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Welcome Welcome to the 28th Sussex CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival INTRODUCTION 5. Additionally the no. 22 & 2 & Welcome to the 28th Sussex Branches Beer Hove bus time tables are included. & Cider Festival, our second outing at Brighton Racecourse. We hope you enjoy CAMRA PRODUCTS STALL your session with us, the team have sought The CAMRA stall is in the main hall. You will out over 170 beers, 20 ciders, and the odd find a selection of books, Breweriana and perry and specialty cider (cider with other CAMRA merchandise additional fruit!). This year sees the return of the Sussex bar, which as its name implies CATERING features beer from most of the Sussex We have worked with the Racecourse to brewers. bring in food concessions from the local area to provide some of the popular tastes If you are new to CAMRA we are not just from the Brighton area. The concessions about promoting real ale and cider but provide both vegetarian and gluten free campaigning for consumer rights; be this options. Soft drinks, including tea and keeping pubs open as these are the best coffee will also be offered. place to drink real ale and cider; but also on taxation, which affects the price of your No tokens, only cash will be accepted at drink where, in the past we have influenced these stalls. the government to remove the beer duty escalator, and we also challenge a change A separate queue may be in operation for of duty on small cider producers. our volunteer staff. This enables them to get back to their bar to serve you. Thanks for CAMRA MEMBERSHIP STAND your cooperation and understanding. This is in the main hall. The staff will be happy to explain the many benefits of FACILITIES CAMRA membership; and will be even There is a cash machine in the main hall. You happier to sign you up! will be charged if you wish to withdraw cash. If you are already a member or join on the day, this is where you can pick up your Disabled toilets, the toilets in the function tokens for two free halves of beer on halls are accessible however full disabled production of a valid membership card. facilities are located opposite the main entrance to the hall in the owners and FLOOR PLAN trainers building. To help you find your way around you will PLEASE NOTE THAT NO-ONE UNDER THE find a plan of the venue on page 18 of this AGE OF 18 IS PERMITTED; THIS INCLUDES programme. Please note you cannot take BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN. your glass outside. BUS TIME TABLE FESTIVAL CHARITY We are proud to have as our festival charity The free bus back to Brighton Station will this year Sussex Heart. They were formed to leave every 15 minutes from 21.45 until support care of the heart throughout 23.00. The time table can be found on page Sussex (for more on our festival charity see 28th Sussex Beer Festival 2018 3 Festival Information www.sussexheartcharity.org or talk to them ticket outlets for their help: Evening Star, at their table in the Grandstand Hall). Brighton; Gardener’s Arms, Brewers Arms Initially the charity funded local research Lewes; Duke of Wellington, Shoreham-by- and community resuscitation training but Sea; Selden Arms, Worthing; Beer recently has funded Automated Essentials, Horsham; Eagle, Eastbourne; Defibrillators, the first two were on railway Tower, St. Leonards; Brewery Shades, stations, many more have entered service . and they are saving lives. We hope that your support can help them expand the scheme Thanks must also go to the team at and fund their activities. The easiest way to Brighton Racecourse for all their help in give is to place any unused tokens in the setting up the venue. collecting boxes near the exit, we will fund Finally, thank YOU, our paying customers, the value of these donations in full to without you there would be no festival. If Sussex Hart, or you can choose the you have enjoyed your time with us, tell traditional way with donations in collection your friends and bring them along next boxes. year.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE Please have enjoy your festival. There are lots of people who have worked hard to ensure the festival is a success. I Paul Sanders would like to thank: John Kirkland, festival Organiser, Sussex Branches Beer & Cider Treasurer; Paul Free, who sourced the beer; Festival Paul De Souza, who negotiated our food concessions; Mark Lawday, staffing officer; Peter Mitchell, Press Officer; Jo Buckand, ticket sales; Pete Coppard & Keith Newell, products; Paul Alison, webmaster and Ursula Lockyear, stewarding.

Possibly the biggest thank you goes out to those who do the things you do not see, it is the work done before and after the festival by our set up and take down teams; without them the festival cannot happen; a huge thank you is due to those workers. Then there is the thanks to our on the day teams; bar managers and their deputies, also to the stewards you do a difficult job well.

I would like to pay tribute to one person who will not be with us this year, Ruth Anderson who was the festival organiser died soon after the festival last year. She is missed by all of us in Sussex CAMRA for all her dedication in organising both Sussex Branches Beer and Cider Festival and South Downs Festival.

