Old Bar and Real Ale
ALES
The Old Bar is proud to serve the following ales from across Yorkshire.
In conjunction with our FestivALE the Old Bar will celebrate British Sausage Week by serving a wide selection of locally sourced British sausages in a variety of dishes. See our menu inserts for more details. Enjoy!
The Old Bar takes its cask beer very seriously indeed and has worked hard over the past five years to build up a reputation for quality beer. We have gone from two hand pumps on the bar to eleven with seven of these in constant use and the other four reserved for Ale festivals. We take most of our beer from small microbreweries run as family businesses, although we do take some beer from the slightly larger macrobreweries. However whether its micro or macro the brewery is always local to us. We believe it is important to support the local brewing community and keep our carbon footprint as low as possible; after all Yorkshire is home to some of the best breweries in England so why would we want to venture further afield? We hope that you enjoy a pint with us and if you really want to learn more about real ale then join the union’s ale society, Ale Soc. Cheers!
The Black Sheep Brewery Situated at the gateway to Wenslydale, Masham is the home of the Black Sheep brewery, who have been brewing beer there for 19 years. The founder of the Brewery Paul Theakston has six generations of family who like him have been brewing their beer in Masham. After the family firm Theakston’s Ltd became part of Scottish and Newcastle, Paul was looking for a new opportunity to brew real beer in the time honoured fashion.
Today Black Sheep is still going strong and is reaching pubs all across England; they even export the bottled beers to a range of international destinations. The Old Bar is proud to be one of Black Sheeps ‘Flagsheeps’, meaning that you will always find at least two of Black Sheep’s four beers on sale behind our bar. Black Sheep brew four beers, Best Bitter, Black Sheep Ale, Riggwelter and Golden Sheep. Always using the best ingredients and traditional Yorkshire methods means that the beer they brew will always be top quality and ewenique to them.
The Old Bar is Cask Marque accredited. The Old Bar is Cask Marque accredited. Leeds University Union is only one of two unions in England to achieve this accreditation and we are extremely proud of this achievement. We would like to thank our sponsors, the Black Sheep brewery.
Black Sheep brewery was born and Paul and his head brewer at the time (Paul Ambler) were off around the length and breadth of Britain salvaging traditional brewing equipment, many pieces being saved just before the demolition balls destroyed them forever.
The Cask Marque scheme was developed in 1998 to ensure that the customer was served an excellent quality beer every time. Pubs are assessed regularly on taste, appearance, aroma and temperature of their cask ales to ensure that the customer is always getting a good pint.
Ridgeside
Acorn
Magic Rock
Thornbridge
Ancient Mariner 7.1% A very strong ale, packed full of American Sea hops (Centennial, Cascade, Chinook)
Golden Embers 4.5% Rich golden flavoursome beer with hints of caramel and chocolate with a well balanced hoppy finish.
Carnival 4.3% A lustrous golden ale with aromas of Sweet Pine and Tangerine
Jaipur 5.9% A citrus dominated India Pale Ale. Immediate soft and smooth impression with an enduring bitter finish.
Gorlovka Imperial Stout 6% A deep malty and hoppy aroma with liquorice throughout. Roast malts, fruit and hops also carry through this full-bodied stout.
High Wire 5.5% Magic rock’s tribute to the Pale Ales of West coast America. Mango, lychee and grapefruit flavours harmonise against a smooth composed malt base, which develops into a crisply bitter finish.
Templar 4.1% Refreshing and easy to drink. Hopped with Australian hops. A special brew to help highlight the campaign to save the historic Templar Hotel in Leeds city centre.
Wild Swan 3.5% White gold in colour with aromas of light bitter lemon, a hint of herbs and a subtle spiciness. 1 X Brother Rabbit 4.0% Lemon zest in colour with a clean, hoppy aroma. A resinous finish and some bitterness.
Abbeydale Bigamy 4% Very pale, straw-coloured beer which has crisp hop flavours complemented by a lingering bitter finish. Dr Morton’s Horrable Skellington 4.9% Rich, dark, full bodied oatmeal stout has full-on roasty flavours with hints of liquorice, some dryness and a balanced bitter finish. Absolution 5.3% A Mid-straw coloured beer, with aromas of tropical fruit and mangoes. This beer is sweet all the way through, balanced by some bitterness at the finish.
Kelham One Step Beyond 4.7% Quadruple hopped pale ale made with tipple and crystal malt infused with a blend of hops from across the globe. Ace Of Spades 4.0% A dark, continental lager style ale brewed with an alliance of black, caramalt vienna and lager malt.
Elderflower Blonde 4.0 % A refreshing blonde ale delicately infused with the flavour of elderflower.
Raspberry Blonde 4.0 % Refreshingly blonde ale delicately infused with raspberry flavours.
Blackberry Cascade 4.8 % American style pale ale with the floral aromas and strong bitterness of Cascade and Centennial hops, infused with a hint of blackberries.
Triple Chocoholic 4.8 % Chocolate malts, cocoa, chocolate essence combines to provide a strong chocolate bouquet and a rich chocolate flavour.
CIDERS Ossett
Roosters
Saltaire
Astro 4.3% A pale ale with a striking citrus and passion fruit flavour.
Three Ridings Bitter Dry and bitter, with a touch of crystal malt gives a subtle caramel maltiness, while delicate spicy and floral hop aromas dominate.
YPA (Yorkshire Pale Ale) 4.1% A pale, aromatic, summery ale that offers up delicate peachy and berry fruit flavours.
Silver King 4.3% A pale lager-style beer with a crisp, dry flavour and fruity, citrus aroma.
Passion Fruit Perry 7.3% A strong, sweet perry, heavily flavoured with Passion fruit.
Strawberry Cider 7.3% A strong sweet cider, flavoured with strawberry.
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1. Abbeydale - Sheffield
5. Ossett - Nr Wakefield
2. Acorn - Barnsley
6. Ridgeside - Huddersfield
3. Kelham - Sheffield
7. Roosters - Knaresborough
4. Magic Rock - Huddersfield
8. Saltaire - Bradford
* All beers is subject to availability from the brewer and management reserve the right to withdraw any products if necessary. All info was correct at the time of going to press.
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