drinks list Study Guide brewhouse & kitchen BREWS Brewed right here in our microbrewery MUCKY DUCK ENGLISH STYLE ALE TRADITIONAL BITTER | 3.4% | PINT | £2.70 TRADITIONAL, CARAMEL, BITTER A tribute to this historical pub which was designed in the early 1900s for the (now closed) Brickwoods Brewery. This grade II listed building was previously home to ‘The White Swan’ though locals affectionately referred to it as ‘The Mucky Duck’! A refreshing session bitter with some caramel malt flavour and gentle hoppiness. We named this beer ‘Mucky Duck’. SEXTON ENGLISH STYLE ALE GOLDEN ALE | 4.0% | PINT | £3.55 GOLDEN, HOPPY, CITRUSY Smooth, strong, and adored by everyone, the other ‘Great Blonde’ with a fantastic body, home grown here in Portsmouth. This world-class blonde beer is a fitting tribute to our very own world-class swimming talent, Katy Sexton MBE. BLACK SWAN IPA BLACK IPA | 5.7% | PINT | £3.90 BLACK, ROASTY, PINEY The name ‘Black Swan’ is a reference not only to deep colour of this bold Black IPA but also a nod to the days of when this pub used to go by the name ‘The White Swan’. A dry black ale with a huge piney, resinous hop flavour and aroma. Keep your eyes peeled for our seasonal brews SS16/SG/POR BRIXTON BREWERY RELIANCE PALE ALE AMERICAN 4.2% | 330ML | £3.95 ALE, CRISP, REFRESHING Raises a glass to the art deco arches of STYLE ALE Reliance Arcade in Brixton, where local cobblers and tailors still practice their crafts and skill with precision. Floor malted Categorized by their clean English Barley provides the clean, crisp flavour and bold use of hops. The backbone to bright American hop flavours. exceptions are Blonde Ales, which are more neutral with no prominent LITTLE CREATURES PALE ALE flavour. Easy drinking, simple beer 5.2% | 330ML | £4.50 GOLDEN, CITRUSY, DRY BEAVERTOWN GAMMA RAY The name “Little Creatures” is inspired by 5.4% | PINT | £5.25 a song lyric from the Talking Heads Little PALE, HOPPY, AROMATIC Creatures album and refers to the The concept was to create a juicy, live yeast cells that turn the sugars in malt tropical beer, believe it or not the guys at wort into ethanol. The brewery released this Beavertown had never brewed a pale ale pale ale (it’s first beer) back in 2000. when they started. Everyone at Beavertown loved spacemen and lasers so they named SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE this brew Gamma Ray and Nick Dwyer 5.6% | 350ML | £3.95 drew the design -drawing heavily from AMBER, CITRUSY, DRY “Mars Attacks” and Warren Ellis graphic On his early trips to Yakima, WA for hops, novels. Ken Grossman (founder of Sierra Nevada) fell in love with the flavours and aromas MEANTIME YAKIMA RED of the Cascade hop. The pure and intense 4.1% | PINT | £4.30 citrus-pine flavours became one of the RUBY, FRUITY, CITRUSY signatures of Sierra Nevada, and in turn, First appeared as a draught special in helped define the West Coast style of 2011. Meantime Yakima Red is brewed brewing. with British and German malts to give it a deep ruby colour. The recipe makes use WILD CARD KING OF HEARTS of 5 hop varieties from the Yakima Valley, 4.5% | 330ML | £4.35 Washington State. BLONDE, REFRESHING, AROMATIC ANCHOR STEAM BEER Starting out as cuckoo brewers trading on 4.8% | 355ML | £3.75 the back of a personal credit card the team AMBER, AROMATIC, CARAMEL behind Wild Card eventually managed to First brewed in 1896 , Anchor Steam Beer setup their own brewery in Walthamstow derives its unusual name from the 19th with the backing of peer-to-peer lending century when “steam” was a nickname for from local supporters. Their King of Hearts beer brewed on the West Coast of America employs a blend of Centennial, Citra & under primitive conditions. Simcoe hops. LA CHOUFFE 8.0% | 330ML | £5.50 BELGIAN GOLDEN, SPICY, BALANCED This strong blond ‘gnome beer’, first brewed in 1982, today accounts for 80% of the brewery’s STYLE ALE output. Not only did the brewers make history with this, their first Ardennes tripel, but the story of the beer’s origins also went down a Their spicy and fruity flavour storm: how it was brewed from an original derives from the unique yeast they recipe, whispered into the brewers’ ear by use, they also tend to be somewhat gnomes from the Houffalize area. stronger than other beers. Defined by where they are brewed, so it is a TIMMERMANS OUDE GUEZE very diverse category. 