Thanks, must also go to our friends the

4 28th Sussex Beer Festival 2018 Festival Information Buses back to Brighton Station The free bus will leave from outside the racecourse on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at the following times 9:45pm, 10.00pm, 10:15pm, 10:30pm; 10:45pm; & 11:00pm. Number 22 bus Additionally, the number 22 Brighton & Hove bus goes from the racecourse and stops at Road shops, Old Steine and the Clock Tower, Queens Road. The timings are shown below. Thursday,Friday and Saturday Evening: Race Hill 8.27 8.57 9.27 9.57 10.27 10.57 11.27 11.57 Queens Road (Stop L) 8.42 9.12 9.42 10.12 10.42 11.12 11.42 12.12 Friday Afternoon: Race Hill 2:49 3.04 3.21 3.36 3.56 4.11 4.26 Brighton Station 3:10 3.25 3.42 3.57 4.17 4.32 4.47 Number 2 bus The number 2 bus runs from Rottingdean to Steyning via Churchill Square, Hove, and Shoreham. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evening: Towards Churchill Square leave from Race Hill: 8.54pm, 9.22pm, 9.52pm, 10.22pm, 10.52pm, 11.37pm. Towards Woodingdean & Rottingdean: 8.39pm, 9.09 pm, 9.39pm, 10.09pm, 10.39pm, 11.09pm, 11.36pm. Friday Afternoon: Towards Churchill Square leave from Race Hill: 3.18pm, 3.38pm, 4.01pm, 4.24pm, 4.44pm, 5.06pm. Towards Woodingdean & Rottingdean: 3.20 pm, 3.40pm, 4.00 pm, 4.20pm, 4.40pm, 5.00pm.

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Beer Styles die to a dry, bitter finish. Organiser’s Bitter 3.8% Bitter Wild Heaven 5.2% A sessionable, Sussex style Best Pale Ale This American pale ale has Bitter. The beer has 5 different Golden Ales refreshing tropical fruit and malts along with 3 different Mild IPA mango flavours with citrus and hops. Challenger, EKG & Sussex. Old Ales, Porters, Stouts pine notes (unfiltered & vegan Strong Ales, Barley Wines friendly). Burning Sky Speciality Firle, East Sussex Battle Plateau 3.5% Battle, East Sussex Pale gold in colour; crisp malt Sussex Bar Abbey Pale 5.0% edge and sharp bitterness; A complex tropical fruit aroma hopped at different stages of 1648 and citrus flavours are nicely the brew with a big mix of US & East Hoathly, East Sussex balanced with biscuit malt in NZ hops; full in flavour, zesty, Chocolate Orange Mild this easy drinking pale ale. refreshing & low in alcohol. 3.6% Conquest 4.1% A brand new beer; featuring Four British hops combine to Cellarhead erm… Chocolate and Orange! give a well-balanced beer with a Framfield, East Sussex Hop Pocket 3.7% pleasant hop finish Spring Ale 4.2% This is a clean and refreshing, A recently released Pale Ale hoppy ale named after the Bedlam brewed with Jester and Ernest hessian sacks (pockets) for Albourne, hops. hops. Amagansett APA 5.0% A beer potentially responsible Chapeau 360 Degree for a world shortage of Horsham, West Sussex Sheffield Park, East Sussex aromatic hops with a recipe Rouleur 4.0% Blood Orange IPA 4.9% that breaks most of the rules. Rouleur is a fruity Amber Ale A well hopped, juicy IPA with Three Threads 5.6% which is an excellent all rounder. orangey infusion This is an Oak-aged Rye Porter. There is no delicate hint of Dark Star India Porter 5.8% Partridge Green, West Sussex Brewed with a strong malt citrus floral bouquet but there is profile with an oat base. Three mouth-filling pudding of a beer. Hophead Loral 3.8% aromatic and flavoursome New Only 50 firkins have been An extremely clean pale golden World hops produce a Porter brewed! ale with a strong floral aroma that is strong on body, big on and elderflower notes from the aroma and large on taste. . Brighton Bier Cascade hops. Brighton & Hove Imperial Stout 10.5% Adur No Name Stout 5.0% Full-bodied and rich, brewed Steyning, West Sussex A luxurious & creamy stout with roasted barley and Target Black William 5.0% brewed with a complex grain hops before being matured to A rich black Stout; powered by bill of six malts plus a generous create a complex black beer. Target hops, containing a very amount of oats. high proportion of chocolate Downlands malt contributing to the aroma Brolly Small Dole, West Sussex and flavours. Wisborough Green, West NZ Session IPA 4.5% Sussex A light golden, fruity, hoppy Arundel C.O.W 4.8% session IPA. Ford, West Sussex Udderly fantastic citrus flavours Papa JR 4.4% Sussex Gold 3.5% of melon, lychee and lemon. A session strength Passionfruit Golden-coloured with a strong Malted oats give a lovely American Pale Ale. floral hop aroma. It is clean smooth mouth-feel. It’s tasting and bitter for its completely unfined, low- Engineer strength, with a tangy citrus bittering, naturally delicious High Hurstwood, East Sussex flavour. The initial hop and fruit beer. and it’s Vegan friendly. Festival Special Mild 4.0%

