A range of (mostly) one-off brews themed around things that go 'chuff'.  Or at least used to.
 

The Britannia Class


 		 The LNER Beers


 		 The Expresses

(coming soon, honest!)		  

 

The Britannia Locomotives



Brewed initially as a result of the infamous 2008 hop shortages preventing us from brewing our original Britannia, we did the next best thing (sort of).  We brewed a range of beers named after members of the Britannia Class of steam locomotive. 
Ironically, our Britannia beer has nothing to do with trains at all.  Oh yes, how we laughed then at the irony of it all...

 

Iron Duke 4.4% (June 2009)

Golden best bitter, brewed with Admiral & Amarillo hops.



 
Apollo 4.4% (Nov 2008)

A gentle-ish best bitter at heart, this beer was brewed with Mt Rainer hops from the USA.


 
Vulcan 4.4% (Sept 2008)

A golden-brown beer brewed using Sorachi hops (a Japanese variety grown in the USA).


 

Polar Star 4.4% (June 2008, Now Regular)

A very popular blonde beer with a lot of Centennial hops...


 
Oliver Cromwell 4.4% (May 2008)

A traditional best bitter, brewed as a festival special for the 2008 Cambridge Beer Festival.



 
Lightning 4.4% (April 2008)

 Near blonde in colour with a fairly subtle (for us) level of bitterness & hop flavours.


 

Robin Hood 4.4% (March 2008)

A Golden best bitter.



 
Venus 4.4% (Feb 2008)

A traditional beer-brown best bitter with a malty aftertaste


 
Boadicea 4.0% (Feb 2008)

Golden brown in colour, and brewed using Boadicea hops. Clever, eh?


 


TheBeers


 A random range of beers named after locomotives of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER, 1923-1947).  These engines would have run through North Hertfordshire on their journeys between London Kings Cross and the North-East and Scotland.  So there is a vague link to us.  Indeed, some drinkers of a certain age have admitted to a degree of familiarity with some of the chosen engines, although never within earshot of anyone else.  The Engines were named mostly after racehorses, with the odd novel, bird and saint thrown in.  For those really, really, really interested, the classes concerned are A1, A2/3, A3 & A4.  Notebooks and nasal voices at the ready...

 
  Cameronian 4.1% (March 2010)

A true best bitter - malty with a bitter hop bite.  Named after an A3 class locomotive that was named after a Scottish army regiment.

 Steady Aim 3.7% (February 2010)

A dark ale, named after an A2/3 class locomotive which was named after a racehorse.
Golden Plover 3.8% (Feb 2007 - Feb 2009)

A golden bitter, brewed as a regular beer for nigh on two years.  Named after an LNER A4 class loco.
 Herringbone 4.1% (August 2008)

Golden best bitter style beer. Herringbone was a racehorse, and an LNER A2/3 class locomotive built in 1947.


 		 Redgauntlet 4.0% (March 2008)

Ruby red session bitter, named after an A1 class steam locomotive built in 1948. Redgauntlet is a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

 
Woolwinder 4.1% (Feb 2008)

A delightful dark number this one! A3, racehorse, etc etc...




 		 Harvester 4.0% (August 2007)

A pale hoppy summer beer, named after an A3 class steam locomotive of 1924.




 		 Blink Bonny 3.7% (July 2007)

A mid-brown summer ale with a good dose of Cascade hops (USA). Blink Bonny was an A3 class locomotive, and named after a racehorse.


 
Sunstar 4.3% (May 2007)

A deep golden summer ale, brewed with Mild Ale Malt. Sunstar was an A3 class locomotive built in 1924, and was named after a racehorse.


 		 Honeyway 4.0% (April 2007)

A dark brew with a good dash of honey. Honeyway the locomotive was built in 1947, and is named after a racehorse.



 		 St Mungo 3.6% (Feb 2007)

Rich dark ale. St Mungo was an A1 class locomotive of 1949, named after a Scottish Saint.