WIRRAL FESTI VAL NOVEMBER 2015

Programme Hulme Hall Port Sunlight Welcome to the third Wirral BEER FESTIVAL Two Shops: It’s great to welcome so many of you to Hulme wait to try them! We also have Neal Dawson Hall for our third beer festival. We’re very selling his artwork, some of which features The City Centre and passionate about our festivals and we’re keen to photographs of the Ship & Mitre printed onto bring you something new as well as your Travertine stone. West Kirby favourites. We have special brews from familiar It just wouldn’t be a beer festival without breweries, as well as some brand new Brasswurst and they perform for you during the breweries, together with great entertainment Friday night session. Local Rockabilly band ‘The Over 400 and food to go alongside the great beer. Night Whispers’ are here on Thursday night and With a slight change to the layout, Hulme Hall we also have some incredibly talented solo kindly allowed us to take over their bar, which singers, Jo Hartley and Daniel Saleh to look products and now becomes Ship in a Bottle for the weekend, forward to over the weekend. Jonny Rocket where you’ll find all your bottled (over 80 and the Retros return after their popular growing in total) and a selection of premium spirits and performance at the last festival, joined on wine – as well as our first dabble into beer Saturday night by Anam Music , a local four piece Large selection cocktails – you really do need to try them! Irish Band performing traditional Ceilidh and The ever-popular Trapper’s Hat was the first contemporary tunes who are sure to get you up cask to sell out at the previous two festivals and and jigging! of ciders makes a return, along with fellow local brewery Peerless with their special brew Experimental. It’s a great opportunity for you to try the current Champion Beer of Britain, Tiny Rebel’s Cwtch – if Changing range of British, you haven’t already. They picked up the coveted Belgian, German, USA and award at CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival in 10% August this year. We have beers from a number Discount other World Beers of popular national breweries including Burning Sky, Hopcraft and Wychwood, and the last few As in the previous two festivals your unused VOUCHER Always new arrivals. We welcome months have seen a number of local breweries beer tokens will be donated to Claire House. for Card carrying CAMRA MEMBERS suggestions for beers to stock bursting onto the scene and we have some great You have raised £2500 so far across the two new beers from Neptune, Rock the Boat, Red events and the charity is extremely grateful for Star and Deva Craft. your continued support. City Centre 45A Whitechapel L1 6DT We welcome back Liverpool Cake Company and That just leaves us to say we hope you enjoy the Opening hours; 10 to 6pm Monday to Saturday. Sundays 11 to 5pm Liverpool Cheese Company, as well as festival festival – and we look forward to seeing you favourite Peninsula Pies. And we are excited to again at the next event! and GRANGE RD WEST KIRBY (opp station) have Bongo’s Rock and Roll Pickles with us. Regular attendees of West Kirby Farmer’s Cheers 10-8pm Monday - Saturday, 12-6pm Sunday market may already be familiar with their Ben and Steve and all the staff at the original recipe chilli condiments and we can’t Ship & Mitre OPEN SUNDAYS 3 Festival Users Guide Food and Stalls Your Glass Merchandise Food A souvenir glass is provided for Souvenir festival T-shirts are available to buy for just your use throughout the festival £10 at the Beer Token desk. Hulme Hall caterers will be providing fresh that is yours to take home with hot food throughout the festival. you.

Beer Tokens Chilli and Rice £4.50 With the exception of the Hulme Veg Chilli and Rice (v) £4.00 Hall food and stalls, beer tokens are used throughout instead of cash. Beer tokens are Scouse £4.50 available to buy in £5, £10 and £20 Blind Scouse (v) £4.00 denominations at the tills by the entrance to Pizza Slice £3.50 the main room. Pulled Pork Batch £4.00 Last orders will be called 30 minutes before the end of the session. Gourmet Burger £4.00 Plated Ploughmans £3.50 Beer Colour Coding To help you select your ales from the wide range available we use the following system of coding in the programme. Merry Berry Truffles Stalls Handmade chocolates and I Light Beers Pale, Golden Beers FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS Bongo’s Rock & Roll Chilli truffles from this family run I Amber Beers Amber, Medium Beers business just £10 Pickles I Dark Beers Porters, Milds and Stouts Original recipe chilli condiments, handmade in Cheshire

Real Ale Bar Neal Dawson Hulme Hall Plan Artist and documentary Ship in a Bottle Bar Real photographer based in Beer Cocktails Ale Merseyside, producing Bar Real Liverpool Cake Company photographic artwork printed Ale onto Travertine stone Bar Creating beautiful, original and Hot Hot Food imaginative cakes which taste Food & Carvery as good as they look Peninsula Pies Festival favourite Kev is back Toilets Beer Cider with hand-raised pies. And if Bar Liverpool Cheese Tokens Tuck Chocolate Beer Main Garden you’re a fan these pies are Glass Shop Hall Company available all year round at the & Purveyors of Programme Ship & Mitre Fire specialist and artisan cheeses, matured in their Quiet Exit grade II listed old dairy in Liverpool’s Woolton Room Hall Entrance Village Food and stall purchases are cash only

Beer Stage THANKS TO: Dennis Jones, Quiet Garden A huge thank you to all Room Liverpool Liverpool Fire Sam Elcock Photography programme designer Main Coasters Cake Peninsular Bongos Cheese Craft & our volunteers without Entrance Pies Co. Exit Continental Jason and C & J Dispense Co. Pickles Bar Laura Robinson, Julie and Allgates Brewery which we could not do Liverpool Organic Andre Fu Mike Bradley this.

4 5 BEER WIRRAL FESTI VAL ENTERTAINMENT

Thursday Saturday On Track Beat Club Daniel Saleh 5pm-8pm Fantastic 60’s Dj Set, 12pm-2pm Daniel Saleh, a with beat and soul indie local singer songwriter. anthems. Sure to get the day off with a bang! The Night Whispers Jonny Rocket 8:30pm-10:30pm A Wirral and the Retros rockabilly band that will get you 2:30pm-4:30pm A 6 piece 50's up and dancing. and 60's Rock and Roll Band are sure to get us swinging.

