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Autumn Racing Weekend and CAMRA Festival INTRODUCTION

On behalf of everyone involved, I welcome you to the 9th Ascot FESTIVAL SPECIALS Racecourse , held in association with the We are also pleased to offer you a number of brewed especially for the festival. Look South East branch of the Campaign for [CAMRA]. out for the following: • Wild Weather – Riders on the Storm All the staff serving at our bars today are members of CAMRA and are • Binghams – Thirst Past the Post unpaid volunteers. If you are unsure about which beer to try, just ask them and they will be delighted to recommend something that suits your taste. • Indigenous – Frisky Mare We have an excellent range of 250 beers and 30 and on offer. • Long Dog – English Hopped IPA Each year we feature the beers of a different area of Britain and this year we focus on Please don’t forget to vote for your favourite Beer of the Festival. This is a prestigious award . Visit our Regional Bar to sample a few of the wonderful beers for any brewer to win and the more people who take part, the better. being produced in that part of the country. REAL ALE AND All the beers in this programme are listed alphabetically by brewery, with a separate section for the beers on the Regional Bar. The beers on sale are arranged in the same With the exception of beer festivals such as this one, the only place where you can enjoy a order, starting from ‘A’ on the left and ending on the right-most bar. pint of cask-conditioned real ale is in a . So I would encourage you to visit the pubs in your own area and see what they have on offer. The very best real ale pubs in the country Some of our beers are shown with a are listed in CAMRA’s , which is on sale here - just ask at the bar. Of these, golden LocAle logo. These are brewed each CAMRA branch votes for it’s Pub of the Year. This year, ours is the Queen’s Head in within 25 miles of the festival. So, if you Wokingham, which is a very pleasant and welcoming pub, serving an excellent range of local like the LocAles on sale today, ask the beers in perfect condition. landlord of your local to stock one.

David Richards Chairman, CAMRA Berkshire South East

The Queen’s Head, Wokingham: Berkshire Pub of the Year 2015. 2 3 ABOUT CAMRA BEER STYLES

CAMRA, the , is an independent voluntary REAL ALE organisation that promotes real ale and the pubs in which it is sold. With Real ale is a fresh, natural product brewed using traditional ingredients and left to over 170,000 members across the country, the campaign acts as the mature in the cask from which it is served in the pub, through a process called secondary consumer’s champion in relation to the UK and European drinks industry. fermentation. It is this process which makes real ale unique amongst beers and develops We aim to: the wonderful tastes and aromas which processed beers can never provide. It is served without suffocation from extraneous carbon dioxide and is also known as cask- 1. Campaign for the greater appreciation of traditional beer, conditioned or naturally-conditioned beer. The fundamental distinction between real and as part of our national heritage and culture. ale and other beer is that live yeast is present in the container from 2. Support the public house as a focus of community life. which it is served, although it settles at the bottom and is not poured into your glass. 3. Promote quality, choice and value for money. Real ale is a very diverse product and with more than 1,200 breweries across the UK there is a beer out there to suit everyone’s palate. 4. Protect and improve consumer rights. 5. Seek improvements in licensed premises and throughout the industry. Here is an explanation of the most STRONG common beer styles: Bitters that are over 4.8% ABV and best sampled with appreciation rather than to Your Local Branch of CAMRA MILD quench a thirst. The Berkshire South East Branch of CAMRA is delighted to bring you today’s Beer Mild is one of the most traditional beer Festival in collaboration with Ascot Racecourse. styles and is enjoying a revival in today’s GOLDEN ALE real ale market. Usually dark brown/black Our branch covers the districts of Wokingham, Bracknell, Ascot and the surrounding areas as Pale, Amber, Gold or Straw coloured ales in colour, due to the use of well-roasted defined by the postcodes: RG12, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45, SL5, GU17-18 and GU14-15. that are hoppy and refreshing. This style malts or barley, it is less hopped than has become very popular in recent years as We take campaigning for good beer and pubs seriously but believe the best way of doing bitters and often has a chocolatey brewers seek to entice lager drinkers and a this is to go out and enjoy them! character with nutty and burnt flavours. female clientele. There is an active campaigning and social calendar which includes visits to pubs and Milds tend to have an Alcohol by Volume breweries; publication of ‘The Mad Cow’ newsletter; selection and surveying of pubs (ABV) content in the 3% to 3.5% range. / for the best-selling ‘Good Beer Guide’; election of a ‘Pub of the Year’, and (in addition STANDARD BITTER Porters are dark, hoppy beers made to organising today’s event) we also give with the addition of roasted barley and Bitters are highly-hopped ales. Standard support to the Reading Beer Festival by tending to have a slight sweetness. bitters or ‘session’ bitters fall in the ABV providing staff and, of course, helping to This style originated in around range of 3% to 4% and generally have a drink the beer. 1730 and by the end of the 18th Century lighter colour. We are always delighted to welcome was the most popular in new members to our social and business BEST BITTER . are a stronger version of Porter, originally called “Extra Porter” meetings – see www.seberkscamra.org.uk Bitters that are over 4% ABV. The most or “Stout Porter”. They are usually dark, for details. common style of real ale found today with heavy and well-hopped with a creamy If you would like to find out more information great variance in colour and taste within head and dry grainy taste from the dark about joining the Campaign, please come and the style. roasted barley malt used in the mash. talk to us at the CAMRA bar or visit www.camra.org.uk

4 5 SPECIALITY ALE BEER OF This beer style captures the flair of the Typically black or dark brown, but can be brewer as he has experimented to bring paler. Old Ales are full bodied with a malty THE FESTIVAL out a new unique flavour and aroma. richness. Fermentation characters such Beers in this category may include the as fruity estery flavours should contribute addition of wheat, oats or other natural to the flavour profile but considerable We would be grateful if you would take the time to vote for your Beer of the Festival. All products to provide something out of the variation can occur within the style. Usually voting forms will be entered into a draw to win a Polypin (36 pints) of your favoured ale. ordinary to the beer drinker. between 4.3% and 6% ABV. My favourite beer tasted at the 2015 COPPER/RUBY ALE CASK LAGER Ascot Racecourse CAMRA Beer Festival was: Beers made with some more highly Beers brewed with lager malts and How did you hear about the Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival? roasted malts to give a red or copper top-fermented. Refreshing with a soft colour to the beer. Usually not as bitterness from traditional continental Word of mouth well-hopped as a bitter and often lager hops. Usually very pale, with an ABV Ascot.co.uk only available in the autumn. between 4% and 5%. What’s Brewing Club Journal Local CAMRA branch CAMRA website Flyer CIDER AND PERRY Beer Festival (please state) : Real cider and perry are long- To make real cider, the apples are washed Local press (please state) : established traditional drinks which and checked for rot or mould. The apples Other (please state) : are produced naturally from apples are then crushed in a machine called a (for cider) or pears (for perry) and are scratter which chops them up into small Are you a CAMRA member? Yes No If so, which branch? neither carbonated nor pasteurised. pieces called pulp. The pulp is placed in Cider has undergone a massive revival layers on a press. If a traditional screw If you would like to join the Ascot Racecourse postal and e-mail mailing list for information in recent years although it is or hydraulic press is used, the pulp is on forthcoming events, please write your name, address and e-mail below: unfortunate that many of the most wrapped in fine mesh cloth parcels called well-known ciders in the UK are cheeses. The apple juice is then extracted Name: cold, fizzy keg products which have and natural yeasts in the juice start the been produced artificially rather fermentation. Several months later you Address: than naturally. More people are now have real cider. In order to maintain discovering for themselves how deliciously consistency and suit different palates, mellow, aromatic and intoxicating the the producer will often blend ciders made Email: flavours of naturally produced real cider from different apple varieties. Perry is or perry can be. made in exactly the same way. Please tick this box if you would be interested in joining CAMRA and are happy for your details to be shared Terms and conditions of the Prize Draw: Entries must be received by 4pm, Saturday 4th October 2014. The staff on the CAMRA bars are all beer-loving members of CAMRA who have come along as volunteers to Participants may enter the Prize Draw only once. The winner will be contacted by Friday 17th October 2014 with help make this festival a success. They will be only too pleased to advise you on the beers and help you make your the beer being delivered at the winner’s choosing (within 12 months). Ascot Racecourse has the right to offer a similar beer if polypins of the chosen brand are not available. Entrants must be aged 18 or over to enter. Promoted: selection. All listings correct at time of going to print. Ascot Racecourse LTD, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7JX.

