Nutty, malty flavour with a hint of citrus and caramel. Amber colour with a slender head. A well balanced, medium brown ale. Malty aroma with a suggestion of fruit and sweetness. One of the few ales to use malted oats. Strong - like a spirited lass.

Drinking Crack Shot Ale
A heroine (or hero!) of an ale with enough personality to hold its ground in any company; beautiful to behold and adaptable enough to swig on its own or sip gently with good home cooking.

Did You Know…?
Crack Shot Ale was launched in 1998 at Ripley Castle where, during the English Civil War Jane Ingilby, the ‘crack shot’ after whom the ale is named, lived.

The ale is brewed from a 17th century recipe found in the castle library.

Jane is reputed to have fought at the Battle of Marston Moor, disguised as a man and wearing full armour.

After the battle she fled back to Ripley with her brother, a wanted man, arriving shortly before Cromwell and his troops. Legend has it that ‘Trooper’ Jane spent a night holding Cromwell at gunpoint to prevent him from finding her brother, hiding in the priest-hole in the Knight’s Chamber upstairs.