Edgworth Real Ale Festival

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Tasting

The following list is the 2007 range of beers which were available at the event. We will soon be updating this with the new 2008 selection. Keep checking.

BITTERS

Bitters developed towards the end of the 19th century as brewers began to produce beers that could be served in pubs after only a few days storage in cellars. Bitters grew out of pale ale but were usually deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker crystal malts. Bitter falls into the 3.4% to 3.9% band and grew out of Pale Ale but was generally deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker malts such as crystal that give the beer fullness of palate.

	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content


	OAKHAM	BISHOPS FAREWELL	PETERBOROUGH	4.6%
'Silver Award Winner - 2004 and 2005 - Class 3 International Cask Conditioned Ale Competition; the Brewing Industry International Awards'. 'Bronze Medal - Champion Beer of Britain - 2003'. '2002 Champion Beer of the Year - Society of Independent Brewers'. A strong premium beer of structured quality dominated by elaborate fruity hop notes, with a grainy background and dry finish.

	HIGHGATE	FURY	WALSALL	4.3%
A premium ale brewed to the highest specifications, it has a distinctive aroma with hints of fresh citrus and malt dominating. A prefect blend of hops and malts gives a long satisfying finish.

	DERWENT	HARVESTERS ALE	SILLOTH	4.3%
An autumn special from this award winning brewery. Mid-golden brown in colour with fruit overtones and long bitter finish

	BOWLAND	HEN HARRIER	CLITHEROE	4.0%
Soft citrus and peach flavours combine to create a very easy drinking bitter - the brewery's best seller.

	ULVERSTON	LONESOME PINE	CUMBRIA	4.3%
A pale hoppy bitter from Cumbria's traditional brewing town; a beer that always features prominently in Cumbrian Beer Festivals

	BANK TOP	VOLUNTEER	BOLTON	4.2%
Overall Winner - Boot Beer Festival, Cumbria 2001'. 'Festival Beer - Bolton Beer Festival 2000'. A great Anglo/American alliance; pale bitter brewed with English malt and American hops leading to a full floral after taste.

	WOODFORDES	WHERRY	NORWICH	3.8%
A premium ale brewed to the highest specifications, it has a distinctive aroma with hints of fresh citrus and malt dominating. A prefect blend of hops and malts gives a long satisfying finish.

BEST BITTER

"Best Bitter falls into the 4% upwards category. With Best and Strong Bitters, malt and fruit character will tend to dominate but hop aroma and bitterness are still crucial to the style, often achieved by ‘late hopping’ in the brewery or adding hops to casks as they leave for pubs."

	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content
	CAINS	FORMIDABLE ALE	LIVERPOOL	5.0%
Silver Medal Winner - 2000' and 'Winner; Best Alcoholic Drink of the North West - 2005'. Cains FA is no small beer. Despite its deceptively pale golden colour, it boasts a big, smooth flavour and strong punch. Brewed with the finest English malts, and conditioned in cask with dry hops to produce fresh hop aromas and a fuller flavour, delighting the mouth and stimulating the tongue

	BAZENS	FLATBAC	SALFORD	4.2%
Bronze medal - the Brewing Industry International Awards 2004'. 'Beer of the Festival - Stockport 2003'. A well-balanced, distinctive and refreshing blonde beer. Full hop character exhibiting pronounced citrus/floral notes; an ideal summer drink.

	PHOENIX	STRUGGLING MONKEY	HEYWOOD	4.7%
An amber coloured autumn special from Phoenix; sweet aroma, with hints of pears and citrus. A true bitter with a long bitter finish.

	MORDUE	WORKIE TICKET	WALLSEND	4.5%
A tasty, complex beer with malt and hops throughout and a long, satisfying bitter finish. Well worthy of the title 'Champion Beer of Britain - 1997'.

STRONG BITTERS

A further development of Bitter comes in the shape of Extra or Strong Bitter of 5% or more with strong malt and hop characteristics

	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content
	STONEHENGE	DANISH DYNAMITE	SALISBURY	5.0%
Bronze Award - SIBA National Beer Competition 2004'. 'Winner - Maltings Beer Festival 2003 2004'. 'Winner Gosport Beer Festival 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003'. A light golden, dry, strong ale, slightly fruity with a well balanced hop flavour and bitterness

	RINGWOOD	OLD THUMPER	HAMPSHIRE	5.6%
CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain - 1988'. Peppery, spicy aroma with hint of apples. Luscious balance of grain and hop in the mouth, bitter sweet finish with delicate fruit notes. Warm, rounded yet surprisingly delicate pale strong beer.

	THREE B'S	SHUTTLE ALE	BLACKBURN	5.2%
A strong pale ale light in colour, with a balanced malt and hop flavour, and superb 'Goldings' aroma, long dry finish, and a delicate fruit notes.

	BANK TOP	SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN	BOLTON	5.0%
Overall winner in its Class - Great North Western Beer Festival 1997'. A pale straw coloured bitter with hoppy aromas and a lingering malty finish; the strongest bitter in the Bank Top range.

