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Jarrow Bitter 3.8%
Jarrow Brewery
£2.00 per pint
A light golden session bitter with a delicate hop aroma and a lingering fruity finish.
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Abbot Ale 5.0%
Greene King Brewery
£2.41 per pint
A full bodied, very distinctive beer with a bitter sweet aftertaste. |
Oddfellows Bottle Conditioned Beer Menu
BLUEBIRD The Conniston Brewery, Cumbria 4.2% 500ml - £3.05
A copper coloured beer with a peppery, spicy and fruity hop nose. Pepper, spice and the zest of citrus continue in the clean, crisp taste and the dry, bitter finish. Past winner of the “Ultimate Fem’ ale” competition.
STOUT The Titanic Brewery, Stoke 4.5% 500ml - £2.35
A deep ruby beer with coffee and a whiff of liquorice in the biscuity nose. Bitter roasted grain leads in the mouth, but there is a slightly fruity, malty sweetness, too. Smokey coffee, nut and smooth roasted bitterness feature in the finish.
BISHOP RIDLEY Redburn Brewery, Redburn 4.8% 500ml - £3.10
Scotch type ale. Bitter dark fruit and wine notes. Later sweeter finish. Beer often better tasted with some of the condition removed by a second light pouring.
EVENSONG The Durham Brewery, Bowburn 5.0% 500ml - £3.40
A rich ruby ale with a soft aroma of citrus and berry fruits, along with gentle dark malt. The soft taste features a restrained fruitiness, a rounded bitterness and toasted malt emerging in the finish. 2005 “Bottled Beer of Britain”.
WHITE SHIELD Worthington’s (Coors), Burton 5.6% 330ml - £2.15
An Amber beer with a malty, fruity nose, including a hint of tropical fruit. The full taste features silky, nutty malt sweetness, solid hop bitterness and a light undercurrent of tropical fruit and almond. Bitter hops dominate the finish.
1872 PORTER E & S Brewery, West Yorkshire 6.0% 500ml - £3.40
A deep, dark red porter, with a soft coffee roast aroma. The coffee taste is smooth, sweet and malty with a creamy mouth-feel. Dry bittersweet roasted finish.
REDBURN SPECIAL Redburn Brewery, Redburn 6.0% 500ml - £3.15
Heavy citrus fruit flavour, orange and some toffee (small amount of amber malt in grist). Light on palate with obvious alcohol. Flavour lasts till last drop!
1845 Fullers Brewery, Chiswick 6.3% 500ml - £3.05
A rich, dark amber beer with a glorious, fruity, malty nose, balanced by hints of sherry and golding hop. The very full, smooth, malty and fruity taste is quickly tempered by hop bitterness. Hops and bitter fruit feature in the lingering finish.
TEMPTATION The Durham Brewery, Durham 10.0% 500ml - £4.20
A very dark beer. Traces of mellow coffee, fruit and treacly malt enhance the slightly winey aroma. In the mouth, the beer is light and easy drinking, with sweet malt well to the fore ahead of coffee and fruity hop notes. Soft liquorice emerges in the sweet coffee finish.
Bottle Conditioned Beer – Notes
We at Oddfellows are proud to present our close to unique, bottle conditioned ale selection. We believe, that although pasteurised beer is a triumph of consistency, and there are, after all, no bad beers, bottle conditioned ale has that little bit extra to make it special.
The selection that we have put together for your enjoyment represents the best of the best and includes ancient recipes, stouts, porters, traditional I.P.A.s and even a few of the more recently invented brews.
Some, such as Worthington’s White Shield, you may have heard of, whilst others are more scarce as they are produced by small craft brewers. Some are certified as vegetarian produce, whilst others are officially organic.
We have provided tasting notes for your delectation and to help you through the myriad of flavours that are available for your buds to discover.
The Oddfellows Bottle Conditioned Beer Menu is overleaf and includes ten usually available beers. However due to difficulties in the supply network this cannot always be promised.
As you will observe from the menu Durham Brewery is represented three times. As the North East’s sole producer of this type of product we feel that they should be supported. Durham actually produce more varieties so once you‘ve sampled their wares look out for Cloister, Evensong, Black Abbot and St Cuthbert which do guest at Oddfellows from time to time.
On occasions we do stock other guest beers – just ask at the bar for details.
For those who have never come across bottle conditioned beer (or real ale in a bottle) please read the following notes.
Bottle conditioned beer it is a living, working product and therefore needs a little extra attention before you can drink it.
