Best Bitter

Nose: Tempting hop aroma with fruit notes.
Palate: Good malt feel in the mouth, dry, tangy fruit finish.
Comments: Delicious, easy drinking slightly tart pale bitter.
History: Our first brew and still our top seller, Ringwood Best accounts for over 60% of our production.

Best Bitter won a Bronze Medal at the Munich Beer Festival in September 2005.

Fortyniner

Nose: Light, fresh hop bouquet.
Palate: Rounded malt in the mouth with strong hop balance, deep bittersweet finish.
Comments: Golden full-bodied malted beer, silver medal winner at the '96 International Beer Competition at Burton-on-Trent.
History: The name is taken from the beers strength at 4.9% but also evokes its golden colour. Ringwood has been brewing Fortyniner since 1978 and over the years it's received many awards.

Old Thumper

Nose: Peppery, spicy aroma with hint of apples.
Palate: Luscious balance of grain and hop in the mouth, bitter sweet finish with delicate fruit notes.
Comments: Warm, rounded yet surprisingly delicate pale strong beer.
History: Ringwood's strongest beer was first brewed in late 1979 without a name, but a competition in the local press inspired Joe Leedham from Broadstone, Dorset to come up with a suitable zany suggestion! Although by no means our biggest seller because of its strength and high duty cost Old Thumper is our best known beer.

It has won many awards but is best remembered for being voted Champion beer of Britain by Camra in 1988.

Old Thumper is also available in a 500ml bottle. The bottled version won gold at the British Bottlers' Institute Competition in 1996 and silver in 1998.

Bold Forester

Nose: Fruity, slightly perfumed aroma with some spicy overtones.
Palate: Biscuity malt and pronounced hop character with a crisp, dry finish.
Comments: An attractive amber-hued ale with a bold hop bitterness and a fine fresh aroma achieved through generous late-hopping with Wye Challenger.
History: Bold Forester is the last to complete our range of seasonal beers and is a Spring Beer, available from February to May.

Boondoggle

Nose: Irresistible hop aroma with high summer floral notes.
Palate: Initial fruitiness with a crisp dry finish.
Comments: A straw a coloured beer brewed at 4.0% flavoured with just 2 aroma hops, the highly prized Fuggles and the new dwarf variety, First Gold.
History: Boondoggle takes its name from a Scots/American word meaning 'work of little value' and by extension has come to mean 'Jolly' as in going on a jolly or if you're American going on a Boondoggle!

The beer was first brewed as a summer special for the Hogshead Chain of pubs but in 1996 was re-launched to the whole market and is available each year from May - September.

Huffkin

Nose: Good floral and perfumed hop aroma with strong citrus fruit character.
Palate: Initial mouth sweetness with clean bitterness, drying to an ashy burnt finish.
Comments: Initial mouth sweetness with clean bitterness, drying to an ashy burnt finish.
History: Huffkin takes its name from a Kentish teacake, which is often flavoured with hops, especially at the time of harvesting hops in September.

Huffkin is available from September to November.

XXXX Porter

Nose: Rich aromas of hop and toast.
Palate: Dry in the mouth with burnt malt notes, dry nutty finish.
Comments: Smooth drinking dark beer with delectable chewy malt character.
History: XXXX Porter was first brewed in Autumn 1980 in a revival of a style of beer that was produced in huge volumes in London in the 18th Century. Although originally intended to be a year round brew it proved particularly popular during the colder months and is now a winter brew available from November - February.

XXXX Porter won Silver in its class at Camra's annual Winter Beer Competition in January 2002.

XXXX Porter is also available in bottles. In this version the beer undergoes a second fermentation in bottle and is in effect a real ale in a bottle