Welcome to the 25th Shrewsbury Real Ale Festival The first Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival took place 26 years ago. As we missed one year, that means that this year is our “silver” anniversary festival, an occasion for more than usual celebration. We’ve also brought the festival forward towards the more drinker friendly month of September. We are proud to showcase Shropshire beers. Almost every local brewery is represented, and will be in the Shropshire Brewers’ Challenge competition. We are also hosting a regional CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain competition, involving the top six Old Ales and Strong Milds nominated by West Midlands CAMRA members. This year’s “away” focus is on beers from the North East, with many from new breweries or those rarely seen in this region. The final group of beers consists of those we just couldn’t resist and could come from anywhere the UK. All our 80 real ales will be served through had-pulls as intended by the brewer or brewster. The earlier date means we’ve included more ciders and perries this year, and we have an even wider selection f country wines, so there should be something for everyone. As in previous years, the Festival is quiet in all sessions, so you can concentrate on beer and conversation. Please relax and enjoy yourself drinking responsibly.

Festival Coordinator

Thanks to our printers, PrintFast Shrewsbury. Any mistakes in the text are our own, not theirs. What is CAMRA? And why should I volunteer to help out?

CAMRA is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to support the key British institutions of , and traditionally brewed drinks. Local CAMRA activities, including this and other Beer Festivals, are run by volunteers with support from a small central team. The past 12 months have seen yet more growth in the number of breweries producing cask-conditioned ales and of cider and perry makers crafting their product in a traditional way. However, pubs remain under threat from high taxes, cheap supermarket alcohol, and in recent years a new danger – that of exploitation of pubs by developers as property rather than as the hub of their community. CAMRA has adopted four key campaigns to save beer and pubs. 1 Stop tax killing beers and pubs: we stopped the Beer Duty Escalator, stopped a threat to small cider producers and are looking to continue our success. 2 Secure an effective government support package for pubs: we’ve been working to protect pubs nationally and locally from greedy pubco landlords and developers 3 Encourage more people to try a range of real ale, cider and perry: what do you think this festival is about! 4 Raise the profile of -going and increase the number of people using pubs regularly: we take part in pub promotions, and you’ll find a map of Shrewsbury Real Ale and Cider pubs in the centre of this programme. Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA can help you protect your pub (even if it’s keg-only) by listing it as an Asset of Community Value. If you are concerned about the future of your local, please contact us as soon as possible. If you would like to volunteer to help CAMRA with Festivals, campaigning or monitoring, please contact me on 07939 438158 or [email protected] Norrie , Chair, Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA

Festival Sponsors

Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA are grateful to the following organisations who have contributed beers or goods in kind to the festival. Look for their details on our sponsors wall.

ACCESS Cars, Unit A, Silkmore,Frankwell, Shrewsbury, SY3 8LN Appleyards Delicatessen, Shrewsbury (see display ad) The Admiral Benbow, 24 Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NF Black Bear, High Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1AZ Brecon Brewing Ltd, Brecon, Powys LD3 8BT, Bricklayers Arms, Copthorne Road, Shrewbsury, SY3 8NL Church Aston Brewery, Church Aston, Shropshire Chapel Brewery, Chapel Lane, Criftins, Shropshire, SY12 9LZ Clun Brewery, c/o The White Horse Inn, The Square, Clun, SY7 8JA The Coach and Horses, Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NF Joules Brewery, Great Hales Street, Market Drayton TF9 1JP Ludlow Brewing Co, The Railway Shed, Ludlow, SY8 2PQ Montgomery’s Tower, Lower Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, SY1 1RT Nag’s Head, 22 Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, SY1 1XB Pritchards Van Hire, Meole Brace Island, Shrewsbury, SY3 7RE PrintFast Shrewsbury, Unit B Silkmoor, Shrewsbury SY3 8LN Offa’s Dyke Brewery, Chapel Lane, Trefonen, Shropshire SY10 9DX Prince Of Wales, 30 Bynner Street, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, SY3 7NZ Real Ale Direct, Shawbury Park Farm, Shawbury, SY4 4JP Rowton Brewery, Stone House, Rowton, Shropshire TF6 6QX Salopian Bar, Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 1PW Salopian Brewing Co Ltd, Old Station Yard, Station Road, Hadnall, Shropshire SY4 3DD Six Bells Brewery, Church Street, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AA Festival Sponsors (Cont’d)

