Current Real Ales

Last updated: Sunday, 8th November 2026, 10:36am

Special Guest 1

Ledbury Green Hop Jester

Ledbury Green Hop Jester

Green Hop 4%
Ledbury Real Ales (Ledbury, Herefordshire)

Ledbury Brewery says:

Jester has an intense, punchy aroma of new world proportions with flavour notes of grapefruit and tropical fruits.

Next up on this line: Ledbury Green Hop Harlequin (4%, Ledbury Real Ales), then Ledbury Green Hop CF321 (4%, Ledbury Real Ales), Tournament (4%, Goffs Brewery), Otter Bitter (3.6%, Otter Brewery), Otter Ale (4.5%, Otter Brewery)

Special Guest 2

4 Wood

4 Wood

Best Bitter 4.5%
Shiny Brewery (Little Eaton, Derby)

A traditional best bitter hopped with British Fuggles & Magnum. Full-bodied and a deep malty backbone.

Gluten FreeVegan
Next up on this line: Son of Aston (4.6%, Silhill Brewery), then Scapegoat (4.2%, Pennine Brewing Co), Schwarz Clipper (4.4%, Pennine Brewing Co), Orange Flare (4.4%, Pennine Brewing Co), Clasp (3.4%, Attic Brew Co.), Ingot (4%, Attic Brew Co.), Jumping Jack Flash (3.8%, North Cotswold Brewery), Quarter (4.4%, Attic Brew Co.)

Bitter

Uley Bitter

Uley Bitter

Best Bitter 4%
Uley Brewery (Uley, Gloucestershire)

Permanently available at The Red Lion. Amber in colour this beer has hops and fruits in the aroma which combines with maltiness on the tongue to give a bitter, dry finish. CAMRA’s SW Region Champion 2013 Bitter.

Stout & Porter

Porter in a Storm

Porter in a Storm

Porter 4.9%

Elephant School Brewing (Brentwood Brewery) says:

For a taste that will have you singing in the rain! This rich porter showers your tastebuds with waves of chocolate, fruit and bitterness with successive sips. Porter in a storm is one to pour down your throat if your caught in a downpour or any time you want a great beer

Next up on this line: Old Rasputin (4.5%, Tollgate Brewery)

Pale & Golden

New Wave

New Wave

IPA 3.4%
Otter Brewery (Honiton, Devon)

A hoppy pale ale which made an appearance when brewed by Otter Brewery, at Otterfest, in The Otter pub, in Otterbourne. Notice a theme? Very easy to drink, and the 3.4% ABV belies its excellent taste.

Next up on this line: Otter Amber (4%, Otter Brewery), then Otter Bright (4.3%, Otter Brewery)

Gluten Free

Baldwin IPA

Baldwin IPA

Golden 4.2%
Bewdley Brewery (Bewdley, Worcestershire)

Bewdley Brewery says:

A golden hoppy pale ale, brewed with Summit, Columbus, Citra and Mosiac hops in the copper, with the perfect amount of Mosiac dry hopped into the fermenting vessel to produce our hoppiest beer to date, producing a beautifully fruity, well balanced hop forward beer without the bitterness.

This beer is named after Stanley Baldwin, MP for Bewdley and three times Prime Minister.

Gluten Free
Next up on this line: Worcestershire Sway (5%, Bewdley Brewery)

Mild

Moreton Mild

Moreton Mild

Mild 3.8%
North Cotswold Brewery (Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire)

Permanently available at The Red Lion. Award-winning rich smooth dark mild with a nutty palate. Named after the Cotswold market town of Moreton in Marsh just five miles from the brewery.