Your bottle is served at a perfect ten degrees centigrade. To achieve best results you now need to pour it slowly and smoothly, in one continuous movement into your glass, taking care to leave the sediment and residue in the bottle.
Should any sediment escape this may cloud the beer slightly but please do not worry, the sediment is mostly comprised of yeast and natural proteins and is certainly not harmful.
You are now ready to begin sampling all that bottle conditioned ales have to offer- enjoy
White Wine List
Roberts Rock Chardonnay Semmillon South African £7.70
Beautifully piquant on the palate with a lingering, fruit filled taste.
By the glass £2.35 (175ml)
Franschhoek Chenin Blanc South African £9.99 Excellent dryish wine, with a good firm flavour and a fresh fragrant bouquet.
Sunnycliff Colombard Chardonnay Australia £9.99 A touch of oak enhances the melon flavours, giving a crisp, clean, well-balanced finish.
Rowlands Brook Semillon Chardonnay Australia £10.99 Delicate grape aroma and a fresh, full flavour palate balanced by a crisp finish for everyday drinking.
Vicuna Sauvignon Semillon Chile £8.99 Crisp and lively with lemon and pineapple flavours which harmonise to give a long lingering finish.
Ladera Verde Chardonny Chile £9.99 Fresh with buttery fruit on the nose, clean with good length of fruit on the palate.
Cotes de Roussillon, Pierre de Marca France £9.99 Fresh, crisp and clean with strong citrus flavours and a lingering palate.
La Vedette Sauvignon Blanc Vdp d’Oc France £9.99 Classic Sauvignon characters of gooseberries and nectarines make this an ideal aperitif.
Viura Pleno Spain £8.99 Crisp, refreshing and dry with a light touch of lemon fruit and pears on the plate.
Marques de Caceres sin Crianza Spain £11.99 Rich and fresh with the aroma of pears and an excellent fullness of flavour.
Pint Grigio Ca’Solare Italy £11.99 Crisp, refreshing and dry with a light touch of lemon fruit and pears on the plate.
Frascati Superiore Villa Morena Italy £11.99 Fresh, crisp, nice and dry yet fruity with a quenching finish.
Pampas del Sur Chardonnay Chenin Argentina £9.99 Bright, full of flavour and refreshingly crisp.
Liebfraumilch Rhinequeen Germany £8.99 A great example of this popular, fruity, slightly sweeter wine.
Riesling Kabinett Moselland Germany £10.99 Floral, fresh and delicate with a just hint of sweetness that lingers gently on the palate.
Sparkling Wine
Sunnycliff Brut Sparkling Australia £14.49
Blend of chardonnay, colombard and chennin blanc with an enticing mix of creamy tropical fruits.
Red Wine List
Roberts Rock Cinsault Cabernet South African £7.70
The juicy blackcurrant cabernet is carefully blended with the smooth cinsault to give a super wine.
By the glass £2.35 (175ml)
Broken Rock Pinotage South African £13.49 Delicious plum flavours with soft tannins and a long finish.
Sunnycliff Shiraz Australia £12.49
A rich, spicy mouthful of ripe plums and bramble fruits, rich and warm in style and finish.
Rowlands Brook Shiraz Cabernet Australia £10.99 Medium bodied, soft in style with blackberry tastes, a light peppery background and a soft tannin finish.
Vicuna Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot Chile £8.99 Typically new world, soft and smooth with strong fruit and spice notes which linger on the palate.
Los Vilos Merlot Chile £9.99 Typical plumy fruit characters on the nose, with abundant, rich round juicy fruit on the palate.
La Vedette Shiraz France £9.99 Deep colour with a peppery nose and brambly spice on the palate.
Beajoulais AC Domaine Chatelus France £13.49 Very enjoyable and light, easy drinking wine with pleasant raspberry flavours.
Navajas sin Crianza Gustales Spain £11.99 Very appealing unoaked rioja with a clean, developed nose and ripe, soft red fruits on the palate.
Marius Castillo de Almansa Piqueras Spain £11.99 Deep purple colour, soft and subtle palate, aged in oak.
Valpolicella Clivus Italy £9.99 Light, soft and supple with a delicious cherryish flavour.
Chianti Leonardo Italy £13.99 An elegant, generous wine, noted for its brilliant red colour, firm flavour and lingering taste.
Trivento Pinot Noir Argentina £9.99 A complex bouquet of spices and chocolate notes combine for a fresh medium body and long finish.
Black River Merlot Romania £9.99 Easy drinking with bags of fruit flavour. A superb new world wine.
Rose Wine
Rose d’Anjou Les Fontaines France £10.49 A crisp and light medium dry rose.
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