Shrewsbury Hotel, Bridge Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1PU Stonehouse Brewery Limited, Weston, Oswestry, SY10 9ES Main Sponsor – see also display advert Tanners Wines, 26 Wyle Cop Shrewsbury, SY1 1XD Three Fishes, Fish Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1UR Wace Morgan Solicitors, 21 St Mary’s Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1ED The Wheatsheaf, Frankwell, Shrewsbury SY3 8JY Woodman, 32 Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 2DZ The Wood Brewery, Wistanstow Shropshire SY7 8DG Wrekin Brewing Co, The Pheasant, Market Street, Wellington, Shropshire, TF1 1DT The Vaults, 16 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AB

Appleyards Delicatessen an old established delicatessen that also sells good bottled beers 85 Wyle Cop , Shrewsbury,Tel 01743 240180

Beers List

Please note that not all beers can be guaranteed in any session. Some beers are so new or unusual you’ll have to write your own tasting notes!

ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Allendale Latest offering in an award End NZ Pale 4.7 (Hexham) winning series Golden ale, brewed with a trio Allendale of American hops for a fruity Penine Ale 4.2 (Hexham) aroma and flavour, with a refreshing citrus finish. Subtle hoppy notes with a Battlefield smooth caramel body followed Sabut Jung 5.8 (Shrewsbury) by of citrus grapefruit and spicy hops. Beowulf A traditional, flavourful mild Dark Raven 4.5 (Staffordshire) with an apple and toffee aroma.

William A dark strong ale with a smooth Bewdley Mucklow’s 6.0 fruity flavour and slight (Staffordshire) Dark Mild liquorice after taste. . Maris Otter malt, Big Shed Engineers Challenger and Savinski (Shawbury, 4.2 Best Goldings (Slovenia) hops. Shrops) Flowery and light lemon citrus Chocolate, damsons and vanilla with underlying roast malt, Black Hole No Escape 5.2 (Burton) yielding to hops for a mildly dry after taste. American Pale Ale. Red, with Bluestone Red of 4.3 malt overtones, and a late (Pembrokeshire) Heaven addition of New World hops. Box Social India Brown Dark with hop Newburn, Newcastle 5.6 fruitiness achieved by late Citra ( Ale Upon Tyne) hop additions. Box Social Kaffir Lime Newburn, Newcastle 3.9 New ale with botanical additions ( Leaf IPA Upon Tyne) ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Brecon Silver A festival special brewed 4.2 (Powys) Beacons specially for us

A strong, dark mild with a Broughs Superior 5.0 moorish taste and a sweet malty (Wolverhampton) finish. Malt aroma and flavours. Bitter Byatts XK Strong 4.9 chocolate and blackberries and a (Coventry) soft lingering bitterness. Chapel Silver Specially brewed for the 4.7 (Criftins, Shrops) Chalice festival.

Passion fruit, lychee and Chapel Last Supper 4.7 grapefruit notes. Citra hops.

Clun Green Hop TBC Brewed with fresh hops

Corvedale PAX 4.5 Golden Bitter (Shropshire)

Pale ale, hopped with Cullercoats World Cup Challenger and Bramling Cross, 3.8 (Tyne and Wear) English Ale plus Admiral late on in the boil for extra fruity aromas. Cullercoats Brewers Made with a historic hop variety 4.8 (Tyne and Wear) Gold promising fruit, spicy flavours

An all English creamy Porter, Cullercoats caramel and coffee aroma, with Storm Porter 4.4 (Tyne and Wear) fruity notes from Endeavour and Admiral hops.

Dickensian Equinox 4.5 TBA (Shropshire)

Best bitter, deep coloured with Firebrick Elder 4.5 flavours of malt biscuit, plum (Blaydon on Tyne) Statesman fruit and a pleasant bitterness

ABV Description Brewery Name (%)

Firebrick Trade Star 4.2 New Zealand hopped pale ale. (Blaydon on Tyne)

Grey Trees Chinookan Very pale ale with floral hop 4.2 (Cwmbach) VPA character

Pale ale brewed with Columbus Hobsons Old Prickly 4.2 and Lubelski hops and Maris (Shropshire) Otter malting barley

Hop And Triple Hop Pale well hopped beer with a dry 5.0 Stagger IPA hoppy taste. (Shropshire)

Hop And Stagger Sovereign 4.0 Traditional English bitter (Shropshire) Hop And Summer Stagger 3.8 Blonde session bitter Lovin (Shropshire) Joules English Pale Ale with a gentle Pale Ale 4.1 (Shropshire) bitter finish.