Friday 6:00pm-8:00pm Jonny Rocket and the Retros 2nd set. On Track Beat Club 12pm-5pm On Track Beat Club, coming back for a 2nd set to Anam Music get the Friday session off the 8:30pm-10:30pm A local 4 right way. piece Irish Band performing traditional Cèilidh and Jo Hartley contemporary tunes to get 6pm-8pm Female vocalist, will you up and jigging. surprise you with her amazing vocal range. Brasswurst Band Sunday 8:30pm-10:30pm The incredible Brasswurst Band, an authentic All day Background German marching band will music with house have you reaching for the Weisse beer and ‘prost’ your DJ all requests friends. are welcome

66 7 FESTIVAL REAL ALES 8 Sail Brewery Lincolnshire Banks Brewery Located in the shadows of the unique Wolverhampton eight-sailed windmill in the rural village of Using a live strain of yeast in their Heckington near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. cask ales that has been in use for over 100 years. I 1. Millstone 4.5% £3.00 / £1.50 9. Czech Mate 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Modern premium bitter with a good balance of malt flavours and hops Golden blonde beer Bartrams Brewery Allgates Brewery Wigan Suffolk distinctive and modern beers. Award-winning brewery founded in 1999 in a small 2. Tag Mild 3.6% I £2.50 / £1.25 industrial unit in the village of Thurston. Hints of chocolate and caramel with light hop flavours 10. Black Forest Porter 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Full bodied porter filled with cherry and chocolate Abbeydale Brewery flavours Sheffield Big Hand Brewery Established in 1996 by a father and son team. Wrexham I 3. Chicken Vindaloo 4.1% £3.00 / £1.50 Family run brewery established in 2013. Crisp earthy and spicy aromas 11. Bad Gorilla Mild 6% I £2.00 per half I 4. Los Bancos 4.2% £3.00 / £1.50 Strong mild, malty and easy drinking Fruity character and a refreshing bitter bite 12. Domino Stout 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Ambridge Brewing Co. Coffee aromas, hints of coffee in the flavour Worcestershire Blue Bee Brewery Established in 2014 with the mission of brewing great beer. Sheffield 5. Citra 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Sheffield-based brewery with a large range of special brews alongside its core range. Refreshing beer with a zesty lemon and lime bitter finish 13. Little and Large IPA 6.5% I £2.00 per half 6. Honey Bunny 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 Collaboration with North Riding Brewery, this brew is Full flavoured light honey-infused ale packed with Citra, Mosaic and Sorachi Ace hops giving big citrus and tropical fruit (only available in halves) Ashover Brewery 14. Tempest Stout 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 Derbyshire Rich well-balanced stout with hints of chocolate and Handcrafted in Derbyshire. coffee leading to a bitter finish 7. Liquorice Alesort 5% I £3.50 / £1.75 Rich stout with root liquorice Black Country Ales Atomic Brewery Birmingham A microbrewery in Lower Gornal that sells their beer in Warwickshire the company’s small collection of characterful pubs Using a combination of traditional skill with across the Midlands. modern technology. 15. Chain Ale 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 8. Spectrum Ale 4.1% I £3.00 / £1.50 Session beer, bursting with mango, lime and tropical hop Citra hopped golden ale notes

8 9 Portsmouth (now in London) Brass Castle Brewery York Burning Sky Brewery Deva Craft Beer Chester Gales Brewery Established in 1847, Gales is now owned by Fuller’s. Beginning life in a garage producing four East Sussex Father and Son brewery, founded in April 2015. Nestled at the base of the South Downs in an old 40. Firecracker 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 casks at a time. After just two months Brass 32. Cellarium V 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Castle won Champion Beer at the York CAMRA beer Sussex barn. A rich, tawny ale Fruity and easy drinking festival. 24. Aurora 5.5% I £3.50 / £1.75 33. Experimentuium V 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Grafton Brewery Nottingham I Premium strength pale ale, well balanced with big citrus 16. Cliff Hanger 3.8% £2.50 / £1.25 and tropical fruit flavours Porter with a deep rich malt profile Serving the finest award winning ales and Refreshing single-hop Cascade golden ale fruit beers, using quality ingredients 25. Plateau 3.5% I £2.50 / £1.25 17. Northern Blonde 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 Dowbridge Brewery sourced locally where possible. Crisp malt edge and sharp bitterness Easy drinking malty blonde, using hops from the Leicester 41. Don Jon 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 northernmost hop farm Cambrinus Brewery Established in 2001, this brewery Crisp floral fruitiness specialises in hand crafted traditional ale without the Liverpool use of additives. Great Heck Brewing Brentwood Brewing Co. Started in 1997 and probably one of the 34. Preatorian Porter 5% I £3.50 / £1.75 Yorkshire first craft breweries in the North West, Essex Full bodied, slightly sweet with hoppy overtones Award winning craft brewery making cask conditioned Cambrinus is now owned by Liverpool Organic Brewery. real ales. Award winning brewery from Brentwood, who are now winning awards in Europe as well as in 26. St Anthony’s 5.2% I £3.50 / £1.75 Dukeries Brewery 42. Treasure IPA 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 the UK. Full-flavoured with earthy and honey tones Nottingham Modern bitterness and distinctive tropical fruit notes 18. Choc Work Orange 6.5% I £2.00 per half A small micro brewery based in the heart 43. Voodoo Mild 4.3% I £3.00 / £1.50 Classic ale with added pizazz from oranges Capt Cook Brewery of the Dukeries in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Very dark mild brewed with chocolate and black malt Middlesbrough producing quality handcrafted real ales. Based on site at the White Swan, Stokesley I Great Newsome Brewery Bridestones Brewery 35. Ray of Sunshine 4.2% £3.00 / £1.50 since 1999. Easy drinking with strong citrus flavours Hull Yorkshire 27. Resolution 3.7% I £2.50 / £1.25 Situated on the East Yorkshire coast close to Hull, this brewery first brewed in 2007 and offers at lease five cask An award winning craft brewery based in Pale session beer with New Zealand hops Everards Brewery Leicester Hebden Bridge. William Everard brewed the first pint of beers and five bottled beers at any one time. 44. Corn Dolly 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 19. El Dorado 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 Castle Rock Brewery Everards Ale in 1849, and the brewery remains a family Nottinghamshire business. Smooth fruity wheat beer Hoppy ale brewed with US Eldorado hops I Multi award winning brewery and pub group 36. Tiger 4.2% £3.00 / £1.50 Hafod Brewing Co. Wales based in Nottingham. Traditional well balanced best bitter Briggs Signature Ales Twice winners of Overall Bronze at I Huddersfield 28. Midnight Owl 5.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Flipside Brewery North Wales Beer Championships. Dark, rich and warming with a distinct hop character, a 45. Big Red 5.5% I £3.50 / £1.75 A modern brewery steeped in tradition. classic winter warmer Nottingham I Providing good quality, distinctive ales. Red ale, specially blended with 8 American hops 20. Brass 4.2% £3.00 / £1.50 29. Rat Race 4.7% I £3.00 / £1.50 Punchy fruit flavour and a long dry finish I Rich and biscuity red ale 37. Flipping Best 4.4% £3.00 / £1.50 Hereford Brewery Traditional best bitter, good bitterness, gentle hop flavours Herefordshire Brimstage Brewery Wirral Cathedral Heights Originally called The Spinning Dog Brewery, after his A local brewery from the heart of the Brewery Lincolnshire Fuller’s London dog Cassie, this brewery was started in 2000 and Wirral countryside. changed its name to Hereford Brewery in 2010. Small artisan brewery that started in 2001 to mark the 21. Oyster Catcher Stout 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 The Fuller’s Griffin Brewery dates back wedding of the two owners. to 1828 and Fuller’s has been brewing 46. Owd Bull 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 Smooth easy-drinking stout with rich chocolate aromas 30. Lincoln Pale 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 for over 160 years. Session ale, initial bitterness with hoppy aftertaste I Refreshing and light pale ale 38. Red Fox 4.3% I £3.00 / £1.50 Rhode Island Red 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Wales Red, smooth and easy-balanced with a fruity aroma Forest fruit on the nose with a taste of biscuit and Hopcraft Brewing Cottage Brewing Somerset caramel Established as a result of both brewers’ love Trapper’s Hat 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 Founded in 1993, this brewery has won of hops and their desire to showcase them to Funfair Brewing Co. a wider audience. Refreshingly hoppy session beer with hints of orange and gold medals at beer festivals all over the country. grapefruit Nottingham I 31. Southern Bitter 3.7% I £2.50 / £1.25 47. Bang Tidy Columbus 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Funfair started brewing in 2004 at the Wheel Inn in Holbrook and A refreshing blonde beer Award winning session bitter, full bodied with a relocated in 2011 to their current location at the Chequers Inn. distinctive hop aroma and finish 48. Golden Pixie 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 39. Waltzer 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Light session ale Easy drinking traditional beer, delicately hopped