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Brewery Name Brewery Location Beer Name Style of Beer Alcohol by Volume (ABV)

Andwell Gold Muddler H Andwell, Hampshire Golden Ale 3.9% Although light golden in colour, this is a standard bitter, with an aroma of hops and malt. These characteristics are carried into the flavour with a solid bitterness and a dry, biscuity finish.

Beers marked with a H are Description of beer taste, Beer colour only available on Saturday appearance and clarity

LocAle is a nationwide CAMRA campaign to encourage pubs to stock at least one locally-brewed real ale of acceptable quality. Locally-brewed to Berkshire South-East includes those breweries within 25 miles of this festival. Beers served at this festival are produced from cereals (barley and/or wheat, Rye, oats, maize) and as such will contain gluten unless labelled otherwise. Beers and ciders may also have used sulphites in the brewing/production process in very small quantities. For any other specific allergen information provided by the brewer/producer, please ask the Bar Manager.

Please note that the beer and cider/perry lists are subject to last minute changes.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING

Ascot Racecourse encourages responsible drinking. The UK government advises that most women can drink up to two or three units of alcohol a day and most men up to three or four units of alcohol a day without experiencing any harm. As a guide: n One pint of standard beer (3.5% volume) = 2 units n One pint of regular cider (5% volume) = 2.8 units n One pint of premium beer or lager (5% volume) = 2.8 units n One pint of standard lager (4% volume) = 2.3 units We want you to enjoy yourself, but please drink responsibly and remember: DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE.

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Andwell King John Ascot Ales Alley Cat Andwell, Hampshire Best Bitter 4.2% Camberley, Surrey Standard Bitter 3.8% Deep amber in colour with a blend of and crystal malt. The bitterness and fruity aroma Pale brown session bitter with citrus hop present throughout, but balanced by malt. are developed from a combination of hops. Dry with a lasting bitter finish.

Andwell Ruddy Darter Ascot Ales Single Hop - Flyer Camberley, Surrey Best Bitter 4.6% Andwell, Hampshire Copper / Ruby 4.6% IPA brewed with a single variety of hop. Flyer is a UK variety that has aromas of stoned Malted rye creates its characteristic ruby glow. The flavours and aromas derive from a fruits, liquorice, treacle-toffee and caramel with slight burnt notes. combination of English hops. Ascot Ales Alligator H Andwell Gold Muddler H Camberley, Surrey Golden Ale 4.6% Andwell, Hampshire Golden Ale 3.9% An American Pale Ale with a wonderful hoppy nose from the Cascade Hops. It’s fresh, crisp, Although light golden in colour, this is a standard bitter, with an aroma of hops and malt. These true to style with light carbonation and flowery hoppy notes. characteristics are carried into the flavour with a solid bitterness and a dry, biscuity finish.

Aylesbury El Nino Andwell Resolute Andwell, Hampshire Standard Bitter 3.9% Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Speciality Beer 4.9% El Nino is something to do with ocean temperature fluctuations - a new brew for us all to try. Although light golden in colour, this is a standard bitter, with an aroma of hops and malt. These characteristics are carried into the flavour with a solid bitterness and a dry, biscuity finish. Aylesbury Curiosity H Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Copper / Ruby 4.6% Andwell Crouch Hold Engage H Andwell, Hampshire Best Bitter 4.5% A curious combination of deep red malt flavours and intense hop character. Pale ale, brown and crystals malts combine with a gentle spicy hoppiness. Bell Street Brakespear Special Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Best Bitter 4.3% Arundel Castle Arundel, West Sussex Standard Bitter 3.8% Tawny/amber beer with a well-balanced aroma and a hint of sweetness. Full bodied, the initial sweetness gives way to a dry hop bitterness. A pale tawny beer with fruit and malt noticeable in the aroma. The flavour has a good balance of malt, fruit and hops, with a dry, hoppy finish. Bell Street Trail Blazer Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire Golden Ale 4.6% Arundel Sussex Gold Arundel, West Sussex Golden Ale 4.2% This pale ale is refreshingly moreish with citrus notes. Strong floral hop aroma. Clean-tasting and bitter for its strength, with a tangy citrus flavour. Belleville Calif-Oregon Amber Wandsworth, London Best Bitter 4.2% Arundel Stronghold Lemony nose with malty, dry, lemony flavours. Arundel, West Sussex Best Bitter 4.7% A very smooth, full flavoured premium bitter. An excellent balance of malt, fruit and hops comes through in this rich, chestnut colour beer. Belleville Tie-Dye Rye Wandsworth, London Speciality Beer 5.8% Ascot Ales On The Rails H Amber coloured rye beer with sweet and spicy notes and a dry finish. Camberley, Surrey Mild 3.8% Dark, fruity and roasty mild with a notable hop character throughout, bittersweet in the taste Big Smoke Underworld Milk Stout and aftertaste. Originally brewed for the 2nd Ascot Racecourse Festival in 2008. Surbiton, London Stout / Port 5.0% Black milk stout with roasted coffee aroma. The flavour is roasted coffee with chocolate notes Ascot Ales Red IPA and hints of liquorice. Camberley, Surrey Copper / Ruby 5.5% Heavily hopped Red IPA, 3 times as many hops as our regular bitters. Cascade, Centennial, Big Smoke Electric Eye Pale Ale Summit & Nelson Sauvin hops give a citrusy grapefruit aroma & flavour. Surbiton, London Golden Ale 5.0% Unfined hazy fruity pale ale. 10 11 TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Big Smoke Electric Eye Pale Ale H Brentwood Hope & Glory Surbiton, London Golden Ale 3.8% Brentwood, Essex Speciality Beer 4.5% Light bodied pale ale with tropical fruit aroma. Hoppy with notes of grapefruit, citrus and pine. This mid brown traditional style bitter has a malty but not sweet taste with the delicate hop flavours from East Kent Goldings throughout. Binghams Twyford Tipple Brentwood Chockwork Orange Ruscombe, Berkshire Standard Bitter 3.7% Brentwood, Essex Speciality Beer 6.5% Tawny coloured bitter which has a malty flavour with a citrus hop finish. A great session beer. A deep chocolate, malty beer brewed with oranges to give it that extra pizazz and matured to create a classic ‘old ale’ style. Binghams Ginger Doodle Stout H Ruscombe, Berkshire Stout / Porter 5.0% Canterbury Street Light Porter H Dark Stout infused with root ginger. Canterbury, Kent Stout/Porter 5.8% A dark, malty porter with strong toffee-chocolates and a liquorice finish. Binghams Vanilla Stout Ruscombe, Berkshire Stout / Porter 5.0% Canterbury Foundry Man’s Gold This stout is infused with vanilla pods which complement the dark malts to create a smooth Canterbury, Kent Golden Ale 4.0% drinking, deliciously dark stout. Citra and Magnum hops give strong peach and elderflower aromas with a low subtle bitterness underpinned by malty biscuit and caramel flavours. Binghams Space Hoppy Ruscombe, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.0% Canterbury Foundry Torpedo Hops impart a citrus flavour to make this beer hugely refreshing. The citrus hop character Canterbury, Kent Best Bitter 4.5% cuts through fatty or spicy foods. American Cascade & English Bramling Cross hops provide a crisp, explosive finish.

