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Beckstones Brewery - the Beers

Or some of the most common ones!

All pump clips and posters are designed and produced, using airbrush, by Dave.

(Email webmistress@westcumbriacamra.org. uk if you need a better resolution copy for printing for beer festivals etc,
or if you need a pump clip design for one of the other beers not listed here)
hematite pump clip

Leat Leat (the name is Cumberland dialect for light)
3.6% - This floral, fruity, thirst quenching beer started out as a light mild then got hops added!
Very delectable!
It won 'Beer of the Festival in Liverpool' in 2005!
Black Dog
Black Dog Freddy's(named after Dave's own dog) is a 3.9% mild with an absolutely smashing taste! Dave's own favourite!

The nation's best mild, 2008, winning the Gold award for milds in the Champion Beer of Britain awards, 2008.

This led to inclusion in the Champion Beer of Britain final - where the gold award winners of all the 8 categories are set against each other -

and Black Dog Freddy came second, winning the Silver medal!!!
The Runner up Champion Beer of Britain 2008!!! 		Champion mild of Britain- gold

Champion Beer of Britain - silver
Irontown
Iron Town 3.8% has a lovely balance of malt and hops and is a great session ale.
The nearest town, Millom once employed most of its malefolk in the long-defunct Hematite Mining Company
Beer O'Clock Beer O'Clock 3.9% is a golden, hoppy beer, the palest of the range.
Border Steeans Border Steeans 4.1% This name is Cumberland dialect for stones on the Scottish borders!
The beer is a Scottish borders style fruity and bitter beer, with an sweetish rather than bitter finish
Bitta Clout Rev Rob
This beer is so named because it is a bitter but has got clout!

It's a very pale, hoppy, bitter with some sweetness.
Hematite Hematite - named after the ore - mined by the Millom Hematite Mining Company.
It's 5.5% - a very malty, dark, christmas ale.
High Hoad High Hoad, named after the Edison lighthouse styled monument near Ulverston.
Take it steady! 7.4%
Whatsitsname Whatsitsname! It's a mix of whatever's left of each brew after barrelling and strength may vary. Usually served at the Punchbowl.
It was called Whatsitsname because Clive, who always drank his beers mixed, had a little trouble with speech so he just asked for a pint of Whatitsname.
One day, he actually got the name of what he was asking for correct, because Dave had actually made a pumpclip for it!! Clive sadly died in July 2007, aged 58. And no, he didn't look much like the character on the pump clip!
Punchbowl The Punchbowl at the Green is the brewery tap and is run by Dave's son.
More specials see the light of day here than anywhere else!!
Pedalling Parson A beer named for and after the Rev Robert Bracegirdle on the occasion of his daughter's wedding. Robert, a well-known local character, vicar of Millom, is frequently to be seen riding his bike in pursuit of the finest real ales!!