Welcome to Bitter Virtue

We (Chris Brown and Ann Binns) opened Bitter Virtue in 1997 because we thought that there were a lot of people who shared our pleasure in the fruit of the hop, but who found it difficult to find an interesting range of beers.

More and more supermarkets have noticed that there are beer drinkers who do not fall for trendy lager advertising and are not concerned with the cheapness of the product. These shops, however, cannot always stock lines that are not universally popular. Even in a large supermarket, with a good range of beer, you cannot guarantee that the beer you bought and liked last week will be available next week - and the beer section of most off-licences is usually a poor relation to the wine department.

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