3rd Summer Beer Festival 2009

Prices
Up to 3.9% ABV = £2.30 / Pint
4.0% - 4.5% ABV = £2.50 / Pint
5% ABV and over = £2.70 / Pint
Ciders = £2.80 / Pint
Bottled Fruit Beers = £2.00 / bottle

Beer List

1 - Belvoir, Dark Horse Mild - 3.4% ABV (LocAle)
Built on the foundations of a classic Mild Ale recipe this dark beer has a smooth character. A welcoming flow of full bodied flavours is followed by a pleasant rounded finish derived from a delicate balance of malt and hops.

2 - St Austell, Tinners - 3.7% ABV
Traditional delicious Cornish ale, brewed with the finest malts and choicest hops. Tinners has a light refreshing flavour with only a hint of bitterness. Celebrating Cornwall's history in tin mining, today Tinners is a popular session ale in pubs throughout the county.

3 - Nobby's, Best Bitter - 3.8% ABV
Possibly their best! A fine session ale with an excellent hop finish.

4 - Triple fff, Alton's Pride - 3.8 % ABV
Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2008. Golden brown session bitter, full bodied for 3.8%. A forward hoppy aroma with a long bitter finish. If you like your bitter in the traditional style then you'll love this.

5 - Langtons, Caudle Bitter - 3.9% ABV (LocAle)
An easy drinking beer close to a pale ale with traditional bitter taste. Named after the range of local hills, Caudle bitter continues to be a very popular choice.

6 - Parish, Festival Special - 4.0% ABV (LocAle)
A one off brew only available in two outlets, one of which is a private function. Therefore if you want to try it you'll have to be here early as its unlikely to last beyond Friday.

7 - Burton Bridge, XL Bitter - 4.0% ABV (LocAle)
A bitter beer with a pleasant lingering aftertaste and a Malty aroma. Challenger & Target hops with Target hops also used as a late copper hop. Pale Malt with the addition of a small amount of Chocolate malt.

8 - Mallinson's, 29 Archers - 4.1% ABV
The Third in our series of Penistone Line Viaducts. Described as: "Pale gold with a fresh hoppy nose, refreshing bitter hoppy taste with a dryish finish".

9 - Kelham Island, Ing-a-land - 4.2% ABV
What can we say, a seasonal special from the Sheffield brewery, it's not even listed on their website at the time of producing this. We are informed its a football special, a hoppy treat.

10 - Blue Monkey, Evolution - 4.3% ABV (LocAle)
After launching Original, customers were asking us for a pale and hoppy beer of a higher abv, so we responded in style! A premium pale ale, light golden in colour and deliciously fruity. Epic amounts of finishing hops give this beer a pronounced citrus aroma. A lingering bitterness and dry finish to lead customers back to the bar for more!

11 - Roosters, Yankee - 4.3% ABV
Pale coloured premium aromatic bitter. Our best selling beer. Aromas of Turkish delight, lychees and sometimes Muscat grapes. Soft bitterness.

12 - Thornbridge, Hopton English Pale Ale - 4.3% ABV
A burnt gold English Pale Ale. Some malt present in the nose with a hint of lime and lemon peel. Medium bodied with some biscuit character and more citrus present in the mouth. The finish shows a clean bitterness with a touch of lingering grassiness.

13 - Black Hole, Alien Nation - 4.5% ABV (LocAle)
Football World cup special not currently listed on their website.

14 - Holdens, Shaft Spragger - 4.5% ABV
Bramling Cross hops and crystal malt give this long velvety polished conker coloured beer a wonderfully balanced taste which swings between gentle hop notes and robust malty overtones resulting in a long lingering dry finish.

15 - Bowman's, Quiver - 4.5% ABV
Gloriously rich golden in colour and with a wonderful mown grass aroma, this premium bitter is full of complex flavours including a tiny amount of caramel. The addition of American hops gives it a full hop flavour with a dry finish. As with the Swift One this is also a bloody good beer .

16 - Oakham, Asylum - 4.5% ABV
Premium amber bitter with insane hop aroma and character, grapefruit and berries to taste before you’re certified to a bitter end.

17 - Toad (New Brewery), Mature Toad - 4.5% ABV
A classic ruby red beer with USA/NZ hops.

18 - Howard Town, Glott's Hop - 5.0% ABV
Glott's Hop is our strongest beer, and as the name implies, is very hoppy. It's brewed with halcyon malt and Pioneer hops. it's light, strong and full of flavour. This was runner up in the Strong Bitter category, Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2005.

19 - OldeSwan, Bumblehole - 5.2% ABV
Strong hoppy black country beer with a sweet body.

20 - Thornbridge, Jaipur India Pale Ale - 5.9% ABV
A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish.

21 - Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby - 6.0% ABV
If you ain't heard of this this one; where have you been hiding? It a classic black country Mild.

Cider List

22 - Farmer Fear, Thirsty Farmer - 5.5% ABV (LocAle)
This medium cider is the only Cider that is produced commercially in Leicestershire. It is made from mixed varieties of cider apples; some of which are grown in Rothley, Leicestershire.

22 - Moles, Black Rat Cider - 6.0% ABV
Black Rat is a dry, award winning, premium English cider. Unpasteurised, maintaining the apple's full flavour, Black Rat Cider has a fresh apple aroma, a smooth taste, a crisp clean finish with a bright and lightly sparkling appearance.

Fruit Beers

There will be a small selection of continental fruit beers available including raspberry, cherry and blackcurrant.