10 11 I Jolly Sailor Brewery York 59. Ringmaster 3.9% £3.00 / £1.50 Peerless Brewery Wirral Flagship pale ale with plenty of US hops Mobberley Fine Ales A microbrewery located at the Olympia Hotel, Selby. An award winning microbrewery specialising Cheshire in creating traditional cask ales by combining 49. Bulls Eye 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 Mallard Brewery Nottingham Located in a small village in the heart of the Cheshire traditional brewing techniques and fine ingredients. Malty bitter An independent microbrewery set up in 1995. countryside, their craft ales are crammed full of unique flavour. 80. Experimental 6% I £2.00 per half I JW Lees Manchester 60. Duck n Dive 3.7% £2.50 / £1.25 70. Mandalay 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Experimental - As it says brand spanking new beer, A sixth generation family brewery company Hoppy nose and bitter finish Mango pale ale feedback gratefully received founded in 1828, based in Middleton in North Manchester. I Hilbre Gold 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 I Mallinsons Brewing Co. 71. Origin Black IPA 4.7% £3.00 / £1.50 Jax Fine Ale 4.1% £3.00 / £1.50 Hops and malt in tandem with big flavours from both Making a return just for us, this local favourite is bursting A smooth rounded bitter named to celebrate Greg and Huddersfield with hops Vicky's first child Mallinsons have gained a reputation for producing Red Willow 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 51. Moonraker 6.5% I £2.00 per half crisp, clean flavoured hoppy ales, their speciality being Naked Brewing Co. Seasonal rich, red fruity ale This reddish-brown beer has a strong, fruity aroma single hopped variety ales. Nottingham accompanied by a rich, sweet flavour. First brewed in 1950 61. Arcasimo 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Established in 2010, this brewery was set up Pictish Brewing Co. Rochdale in a skittle alley behind the Corner Pin pub Bright gold ale with hints of citrus peel in the aroma and A small independent brewery established in Kings Clipstone Brewery 72. Nymph 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 flavours of pine and citrus April 2000 brewing a wide variety of high Nottingham 62. Bramling Porter 4.3% I £3.00 / £1.50 Rye red beer quality cask conditioned ales. Started in May 2012, this microbrewery is in the heart of the Whiskey oaked porter ancient Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. Nelson Brewery Kent 83. Brewer’s Gold 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 52. Queen B 5.2% I £3.50 / £1.75 Maypole Brewery Newark All ales from this brewery have nautical Refreshing golden session beer Classic strong rich and smooth ruby ale Founded in 1995, this brewery takes its name themed names to reflect the surroundings in which 84. Chinook 4.9% I £3.50 / £1.75 they are brewed. from the maypole situated in the village green in the nearby Pale and clean malt dominated by orange peel and fruity Lincoln Green Nottingham village of Wellow, reputed to be one of the tallest in Britain. 73. Helmsman 3.5% I £2.50 / £1.25 bitter hops Lincoln Green takes its name from the colour of dyed I Amber ale with a balanced hop flavour 63. Platinum Blonde 5% £3.50 / £1.75 Poachers Brewery woollen cloth associated with the legend of Robin Hood. Pale and hoppy brewed with two American hops 53. Archer 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Neptune Brewery Liverpool Lincoln American style IPA Milestone Brewery One of Merseyside’s newest breweries. Opened in 2001, Poachers was a 5-barrel microbrewery originally Nottingham 74. Abyss 5% I £3.50 / £1.75 situated on the former site of RAF Swinderby. Today the brewery Liverpool Organic Brewery operates from a converted barn at the rear of the head brewer’s house. Using traditional recipes, the finest ingredients and the Oatmeal stout Liverpool 85. Lincoln Best 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 best available equipment and technology. 75. Triton 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Founded in 2008, most of the beers from Traditional dark brown bitter with a bitter aftertaste this brewery are vegan friendly and all use 64. Springbok 5% I £3.50 / £1.75 Pale ale organic ingredients. Hoppy golden ale Ramsbury Brewery Wiltshire Newark Brewery Newark I Ashton Using barley and water from their own Bier Head 4.1% £3.00 / £1.50 Millstone Brewery A microbrewery specialising in high quality artisan beers land giving their ales a unique taste and provenance. Hoppy with complex spice and crisp malt tones An eight-barrel plant brewing traditional well- in the heart of the historic town of Newark-on-Trent. I 86. Sun Splash 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 55. Jade 4.4% £3.00 / £1.50 rounded beers and real ales using traditional 76. Winter’s Gold 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Initial hoppy bitterness leading to a refreshing pine and Full of citrus, fruity nose and bitter finish malts and hops. Dry with bittersweet lemon citrus flavours herb finish I 65. 3 Shires 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 56. Rakau 5% £3.50 / £1.75 North Riding Scarborough Red Star Brewery Liverpool Intensely hopped with a tropical fruit aroma Very pale hoppy bitter A 10-barrel microbrewery producing bottled I Based in East Ayton on the outskirts of 66. Tiger Rut 4% £3.00 / £1.50 and cask ales since May 2015. Loose Cannon Brewery Scarborough in the Derwent Valley, North Very pale and hoppy bitter using only Chinook hops I Oxford Riding’s first beer was brewed in March 2015. 