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  Staffordshire Beer - all bottle conditioned and vegetarian  
  Alsager Ale - Leek Brewery. A golden premium beer 5.00%  
  Staffordshire Bitter - Leek Brewery. A copper coloured hoppy bit 4.2%  
  Staffordshire Gold - Leek Brewery. A golden hoppy session beer 3.8%  
  Hen Cloud - Leek Brewery. A light pale hoppy ale 4.5%  
  Rudyard Ruby - Leek Brewery. A strong ruby malty ale 4.8%  
  Black Grouse - Leek Brewery. Our mid strength smooth stout 4.5%  
  Danebridge IPA - Leek Brewery. A well balanced bitter hoppy IPA 4.1%  
  Birthday Beer - Leek Brewery. Very light - made just with larger malt 5.00%.  
  Personalised Labels    
  We are now please to be able to offer personalised labels for the beer. If you want a truly unique and       personal gift for that special occasion, personal or corporate, send us a picture and some text and we'll produce you very own labels on your choice of our bottled beer. Minimum quantity is 12 bottles  
  Cheshire Beers.  
  Kodiak Gold - Beartown Brewery. Well balanced, straw coloured and very drinkable. With citrus fruit and hops aroma, leading to a sharp, bitter clean after taste 4.00%       
  Polar Eclipse - Beartown Brewery. A dark oaky black stout. Soft aromas of treacle and burnt toffee. Leading to a taste full of complex flavours of coffee, molasses and roasted barley 4.8%    
  Liqueurs  
  Sloe Gin - SloeMotion. Handmade in the traditional manner using a high concentration of sloes.  
  Sheep Dip - Spencerfield Spirit Company  
 

Jim Murray describes Sheep Dip in his 2006 Whisky Bible as “Young and sprightly like a new-born lamb, this enjoys a fresh, mouthwatering grassy style with a touch of spice. Maligned by some but to me a clever accomplished vatting of alluring complexity” Much mythology has grown up around whisky but in reality a great whisky does not have to be the product of one distillery nor should its age be a measure of quality. Richard Paterson, Scotland’s renowned and only third generation master blender created the Sheep Dip “vatting” by marrying together several single malt whiskies. The whiskies are aged between eight and twelve years in quality "first fill wood," each adding unique characteristics to produce an exceptional product. Sheep Dip despite its iconoclastic name is a genuinely great whisky.

The name came about because British farmers have long referred to whisky as Sheep Dip. There was a time when farmers distilled their own “home-made” whisky and in order to avoid paying taxes to the revenue man hid the whisky in barrels marked “Sheep Dip”.

Farmers' merchants continued this tradition by entering cases of whisky as “Sheep dip” on farmers' bills and so “pulling the wool” over the farmers wives eyes.

Colour: Rich, golden copper highlights.

Nose: Delicate and refined. Soft sensual floral notes arise in perfect harmony supported by an attractive array of complex fruit flavours. Melon, pear and orange with a hint of almonds conclude this profusion of charming nuances.

Taste: Finesse and elegance gives way to a majestic assertion of pure malty flavours drawn from the four distilling regions of Scotland. Each area forges and makes its own inimitable contribution to this outstanding pure malt - the main accent being expressed from the Highlands and Speyside Valleys.

   
  Pig's Nose - Spencerfield Spirit Company  
 

Described in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2006 as “A big, sweet, chunky, gawky, grainlashed but hugely enjoyable blend."

Pigs Nose This exceptional blended Scotch Whisky has been created for us by Richard Patterson, Scotland’s only third generation Master Blender. The whisky’s signature “smoothness” is rooted in its specially selected oak casks. Marrying these with gentle grain whiskies produces a whisky that is truly as “soft as a Pig’s Nose.” Sold and enjoyed in the U.K., U.S.A., Canada, New Zealand, Denmark, and France for over 40 years.

Color: Golden sandy highlights. Clear and bright.

Nose: Firm and rich luscious creamy, round tones. The long marrying period has brought these many individual characters into one lasting union. Great harmony—soft and full with no ragged edges, smooth and mellow. Plenty of finesse and breeding.

Taste: A positive grip, almost a spicy richness as these great flavours attack the palate—leaving it beautifully rewarded as they drift over. Elegant and distinguished. The Speyside Malts—the heart of the whisky—have played a major part in bringing this quality blend together.

A truly classic long finish.

Serving suggestions: taken with a splash of spring water. “A big, sweet, chunky, gawky, grain—lashed and hugely enjoyable blend”

   
 

 

Vintage 1990  
 

The final run of Sheep Dip ‘ Old Hebridean ‘ is currently under way at the bottlers in Edinburgh.

It won’t be around for long.

So if you would like to enjoy the award winning Vintage buy your bottle now.

 

   
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Last modified: November 19, 2010