2015 and Cider Brochure

Moongazing Hare Bars It's a great pleasure and privilege to be providing the bars for the 2015 festival. We very much hope you like what we do and enjoy all our great , ciders and other drinks. Some of you may recognise us from events such as Warwick and Bromyard Folk Festivals and we hope that our expertise will translate to a fantastic time for all. We are also fortunate to be joined by a number of experienced festival stalwarts from Shrewsbury CAMRA to assist behind the bar. We have concentrated on local ales and ciders. We have worked hard to gain an understanding of what has sold before so you get all your old favourites and more besides. Enville Ginger and GBBF Award winning Titanic Plum for instance. It's our first year at Shrewsbury though, so please bear with us if we don't get everything spot on. If you have any feedback why not let us know by e-mail on [email protected] or phone or text on 07940 731137. We would love to hear from you, good or bad. With our partners Tanner's we will also be introducing a Wine and Prosecco bar to the festival, with freshly made cocktails to boot. Look out for our competition for Best Beer and Best Cider of the festival. Your chance to win some to take home! I very much look forward to meeting you. I'll most likely be at one of the bars (Except when Kate Rusby's on!) Nigel Smith, Moongazing Hare Bars

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Hare-raisingly great bars www.moongazingharebars.co.uk Ales

Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description Big Shed Battlefield 3.8 Gold A beer with a light touch of darker malts and Brewery Gold plenty of body. A dry background and an excellent base for a very fruity blend of hops.

Big Shed Engineers 4.2 Pale Bitterness comes from Challenger, a good Brewery Best solid hop which has a fine aroma. The aromatic complex hop flavour has a light lemon or citrus element. Not a heavy beer and easy drinking for a medium strength ale.

Big Shed Rocky 4.8 Pale Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt with Brewery Mountain crystal malt which makes this a golden APA coloured beer with loads of flavour and aroma provided by distinctive Cascade hops.

Enville Ales Enville Ale 4.5 Amber Based on a 19th Century recipe, this traditional Beekeeper's ale is light in colour with fruity notes and a hint of sweetness to compliment the dry hoppy taste. Brewed using Maris Otter floor malted barley and specially selected honeys.

Enville Ales Enville 4.6 Speciality A speciality ale carefully infused with root Ginger extract of ginger to impart a memorable flavour which is both subtle and refreshing without overpowering.

Hobson's Best 3.8 Amber Current regional bitter champion, the Hobson's Brewery original beer is a pale brown to amber bitter with a crisp biscuity malt character, citrus notes and a dry bitter sweet finish.

Hobson's Mild 3.2 Dark CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain 2007, Brewery Hobson's Mild has a smooth character and taste, notes of chocolate malt gives this beer plenty of flavour and aroma.

Hobson's Town Crier 4.5 Gold A full flavoured crisp golden ale with a big Brewery voice. The elegant straw coloured bitter has a hint of sweetness complemented by subtle hop flavours leading to a dry finish.

Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description Hobson's Twisted 3.6 Pale Vibrant blond beer with a light fizz and sweet Brewery Spire floral aroma bringing bursts of refreshing flavour and crisp dry finish. Named after the brewers home town's St Mary the Virgin Church.

Marston's Bank's 4.2 Blonde With the citrus hop aroma, the shimmering Brewery Sunbeam blonde colour and the rich gooseberry and zesty grapefruit taste it is easy to see why Sunbeam is such a desirable beer. Award winning.

Marston's Pedigree 4.5 Brown Spicy hops, juicy hops and a very light hint of Brewery apple fruit, its Pedi!

Marston's Pedigree 3.8 Pale Born out of the craft and culture imbued in Brewery New World Pedigree, the Great British Ale, combined with the fresh, fascinating and funky hop flavours of Australia.

Marston's Wychwood 4.5 Ruby Traditionally craft brewed with chocolate and Brewery Hobgoblin crystal malts and a blend of Styrian, Goldings and Fuggles hops to produce a full-bodied, Ruby beer that delivers a delicious chocolate toffee malt flavour.