87. Formby IPA 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Session IPA with a hint of elderflower This award winning brewery started trading in 2010 Milton Brewery Cambridge 77. Red Citra 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 88. Weisse Beer 5.3% I £3.50 / £1.75 and are based in Abingdon on Thames. Founded in June 1999, Milton Brewery is a Easy drinking premium ale Winner of SIBA NW Gold for speciality beer 2015. Naturally 57. Abingdon Bridge 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 traditional brewery using the finest English 78. Sorachi Ace 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Maris Otter malted barley that is milled on site. cloudy wheat beer brewed in a traditional Belgian way using big Full flavoured smooth bitter with a light citrus floral finish American Pale Ale hitting orange and coriander flavours with European hops 67. Dionysus 3.6% I £2.50 / £1.50 Magic Rock Brewing Straw coloured, powerfully hoppy with a citrus finish Nottingham Brewery Revolutions Brewing Co. Huddersfield 68. Minotaur Mild 3.3% I £2.50 / £1.50 Nottingham Yorkshire Founded in 2011 by two brothers, Magic Rock make a Rich dark mild with chocolate malt Traditional microbrewery producing award-winning cask Their music-inspired beer remixes expectations of styles full range of modern, flavourful and hop-forward beers. 69. Sparta 4.3% I £3.00 / £1.50 conditioned ales, situated behind the Plough Inn, Nottingham. and flavours, appealing to contemporary tastes. 58. Dark Arts 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 Refreshing pale bitter packed with hop flavours and crisp 79. Coffee Porter 4.9% I £3.50 / £1.75 89. Golden Dream 4.5% I £3.50 / £1.75 bitterness Flavours of chocolate, liquorice, blackberries and figs, Coffee infused ruby porter American pale ale hopped with nugget hops with spicy hop notes 12 13 101. Cwtch 4.6% I £3.00 / £1.50 Rock the Boat Brewery Untraditional Welsh red ale. The current Champion Beer White Park Brewery Wrekin Brewery Shropshire of Britain Liverpool Bedfordshire Located in Wellington and incorporated by Tom Woods Brewery the Ironbridge Brewery. Another of Merseyside’s newest breweries, located in the Named after the owner’s love of keeping rare breed animals. I picturesque village of Little Crosby. Lincolnshire 116. Ironbridge Gold 4.4% £3.00 / £1.50 112. Moonshine 5% I £3.50 / £1.75 I Surrounded by rich farming land that provides the finest Super golden ale bursting with hop flavour and a zingy 90. Bootle Bull 3.8% £2.50 / £1.25 Slightly peppery, Continental style beer hop finish Traditional North West old style bitter quality malting barley for use in their brews. I 91. Mussel Wreck 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 102. Best Bitter 3.9% £3.00 / £1.50 Wickwar Brewing Co. Wychwood Brewery Subtle blend of malts and hops creates an easy drinking Malty bitter, lingering hoppy bitterness Gloucestershire smooth ale I Oxfordshire 103. Mazama 5.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Established in 1860 this brewery still maintains its Located in Witney, Oxfordshire and a Shardlow Brewing Leics Strong light bitter traditions, passing on knowledge and recipes through subsidiary of Marstons. the generations through its brewers. Established in 1819, Shardlow specialises in Vale Brewery Dogs Bollocks 5.2% I £3.50 / £1.75 traditional cask ales, as well as being a large cider distributor. 113. Cotswold Way 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 Buckinghamshire Big, round and fruity 92. Chancellor’s Revenge 3.6% I £2.50 / £1.25 Aromas of blackcurrant and berries with a smooth hoppy Hobgoblin 4.5% I £3.00 / £1.50 Citrus and floral with a dry finish Award winning brewery located in Brill, Buckinghamshire taste 104. Black Beauty 4.4% I £3.00 / £1.50 114. Falling Star 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 Full-bodied ruby beer Squawk Brewing Co. Rich fruitiness with dry hoppy finish Well-balanced and refreshing Manchester Woodlands Brewery Yeovil Ales Somerset Established in 2013, Squawk are an experimental craft Waen Brewery Wales brewery based in Manchester. Started in 2009 Waen quickly out grew its Cheshire Family run brewery founded in October 2005. original site in Penstrowed near Newtown. Established in 2014, Woodlands produce I I 93. Espresso 6.5% £2.00 per half Recent award winners in the SIBA Wales and West quality ales in Cheshire using the finest ingredients 119. Glory 3.8% £2.50 / £1.25 A rich beer with a whole heap of espresso flavour competition. and the highest quality equipment. Well-balanced bitterness with slightly spicy citrus notes I I 94. Pale 4.9% £3.50 / £1.75 105. Hangling Rock 5.6% I £3.50 / £1.75 115. Hop as Hell 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 120. Summerset 4.1% £3.00 / £1.50 Brewed with loads of Cascade, Citra and Amarillo hops US hopped red ale Brewed with NZ hops, long bitter finish Light ale with a tangerine fruity hop finish Talke O’ Th' Hill Brewery 106. Target Practice 4.8% I £3.00 / £1.50 A UK hopped IPA with floral and aromatic hops Staffordshire Established in December 2011 and located on the Walls Brewery Yorkshire Staffordshire/Cheshire border. Located in North Yorkshire and 95. Potters Porter 4.6% I £3.00 / £1.50 established in 2011. Dark full-bodied porter 107. Gun Dog 3.8% I £2.50 / £1.25 96. Summit 3.9% I £3.00 / £1.50 Traditional with full hoppy flavour Pale session ale 108. Uncle Sam’s Black IPA 4.8% I £3.50 / £1.75 Thornbridge Brewery Full-bodied American BIPA, strong hop flavours with a hint of roast Derbyshire 109. Yorkshire Gold 4.2% I £3.00 / £1.50 Formed in 2005, Thornbridge have won over 350 national Bitter golden ale with a light hint of citrus and international awards. Brother Rabbit 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Weal Ales Crisp golden ale Newcastle-under-Lyme Jaipur 5.9% I £3.50 / £1.75 Established in 2014 by husband and wife team, this young brewery is a recent SIBA award winner. Citrus dominated India Pale Ale 110. Weller Weal 4.6% I £3.00 / £1.50 Tiny Rebel Brewery Wales Hoppy with a citrusy finish Winners of the Champion Beer of Britain Award at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2105. Wentworth Brewery 99. Morning Glory 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Rotherham Flavours of milk, dark chocolate, coffee and rolled oats – An independent brewery based on the Wentworth Estate in Rotherham breakfast in a glass. producing great tasting beers and the finest quality spring water. 100. The Vadar Shuffle 6.5% I £2.00 per half 111. Berried Treasure 4% I £3.00 / £1.50 Wood aged Belgian porter Bitter with slight dried fruit nose

