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We now know what has arrived and what substitutions have had to be made. Here's a summary of last-minute changes
Kelham Island Brooklyn Smoked Porter and Grande Pale replace the Nottingham beers
Matthews Pit Head replaces Pit Pony
Moor Peat Porter replaces Confidence
Nutbrook Bitlyke Bitter replaces Oak Ale
Offa's Dyke Barley Gold replaces Harvest Moon
RCH Steam Carnival replaces Redscar Redscar Rocks
Sheffield's Bonfire Brew now has a name - Fiery Jack, and Oktoberfest is replaced by Crucible Best
Stonehouse KPA replaces Off the Rails
Tigertops Big Ginger replaces Heidi Weiss
Tower Hoskins Green & Gold replaces Autumn Equinox
Subject to their being in satisfactory condition and not being sold out the list below is as good as it gets!
| Brewery | Location | Beer | % abv | taste guidance |
| ABBEYDALE | Sheffield | Black Mass Stout | 6.66 | the flavour of dark fruits, bitter chocolate and liquorice with a bitter coffee finish |
| ACORN | Wombwell | Centennial IPA | 5.0 | the current IPA (India Pale Ale) in the series showcasing American hops with Centennial noted for its floral aroma -one for the hopheads! |
| ACORN | Wombwell | Yorkshire Pride | 3.7 | brewed with a low colour malt to produce as light a beer as possible to reflect the White Rose of the county |
| ACORN | Wombwell | Gorlovka Imperial Stout | 6.0 | a deep ebony coloured imperial stout with bags of malt, spicy hot bitterness and a fruity dry finale |
| ALES OF SCILLY | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly | Scuppered | 4.6 | a single varietal hop beer using tangy and bitter Challenger for a clean citrus flavour, the malty palate giving hints of chocolate and nuttiness, followed by a long dry bitter finish |
| AMBER ALES | Ripley, Derbyshire | Autumn Gold | 4.8 | for those who like bitter beers, a combination of a sharp, piney hop taste (Challenger) and a dry amber malt taste |
| ANGLO-DUTCH | Dewsbury | Wild Flower | 4.2 | very pale, refreshing and hoppy, brewed by Dutchman Paul Klos, late-hopped with hop flowers from Mike (the Anglo half) Field�s garden |
| ARBOR ALES | Stapleton, Bristol | Old Knobbley | 4.5 | a well balanced dark ruby best bitter, a feast of malts with a lingering triple hop finish |
| ARBOR ALES | Stapleton, Bristol | Snuffy Jack | 5.9 | a dark old ale brewed for the Winter season, which actually began life as a mis-brew of Slumberjack |
| ART BREW BARN | North Chideock, Bridport, Dorset | Art Nouveau | 3.5 | a golden ale triple hopped with Boadicea, Fuggles and Bobek which is said to offer sublime lemon jelly and mown grass aromas |
| ART BREW BARN | North Chideock, Bridport, Dorset | Art Brut | 4.5 | a mid-brown malty beer enriched with caramalt and crystal malt, finished with a combination of Boadicea, Fuggles and Bobek hops |
| BAYS | Paignton, Devon | Best | 3.7 | a smooth drinking amber bitter using a selection of modern hops, clean and crisp with a dry and hoppy finish |
| BAYS | Paignton, Devon | Gold | 4.3 | an easy drinking light golden ale, using English and continental hops for a refreshing citrus palate |
| BEER ENGINE | Newton St Cyres, Exeter | Rail Ale | 3.8 | a straw-coloured beer with a fruity aroma and a sweet, fruity finish |
| BEER ENGINE | Newton St Cyres, Exeter | Piston Bitter | 4.3 | a mid-brown, sweet-tasting beer with a pleasant, bittersweet aftertaste |
| BIG LAMP | Newburn, Tyne & Wear | Summerhill Stout | 4.4 | a savoury dark beer with roasted malt, some chocolate and coffee and a malty, long-lasting piquancy |
