The following beers are shortlisted in the Champion Beer of London
(CBOL) competition. Judging will take place on Thursday, with the winners announced in the afternoon.
These beers will be available from the Thursday session, onwards.
Gluten Free = Brewed to a gluten-free recipe (not certified Gluten-free unless stated in tasting notes.)
| Style | Brewery | Beer | ABV | Town / County | Tasting Notes | Location | Dietary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | Anspach & Hobday | The IPA | 6.0% | Beddington - Greater London | A dank sticky dry bitter beautiful citrusy fantastic beer. Lots of American hops but an English heart. Brewed with Summit, Ekuanot and Enigma. | BAR A | |
| Bitter | Anspach & Hobday | The Ordinary Bitter | 3.7% | Beddington - Greater London | A modern interpretation of a classic Ordinary bitter, more colour but the same lightness in body and immeasurable drink-ability. | BAR A | |
| Barley Wines and Strong Ales | Beerblefish | Imperial Mild | 7.1% | Walthamstow - Greater London | Full of rich coffee and sweet chocolate note, a moreish mild. | BAR A | |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | East London Brewing | Cowcatcher American Pale Ale | 4.8% | Leyton - Greater London | An American Pale Ale style beer, generously flavoured with fruity aromatic hops, including Chinook and Cascade. | BAR A | Vegan |
| Porter and Stout | East London Brewing | Quadrant Oatmeal Stout | 5.5% | Leyton - Greater London | A smooth, dark, chocolatey oatmeal stout with a silky mouthfeel, rich dark fruit flavour and hints of coffee. | BAR A | Vegan |
| Bitter | Five Points | Best | 4.1% | Hackney - Greater London | A single-hopped Best Bitter, brewed with Fuggle from the award-winning Hukins Hops. Refreshing and smooth, Best has notes of caramel & biscuit, and a lovely grassy, herbal freshness that makes you want to reach for another one. A modern take on a classic style. | BAR B | Vegan |
| Brown and Red Ale, Old Ale and Strong Mild | Five Points | Brick Field Brown | 5.4% | Hackney - Greater London | A modern take on the traditional English brown ale. This robust beer is brewed with all-British barley and Golden Naked Oats. Earthy aromas and flavours of demerara, oak and hazelnuts. Balanced by the floral, elderberry-like aromas of the hops. | BAR B | Vegan |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | Five Points | Pale | 4.4% | Hackney - Greater London | A fresh, zesty, aromatic pale ale brewed with malted barley, a little wheat, and Amarillo & Citra hops from the West Coast of the USA. It’s our flagship beer, and its balanced citrus & resinous notes make it a versatile beer that anyone can enjoy, at any time, in any place. The first beer we ever brewed. | BAR B | Vegan |
| Porter and Stout | Five Points | Railway Porter | 4.8% | Hackney - Greater London | Smooth and full-bodied, Railway Porter delivers a simple one-two-punch of sweet chocolate and bitter coffee thanks to a combination of seven different malts. East Kent Goldings add a touch of honey. A tribute to our ancestors, the great London porter breweries of the past, and our most award winning beer! | BAR B | Vegan |
| Bitter | Fuller's | ESB | 5.5% | Chiswick - Greater London | Rich mahogany in colour, ESB tempts with aromas of orange marmalade, balanced by soft malt toffee. The hops impart grassy, peppery notes alongside hints of citrus fruit – while the Pale Ale and Crystal malts bring distinctive biscuity flavours. A smooth, delicate bitterness lingers on the palate to give a supreme finish. | BAR B | |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | Hammerton | N7 | 5.2% | Barnsbury - Greater London | Refreshing pale ale brewed with six different hops from the US and New Zealand giving a complex citrus aroma. The subtle sweet malt flavour balances the fresh bitterness. | BAR B | |
| Porter and Stout | London Brewing | 100 Oysters Stout | 4.6% | North Finchley - Greater London | Brewed with delicious Irish Oysters. Winner Gold Stout SE Regional CAMRA 2016, Silver National Winter Ales Festival 2017, Reigning Champion Beer of London 2023. | BAR B | |
| Mild | London Brewing | Flying The Mags | 3.8% | North Finchley - Greater London | Easy-drinking mild with a medium sweet finish and notes of biscuit and tobacco. Dark brown in appearance, fruity yet nutty on the nose with a gentle background hop bitterness. | BAR B | Vegan |
| Speciality - Flavoured | Marlix | SPG | 4.2% | Petts Wood - Greater London | Porter brewed with vanilla pods and lactose for a creamy, sweet flavour | BAR B | |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | Mutineers | EMU War | 4.2% | Bromley - Greater London | A juicy sessionable NEIPA with Galaxy, Idaho 7 & Vic Secret. Dry hopped. | BAR C | Vegan Unfined |