14 15 We are continuing our journey Montgomery's Bar and around Wirral’s pubs with four Kitchen, more popular destinations for Eastham Catering to the Higher real ale seekers End of the market, this well renovated gastro pub run by the New The Harp, Moon pubco. The three Little hand pumps rotate frequently, but at least Neston one is normally by a Directly overlooking local brewer. the marshes towards the Welsh hills, this little gem of a pub offers one of the best views on the Wirral. Popular with walkers Ring O’ Bells, and cyclists it is located on the Wirral West Kirby walking trails. Five Situated in historic West Kirby well-maintained hand village the Ring O'Bells is a beautiful pumps serve local as pub. Built in a Mock Tudor style and Montgomery's well as national beer. with one of the largest beer gardens on the Wirral. They host regular beer and cider festivals. Swinging Arm, Birkenhead A live entertainment and Biker bar that specialises in Rock and Blues. Situated within a residential area, this pub has limited opening hours and never Thanks to Rob Shaw fails to deliver with it's for contributing this quirky interior and one of piece. Rob regularly the finest views of the blogs about his beery Liverpool Skyline. Local ale travels to pubs on from Peerless and the Wirral and is a Brimstage is normally great supporter of his available. local pubs. 16 17 BREWERY LIST and locations CRAFT BREWERY LIST 38 Lincoln Green Brewery – Nottingham ThornBridge - Sheffield Camden - London Tiny Rebel - Wales Cornwall 39 Loose Cannon Brewery – Oxford Firebrand - Mad Hatter - Liverpool Marstons - Staffordshire – Huddersfield Liverpool 1 8 Sail Brewery – Lincolnshire 40 Magic Rock Brewery Liverpool Craft - Thwaites - Blackburn London 41 Mallard Brewery – Nottingham Bevertown - Deva - Cheste r 2 Abbeydale – Sheffield West Sussex – Huddersfield Dark Star - 3 Ambridge – Worcestershire 42 Mallinsons – Newark 4 Ashover Brewery – Derbyshire 43 Maypole Brewery 44 Milestone Brewery – Nottingham 5 Atomic Brewery – Warwickshire 45 Millstone – Ashton 6 Banks Brewery - Wolverhampton 46 Milton Brewery – Cambridge 7 Bartrams Brewery – Suffolk 47 Mobberley – Knutsford, Cheshire 8 Big Hand Brewery – Wrexham 48 Naked Brewer – Nottingham 9 Black Country Ales – Birmingham 49 Nelson Brewery – Kent 10 Blue Bee Brewery – Sheffield 50 Neptune – Liverpool 11 Brass Castle Brewery – York 51 Newark Brewery – Newark 12 Brentwood Brewery – Essex 52 North Riding Brewery – Scarborough 13 Bridestones Brewery – Yorkshire 53 Nottingham Brewery – Nottingham 14 Briggs Signature Ales – Huddersfield 54 Peerless Brewery – Wirral 15 Brimstage Brewery – Wirral 55 Pictish Brewery – Rochdale 16 Burning Sky Brewery – East Sussex 56 Poachers Brewery – Lincoln 17 Cambrinus & Liverpool Organic Brewery – Wiltshire –Liverpool 57 Ramsbury Brewery 58 Red Star – Liverpool 18 Capt Cook Brewery – Middlesbrough 59 Revolutions Brewing Co – Yorkshire 19 Castle Rock Brewery – Nottinghamshire 60 Rock the Boat Brewery – Liverpool 20 Cathedral Heights Brewery – Lincolnshire 61 Shardlow Brewery – Leicestershire 21 Cottage Brewery – Somerset 62 Squawk – Manchester 22 Deva Brewery – Chester 63 Talke O'Hill – Staffordshire 23 Dowbridge Brewery – Leicester 64 Thornbridge – Sheffield 24 Dukeries Brewery – Nottingham 65 Tiny Rebel Brewery – Wales 25 Everards Brewery – Leicester 66 Tom Woods Brewery – Lincolnshire 26 Flipside Brewery – Nottingham 67 Track Brewery – Manchester 27 Fullers Brewery – London 68 Vale Brewery – Buckinghamshire 28 Fun Fair Brewery – Nottingham 69 Waen brewery – Wales 29 Gales Brewery – Portsmouth 70 Walls Brewery – Yorkshire 30 Grafton Brewery – Nottingham 71 Weal Ales – Staffordshire 31 Great Heck Brewery – Yorkshire 72 Wentworth Brewery – Rotherham Yorkshire – Hull 32 Great Newsome Brewery 73 White Park Brewery – Bedfordshire – Herefordshire 33 Hereford Brewery 74 Wickwar brewery – Gloucestershire – Wales 34 Hopcraft Brewery 75 Woodlands Brewery – Cheshire – York 35 Jolly Sailor Brewery 76 Wrekin Brewery – Shropshire – Manchester 36 JW Lees Brewery 77 Wychwood Brewery – Oxfordshire – Nottingham 37 Kings Clipstone Brewery 78 Yeovil Brewery – Somerset 18 19 If you’ve drunk enough on the night all these bottled beers are available to take home Belgian All styles of Belgian beers are represented UK Craft We’ve searched across the UK from here, from fruit beers, Trappist and dark Scotland to Cornwall to bring you these great craft beers Bottles beers, to strong ales for the brave! Beavertown Holy Cowbell (sold in cans) 5.6% £3.50 Black IPA Achel Tripel 8% £4.50 Stingy Jack (sold in cans) 7.2% £4.50 A rich & robust porter Blanche Bruxelles 4.5% £3.50 Brewdog Jack Hammer 7.2% £4.50 Bruegal Amber 5.2% £4.00 Maredsous Brune 8% £4.50 Ruthless India pale ale Brunch Club 5.4% £3.50 Packed with tropical flavours Vagabond 4.5% £3.50 Chimay Red 7% £4.50 Mongozo Banana 3.6% £3.50 Full flavour and gluten free Bunny from the Black Lagoon 5.8% £4.00 Gose style beer Camden De Konnick 5% £4.00 Mongozo Buckwheat 4.8% £3.50 IHL (cans) 6.2% £4.00 Moor Hoppiness 6.5% £4.00 Cold brewed coffee IPA £4.50 £3.50 Hoppy and refreshing bitter Delerium Tremens 8.5% Mongozo Coconut 3.6% Deva Revival 3.8% £3.50 Gladius 4.1% £3.50 Hoppy and refreshing bitter Floris Chocolate 4.2% £3.50 Mongozo Pils 5% £3.50 Pale, sharp and citrusy with a very dry finish Pandemonium 5% £3.50 Neptune Floris Honey 4.5% £3.50 Orval 6.2% £4.00 Complex fruit notes of mint, strawberry and rich malt Eric the Red 4.5% £3.50 American red ale Firebrand Jackmay 6.2% £4.00 Floris Passion Fruit 3.6% £3.50 Palm 5.4% £4.00 Black Saison 5% £3.50 India pale ale Dark and full of roasted malt flavours Gulden Draak 10.5% £5.00 Satan 8% £4.50 Double IPA 7.5% £4.50 Thornbridge True explosion of hop flavour Tart 6% (500ml) £5.00 Karmeliet Tripel 8.4% £4.50 Slag Pils 5% £3.50 Firebrand Graffit i IPA 5.5% £3.50 Refreshingly tart and dry with a combination of citrusy hop flavours Easy drinking with a fruity flavour Cocoa Wonderland 6.8% (500ml) £5.00 Kasteel Donker 11% £5.00 St Bernardus Pater 6.5% £4.00 Liverpool Craft Chocolate porter Love Lane Pale 4.5% £3.50 Biscuit malt balances the whole leaf citrus hops Wild Raven 6.6% (500ml) £5.00 La Trappe Puur 4.7% £3.50 St Bernadus Wit 5.5% £4.00 for a refreshing lasting taste White gold pale ale Pykz Diablo 4.8% £3.50 Leffe Blonde 6.6% £4.00 St Feuillien Saison 6.5% £4.00 Pale ale brewed with Chilean Yerba Mate Tea giving Tiny Rebel a light, fruity and herbal taste Cwtch 4.6% £3.50 Untraditional red ale Leffe Brune 6.5% £4.00 Westmalle Dubbel 7% £4.50 Mad Hatter Urban IPA 5.5% £3.50 Carefully crafted intercontinental blend of hops Barrel Conditioned Saison 6% £4.00 Maredsous Blonde 6% £4.00 Witkap Stimulo 6% £4.00 Saison beer

