Brugs Witbier – Belgian Wheat Beer – 4.8% - 25cl - £2.55

The Menu says: A well established Belgian wheat beer from Gouden Boom brewery, in Bruges. Cloudy with a yeasty palate and an orangey flavour. Typically refreshing making it a summer thirst quencher.

We say: After a poor first impression, this beer seemed to redeem itself with a pleasing aftertaste. This soon wears off though, to be replaced with the kind of bland taste you often get from weak orange squash. This orangey flavour is, of course, mentioned in the menu, but in our view, such a slight taste does not justify its inclusion. This is a beer to drink cold in the summer, but only if you run out of Netto orange squash.

Moore Rating: 4/10 Brown Rating: 3/10.

Timmerman’s Faro – Belgian Lambic – 4.0% - 25cl - £2.65

The Menu says: In the mid 1800’s the most popular brew in the Brussels area was Faro. With the base lambic beer being very tart lambic beer is sweetened with candy sugar and caramel.

We say: Things did not bode well for Timmerman’s Faro when the first taste to hit out tongues was bile. Lambic beer is a very strange creation due to its often-overpowering sourness, and the Faro was no exception. Luckily things did improve as the drinking went on.

Once we got over the initial post-vodka binge flavour, the sweetness of the sugar and caramel came through. In fact, I spent a good few minutes licking my teeth to enjoy the taste. All good things must inevitably come to an end though, and the Faro’s clever caramel distraction soon gave way to its true acidic nature. A beer to be drunk purely through curiosity…unless you happen to be a cat, in which case the old saying will probably come true.

Moore Rating: 4/10 Brown Rating: 4/10.

Schneider Weisse – German – 5.4% - 50cl - £2.95

The Menu says: A brewery of great history and tradition, Schneider can be credited with resurrecting a style of beer that came close to extinction in the late 1800’s. Schneider has since built up the reputation of being the most distinguished and exclusive purveyor of wheat beers in Germany. A rich and full-bodied wheat beer, tan in colour with a clove like fruity bouquet. A uniquely satisfying experience.

We say: Recommended by the Devonshire Cat itself, we were pleased to learn that we had found our first genuinely nice beer. Schneider Weisse has a full, strong initial taste, but unlike most of our previous reviewees, doesn’t leave a sickly aftertaste loitering around your mouth.

The difference in alcohol volume was only slight between the Schneider Weisse and the Belgian Brigs Witbier, but the effect was hugely noticeable. With the slightest hint of expensive polish vodka, the extra 0.6% gives the beer that vital kick, to enhance the subtly rich flavour. Equally important was the glass in which the beer was served. Solid and stable according to Dave, even the mass of people between the bar and our table could not cause a drop to be spilled. Not the finest of beers, but a good step in the right direction.

Moore Rating: 6/10 Brown Rating: 7/10.

Erdinger Weis Dunkel – German – 5.6% - 50cl - £3.60

The Menu says: Launched in 1991, this beer has a higher gravity and alcohol content. It has a alight chocolaty taste and aroma but still retains a refreshingness.

We say: Our first thought with this beer was that it had been chilled too much. The cold seemed to mask all taste, a clever tactic used by the manufacturers of such esteemed beverages as Fosters and Carling, but one that doesn’t tend to help beers with any flavour. At 7:33pm, therefore, we decided to leave the Erdinger to warm up a little.

Come 8:05pm, the beer still (and I quote) “smells cold”, so we left it until 8:17pm. After 15 minutes of drinking though, it turned out that leaving it cold might have been a better option. This is a beer which would undoubtedly be refreshing on a hot summer’s day. On a cold Sheffield night though, when a warming, rich beer is more than welcome, the Erdinger was just bland and disappointing.

Moore Rating: 3/10 Brown Rating (cold): 3/10 (warm): 2/10.