| BLACK DOG | Melmerby, Ripon | Rhatas | 4.6 | an excellent dark brown coloured ale with the great burnt flavour of a classic stout |
| BLACKAWTON | Saltash, Cornwall | Peninsula | 4.8 | a dark amber coloured premium bitter with a full flavour and bittersweet finish |
| BLUE ANCHOR | Helston, Cornwall | Spingo Jubilee | 4.6 | a refreshing, quite malty IPA from a legendary Cornish brewpub |
| BOB'S BREWING | Ossett | White Lion | 4.3 | a very pale, flowery lager style beer using Cascade hops |
| BOB'S BREWING | Ossett | Chardonnayle� | 5.1 | a complex & stylish strong pale ale with hints of lemongrass & fruits like a Chardonnay wine, using Willamette hops for aroma |
| BRAMPTON | Chesterfield | Aspire | 3.7 | an amber coloured light fruity beer with a subtle hint of real pomegranate (a pomegranate tree features on Chesterfield's crest) |
| BRASS MONKEY | Sowerby Bridge | Brass Monkey Bitter | 3.8 | a satisfying highly drinkable pale ale/bitter with mainly English hops |
| BRASS MONKEY | Sowerby Bridge | Howler Monkey | 4.8 | a satisfying full-tasting yet highly drinkable amber coloured ale brewed for Hallowe'en |
| BREW COMPANY | Sheffield | Slaker | 3.8 | does what it says, finest pale malt and a touch of wheat malt give a biscuity flavour and light lager hops produce fruity overtones coupled with a delicate hoppy aroma |
| BREW COMPANY | Sheffield | Eclipse Porter | 4.7 | a heavy-bodied malty porter with a delicate toasted coffee grain finish |
| BRIDGETOWN | Totnes, Devon | Albert Ale | 3.8 | a.k.a. AA the Real Emergency Service, an amber dryish hoppy bitter which retains head and body well, enduring aftertaste, brewed at the Albert Inn |
| BROWN COW | Barlow nr Selby | Capt. Oates Dark Mild | 4.5 | a smooth vanilla and chocolate malty mild with some sweetness |
| BROWN COW | Barlow nr Selby | After Dark Coffee Porter | 5.0 | a robust porter brewed for Suddaby's of Malton |
| BROWN COW | Barlow nr Selby | My Kind of Guy | 5.2 | a full bodied powerful IPA packed with hops and flavour |
| CAPTAIN COOK | Stokesley | Slipway | 4.2 | a light coloured hoppy ale, bitterness coming through from the Challenger hops, full flavoured with a smooth malt after-taste |
| CAPTAIN COOK | Stokesley | Black Porter | 4.4 | dominated by a roasted barley flavour with a sharp liquorice influence on the tongue, liberal use of chocolate malt leading to a flavour layer of percolated coffee then a long, dry bitter finish |
| CLARKS | Wakefield | Classic Blonde | 3.9 | award winning, best selling ale, a pale hoppy beer with a hint of citrus fruit |
| CLARKS | Wakefield | Grandma Spice | 4.2 | a very dark red well spiced porter brewed by our Festival Organizer |
| CLARKS | Wakefield | Sting In The Tail | 4.2 | a hoppy IPA style beer at a moderate abv with fruit overtones and a dry finish |
| CLARKS | Wakefield | Henry's Harvest Special | 4.2 | a brown, well balanced ale with a subtle but lingering hop finish |
| CLEARWATER | Torrington, Devon | 1646 | 4.8 | a nut brown strong bitter with citrussy fruitiness and underlying soft biscuity maltiness and a bittersweet fruity finish |
| COASTAL BREWERY | Redruth, Cornwall | Golden Hinde | 4.3 | a sweetish golden ale with a refreshing citrus hop finish, Brewers gold hops for aroma |
| COASTAL BREWERY | Redruth, Cornwall | Escalator to Heaven | 4.7 | a dark brown, full-bodied fruity bitter |
| COUNTRY LIFE | Abbotsham, Bideford, N.Devon | Country Bumpkin | 6.0 | a darkish, robust and malty tasting old ale, brewed using Maris Otter malt along with Challenger hops |