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This is a traditional dark mild, Belgian tradition, with hints of sweet, malty palate and a brewed especially for the spice and bitter orange. bittersweet finish derived from festival. Fuggles and Progress aroma Gribble hops. Firebird Oving, West Sussex Porter 4.8% Rudgwick, West Sussex Lazy Buzzard 4.8% Brewed to Henry Harvey’s Heritage XX 4.0% A light straw coloured beer with recipe of 1859, pale, crystal and Fresh, hoppy and full, a Elderflower & slight citrus. Ideal black malts combine with a traditional best bitter brewed to for lazy drinking. generous hop grist of Fuggles Bill King’s great, great, and Goldings to produce a full, grandfather’s original Double X Gun rounded palate with roasted recipe. Gun Hill, East Sussex malts to the fore. Single Hop Citra 4.1% Red Ale 4.4% Wharf IPA 4.8% Full of citrus aroma, this beer Seven malts combine with UK A heavily hopped IPA; it is provides a light malt and and American Hops to create a brewed with new hop varieties moderately bitter foundation to gentle, fruity, well rounded ale. creating an outpouring of fresh a nose full of aroma. Gluten free. Unfined, unfiltered, vegan. flavours from the bine. Zesty Scaramanga Extra Pale and fragrant, this beer contains Franklins 3.9% the very essence of our local Ringmer, East Sussex Refreshing, zesty extra pale ale, hop gardens. Champagne Supernova unfined, unfiltered, vegan. 4.6% Gluten Free. Heathen It is a Chocolate Pale made with Haywards Heath, West Sussex 20kg of organic cocoa nibs and Hammerpot Heathen Honey 5.5% champagne yeast. Brewed with Poling, West Sussex Honeyed West Coast IPA, Emma Inch of Fermentation Double Helix 5.1% brewed with four new-world Radio to celebrate 100 years of A strong golden ale with sweet hop varieties. We add locally suffrage. fruit and citrus notes balanced sourced honey to the boil to by a satisfying resinous create a smooth taste. Goldmark bitterness. Mr Wit 5.0% Poling, West Sussex This England 4.1% A new wheat beer brewed with Oldmark 5.6% A crisp, pale tan bitter with blood red oranges Dark winter ale with toffee, pleasant biscuit malt flavours caramel hints balanced with and fresh aromatic citrus and Hepworth generous noble hops and an floral hop aromas. Horsham, West Sussex orange end note. Iron Horse 4.8% Red IPA 4.3% Hand This full-bodied best bitter has a Brewed with Centennial, Brighton & Hove fruity, toffee aroma. Citrus Chinook, Cascade hops High Five 4.6% flavour is balanced by caramel balanced with caramelised This is a rotating hop selection and malt leads to a clean dry German red malt. beer with this batch containing finish. NZ hop Vic Secret. Greyhound Tomahawk Chop 5.0% High West Chiltington, West All malt, little hop plus a ton of East Grinstead, West Sussex Sussex oats to make a super creamy, Mosaic Pale 4.2% K-9 Session Bitter 3.1% moreish stout. This beer is Straw-pale ale, heavily hopped Easy drinking session bitter, unfined so will be naturally hazy with just whole-leaf Mosaic. A good bitterness with a and suitable for vegetarians and showcase for its mango, backbone of biscuit malt. vegans. passionfruit and citrus Grassy spice coming through characteristics. and a pleasant clean citrus hop Harvey’s Off The Chart 5.0% finish. Lewes, East Sussex Brewed with plenty of Cascade, White Bird 5.1% Lewes Castle 4.8% Columbus and Bravo hops. Big, A cloudy straw beer in the A traditional brown ale, it has a bold fruity flavours with a

