July 2010

Lion's Roar 3.8% by Banks's

Tasting Notes: Banks's have produced a rip-roaring beer for every English football fan to enjoy. This easy drinking, 'belter' of a beer with malty, hoppy flavours and a refreshing clean, bitter 'finish' is a winner every time. Back of the net!

Honey Bole 4.0% by Jennings

Tasting Notes: A beer with a definite sting in the tale! Honey Bole is a light straw coloured easy drinking ale made with classic English hops. Its delicate flavour is enhanced by the addition of natural honey.

Fever Pitch 4.2% by Marston's

Tasting Notes: As the temperature rises to fever pitch for football fans everywhere, this beer is a certain winner. The extremely pale ale combines Maris Otter malt with East Kent Goldings hops to produce a beer guaranteed to go down easier than a continental dive in the box!

Wizards Staff 4.0% by Wychwood

Tasting Notes: Epitomising the brewer's art........ Blends into the cauldron a hat full of pale barley & pinch of Cara malt. Once bubbled up with three infusions of Styrian Golding hops, a potion of mystical dry biscuit flavour is conjured up with an extravagant burst of citrus aroma. Ritual defiance to anyone questioning the loss of craft brewing.

Cask ale or cask-conditioned beer is the term for unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. Cask ale may also be referred to as real ale, a term coined by the Campaign for Real Ale, often now extended to cover bottle-conditioned beer as well.

The Monro has a range of real ales from as far North as Cumbria to the South of England in Sussex. They require care and attention (due to the secondary fermentation) but you will benefit in full from their exceptional taste and flavour.

What's more you can try any of our Cask Ales for free - ask to taste any from any member of staff.

NOTE: Not all Ales are served at the same time - please call to check which beers are available

As you know we have a dedicated Cellarman who looks exclusively after the foibles and charms of our Real Ales. |We have four pumps and there will be four real ales on to choose from 90% of the time.

If we are line cleaning or a Real Ale requires longer to settle then obviously some pumpos will be bare as we wait for the Real Ale to reach its optimum condition for sale.

Not all the beers listed here will be on at the same time so if you are travelling any distance or are visiting us mainly for the Real Ales please call 0151 707 9933 to find out what's available.

In addition to our Guest Ales we have an excellent choice of high quality Ales that we regularly stock due to their huge popularity. Each one of them has been personally selected and tasted (!) by ourselves and offer the customer a variety of different tastes, flavours, aromas and colour.

Jennings Cocker Hoop

An award-winning light golden bitter from an all malt brew, with Styrian Golding hops added at various stages, to give a distinctive hop flavour and aroma.

A beer of great character, appealing to those drinkers who really appreciate their beer and are looking for quality.

Launched in 1995 as 'September Ale', Jennings Cocker Hoop has become hugely popular throughout the country.

What's in a name?

The name is derived from 'Cock-a-Hoop', an old custom of removing the cock (or spigot) from a barrel and resting it on the hoop of the cask before commencing a drinking bout, but it was changed to reflect the brewery's location on the banks of the River Cocker.

Tasting notes

Cocker Hoop is one of the original golden ales, light in colour with a citrus finish. At 4.6% ABV Cocker Hoop is extremely drinkable

Jennings Sneck Lifter

A dark beer with a reddish tinge, derived from the use of coloured malts, perfectly balanced with specially-formulated brewing sugars and English aromatic hops.

A strong satisfying ale, wonderfully warming and full of complex flavours which create an intriguing beer of great character.

First introduced in 1990 as a winter warmer, and has become a firm favourite in the portfolio.

Award-winning beer, recently receiving a bronze at the Brewry Industry International Awards held in Munich.

What's in a name?

In northern dialect 'sneck' means door latch, and the 'sneck lifter' was a man's last sixpence which enabled him to lift the latch of a pub door and buy himself a pint, hoping to meet friends there who might treat him to one or two more.

Tasting notes

A very individual style of beer - that has a fullness of flavour created by the chocolate and amber malt. A rich full-bodied ale with a good mouth feel. Easy to drink, but beware at 5.1% ABV.