Cask Ales
Grapevine Bars are able to supply a wide range of cask ales from various breweries around the region. Traditionally, cask ales have to be left for several days for the yeast to settle before it can be served. This is obviously not practical when providing a bar service for a one day event. All of our ales are therefore supplied as "Racked Bright". This means that the yeast has been removed at the brewery, before being supplied to ourselves. We will collect the ale from the brewery on the day, set it up at your venue and serve it to your guests during your event.
As we do not supply cask ales for every event, and they are very much regional, we do have to request that any unsold ale is paid for by the customer at the end of the night at cost price.
Below are a number of breweries from whom we are able to source these ales, but if there is any particular ale that you would like we will endeavor to source this for you. All ales are supplied in 9 gallon casks unless otherwise stated.
Beowulf Brewery - Brownhills, Staffordshire
 | Beorma | A wonderfully balanced beer with a malty hint of fruit giving wat to a delightful lingering bitterness. | 3.9% ABV |
 | Chasewater | A pale bitter with a traditional hoppy flavour and a lingering bitterness. | 4.4% ABV |
 | Swordsman | A bitter beer of fruit and citrus. This beer is pale dry and crisp and explodes with taste and aroma. | 4.5% ABV |
Castle Rock Brewery - Nottingham
 | Harvest Pale | Brewed with a gently-kilned malt, and an aromatic blend of American hops which are added during the brewing process gives this pale beer exceptional poise. Its distinct hop flavour leads to a crisp finish. | 3.8% ABV |
 | Elsie Mo | The name of this ale is derived from the low colour Maris Otter Malt from which it is brewed, and which gives it that tantalising golden hue. A blend of hops tempts you with its aroma and leaves a pleasantly crisp aftertaste. | 4.7% ABV |
Church End Brewery - Nuneaton, Warks
 | What the Fox's Hat | A full golden coloured beer with a soft hop flavour and finish. | 4.2% ABV |
 | Vicar's Ruin | This is our straw coloured best bitter. Delightful hop flavours soften to a delicate malt finish. | 4.4% ABV |
 | Fallen Angel | A sharp, full flavoured pale bitter. Bucket fulls of American hops, give it that lemony edge. | 5.0% ABV |
Derby Brewery - Derby
 | Hop till you Drop | A polished blonde brew with fruity overtones and dry finish. | 3.9% ABV |
 | Triple Hop | A classic pale smooth easy drinking beer, using whole Goldings, Northdown & Challenger hops to leave a fuller flavour. | 4.1% ABV |
Elgoods Brewery - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
 | Black Dog | A traditional dark mild. It has many CAMRA awards to its name. A well balances beer with full roast flavour. | 3.6% ABV |
 | Cambridge | A mid brown bitter with a good balance of malt and hop character. | 3.8% ABV |
 | Greyhound | A strong bitter with a rich brown colour. A palate fullness is a characteristic of this beer. | 5.2% ABV |
Grainstore Brewery - Oakham, Nr Leicester
 | Cooking | A smooth, full flavoured golden bitter which drinks better than its gravity, with a bitter-sweet balance and drinkability, so essential in a true session beer. | 3.6% ABV |
 | Triple B | A smooth, well rounded mid strength beer which exhibits a drinkability created by a unique balance of malt sweetness and the hoppy clean aftertaste. | 4.2% ABV |
 | Gold | A refreshing, light golden brew, whose flavour is a complex of mellow malt sweetness finely balanced against a subtle floral aroma and smooth bitterness. . | 4.5% ABV |
 | Ten Fifty | A full strength mahogany coloured beer, which has a moreishness typical of a beer possessing the fine balance of pronounced hop bitterness & aroma against a natural malty sweetness, creating a deceivingly drinkable beer. | 5.0% ABV |
Holdens Brewery - Dudley, West Midlands
