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3× SIBA Award Winners: Cumberland Ale · Sneck Lifter · Helles Lager

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Jennings supplies pubs, hotels, and restaurants across Cumbria and the Lake District. If you run a licensed venue and want to stock our beers on cask, keg, or in bottle, we would like to hear from you.

We brew cask ales, keg lines, and bottled beers, all from our own well beneath Castle Brewery. Our core range includes Cumberland Ale, Sneck Lifter, Cocker Hoop, and Castle Bitter. Seasonal and limited releases are available throughout the year.

Delivery and collection are both available, covering Cumbria, the Lake District and much of the North West. For venues further afield, we can discuss distribution options.

Order by

Tuesday afternoon

Delivery

Wednesday and Thursday

Formats

Cask, keg, bottle and can

The core range, on trade

Cumberland Ale

4.0% ABV · Cask, 500ml bottle

The legendary beer of the North West. Cumberland Ale has been brewed by Jennings for generations, using our famous well water, Maris Otter malt with just a dash of Chocolate malt to create the deep golden colour, and a classic blend of Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger that give a beautiful fruitiness, hints of subtle spice and the well-rounded bitterness you would expect from a timeless English Pale Ale.

Sneck Lifter

5.1% ABV · Cask, 500ml bottle

In Cumbrian dialect, a sneck lifter is someone's last sixpence, or the person that used that sixpence to lift the latch (or 'sneck') on the pub door to buy a pint. Maris Otter pale, amber and chocolate malts are combined with English Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger hops and our famous well water, to create a mahogany hued ale with russet highlights and a warming heart. Complex flavours of dried fruits and hints of spice make this one to savour.

Cocker Hoop

4.6% ABV · Cask, 500ml bottle

Named after Cock-a-Hoop, the act of removing the spigot or cock from a barrel and placing it on the hoop before drinking, with a nod to the River Cocker that runs beside our brewery. Brewed with our famous well water and Maris Otter pale, wheat and oat malts to create the crisp golden colour and deep head. Goldings hops provide a subtle spicy bitterness, while UK Cascade and Celeia provide a noble floral citrus aroma. The perfect session bitter.

Castle Bitter

3.4% ABV · Cask, 500ml bottle

A reimagined version of Jennings' classic Lakeland bitter, named after the Castle towering above our brewery. Modest in strength, it is full flavoured with plenty of body. Our well water is blended with Maris Otter pale, Amber, Crystal and Chocolate malts to give depth of flavour and a beautiful copper colour. Fuggles hops provide a gentle but pleasingly noticeable bitterness, while Challenger and Goldings deliver the fruity, slightly spicy aroma of classic English pale ales.

Jennings Helles

4.5% ABV · 30L keg, 440ml can

Crisp, refreshing and balanced, Jennings Helles brings together our well water, the sweetness of Munich malt, the zing of bottom-fermented lager yeast and the bite of Tettnang and Perle hops. When German miners came to work the fells around the brewery they left their mark, most famously with the Cumberland sausage, our region's take on a Bratwurst. Jennings Helles is a new chapter in that Cumbria and Bavaria connection.

Derwent Mild

3.4% ABV · Cask

A dark Cumbrian mild, and the one beer in the core range that is cask only — it is never bottled. Silver in the Regional Cask (British Dark Beer) class at the SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025.

Cask is available in pin, firkin and polypin. Seasonal ales and specials run throughout the year. Pump clips are available on request. Ask Holly for the current trade list.

Award-winning beer

Recent awards for the core range — the same beers you would be stocking.

  • Cumberland Ale award: Gold, Regional Bottle/Can (British Ales), SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

    Cumberland Ale

    Gold, SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

  • Sneck Lifter award: Gold, Regional Bottle/Can (Amber, Brown & Red Ale), SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

    Sneck Lifter

    Gold, SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

  • Jennings Helles award: Gold, Regional Keg (Premium Lager), SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

    Jennings Helles

    Gold, SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

  • Derwent Mild award: Silver, Regional Cask (British Dark Beer), SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

    Derwent Mild

    Silver, SIBA Independent Beer Awards 2025

  • Sneck Lifter award: Two stars, Great Taste 2026

    Sneck Lifter

    Two stars, Great Taste 2026

  • Jennings Helles award: One star, Great Taste 2026

    Jennings Helles

    One star, Great Taste 2026

Pump clips

Our tap badge artwork, free to download for stocking Jennings. High-resolution files for when you need a clip on the bar.

Core range

Cumberland Ale pump clip
Cumberland Ale
Cocker Hoop pump clip
Cocker Hoop
Sneck Lifter pump clip
Sneck Lifter
Castle Bitter pump clip
Castle Bitter
Jennings Helles pump clip
Jennings Helles
Derwent Mild pump clip
Derwent Mild

Seasonals & specials

Back Yam pump clip
Back Yam
Tryumph pump clip
Tryumph
Golden Host pump clip
Golden Host
Rye of the North pump clip
Rye of the North
Crag Rat pump clip
Crag Rat
Balsam Basher pump clip
Balsam Basher
Green Hop pump clip
Green Hop
Red Breast pump clip
Red Breast

Seasonals rotate through the year. Ask Holly for current availability.

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Trade enquiries

To discuss stocking Jennings, or to request a trade price list, contact our sales administrator, Holly. Delivery and collection are available; order by Tuesday afternoon for delivery on Wednesday and Thursday. All bottled and canned beers are gluten free and vegan friendly.

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