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Beer Styles finish. A donation from the sale friendly. Bitter of this beer will be made by the Pale Ale brewery. Polarity Golden Ales Westmorland Dark Mild Worthing, West Sussex Mild IPA 3.7% Rosetta’s Comet IPA 5.4% Old Ales, Porters, Stouts A traditional northern dark mild Light, crisp and full of flavour a Strong Ales, Barley Wines reminiscent of the brewer’s combination of comet, cascade Speciality Lake District origins. It’s a and first gold hops gives this a smooth, refined, easy-drinking citrus spike of grapefruit and spicy orange. balanced hoppy bitterness beer which remains a favourite in many parts of the country. make this a popular choice for Riverside lovers of American hops. Long Man Upper Beeding, West Sussex Kiln Litlington, East Sussex Dirty Arthur 4.2% Burgess Hill, West Sussex Copper Hop 4.2% Celebrating the 150 years of St. Marys School Washington, and Bricks and Porter 5.6% Copper in colour and hoppy by named after Arthur Adsett. He A combination of 7 malts nature; Vienna and Caramalt was caned at school for being together with a single English provide a balanced backbone muddy hence his nickname. hop variety gives a clean crisp for the intense tropical fruit Arthur was killed at the battle of flavour with a subtle smokiness. aromas. the Somme in 1914, this is Vegan friendly. Long Blonde 3.8% A light-coloured golden ale brewed with three Flanders Pathfinder 4.0% hops. It has been dry hopped A new vegan friendly pale ale… with a distinctive hoppy aroma and a crisp, clean bitterness on with Saphir giving it a huge Kissingate the finish. Smooth, light and citrus/orange taste. Lower Beeding, West Sussex refreshing. Steyning Stinker 4.0% Smoked and chocolate malts Black Cherry Mild 4.2% achieve a distinctive smoky A dark mild with additions of Loud Shirt flavour. The hops give the beer real black cherries and Brighton & Hove a slight fruity / spicy edge to Muscovado sugar. Subtle fruit Ecstasy Stout 6.6% compliment the earthy and aroma and a rich malty finish. A classic dark stout, rich and smoked flavour from the grain. Blue Murder 8.0% chocolatey. A strong stout, expect strong Hallucination Brune Rother Valley dark roast flavours. 5.6% Northiam, East Sussex A Belgian style complex malty brown ale. Easter Ale 4.4% Langham Hoppy Ale, amber coloured Lodsworth, West Sussex Pin-Up with a reddish tinge and a Aegir 7.5% slightly chocolate finish. Silky smooth smoked Baltic Southwick West Sussex Furious Bru 6.0% porter. Session IPA 4.1% Light pale coloured beer, This a new red ale using rye malt Decennium 4.0% and English cascade hops. Decennium is a beautiful blonde brewed with American and ale, with robust hopping, a German hops, this is a great flavoured beer without losing Three Legs fabulous aroma and delicious Brede, East Sussex mouthfeel and after taste! the crisp bitterness. Citrus and floral aromas. Black Pale 4.5% A new beer, said by the brewer White IPA 4.8% Lister’s to like a Black IPA! Ford, West Sussex Normally only available as a keg Pale 3.7% Battersea Tail Wagger beer, a heavily hopped fusion of Whitbier and IPA. With un- Hoppy session pale ale. The 4.1% Cascade and Summit hops give Brewed to mark the association waxed orange peel and coriander seeds adding to the it a hugely aromatic nose. Light with Battersea Dogs & Cats in body and low in bitterness. Home, this is a deep ochre pale aroma and flavour of this ale with a satisfying lasting marvellous hazy beer. Vegan

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Top Notch give way to lingering bitter taste with faint fruit notes. The Haywards Heath, West Sussex finish. hop gradually asserts itself, XPA (Extra Pale Ale) 4.6% leaving a slightly bitter finish. Simple extra-pale base malt Beartown Congelton, Cheshire with lashings of Amarillo and Cairngorm Aviemore, Highlands Citra hops in late, flame-out and Bearskinful 4.2% dry hop additions - A punchy Biscuity malt dominates the Gold 4.5% little pale! flavour of this amber-coloured Fruit and hops to the fore with a best bitter. There are hops and a hint of caramel in the sweetish Weltons hint of sulphur on the aroma. brew. Horsham, West Sussex The balance of malt and English IPA 3.9% bitterness follows through to Campervan Edinburgh Light, hoppy and popular. the aftertaste. Horsham Pale 3.7% North Eastern 3.6% Binghams Described as a New England A Golden yellow beer, with Ruscombe, Berkshire Table Pale, the colour is a hazy smooth malt & hops, then with a orange, the aroma has citrus bombardment of aroma from Doodle Stout 5.0% A blend of dark malts provide a and toffee notes. The taste is the American hops. complex character. citrus and biscuit-toffee. Grandstand Bar Blue Monkey Castle Rock Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire Nottingham Adnams 99 Red Baboons 4.2% Sherwood Reserve 4.5% Southwold, Suffolk. Red in colour with a malty An earthy yet smooth tasting Southwold Bitter 3.7% fruitiness. Not overly hoppy. dark stout with a smoked Aromas of toffee apple, caramel roastness through to a roast and sulphur. Taste is a complex Bob’s bitter finish. mix of malt, toffee and roast Liversedge, West Yorkshire bitterness with hops. Malty Black Lion Mild 3.9% Castles bitterness and apple flavours Roasted malts deliver a smooth Caldicot, Gwent linger into the aftertaste. ale with a unique character. White Knight 4.1% American-style pale with peach B & T Bragdy Twt Lol aroma. Shefford, Bedfordshire Trefforest, Glamorgan Shefford Mild 3.8% Buwch Goch Gota 3.7% Cheddar A dark beer with a wall- Little Red Cow is boldly brewed Cheddar, Somerset balanced taste, sweetish roast with European and American Bitter Bully 3.8% malt aftertaste. hops, the best of German Light session bitter with flowery bittering hops and USA citrussy hops on the nose and a dry Bang On freshness are brought together. bitter finish. Bridgend, Glamorgan Cariad 4.1% Bridgehouse Church Farm A new beer introduced for St Keighley, West Yorkshire Budbroke, Warwickshire Valentine’s Day, Vegan friendly. Porter 4.5% Pale Ale 3.8% Dark brown beer with red hints. Lightly-hopped, easy-drinking Barngates Aromas of malt and liquorice golden-coloured ale with a Barngates, Cumbria lead to coffee and wine tangy finish. Cracker Ale 3.9% flavours, which carry through to A full-bodied, hoppy beer with a dry finish. Coastal some balancing sweetness and Redruth, Cornwall fruit. Butcombe Poseidon Exrtra 4.5% Red Bull Terrrier 4.8% Wrington, Somerset Yellow-coloured ale. Oranges An assertive and roasty red Original 4.0% and lemons aroma. Strong beer with full mouthfeel. Initial A brown-coloured bitter with bitterness and grassy hops with sweetness and luscious fruit, little aroma. Sweet and malty grapefruit notes. Long bitter 28th Sussex Beer Festival 2018 9 Grandstand Bar Beer List