| CROPTON | Cropton nr Pickering | Scoresby Stout | 4.2 | a famous traditional stout combining dark roasted barley with Challenger and Goldings hops |
| DERVENTIO | Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbyshire | Emperor�s Whim | 4.2 | a golden hoppy ale with a long bitter finish |
| DOGHOUSE | Redruth, Cornwall | Wet Nose | 3.8 | session beer from a brewery started where once were the rescue kennels at Startrax Pets' Hotel in Scorrier, near Redruth, brewer now camping out at Red Rock |
| DRIFTWOOD SPARS | Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall | Bolster's Blood | 4.5 | a traditional porter with blackberry undertones |
| EAST COAST | Filey | Moodie�s Mild | 4.3 | a strong and malty mild originally brewed at Fernandes, Wakefield |
| EAST COAST | Filey | Low Tide | 3.7 | a session strength beer from brewmaster Dave James |
| EAST COAST | Filey | High Tide | 5.2 | one to savour, made with the finest malt and selected hops |
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| ELLAND | Elland | Beyond the Pale | 4.2 | a pale golden bitter ale with an intense citrus flavour permeating the underlying biscuity malt and fruit character |
| ELLAND | Elland | Ricochet | 4.4 | Head Brewer�s Reserve beer of the moment, a very pale beer with a full, bitter flavour |
| ELLAND | Elland | Privilege | 4.6 | a very hoppy, pale golden coloured beer with a long bitter aftertaste |
| EXETER | Exminster, Exeter, Devon | Avocet | 3.7 | said to be Devon's only organic real ale, distinctively flavoured with refreshing citrus taste and attractive aroma, light gold in colour and wonderfully refreshing |
| EXETER | Exminster, Exeter, Devon | Ferryman | 4.3 | a copper coloured premium ale, generously hopped with English Goldings |
| FERNANDES | Wakefield | Firecracker | 4.1 | a very pale golden beer, lightly spiced with chilli and coriander, using American Chinook hops for a citrussy zing |
| FERNANDES | Wakefield | Pumpkin Porter | 4.2 | a delicious dark beer brewed with liberal quantities of pumpkin |
| FERNANDES | Wakefield | Cherry Stout | 5.0 | what it says on the label, black, rich malty and sweet! |
| FERNANDES | Wakefield | Great Northern | 5.1 | extremely hoppy, pale with a citrus aroma and flavour |
| FIVE TOWNS | Outwood | Outside Edge | 3.9 | an easy drinking, light coloured lightly flavoured beer finished with Cascade hops |
| FIVE TOWNS | Outwood | Outwood Bound | 4.2 | a chestnut coloured beer with a toffee nose and strong dry bitter finish |
| FIVE TOWNS | Outwood | Callum's Best | 4.6 | a dark coloured bitter brewed with Maris Otter and Chocolate Malt, giving a full flavour and bitter finish |
| FOXFIELD | Foxfield,Broughton-in-Furness,Cumbria | Breakfast Sands | 3.4 | a light mild style beer brewed with addition of breakfast cereals |
| FOXFIELD | Foxfield,Broughton-in-Furness,Cumbria | Thank You For All The Fishes | 3.7 | a pale beer, well hopped with Cascade and Goldings |
| GARGOYLES | Holcombe Village, Dawlish, Devon | Bitter | 3.8 | a session strength bitter made by a former cidermaker in a former cowshed |
| GEORGE WRIGHT | Rainford, Merseyside | Mild | 4.0 | a creamy jet-black mild with a slight caramel taste |
| GEORGE WRIGHT | Rainford, Merseyside | Pure Blonde | 4.6 | a pale blonde beer with a floral nose and sweetish aftertaste |
| GLASTONBURY | Somerton, Somerset | Lady of the Lake | 4.2 | a full-bodied amber best bitter with plenty of fruit and hop on the nose and palate, the sweetness giving way to a bitter hop finish |