| Speciality - Differently produced | Mutineers | Suffragette | 5.2% | Bromley - Greater London | Farmhouse Saison, but using British hops. There is a slight haze from the oats. | BAR C | Vegan |
| Speciality - Differently produced | Portobello | Market Porter | 4.6% | North Kensington - Greater London | A contemporary take on a classic London beer style, with an incredible mix of 8 different malts representing the diversity that has characterised the Portobello Road for almost 100 years. Expect coffee and chocolate notes with a roasted caramel nose and a beguiling depth of flavour. | BAR C | |
| IPA | Redemption | Big Chief | 5.5% | Tottenham - Greater London | Big hoppy IPA style beer, packed full of Kiwi hops with hints of honey and nectar and plenty of tropical citrus and floral notes. | BAR C | Vegan |
| Porter and Stout | Redemption | Fellowship Porter | 5.1% | Tottenham - Greater London | Our dark brown coloured London Porter with chocolate, coffee, liquorice and dry roasted malt flavours complimented with hints of dark fruit. Generous late hopping adds some zest and the initial sweetness fades into a restrained bitter finish. Deceptively drinkable and a SIBA Gold medal winner. | BAR C | Vegan |
| Bitter | Sambrook's | Junction | 4.5% | Wandsworth - Greater London | Named with a nod to our local train station Junction is a rich, premium ale. Sweeter than Wandle it is brewed with Maris otter Pale and a dose of crystal and roasted barley with Challenger, Goldings and Bramling X hops. | BAR C | |
| Speciality - Differently produced | Sambrook's | Lavender Hill | 4.5% | Wandsworth - Greater London | Sweetish, refreshing, easy drinking amber beer. Fruit on the nose and palate gives way to a slightly dry bitter finish with hops and orange peel. Floral perfumed notes. | BAR C | |
| Porter and Stout | Sambrook's | Powerhouse Porter | 4.9% | Wandsworth - Greater London | Dark ruby brown sweetish porter with a pleasant fruity, roasted malt nose. Flavour is of roasty chocolate, dark fruits and hints of aged vintage marmalade spice with an underlying roasty bitterness. These flavours are also present in the long dry finish. | BAR C | |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | Sambrook's | Pumphouse Pale | 4.2% | Wandsworth - Greater London | Pumphouse Pale Ale is named after the local landmark in Battersea Park. An English style Pale Ale with a balanced sweetness and hop character, late hopped with Wakatua to give a pleasant floral, and light spice aroma. | BAR C | |
| IPA | Signature | Backstage IPA | 5.6% | Walthamstow - Greater London | A combination of American hops and European malt here give the right blend between refreshment and complexity. A myriad of tropical flavours including passion fruit, tangerines and berries. Throw in an encore of pine and crisp citric notes and you’ve got yourself a party. | BAR C | |
| Bitter | Southwark | Bermondsey Best | 4.4% | Bermondsey - Greater London | Traditional English Best Bitter with the finest English Ingredients, Maris Otter Malt and East Kent Goldings, produce a superbly balanced chestnut beer, with hints of caramel shortbread flavour and wonderful lavender, spice and honey hoppiness. | BAR C | |
| Brown and Red Ale, Old Ale and Strong Mild | Southwark | Routemaster Red | 4.2% | Bermondsey - Greater London | Routemaster Red is a modern style Red Ale. Pale, Bestmalz RedX Malts give a subtle red hue with a hoppy flavour of peach and passionfruit. | BAR C | |
| Porter and Stout | The Cronx | Entire | 5.2% | New Addington - Greater London | "Inspired by Croydon brewing heritage. Entire was a blend of ‘Three threads’ that were made by a Croydon brewery – Ale, hopped beer & tuppenny, which were mixed together by a barman in Shoreditch, where it became so popular with manual workers, later becoming known as ‘Porter’. Hints of chocolate, coffee and dark fruits on the palate." | BAR D | |
| Bitter | Twickenham | Grandstand | 3.8% | Twickenham - Greater London | A well-hopped and well balanced, brownish amber refreshing session beer. Refreshing, with light citrus hoppy notes and a fresh clean finish. | BAR D | |
| Brown and Red Ale, Old Ale and Strong Mild | Twickenham | Red Sky | 4.1% | Twickenham - Greater London | Southern hopped red ale | BAR D | |
| Pale, Blond and Golden Ale | Wimbledon | SW19 | 4.0% | Wimbledon - Greater London | SW19 summer blonde ale, brewed with English, Australian and New Zealand hops for an all-round summer experience. The perfect summer beer, light straw in colour, subtle citrus notes, hints of malt and a satisfying crisp finish. | BAR D |