20 21 German Bottles USA Bottles We’ve got , wheat beers and dunkels in our Lots of great beers from some of America’s great range of German beers best-loved craft breweries

Augustiner Brau Anchor Brotherhood Steam Lagerbier Helles 5.6% £4.00 5.2% £4.00 Paulaner Anchor Kona Bitburger Pils Steam Castaway Munchner Hell 4.8% £4.00 4.8% £3.50 6% £4.00 4.9% £4.00 Erdinger Weissbier Brooklyn Kona Krombacher Pils Black Chocolate Stout Fire Rock 5.3% £4.00 4.8% £4.00 10.6% £5.00 6% £4.00 Erdinger Kristal Maisel’s Weisse Brooklyn Left Hand 5.3% £4.00 Milk Stout Original 5.2% £3.50 6% £4.00 Fransizkaner 5.2% £4.00 Heffe-Weisse Flying Dog Left Hand Paulaner Dunkel 5% £4.00 The Gourd Standard Pole Star 5% £4.00 6.7% £4.00 5.5% £3.50 Fruh Kolsch Frankenheim Alt Flying Dog Redhook 4.8% £4.00 4.8% £4.00 Pearl Necklace Stout Longhammer IPA 5.5% £3.50 7.4% £4.50 Gaffel Kolsch Veltins Pils 4.8% £4.00 Founders Sly Fox 4.8% £4.00 All Day IPA Royal Weisse Hacker-Pschorr 4.7% £3.50 5.4% £3.50 Warsteiner Pils Hefe Weisse 4.8% £4.00 Founders Winder 5.5% £4.00 Porter Alchemy 6.5% £4.00 5.8% £4.00

22 23 Underground cellars were dug beneath the brewery, which helped maintain the beer at a constant cool temperature, essential to the process of brewing bottom-fermented lager. The extension of the cellars continued well into the twentieth century, and at its peak in the 1950s the cellars The Story of totalled over 9km in length, and were named after parts of the world - the longest being named after places the furthest away Pilsner Urquell geographically from Plzen. With advances in technology the brewery was the first to Pilsner Urquell is the world’s first Pilsner emptied into the street. Unhappy with the use refrigeration and as less beer was and the world’s first golden lager. It is also quality of the beer being produced in being made in the cellars, the underground the only draught beer sold on the Titanic. Plzen, a group of important townsfolk took area was gradually decommissioned or Boasting a fascinating history into its the matter into their own hands. Deciding abandoned, but visitors to the brewery can beginnings, it remains the inspiration for the answer was to build a new brewery, still visit the cellars and get a hint of the more than two-thirds of the beer produced work began on this revolutionary brewery scale of these cellars. in the world today. The origins of Pilsner in January 1839. A visionary Bavarian lager begun with Pilsner Urquell. brewmaster, Josef Groll, was hired to brew Pilsner Urquell is proud of its heritage, and the beer, and inspired by the bottom remains unchanged since 1842. Once a The story starts in a small town in Bohemia fermenting methods being used in nearby month they do a test with the original brew in what we recognise today as the Czech Bavaria, he combined new techniques to kit to maintain the same taste of the Republic. In 1838 a momentous event saw create Pilsner Urquell. Using local Czech original brew. 36 barrels of bad beer smashed and hops, he took the soft water from the river Plzen and chose a lager yeast. The first batch of beer was brewed on 5th October 1842 and the recipe remains the same today. Every single bottle and keg of Pilsner Urquell is brewed and packaged in the Czech Republic at the brewery in Plzen using a strain of the original yeast used by Josef Groll in 1842.

