Welcome

The Oxford Bottled Beer Database is a constantly growing resource for beer lovers worldwide. There are currently 3080 beers listed, from 79 different countries. We aim to provide tasting notes, factual information about the beers and photographs. If you can't find the beer that you're looking for, why not submit a review?

We do accept adverts on this site, though we won't let advertisers influence our judgement of a beer. If you would like to advertise on particular beers, or with particular keyword searches, please see our ratecard.

Our links page has a growing list of beer shops and breweries.

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Top five searches

Most popular keywords over the past 48 hours

beer, stout, cream, usa, franziskaner

Newsletter

We run a free subscriber list with a weekly email; beer of the week and site news. To join, enter your email address here:

How to navigate the site

There are a number of ways to do this. Easiest is to type keywords into the search box on the left. Results will appear in the left hand frame. Beer reviews will open in the right hand frame. The search includes names of breweries and individual beers, as well as keywords about each beer. Try searching for characteristics - chalky, yeasty, oranges.

The other tabs have different searches: strength range (ABV), reviewer search and A-Z list of breweries. Or, press the 'Lucky' button for a random beer.

Search examples

Click to try out these searches:

Random recommended beer:

Itchen Valley Father Christmas Strong Real Ale

Beer news

The following news stories are from the CAMRA website.

Last Chance Saloon for Large Pub Companies to Reform
CAMRA, has welcomed the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee Report on Pub Companies which demands major reform in the way the Large Pub Companies operate.

CAMRA condemns Tetley's cask transfer move

Yorkshire pub judged 'Best in Britain' - 17/02/2010

CAMRA appoints new National Chairman - 16/02/2010

OFT re-opens inquiry into UK pubs market - 05/02/2010

Britain's best real ale clubs wanted - 22/01/2010


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