Left Handed A stronger, tweaked version of Giant US Porter 6.1 the better known Porter (Bristol) Left Handed US-style Pale Ale with Giant USPA 5.5% centennial, cascade, chinook and (Bristol) simcoe hops honey gold with a grassy, citrus Ludlow floral aroma. Sharp, sweet, full Stairway 5.0 (Ludlow, Shrops) bodied taste. Uses Sladek lagering hops, Milk Street Funky Copper coloured with toffee, 4.0 (Somerset) Monkey orange and passion fruit

Odyssey Dream 4.5 American Pale Ale (Hereford) Serpent

ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Balanced, well hopped session Odyssey Withnail American pale ale. Late and dry 4.2 (Hereford) Pale hopping with simcoe give the beer a citrus pine finish Light saison with hints of Out There Star Child 3.6 (Newcastle) grapefruit, fennel and juniper

Out There Frelon Brun 4.3 Belgian brown ale (Newcastle)

Quantock Royal Stag 6.0 Brewed for the festival (Somerset) Special Rowton Portly 4.5 Stout with added port (Rowton, Shrops)

IPA with citrus, pines and Salopian tropical fruit . A dry body with Kashmir 5.5 (Shropshire) an extremely long lingering finish.

Salopian IPA with hints of berries and Indigenous 5.3 (Shropshire) spice, zesty finish.

Salopian A unique cask-conditioned version of a Salopian (Shropshire) & Red Mist 5.5 Brewdog collaboration with Brewdog

(Birmingham) Birmingham Sandstone Elderflower 3.9 TBA (Wrexham) Bearded Sandstone 4.2 English Pale Ale (Wrexham) Alan Biscuit malt, grapefruit and Dark Ruby lemon aroma. Sweet, lemon and, Sara Hughes 6.0 Mild nutty malt flavour. Dry and peppery finish. Shires/ Special Pale Ale, brewed by the Worfield SPA 5.0 All Nations pub in Madeley, (Shropshire) Telford (continued)

Details of all pubs can be found at WhatPub.com Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2015

Shrewsbury Real Ale Pubs

1. Admiral Benbow (C, E 25. The Lion Hotel except Sat) 26. The Loggerheads 2. The Alb 27. Masonic Arms (C) 3. The Anchor 28. Montgomerys Tower 4. The Armoury (C) 5. The Belle Vue Tavern 29. Morgans (C) 6. Bird in Hand 30. Nags Head 7. The Boathouse 31. The Old Post Office 8. Bricklayers (C) 32. Olde Bucks Head (C) 9. Bull (Butchers Row) 33. The Olive Tree 10. Bulls Head (Castle 34. The Prince of Wales Street) (C) 11. The Britannia 35. The Salopian Bar (C) 12. Chapel Bar (in Severn 36. Shrewsbury Hotel Theatre) (C) 13. Coach and Horses (C) 37. The Silverton 14. The Crown (Abbey 38. Rock and Fountain Foregate) 39. The Seven Stars 15. The Crown (Coleham) 40. The Three Fishes (C) 16. Cross Foxes 41. Yorkshire House 17. Dog and Pheasant 42. Vaults 18. Dolphin 43. The Wheatsheaf 19. The Golden Cross (Frankwell) (C) 20. Henry Tudor House 44. The Wheatsheaf 21. Hole in the Wall (High Street) 22. Hop and Friar 45. The Woodman (C, E 23. Kings Head except Sat, Sun) 24. The Lion and Pheasant Hotel E – Evenings only C – Real Cider The Morris Hall Festival Sponsors Beers List (continued)

ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Shoes Farriers 15.0 No, not a typo. 1/3rds only (Herefordshire) Shoes Colmore 4.5 Brewed with fresh hops (Herefordshire) Green Hop Shropshire Sawn Off 4.0 A copper-coloured best bitter Brewer with a malty backbone. A (Shropshire) blend of British hops gives a smooth bitterness accompanied by a fruity flavour Spicy, tropical fruit flavours Six Bells Spikey 4.0 combined with subtle malt (Shropshire) Blonde characteristics and a citrus finish Six Bells Winning Copper ale with balanced malt 4.3 and hop flavours (Shropshire) Webb A traditional, amber coloured Station bitter. Full bodied, session beer Stonehouse 3.9 (Morda, Shrops) Bitter with a balanced fruity hops and roasted malt. Very pale with a balance of Stonehouse Sunlander 3.7 citrus and floral hops from (Morda, Shrops) Australia.