5.5% | 375ML | £6.50 GOLDEN, AROMATIC, TART TONGERLO BLOND Known as the champagne of beers, especially 6.0% | PINT | £5.50 as it’s only available as a limited edition. BLONDE, INTENSE, AROMATIC The special flavour derives from its time- Tongerlo are officially certified Belgian honoured method of preparation. It is a blend Abbey beers. During centuries, the of old lambic, aged for 3 years in wooden Norbertine monks of the Tongerlo abbey barrels, and young lambic which ensures have devoted themselves to the art of beer spontaneous fermentation in the bottle. brewing. This dedication was recognised when Tongerlo Blond was crowned the WESTMALLE DUBBEL World’s Best Beer in 2014. 7.0% | 330ML | £4.35 DARK, FRUITY, SPICY BELLEROSE Since 1856 the monks have been brewing 6.5% | 330ML | £4.50 a dark Trappist beer along with their table AMBER, CITRUSY, HOPPY beer. Since the recipe was modified in 1926, Brewed at Le Brasserie Des Sources in they have been brewing slightly heavier Northern France. Bellerose draws its beer. This is the foundation of today’s inspiration from the 1950’s era, a period Dubbel. The creamy head has the fragrance during which beer was intensely hoppy of special malt and leaves an attractive lace and stoutly refreshing. Uses an innovative pattern in the glass. cocktail of 3 different hops sourced from 3 different countries. WESTMALLE TRIPEL 9.5% | 330ML | £5.75 DUVEL TRIPEL HOP GOLDEN, SPARKLING, FRUITY 9.5% | 330ML | £5.75 Nicknamed the “mother of all tripels”. This GOLDEN, CITRUSY, TROPICAL type of beer was first brewed in Westmalle Brewed with three hop varieties and each abbey in 1934 when the new brewing hall year the third hop is changed to provide its came into use. The current formula has own unique taste and aroma. This keeps the stayed the same since 1956. A clear, golden final flavour profile suprisingly exciting for yellow Trappist beer that undergoes a beer lovers. Please ask a member of the team secondary fermentation in the bottle. for details of this year’s offering. KOPPERBERG MIXED FRUIT 4.5% | 500ML | £4.50 CIDER Bursting with blackcurrants and raspberries, Kopperberg Mixed Fruit Cider is rich and indulgent -best served cold over mountains Crisp, fresh and sometimes of ice. matured in oak vats to develop a rich flavour. Usually with a slightly KOPPERBERG PEAR sparkling, either dry or sweet finish. 4.5% | 500ML | £4.50 The juices of plump pears are infused with ASPALL SUFFOLK DRAUGHT naturally occurring soft water, to create the 5.5% | PINT | £3.85 perfect combination of a refreshingly light GOLDEN, FRUITY, DRY and fruity cider, with the punch of a strong Established by Clement Chevallier the pear taste. Aspall cyder-making business has been family run since 1728. Clement planted KOPPERBERG the orchards at Aspall Hall in Suffolk. The STRAWBERRY & LIME Chevallier family still live and work among 4.5% | 500ML | £4.50 Clement’s orchards and today Aspall is run Like summer in a glass; a splash of fresh by the eighth generation of the family. strawberries in apple juice, and a squeeze of tangy lime. Best enjoyed served over ice. ORCHARD PIG REVELLER 4.5% | PINT | £3.80 LIGHT, FRUITY, TANGY It all started in the noughties, just outside Glastonbury, when Andrew and Neil were please ask about devouring their barnstormingly good home- made cider and a hog roast with friends. This our guest ciders draught cider “Reveller” is a celebration of Somerset. BRIXTON ELECTRIC IPA IPA 6.5% | 330ML | £4.25 PALE, MALTY, HOPPY Inspired by Electric Avenue, the beating A prominent hop flavour and an heart of Brixton. This full-on IPA is an assertive bitterness with an even assault on the senses -much like it’s wider categorisation of Pale Ale. namesake. This beer is all about the It was their popularity in British interplay between malt and hop - the perfect India which led to the name of harmony of sweet and bitter. ‘India Pale Ale’. BIG HUG HIBERNATION BROOKLYN E.IPA (WHITE IPA) 6.9% | 355ML CAN | £4.15 5.2% | PINT | £4.85 GOLDEN, AROMATIC, BITTER PALE, FRUITY, BITTER Originally a summer seasonal this beer has Cloudy and full-bodied like a wheat beer, been getting rave reviews since becoming tastes like a US IPA. Hobo brewers ‘Big Hug’ a year round offering in 1996. Brooklyn use first brewed this beer with our Head Brewer English malts and hops to brew this in the Pete Hughes at our Portsmouth brewpub classic, heavily-hopped style of the 19th back in 2014. They liked it so much that it is century beers created for British soldiers now their signature beer. serving in India. BEAVERTOWN NECK OIL VICTORY HOP DEVIL 4.3% | 330ML CAN | £3.95 6.7% | 355ML | £4.15 LIGHT, HOPPY, PINEY PALE, CITRUSY, SPICY Beavertown’s everyday, all day, easy After meeting on a school bus in 1973 whilst drinking IPA started life as a home-brew. they were still in 5th grade Ron Barchet and They wanted to create a beer you can pick up Bill Covaleski would go onto found Victory and appreciate or simply get down ya neck.