Binghams Hop Craft - Cascade Chiltern Chiltern (Pale) Ale H Standard Bitter 3.7% Ruscombe, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.5% Terrick, Buckinghamshire The latest from the breweries Hop Craft series featuring a single variety hop. Refreshing beer with a slight fruit aroma, leading to a good malt/bitter balance in the mouth. The aftertaste is bitter and dry. Binghams Thirst Past the Post Chiltern Three Hundreds Old Ale Ruscombe, Berkshire Copper/Ruby Ale 5.0% Old Ale 5.0% FESTIVAL SPECIAL – A red ale brewed exclusively for this festival. Terrick, Buckinghamshire Satisfyingly dark but not impenetrable, good body but not overpowering, with a long pleasing finish. Exceptional balance of premium malt and choice English hops. Botley Botley Mill Botley, Hampshire Standard Bitter 3.8% Chiltern Beechwood Bitter Light and copper in colour with a fresh aftertaste. Terrick, Buckinghamshire Best Bitter 4.3% This pale brown beer has a balanced butterscotch/toffee aroma, with a slight hop note. The Botley Hampshire Bitter H taste balances bitterness and sweetness, leading to a long bitter finish. Botley, Hampshire Standard Bitter 3.8% A traditional session bitter. Chiltern Chiltern Black Terrick, Buckinghamshire Stout / Porter 3.9% Botley Cobbett’s Dark treacle tones, hints of roast barley and beautifully hopped. Rich smooth flavours abound Botley, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.5% leading to a light rewarding finish. A light, fruity, golden ale with a clean, bitter finish. Co-ALE-ition Monsters in the Dark H Brentwood Best Camberley, Surrey Stout / Porter 5.0% Brentwood, Essex Best Bitter 4.2% Brewed for the Official Monster Raving Looney Party by Ascot Ales. Traditional Best Bitter, with good malty flavours. A good dose of Challenger and East Kent Goldings makes this beer well rounded and very moreish. 12 13 TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Co-ALE-ition Blonde Ambition Dark Star American Pale Ale H Camberley, Surrey Golden Ale 3.3% Partridge Green, West Sussex Best Bitter 4.7% Brewed for the Official Monster Raving Looney Party by Ascot Ales. American style pale ale crafted with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops. Full of the aroma of hops. Co-ALE-ition Monster Crush Dark Star Espresso Stout Silchester, Berkshire Golden Ale 3.4% Partridge Green, West Sussex Stout / Porter 4.2% Brewed for the Official Monster Raving Looney Party by Wild Weather Ales. Brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops. Freshly ground Arabica coffee beans are added to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma. Co-ALE-ition Ebony & Ivory Porter Camberley, Surrey Stout / Porter 4.5% Dark Star Hophead Brewed for the Official Monster Raving Looney Party by Ascot Ales. Partridge Green, West Sussex Golden Ale 3.8% Cronx Standard A golden-coloured bitter with a fruity/hoppy aroma and a citrus/bitter taste and aftertaste. Flavours remain strong to the end. Croydon, Surrey Standard Bitter 3.8% Full-bodied British Ale using Pale and Crystal malts with a touch of the darker malts for depth Dark Star Revelation of flavour. English hops for aroma and flavour. Partridge Green, West Sussex Strong Bitter 5.7% Centennial, Liberty, Cascade, and Citra aroma hops by the sack full - then dry hopped using the H Cronx Kotchin bespoke ‘Hoptimizer’ (Industrial sized hookah). Croydon, Surrey Golden Ale 3.9% Grapefruity beer with pleasant hoppy notes. A little sweetness is balanced by a crisp bitter Dark Star Partridge Best H finish that grows on drinking. Partridge Green, West Sussex Standard Bitter 4.0% Nektar Centennial, Liberty, Cascade, and Citra aroma hops by the sack full - then dry hopped using the Cronx bespoke ‘Hoptimizer’ (Industrial sized hookah). Croydon, Surrey Golden Ale 4.5% A pale ale brewed using Marynka hops from Poland. Hints of blackcurrant on the nose combine Dark Star Green Hopped IPA with a spicy finish. Partridge Green, West Sussex Strong Bitter 6.5% Cronx Lemon Saison Full flavoured IPA, with very aromatic Simcoe hops made bigger by infusing fresh ‘green’ Target hops. For those who like their hops as an extreme sport! Croydon, Surrey Speciality Beer 5.0% Sorachi Ace hopped Belgian Saison brewed with real lemons, coriander and black peppercorns. Downton Elderquad H Downton, Wiltshire Speciality Beer 4.0% Cronx Entire Porter Floral fruity aroma leading to a good well hopped taste with hints of elderflower. Dryish finish Croydon, Surrey Stout/Porter 5.2% with good fruit and hop balance Dark brown porter with chocolate roast notes in the aroma, flavour and finish. The fruit character is of caramelised raisins. Seven different malts go into this truly epic brew. Downton Nelson’s Delight H Downton, Wiltshire Best Bitter 4.5% Crouch Vale Essex Boys Best Full of hoppy character and a rich resinous aroma. Underlying sweetness and strength provided South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Standard Bitter 3.8% by the addition of navy rum. A golden-coloured bitter with a fruity/hoppy aroma and a citrus/bitter taste and aftertaste. Flavours remain strong to the end. Downton Chimera IPA Downton, Wiltshire Strong Bitter 6.8% Crouch Vale Brewers Gold Strong bitter with good balance of hops and fruit, slight sweetness and some malt notes, all South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Golden Ale 4.0% through to the aftertaste. Multi award-winning beer, refreshing and extravagantly hoppy with aromas of tropical fruits. English barley malt and heaps of choicest Brewers Gold hops. Downton Honey Blonde Downton, Wiltshire Golden Ale 4.3% Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. ‘ A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, adding to the smooth 14 That will teach you to keep your mouth shut sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and Mexican honey. 15 ’ ERNEST HEMINGWAY TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Downton Honey Blonde Goldmark Black Lion Porter Downton, Wiltshire Golden Ale 4.3% Poling, West Sussex Stout / Porter 4.8% A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, adding to the smooth Rich, smooth, satisfying black porter with chocolate hints and a coffee end note. sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and Mexican honey. Goldmark Liquid Gold H Downton Chocolate Orange Delight Poling, West Sussex Golden Ale 4.0% Downton, Wiltshire Speciality Beer 5.8% Refreshing full bodied golden beer with bursts of fruit and citrus. A speciality old ale with pronounced chocolate flavours. A pleasant orange addition combines perfectly in this delightfully different offering. Hammerpot Red Hunter H Poling, West Sussex Copper/Ruby Ale 4.3% Flowerpots Goodens Gold Deep mahogany to ruby red bitter. A full bodied, rich and slightly vinous malt character Cheriton, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.8% soundly balanced with finest English hops. Complex full-bodied golden ale, bursting with hops and citrus fruit and a snatch of sweetness, leading to long dry finish. Hammerpot Bottle Wreck Porter Stout/Porter 4.7% Flowerpots Ears Pealed Poling, West Sussex A traditional black porter with chocolate coffee and rich roast malt flavours which warm your Cheriton, Hampshire Speciality Beer 4.4% cockles. The Flower Pots Inn lies in the village of Cheriton in the county of Hampshire, just 3 miles south of Alresford, and only 7 miles to the east of Winchester. Hammerpot Belle Speciality Beer 4.6% Flowerpots Hopton Pale H Poling, West Sussex Pale amber bitter. Fresh floarl hops notes, spicy orange, crisp grapefruit and a hint of caramel. Cheriton, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.3%

Modern style light IPA, with a mouthful of fruity North American hops, a lingering bitter Hammerpot RIPA Black IPA finish and a superb gold/amber colour. Poling, West Sussex Strong Bitter 5.0% Dark and smooth with an intense fresh citrus hop flavour. Franklins Franklins Pale Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex Golden Ale 4.0% Hedgedog Amber H Flowery bouquet with tropical fruit and a dry spicy finish. Virginia Water, Surrey Standard Bitter 3.9% Franklins Mama Knows Best Aroma is moderate with malty, caramel, pale malt and fruity notes. Flavour is malt forward but refreshing and light with well balanced moderate bitterness. Bexhill On Sea, East Sussex Best Bitter 4.1% Refreshing traditional English Best Bitter rich in mango, lemon and earthy pine. Hedgedog Brown Virginia Water, Surrey Strong Bitter 5.0% Goachers Real Notes of brown sugar, mild roasted malt and a touch of cocoa – the hop notes lean toward a Maidstone, Kent Mild 3.4% spicy, grassy, herbal quality A rich, flavourful mild with moderate roast barley & a generous helping of chocolate malt. Hogs Back TEA H Goachers Gold Star Strong Ale Tongham, Surrey Best Bitter 4.2% Maidstone, Kent Golden Ale 5.1% Tawny-coloured with more malt than hops present in the nose. These carry into a well-rounded A strong pale ale brewed from 100% Maris Otter malt and East Kent Goldings hops. flavour with malt slightly dominant and a fruity sweetness.

