Handcrafted Quality Ales Since 2004
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Beer Portfolio

We're quite proud of our beers but we understand they're not to everyone's taste. And those people are wrong.

Regular

(By which we mean we always try to have them available)

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Golden Sands. A circular badge bordered in yellow. Southport Pier is shown in the background and the brewery name, beer name and ABV are displayed in the foreground. 

Golden Sands - 4%

Golden bitter. Triple-hopped with citrus flavour which balances well with a biscuity maltness. Named after the beach at Southport back when it was a beach and not an up-and-coming marshland.
  • 2009 - CAMRA Great British Beer Festival - Champion Best Bitter
  • 2009 - SIBA North England Beer Competition 2009 - Overall Champion of the Competition
  • 2015 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Beer - Gold Award
  • 2016 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Draught - Bronze Award
  • 2016 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Beer - Silver Award
Dark Night. A circular badge bordered in yellow. The centre holds an image of the shipwreck of the barque, The Mexico. The brewery name is at the top of the image and the beer name and ABV are at the bottom.

Dark Night - 3.9%

Dark Mild. Dry, with roasted coffee and chocolate flavours. Named after the shipwreck of the Mexico in 1886 in which 27 of the 29 lifeboat crew died. The worst loss of RNLI crew in a single incident. 

  • 2013 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Draught Mild - Silver Award
  • 2015 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Mild & Brown Ales - Gold Award
  • 2016 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Mild & Brown Ales - Gold Award
  • 2016 - SIBA BeerX National Competition - Bottled Milds & Brown Ales - Bronze Award
  • 2017 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Milds & Brown Ales - Silver Award

Recurring

(By which we mean they're not always available but we make them as often as we can)

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Carousel. An oval badge with a yellow background bordered in black with the brewery name in white at the top. An image of a carousel horse is displayed with the beer name and ABV underneath.
  

Carousel - 4%

Copper-coloured bitter. High initial bitterness which gives way to a floral, citrus bouquet of flavour. Named after the carousel that sits on the Promenade, just by the entrance to the pier.
Southport IPA. A circular badge with a yellow background bordered with black. The brewery name and beer style are shown in white within the border. The beer name and ABV are in black in the centre of the badge with small images which relate to local landmarks and events just above.

Southport IPA - 3.6%

A straw coloured session IPA. Packed with citrus, pineapple and lychee flavours. Perfect for a hot summers day! When we get summer, that is. It's just as good to drink when it's raining fortunately.
Natterjack. An oval badge with a yellow background, bordered in black with the brewery name shown in white within it. A cartoon toad sits smiling in the foreground and the beer name and ABV are shown below.

Natterjack - 4.3%

Amber-coloured premium bitter with coffee flavours and a satisfying finish. Named after the Natterjack toads that make their home in the sand dunes.
Momument Ale. An oval badge bordered in yellow with the image of the obelisk that is part of the War Memorial on Lord Street. The brewery name is at the top of the image, the beer name is in the centre, and the ABV is shown at the bottom.

Monument Ale - 3.7%

A blonde session bitter made with traditional hops. Extremely drinkable without overloading your taste buds.

Named for the obelisk that is part of the War Memorial in the middle of Southport town centre.
Sandgrounder. An oval badge with a yellow background bordered by black. A horizontal thick black line with the name of the beer inside, splits the badge into 2 distict areas. In the top area, sits a cartoon-style tourist reading a paper whilst sitting on a deckchair. The bottom area includes the tagline "brewed by the sea" and the beer ABV.

Sandgrounder - 3.8%

The first beer ever made at the brewery. A light-bronze session bitter with a floral character.

A Sandgrounder is someone who is born and bred in Southport (technically Marshside). Though I'm also given to understand that the title isn't deserved until you're the 3rd generation to have done so. 

 Seasonal

 

 National Hero. A circular badge with a yellow background. In the bottom third of the image, the beer name and ABV are shown. The top two-thirds contains a cartoon-style image of a horse and jockey. The jockeys outfit and horse's colour are made to insinuate that it is supposed to be the multi-Grand National winner, Red Rum.

National Hero - 4%

Chestnut-coloured, traditional English bitter. Fruity bitterness with a hoppy character.

Brewed in spring for the Grand National in honour of Red Rum.
Santa's Brew. A circular badge bordered in yellow with a red inner line. A blue background adorned with snowflakes sets the setting for a cartoonish decorated Christmas tree with Santa standing, somewhat drunkenly, in front with a tankard of beer in his hand. The beer name is arched at the top of the image and the brewery name and ABV are displayed at the bottom.

Santa's Brew - 4%

Chestnut coloured with just a hint of red shading. Excellent bitterness with a slight roast aftertaste.

Surprisingly enough - Brewed in winter, just before Christmas. 

 

Other Beers

Old Shrimper - 5.5%

A rich, dark & fruity old ale. To this day, it's an absolute travesty that we stopped making this as it's undoubtedly one of the best beers we ever made but, as people "only drink light beers and IPAs", very few people were willing to stock it. These same people will in the same breath glorify another, more well known, strong dark "peculiar" ale which, in our humble opinion, tastes mostly of disappointment and corporate philosophy. There truly aren't enough swear words in the English language. 

It's collected a few awards too:

2014 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Beer - Gold Award

2015 - SIBA National Beer Competition - Bottled Beer - Silver Award

2015 - SIBA North West Beer Competition - Bottled Beer - Bronze Award

Cyclone - 3.8%

Bronze coloured bitter with a really complex flavour profile and blackcurrant notes.

Named after the famous wooden rollercoaster that used to be at the local fairground until a nearby rival firm bought the ground and stripped all the good stuff away.

Ruck & Maul - 4%

Light bronze/copper coloured bitter. Created to celebrate 140 years since the formation of the local rugby club.

Black 5 Stout - 4.5%

As the name suggests, this was a dark stout. The name came from the old engines that used to run the Southport to Preston railway line, back when there was a line.

We used a smoked beech malt to get that smoky flavour into the beer and it was, after Old Shrimper, my favourite beer. Again, nobody was willing to take the risk and so another cracking beer was shelved.

I'd give the left nut of de Pfeffel Johnson to be able to make this again.