24 25 Continental USA Draught Keg Draught Keg Anchor San Francisco Big Leaf Maple 6% £5.00 / £2.50 Chimay Red Belgium 7% £5.00 / £2.50 The oldest of the Chimay beers. Coppery in colour with a sweet, fruity taste. A distinctive red ale brewed with maple syrup. California Lager 4.9% £4.00 / £2.00 Fruli Belgium 4.1% £4.50 / £2.25 Balanced depth of flavour and smooth finish. A unique blend of white beer and real strawberry juice.

Kaltenberg Germany 4.1% £3.00 / £1.50 Brooklyn New York Brewed using the finest ingredients, and according to strict Bavarian purity American Ale 4.5% £3.50 / £1.75 laws. Easy-drinking pale ale with herbal, piney scents that are the hallmark of US pale ales. Kozel Czech Republic 4% £3.00 / £1.75 1/2 Ale 3.4% £3.50 / £1.75 Pale beer characterised by its delicate taste. Unfiltered, clean and balanced saison. Kwak Belgium 8.4% £5.50 / £2.75 Earthy aroma and malty character with touches of liquorice and caramelised Flying Dog Maryland banana. Doggie Style 5.5% £4.50 / £2.25 Paulaner Heffe Germany 5.5% £4.50 / £2.25 A pale ale with grassy, citrus hops and a subtly sweet malt body. Classic mild aroma of banana with a fine balance between sweet and bitter. Founders Michigan Peroni Italy 5.1% £4.00 / £2.00 Dirty Bastard 8.5% £5.50 / £2.75 Popular and distinctive pale, medium strength beer. Hints of smoke and peat, paired with a malty richness and hop flavour. Pilsner Urquell Czech Republic 4.4% £3.50 / £1.75 Subtle malty sweetness with caramel tones. Left Hand Colorado Milk Stout Nitro 6% £5.00 / £2.50 Schneider Weisse Germany 5.4% £4.50 / £2.25 Roasted malt and coffee flavours build the foundation of this creamy milk stout. Brewed according to the original recipe of 1872, this is a full bodied and sparkling beer. Sierra Nevada California Vedett White Belgium 4.7% £4.00 / £2.00 Nooner Pilsner 5.2% £4.50 / £2.25 Orange and lemon-like zest, rounded with a mildly bitter taste and dry finish . German-style Pilsner, full of flavour and balanced by a crisp, dry finish.

26 27 UK Draught Keg Beavertown london Liverpool Craft Liverpool Set up in December 2011, Beavertown takes its Formed in 2010 and built from scratch on a tiny budget. name from the old Cockney word for the historic Badlands 5% £4.50 / £2.25 De Beauvoir area, famed across Victorian London Limited edition American IPA. for its rich characters and infinite revelry. Rye Pale Ale 5.6% £4.50 / £2.25 Gamma Ray 5.4% £4.50 / £2.25 Crisp pale ale Juicy malts and huge tropical aromas of mango and grapefruit . Mad Hatter Liverpool Stingy Jack 7.2% £5.50 / £2.75 Based in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle Mad Hatter Spiced pumpkin ale. have a developed a huge following with their core Camden Town London range and love for experimental brews. Founded in the basement of The Horseshoe pub in 2010, Autumn Saison 6.8% £5.00 / £2.50 this brewery concentrates of brewing great lagers. Gentle warming spiciness followed by a bracing bitterness. Unfiltered Hells 4.6% £4.50 / £2.25 Packaged straight from the tank, this unfiltered version of Mad Yeti 7% £5.50 / £2.75 Hells lager is smoother and more full-bodied. Honey and mustard sour braggot collaboration. Crafty Dan Blackburn Marstons Revisionist Staffs Micro brewery owned by Thwaites. ‘Fresh thinking and fresh beer’ 13 Guns 5.5% £4.00 / £2.00 Dark IPA 4.8% £4.00 / £2.00 American IPA packed with hops. American influenced pale ale made with a blend of darker malts. Dark Star West Sussex Thornbridge Derbyshire Born in 1994 in the cellar of The Evening Star pub Formed in 2005, Thornbridge have won over 350 in Brighton, they relocated to larger premises in national and international awards. 2001 and to the current location a few years later. American Wheat 5.8% £4.50 / £2.25 American Pale Ale 4.7% £4.50 / £2.25 Collaboration with Amsterdam brewers Brouwerij ‘T IJ, Using a yeast strain specially imported from the USA, an American take on the German Heffeweizen along with Centennial, Chinook and Cascade hops. Colorado Red 5.9% £4.50 / £2.25 Deva Craft Chester Hints of subtle toffee malt, complimented by a mix of dried fruit, candied peel and fragrant hops. A new father and son Micro Brewery from Chester. Eikenboom 7.4% £5.00 / £2.50 Dual IPA 5.6% £4.50 / £2.25 Belgian Ale. ‘Hopped to Hell and Back’. Tiny Rebel Wales Pandemonium 5% £4.50 / £2.25 Winners of the Champion Beer of Britain Award at Well-hopped beer from award winning brewer, formally the Great British Beer Festival in August 2105. of Pied Bull brewery Boho 5% £4.50 / £2.25 Firebrand Brewing Cornwall Unfiltered Bohemian lager chilled in conditioning tanks for Born in January 2014, the brewery sits in five weeks a converted milking parlour at Trenarrett Farm Dirty Stop Out 5% £4.50 / £2.25 in the heart of North Cornwall. Smoked oak stout, complex and dark with hints of smokiness. Cross Pacific Ale 4% £4.00 / £2.00 Silver SIBA Award Winner in 2014. Straight Outta Sherwood Graffiti IPA 5% £4.50 / £2.25 4% £4.50 / £2.25 Forest fruit beer Smooth malty body and fruity flavour.

