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Thanks to everybody who voted for their favourites at the festival.
As they say on the tellybox, the votes have been counted and verified and the results are:
Winner: Blackjack Beers / Thornbridge Brewery – Jaffa
Runner up: Marble Beers – Earl Grey IPA
Snails Bank – Rhubarb
Yeastie Boys – Pot Kettle Black
Congratulations to all the winners.
Our World Beers bar features a great selection of bottled beers from around the world.
This year we also introduce our draft keg bar which will be split between draught world beers and a selection of UK Key-Keg Conditioned beers
BOTTLED BEERS |
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| BREWERY | BEER | ABV | STYLE | TASTING NOTES |
| America | ||||
| Kona | Big Wave | 4.4% | Pale | A light golden ale with subtle fruitiness and delicate hop aroma. Smooth and easy drinking. |
| Brooklyn | Summer Ale | 5.0% | Pale | Light-bodied refreshing summer pale ale with citrus and floral hop aromas. |
| Japan | ||||
| Hitachino | Hitachino Nest White | 5.5% | Witbier | A white ale brewed with wheat malt and flavoured with coriander, orange peel and nutmeg. |
| Hitachino | Hitachino Nest Pale | 5.5% | Pale | Amber colour with a foamy and long lasting tanned head, fresh citrus hop aromas with a rich malty, slight caramel flavour and a little hop bitterness. |
| America | ||||
| Rogue | Hazelnut Brown Nectar | 6.2% | Brown Ale | A nutty twist to a traditional Brown Ale. Dark brown in colour with a hazelnut aroma and flavour with a smooth malty finish. |
| Evil Twin | Retro IPA | 6.0% | IPA | A recreation of a 1985 style IPA. Enjoy a full on hoppy beer infused with everything you loved about the 80’s. |
| Stone | Ruination | 8.5% | DIPA | Bracingly bitter. Thick, pungent hop aroma. Piney, citrus and tropical a full on double IPA. |
| New Zealand | ||||
| Tuatara | Solstice | 5.2% | Saison | A spicy saison with ginger aroma and kaffir lime leaves for refreshing citrus notes. |
| Tuatara | Sauvinova | 5.2% | Pale Ale | Full malt body copiously hopped with Nelson Sauvin displaying gooseberry, pineapple and grapefruit flavours. Balanced bitterness |
| Denmark | ||||
| To Øl | Velvets are Blue | 5.5% | Saison | A big hit of blueberry with a subtle Belgian funk balanced with a pithy grapefruit sourness. |
| To Øl | Mr Orange | 7.0% | ESB | Extra special bitter brewer with clementine, tangerine and grapefruit |
| Mikkeller | Drink’in Berliner | 2.8% | Berlinner Weisse | Pale and slightly hazy sour ale with lemon, mineral and subtle floral notes. |
| Mikkeller | …Zest Please! | 7.0% | Porter | A rich porter with strong dark malt character brewed with orange zest. |
| Mikkeller | Jackie Brown | 6.0% | Brown Ale | A roasty, chocolaty brown ale with hints of coffee and licorice. The malts are complimented by a great amount of hop bitterness, aroma and flavour. |
| Mikkeller | Cream Ale | 4.9% | Cream | Subtle citrus hops and delicate malt give an easy drinking golden cream ale inspired by pre-prohibition America. |
| Mikkeller | Chil Pils Orange | 4.7% | Pilsner | A pilsner brewed with orange juice and chops giving citrus flavours, some spice and sweeteness. |
| Sweden | ||||
| Omnipollo | Onda Mosaic | 5.0% | Pale Ale | Pale ale brewed with unmalted wheat, honey and 100% mosaic hops. |
| Omnipollo | Nebuchadnezzer | 8.5% | DIPA | “Neb” is a home brew recipe that has been scaled up with no consideration to economies of scale. Get fresh or die trying. |
| Italy | ||||
| Birrificio Italiano | Tipopils | 5.2% | Pilsner | A simple beer style but with a sophisticated malt character backed by citrus and pine hops. |
| Birrificio Italiano | Asteroid 56013 | 6.5% | IPA | American IPA, single hopped with Cascade. |
| Spain | ||||
| Cervecera Artesana Riojana | Ceriux Rubia | 5.4% | Blonde | Crisp and refreshing, brewed with barley and wheat malt, select hops, spices and grape must. Gives the beer a subtle wine character. |
| Cervecera Artesana Riojana | Palax | 4.8% | Lager | A bottle conditioned lager, subtle flavours supported by the yeastsediment from the bottle. |
