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2009 FINAL BEER LIST
THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FEW CHANGES, MAINLY TO ABVs SINCE THIS FINAL LIST, BUT AS THE BEERS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, YOU CAN EASILY CHECK AGAINST "BARREL END" LABELS
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denotes a beer brewed within 20 miles of Wakefield.
Brewery |
Location |
Beer |
abv |
Description |
Acorn |
Wombwell |
Bloomfield Pale |
4.5 |
a golden ale with hints of caramel and a citrus and floral aroma |
Acorn |
Wombwell |
Gorlovka Imperial Stout |
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deep ebony coloured imperial stout with bags of malt, spicy hot bitterness and a fruity dry finale |
Ashover |
Ashover,Derbyshire |
Hydro |
4.2 |
a refreshing and restorative new brew named after the former popular venue for those people wanting to benefit from the natural spa waters |
Ashover |
Ashover,Derbyshire |
Coffin Lane Stout |
5.0 |
warming chocolate and coffee flavours enhanced by a slightly bitter finish of Fuggles hops |
Backyard-Brewhouse |
Brownhills,Staffordshire |
D & B Porter |
ca.4.3 |
dark and complex; hints of dandelion and burdock with undertones of plum and damson, a slightly sweet start with a dry finish |
Backyard-Brewhouse |
Brownhills,Staffordshire |
Big Red |
4.5 |
a deep red bitter, malt, toffee and caramel nose, sweet caramel and subtle toffee flavour giving way to a balanced bitter finish |
Beowulf |
Brownhills,Staffordshire |
Dictator 09 |
5.0 |
a special IPA style beer brewed each Autumn to use up the preceding year's hops - always different! |
Beowulf |
Brownhills,Staffordshire |
Mercian Shine |
5.0 |
a pale bitter with a fresh hoppy & fruity aroma and a dry finish with its bitterness dancing on the palate |
Blue Monkey | Ilkeston,Derbyshire | Original | 3.6 |
a copper coloured quaffing ale, and very flavoursome for its strength |
Blue Monkey | Ilkeston,Derbyshire | BG Sips | 3.8 |
a pale and intensely hoppy beer with enticing tropical fruit aromas, finished with a good level of thirst quenching, almost peppery bitterness |
Bob�s |
Healey,Ossett |
White Lion |
4.3 |
a very pale, flowery lager style beer using Cascade hops |
Bob�s |
Healey,Ossett |
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ca.5.0 |
a new green hop beer named after the Goddess of the Harvest |
Bob�s |
Healey,Ossett |
Chardonnayle |
5.1 |
a complex & stylish strong pale ale with hints of lemongrass & fruits like a Chardonnay wine, using Willamette hops for aroma |
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Chesterfield |
Impy Dark |
4.3 |
a strong mild with plenty of body and maltiness |
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Chesterfield |
Wasp Nest |
5.0 |
a premium ale with a sting in the tail, rich in flavour and dark amber in colour |
Brancaster |
Brancaster,N.Norfolk |
Best |
3.8 |
a refreshing pale ale with a hoppy finish and a touch of citrus |
Brancaster |
Brancaster,N.Norfolk |
Malthouse |
4.5 |
a pale amber ale made using Maris Otter barley and Pilot hops with a little extra roasted barley to give some toasty notes on the finish |
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Brandon,Suffolk |
Breckland Gold |
3.8 |
a light, golden session beer. pleasantly hoppy |
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Brandon,Suffolk |
Rusty Bucket |
4.4 |
an award-winning extremely pleasant premium bitter with a distinctive balance of hops & malt |
Brown Cow |
Barlow,Selby |
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a smooth vanilla and chocolate malty oat mild with some sweetness |
Brown Cow |
Barlow,Selby |
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This sounds like a Hallowe'en special but fans of brewster Susan Simpson would hardly think of her as a witch - it's actually her thousandth beer - a pale ale brewed with two varieties of New Zealand hops giving a bold punchy hoppiness with strong fruit flavours with a medium dry finish and New World aroma. |
Brown Cow |
Barlow,Selby |
After Dark Coffee Porter |
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a robust porter originally brewed for Suddaby's of Malton |
Captain Cook |
Stokesley |
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a light coloured hoppy ale, bitterness coming through from the Challenger hops, full flavoured with a smooth malt after-taste |
Captain Cook |
Stokesley |
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a mid-brown ale with a bitter finish |
Castle Rock | Nottingham | Screech Owl | 4.9 | a strong, heavily hopped I.P.A.often described as a stronger version of Hemlock |