 | Black Country Bitter | Golden straw coloured medium bodied ale, brewed using the finest English Maris Otter malts and choicest Fuggles giving a distinctive and assertive hop character, balanced with a fruity palate and a malty finish. | 3.9% ABV |
 | Golden Glow | An 18ct gold, golden ale with subtle yet fragrant hop aromas, a moreish gentle sweetness and an almost citrus like pleasant bitter finish. | 4.4% ABV |
 | Special Bitter | A dark amber premium beer with robust malty overtones and a bitter sweet full bodied taste. Brewed using the Finest English Maris Otter Malt and Goldings hops this big, beautiful malty monster is an industrial strength beer at its best. | 5.1% ABV |
Ludlow Brewery - Ludlow
 | Ludlow Gold | A golden drink in the tradition of well-hopped ales. Pale hue, Maris Otter pale malt, Fuggles & Goldings hops. Dry elongated bitter aftertaste. | 4.2% ABV |
 | Boiling Well | Uses Marris Otter pale malt, Fuggles & Goldings hops, but has added a bit of crystal malt, which provides a maltier flavour and a darker hue. | 4.7% ABV |
 | Stairway to Paradise | Brewed with extra pale maris otter barley. Winner of Ludlow food and drink festival. | 5.0% ABV |
Lymestone Brewery - Stone, Staffordshire
 | Stone Cutter | From the very first draught, this pale hoppy ale will slake your thirst. A fusion of Maris Otter malts and Pilot and Fuggles hops explode on the palate as biscuit and juicy fruit flavours give way to citrus and berry hops, good hop aroma and hoppy after taste. A superb summer beer. | 3.7% ABV |
 | Stone Faced | Pale and Dark Crystal Maris Otter malts unite to embrace a motherland of chewy toffee while fruits and berry flavours rush in. Styrian Goldings from the East and Nugget Hops from the West are allied in perfect harmony as pine and citrus hop flavours caress the taste buds. | 4.0% ABV |
 | Ein Stein | This lingering combination of pale Maris Otter malts and choice German hops may make you pause for thought. As you contemplate the gentle biscuit malts, fresh Hersbrucker hops seduce the taste buds educating and enlightening the palate. | 5.0% ABV |
Malvern Hills Brewery - Malvern, Worcs
 | Feel Good | A light frothy beer that lives up to its name, with a floral spicy aroma and good bittering quality. | 3.8% ABV |
 | Swedish Nightingale | A light hoppy beer that imparts a floral nose leading to citrus flavours. | 4.0% ABV |
 | Black Pear | A premium beer, golden in colour with a combination of hops giving a pleasant bitter finish. | 4.4% ABV |
Monty's Brewery - Montgomery, Powys
 | Mojo | A very popular session bitter. It is a golder/amber colour with hints of toast and marmalade. | 3.8% ABV |
 | Sunshine | A gloriously hoppy, floral, golden ale with a refreshing tang and dry finish. | 4.2% ABV |
 | Mischief | A golden strong bitter with initial punches of hops on the pallet. A subtle malt character aftertaste. | 5.0% ABV |
Purple Moose Brewery - Porthmadog, Gwynedd
 | Snowdonia Ale | A delightfully refreshing pale ale brewed with Pale and Crystal malt with a delicate combination of Pioneer, Styrian Goldings and Lubelski hops. | 3.6% ABV |
 | Glaslyn Ale | A golden coloured fruity best bitter with a well balanced hoppy finish. | 4.2% ABV |
 | Dark Side | A delicious dark ale with a deep malt flavour from roasted barley and a fruity bitterness from Bramling Cross hops. | 4.6% ABV |
Stonehenge Brewery - Netheravon, Wiltshire
 | Pigswill | A full bodied beer, not so bitter, but rich in hop aroma which gives the beer a delightful aftertaste. The warm amber colour is very appealing to the eye. | 4.0% ABV |
 | Danish Dynamite | A light golden, dry, strong ale, slightly fruity with a well balanced hop flavour and bitterness - simply a Top Class Beer which has won several major beer festivals. | 5.0% ABV |
Thornbridge Brewery - Bakewell, Derbyshire
 | Wild Swan | White gold in colour with aromas of light bitter lemon, a hint of herb and a subtle spiciness. A great session beer! | 3.5% ABV |
 | Jaipur (IPA) | A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish. | 5.9% ABV |