| Belgium | ||||
| De Koninck | De Koninck | 5.0% | Pale | The beer of Antwerp, De Koninck is an amber coloured beer with a lively taste and soft, velvety aroma. Brewed with 100% pure malt and Saaz hops, fragrant, smooth and spicy. |
| Huyghe | Floris Mango | 3.6% | Fruit beer | A smooth and easy drinking white beer, with exotic fruity flavours and a refreshing citric finish. The aroma is a mix of mango and wheat. |
| Huyghe | Floris Passionfruit | 3.6% | Fruit beer | Easy drinking and exciting, tangy, tropical-sweet, white beer. Warm and rich with a perfect harmony between aroma and taste. |
| Huyghe | Floris Honey | 4.5% | Fruit beer | An easy drinking wheat beer blended with honey which gives a lively, fruity and bitter sweet style of beer. |
| Huyghe | Floris Kriek | 3.6% | Fruit beer | Easy drinking and full on, cherry-sweet, cherry white fruit beer, made with Marachino cherries. Light and very refreshing. |
| Timmermans | Peche | 4.0% | Fruit beer | A pale peach beer with a very fresh aroma. Oddly enough, an apricot flavour often seems to be present on the palate |
| St Feuillien | Triple | 8.5% | Tripel | A golden ale with amber notes; it has a light aroma with a touch of spice; very full in body, it is dry yet fruity with lots of citrus; a long dry finish packed with spice and hop. |
| Het Anker | Boscoli | 3.5% | Fruit beer | Anker Boscoli is a fruit beer by Brewery Het Anker. It is based on white beer with 25% natural fruit juices. A light and fruity beer it is smooth and well balanced. |
| Lefebvre | Blanche de Bruxelles | 4.5% | Witbier | Brewed from a blend of wheat, malted barley, and spiced with coriander and curacao. It is relatively dry and very refreshing, exhibiting more than a hint of citrus fruit in its flavour. |
| Lindemans | Cassis | 3.5% | Fruit beer | A classic Belgian favorite. Blackcurrants are a centuries old ingredient in beer. Exceptional aroma, flavour, and complexity. Full bodied, while still being refreshing and crisp. |
| Mort Subite | Gueze | 4.5% | Gueze | Brewed according to an ancient recipe, this traditional Lambic beer slowly matures in oak barrels. An amber-coloured, crisp, sour-sweet thirst quencher |
| Brugse Zot | Blond | 6.0% | Blonde | A golden blond beer with a rich froth and a fruity flavouring, brewed with four different malts and two aromatic hops to give it’s unique taste. |
| Roman | Ename Dubbel | 6.5% | Dubbel | A classic abbey beer with a rich aroma of caramel, roasted malt and sweet fruit. Its dominant caramel flavour is mixed with the bitterness of roasted malt and hops. |
| Netherlands | ||||
| De Molen | Hop & Liefde | 4.8% | Pale | Very refreshing and floral, lots of citrus, light grassy and light bodied. Keeps you coming back for more. |
| De Molen | Vuur & Vlam | 6.2% | IPA | A heavily hopped IPA with fruit and floral aromas but no aggressive bitterness. |
| Brouwerij Kees! | Kees! Pale Ale Citra | 4.6% | Pale | A traditional English pale ale brewed with full flavoured American hops. |
| Brouwerij Kees! | Session IPA | 3.5% | IPA | Refreshing amber session IPA with citrus and grassy hop notes and a gentle bitterness. |
| Belgium | ||||
| Boon | Mariage Parfait | 8.0% | Gueze | Traditional Belgian lambic. 100% spontaneously fermented. Refermented in the bottle. Tart, dry, sparkling and refreshing. |
| Boon | Kriek Mariage Parfait | 8.0% | Kriek | An old style Kriek with 400g of cherry per litre, fermented with a strong sponateus Lambic, and aged in oak casks for 6 months. |
| Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar | Belle Fleur IPA | 6.0% | IPA | Fresh, hoppy and thirst-quenching beer, with pronounced citrus / floral flavors. A bitter and aromatic beer |
| Cazeau | Saison | 5.0% | Saison | A traditional saison with Sterling hops, a perfect summer beer with elderflowers. |
| De Ranke | XX Bitter | 6.0% | IPA | Famous for it’s very bitter and strong flavour. Made with pale pilsner malt and loads of Brewers Gold and Hallertau hop flowers. |