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Wakefield |
Classic Blonde |
3.9 |
an award winning, best selling ale, a pale hoppy beer with a hint of citrus fruit |
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Wakefield |
Rambling Rose |
4 |
an amber coloured ale, full bodied, fruity with a "blooming" hop finish (Autumn seasonal) |
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Wakefield |
Bulldog Bitter |
4.2 |
a golden, hoppy beer with bags of "Spirit" |
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Wakefield |
A Kind of Magic |
4.3 |
a dark brown ale using five malts and two hops, brewed by the Festival Organiser |
Concertina | Mexborough | Old Dark Attic | 3.9 | a dark brown beer with a fairly sweet, fruity taste |
Cotleigh |
Wiveliscombe,Somerset |
Tawny Owl |
3.8 |
well balanced light copper coloured bitter brewed using local malt and English whole hops giving a subtle hop palate to balance the sweetness of the malt |
Cotleigh |
Wiveliscombe,Somerset |
Honey Buzzard |
4.5 |
a dark honey beer with a smoked malt character and honey overtones |
Dent |
Cowgill,Sedbergh |
Ramsbottom |
4.5 |
rich complex chestnut coloured beer,with sweet fruity flavour & dry chocolate finish |
Dent |
Cowgill,Sedbergh |
T�Owd Tup |
6 |
a�rich, dark, fruiitcake-y strong stout with�chocolate and coffee notes � |
Earl Soham |
Earl-Soham,Woodbridge |
Gannet Mild |
3.3 |
mid to dark, well-rounded, Fuggley and slightly sweet |
Earl Soham |
Earl-Soham,Woodbridge |
Victoria Bitter |
3.6 |
a light, hoppy and bitter session beer brewed using a standard pale malt and crystal malt mix with Goldings and Fuggles hops |
East Coast |
Filey |
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a copper coloured malty bitter with a hoppy finish |
East Coast |
Filey |
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3.8 |
a deep copper beer with a citrus finish |
East Coast |
Filey |
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clean tasting, very hoppy and a little dry |
East Coast |
Filey |
John Paul Jones |
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a golden ale brewed with sweet malt, fresh, fruity and aromatic |
East Coast |
Filey |
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a strong, light-coloured malty beer with a complex bitter palate |
East Coast |
Filey |
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a strong and malty dark mild |
Elland |
Elland |
Top of the Hops |
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a pale, hoppy ale with a distinct aroma from the Cascade hops |
Elland |
Elland |
Diablo |
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a smooth porter made with 7 different malts and single English hop variety to give a rich, dark, devil of a brew |
Elveden Ales |
Elveden,Thetford,Norfolk |
Elveden Stout |
5.0 |
a good stout with lots of roast malt and a dry finish, also known as Dark Horse |
Elveden Ales |
Elveden,Thetford,Norfolk |
Elveden Ale |
5.2 |
a strong golden ale with good balance of hop and malt |
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Wiveliscombe,Somerset |
Fox |
4.2 |
a mid-brown beer of unusual subtlety and taste |
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Wiveliscombe,Somerset |
Stag |
5.2 |
a full bodied, copper coloured strong ale, malty with a bitter finish |
Fat Cat |
Norwich |
Bitter |
3.8 |
a session strength beer with excellent hoppiness and good balance |
Fat Cat |
Norwich | Honey Cat |
4.0 |
a light golden honey flavoured brew |
Felstar |
Felsted,Essex |
Best Bitter |
4.3 |
a traditional best bitter |
Felstar |
Felsted,Essex |
Jolly Rooster |
4.5 |
a dark-ish best bitter |
Fernandes |
Wakefield |
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light, coloured extremely hoppy with a long lingering aftertaste |
Fernandes |
Wakefield |
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a tan-coloured beer using fresh, green hops with a tangy bitterness followed by a bittersweet finish |
Fernandes |
Wakefield |
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a dark, full-bodied ruby red beer |
Five Towns |
Outwood |
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a brown bitter, sweet in the mouth with a light hoppy quenching finish |
Five Towns |
Outwood |
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a pale hoppy session beer |
Five Towns |
Outwood | Freeborn | 4.7 | a strong pale bitter flavoured with Nelson Sauvin hops giving a unique fruity finish |
Five Towns | Outwood | Pikeman | 4.8 | a rich, dark bitter with long,dry finish |