Olde Swan Bumble Hole 5.2 Amber Sweet, smooth amber ale with hints of Brewery astringency in the finish.

Olde Swan Dark Swan 4.2 Dark Smooth, sweet dark mild with late roast malt Brewery in the finish.

Olde Swan Entire 4.4 Amber Faintly hoppy, amber premium bitter with Brewery sweetness persistent throughout.

Olde Swan Netherton 4.8 Pale First brewed as a one-off celebratory drink in Brewery Pale Ale mid-2014, this is a very pale and hoppy ale.

Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description Olde Swan Original 3.5 Amber Straw-coloured light mild, smooth but tangy, Brewery and sweetly refreshing with a faint hoppiness.

Salopian Darwin's 4.3 Copper A copper coloured beer that evolves with a Brewery Original pronounced hop character which leads to a refined malt finish.

Salopian Golden 5 Gold A bright gold ale, using wheat and lager malt Brewery Thread and flavoured with an infusion of aroma hops. Clean and crisp to the palate with a hint of sweetness and a long fruit filled finish.

Salopian Hop Twister 4.5 Gold The palate is fresh, piercing and focused, with Brewery soft malt overtones and pronounced citrus flavours. A strong focus of taut, lemony, grapefruit on the finish which is balanced by a dry bitterness.

Salopian Lemon 4.5 Speciality A shimmering golden ale that is brewed using Brewery Dream organic lemons which adds beautifully subtle zesty aromas and a citrus filled fruity finish.

Salopian Oracle 4 Gold Oracle is a crisp, sparklingly sunflower gold Brewery ale with a striking hop profile. Dry and refreshing with a long citrus.

Salopian Shropshire 3.8 Gold Golden, with a floral aroma and a full hoppy Brewery Gold flavour that is balanced by a crisp dry maltiness and a rich finish.

Sarah Ruby Mild 6 Dark Dark, ruby coloured ale with a complex blend Hughes of fruit and hops leading to a pleasant lingering hops and malt finish, come to the dark side.

Six Bells Spikey Blond 4 Pale Spicy, tropical fruit flavours combined with Brewery subtle malt characteristics and a citrus finish make this an intriguingly refreshing cheeky little number.

Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description Stonehouse Cambrian 4.2 Gold A deep golden fruity beer with a subtle fry Brewery Gold finish.

Stonehouse Kingston 4.6 Pale A crisp pale ale made using Green Bullet hops Brewery Flyer KPA from New Zealand. The hops add a herby floral note.

Stonehouse Station Bitter 3.9 Amber A traditional, amber coloured bitter, full Brewery bodied, very drinkable session beer with a perfect balance of fruity hops and roasted malt.

The Golden 3.8 Pale A moderate strength pale gold session ale, Shropshire Arrow with an abundance of tropical fruit & citrus Brewer hop character provided by a blend of New Zealand and British hop varieties.

The Rope Slider 4.4 Pale The sweet malt and the bittering hops balance Shropshire harmoniously while the finishing hops provide Brewer a lingering flavour of citrus and spicy goodness on the palate.

The Sawn Off 4 Copper A copper-coloured flavoursome best bitter Shropshire with a malty backbone enhanced by crystal Brewer malt in the grain bill. A blend of British hops imparts a robust yet smooth bitterness accompanied by a fruity flavour.

The Spire Dancer 4.2 Gold A golden ale made with 100% British malts Shropshire and hops. The refreshing orange and honey Brewer flavour is provided by the use of caramalt in the grain bill combined with a light dose of bittering hops.

Three Tuns 1642 Bitter 3.8 Gold Golden , light nutty, Maltiness medium strong , Brewery spicy bitterness.

Three Tuns Clerics Cure 5 Brown Light – tan medium , malty sweetness strong, Brewery spicy and floral bitterness.

Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description Three Tuns 4.4 Dark Black and smooth, creamy old fashioned stout Brewery with a bitter finish.

Three Tuns XXX 4.3 Pale Straw coloured, light malty sweetness, light Brewery floral earthy bitterness.