Beer Styles Dancing Duck Fallen Acorn Bitter Derby Gosport, Hampshire Pale Ale Ay Up 3.9% Double Tide 5.0% Golden Ales A pale session bitter. Subtle Hoppy, light and refreshing; this Mild IPA malt and floral notes are cask Lager is named after the Old Ales, Porters, Stouts matched with citrus hop, famous double tide seen on The Strong Ales, Barley Wines rounded off with a slightly dry Solent. Speciality finish. Expedition IPA 5.5% This beer is initially dry and and dry finish. Dark Revolution bitter. Full-flavoured and Salisbury, Wiltshire complex marmalade/aniseed Connoisseur Atomic Session Pale 3.8% notes to follow, which leaves a St Helens, Merseyside Multiple late hop additions lingering bitterness on the Toff in a Shed 4.3% blended with Vienna, Maris palate. A rich, smooth bitter with otter and Oat malts. Lower in Munich malt and German hops. alcohol but bursting with Firebrand flavour. Altarnun, Cornwall Country Life Graffiti IPA 5.0% Abbotsham, Devon Dartmoor A sooth, malty, full-bodied ale Old Appledore 3.7% Princetown, Devon with a fruity finish. A traditional chestnut coloured Jail Ale 4.8% ale using Marris Otter and Well-balanced yet complex. Forge roasted malt combined with Lingering malty, caramel aroma Woolley, Cornwall Fuggles and Golding hops. with hints of hops and fruit Discovery 3.8% Offering a real depth of flavour continues into full aftertaste. Gold-coloured bitter bursting and character with lingering with hops from start to finish. hoppy after tones. Errant Some subtle hints of fruit on the Newcastle upon Tyne discerning palate too. Croft Comanche 4.5% Litehouse 4.3% Bristol A black porter with chocolate, Golden in colour, hints of Uproar 5.6% roasted and treacle notes. Elderflower with a citrus notes. Made with 75% English hops. A fresh earthy aroma profile Exe Valley G2 combines with pleasant mint, Silverton, Devon Ashford, Kent grass, floral and citrus tones. It’s Phil’s Ale 4.8% Plough 4.4% Deep golden-coloured hoppy A delicious deep gold classic Cross Bay beer. IPA. Crisp and refreshing to Morecambe, Lancashire. taste, soaked in citrus aroma. Halo EPA 3.6% Exeter Classic pale ale with a spicy Exeter, Devon Goacher’s marmalade and orange aroma. Avocet 3.9% Torvil, Kent Ripa Red 4.0% Golden-coloured bitter that is Crown Imperial Stout Session IPA with a Passionfruit, smooth, fruity and hoppy with a 4.5% Pine and berry aroma. sweet aftertaste. Crisp, light and A well-balanced roasty stout, refreshing. dark and bitter with just a hint Cullercoats of caramel and a lingering Wallsend, Tyne & Wear Exmoor creamy head. Rocket Brigade IPA 5.5% Wiveliscombe, Somerset An English IPA, strong and Stag 5.2% Goose Eye bitter yet easy drinking. A pale brown beer, with a malty Keighley, West Yorshire Shuggy Boat Blonde 3.8% taste and aroma, and a bitter Chinook Blonde 4.2% A refreshing blonde beer. finish. An increasingly tart bitter finish follows assertive grapefruit hoppiness in the aroma and

