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The seasonal availability of a wide range of English malts and hops, as well as some exciting continental varieties, allows us to produce beers suitable for everyone's taste throughout the year.
Following its huge success since its launch in bottles in 2001, Arkell's
Organically-grown malted barley, hops and, unusually, organically-produced honey are used in the brew. These give this cask-conditioned ale a light, fresh taste - with the organic honey providing a delightful and surprising flavour.
award-winning Bee's Organic Ale joined the regular roster of special, seasonal ales in April 2007.
ABV: 4.5%
James' Real Ale
Brewed especially for Arkell's managing director James Arkell's 50th birthday, this beer was so popular with drinkers that we've added it permanently to our portfolio of seasonal beers.
A dry hopped, pale, with English Goldings, JRA is a golden colour with
delicious hop aroma and full after-flavour.
ABV: 3.6%
'Yeomanry' is full-bodied but with a distinctive hoppy taste, achieved by adding whole hops in the cask. It was the first of our seasonal beers and marks the long association between the brewery and the Yeomanry of England, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1994.
ABV: 5%
Summer Ale
Just the beer for those long evenings, Summer Ale is refreshingly light in both colour and taste. In fact, it is suited to whatever weather the British summer has to offer and has been a favourite with Arkell's drinkers since it was introduced in 1994.
ABV: 4.0% Peter Arkell is the only chairman of the company to have a beer named after him during his own lifetime - that's him on the award-winning beermats and pump clips. Available in the autumn, Peter's Porter is a smooth, dark and delicious brew and reflects the taste of yesteryear.
ABV: 4.8% Made between the wars when it was called 'Home-Brewed' and sold in bottles, this beer was re-introduced in 1990 as Mash Tun Mild - named after the vessel used in the brewing process. It is now available on draught during the winter months and is dark, malty and lightly hopped, with a creamy after-palate.
ABV: 3.5%
Peter's Porter
Mash Tun Mild
Noël Ale
Launched in 1987 and named in honour of the present Chairman's
father, Sir Noel Arkell, who was born on Christmas Day. The strongest of
Arkell's Ales, this full-bodied beer is cleverly disguised by its distinctive
light colour, and slides down very easily, leaving drinkers with a warm,
tingling feeling.
The golden colour of our 'winter warmer', which is available only in December, disguises its full malty and hoppy flavour.
ABV: 5.5%
Arkell's has a long and proud tradition of producing beers to commemorate important events and the practice continues today. These include marking various royal events over the years including Welcome Ale, made in November, 1997 to coincide with Her Majesty The Queen's visit to Swindon; toasting the 75th anniversary of the RAF; the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway; and, of course, celebrating the brewery's own 150th anniversary.
In 2005, we brewed a special ale, 'Swindon Pride', to pay tribute to our home town and mark the occasion of our Finance Director, Ray Fisher, becoming the Mayor of Swindon.
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