Titanic Captain 5.2 Brown A red/brown full bodied beer, hoppy and bitter Brewery Smiths with a sweetness and roast malt flavour and a Strong Ale good strong finish. Named after one of the most famous sea captains of all time, Captain Edward Smith, born in Stoke on Trent.

Titanic Chocolate 4.5 Dark Having won many awards over the years for a Brewery and Vanilla genuine dry stout, this beer offers a sweeter alternative. The sweetness comes from the addition of Chocolate and Madagascan vanilla.

Titanic Iceberg 4.1 Gold A combination of Maris Otter pale malt and Brewery fine wheat malt, give this refreshing beer real zest. Add refreshing Yakima Galena and cascade hops and what you get is a fantastic wheat beer that will hole any passing thirst.

Titanic Plum Porter 4.9 Dark This beer is dark, strong and well rounded, the Brewery richness of such a rotund beer is brought to an even keel by the late addition of golding's hops and natural plum flavouring. GBBF Gold Winner Speciality Beers 2015.

Woods Beauty 4.2 Amber A fusion of fruity hops give a lingering bitter aftertaste together with a well rounded maltiness.

Woods Parish Bitter 3.8 Brown A blend of malt and hops with a bitter aftertaste. Pale brown in colour.

Woods Pot of Gold 4.5 Gold This Golden brew enjoys a citrus bitterness derived from North American Cascade & Mount Hood hops.

Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Brewer Ale ABV % Style Description

Woods Shropshire 4 Gold Golden ale with a zesty bitterness. Lass

Wrekin Ironbridge 4.4 Gold The finest Maris Otter malt and fresh whole Gold leaf hops together with an old technique called mash hopping. The end result is a super golden ale bursting with hop flavour and a zingy hop finish.

Wrekin Wrekin 4.6 Speciality An unrefined wheat beer with a ginger after Ginger Beer burn. Brewed using Belgian yeast giving peppery undertones. So new at time of going to press it hasn't got a proper name yet !

Wrekin Wrekin Pale 4 Pale Specially selected European and American Ale hops and another twist in the hopping method which ensures tons of hop flavour.

Wye Valley Butty Bach 4.5 Gold A burnished gold premium ale. Full bodied, Brewery smooth and satisfying.

Wye Valley Dorothy 4.6 Dark A classic stout with intense roasted barley Brewery Goodbody’s flavours and a dry bitter finish. Wholesome Stout

Wye Valley Hereford 4 Pale A delightful straw coloured ale with a delicate Brewery Pale Ale hop aroma, a hint of sweetness before a dry finish.

Wye Valley Wye Valley 3.8 Brown A classic example of an English bitter beer. Brewery Bitter Chestnut coloured with a rich white head, delicate hop aroma, malty fullness ending with a crisp bitter finish.

CARDINAL’S HAT THE hollybush Note: not all of our beers are available at all times. Please see our notice boards. Ciders

Maker County Product Style ABV Description Barbourne Worcestershire Golden Drop 5.0 Golden Drop is a refreshing medium cider made from m u i Worcestershire cider apples d e blended with Red Falstaff dessert M fruit, for a fruity finish.

Barbourne Worcestershire Hopped r 4.0 Just a hint of hop and the overall e d Cider i taste impression is of a well C

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Barbourne Worcestershire Painted Lady y 5.0 A refreshing drink made only from r r

e the juice of freshly pressed Perry P pears. It is medium sweet to taste m u i and light and fruity with some d e pleasing citrus notes. M

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t A medium fruity cider - gorgeous Celtic Herefordshire Lily the Pink e 4.5 e pink colour, made from 100% Marches w S cider apples from Hereford. m u i d e M Celtic Herefordshire Thundering 5.2 Well rounded medium cider. Fresh and fruity with a lovely apple

Marches Molly m u i aroma. Gorgeous golden colour d e and a well balanced finish. From M Hereford.

Gwatkins Herefordshire Farmhouse 7.5 In late Autumn the pears are milled and pressed to extract

Perry m u i their golden juice, which is then d e laid down over the winter months M in 100 gallon oak vats.