Goldmark American Hop Idol Hogs Back Green Hopped TEA Poling, West Sussex Best Bitter 4.4% Tongham, Surrey Best Bitter 4.2% A pale ale using six American hop varieties balanced with roasted malt. That’s four big fat yes’s The freshest new season hops transform your usual cuppa. from us! Hogs Back Surrey Nirvana Tongham, Surrey Golden Ale 4.0% Golden Cascade, Centennial and Fuggles hops used to give a light and aromatic character. 16 17 TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Hogs Back England’s Glory Indigenous Summer Solstice Tongham, Surrey Best Bitter 4.4% Chaddleworth, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.1% Easy drinking but with bags of taste, it has strong robust malty tones with slight citrus hints – Straw-coloured pale ale with a fresh, hoppy aroma coupled with a subtle bitterness and a long, often described as ‘caramel orange’. dry finish.

Indigenous Old Cadger Hop Art Hoppy Blonde Chaddleworth, Berkshire Best Bitter 4.5% Bentley, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.3% Rich malts and fruity hops combine to produce a balanced, full-flavoured beer. Golden well hoped bitter with a touch of sweetness to balance the predominantly dry finish. A refreshing beer. Indigenous Monocle H Chaddleworth, Berkshire Stout / Porter 4.6%

Hop Art Hoppist A smooth stout with a malty aroma and a slightly dry finish. Bentley, Hampshire Speciality Beer 6.1% Belgian abbey style double. Bramling Cross, Galena and Summit hops blend with the sweet Indigenous Frisky Mare malts producing a delicious meld of blackberry, caramel and cola notes. Chaddleworth, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.2% FESTIVAL SPECIAL - Ride into the sunset with this very hoppy 4.2% Blonde. Hop Back Crop Circle H Downton, Wiltshire Golden Ale 4.2% Fragrant hop aroma, complex hop, fruit and citrus flavours with a balanced hoppy, bitter/sweet Itchen Valley Hampshire Rose aftertaste. Alresford, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.2% Carefully selected blend of maris otter and roasted barley. Brewed with four choice hops; Target, Hercules, Nugget and Galena, producing a truly hoppy finish. Hop Back Entire Stout Downton, Wiltshire Stout / Porter 4.5% A rich, dark stout with a strong roasted malt flavour and a long, sweet and malty aftertaste. Itchen Valley QED A beer suitable for vegans. Alresford, Hampshire Best Bitter 4.1% Quality English Draft. A perfectly balanced mid-brown bitter containing three of the finest Hop Back Citra English hops: First Gold, Fuggles and Goldings. Downton, Wiltshire Golden Ale 4.0% Single hop blonde ale with a light, crisp bitterness leading to a refreshing lemony grapefruit Kent Session Pale H aftertaste and a smooth dry finish. West Malling, Kent Golden Ale 3.7% A rich blend of hops with Maris Otter Pale Malt. A full flavoured, aromatic and easy drinking Hop Stuff Arsenal Pale Ale Pale Ale. Woolwich, London Golden Ale 3.8% American hops give fruit and hops on the nose and flavour, balanced by honey in this easy Kent Kent Goldings Bitter drinking golden ale. West Malling, Kent Best Bitter 4.1% A full-on dose of Goldings and Fuggles hops with a rich variety of local malts. Hop Stuff Renegade IPA Woolwich, London Strong Bitter 5.6% Kent Beyond the Pale Smooth dark-gold IPA with grapefruit and spiced hops aroma and flavour. Warm lingering West Malling, Kent Golden Ale 5.4% finish that is bitter and dry. A full-flavoured Golden Pale Ale with a powerful punch of hops. An extreme version of our Pale for incurable hop addicts. Hopdaemon Incubus H Newnham, Kent Standard Bitter 4.0% Kent Enigma Black IPA A bronze-coloured special bitter brewed with Fuggles, Challenger and Cascade hops to give a West Malling, Kent Strong Bitter 5.5% superb aroma and a smooth malty finish. A highly hopped dark ale with a soft malt body and balanced finish. A true Enigma...

