The 12-ish Stouts of Christmas

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We are excited to see our advert in the new CAMRA Tyke Taverner magazine, and we’ve just read the 12 Stouts of Christmas article, so what follows is the tweak we would have done to that peice.

We’ve quite a range right now!

We live a stones throw from some great breweries and the slightly wider area encompasses even more variety and choice of dark beers. We’ll do our best to give everyone a mention but do let us know if we’ve missed any gems. So, in no particular order….

  • Craven Brew Co – BAP Black Angus Porter 4.5% / VIP Victorian Imperial Porter 6.5%
  • Bridgehouse Brewery – Cherry Choc Stout 6% / Porter 4.5%
  • Goose Eye Brewery – Black Moor Mild 3.9% / Over and Stout 5.2%
  • Timothy Taylors – Landlord Dark 4.3% / Poulter’s Porter 4.8%
  • Copper Dragon – Black Gold 4%
  • Saltaire Brewery – Triple Chocolate Stout 4.8%
  • Salt Brewing / Ossett Brewery – Chocolate Caramel Brownie Stout 7.2% / Barghest Stout 4.3%
  • Ilkley Brewery – Stout Mary 4.5% / Nowt Mary 0%
  • Wharfedale Brewery – Wharfedale Porter 5%
  • Vocation Brewery – Naughty & Nice Chocolate Stout 5.9 / Red Wine Barrel Aged Plum Stout 10.7%
  • Dark Horse Brewery – Night Jar Dark Ale 4.2%
  • Bingley Brewery – Yippee Ki-Yay Choc Orange Stout 4.8% / Moo Moo Milk Stout 4.9%
  • Nightjar Brew Co – Cosmonaut Milk Stout 4.4% / Sasquatch Dark Session 3.8%
  • Wishbone Brewery – Abyss Stout 4.3% / Black Porter 6% / Blacksmith Porter 5% / T’Pol Stout 4% / Wood Aged Black Imp 10% / Barrel Aged Black Imp 10.2% / Black Bauble Stout 4.5%
  • Harrogate Brew Co – Harrogate Porter 4.8% / Kursaal Imperial Stout 8.4%

So thats 15/16 brewers of fantastic Stouts and Porters, a range of dark beers that is properly amazing and very local. The list could be even bigger so we should give further mentions to Bini Brew Co, Amity Brew Co, Quirky Ales, Roosters Brewery, Kirkstall Brewery, Northern Monk, Pig Love, Horsforth Brewery, Meanwood Brewery, Anthology Brewery, Wilde Child Brewery, Settle Brewing Co, Unbound Brewery, Little Valley Brewery who all turn out some great dark beers brewed in and around our area. Did we forget anyone? Let us know who and which beers we should add, ideally current beers in stock and available in Cask or Keg.

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*We will note that finding cask and keg beer range on brewery websites and even social media isn’t always that compelling for pub customers with lots focusing on the retail market for Cans & Bottles first and formost and sometimes no mention of Cask or Keg beer.