | 5.0% | M |
Lyme Bay | Eventide | 5.0% | M |
Orchard Pig | Philosopher | 6.0% | M |
Purbeck Cider Co. | Muddy Scamp | 6.9% | M |
Scrumpy Wasp | Nice Pear Pyder | 5.0% | M/S |
Sheppy's | Old Conky | 6.5% | M/S |
Skidbrooke | Farmhouse | 6.0% | D |
Snailsbank | Pig Squeal | 7.0% | M/D |
Snailsbank | Appley Dapply | 5.2% | S |
Thistly Cross | Whisky Cask | 6.9% | Speciality |
Westons | Country Perry | 4.5% | M/S |
Worley's | Mendip Hills | 6.4% | M |
Charnwood | Special Reserve' | tba | tba |
Whin Hill | Medium' in Bottles [500ml] (inc.VAT) | 6.8% | M |
Whin Hill | Browns' in Bottles [500ml] (inc.VAT) | 5.4% | M |