28 29 Sandfords Orchards of Husthwaites Devon Scrumpy 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Galtres Blush 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Slightly cloudy and very full flavoured. A dry Yorkshire fruit cider: apples blended with strawberry, raspberry and cherry juice giving it a Sweet Ciders medium sweet flavour. Ben Crossman’s Medium Sweet 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Orchard Pig A fruity start and slightly dry finish. Maverick 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Dry Ciders Medium Ciders A delicious Ginger and Chilli cider for the more Abrahalls Abrahalls Farmer Jim’s adventurous…Real West Country apples AD 6.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Thundering Molly 5.2% £3.00 / £1.50 Apple Sweet 5% £3.00 / £1.50 partnered with a taste of the exotic. Intense heady aroma of crushed apples on the Fresh and fruity with a lovely apple aroma. This smooth, sweet cider has a lovely appley aroma. nose, natural golden colour. Dry but smooth on Lilley’s Sandford Orchards the palate leaving a clean after taste. Apple Country Bumbleberry 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Naughty Horsey 7% £3.50 / £1.75 Bee Sting 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh A delicious medley of raspberries, strawberries, Circle Cider Single variety cider, honey in colour, seriously blackberries, apples and blackcurrants Cat’s Tongue 6.1% £3.50 / £1.75 fruity with a smoked apple wood flavour. tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma. A hazy dry cider. True West Country traditional Lilley’s Sandford Orchards flavour with a bit of sparkle for the modern pallet. Ben Crossman’s Darksider 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Strawberry Lane 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Medium Dry 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Ripe red strawberries are juiced and blended Circle Cider Earthy and sweet with caramel tones and a nose A fruity start and slightly dry finish. of lightly spiced apples. with aged cask cider and a healthy squeeze of Roundabout 5.6% £3.00 / £1.50 fresh lime. A bright cider with sharp apple aromas. A light Butford Organics Purenorth fresh fruity flavour leaving a slight dryness on the Medium Dry 7.1% £3.50 / £1.75 Sweet Union 5.5% £3.00 / £1.50 Perries tongue. Delicately flavoured with a tiny bit of the mouth A Medium Sweet Cider made from bitter sweet apples and Gwynt Y Ddraig drying astringency. sweetened with fresh pressed apple juice made from Katy apples. Hogan’s Two Trees Perry 4.5% £3.00 / £1.50 Panking Pole 6.2% £3.50 / £1.75 Watkins This oak aged, Welsh Perry is quite clear, with a Circle Cider A classic golden cloudy cider with a typical cider Sunset 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 caramel nose and a dry finish. Butcher Boy 5.5% £3.00 / £1.50 apple bitterness and fruit aromas. Balanced and super drinkable. A full apple flavour balancing sweetness and Hecks Orchard Pig acidity. Fruit Ciders Blakeney Red Perry 6% £3.50 / £1.75 The Hogfather 7.4% £3.50 / £1.75 Abrahalls Gwynt Y Ddraig The juice produces a medium sweet, full bodied Perry. Its cider apple flavours are a perfect match for Lily the Pink 4.5% £3.00 / £1.50 Happy Daze 4.5% £3.00 / £1.50 spiced meats or a nice strong cheddar A medium fruity cider gorgeous pink colour with Hecks Light and easy to drink cider. ploughman's. intense fruity aroma. Hedre Huffcap Perry 6.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Strong pear flavour and full bodied texture. Purenorth Hecks Farmer Jim’s Deanhouse Dry 7% £3.50 / £1.75 Yarlington Mill 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Rootin’ Tootin’ 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Lilley’s Clean on the palate using mainly sharp and bitter- Single variety cider with a crisp finish and a fruity A spicy mix of real cider, fresh ginger and tart Pigswill 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 sharp cider fruit. balance. raspberry… lovely and refreshing hot or cold. A medium dry blended Perry and cider packed full of crisp refreshing flavour. Ross-On-Wye Hogan’s Glebe Farm Cask Conditioned 6.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Picker’s Passion 5.3% £3.00 / £1.50 Cherry 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Sandford Orchards Fermented in old whiskey casks. Initially dry with Delicious, easy drinking medium cider with a A natural Cider made only from Cambridgeshire Apples (only Pear Shaped 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 a sweet after taste. warm honey colour and a distinctive appley eating and cooking varieties) fully fermented out, sweetened Light sweet pear taste and nice crispiness. aroma. with Apple Juice and flavoured with a natural Cherry flavour. Lightly warming on the finish with faint spices Ross-On-Wye Glebe Farm and super sugary pears. Dry 6.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Olivers Oak matured and well balanced, slight fizz and Side-R with Lime 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Medium 6.7% £3.50 / £1.75 Fully fermented out, sweetened with apple juice very fruity. A real traditional vintage Hereford cider. Mead and flavoured with a natural lime flavour. Cornish Mead Company Watkins Purenorth Lilley’s Mead Wine 14% £3.00 per 175ml glass Twisted Oak Cask Cider 7.5% £3.50 / £1.75 Valley Gold 6% £3.50 / £1.75 Dry, still cider made in Wales using a blend of Mango 4% £3.00 / £1.50 Fruit Mead 17% Strawberry, Cherry, or A still medium cider single filtered to leave a deep An aromatic sweet cider expertly blended with apple varieties and matured in oak casks. Blackberry 17% £3.50 per 175ml glass gold colour with strong apple flavours. exotic mango to create a mouth watering tropical flavour. 30 31 Cocktails and Spirits Beer Cocktails Here at the Ship & Mitre we obviously love our beers, and this time around we’re trying something new and experimenting with some beer cocktails. What’s not to love?

Chocolate Velvet Thornbridge Cocoa Wonderland and Prosecco £6.00

Harvey Weissbanger Vanilla, Orange Juice, Weisse and a shot of Jagermeister £5.00 Redneck Hauling Oats Slow Gin, Orange Juice, Grapefruit Bourbon, Vanilla, Ginger Ale and and Anchor Steam Firebrand Black Saison £5.00 £5.00 In Fashion Rum Dubbel Cherry Bourbon, Cointreau and Dark Rum, Tia Maria and Westmalle Leffe Brune Dubbel £6.00 £5.00

round at the Ship, and this month we are Spirits featuring: We are offering a standard bar with a range of wines and spirits, including Absolute Vodka Liverpool Gin double £00 with mixer £00 served with fruit and Fever Tree Tonic Appleton VX Rum £00 double £00 with mixer £00 And we’re introducing our Sprits of the Month to the festival - that’s a double for the Glen Grant Major Reserve price of a single. You’ll find this all year £00

32 33 Quiz ? Here’s a little beer trivia – it’s just for fun…. you’ll find the answers a?t the bottom of the page

1. What is a Kolsch ? 2. When was CAMRA formed 3. When are Saison beers traditionally brewed 4. Ho?w many hand pulled cask ales does the Ship & Mitre have ? 5. What is Mead fermented with 6. What is the current Champion Beer of Britain 7. How many pints are in a 9 gallon firkin 8. What two drinks are mixed in a ‘Black velvet 9. What is the name for a person who collects beer bottles 10. What is the only draught beer served on the Titanic 11. When was Prohibition in effect for in the United States 12. In which film would you he?ar the following: ? "We sat and drank beer with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof on one of our own houses. We were? the lords of all creation" ? ? 13. Which US state has had more breweries in its history than any other state 14. What is Rauchbier 15. Where would you find The Prancing Pony

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