Hopdaemon Green Daemon Botanic H Kew, London Standard Bitter 3.8% Newnham, Kent Cask Lager 5.0% Golden beer with tropical fruit aromas and a crisp, clean finish. Brewed in the style of a A sessionable amber ale. The tangerine and peach aroma gives way to biscuit and caramel in 18 Bavarian Helles (light lager). the body and a soft, long bitterness. 19 TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Kew Pagoda Pale No. 2 Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Kew, London Golden Ale 4.2% Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Golden Ale 3.9% Celebrating different great English hops using the same pale malt base, with small tweaks at Gentle floral and gathering bitterness derived from a blend of English hops. the brewer’s whim, to show what English hops can really do. Leighton Buzzard Restoration Ale Kew Sandycombe Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire Best Bitter 4.6% Kew, London Golden Ale 4.4% Crisp, sherbet bitterness, sweet malty finish. Uber-pale golden ale. Crisp, hoppy and refreshing, with a lingering bitterness and big fruit and spice aroma from the Target and Bramling Cross hops. Little Beer Little Haka H Guildford, Surrey Golden Ale 3.5% Kew (& Black) Light bodied, thirst quenching ale, brewed with Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy hops from ‘down- Stout/Porter 3.7% Kew, London under’ to give a passion fruit and gooseberry aroma. Real organic chocolate and milk sugar (lactose) combine with four malts, oats, and wheat with a ‘dry hop’ of cacao nibs for added luxury. Little Beer Little Tenderness Guildford, Surrey Standard Bitter 4.0% Keystone Gold Spice Bright hop aroma leads the beer, followed by a light biscuit, caramel sweet centre. Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire Speciality Beer 4.0% A light-coloured, well hopped beer with stem ginger added to the cask. Little Beer Little Slow Guildford, Surrey Cask Lager 5.0% Keystone Large One Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire Best Bitter 4.2% Deep honey coloured Pilsner lager that is slow fermented and conditioned. Well-focused hop Copper coloured malty best bitter, fruit and bitterness to the fore initially, long fruit and bitter bitterness, a soft bready centre and a very clean dry finish. hop flavours to the finish. Loddon Hoppit Kissingate Black Cherry Mild Dunsden, Oxfordshire Standard Bitter 3.5% Lower Beeding, West Sussex Mild 4.2% Hops dominate the aroma of this drinkable, light-coloured session beer. A flavoursome dark mild with subtle addition of real black cherries in Muscavado and light Amarillo hopping. Loddon Ferryman’s Gold Dunsden, Oxfordshire Golden Ale 4.4% Kissingate ToffeeCog H Golden coloured with a strong hoppy character throughout, accompanied by fruit in the taste and aftertaste. Lower Beeding, West Sussex Strong Bitter 5.0% A crisp golden beer with a subtle toffee apple mouth feel balanced with a gathering sherbet bitterness derived from the finest New Zealand hops. Loddon Bamboozle Dunsden, Oxfordshire Strong Bitter 4.8% Kissingate Chennai IPA A strong pale ale heavily hopped with English Goldings. The Pale ale malt gives the beer a clean Lower Beeding, West Sussex Strong Bitter 5.0% and crisp background. Background flavours of pale and amber malts are balanced with the blackberry and pine characteristics of Pacific Gem and Cascade hops. Loddon Forbury Lion Dunsden, Oxfordshire Strong Bitter 5.5% Kissingate Powder Blue Blueberry Porter A malty IPA with a strong complex hop finish. The taste of Reading! Lower Beeding, West Sussex Stout / Porter 5.5% Reading Best H Full bodied dark roasted backbone. Subtle blueberry and raisin notes with a gentle gathering Loddon Standard Bitter 4.0% bitterness. Dunsden, Oxfordshire Fruity aroma and a smooth but nutty body. Blending traditional English hops with their modern American cousins and the addition of Crystal Wheat Malt. Kissingate Sussex H Lower Beeding, West Sussex Standard Bitter 4.0% Gentle floral and gathering bitterness derived from a blend of English hops. Crisp, sherbet bitterness, sweet malty finish. 20 21 TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Longdog Lamplight Porter Malt The Brewery Malt Golden Ale Worting, Hampshire Stout / Porter 5.0% Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Golden Ale 3.9% A splendid porter, smokey & drier than many, with strong roast flavours giving way to Brewed with lager malt and Slovenian hop to give this ale a citrus finish, making it an ideal blackberry in the taste and a slightly vinous finish. Beer of the Festival 2012.bitterness, a soft source of refreshment. bready centre and a very clean dry finish. Malt The Brewery Harvest Ale H Longdog Golden Poacher H Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Best Bitter 4.4% Worting, Hampshire Golden Ale 3.9% A festival of flavour! – amber coloured ale brewed with a distinctive English malt to give a Green Bullet hops all the way, this beer has bags of aroma with crisp citrus coming through familiar local fruit flavour. in spades. Malt The Brewery Missenden Pale Ale Longdog Bunny Chaser Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Golden Ale 3.6% Worting, Hampshire Standard Bitter 3.6% A very drinkable light amber session ale. Dark copper coloured beer with plenty of malt in the mouth and a good whack of bitterness from traditionally English hops. Marshall’s Auld Peat 80/- Hermitage, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.2% Longdog Kismet Dark with whiskey, pale and crystal malts. Progress and Challenger hops give a smooth Worting, Hampshire Standard Bitter 4.5% bitterness, and Willamette for a fruity, floral aroma and a touch spice. Chinook and Pacific Jade hops giving a lovely bitterness to quench a Summer thirst. Citrus and spicy noted from the hop balance the sweetness from the malts. Marshall’s Harvest Time Hermitage, Berkshire Best Bitter 4.2% Longdog English Hopped IPA Maris Otter Pale Malt and Crystal Malt give the rich colour and luscious flavour with Worting, Hampshire Strong Bitter 6.0% Northdown hops for bitterness and East Kent Goldings for the aroma. FESTIVAL SPECIAL - Traditional English-styled made entirely with traditional English hops and malts. Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Maldon, Essex Mild 3.7% Long Man Best Bitter Mellow, nutty, moreish dark mild. Brewed using Maris Otter Pale, Crystal and Black malts Litlington, East Sussex Standard Bitter 4.0% and gently hopped with Challenger. Perfectly balanced with a complex bittersweet malty taste, fragrant hops and a characteristic long deep finish. A traditional Sussex style Best Bitter. Mighty Oak Captain Bob H Maldon, Essex Standard Bitter 3.8% Long Man Copper Hop Brewed with Nelson Sauvin hop from NZ. Fruity and hoppy aroma and sweet maltiness Litlington, East Sussex Copper / Ruby Ale 4.1% followed by hints of gooseberry, elderflower and grape in the finish. Copper in colour and hoppy by nature; Vienna and premium British Caramalt provide a balanced backbone for the intense tropical fruit aromas. Nelson Powder Monkey Chatham, Kent Golden Ale 4.3% Mad Squirrel APA A Dark Golden Ale with a smooth taste and produces a sweetness on the palate. Potten End, Hertfordshire Golden Ale 4.7% Packed with a floral tropical aroma, a hoppy citrus kick, this golden amber ale is something to Nelson Midshipman Dark Mild H write home about. Chatham, Kent Mild 4.0% A Dark Mild brewed with mild malt and Kentish Hops leaving a roasted aftertaste on the H Mad Squirrel Milk Stout palate. Potten End, Hertfordshire Stout / Porter 4.0% Creamy full-bodied stout with complex flavours reminiscent of dark chocolate and coffee, Nelson Purser’s Pussy Porter balanced by a hoppy bitterness and a dry smooth silky finish. Chatham, Kent Stout / Porter 4.8% Traditional porter brewed with amber malt and with a combination of Fuggles and Goldings Malt The Brewery Prestwood Best hops. Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Best Bitter 4.4% A malty first anniversary beer. Incredibly smooth and full of flavour, everything you would 22 23 expect in a classic British Best Bitter. TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Nelson Revenge Portobello American Pale Ale Chatham, Kent Golden Ale 4.0% Notting Hill, London Strong Bitter 5.0% Bitterness based on floral Kentish hops, with hints of grapefruit to give a smooth taste on the Pale-golden, rich malty base to showcase the well-balanced Cascade and Summit, Citra and palate Amarillo hops. Aroma of tropical fruits, orange and pink grapefruit.

Nelson Trafalgar Bitter H Portobello Market Porter H Chatham, Kent Best Bitter 4.1% Notting Hill, London Stout / Porter 4.6% A light drinking ale with balanced malt and hop flavours, leaving a honey and nut palate. This black beer has stout characteristics, a creamy mouth-feel and roasted coffee and fruit notes. Some dark malt bitterness. Old Dairy Copper Top Portobello Tenterden, Kent Best Bitter 4.1% VPA H Notting Hill, London Golden Ale 4.0% Toffee caramel body with chocolate undertones balanced with a spicy and fruity bite from Bramling Cross and Challenger hops. A happy meeting of lager and IPA, endlessly drinkable with just the right hop hit.

Portobello Westway Pale Ale Old Dairy Cattle Shed APA Golden Ale 4.0% Tenterden, Kent Golden Ale 4.5% Notting Hill, London An extremely hoppy and delicious American Pale Ale, light in colour with distinctive citrus hop Maris Otter & Caragold malts are both lightly roasted, while late hop additions bring a lovely character from a blend of Amarillo, Cascade and Citra hops. complexity. Hints of citrus, fruit and a big punch of delicious drinkability.

Ramsbury Sunsplash Park Spankers IPA Golden Ale 4.0% Kingston Upon Thames, London Strong Bitter 6.0% Aldbourne, Wiltshire Bold, straw coloured IPA brewed with Centennial and Chinook hops to give a citrusy taste with Full of citrus flavours, fruity on the nose with a bitter finish. the aroma of lychees and pine leading to a bitter sweet finish. Ramsbury Flint Knapper Park Driftway Pale Aldbourne, Wiltshire BestBitter 4.2% Kingston Upon Thames, London Golden Ale 4.2% Blend of pale ale and chocolate malt with Goldings hops have given this smooth ale a rich Pale Ale hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic – summer fruits, sweet, good aroma of fresh amber colour and a taste with malty overtones. berries. Ramsgate Dogbolter Plain Ales Innspiration Broadstairs, Kent Stout / Porter 5.6% Sutton Veney, Wiltshire Standard Bitter 4.0% Six different malts for a satisfying, rich, malty body full of roasty, chocolaty flavours all Blend of malts delivers an initial depth of flavour, closely followed by a delicate bitterness and balanced by a deep and lasting hop bitterness. hints of citrus and flora, with a complexity that avows its name.