Gwatkins Herefordshire Foxwelp 7.5 Dry crisp cider full of body and Cider flavour. y r D

Note: not all of our ciders are available at all time. Please see our noticeboards Maker County Product Style ABV Description Gwatkins Herefordshire Norman 7.5 The Norman apple is popular with traditional cider makers because

Cider m u i the juice ferments quickly, d e producing pleasant, medium cider M

Gwatkins Herefordshire Stoke Red 7.5 Well bodied and with a good flavour. Cider t e e w S

Gwatkins Herefordshire Yarlington 7.5 The juice is slow to ferment, which produces a rich, red,

Mill Cider m u i medium cider. d e M

Gwynt Y Pontypridd Black 7.2 Matured in oak barrels to produce y r

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Henney’s Herefordshire Dry Cider 6.0 A naturally still cider, appley and y r

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t Slightly cloudy in appearance, Hogan's Warwickshire Hazy Daisy e 3.9 e this cider has an abundance of w S apple fruit aromas and flavours m u

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Hogan's Warwickshire Perry y 5.4 A medium, lightly sparkling Perry, r r

e champagne like in colour, well P balanced on the palate with m u i subtle fruit tannin qualities and d e delicate fruit aromas. M

Hogan's Warwickshire Pickers 5.3 A delicious, easy drinking cider with a warm honey colour and a

passion m u i distinctive appley aroma, rich d e peaty undertones with the fresh M taste of bittersweet apples.

Mahorall Shropshire Damson 4.0 First impression when tasted is of sweetness and then the flavour of

Farm m u i the damson 'kicks in' and then d e beautifully finishes with a M delicious cider taste.

Note: not all of our ciders are available at all time. Please see our noticeboards Maker County Product Style ABV Description Mahorall Shropshire Elderflower 4.0 The consumer is welcomed with an immediate aroma of Elder-

Farm m u i flower and on tasting discovers a d e well blended mix of Elderflower M coupled with the full taste of cider.

Mahorall Shropshire Farm house 6.6 Made with 100% juice and a very Farm Dry pleasant dry finish. y r D

Mahorall Shropshire Farm House 6.6 Not too dry, not too sweet and also not too fizzy. Made with

Farm Medium m u i 100% apple juice and slightly d e sweetened with natural sugar M ensures a great apple taste.

Millwhites Somerset Rioja Cask 6.7 Aged in red wine barrels this is a full flavoured cider with hints of y

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Thatcher's Somerset Cheddar 6.0 Unique and vibrant with a character all of its own.

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Photos by Lightsmiths Photography www.lightsmithsphoto.co.uk Note: not all of our ciders are available at all time. Please see our noticeboards Ales by Style The Dark Side ABV Braan 'n' Copper ABV Hobsons Brewery - Mild 3.2 Dark Marstons Brewery - Pedigree 4.5 Brown Olde Swan Brewery - Dark Swan 4.2 Dark Three Tuns Brewery - Clerics Cure 5 Brown Sarah Hughes - Ruby Mild 6 Dark Titanic Brewery - Captain Smiths Strong Ale 5.2 Brown Three Tuns Brewery - Stout 4.4 Dark Woods - Parish Bitter 3.8 Brown Titanic Brewery - 4.5 Dark Wye Valley Brewery - Wye Valley Bitter 3.8 Brown Chocolate and Vanilla Porter Salopian Brewery - Darwin's Original 4.3 Copper Titanic Brewery - Plum Porter 4.9 Dark The Shropshire Brewer - Sawn Off 4 Copper Wye Valley Brewery - 4.6 Dark Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout Amber Gambler Marstons Brewery - Wychwood Hobgoblin 4.5 Ruby Enville Ales - Enville Ale 4.5 Amber Hobsons Brewery - Best Bitter 3.8 Amber Golden Wonders Olde Swan Brewery - Bumble Hole 5.2 Amber Big Shed Brewery - Battlefield Gold 3.8 Gold Olde Swan Brewery - Entire 4.4 Amber Hobsons Brewery - Town Crier 4.5 Gold Olde Swan Brewery - Original 3.5 Amber Salopian Brewery - Golden Thread 5 Gold Stonehouse Brewery - Station Bitter 3.9 Amber Salopian Brewery - Hop Twister 4.5 Gold Woods - Beauty 4.2 Amber Salopian Brewery - Oracle 4 Gold Marstons Brewery - Bank's Sunbeam 4.2 Blonde Salopian Brewery - Shropshire Gold 3.8 Gold Stonehouse Brewery - Cambrian Gold 4.2 Gold The Special ones The Shropshire Brewer - Spire Dancer 4.2 Gold Enville Ales - Enville Ginger 4.6 Speciality Three Tuns Brewery - 1642 Bitter 3.8 Gold Salopian Brewery - Lemon Dream 4.5 Speciality Titanic Brewery - Iceberg 4.1 Gold Wrekin - Wrekin Ginger Beer 4.6 Speciality Woods - Pot of Gold 4.5 Gold Titanic Brewery - 4.5 Dark Woods - Shropshire Lass 4 Gold Chocolate and Vanilla Porter Wrekin - Ironbridge Gold 4.4 Gold Titanic Brewery - Plum Porter 4.9 Dark Wye Valley Brewery - Butty Bach 4.5 Gold

