Brewery: Theakston’s
Location: Masham, North Yorkshire, England
ABV: 4.1%
Version: Bottled
Source: Sainsbury’s

The back-label explains the cricketer on the front: “Named after an old brewing company we took over in 1919 … It is rumoured that Lightfoot’s were taken over because they had a better cricket team…”

Lightfoot Bitter is an incredibly pale golden colour, lightly effervescent, with a very thin head. It has a distinctly hoppy nose and a very sharp, dry flavour to match – an initial sharp burst of hops, with just a hint of chocolate lurking in the background there?

I couldn’t detect the promised ‘peach-like’ elements, but I’m not a huge fan of peaches, so I’m not sure I’d know what I was looking for. There was a faint tang of something there though, which I’m prepared to concede may have been peach-like.

Overall: a light, easy-drinking, summery bitter that would go very nicely with a ploughman’s lunch, especially if both were consumed on a sunny day up in the wilds of the North York Moors…