Stonehouse Cambrian A deep golden fruity beer with a 4.2 (Morda, Shrops) Gold subtle dry finish. (Kiwi Pale Ale) A crisp pale ale, Stonehouse made using New Zealand Green KPA 4.6 (Morda, Shrops) Bullet hops. The hops add a herby, floral note. A rich and malty premium Stonehouse Off The Rails 4.8 bitter, with a classic British hop flavour. Temptation Revolution 4.6 Amber Ale (Houghton le Spring)

Temptation Constitution 4.6 American IPA (Houghton le Spring)

Temptation Elation 6.5 Belgian brown ale (Houghton le Spring) ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Pale ale and lager malts, single Tenby Barefoot 4.6 hopped with cascade, and (Pembrokeshire) Blonde infused with Thai Lime leaves. Tenby West Coast Malt body and undercurrents of 3.8 (Pembrokeshire) Rocks spiced blackberry

Witbeir Tenby 5.5 American pale wheat ale (Pembrokeshire) Idleweiss

Three Kings Shieldsman 3.8 Golden Ale (North Shields) Three Kings Devil’s TBC TBA (North Shields) Advocate Three Tuns Black; smooth, creamy, old- (Bishops Castle, Stout 4.4 fashioned stout with a bitter Shrops) finish. Two By Two Chinook Pale 5.0 Single hop pale ale (Wallsend) Two By Two Leapfrog 4.1 Golden bitter (Wallsend) Monkey Two By Two 5.4 IPA (Wallsend) Puzzle Green Hop Tynebank 5.2 A green hop beer (Newcastle Upon Tyne) IPA

Chocolate, pale chocolate, Northern roasted barley, crystal and a Tynebank 4.5 (Newcastle Upon Tyne) Porter little smoked malt. Conditioned on toasted oak chips Summer Light pale ale with root ginger Tynebank 3.9 and lemongrass, and Chinook, (Newcastle Upon Tyne) Breeze Centennial and Kohatu hops. Deep, slightly reddy brown in colour, malty, slightly sweet and Tynebank Dark Brown 3.9 (Newcastle Upon Tyne) lightly hopped to give a berry fruit undertone Vale of Glamorgan Dakota Red 4.5 Reddish gold ale (Barry) ABV Description Brewery Name (%) Vale of Glamorgan Decadence 4.4 IPA (Barry) Vale of Very pale experimental brew, Glamorgan New Tricks 3.5 heavily hopped with Calypso (Barry) Wood’s A new stout from an established Ebony 4.5 (Shropshire) Shropshire brewery Wrekin Ironbridge A golden ale bursting with hop (Wellington, 4.6 Gold flavour and a zingy hop finish. Shrops) Wrekin Last of the 4.2 Seasonal ale. (Wellington) Summer

Wylam Remain in Citra, Simcoe, Chinook and 5.0 (Heddon on the Wall) the Light Centennial hops

Yeovil Glory 3.8 Light copper session ale (Somerset)

Car and Van Hire Meole Brace Island, Shrewsbury SY3 7RE, 01743 365612

Cider, Perry Country Wine and Fruit Juices See tubs for ABV & Prices. All ciders blends of apple variety unless stated

This year’s cider, perry and country wine list will be distributed separately on entry to the festival.

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival are pleased to welcome Stonehouse Brewery as our main sponsor

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Beer of the Festival

Please write your nomination for public Beer of the Festival in the space below. Tear off this part in place it in the box on the CAMRA membership stand. My nomination is: ______If you would like to hear more about Shrewsbury Beer festival and real ale events in Shrewsbury and West Shropshire, please leave your email address, too. It’s up to you – we won’t use your address for anything else or pass it on to anyone. My email is: ______