| GLASTONBURY | Somerton, Somerset | Golden Chalice | 4.6 | a light and golden best bitter with a robust malt character |
| GOOSE EYE | Keighley | Over & Stout | 5.2 | a very dark palatable old ale with a hint of chocolate |
| GREAT HECK | Great Heck | DAVE | 3.8 | Dark And Very Enjoyable, an unusual dark session strength bitter |
| GREAT HECK | Great Heck | YPA | 4.5 | Yorkshire Pale Ale a pale hoppy IPA style beer |
| HAMBLETON | Melmerby, Ripon | Nightmare Stout | 5.0 | a stout porter, dark and chocolaty with plenty of roasted malts in the taste as well as hops |
| JARROW | Jarrow | McConnell�s Irish Stout | 4.6 | a rich, creamy stout with a long lingering liquorice and pale chocolate finish |
| KELHAM ISLAND | Sheffield | Brooklyn Smoked Porter | 6.5 | a black beer with smoky aroma and flavour, and a bitter chocolate finish |
| KELHAM ISLAND | Sheffield | Grande Pale | 6.6 | a pale ale based on the recipe of Pale Rider- except extra strong |
| KELTEK | Redruth, Cornwall | 4K Mild | 3.8 | a fairly malty dark brown mild with a dryish finish |
| LEEDS | Holbeck, Leeds | Gathering Storm | 4.4 | a robust traditional stout, a combination of dark roasted malts and subtle hops giving a rich finish |
| LEEDS | Holbeck, Leeds | Hellfire | 5.2 | a fiery pale bitter, choicest hops and premium malt making for a fruity and well balanced beer with a full, lasting bitterness |
| LION'S TAIL | Cheswardine, Shropshire | Lionbru | 4.1 | no, not L�wenbr�u lager, but a traditional bitter using only English hops |
| LION'S TAIL | Cheswardine, Shropshire | Chesbrewnette | 4.5 | a dark ruby coloured slightly smoky mild style beer |
| LITTLE VALLEY | Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge | Cragg Vale Bitter | 4.2 | a rich, red-brown beer with a full and rounded body, triple hopped to be crisp and fruity with a spice and lemon aroma and a delicate finish |
| LITTLE VALLEY | Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge | Gustibus | 5.2 | a dark brown hazy wheat beer with aromas of fruit and roasted barley with a pleasant smooth finish, strong and aromatic |
| LIZARD ALES | St.Keverne, Cornwall | An Gof Strong Cornish Ale | 5.2 | "The Smith",commemorating a local blacksmith who led the 1497 Cornish Rebellion, a strong dark beer brewed with wood smoked malt and traditional hops, now brewed in an old nuclear shelter |
| MALLINSONS | Lindley, Huddersfield | Wakefield Wonder | 4.2 | rich, golden colour with a fruity, hoppy aroma, lightly malty in the mouth with a hoppy, fruity finish |
| MALLINSONS | Lindley, Huddersfield | Fawkes | 4.5 | a straw coloured, fruity beer with a lightly earthy nose, medium bitter taste and a long bitter finish |
| MATTHEWS | Timsbury, Bath, Somerset | Pithead | 4.4 | a dark reddish-black porter with a tempting aroma combining roast malt with classic English hops, some initial sweetness giving way to a mouthful of berry fruit and roast malt flavours and a well-rounded bitter finish |
| MOOR BEER | Ascott, Bridgwater, Somerset | Revival | 3.8 | an immensely hoppy and refreshing pale ale |
| MOOR BEER | Ascott, Bridgwater, Somerset | Peat Porter | 4.5 | a rich aroma from a healthy dose of chocolate malt, blended with pale, crystal and wheat malts, Goldings, Cluster and Fuggles hops adding fruitiness and earthiness to the beer |
| MORTON | Essington, Staffordshire | Jelly Roll | 4.2 | a sweet-ish fruity golden coloured beer with a slight haze, an aroma of orangey hops and a little grassy hint |