Ciders by ABV Maker and Product Style ABV Maker and Product Style ABV Hogan’s - Hazy Daisy Medium Sweet 3.9 Hogan’s - Perry Medium Perry 5.4 Barbourne - Hopped Cider Hopped Cider 4.0 Henney’s - Dry Cider Medium Dry 6.0 Barbourne - Strawberry Medium Dry 4.0 Thatcher’s - Cheddar Valley Medium 6.0 Mahorall Farm - Damson Medium 4.0 Mahorall Farm - Farm House Dry Dry 6.6 Mahorall Farm - Elderflower Medium 4.0 Mahorall Farm - Farm House Medium Medium 6.6 Celtic Marches - Lily the Pink Medium Sweet 4.5 Millwhites - Rioja Cask Dry 6.7 Thatcher’s - Heritage Medium dry 4.9 Gwynt Y Ddraig - Black Dragon Medium dry 7.2 Barbourne - Golden Drop Medium 5.0 Gwatkins - Farmhouse Perry Medium 7.5 Barbourne - Painted Lady Medium Perry 5.0 Gwatkins - Foxwelp Cider Dry 7.5 Celtic Marches - Medium 5.2 Gwatkins - Norman Cider Medium 7.5 Thundering Molly Gwatkins - Stoke Red Cider Sweet 7.5 Hogan’s - Pickers Passion Medium 5.3 Gwatkins - Yarlington Mill Cider Medium 7.5 Ale Brewers Woods Brewery – Craven Arms, Shropshire A long established Wood family brewery proud to design Big Shed Brewery – Shawbury, Shrewsbury traditional beers such as the top selling bitter, Shropshire Lad. The A family run business dedicated to brewing the best cask- modern plant now supplies to big names such as JD conditioned beer possible using the finest quality pure and raw Wetherspoons. materials. You will not find any stocks of “brewer’s adjuncts” or sugars in their brewery. Wreckin Brewery – Wellington, Shropshire Previously known as the Ironbridge Brewery, and now located on Enville Brewery – Cox Green, Stourbridge the historic Market Street in Wellington, this award winning Brewers of award winning cask ales since 1993. Their range has brewery now offers hands on tour evenings and experience days. grown as demand for variety has encouraged them to introduce ales which satisfy a wide range of tastes. Wye Valley Brewery – Bromyard, Herefordshire A family run brewery that cares about real ales, real and real Hobson’s Brewery – Kidderminster, Shropshire people. Using traditional methods and locally grown whole hop Founded by the Davis family over 20 years ago, Hobson’s have flowers they are proud to be recognised as Herefordshire’s leading grown to become a leading brewer in Shropshire, one of the most cask ale brewery. sustainable breweries in the UK and now produces 180 – 200 barrels per week. Cider Makers Marston’s Brewery – Wolverhampton Marston’s have been running pubs and brewing beer in one form Barbourne Cider – Worcester or another for over 180 years and now operate five breweries A family run cider and perry makers based in Worcester. They take producing over 60 of the country’s best loved ales. pride in only using freshly pressed juice and never add artificial Olde Swan Brewery – Netherton, West Midlands sweeteners to their award winning ciders and perries. Established in 1835, the present brewery is based at one of the Celtic Marches – Bishops Frome, Worcester last four remaining English home brew pubs from 1974, deservedly Celtic Marches have been growing fruit and hops on their farm for on CAMRA’s National Inventory of historic pub interiors. over 100 years. Their experts distil the rich history of the area to Salopian Brewery – Hadnall, Shrewsbury mix premium quality ciders and liqueurs fitting for the time. Originally founded as Snowdonia Brewery in 1994 in North Wales and Gwatkins Cider Company – Abbeydore, Herefordshire renamed ‘Salopian’ meaning ‘native of Shropshire’ upon relocation Based at Moorhampton Park Farm, deep in the Golden Valley of to Shrewsbury in ’95. Production of their fine cask ales has rapidly Herefordshire, their orchards supply the fruit needed to produce their increased since then and continues to do so. range of 35 traditionally made, award winning ciders and perries. Sarah Hughes Brewery – Sedgley, West Midlands Gwynt Y Draig – Pontypridd, Wales Began to brew the famous Dark Ruby Mild out of the Beacon Hotel Welsh makers of premium ciders and perries, fermented and in 1921 and after lying idle for 30 years the brewery was re- matured in oak casks to award winning standards. The Two Trees opened by her grandson who continues to use the traditional Pear Brew picked up a gold medal in the (CAMRA) 2015 National recipe to this day. Cider and Perry Championships. Six Bells Brewery – Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire Henney’s – Bishops Frome, Herefordshire Six Bells was rescued in 1997, after 100 years closure, by a fourth Henney’s have been making top quality traditional cider in rural generation brewer who vowed to use only the best quality malt Herefordshire since 1996. All of their ciders are made from locally and hops so you will never find any added sugars or processed grown apples entitling them to Protected Geographical Indication ingredients here. (PGI) quality assurance status under European Law. Stonehouse Brewery – Oswestry, Shropshire Hogan’s Cider – Alcester, Warwickshire Although still a small family business they have recently upgraded Produced in the Malvern Hills, Hogan’s is made from freshly their plant, located alongside the Cambrian Railway, to make 100 pressed cider apples grown in the Three Counties - barrels per week. Demand peaked since winning a string of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Their multi prestigious SIBA awards. award winning products are now exported all over the world. The Shropshire Brewer - Shrewsbury, Shropshire Mahorall Farm Cider – Ludlow, Shropshire A small craft brewery that specialise in producing a range of four Mahorall is a small farm run by the King-Turner family for over 40 permanent beers as well as seasonal specials when capacity years. Situated in the rolling hills of South Shropshire, visitors are allows. All named after Shropshire legends, each a celebration of welcome to shop and walk around the free nature trail. the county’s rich heritage. Millwhites Cider – Axbridge, Somerset Three Tuns Brewery – Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire Created to celebrate the White family cider production over the Brewed in a classic miniature Victorian tower, their exceptional beer past 100 years, Millwhites’ range of eight award winning craft leaves a taste to be remembered. Using their own strain of ‘Three ciders honour traditional methods whilst keeping up with the Tuns Yeast’ they weave their own special magic in to each brew. tastes of the modern day consumer. Titanic Brewery – , Stoke on Trent Thatcher’s – Sandford, Somerset Founded in 1985 in Stoke on Trent to produce great local beer for Using recipes, ingredients and methods that have been with them local people. From humble beginnings the owners, The Bott since 1904, it’s no surprise that they have racked up multiple brothers, have overseen a steady rise in production to in excess of awards, most recently winning Gold for their Vintage Cider at the 2.3 million pints every year. 2015 British Bottlers Institute (BBI) awards.