Five Towns | Outwood | Ponte Carlo | 4.6 | bitter chocolate and malt aromas, malt and chocolate in the mouth with a hint of liquorice in the dry bitter sweet finish |
Five Towns |
Outwood |
Niamh's Nemesis |
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a full bodied but very easy-drinking IPA with hints of grapefruit before a dry finish |
Fox |
Heacham,Norfolk |
Branthill Best |
3.8 |
a red-amber brew with a malty, lightly chocolaty, very nutty aroma and nutty-malty taste and finish are also nutty and malty with hints of roast |
Fox |
Heacham,Norfolk |
Heacham Gold |
3.9 |
pale yellow beer with a surprisingly malty nose, the sweetish malty taste quickly becoming crisp and lightly citrus, bittersweet, lemony, lingering malt finish |
Foxfield |
Broughton-in-Furness |
Riwaka Beata |
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a new beer using aromatic Riwaka hops from New Zealand, said to give intense grapefruit or tangerine flavours, and also zesty Beata hops |
Foxfield |
Broughton-in-Furness |
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an unusual green hop stout made with fresh feral hops imported from Flanshaw |
Front Street |
Binham,Norfolk |
Binham Cheer |
3.9 |
a light and fruity golden ale with an excellent citrus hop character |
Front Street |
Binham,Norfolk |
Callum�s Ale |
4.3 |
a reddish-copper coloured ale with a moreish malty flavour and bitter hop finish |
Golcar |
Golcar,Huddersfield |
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an amber bitter with a hoppy citrus taste with fruity overtones and a bitter finish |
Golcar |
Golcar,Huddersfield |
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a hoppy and fruity session beer |
Great Heck |
Great-Heck |
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a Yorkshire wheat beer, pale in colour, generously hopped with Styrian Goldings to balance the full rich flavour of the malts |
Great Heck |
Great-Heck |
Dark Force Treason Porter |
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a dark beer brewed especially for this years Festival by last year's winner of "Brewer for a Day" Paul Flint |
Great Heck |
Great-Heck |
Super-Dave |
5 |
a beefed-up version of Dark And Very Enjoyable, Great Heck's unusual dark session strength bitter |
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Harwich,Essex |
Leading Lights |
3.8 |
an easy drinking, full flavoured session beer, copper coloured and flavoured with American & English hops |
Harwich
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Harwich,Essex |
Phoenix APA |
4.4 |
an American style pale ale |
Holdens | Woodsetton, W.Midlands | Dragon's Blood | 4.6 | a flne golden amber ale with an intense hop fruity character, hop dominating throughout |
Iceni |
Ickburgh,Norfolk |
Celtic Queen |
4.0 |
a golden brew with a light hoppy nose giving way to distinctly bitter characteristics throughout, a shallow mix of malt & hops adding some depth |
Iceni |
Ickburgh,Norfolk |
Fine Soft Day |
4.0 |
a deep gold coloured ale with a distinctive blend of maple syrup and hops giving a balanced bitter sweet aftertaste |
Iceni |
Ickburgh,Norfolk |
Raspberry Wheat |
5.0 |
an American style ale, delicately flavoured with summer fruits, made with Hersbr�cker hops, wheat and lager malt |
Ilkley | Ilkley | Darwin's Tipple | 4.5 | an autumnal beer full of caramel flavours and a spicy finish |
Ilkley | Ilkley | Smoked Witch | 5.0 | a strong bitter with toffee flavours and a hint of smokiness |
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Sheffield |
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an amber-coloured beer with a citrus aroma and a sweet malty character |
Kelham
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Sheffield |
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a malty bittersweet ale created by an American brewer |
Leeds |
Holbeck,Leeds |
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an easy drinking pale ale, light and hoppy with delicate floral notes and a well balanced finish |
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Holbeck,Leeds |
Midnight Bell |
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an award-winning premium dark mild, crystal and chocolate malts combining to give a full bodied, complex character |
Lymestone |
Stone,Staffordshire |
Einstein |
5 |
thinking drinking - lingering combination of pale biscuity Maris Otter malts and choice German Hersbr�cker hops |
Lymestone |
Stone,Staffordshire |
Stone The Crows |
5.4 |
a rich red to black beerusing crystal and chocolate malts, chewy juicy fruit flavours giving way to a deep lingering bitterness from Styrian Goldings, Millennium and Nugget hops |
Mallinsons |
Lindley,Huddersfield |