| NUTBROOK | West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire | Bitlyke Bitter | 4.2 | a rich bronze beer with a soothing bitterness |
| OAKLEAF | Gosport, Hampshire | Maypole Mild | 3.8 | a very dark mild with lots of smoky chocolate malt and a fair bit of hoppiness |
| OAKLEAF | Gosport, Hampshire | Green Gold | 4.3 | brewed with fresh green Goldings hops direct from the field, a pale clean quality ale with citric hoppy flavours. |
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| OFFA'S DYKE | Trefonen, Oswestry | Barley Gold | 3.8 | an easy drinking golden ale brewed astride the actual border between England and Wales |
| OFFA'S DYKE | Trefonen, Oswestry | Grim Reaper | 5.0 | a strong dark bitter style, whose good malt character is balanced with hoppiness |
| OLD MILL | Snaith | Hallowe'en Surprise | 3.9 | a mellow malty flavour with a distinctive hop character with hints of chocolate |
| OLD MILL | Snaith | Winter Warmer | 4.7 | a seasonal strong but easy drinking bitter with plenty of fruit and hops |
| ORGANIC | Helston, Cornwall | Wolf Rock | 5.0 | a copper coloured premium bitter, well balanced malt and hops with a fruity sweetness and a dry malt finish |
| OSSETT | Healey, Ossett | Gold Rush | 4.2 | a golden full bodied ale with moderate bitterness, but plenty of citrus hop aroma and aftertaste |
| OSSETT | Healey, Ossett | Hercules | 6.5 | aptly named, very light on the palate for such a strong beer, mellow with a hoppy aroma |
| OSSETT | Healey, Ossett | Silver King | 4.3 | a lager style beer with crisp dry flavour and fruity aroma |
| PENZANCE | Crowlas, Penzance | Crowlas Bitter | 3.8 | mid-brown in colour and full-bodied with a pleasantly dry finish |
| QUANTOCK | Wellington, Somerset | Quantock Ale | 3.8 | a traditional amber and fairly bitter hoppy ale |
| QUANTOCK | Wellington, Somerset | White Hind | 4.5 | a malty amber coloured ale with a delicate spicy aroma |
| RCH | West Hewish, Weston-super-Mare | Steam Carnival | 4.7 | a strong golden beer with a good hoppy nose and an easy drinking well-balanced character throughout, traditionally hopped with Fuggles and Goldings |
| SALAMANDER | Dudley Hill. Bradford | Golden Salamander | 4.5 | citrus hops characterise the aroma and taste |
| SALTAIRE | Shipley | Yorkshire Pale Bitter | 3.8 | a pale bitter featuring malts from Castleford, Fuggles and Goldings hops adding citrus flavours |
| SALTAIRE | Shipley | Winter Ale | 4.9 | a strong amber bitter with toffee accents from crystal malt, moderately hopped with Northdown and Bramling Cross hops |
| SARAH HUGHES | Sedgley, West Midlands | Dark Ruby Mild | 6.0 | dark ruby strong ale with a good balance of fruit and hops, leading to a pleasant, lingering hops and malt finish |
| SARAH HUGHES | Sedgley, West Midlands | Sedgley Surprise | 5.0 | a bittersweet, medium bodied, strong hoppy ale with evident malt flavours |
| SHEFFIELD | Sheffield | Crucible Best | 3.8 | a complex bitter brewed with a blend of pale, crystal and black malts plus 2 bittering hops |
| SHEFFIELD | Sheffield | Fiery Jack | 5.4 | a dark and complex strong ale brewed as a bonfire brew |
| SPIRE | Staveley, Chesterfield | Sovereign | 5.2 | a strong traditional amber India Pale Ale using a selection of the finest English hops to give that extra bitter note |
| STONEHOUSE | Stonehouse Weston, Oswestry | Station Bitter | 3.9 | a traditional amber coloured bitter, full bodied, very drinkable, session beer, with a perfect balance of fruity hops and roasted malt |