10 28th Sussex Beer Festival 2018 Grandstand Bar Beer List tropical flavours in this Entire Stout 4.5% uncompromisingly complex. satisfying brew. A smooth, rich, ruby-black stout Explore its spiciness and with strong roast and malt earthiness, notes of orange and Great Heck aroma and flavours, with a long lemon, and refreshingly tart Great Heck, North Yorkshire bitter sweet and malty finish. Black Jesus 6.5% aftertaste. Black as the coal mined from Keystone beneath the brewery Black Hop Stuff Berwick St Leonard, Wiltshire Jesus is a black IPA brewed with Woolwich, London SE18 Gold Spice 4.0% biblical quantities of premium Fusilier 4.3% The multi-award winning light- American hops and special Biscuity, malty best bitter with coloured beer with plenty of dehusked German roasted malt. spicy hop notes. Finish is late Boadicea hops and stem sweetish, slightly dry with a ginger added to the cask for a Green Jack faint bitterness. Rich, smooth delicious zing of fresh ginger. Lowestoft, Suffolk mouthfeel. Ripper Tripel 8.5% Ludlow Inspired by Belgian tripel ales, Irving Ludlow, Shropshire this multi-award winning brew Portsmouth, Hampshire Gold 4.2% is dangerously drinkable. Rich Admiral Stout 4.3% A golden-yellow ale with a amber in colour; Ripper is sweet Well-balanced stout, with papaya, pineapple and lemon and fruity with a robust hop plenty of fruit and roast, aroma and a soft, full-bodied character and a warming finish. together with pleasant hint of creamy taste. coffee and short bitter finish. Gyle 59 Frigate 3.8% Mallinson’s Thorncombe, Dorset Satisfying session bitter. Hoppy Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Caribbean Cocktail 4.5% with a floral aroma and initial Dana Centennial 4.1% Pale and interesting! A smooth sweetness, leading to bitterness Brewed using Dana Slovenian wheat beer with a silky and a smooth, slightly dry finish. hops for bittering, and US mouthfeel underpinning Centennial hops for aroma. It tropical fruit flavours and Kelburn has distinct hints of citrus aromas. A long bitter finish with Barrhead, Glasgow aroma, the hops combine to notes of grapefruit pith and Dark Moor 4.5% give a solid, fruity flavour and a spice. A dark, fruity ale with fruity finish. undertones of liquorice and Hattie Brown’s blackcurrant. Mantle Swanage, Dorset Misty Law 4.0% Cardigan, West Wales Moonlite 3.8% A dry, hoppy amber-coloured Moho 4.3% A hoppy pale ale with strong ale with a long-tasting bitter Robust and aromatic Welsh citrus notes and a big finish. finish. pale ale. Heavy Industry Kent Marble Henllan, North East Wales Birling, Kent Manchester 77 4.9% Brewers Reserve 5.0% Chocolate 5.5% A strong bitter with a powerful A strong hop flavour of citrus A long-standing recipe brewed smack of fruit and hops. Tangy and resin with an emphasis on chocolate fruit flavours and hoppy Twelfth Night 7.4% malts; this beer straddles milds bitterness feature strongly in to porters, tasting of coffee, A luxurious, aged barley wine the aroma, taste and finish. cocoa and liquorice with a with a rich fruity body. Electric Mountain 3.8% quenching bitter finish. A full-bodied session bitter, dry Kettlesmith and well-balanced with a Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Mumbles Swansea satisfying hoppy finish Skyline Saison 5.6% A yeast-driven, fruity, Belgian Lifesaver 4.9% A smooth, malty bronze - Hop Back farmhouse ale that’s Downton, Wiltshire coloured ale with a clean,

