A PASSION FOR REAL CASK ALES
When you relax with a drink at The Lister Arms, you’ll discover a well stocked bar serving the finest Thwaites cask ales and European bottled beers. Guests can sample the renowned Thwaites Original, Wainwright Golden Ale and Thwaites Lancaster Bomber, plus our guest ale Thwaites Nutty Black.
Thwaites Original – Order a pint of Thwaites Original and you can enjoy a beer that is as Original today as it was in 1807, when Daniel Thwaites himself began brewing. It is clean dry tasting and refreshing bitter with a glowing amber appearance. It is brewed using premium grade Maris Otter malt and a blend of traditional English Hops including Goldings and Fuggles to give a malty flavoured beer with a delicate dry finish.
Wainwright Ale – Alfred Wainwright, the renowned Lakeland author who was born in Blackburn, was once asked to describe his beloved Lake District, to which he replied ‘ exquisitely lovely’. Inspired by this, Thwaites created Wainwright golden ale, refreshing with a delicate citrus fruit flavour and subtle sweetness, and a Gold Award winner at the 2011 International Brewing Awards.
Thwaites Lancaster Bomber – this chestnut coloured beer is brewed using pale ale and crystal malt, which gives it a full-bodied flavour. A finely balanced hop character is enriched by the late addition of Styrian Goldings, as a dry hop in each cask to give a prominent floral hop aroma and warming aftertaste.
Thwaites Nutty Black - one of only four ales to ever win the Champion Beer of Britain twice! Daniel Thwaites uses only the finest dark kiln roasted malts, English barley and select fuggles and goldings hops to create this bittersweet dark mild with a deliciously dry finish.
SPOILT FOR CHOICE?
If you can’t decide which of our fantastic beers to sample first, why not try our Thoroughly Thirds – a taster board of 3 x 1/3rd pints of our very best brews?
In addition, Head Brewer Steve Fielding, has created 13 seasonal beers (a brewer’s dozen) – which are brewed in small quantities and when they’re gone, they’re gone. We’ve listed the next few months below for you – we hope you enjoy drinking them as much as Steve and the team enjoyed creating them.
THE SIGNATURE RANGE
Inspired by the very chalkboards that promote our cask ales these new, occasional beers have been crafted using two hundred years of Lancashire brewing know-how and will be available to taste over 2012.
They complement our popular, easy drinking ales, such as Wainwright and Thwaites Lancaster Bomber but offer something new and interesting for the more discerning drinker.
May/June 2012
TORCH LIGHT 4.4% abv - Style: Golden Ale - Golden pale ale with lemon grass flavours.
June 2012
WHET YOUR WHISTLE 4.6% abv - Style: Golden Ale - English malt with Bavarian hops. Refreshing!
July 2012
13 GUNS 5.5% abv - Style: American IPA - Hops, hops and more hops… totally awesome!(Absolutely marvellous to you and I)
NAKED RUNNER 3.8% abv - Style: Session Ale - An Olympic creation with First Gold hops (what else?)
August 2012
HOBNOBBER 4.7% abv - Style: Amber Ale - Moreish flavours throughout with a malty and nutty finish.
September 2012
GOLDEN WUNDER 5.0% abv - Style: Oktoberfest Ale - Naturally cloudy with orange, lemon and spicy flavours.
November 2012
HIT THE NORTH 4.8% abv - Style: Indian Pale Ale - Pale ale with gooseberry fruit flavours and bitter notes throughout.
December 2012
GOOD ELF 4.3% abv - Style: Dark Ale - Christmas in a glass with festive fruity hoppiness
THWAITES QUARTERLY ALES 2012
The Best of 2011, available for longer in 2012
April – June
FINE RAIN 4.1% abv – Style: Golden Ale – Light and zesty, malty flavours balanced with a marmalade fruity hoppiness.
July – September
HALF NELSON 4.4% abv - Style: Pale Ale - Distinctive and hoppy, full of tropical fruit flavours.
October – December
CRAFTY DEVIL 4.3% abv - Style: Ruby Ale - Don’t be deceived! The initial malty flavour of this reddish premium ale disguises a wonderful late hop character that lingers long-after.
Of course, with such passion for creating the finest cask ales, it’s not surprising that Thwaites has received such enormous accolades at The Brewing Industry International Awards 2011 – dubbed the brewing Oscars.
Gold: Thwaites Wainwright
Gold: Thwaites Smooth
Bronze: Thwaites Flying Shuttle
And in the European Beer Star Awards – dubbed the European Oscars for bottled beers…
Gold: Lancaster Bomber in the English Style Bitter category
Silver: Lancaster Bomber in the English Style Golden Ale category