Ramsgate Gadd’s No 3 Plain Ales Innocence H Broadstairs, Kent Golden Ale 5.0% Sutton Veney, Wiltshire Golden Ale 4.4% Fragrant and very addictive. Spicy oranges and just a touch of interflora Brewed simply with pale malt and Goldings hops grown on Humphrey’s farm, just down the road. It’s fresh, hoppy, clean and bitter. Plain Ales Inncognito Sutton Veney, Wiltshire Stout / Porter 4.8% Rebellion Red H Marlow, Buckinghamshire Copper / Ruby Ale 4.7% Black, lots of port added to the cask with roasted malt and mature vine fruits. Deep reddish hue derives from the addition of crystal malt in the grist. The flavour is Portobello Star predominantly malty with a subtle late hop character. Notting Hill, London Best Bitter 4.3% Floral and berry hop characters tickle the nose followed by gentle coffee and roast hazelnut Rebellion IPA aromas. Smooth in the mouth and a nice dry, toasted astringency. Marlow, Buckinghamshire Standard Bitter 3.7% Copper-coloured bitter, sweet and malty, with resinous and red apple flavours. Caramel and fruit decline to leave a dry, bitter and malty finish.

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Rebellion Old Sea Dog Sherfield Village Green Hop IPA

Marlow, Buckinghamshire Golden Ale 4.2% Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire Strong Bitter 4.8% El Dorado hops add subtle characteristics of apricot and peach. A golden easy drinking pale ale Rich, deep and complex copper-coloured bitter with green hops used at the end for a fresh, with a pleasant fruity finish. vinous character.

Rebellion Mutiny H Sherfield Village Pioneer Stout Marlow, Buckinghamshire Best Bitter 4.5% Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire Stout / Porter 5.0% Tawny in colour, this full-bodied best bitter is predominantly fruity and moderately bitter with A black, black stout, packed with chocolate malt and Pioneer hops, and a hint of vanilla. crystal malt continuing to a dry finish. Sherfield Village Best of Both Worlds H Redemption Trinity Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire Best Bitter 4.1% Tottenham, London Standard Bitter 3.0% A combination of British and NZ hops gives this beer a satisfying body with a refreshing flavour and a gentle bitter finish. Toffee caramel body with chocolate undertones balanced with a spicy and fruity bite from Bramling Cross and Challenger hops. Sherfield Village Special IPA Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire Strong Bitter 6.0% Redemption Fellowship Porter Tottenham, London Stout / Porter 5.1% English Pilgrim and Northern Brewer hops, with a few American Galena hops thrown in for good measure. Chocolate, coffee, liquorice and dry roasted malt flavours complimented with hints of fruit. Late hopping adds zest and initial sweetness fades into a bitter finish. Siren Craft Sound Wave H Finchampstead, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.5% Redemption Hopspur American-style west coast IPA: golden, immensely hoppy and with grapefruit, peach and Tottenham, London Best Bitter 4.5% mango flavours. Citrus fruit aromas, chewy biscuity malt flavours, slight sticky sweetness and grapefruit piney hop flavours. Well balanced with hop flavours and an easy bitter finish. Siren Craft Liquid Mistress Finchampstead, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.8% Redemption Rock the Kazbek H An American-style west coast bright red ale: burnt raisins and crackers balanced by a citrus Tottenham, London Golden Ale 4.0% grapefruit and peach spark. Blonde ale single hopped with Czech Kazbek hop for refreshing zesty lemon, lime and grapefruit flavours with delicate lemon aroma. Siren Craft Dinner for 8 Finchampstead, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.1% Red Squirrel Conservation Bitter Hoppy Vienna Pale Ale with Simcoe, Cluster and Centennial as its hops of choice. Potten End, Hertfordshire Standard Bitter 3.7% Made using caramel and chocolate malt to give a full malty flavour. Bittering and late hops Siren Craft Love of Work come from the popular Challenger hops to give a well balance bitter. Finchampstead, Berkshire Speciality Beer 3.6% Brewed with Earl Grey tea then dry-hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Centennial. Red Squirrel Red Rascal Potten End, Hertfordshire Copper / Ruby Ale 5.5% Siren Craft Half Mast Strong reddy colour, delivering Strawberry & Melon notes influenced by a good helping of Finchampstead, Berkshire Standard Bitter 2.8% American hops, underpinned by some German Hop. Heavily hopped but with low bitterness this beer pops with notes of mango and grapefruit and is the perfect summer beer Red Squirrel Redtail Citra H Potten End, Hertfordshire Golden Ale 4.2% Tillingbourne Falls Gold Dominant Citra-hop aroma, producing a floral, fresh style with citrus overtones and a smooth Shere, Surrey Golden Ale 4.2% satisfying mouth feel. Whilst hops dominate, balancing malt is evident throughout. Hints of grapefruit in the aroma and taste lead to a dry finish.

‘St George he was for England, and before he killed the dragon 26 He drank a pint of English Ale out of an English flagon. 27 ’ G.K CHESTERTON TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Tillingbourne Evolution No 6 - The Midnight Mash H Fine Ales Naked Ladies H Shere, Surrey Strong Bitter 5.3% Twickenham, London Best Bitter 4.4% A new brew of Shere magic. Dark golden ale with a perfumed nose and a touch of spicy hop, which is in the initial flavour but fruit dominates. There is a lasting bitterness with some dryness. Tillingbourne Hop Troll IPA Shere, Surrey Strong Bitter 4.8% Twickenham Fine Ales Grandstand Bitter A full-on 7 hop IPA style monster with a citrusy rich sweetness followed by a powerful hoppy Twickenham, London Standard Bitter 3.8% bitterness - all perfectly balanced and extremely drinkable. Epic! A well-hopped and well balanced refreshing amber session beer. Triple hopped with Brewers Gold gives light citrus notes and a fresh clean finish. Tillingbourne The Source Shere, Surrey Golden Ale 3.3% Twickenham Fine Ales Sundancer Twickenham, London Golden Ale 3.7% An extremely refreshing light golden ale that tastes well above its ABV thanks to being dry hopped with plenty of Citra hops. A light zesty golden ale with citrus notes dominating from beginning to end. Finish is bitter but balanced by biscuity sweetness that stops the aftertaste being too intense. Tring Squadron Scramble H Tring, Hertfordshire Standard Bitter 4.0% Twickenham Fine Ales Red Head Twickenham, London Copper/Ruby Ale 4.1% Debonair medium light colour and a dare-devil maltiness that compliments a courageous hop aroma from the best Mount Hood hops. Roasted barley, along with pale/dark crystal malts and caramalt give this red hued beer a soft maltiness, whilst English/German hop mix give a spicy hop character. Tring Cobblers Hill Twickenham Fine Ales Champions Ale Tring, Hertfordshire Golden Ale 3.3% Twickenham, London Copper / Ruby Ale 4.7% Sorachi Ace hops deliver aroma of tea, bubble gum, dill, lemon with hints of coriander. A wonderfully complex flavour and aroma in this burnished gold ale. English Pilgrim, Motoueka and Rakau hops from NZ and dry hopped with Galaxy from Australia. Rye and lager malt in honour of South Africa’s favourite tipple. Triple fff Moondance H Two Cocks 1643 Musket Alton, Hampshire Golden Ale 4.2% Enborne, Berkshire Standard Bitter 3.8% Well-hopped, with an aromatic citrus hop nose, balanced by bitterness and a noticeable A pleasing session beer from Enborne in the beautiful countryside not far sweetness in the mouth. from Newbury.

Triple fff Rock Lobster Two Cocks 1643 Roundhead Alton, Hampshire Copper/Ruby Ale 5.0% Enborne, Berkshire Best Bitter 5.6% Inviting floral and spice aroma dive into passion fruit, apricot and orange flavours with sweet Full-bodied, smooth Best Bitter. A blend of Cascade and First Gold hops give it its toffee malt. Waves of fruit flavours crash over your tongue. characteristic complex hoppiness.

Triple fff Alton’s Pride Two Cocks 1643 Viscount Alton, Hampshire Standard Bitter 3.8% Enborne, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.6% Clean-tasting brown session beer. Full-bodied with a glorious aroma of lemony hops. Initial Unusual light golden ale that crosses the boundaries of beer/cider/wine in taste. Malts malty flavour fades as citrus notes and hoppiness take over. combine with Nelson Sauvin hops giving low bitterness and fruit character. Triple fff Citra Sonic Vale Black Swan H Alton, Hampshire Standard Bitter 4.1% Aromatic grapefruit and pine aroma with sweet malt followed by pineapple, more grapefruit Brill, Buckinghamshire Mild 3.9% and tropical fruits. Big and pungent with a robust bitterness. Dark and smooth with hints of chocolate and coffee on the nose and a malty dry finish.