Emley Moor Mild |
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dark malts and light chocolate aroma, light chocolate and light bitter taste and finish |
Mallinsons |
Lindley,Huddersfield |
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golden colour with fresh green hop nose, bitter, hoppy taste and finish |
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East-Mersea,Colchester |
Yo Boy Bitter |
3.8 |
session bitter with great tastes of Maris Otter and Crystal malt combined with Fuggles, Challenger, Phoenix & Cascade hops giving a long lasting bitterness on the finish |
Mersea
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East-Mersea,Colchester |
Skippers Bitter |
4.8 |
a strong bitter whose full character is dominated by peardrops and juicy malt, followed by a raspberry tartness |
Milton | Cambridge | Pegasus | 4.1 | an amber brew with a malty, fruity aroma & a well-rounded, bittersweet finish |
Milton | Cambridge | Icarus | 4.2 | a bold, straw coloured bitter, powerful hop flavours backed by a clean malt palate, satisfying and refreshing |
Museum Brewery | Burton-upon-Trent | Welly's MENCAP Mash | 4.2 | a golden hoppy balanced beer brewed for MENCAP |
Nethergate |
Pentlow,Essex |
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4.8 |
a strong pale bitter with lots of hoppiness and a good balance of malt which lingers to the finish |
Nethergate |
Pentlow,Essex |
Augustinian |
4.5 |
an amber bitter beer that is malty and fruity with a pleasant citrusy aftertaste |
Nook |
Holmfirth |
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a deceptively easy drinking classic blond beer |
Nook |
Holmfirth |
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a deep chestnutty red ale, rich malty overtones, balanced by a fruity hop aroma |
Nottingham |
Radford,Nottingham |
Rock Ale Bitter |
3.8 |
a good old fashioned, hoppy all-English bitter |
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Radford,Nottingham |
Legend |
4.0 |
a traditional, amber session ale with a flavoursome malt character and lively hoppy finish |
Ossett |
Healey,Ossett |
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a full-bodied bitter and malty red style ale with citrus and spicy characteristics |
Ossett |
Healey,Ossett |
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pale and bitter with pine and citrus aromas, slight spice to the palate with an underlying sweetness |
Ossett |
Healey,Ossett |
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Ossett's strongest regular beer, winner of many brewers' competitions, deceptively mellow yet with a full flavour that develops into a fruity dryness |
Potbelly | Kettering, Northamptonshire | Captain Pigwash | 5.0 | made from the finest Maris Otter, chocolate & crystal malts, together with English hops to give an easy drinking dark porter |
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Prescott,Cheltenham |
Hill Climb |
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a thirst-quenching, golden pale ale |
Red Rat |
Troston,Bury-St-Edmunds |
Hadleys Gold |
5.0 |
a particularly hoppy golden beer using three varieties of hop and pale malt |
Red Rat |
Troston,Bury-St-Edmunds |
Woolly Pig |
5.0 |
a rich red strong ale made with whole East Anglian barley |
Rowton |
Rowton,Telford |
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a thirst-quenching, golden pale ale |
Rowton |
Rowton,Telford |
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a stronger, fuller flavoured premium ale |
St. Judes |
Ipswich,Suffolk |
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4.4 |
rich in hops with a lasting flavour, brewed with wheats, malts and finings, late hopped for extra taste (Gypeswic is an old name for Ipswich) |
St. Judes |
Ipswich,Suffolk |
Ipswich Bright |
4.4 |
a refreshingly crisp golden India Pale Ale with a pleasant aftertaste |
Salopian |
Shrewsbury |
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a copper coloured beer that evolves with a pronounced hop character, balanced by a refined malt finish |
Salopian |
Shrewsbury |
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full bodied, aromatic and well balanced |
Saltaire | Shipley | Raspberry Blonde | 4.0 | a refreshing, blonde ale infused with a hint of raspberries |
Saltaire | Shipley | Winter Ale | 4.9 | a strong amber bitter with toffee accents from three rich malts, moderately hopped with Challenger and Bramling Cross hops |
Sarah Hughes |
Sedgley,Dudley |
Dark Ruby Mild |
6.0 |
a legendary dark ruby strong ale with a good balance of fruit and hops, leading to a pleasant, lingering hops and malt finish |
Slaughterhouse |
Warwick |
