Beer tasting guide Welcome! can after pouring. Evaluate the for Welcome to the fifth annual Cheddar local craft brewed beer and even more Look aroma, bouquet and hoppiness. You do Ales Beer festival, we are delighted to so the local pubs in order for the status Pause and marvel at its greatness not want to detect any skunkiness or be able to showcase around 40 real quo to remain. before you partake of it. Raise the beer wet newspaper smell. ales (and ciders) of varying styles and I sincerely hope you like the range of in front of you, but don’t hold your beer strengths to titillate your taste buds and and events we have put together to direct light as this will dilute its true to show you what the local and UK craft for this weekend and that you will go colour. Describe its colour, its head and Taste the beer beer (and cider) market is capable of. its consistency. Is it clear, hazy, lively Take a sip, hold it in your mouth for a away and talk about Cheddar Ales Beer or flat? A good beer should generally few seconds, and then drink it. Beer There are now more micro/craft Festival and try and persuade your local have a reasonable level of carbonation, tasters do not spit the beer out like breweries in the country than ever landlord to stock some of the beers you be bright and “lace” its way down the wine tasters do. Try to detect any before offering an increasingly wide have enjoyed. range of styles of beer. Gone for now glass. However there are obvious and sweetness, salty flavours, acids and Please have a wonderful time. not quite so obvious exceptions, wheat general bitterness. Many beers have are the days of limited choice served Cheers beers are usually cloudy and some craft fruity overtones, some spicy and others up by the big multinational breweries, brewers even leave their beers unfined, floral just to name a few ... it’s your however it is up to you to keep that resulting in beer that looks hazy, choice how you describe the taste. trend going and to keep supporting believing that the flavour of the yeast in You can have fun by marking each beer Jem the beer adds to the overall mouthfeel out of 10 or go one step further and and flavour of their beers. mark appearance, aroma and taste in separate categories, coming up with a What’s going on... Agitate final score out of 30. Swirl your beer, gently in the glass. This Try to compare beers with your friends, Friday Saturday remember not all people like the same will pull out aromas, slight nuances, 7pm Start 11am Start sort of beers and you may find that the loosen and stimulate carbonation and 7pm - 8.30pm DJ Dr Amaqueen 12noon, 2pm, 5pm, 7pm Live music test head retention. beer you gave 28/30 your friend only The Shmoozenburgs gave it 18/30. 9pm & 10.15 Live music from The Flash Harry Band 1pm - 6pm Cheddars got Talent Finally remember that beer is fun and Open Mic. Smell the beer 11pm - 12pm DJ Dr Amaqueen very diverse, you should above all else 6pm Big pub quiz The aroma of the beer will tell you as appreciate it and enjoy it for what it is, 6.30 & 7.45 Live music from much as the taste, 90-95% of what the truly great British drink. The barbecue will be serving locally Blue Horizon you experience is through your sense sourced food on both Friday and of smell. Close your eyes and take a Saturday. 9pm & 10.15 Live music from Fromage En Feu forceful sniff of the beer as soon as you 11pm - 12pm DJ Dr Amaqueen

Event orgainisation by Rowntrees Events 01934 713 777 No. Beer ABV Tasting Notes Personal tasting notes No. Beer ABV Tasting Notes Personal tasting notes No. Beer ABV Tasting Notes Personal tasting notes 1 Potholer 4.3 Refreshing golden ale with zesty fruit fla- 16 Nova 3.8 A light malt base; Maris Otter, CaraPils and 28 Hells 3.8 Old fashioned war recipe, brown in colour. Cheddar Ales vours, a rounded finish and bags of aroma. Bristol Beer wheat malt allows the bright, fresh and Highway Factory zesty hop aromas to shine - underpinned by Ramsbury 2 Gorge Best 4.0 Distinguished best with warm malt herbal and floral notes. flavours and a clean bitter taste. Cheddar Ales 29 Chalkstream 5 Very pale not over hopped and very 17 Sorachi 4.7 Golden in colour and powerfully hot. morrish. 3 Bitter Bully 3.8 A very drinkable straw - coloured session Columbus hops for bitterness and big later Ramsbury beer with a hop aroma and dry citrus finish. Bristol Beer Cheddar Ales Factory editions of Sorachi hops. 30 Billabong 4.6 Australian style pale ale with Mango and You can’t beat a Bitter Bully. spicy aroma from the Tasmanian hops solely 18 4.5 A delicious traditional with a Tiny Rebel 4.4 Summer Pale Ale is a light gold, very hoppy Old Slug used. Tropical fruits dominate the taste with 4 Summer Porter full bodied taste of chocolate, coffee, moderate bitterness and sweetness that Pale Ale Pale Ale with spicy, herbal notes and a floral blackcurrant and black cherry with a good citrus finish. RCH balance with the Munich malt flavours. Cheddar Ale Brewery aroma. A near black colour with a good white head when served through a tight 5.5 Let your taste buds walk this test of 5.5 Full-bodied, strong with a striking bitter 31 Highwire 5 Goat’s Leap sparkler. Magic Rock balance. Mango, lychee and lip-smacking IPA finish. A big beer brimming with hop grapefruit flavours harmonise against a Cheddar character. 