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Flowerpots Brewery Beers Below is the full range of beers brewed since production re-started at the brewery in August 2006. Awards won by Flowerpots beers are shown at the bottom of the page. Flowerpots Bitter  3.8% ABV A dry, hoppy traditional bitter with a light bronze colour. Excellent on its own and particularly good with food. Brewed regularly. Goodens Gold  4.8% ABV A modern style strong bitter, quite hoppy, with a rich golden colour. Brewed regularly.         Perridge Pale  3.6% ABV A light straw colour with a subtle twist of citrus hop. A very refreshing beer with a perfect clean finish. Brewed regularly. Flowerpots IPA  6.0% ABV Brewed with powerful North American Simcoe hops to give a strong fruity hop flavour which balances the weight of malt in a traditional 6% IPA - very full and rounded in the mouth. First brewed Aug 2009, and due to huge demand it is now a semi-regular beer.         Cheriton Porter  4.2% ABV Dark brown/black with a creamy coffee aroma, a hint of sweetness in the mouth along with roasted chocolate maltiness, and a dry finish. May become a semi-regular beer. Bloomers  4.0% ABV A darker malty session beer with not too much bittering and a tinge of roasted barley. Brewed occasionally.         Elder Ale  3.8% ABV A dry beer, very light in colour, with a hint of elderflower. Refreshing and fragrant. Brewed in June/July when we can pick fresh elderflowers. Stormchaser  4.2% ABV Golden, hoppy and fragrant. A dry beer for those who like strong hop flavour & aroma. First brewed in June 2008, then again June 2009. Sold at The Flowerpots under the name 'Old Tosh' for reasons best known to Paul & Jo.....         Pots Black  3.2% A traditional style dark mild. Not too bitter and with a hint of smoky malt. Brewed 2 or 3 times each year and always for CAMRA Mild Month. Stottidge Stout  4.5% ABV A traditional stout with not too much bitterness or hop character, allowing the roasted barley flavour to come through. 100th brew; first brewed Oct/Dec 2007, and now a regular seasonal beer.         Four Candles  3.5% ABV Brewed for Christmas 2007/08/09, and very likely to re-appear every Christmas due to great popularity. Light, dry and refreshing; with low alcohol for the drivers. Autumn Blaze  5.1% ABV Made with pure Munich Malt (Dunkel) which gives a lovely round malty beer with bags of flavour. Brewed autumn 2008 and 2009.         Pridewood Pots  3.8% ABV Brewed with freshly picked Goldings from Pridewood hop farm in Herefordshire. These give a more spicy almost peppery finish to what would otherwise be Flowerpots Bitter, and it proved very popular indeed. Brewed Sept 2008 and 2009. Wheatsheaf Best  4.2% ABV A traditional bitter with a fragrant fruity aroma and a superb copper colour. Currently discontinued. Originally Brewed throughout 2007. Also appeared as 'Hop Dog' with Amarillo & Cascade hops.         Bartlett XL  4.2% ABV Brewed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Pat Bartlett at The Flowerpots. A sweeter, malty beer with low hopping. Currently discontinued. Wheatear  4.2% ABV A refreshing, dry, golden beer with a goodly slug of wheat malt and continental hops. Brewed for The Flowerpots August beer fesitval 2007 with Opal hops, then again for the 2008 festival with Saaz hops.         Brandy Mount Barley Wine Brandy Mount Barley Wine  8.2% ABV Made with the addition of raisins and a little smoked malt, giving a typical full barley wine feel in the mouith with a hint of smoke at the finish.  No pump clips requested for this one! Brewed for Christmas 2008. 2 point 9  2.9% ABV Produced in response to great demand for a low alcohol beer. The initial brew is a bit lighter in the mouth than planned, so we view it very much as a 'work in progress'. It will evolve if demand continues. May become a regular brew.         Terra Cotta  4.2% A mid-brown beer with a superb red hue. Not too bitter or hoppy, allowing the malt to show. Brewed in July 2008. Jingle Juice  6.1% ABV A porter/stout style beer, with shed-loads of crystal and chocolate malt (almost overflowed the mash tun). Very full on the palate, with huge depth of flavour. Also sold as 'Pots Porter'. Brewed for Christmas 2006. Many customers ask if any of the current beers are the same as the Cheriton Brewhouse beers. All of the beer recipes have changed, processes have changed, and there is no plan to use the old recipes. Having said that, Flowerpots Bitter remains true to the style of the old Pots Ale, albeit with different hops. Goodens Gold bears no resemblance to the old Diggers Gold, and indeed none of the ingredients from the old recipe are used in the new gold beer. While the brewery and equipment are largely the same as used in recent years, malt supply is now local from Warminster, the yeast strain has changed (thank-you Ramsbury Brewery for your superb yeast), and of course there are 2 new brewers who regularly make changes to equipment and brewing processes in their efforts to brew beer of the highest quality. Flowerpots Brewery Beer Awards Feb 2010 Luton CAMRA Beer Festival Perridge Pale Beer of the festival Feb 2010 Alton Winter Beer Festival Flowerpots IPA Second place overall Nov 2009 Woking CAMRA Beer Festival Flowerpots Bitter Best beer in the Bitter Category Sept 2009 Wickham Beer Festival Flowerpots IPA Beer of the festival May 2009 Southampton CAMRA Beer Festival Perridge Pale Second place overall May 2009 Reading CAMRA Beer Festival Perridge Pale First place in the Standard Bitter category     Goodens Gold Second place in the Premium Bitter category February 2009 Alton Winter Beer Festival Stottidge Stout Third place November 2007 North Hants CAMRA Festival, Whitchurch Flowerpots Bitter First place     Stottidge Stout Third place September 2007 SIBA South East Beer Competition Wheatsheaf Best Third place in 'Best Bitters 4.0 to 4.5% ABV' May 2007 Reading CAMRA Festival, Reading Elder Ale Third place in 'Speciality beer category' November 2006 Beer Festival, Whitchurch Flowerpots Bitter First place   North Hants CAMRA Festival, Overton Flowerpots Bitter Fifth overall, second place in 'Below 4% ABV' category