Saddleback Best |
3.8 |
an amber coloured "conversational" bitter with a distinctive Challenger hop flavour |
Slaughterhouse |
Warwick |
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a robust, dark beer, produced using both dark crystal and chocolate malts |
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Southport |
Cyclone |
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a bronze coloured bitter, fruity with a hint of blackcurrant from the hops used |
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Southport |
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a golden-coloured, triple hopped bitter with citrus flavour |
Spire |
Staveley,Chesterfield |
80/- Ale |
4.5 |
a deep copper-coloured malty brew, well enhanced by both Fuggles and Styrian Goldings hops |
Spire |
Staveley,Chesterfield |
Twist & Stout |
4.5 |
a smooth rich stout with notes of coffee and roast malt, followed by a dry finish on the palate and ample hot bitterness |
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Knightwick,Worcester |
Hop Nouvelle |
4.1 |
aromatic, using the first of its own undried new season's green hops (brewery is located at a hop garden) |
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Knightwick,Worcester |
Talbot Blonde |
4.4 |
sometimes surprisingly dubbed a light porter, a golden bitter with plenty of hop and a roast malt flavour |
Thornbridge |
Bakewell |
Wild Swan |
3.5 |
a grassy hoppy and citrus tasting beer with a very pale "white gold" look |
Thornbridge |
Bakewell |
Jaipur IPA |
5.9 |
for some the Holy Grail of beers, a honey golden India Pale Ale with hints of tropical fruits converting to a pleasant bitter finish |
Thorne |
Thorne |
Best Bitter |
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a classic English bitter, with a range of different malts dominating the taste with caramel, chocolate and fruitcake flavours, the hops complementing this with a full bodied bitterness and notes of orange peel, pepper and herbal aromas |
Thorne |
Thorne |
Chairman's Stout |
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a smooth, malty stout with strong chocolate and rich caramel flavours, roasted barley giving underlying bitterness along with a crisp hop finish |
Tigertops |
Flanshaw,Wakefield |
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an aromatic bitter made with three varieties of fruity New Zealand hops,.Riwaka, Nelson Sauvin and Motueka |
Tigertops |
Flanshaw,Wakefield |
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a strong amber ginger beer |
Tigertops |
Flanshaw,Wakefield |
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a malty brown authentic German style beer |
Uncle Stuart�s |
Wroxham,Norfolk |
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3.8 |
a refreshing golden session bitter |
Uncle Stuart�s |
Wroxham,Norfolk |
Local Hero |
4.7 |
a dark strong bitter with a hoppy edge |
Wickwar |
Wickwar,Gloucestershire |
Rite Flanker |
4.3 |
amber coloured with a big malt taste, fruit notes and a hoppy finish |
Wickwar |
Wickwar,Gloucestershire |
Station Porter |
6.1 |
a rich, smooth, dark ruby brown ale which starts with roast malt, coffee, chocolate and dark fruit, then developing a complex, spicy, bittersweet taste and a long roast finish |
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Wretton,Norfolk |
Old Grumpy Bitter |
4.5 |
late hopped, a full flavour amber coloured session ale, one of the happiest beers you could hope to meet |
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Wretton,Norfolk |
Walsingham Ale |
4.5 |
amber coloured clean, malty flavoured with a dry hopped character |
Wolf | Attleborough,Norfolk | Wolf Ale | 3.9 | a copper coloured ale with lots of bite, Goldings and Challenger hops combining with locally grown malt to make it gloriously full-bodied |
Wolf |
Attleborough,Norfolk |
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chestnut in colour, a full flavoured howlin' good bitter (unless you're a Blues fan you may not get that spellin') |
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Girardin |
Payottenland,Belgium |
Kriek |
5.0 |
made with 100% whole cherries and delicately flavoured against a sharp background lambic |
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Among the bottle-conditioned beers are expected to be a
selection from East Anglian brewers, Brandon, Elveden, Felstar, Fox and Mersea
Island
There will also be bottled Treacle Stout and Excelsior from Ossett.
see tasting notes for British and World bottled
beers
Girardin Kriek from the Payottenland in Belgium was available via bag-in-box dispense, and sold very quickly.