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Beer Styles Portobello a little nuttiness with resinous Bitter Kensington, London, W10 hops on the flavour. Dry bitter Pale Ale American Pale Ale 5.0% finish. Golden Ales Full-bodied, straw-coloured Mild IPA strong ale. The honey Robinsons Stockport, Cheshire Old Ales, Porters, Stouts sweetness and soft citrus fruit Strong Ales, Barley Wines are balanced by bitter hops. Dry Old Tom 8.5% Speciality aftertaste. A full-bodied, dark beer with malt, fruit and chocolate on the aroma. A complex range of rewarding hop finish. Created to Ramsgate flavours includes dark honour the brave crews of the Broadstairs, Kent chocolate, full maltiness, port RNLI Lifeboats, with a donation Gadd’s No3 Kent Pale Ale and fruits leading to a long from the sale of this beer being 5.0% bittersweet aftertaste. made to the Mumbles Lifeboat. This pale ale is brewed simply with pale malt and Goldings Orkney Rooster’s hops grown on Humphrey’s Knaresborough, North Quoyloo, Orkney farm. It’s fresh, hoppy, clean and Yorkshire Skull Splitter 8.5% bitter. Champion Beer of Britain An intense velvet malt nose Finalist 2017. Baby-Faced Assassin 6.1% Aromas of mango, apricot, with hints of apple, prune and Gadd’s Oatmeal Stout grapefruit and mandarin plum. The hoppy taste is 4.6% orange, along with a lasting balanced by satiny smooth malt Natural crushed oats, help to juicy, tropical fruit bitterness. with sweet, fruity, spicy edges create this deliciously smooth leading to a long dry finish with and flavourful dark ale. A Rudgate a hint of fruit. luxurious chocolate maltiness Tockwith, North Yorkshire perfectly balanced by a robust Park Brewery Viking 3.8% Fuggle hop bitterness in this An initially warming and malty, Kingston, Surrey warming brew. Killcat 3.7% full-bodied beer, with hops and fruit lingering into the Unfined golden-coloured bitter Raw aftertaste. with grapefruit throughout and Staveley, Derbyshire York Chocolate Stout a strong, hoppy bitter flavour Funky Hop Donkey Big and finish which is dry and 5.0% Funky 6.2% Deep, rich stout with complex slightly tart. An unfined New England IPA balanced flavours and a subtle with a gold colour and hoppy chocolate finish. Penzance aroma. Fruity and bitter-sweet Penzance, Cornwall in the taste. Salopian Scilly Stout 7.4% Grey Ghost 5.1% A black strong stout, with the Hadnall, Shropshire Powerful American hopped IPA faintest tinge of red on the edge Darwins Origin 4.3% with citrus and grapefruit when held up to the light. A light copper-coloured ale flavours. Smooth and Brown malt gives, strangely, a with a striking hop profile, deceptively easy to drink. hint of chocolate you might which is balanced by a refined expect from chocolate malt. Redemption malt finish. Tottenham, London N17 Pershore Sambrook’s Pershore, Wiltshire Fellowship Porter 5.1% Battersea, London SW11 Sweetish and smooth, Imperial Russian Stout Oh Betty 5.0% Liquorice, treacle and Juniper IPA; a rich amber ale caramelised fruit balance the 10.4% with a floral aroma. It has a This a complex yet smooth beer, dry, dark roast coffee and delicate yet citrus bitterness it is has raisin, plum and dark chocolate in the flavour. and finishing the palate with a fruit overtones with a rich malty dry finish. Hopspur 4.5% finish. Smooth, brown-coloured best bitter. Sweet coffee roast notes,

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Settle Swan leading to a lasting hoppy/ Settle, North Yorkshire Leominster, Herefordshire bitter finish. Mainline 3.8% Ruffled Feathers 3.8% Moondance 4.2% Creamy, traditional Yorkshire A red-amber session beer Aromatic citrus hop nose, bitter. Good balance of rich malt brewed with Herefordshire balanced by bitterness and and bittering hops, giving a Cascade hops. There are hints sweetness in the mouth, pronounced raspberry of tropical fruit on the aroma Bitterness increases in the finish fruitiness and hints of nuts in and a clean, crisp hop flavour as fruit declines. both aroma and taste. that lingers. Untapped Siren Swannay Raglan, Gwent Finchampstead, Berkshire Swannay by Evie, Orkney Coldharbour 6.5% Yu Lu 3.6% Scapa Special 4.2% A modern take on a classic I.P.A. A pale ale made with lemon A copy of a Lancashire bitter, Combining a long slow zest and loose leaf Earl Grey full of bitterness and fermentation with a blend of tea. It has a hoppy bitterness, background hops, leaving your aromatic American hops and bergamot orange and lemon mouth tingling in the lingering then dry hop on lees for even notes with a peach and apricot aftertaste. more flavour. This produces a finish. beer that is rich, powerful and Timothy Taylor hugely complex and satisfying. Strathaven Keighley, West Yorshire Strathaven, Lanarkshire Dark Mild 3.5% Vale Drookit Rabbit 4.0% Malt and caramel dominate Brill, Buckinghamshire A delicious golden ale throughout in this sweetish Black Swan Mild 3.9% celebrating the coming of beer with background hop and Dark and smooth with hints of spring and the prospect of less fruit notes. chocolate and coffee on the rain. A welcome refreshing nose and a malty, dry finish. citrus tone with hints of lemon Tillingbourne and lime. Shere, Surrey Veterans Brewing Coatbridge, Lanarkshire Old Mortality 4.2% Dormouse 3.8% A chestnut coloured ale with a Brewed in conjunction with Tracer 4.2% well-rounded malty aroma and Surrey Wildlife Trust to help With its rich red colour, mildly a rich dried fruit flavour. protect the habitat of the bitter flavour and spicy aroma, Hazelnut Dormice which live in its well-balanced flavours do Summer Wine the woods behind the brewery. not overwhelm the palate. Honely, West Yorshire Chestnut in colour and light on Veterans Brewing are planning Firelfly 4.7% the pallet. Biscuit and caramel to open an operation in A New Zealand hopped pale malts are balanced with a Brighton, so look out for them. ale, golden coloured, aromas of selection of English Hops. light resin some tropical fruit. Windswept Lossiemouth, Moray Taste is light bitter, resinous Titanic hops. Burslem, Staffordshire Wolf 6.0% Dark, strong tasting, slightly Moteuka Pale 4.0% Mild 3.5% sweet, roasted malty brew with A single hop pale ale; bright Fresh, fruity hop aroma leads to chocolate and a vanilla coffee gold in colour with citrus notes. a caramel start then a rush of bitter hoppiness ending with a background Surrey Hills dry lingering, dry finish. Dorking, Surrey Yorkshire Heart Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire Shere Drop 4.2% Triple fff A hoppy ale with some Four Marks, Hampshire Dark Heart 4.0% Coffee-coloured ale with a balancing malt. A pleasant Alton Pride 3.8% smooth treacle flavour. citrus aroma and a noticeable Full-bodied, bitter. An initially fruitiness in the taste, with some malty flavour fades as citrus sweetness. notes and hoppiness take over