Vale VPA Brill, Buckinghamshire Golden Ale 4.2% Hops from across the Atlantic and Kent’s finest produce an assertive dry hoppy ale with a citrus nose, combined with a pronounced malt background. Man, being responsible, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication. 28 29 ‘ LORD BYRON’ TASTING NOTES H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Vale Red Kite Windsor & Eton Conqueror Brill, Buckinghamshire Copper / Ruby Ale 4.3% Windsor, Berkshire Speciality Beer 5.0% Refreshing, chestnut beer with a bitter finish. A complex black IPA, with a full roasted taste and intense smokey hop aroma and flavour from cascade hops. Beer of the Festival 2014. Vale Black Beauty Porter H Brill, Buckinghamshire Stout / Porter 4.4% Windsor & Eton Eton Boatman

An award winning wholesome full bodied Porter. Heavy malt flavour gives way to a wonderful Windsor, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.3% hop character. Golden summer ale with citrus and fruit flavours from the New World hops. The finish is easy on the palate. Vale Wychert H Brill, Buckinghamshire Standard Bitter 3.9% Windsor & Eton Magna Carta Olde Ale Full-bodied and full flavoured with fruity/nutty undertones. Windsor, Berkshire Standard Bitter 4.0% Brewed collaboratively with the London Amateur Brewers who held a competition for the best recipe for an old English Ale. West Berkshire Maggs Magnificent Mild H Yattendon, Berkshire Mild 3.8% Windsor & Eton Waterloo Guardsman Silky, full-bodied, dark mild with a creamy head. Roast malt aroma is joined in the taste Windsor, Berkshire Best Bitter 4.2% by caramel, sweetness and mild, fruity hoppiness. Aftertaste of roast malt with balancing bitterness. Guardsman, but not as we know it - special brew for the 200th anniversary, with the late addition of Prussian hops. West Berkshire Good Old Boy Yattendon, Berkshire Standard Bitter 4.0% Windsor & Eton Corker Well-rounded, tawny bitter with malt and hops dominating throughout. A balancing bitterness Windsor, Berkshire Standard Bitter 4.0% accompanies the taste and aftertaste. Melanoidin malt gives a pale ale colour then hopped using English Fuggles & Australian Enigma. Dry ‘hopped’ with Elderflower and Lemon Myrtle. West Berkshire Dr Hexter’s Healer Yattendon, Berkshire Strong Bitter 5.0% Windsor & Eton Maracana Windsor, Berkshire Strong bitter with malt, caramel and hops in the aroma. Balance of malt, caramel, fruit, hops Golden Ale 4.0% and bitter sweetness. Produced with Citra hops and then the addition of Guava to the copper to produce a refreshing fruity beer with a difference. West Berkshire Mr Swift’s Pale Ale Yattendon, Berkshire Golden Ale 4.0% XT XT6 Fragrantly hoppy and extremely drinkable. The hops in the brew are a mix of Fuggles and Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Copper/Ruby Ale 4.5% Goldings over a pale malt base. Beautiful ruby red beer, malty and smooth with a cascade hop finish.

Wild Weather Riders on the Storm XT XT8 Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Silchester, Berkshire Speciality Beer 4.7% Stout/Porter 4.5% A smooth rich dark beer brewed with a careful blend of four malts along with a cocktail of hops FESTIVAL SPECIAL - Massive dry hopped RYE IPA in honour of Ascot Beer Festival, to give a complex taste. bursting with citra and mosaic hops.

XT XPA H Wild Weather Storm in a Teacup Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Strong Bitter 5.9% Silchester, Berkshire Speciality Beer 6.1% IPA brewed with crisp, clean extra pale malts and more hop additions. Plus a cooler, slower Earl Grey Infused IPA blending US and NZ hops with an Australian dry hop and Chinese fermentation for a really special hop forward flavour. inspired tea finishing with an English malt back bone.

XT Animal Beer - K9 Wild Weather Peach of a Day Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Best Bitter 4.6% Silchester, Berkshire Speciality Beer 3.4% Late at night the little creatures sneak into the brewery and make special beers never to be This is a beer with a worldwide love affair blending US and NZ hops with an Australian dry hop seen again …. and Chinese inspired tea finishing with an English malt back bone. 30 31 TASTINGGREATER NOTES MANCHESTER H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Allgates Old Boston Plum Porter Cloudwater Red Ale Wigan, Lancashire Stout/Porter 4.4% Manchester Copper / Ruby Ale 4.8% A new brew flavoured with plums. Huge fruity aromas with a spicy dryness.

Allgates Dry Bones H Cloudwater PaleAle Manchester Golden Ale 3.7% Wigan, Lancashire Speciality Beer 4.0% Honey toned, refreshing & hoppy with aromas of tropical fruit and grapefruit offset by hints of Bright, dry, and easy drinking with an assertive bitterness. melon and pineapple; German Brewers Gold hops. Deeply Vale Helles Deep Allgates Hardy Butts Chamberhall St, Bury, Lancashire Cask Lager 3.9% Wigan, Lancashire Speciality Beer 4.5% Well balanced beer. It offers the spicy, herbal aroma of German hops at restrained levels, and enough bitterness in the finish to dry the palate. Maris Otter & Lager malts combine with Brewers Gold hops providing well-balanced bitterness, citrus aromas from Pioneer hops. Conditioned with stem Ginger Deeply Vale Golden Vale H Chamberhall St, Bury, Lancashire Best Bitter 4.2% Beer Studio Pale Riwaka Complex but well balanced bitterness with a slight caramel finish and fruity aroma. The flavour Salford Strong Bitter 5.5% is refreshing, robust and satisfyingly malty. Straw coloured ale. Strong grapefruit & citrus flavours with New Zealand hops to add zeal. Deeply Vale DV8 Blackedge Hop Pale Ale H Chamberhall St, Bury, Lancashire Stout / Porter 4.8% Horwich, Lancashire Golden Ale 3.8% Clean, dry and refreshing citrus flavoured session beer with spicy floral aromas. Deliciously smooth, easy drinking breakfast stout.

Dunham Massey Green Hop Blackedge American Pale Ale Best Bitter 4.1% Horwich, Lancashire Best Bitter 4.2% Altrincham Pale and hoppy. Plenty of west coast American hops are added to give a delightful citrus floral Brewed using hops grown at the brewery. It’s a light, refreshing, easy-drinking, fresh hopped hit of flavour. Pleasant aroma and smooth finish. beer.

Dunham Massey Chocolate Cherry Mild Blackjack Belgian Honey Porter Mild 3.8% Manchester Stout / Porter 4.5% Altrincham A full-bodied porter brewed with honey. A multi award winning speciality beer. It has the all dark chocolate, coffee and liquorice flavours of a dark mild blended with a dry bitter-sweet cherry flavour.

