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The Star Inn
Bentworth
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 5RD
01420 561224 matt@star-inn.com

Our Beers

London Pride - Ringwood - Pigswill - Grolsch - Fosters - Stongbow - Guinness

London Pride 4.1% is available always
London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask (4.7% a.b.v in bottles)London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale.
Its flavour has been likened by Stephen Cox, beer writer and former campaigns director at CAMRA, to 'the sensation of angels dancing on the tongue...'!

Awards
Winner of numerous awards London Pride is Fuller's flagship brand. London Pride has twice been awarded Champion Best Bitter at the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival in 1979 and 1995 and achieved the ultimate accolade of Beer of the Year in 1979. London Pride was crowned Supreme Champion at the 2000 International Beer and Cider competition and most recently has been awarded gold medal at the 2001 International Beer and Cider competition.

PIGSWILL

Brewed at OG 1040 and ABV 4.0%. A full bodied beer, not so bitter, but rich in hop aroma which gives the beer a delightful aftertaste. The warm amber colour is very appealing to the eye.

ESB 5.5% is available occasionally

First brewed in 1971, ESB is unrivalled in terms of its flavour and balance. A powerful 5.5% a.b.v. in cask (5.9% a.b.v. in bottles and kegs), it is brewed from Pale Ale and Crystal malts, and from Target, Challenger, Northdown and Goldings hops. But don't ask us for the actual recipe - that's a closely guarded secret.

Andrew Jefford, the respected UK drinks critic, sums up ESB's flavour thus: ''an ample, grainy-nutty aroma and a broad, authoritative flavour, with lashings of dry marmalade-like bitters'', whilst 'Beer Supremo' Roger Protz describes ''an enormous attack of rich malt, tangy fruit and spicy hops in the mouth, with a profound Goldings peppery note in the long finish and hints of orange, lemon and gooseberry fruit''.

AWARDS
ESB's reputation as the best British beer around is borne out by the amazing number of awards it has won. No beer has won more CAMRA awards - ESB has been named Best Strong Ale in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1991, and went on to be crowned Champion Beer of Britain in 1978, 1981 and 1985. Meanwhile, the US Beverage Tasting Institute named ESB 'World Champion Bitter' in 1997 and 1998.

Most recently ESB won a Silver medal in the Premium Ale category at the 2002 International Beer & Cider Awards, and picked up another Silver in the Strong Bitter categoty at this year's Great British Beer Festival.

Best Bitter (3.8 % Vol)
Tasting Notes :

Nose	Tempting hop aroma with fruit notes.
Palate	Good malt feel in the mouth, dry, tangy fruit finish.
Comments	Delicious, easy drinking slightly tart pale bitter.
History	Our first brew and still our top seller, Ringwood Best accounts for over 60% of our production.

Organic Honey Dew 5% available occasionally

Organic Honey Dew is a refreshing golden beer which is brewed entirely from English organic malt and hops and is laced with the finest organic honey, which lends the beer not only a wonderfully aromatic nose, but also outstanding smoothness. The natural sweetness, however, is perfectly counterpoised by the Target hops, which provide a zesty finish to the flavour.

The UK's best-selling black beer and regarded as the definitive GUINNESS® although it wasn¹t launched until 1961. GUINNESS® Draught is delivered with mixed gas of nitrogen and carbon dioxide which gives the characteristic smooth creamy head. Watch the glass fill with a swirling liquid that tumbles and surges eventually to separate into a black liquid and a white head - the two distinct parts of the perfect pint.