Duvel
"Devil" in Flemish — bone dry, brilliantly effervescent, deceptively strong golden ale with fruit and spice. The most important Belgian non-Trappist ale. Requires a specific tulip glass to appreciate fully.
Delirium Tremens
Pink elephant label on a distinctive ceramic bottle. Complex spice, fruit, and yeast character. Three different yeasts used in fermentation. Named after the medical condition caused by alcohol withdrawal.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
The beer that launched American craft brewing. Cascade hops — then considered exotic — providing floral, citrus, and piney character. First brewed in 1980 by Ken Grossman in a home-built brewery. The most important American craft beer ever made.
Fuller's ESB
The original ESB — a category Fuller's invented. Marmalade, toffee, and earthy hops in perfect balance. Champion Beer of Britain multiple times. The entire ESB category worldwide takes its name from this beer.
Anchor Steam Beer
The original American craft beer, revived by Fritz Maytag in 1965 from near-closure. Caramel malt, Northern Brewer hops, and unique warm fermentation with lager yeast. Created the California Common style — only one brewery is permitted to call it "Steam Beer."
Fat Tire Amber Ale
Inspired by Jeff Lebesch's Belgian cycling trip. Biscuit malt, earthy hops, and a slightly sweet finish. Helped define the Rocky Mountain craft beer scene and remains one of America's most recognised amber ales.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
The beer that proved Americans wanted flavour. Jim Koch launched this in 1984 using his great-great-grandfather's recipe. Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops give a noble floral character that set craft beer apart from mainstream lagers.
Fuller's London Pride
"London's favourite" — malt-forward with toffee, biscuit, and earthy hops. A perfectly balanced session bitter that has been the backbone of London pub culture since 1959. Outstanding on cask.
Old Speckled Hen
Toffee, caramel, and earthy hop character. Named after a speckled MG car at the Abingdon factory — "Old Speckled 'Un" in local dialect. Brewed to celebrate the MG car company's 50th anniversary in 1979.
Beavertown Gamma Ray
London's favourite hoppy pale. Mango, grapefruit, and pine from American hops on a clean malt backbone. Space-themed label art became one of craft beer's most recognisable visual identities.
Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Cascade hops and biscuity malt. Oregon craft beer's most beloved session pale. Named after Mirror Pond on the Deschutes River in Bend — a perfect beer for the Pacific Northwest outdoors lifestyle.
Pauwel Kwak
Served in a unique coach glass in a wooden stand — the coachman's glass that could be hung from the carriage. Caramel, fruit, and spice. Named after 19th-century innkeeper Pauwel Kwak who invented the glass.
Deus Brut des Flandres
Re-fermented in champagne bottles by champagne houses in Épernay. Golden, extraordinary effervescence, deeply complex. Sold in a champagne-style bottle. One of the most unusual and remarkable beers in existence.
Boddingtons Pub Ale
Nitrogen-dispensed — "The Cream of Manchester." Light bitterness, golden colour, velvety head. The widget can revolutionised the canned ale market. Oasis drank it; it soundtracked Britpop Manchester.