Regulars -Lakeland Best Gold 4.3%

This is probably the beer which wins the most fans at the first sip, on tasting at the Bitter End...Not the beer for avowed haters of the hop, Lakeland Best Gold is a proud showcase of the wonders of Humus lupulus or the humble hop.

A native of Great Britain, wild varieties of the green bines loaded with their resinous cones can be seen growing, tangled in the hedgerows of Kent and Herefordshire -a reminder that the county's once boasted large acreages under hop cultivation.

The hop used in during the copper boil for Best Gold is the English variety, Challenger supplied by hop merchant Charles Faram of Worcestershire, who also supply Cascade from the USA mostly grown in the Pacific NW states.

A clean refreshing golden ale, the powerful hop aroma, and bitterness of palette would see it stand well on the dining table with strong tasting dishes or, my own personal idyllic afternoon, with a good ploughmans under an August sky...Best Gold still retains a good level of body and malt character though from the use of crystal malts, and my favourite tagline of "Perfect after a long day on the fells" couldnt be more apt.

Regulars -Lakeland Pale Ale 4%

The infant of the Bitter End family. Concieved by Mike and Steve when the new head brewer started in December 2007, Pale Ale was a reaction to the popularity of such pale hoppy beers being imbibed in every corner of England with a good brewery to its name, and kind pub for such imbibing.

Brewed with three varieties of hop, low colour pale malted barley and a touch of crystal malt for charcter, pale ale is a cracking summer beer...Steve's generous use of the German lager hop, Hallertau Northern Brewer -originally a seedling bred from the English variety, Northdown developed by the department of hop reaseacrch at Wye College in Kent in 1970, lends in my opinion, the beer a delicate floral aroma alongside the more assetive resins of the Cascade hop.

Regulars -Lakeland Bitter 3.8%

An old favourite of many, Bitter was crafted years ago, when the Bitter End was in it's infancy.

Mike worked with long time stalwart of brewing and breweries, David Smith now of the York Brewery, to create a beer which would slake the raging thirst which was gripping the town of Cockermouth. Bitter was born, known to many as Cockermouth Pride for some years, the recipie has remained essentially unchanged, maybe gaining a little malt characher, or becomming a little more hoppy as each years crop of Barley, and years hop harvest yield their fruits.

Long may it provide refreshment for the tired and thirsty, a toast to David and Mike!