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For those of you who enjoy a good quality pint, the current renaissance in cask ale brewing is like a dream come true. With a choice of 3000 different cask ales in this country alone, you can now relive the pleasures last experienced by your grandfathers' generation.

Here at the Hole In The Wall we take great pride in offering you a range of ales to suit all tastes. Browse through the list below to see the ales we will be serving in the coming weeks.

You may also like to peruse our lists of current beers and foreign beers.

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Beer: Twitter
Brewery: Twitter
%ABV: 0.0
Description: Follow us now on Twitter, daily updates of what's on, events, news etc. Follow us @hitwpompey

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Beer: IPA
Brewery: Oakleaf
%ABV: 5.5
Description: Initially dry and bitter, full flavoured and complex marmalade/aniseed notes follow,which leaves a lingering bitterness on the palate. A classic in it's style.

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Beer: Iron Duke
Brewery: Irving
%ABV: 5.3
Description: Tasting notes coming soon according to website.

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Beer: Frigate
Brewery: Irving
%ABV: 3.8
Description: Golden bitter with citrus hop flavour derived from the addition of English Sovereign and Boudicea hops in the hopback. Complemented by a background sweetness from the subtle use of light crystal and cara-malt

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Beer: Hopton(A new beer for us)
Brewery: Thornbridge
%ABV: 4.3
Description: English Pale Ale

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Beer: Ashford(A new beer for us)
Brewery: Thornbridge
%ABV: 4.2
Description: Floral and berry hop characters followed by gentle coffee and roast hazelnut aromas. Smooth in the mouth with more roast malt and coffee characters and a nice dry, toasted astringency and hint of bitter.

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Beer: Sussex Gold(A new beer for us)
Brewery: Arundel
%ABV: 4.2
Description: A rich golden beer with a hoppy, citrus finish. Very smooth, light and refreshing.

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Beer: Trident(A new beer for us)
Brewery: Arundel
%ABV: 5.0
Description: An amber-coloured strong beer with a citrus, fruity aroma. The taste is clean and refreshing with a hoppy, fruity flavour and a pleasant dry bitter finish.

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Beer: Nutz
Brewery: Bowman Ales
%ABV: 5.0
Description: Aroma of Chestnuts, intriguing Chestnut flavours and rather Chestnutty in colour. Which is as it should be, as it is brewed with organic Chestnuts from the farm of Patrice Duplan in the Ardeche region of France.