| Drie Fontenien | Oude Gueze | 7.0% | Gueze | A true Geuze – A blend of 1, 2, and 3 year-old lambic unfiltered and unpasteurized, and aged in the bottle for at least a year after blending |
| Dupont | Saison Dupont Dry Hopping | 6.5% | Saison | A classic Belgian farmhouse ale. This is a beautifully balanced, complex beer that has a refreshing fruitiness and long, dry finish. Dry hopped with Brewers Gold |
| Browerij Van Honsebrouck | Bacchus Frambozenbier | 5.0% | Fruit beer | A traditional Belgian beer with raspberries. |
| Browerij Van Honsebrouck | Bacchus Kriek | 5.8% | Fruit beer | A traditional Belgian beer with cherries. |
| Trappists of Orval | Orval | 6.2% | Pale – belgian | A true classic Belgian beer, a rich and complex malt character with prominent hops. |
| Germany | ||||
| Brauerei Schlenkerla | Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier – Märzen | 5.1% | Rauchbier | Bamberg’s speciality, a dark, bottom fermented smokebeer, brewed with Original Schlenkerla. Smokemalt from the Schlenkerla maltings |
| Paulaner Brauerei | Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Kellerbier – Anno 1417 | 5.5% | Kellerbier | A beer with a distinctive character: earthy, bold, quaffable and yet refreshingly mild and light. Aromas of caramel, honey and plum. |
| Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn | Schneider Weisse Original (TAP7) | 5.4% | Hefeweizen | A true classic, pleasantly fruity with a typical top-fermented smell, an aroma of clove and nutmeg apple tantalizes the nose. On the tongue it is fresh, clean, full-bodied, harmonious and well-balanced. |
| Sunner | Kolsch | 4.8% | Kolsch | Not dissimilar to a light pilsner in malt character, this beer has a spicy, aromatic taste, refreshing and wholesome |
DRAUGHT BEERS |
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| BREWERY | BEER | ABV | STYLE | TASTING NOTES |
| UK | ||||
| Torrside | West Of The Sun | 4.5% | Pale | A New Mills/New Zealand Pale Ale. Armfuls of tropical and resinous NZ hops give an unmistakeable antipodean zing! |
| Partizan | Real Time Saison | 6.6% | Saison | Saison with Kaffir Lime, Lemongrass, Mosaic and Motueka |
| Runaway | Pale Ale | 4.7% | Pale | 0 |
| Weird Beard | Decadence Stout | 5.5% | Stout | Multiple grains types and precise brewing leave decadence stout with an opulent mouthfeel and generous head. Rich with chocolate and coffee roast flavours with just a touch of oat creaminess. |
| Wild Weather / Bad Seed | Fraise et Poivre | 5.0% | Saison | Starts as a traditional Saison, cloves and pepper roll around the tongue while a waft of strawberries delicately tempts the nose. |
| Denmark | ||||
| Mikkeller | All Other Pales | 5.8% | Pale Ale | A light, drinkable, elegant beer that is, like all Mikkeller beers, extremely well balanced. |
| Gypsy Inc | Tipsy Gipsy | 4.7% | Pilsner | A crisp Pilsner brewed with a solid amount of refreshing American hops with notes of mango, citrus, and passionfruit. |
| Netherlands | ||||
| Jopen | Jacobus Rye Pale Ale | 5.3% | Pale Ale | A generous handful of hops ensure a spicy, dry and full-flavoured hopped quaffer with an amber colour. Imagine a light version of an IPA. |
| New Zealand | ||||
| Yeastie Boys | Pot Kettle Black | 6.0% | Porter | Like a spring thunderstorm: dark, breezy, exhilarating and unsurprisingly wet. It’s near black and malty rich, yet is also fresh and joyously hoppy |
| Yeastie Boys | Gunnamatta | 6.5% | IPA | Judicious amounts of Earl Grey Blue Flower tea to generate an intoxicating floral and citrus aroma with the quenching dry finish of an ice tea |
| USA | ||||
| Black Market Brewing Co (California) | Claritas | 5.8% | Kölsch | A crisp and authentic German style beer. Pale straw color, featuring fruit-like aromatics alongside those from the malt and hops. Malt sweetness is balanced by hop bitterness, resulting in a smooth, dry, and clean finish. |
| Mike Hess (San Diego) | Aftermath | 5.8% | IPA | A “sessionable IPA” by American standards. Huge hop flavour & aroma from Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Columbus, Mosaic |