	WATERMILL	WRUFF NIGHT	CUMBRIA	5.0%
A strong yet golden hoppy ale brewed at the Watermill at Ings, the ‘Best Pub of the Year – 2006; Good Pub Guide in one of Lakeland's newest pub breweries which opened in July 2006

MILDS

Mild is one of the most traditional beer styles which is enjoying a revival in today’s real ale market. Usually dark brown in colour, due to the use of well-roasted malts or barley it is less hopped than bitters and often has a chocolatety character with nutty and burnt flavours. It is a beer which has tastes and textures all it’s own and is a beer that is less hopped than bitter

	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content
	Timothy Taylor	Golden Best	Keighley	3.5%
A true Pennine light mild, this amber coloured beer makes a refreshing session ale. The smooth and creamy flavour makes it a popular choice.

	Elgoods	Black Dog Mild	Wisbech	3.6%
A traditional dark mild with CAMRA awards to its name. Well balanced with a full roast flavour. The use of crystal malt and roast barley gives a deep underlying characteristic flavour, balanced with 'Fuggles' hops as the sole variety.

	Watermill	Colliewobbles	Cumbria	3.7%
The name speaks for itself.

	Dark Island	Orkney	Stromness	4.6%
'Silver Medal Winner - Strong Mild and Old Ale category - CAMRA's national winter celebration of beer'. A traditional Orkney Beer; dark and mysterious with a uniquely distinctive taste; characterised by a ruby port wine colour and a distinctly chocolate, nutty malt taste.

	3BS	Stokers Slake	Cumbria	3.7%
A traditional dark mild roast with distinctive malt aromas and creamy chocolate notes.

	Hobsons	Hobsons Mild	Shropshire	3.2%
Just named as 'Champion Beer of Britain 2007 -The Great British Beer Festival'. A nutty mild and despite being only 3.2% it is packed full of flavour. A great victory for a traditional British beer bursting with flavour with plenty of hop character. It's great to see a classic copper coloured beer take the top award

GOLDEN

This new style of pale, well-hopped and quenching beer developed in the 1980s as independent brewers attempted to win younger drinkers from heavily-promoted lager brands. Strengths will range from 3.5% to 5.3%. The hallmark will be the biscuity and juicy malt character derived from pale malts, underscored by tart citrus fruit and peppery hops, often with the addition of hints of vanilla and cornflour. Golden ales are pale amber, gold, yellow or straw coloured and above all, such beers are quenching and served cool

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	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content
	PHOENIX	ARIZONA	HEYWOOD	4.1%
A very refreshing yellow beer with good dry bitterness - a most satisfying summer ale from this popular local brewery.

	CROUCH VALE	BREWERS GOLD	CHELMSFORD	4.0%
Supreme Champion Beer of Britain - the Great British Beer Festival - 2005 and 2006'. This is a pale, refreshing and hoppy beer with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits

	ALLGATES	BRIGHT BLADE	WIGAN	4.0%
.Overall Champion Beer of the Festival - Warrington Beer Festival 2006'. A golden ale made with 3 hop varieties; notes of ginger spice and citrus.

	OAKHAM	JHB	WIGAN	3.8%
'2005 Bronze Champion Beer of Britain- Golden Ales'. '2004 Silver Champion Beer of Britain - Bitter Category'. '2002 Bronze Champion Beer of Britain - Bitter Category'. A golden beer whose aroma is dominated by hops that give characteristic citrus notes. Hops and fruit on the palate are balanced by malt and a bitter base. \|

	KIRKSTILE	KIRKSTILE GOLD	LOWESWATER	4.3%
Beer of the Festival - 2006 Pendle Beer Festival'. Very rare; available only at Kirkstile Inn, Loweswater and Punchbowl, Great Broughton. Made with lager malt and German hops this is a genuine golden beer that is truly refreshing. With flavors of mango, grapefruit and banana.

	HAWKSHEAD	LAKELAND GOLD	CUMBRIA	4.4%
A golden ale; hoppy and uncompromisingly bitter with complex fruit flavours from the blending of a modern English hop, 'First Gold', with the American, 'Cascade'.

	KELHAM ISLAND	PALE RIDER	SHEFFIELD	4.3%
'CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2004'. Pale Rider is a well balanced strong and fruity ale flavoured with North American Hops.

	HOPSTAR	SECOND SUMMER THIRST	DARWEN	5.2%
A late summer special from this local and popular micro; golden in colour with citrus tones and a light hop finish

	HOPBACK	SUMMER LIGHTNING	WIGAN	5.0%
A trendsetter in the brewing industry; the original Summer ale brewed all year round. An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to an excellent long, dry finish. Probably the beer to receive the most awards in Britain!

IPA / PALE ALE

India Pale Ale changed the face of brewing early in the 19th century. The new technologies of the Industrial Revolution enabled brewers to use pale malts to fashion beers that were genuinely golden or pale bronze in colour. Look for juicy malt, citrus fruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop character, with strengths of 4% upwards

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	Brewer	Name	Location	Alcohol Content
	COPPER DRAGON	CHALLENGER	SKIPTON	4.4%
A truly traditional premium ale brewed to revive flavours enjoyed by our Victorian ancestors. Full bodied and fruity with subtle hoppy undertones.