19 East Street 5.0 This enigmatic full bodied beer with malty smoothly composed malt base, which Ales Cream hoppy fruit bitter with a sweet taste which all develops into a crisply bitter finish. vie for dominance in this complex and well Our summer special, brewed using a RCH 6 Crown and 4.5 Brewery crafted premium chestnut coloured ale. 32 Summer 5 An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured Glory concoction of English and American hops. beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, Bitter sweet hoppy beer bringing back the A deep golden premium ale. Hopped with Lightning Cheddar 20 Goldrush 5.0 HopBack coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to Ales Great to Great Britain. Cottage Cascade. Goldrush is a well balanced ale. an excellent long, dry finish. Brewery The aromas are distinctive and vibrant. 7 Totty Pot 4.5 A rich, dark porter with hints of roasted A stunning ale. 33 Highwire 5.5 Let your taste buds walk this test of Porter coffee and a creamy malt finish. Magic Rock balance. Mango, lychee and lip-smacking 21 Wills Neck 4.3 A late hopped golden ale with Chinook and grapefruit flavours harmonise against a Cheddar Cascade hops giving loads of hop flavour Ales Quantock smoothly composed malt base, which Brewery and aroma with hints of roasted malts. develops into a crisply bitter finish. 8 4.2 Well rounded with a hint of spice. Bit o’Posh A dry Irish style stout, full of flavour from the Butts 22 Stout 4.5 34 American 4.7 The low colour Maris Otter malt provides Quantock roasted barley and chocolate malts with an a perfect light colour and dryness to Brewery aroma of citrus fruits and liquorice. Pale Ale Brewery Dark Star complement the crisp taste and full aroma 9 Why Kick a 5.5 Big malty New Zealand pale ale, brewed with of the hops. SERIOUSLY FULL OF HOPS! a large quantity of Southern Cross and Rakau 23 Silver 4.3 A complex mix of four hops - Goldings, Moo Cow Bramling Cross, Northdown and WGV - plus Arbor Ales hops added in the copper and dry hopped Stallion 35 Glasyn Ale 4.2 A golden coloured fruity best bitter with a with Pacific Gem and Pacific Jade. Exmoor a pinch of chocolate malt joining pale malt Purple well balanced hoppy finish. Brewery in the mash, produced a robustly flavoured Moose 10 Yakima 7.0 Packed full of American hops. beer with a fresh and fruity nose (hints of Arbor Ales blackcurrant), plus biscuity maltiness in the 36 Smuggler 4.1 An amber coloured, special bitter with a background. Rebellion distinctive fruity hop character, and lasting 11 Half Day IPA 5.2 Well balanced hoppy American pale ale. bittersweet finish. Arbor Ales 24 Funky 4.0 In the glass, the Funky Monkey is a copper- coloured little chap with tints of gold and 37 Double 4.7 It delivers a mouth of full and rounded A dark copper speciality bitter with a late Monkey 12 Star Gazer 4.0 Milk Street orange. The nose features toffee, a soft Maxim flavour that is well balanced and smooth Yeovil Ales hopping floral bouquet, it is rich & hoppy yet pliant sort of toffee that also veers towards Maxim and leaves a pleasant and lingering and sweet & luscious at the same time! fudge, along with a juicy burst of orange slightly sweet aftertaste. blossom sweetness. 13 POSH 5.4 A genuine gourmet India Pale Ale of 38 Gold 3.9 Good balance of mid-point sweetness and uncompromising quality. Pale with body and Yeovil Ales 25 Great Uncle 4.6 Red in Colour, American style beer brewed Ilkley slow-onset bitterness with just a touch of mouth feel it's strength is balanced by a truly with cascade hops, packed full of Milks citrus acidity throughout, and a caramel fruity late-hopped finish. Johns Milk Street street’s very own family history. hobnob biscuit. 6.5 All the rich malt and fruit flavours of a Barley 14 Hoppiness 26 Bibble 4.2 Pale Ale, Tropical Fruits, Mangoes, Biscuit. 39 Moor Beer Wine combined with the hoppy crispness of Hops: Mosaic + Amarillo. a Pale Ale. Wild Beer There are masses and masses of late hops A beer that wraps all the wonderful hop 27 Madness 6.8 15 Illusion 4.5 and dry hops to maximise the beautiful profiles of a pale ale inside a silky black IPA 40 Moor Beer flavours and aromas, so you can experience exterior. It is truly an Illusion that deceives Wild Beer wave after wave of tropical and citrus fruits. your eyes and dazzles your taste buds.