Cocoa Nut
6% ABVOur chocolate and hazelnut porter. Cacao nibs and hazelnuts deliver a smooth chocolate and nutty flavour.
Our Beers
Beer directly from the Brewery
We brew over 25 different beers every year, many of which can be purchased through our online store and you can also buy our draught beer in our Brewery Shop in Partridge Green. In the shop we offer beer in anything from 2 pints to a 72 pint Firkin.
For availability, prices etc. please email shop@darkstarbrewing.co.uk and to place an order please call the shop on 01403 713085, option 2. Please note Minipins, Polypins & Firkins need to be pre-ordered.
Holy Vible
3.5% ABVHoly Vible is a 3.5% session pale fermented with an English ale yeast and dry hopped with American Cascade and Crystal hops, to give flavours and aromas of citrus and soft stone fruits. Expect a modern, silky smooth, easy drinking pale ale that is naturally hazy.
Lager
4% ABVMade with German lager malt, this low bitterness, clean and crisp lager is brewed using German hops, Polaris for bittering and Hallertau Mittelfruh and Saaz hops for aroma.
Not Into Yoga
4.5% ABVThis naturally hazy, tropical pale ale is dry hopped with Chinook and Columbus hops and flavoured with pineapple and coconut pulp to give our take on Pina Colada. No umbrella needed. Unfined and unfiltered.
American Brown
5.0% ABVA refreshing American Brown Ale. This crisp brown ale is brewed with a good dose of Simcoe dry hops to help provide a well-rounded finish to the beer.
Six Hop
6.5% ABVA golden beer brewed with six different varieties of hops, added at six different stages of the brewing process.
Green Hopped IPA
6.5% ABVAn already full-flavoured IPA is made even bigger by using fresh ‘green’ hops infused into the slowly conditioned beer. Designed for those who like their hops as an extreme sport!
Creme Brulee
5.9% ABV / 20 IBUA dessert in a glass. This beer is brewed using unfermentable lactose sugar, vanilla beans and plenty of roasted malts to provide a sweet, smooth caramel drinking experience. No blowtorch was used in the making of this beer.
Imperial Stout
10.5% ABVA vigorous fermentation is followed by a long maturation – the beer is brewed in February and then released on the unsuspecting public. A densely rich beer with a dark brown head, it has coffee and berry like aromas and a velvet mouth feel. This beer commands respect and deserves to be savoured slowly.
Dark Star Original
5.0% ABV / 45 IBUThe brewery’s eponymous former Champion Beer of Britain. A dark, strong and bitter beer that defies classification. The beer boasts a complex malt flavour from the use of Crystal and Chocolate malts.
Espresso
4.2% ABV / 45 IBUA black beer brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops. Freshly ground Arabica coffee beans, blended especially for Dark Star, are added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma. NOT EVERYONES CUP OF TEA.
Festival
5% ABV / 45 IBUA chestnut bronze-coloured bitter with a smooth mouth feel and freshness; a classic style strong bitter brewed as a Dark Star version of Festive, a former great Sussex beer from King & Barnes.
APA
4.7% ABV / 60 IBUBrewed with American West Coast style yeast along with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops. The low coloured Concerto malt provides a perfect light colour and dryness to compliment the crisp taste and full aroma of the hops.
Partridge
4% ABV / 40 IBUA Best Bitter brewed in a traditional Sussex style using extra pale Concerto, Crystal and Chocolate malts with East Kent Goldings hops. Typical of Dark Star ales, the Best Bitter relies on the heavy-handed addition of aromatic hops late in the boil.
Revelation
ABV: 5.7% / 65 IBUA blend of Columbus, Chinook, Cascade, Crystal and Warrior aroma hops by the sack full - then dry hopped during conditioning.
Hophead
ABV: 3.8% / 50 IBUAn extremely clean drinking pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops. This beer is full bodied and full flavoured yet gentle enough to make it a favourite session beer.
West Coast IPA
ABV: 5.9%The opposite of a NEIPA. A water profile tailored to enhance a crisp, resinous hop character. Cascade, Crystal, Chinook and Simcoe added throughout the brewing process give a piney, slightly viscous character as found in more traditional American IPA’s. A simple malt content and neutral yeast make this beer all about the hops.