Brown Ales & Bitters

There was a time, a couple of hundred years ago, in the days before filtration and controlled malting, that almost all beers were essentially brown. Yet, as black beers arrived and yellow/golden lager came into being, the humble brown beer stayed the course. Full of toasty goodness and a toffee/caramel backbone, the hoppier versions were called bitters. To this day, you can order a pint of bitter in any British pub. Our favourite was Hard Knox British Brown, a classic UK-style brown. - David Nuttall