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Cider and Perry

Snails Bank Cider Herefordshire Orchard (Dry) 5.2% Specialty Ascension Little Red Rooster East Sussex Seacider East Sussex Pilot (Medium) *, GF 4.8% West Sussex Cider Perry (Sweet) * 8.4% Hardcore (Medium) 7.2% Batcheldors Seacider West Sussex South Downs West Sussex J.B. (Dry) 7.5% East Sussex Mango (Medium) 4.0% Sucker Punch (Medium) Bignose & Beardy Marmalade (Medium) 4.0% 6.1% East Sussex South Downs Hedgerow (Dry) 6.0% Vachery Cider East Sussex Surrey Black Pig Rhubarb Rendezvous West Sussex Medium (Medium) 4.5% Medium 6.5% Village Green Elderflower West Sussex Celtic Marches (Medium) 4.5% Dry 5.9% Herefordshire Wobblegate Medium 5.7% Slack Alice (Medium Dry) West Sussex 4.6% Wild Thing Pink (Blackcurrant) East Sussex Garden Cider (Medium) 4.5% Surrey Dry 6.8% West Sussex Vintage (Medium) 6.0% Wobblegate Pink (Medium) 4.0% West Sussex Allergen advice: Newton Court * = No Sulphites; Herefordshire Brighton Rocks (Medium Dry) 4.5% GF = Gluten Free Yarlington Mill (Medium Sweet) 6.1% Hallets Wales Perry National Treasure (Sweet) Bignose & Beardy 5.0% East Sussex Medium 7.2% Harry's Somerset Black Pig Haystack (Medium Dry) East Sussex 6.2% Medium 6.5% Hunts Oakwood East Sussex East Sussex Conquest (Medium) 4.9% Organic (Medium) 6.0% Oakwood Oliver’s East Sussex Herefordshire Organic (Medium Dry) Classic (Medium) 6.0% 5.0% Pookhill East Sussex s.v. Dabinett keeved cider (Dry) 6.5%

16 28th Sussex Beer Festival 2018 THE GRIBBLE PUB & BREWERY FREEHOUSE Gribble Lane, Oving West Sussex, P020 2BP 012437 786893 Hall Floor Plan Other 2018 Festivals Selected other Festivals during 2018 CAMRA beer festivals shown in bold. 27-29 April -Tap Takeover, Various Venues, Brighton. www.taptakeover. co.uk 18-20 May - Yapton CAMRA Beerex, Yapton & Ford Village Hall, Yapton BN18 0ET. www.westernsussexcamra. org.uk 25–26 May-Southwick Beer Festival, Southwick Community Hall, Southwick, BN42 4TE. www. southwickcommunitycentre.org.uk/ beer-festival.html 25–27May- EastbourneBeer&CiderFestival, WesternLawns, Eastbourne. www. eastbournebeerfestival.co.uk 1–3 June - Glastonwick, Church Farm, Coombes, BN15 0RS www.cask-ale.co. uk/beerfestival.html 22–23June - South Downs Beer & Cider Festival, Lewes Town Hall, Lewes BN7 2QS www.brightoncamra.org.uk 7-11 August – Great British Beer Festival, Olympia, London. www.gbbf. org.uk 6–16 September – Brighton & Hove Food Autumn Festival, Hove Lawns, Hove. www.brightonfoodfestival.com 26–27 October – Worthing Beer Festival, Assembly Hall, Worthing, BN11 1HQ. aaa.camra.org.uk 1-3 November – Redhill Beer Festival, Merstham Village Hall, Station Road North, Merstham, RH1 3ED, www. camrasurrey.org.uk/festivals/festivals- redhill. 1-2 March 2019 – Horsham Spring Equinox, Drill Hall, Denne Road, Horsham, RH12 1JF .

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