Marston’s Pedigree, 4.5%

Marston’s Pedigree is described on the brewery website as having a fascinating palate of biscuit malt, spicy hops and light fruitiness.  It used to be fermented in Burton Unions, which is a set of 24 huge oak barrels which gives Pedigree a unique full flavour.   Marston’s was the last brewery in the country to use this extremely expensive system to brew their premier ale in Burton upon Trent, however when Marston’s sold a controlling interest in their breweries to Carlsberg UK in 2020, it didn’t take long for this global brewer to ditch the Burton Union System.

However, Marston’s Pedigree is still a fine real ale.

Burton is famous for its superb water which is ideal for brewing pale ales and has a slightly sulphurous smell about it.

Hadrian & Border Tyneside Blonde 3.9%

This successful local brewery was established in 1994 in Berwick on Tweed and in 2009 the brewery moved into much larger premises in Newburn on the River Tyne near Newcastle.

Tyneside Blonde is a pale coloured thirst quenching session beer.

The recipe uses maris otter malted barley, wheat malt and an abundance of bittering and aromatic hops.

Black Sheep Best Bitter 3.8%

The original stalwart of the Black Sheep range from Masham in the Yorkshire Dales.

Brewed with whole flower English hops, Best Bitter packs a genuine spiky bitterness, courtesy of Challenger, Goldings and Fuggle hops.

The Maris Otter malted barley offers a light sweetness that balances against the bitterness of the hops.

And of equal importance, the superb brewing water is drawn from the private well at the brewery.

GRAINGER ALE 4.6%

A superb locally brewed real ale from Hadrian Border Brewery.

Grainger Ale is brewed using a single malted barley and it hopped with a selection of 3 different hops to give it a great flavour.

It is pale in appearance and is gluten free

In addition

We usually have a locally brewed guest real ale on sale

We do extremely reasonably priced house double spirits

Our house wines are carefully sourced and are sold at sensible prices in 125ml, 175ml and 250ml glasses

Some links you may find interesting…

The Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA)

For details of the forthcoming CAMRA events on Tyneside go to

Canny Bevvy, the newsletter of the Tyneside & Northumberland branch of CAMRA

Belhaven Brewery