A commemorative bitter has been produced to mark the planting of 250,000 trees by the Forest of Bradford.

William Greenwood Brewing, based at the Cock & Bottle pub on Barkerend Road, Bradford has created the bitter to go on sale from Friday, January 27.

Ian Butterfield, of the Forest of Bradford, said that since 1998 the group has been working to plant one million trees and this winter the group celebrated hitting the 250,000 mark. "We wanted to mark the fact that this target had been reached and one of the ideas that we came up with was having a bitter brewed for us," said Mr Butterfield.

The shortlist of names for the bitter were Trunk and Disorderly, Oaky Coaky, Tree Fellas and Special Branch - with Trunk and Disorderly being the winning name.

Pete Fell, director of Greenwoods and landlord of the Cock & Bottle, said: "We were delighted that they chose us. The bitter is chestnut in colour, has a round smooth finish and its strength is 3.9 per cent. And I look forward to serving the first pint of it." The bitter will be launched later this month and anyone who has helped the Forest of Bradford with its work over the years will be invited.

The Forest of Bradford is funded by Bradford Vision and the Esmee Fairburn Foundation.

Anyone wanting to help the Forest of Bradford can go to one of the planting days which start at 10am. They are:

l Saturday, January 14, at Carr House Farm, Chat Hill Road, Thornton

l Saturday, January 21, at Marley Hall Farm, off A650 Aire Valley Road, between Bingley and Keighley

l Saturday, February 4, at Keelham, Well Heads, near Thornton, 200 metres past Keelham Primary School

l Saturday, February 11, at Greystones Farm, Oakworth. Meet at Harewood Road, Bracken Bank

l Saturday, March 4, at The Three Sisters Hotel, Brow Top Road, near Haworth

l Saturday, March 11, at Thornton Grammar School, Leaventhorpe Lane, Leaventhorpe, near Thornton

Call Ian Butterfield on (01274) 718420.