Blackjack Play Your Cards Rye’t Dunham Massey Ruby Sunset H Manchester Speciality Beer 4.9% Amber/Red ale using Rye malt to give a peppery spice character. Altrincham Copper / Ruby Ale 4.1% Light and refreshing with a caramel malt flavour. Fairly hoppy, with citrus and blackcurrant Brewsmith Pale on the finish. Ramsbottom, Lancashire Golden Ale 4.2% A refreshingly bitter and hoppy pale ale. Big floral hop aroma, medium body, long dry bitter First Chop AVA H finish. Salford Golden Ale 3.5% Extra pale malt, classic Czech ‘noble’ aroma and fruity Australian hops combine to give more Brightside Best H flavour and character than you might expect. Radcliffe Best Bitter 4.3% Dark amber colour. Slightly more bitter flavour than you might expect from a Best Bitter, while First Chop Caramel IPA still resulting in a well balanced beer. Not too hoppy on the nose. Salford Strong Bitter 5.2% Brewed with three classic US hops, four malts and a big dose of unrefined sugar to give a rich, Brightside Topaz caramel coloured and powerful IPA. Radcliffe Strong Bitter 5.0% Pale ale, crystal, caramel malts, and wheat produce a light amber colour and complex malt 32 profile to compliment an Australian hop variety. 33 TASTINGGREATER NOTES MANCHESTER H Beer available on Saturday only H Beer available on Saturday only

Holts Bitter Seven Bro7hers EPA Manchester Standard Bitter 4.0% Manchester Strong Bitter 4.8% Copper coloured beer with malt and hops in the aroma. Malt, hops and fruit in the taste with a English hops marry together grapefruit flavours with pine, floral and green tea undertones, bitter and hoppy finish. whilst delivering a slight spicy and zingy finish.

Holts Two Hoots Seven Bro7hers Session H Manchester Best Bitter 4.2% Manchester Golden Ale 3.8% A light, crisp and refreshing ale with a hint of citrus that is beautifully balanced. Delicious and thirst quenching session ale that delivers massive citrus aromas and tropical fruit flavours. Marble Pint Watermelon Wheat Manchester Golden Ale 3.9% Seven Bro7hers Manchester Light malt base carrying a wonderful display of New Zealand hops, notes of citrus and Speciality Beer 3.8% grapefruit. Infusion of fresh water melon combines with a mellow strawberry and pineapple aroma from a massive late hop addition, resulting in a truly thirst-quenching beer. Manchester Bitter Marble Track Sonoma Manchester Best Bitter 4.2% Manchester Golden Ale 3.8% This classic mancunian bitter holds initial citrus aroma that eventually gives way to a full palate and a dry, bitter finish. A session pale ale, refreshing and fruity.

Marble Lagonda H Track Toba Oatmeal Stout H Manchester Strong Bitter 5.0% Manchester Stout / Porter 5.6% IPA with golden malt base complimenting a quadruple addition of hops preceding a floral Rich & smooth Oatmeal Stout, full bodied & combining rich chocolate & roasted malts. and bitter finish. A proud contemporary classic. Tweed Orange County IPA Outstanding Three Point Nine Hyde Speciality Beer 4.3% Bury, Lancashire Golden Ale 3.9% Orange, tangy and thirst quenching. America’s finest hops, fashion a smooth mellow bitterness whilst their southern hemisphere cousins provide a fresh passion fruit aroma. Tweed New World Pale Hyde Strong Bitter 5.0% Outstanding Stout Crisp, refreshing finish with a sweet yet subtle honey flavour. Bury, Lancashire Stout / Porter 5.5% Smooth, jet black, dry and bitter. Balanced roasted barley flavours with a hint of liquorice.

Pictish Brewers Gold Rochdale Golden Ale 3.8% A full-bodied porter brewed with honey.

Pictish Alchemist H Rochdale Golden Ale 4.9% A refreshing straw coloured ale, with crisp malt flavours and a robust hoppy finish.

Prospect Nutty Slack Wigan, Lancashire Mild 3.9% Ebony dark mild with a smooth, smokey malty taste and bursting with the aromas of chocolate and roasted coffee. ‘No, sir: There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which 34 so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn 35 SAMUEL’ JOHNSON CIDERS AND PERRIES CIDERS AND PERRIES

Biddenden Bushels Oliver’s Cider Bibbenden, Kent Cider 6.0% Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire Cider 6.0% Biddenden Medium-Dry Orgasmic Cider Bibbenden, Kent Cider 8.0% Erdisley, Herefordshire Perry 5.0% Broadoak Moonshine Parsons Choice Sweet Taunton, Somerset Clutton, Somerset Cider 7.5% Cider 6.0% Broadoak Perry Red Bank Autumn Orchard Bolton, Lancashire Clutton, Somerset Perry 6.0% Cider 7.0% Ciderniks Combe Raider Red Bank Foxwhelp Bolton, Lancashire Kintbury, Berkshire Cider 6.5% Cider 7.0% Ciderniks Dab Hand Richs Farmhouse Watchfield, Somerset Kintbury, Berkshire Cider 6.5% Cider 6.0% Ciderniks Kickstart Ross-on-Wye Dry Peterstow, Herefordshire Kintbury, Berkshire Cider 6.0% Cider 6.0% Ciderniks Kingston Black Salt Hill Urban Fox Slough, Berkshire Kintbury, Berkshire Cider 6.5% Cider 6.2% Ciderniks Ten Years After Salt Hill Autumn Gold Kintbury, Berkshire Cider 6.5% Slough, Berkshire Cider 5.0% Gwatkin Farmhouse Perry Tutts Clump Royal Berkshire Abbey Dore, Herefordshire Perry 7.0% Bradfield, Berkshire Cider 7.0% Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon Tutts Clump Rum Cask Llantwit Fadre, Pontypridd Cider 7.3% Bradfield, Berkshire Cider 7.5% Gwynt y Ddraig Two Trees Tutts Clump Scrumpy Llantwit Fadre, Pontypridd Perry 6.0% Bradfield, Berkshire Cider 5.5% Hecks Kingston Black Tutts Clump Farmhouse Perry Street, Somerset Cider 6.5% Bradfield, Berkshire Perry 6.0% Hogans Vintage Westons Old Rosie Alcester,Wawickshire Perry 5.8% Mutch Marcle, Herefordshire Cider 7.3% Moore Medium Wilkins Dry Upton, Gloustershire Perry 6.0% Mudgley, Somerset Cider 6.0% Mr. Whitehead’s Boxing Dog Winkleigh Autumn Mix Scrumpy Selborne, Hampshire Cider 7.5% Winkleigh, Devon Cider 7.5% Mr. Whitehead’s Cirrus Minor Selborne, Hampshire Cider 5.0% © Campaign for Real Ale 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this information may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means – electronic, photocopying, recording or Mr. Whitehead’s Heart of Hampshire otherwise – without the prior permission of the Campaign for Real Ale. Selborne, Hampshire Cider 6.0% This list represents orders placed and is subject to availability at the time of the festival, CAMRA may substitute any of the above accordingly. Mr. Whitehead’s Rum Cask Selborne, Hampshire Cider 7.0% Mr. Whitehead’s Midnight Special Selborne, Hampshire Perry 5.0% Mr. Whitehead’s Novo Pyrus 36 Selborne, Hampshire Perry 7.0% 37 A Campaign of Two Halves JOIN US THIS F air dea on beer 7EZI l t &VMXEMR W WINTER AT ASCOT ax no 4YFW w! Join CAMRA Today Complete the Direct Debit form and you will receive 15 months membership QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY NOVEMBER RACING WEEKEND for the price of 12 and a fantastic discount on your membership subscription. FEATURING THE COUNTRY Alternatively you can send a cheque payable to CAMRA Ltd with your completed form, visit Saturday 17th October www.camra.org.uk/joinus or call 01727 867201. All forms should be addressed to the: LIVING CHRISTMAS FAIR Membership Department, CAMRA, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW. QIPCO British Champions Day, now in its Your Details Direct Debit Non DD fourth year, is the finale of the European Friday 20th & Title Surname Flat racing season and the richest raceday Saturday 21st November Single Membership £24 £26 Forename(s) (UK & EU) in the British calendar with prize money An action packed day of Jumps racing with the of £4.1 million. Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) Joint Membership £29.50 £31.50 opportunity to purchase seasonal delicacies (Partner at the same address) and beautiful handcrafted items from our Address For Young Member and other concessionary Country Living Christmas Fair. rates please visit www.camra.org.uk or call Postcode 01727 867201. Email address I wish to join the Campaign for Real Ale, and agree to abide by the Memorandum and Tel No(s) Articles of Association Partner’s Details (if Joint Membership) I enclose a cheque for Title Surname Signed Date Forename(s) Applications will be processed within 21 days Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy) Email address (if different from main member) 01/15

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