| STONEHOUSE | Stonehouse Weston, Oswestry | KPA | 4.6 | a.k.a. Kiwi Pale Ale, a crisp pale ale, made using Green Bullet hops, from New Zealand which add a�distinctive herby, floral�note |
| STRINGERS | Ulverston | Genuine Stunning Strong Ale | 6.5 | from a 100%
renewably powered brewery comes a chestnut-brown beauty whose lightly
fruity nose leads into rich and subtly spicy flavours, a cleansing bitterness leading to a heart-warming finish |
| TAUNTON ALES | Halse, Taunton | Taunton Ale | 3.9 | quite bitter from a malty perspective leading to a dry, bitter finish |
| TAUNTON ALES | Halse, Taunton | Taunton Gold | 4.5 | a well balanced golden ale with a tangy fruit taste then citrus notes in the aftertaste before a drying finish |
| TIGERTOPS | Flanshaw | Amarillo | 4.1 | a fresh golden ale using aromatic Amarillo hops with pale malt and wheat malt |
| TIGERTOPS | Flanshaw | Big Ginger | 6.2 | a strong amber beer, subtly ginger flavoured, top Speciality Beer at Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2008 |
| TIGERTOPS | Flanshaw | M�rzenbier | ca5 | an authentic bronze-y malty German style beer using genuine Bavarian yeast, the tradition being to brew in March and store for the Oktoberfest |
| TOWER | Burton upon Trent | Hoskins Green & Gold | 4.6 | a harvest beer full of fresh ingredients brewed annually for Hoskins brothers of Leicester |
| TOWER | Burton upon Trent | Battlements | 5.0 | a full flavoured ruby coloured ale with a hoppy bitter finish |
| ULVERSTON | Lindal-in-Furness, Cumbria | Flying Elephant | 3.7 | a pale beer, hints of tangerine with a thirst-quenching aftertaste - a good session ale |
| WHITE ROSE | Sheffield (temporary premises) | Honey Blonde | 4.0 | honey sweetness balanced by a hoppy fruity bitterness |
| WHITE ROSE | Sheffield (temporary premises) | Autumn Gold | 4.4 | a golden autumnal brew |
| WHITEHAVEN | Ennerdale, Cleator, Cumbria | Autumn Ale | 3.8 | a crisp, dry chestnut-coloured bitter with a sharp finish using crystal and chocolate malts for toffee-caramel notes, Fuggles and Goldings giving a crisp hoppy aroma |
| WIRKSWORTH | Wirksworth, Nottinghamshire | Cruckbeam | 3.9 | a full flavoured copper coloured beer with a balanced malt and hop taste |
| WIZARD | Ilfracombe, Devon | Lundy Gold | 4.1 | a classic golden ale, crisp and fresh with a generous hoppy finish |
| WOODLANDS | Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire | Oak Beauty | 4.2 | a malty, sweetish bitter with caramel and toffee flavours |
| WYLAM | Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland | Northern Kite | 4.5 | a ruby coloured beer in the style of a traditional Scotch ale |
| WYLAM | Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland | Bohemia Lager | 4.6 | a Czech recipe pilsener beer, tawny coloured with malt and hop aromas and a fruity finish |
| YARD OF ALE | Ferryhill, Co.Durham | First Yard | 3.8 | a copper coloured, mildly smokey, smooth full-flavoured bitter |
| YARD OF ALE | Ferryhill, Co.Durham | One Foot In The Yard | 4.5 | a golden ale with a robust fruity character from a mix of pale and crystal malts, hopped with Target and Cascade |
| ALVINNE | Ingelmunster, West Flanders, Belgium | Gaspar | 8.0 | one of Belgium's hoppiest beers, spicy and aromatic with a very long dry bitter finish |
This is the beer list as it stands at the moment. It is subject to the condition of the product, and also a popular beer may sell out rapidly. We shall try to post any substitutions/cancellations, which have had to be made after the programme has gone to press, at the festival.