	YATES	FEVER PITCH	CUMBRIA	3.9%
A lager style pale ale using lager malt with 'Saaz' and 'Cascade' hops producing a very light coloured beer with an outstanding fruity flavour.

	MARBLE ARCH	LAGONDA IPA	MANCHESTER	5.0%
A clear golden coloured pale ale; fruity with a lasting hop finish. A satisfyingly citrussy multi layered IPA

	MORDUE IPA	MORDUE BREWERY	WALLSEND	5.1%
A modern I.P.A. brewed with 'Horizon' hops from the U.S.A. giving the beer a dry bitterness reminiscent of a traditional IPA of yesteryear. 'Silver Medal - Great British Beer Festival - Strong Bitter -2004

	BANK TOP	PAVILION	BOLTON	4.5%
A very pale bitter celebrating the move to the tennis club site in Astley Bridge. A well-rounded pale ale using 'First Gold' hops and 'Cascade' to finish.

	KESWICK	THIRST RUN	CUMBRIA	4.1
A summer pale ale from the heart of Cumbria; golden in colour with rich full hoppyness

BARLEY WINES

Barley wine dates from the 18th and 19th centuries when England and France were often at war and it was the duty of patriots to drink ale rather than claret.County Houses often had their own breweries and barley wine had to be strong, between 10 and 12%, as it was often stored for up to two years.

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	FULLERS	VINTAGE ALE	LONDON	8.6%
Very rare appearance of this prize winning beer normally only available in bottles. One of only 60 casks have been filled this year and we have been promised one for the festival

	ORKNEY	SKULL SPLITTER	STROMNESS	8.5%
Satiny smooth in the mouth, deceptively light, and dangerously drinkable; named after Thorfinn Hausakluif (SkullSplitter), the Seventh Viking Earl of Orkney. A beer of strength, finesse and impressive structure; a deep chair please!

PORTERS AND STOUTS

Porter was a London style that turned the brewing industry upside down early in the 18th century. It was a dark brown beer – 19th-century versions became jet black – that was originally a blend of brown ale, pale ale and ‘stale’ or well-matured ale. It acquired the name Porter as a result of its popularity among London’s street-market workers. At the time, a generic term for the strongest or stoutest beer in a brewery was stout. Look for profound dark and roasted malt character with raisin and sultana fruit, espresso or cappuccino coffee, liquorice and molasses, all underscored by hefty hop bitterness. Porters are complex in flavour, range from 4% to 6.5% and are typically black or dark brown; the darkness comes from the use of dark malts unlike stouts which use roasted malted barley. Stouts can be dry or sweet and range from 4% to 8% ABV

	3 BS	KNOCKER UP	BLACKBURN	4.8%
A porter with an exotic ebony texture, and a deep rich palate of roast barley, and chocolate malt.

	NETHERGATE	OLD GROWLER	SUFFOLK	5.0%
'Winner - CAMRA Winter Festival - 1998, 2003'; also 'Supreme Champion - 2003'. 'Supreme Champion - Chicago International Beer Festival - 2004; Porter Category'. A complex, satisfying porter, smooth and distinctive. Roast malt and fruit feature in the palate. The finish is powerfully hoppy with a hint of liquorice. Sometimes available as Growler Extra, at 5.5 % abv.

	HOPSTAR	SMOKEY JOES BLACK BEER	DARWEN	4.0%
Beer of Edgworth Beer Festival 2006. Award winning black beer with a bag full of character. Slightly smokey with tons of chocolate in the finish. Overall winner, Salisbury Winterfest 2006 + best of festival Porters & Stouts category, Cambridge 2005

	STRANDS	T'ERRMM-INATOR	NETHER WASDALE	5.0%
A dark smooth porter style ale from one of the newest pub micros in Cumbria. Very rare

CIDERS

In the UK, cider is an alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice. It is predominantly (but by no means exclusively) made in the southwest and west of England Cider is often stronger than beer and is frequently over 6% alcohol by volume. The common eating apples are unsuitable for cidermaking, being low in tannins ; specific apple cultivars bred especially for cider making are preferred

	BROOM FARM	HEREFORD DRY CIDER	HERFORD	6.0
A strong dry premium blend cider full of flavour with a clean apple bite. Produced traditionally in a family Somerset cider farmhouse using a blend of locally grown apples

	DEVON CIDER		DEVON	6.0%
Medium Cider

	BIDDENDEN	KENTISH DRY CIDER	BIDDENDEN	8.4%
Made from a blend of dessert and culinary apples grown in the Garden of England. It is a still, dry cider best served chilled as a delicious alternative to wine
PERRY
Perry is a drink so difficult to find that most people don't even know of its existence. Perry is made exactly the same way as cider is from apples, perry is from perry pears.Like cider apples; perry pears are grown specifically for perry production.
	DOUBLE VISION	IMPAIRED VISION	KENT	7.5%
A sweet and balanced drink that is both soft and fruity. The alcohol is surprisingly well-hidden - this almost qualifies as a juice - don't try it on the children

With acknowledgements to CAMRA. Campaign for Real Ale http://www.camra.org.uk

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