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Welcome Live Acts - Friday Welcome to the 19th edition of our wonderful , Gin and Cider Festival. As • The Underdogs - Set 1 always we have a superb range of , spanning the taste and colour spectrum. • Meet the brewer - Not only do we have brews from local Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset brewers Declan from Yeovil but also further afield such as Manchester, Essex and Cornwall. Holly & Ryan have • The Underdogs - Set 2 again curated a cider line up capable of quenching any thirst, and following the successful introduction of last year’s Gin Bar, head over and see Gary & Phil for a Live Acts - Saturday botanical taste infusion! • Afternoon - Open Mic Session It is with great sadness that this is the first festival without our inspirational • Parachute Drop chairman, Steve Wyre, who very sadly passed away earlier this year. Please raise a glass, whilst you’re enjoying whatever there is in it, to Steve. Cheers Steve! • Evening - Reloaded

Entry, Glasses & Tokens What’s it all for? Please collect a free 2018 edition glass on entry. This acts as your receipt for your All profits from the Festival entry and beer, gin and cider will only be served to you in a 2018 glass. For Gin, you go towards a fund to build will be able to exchange your tankard for a more suitable tumbler at the Gin Bar. a new community centre - a It your glass is accidentally broken, it can be replaced (stocks permitting) for £3.50. facility to be enjoyed by all in The broken glass must be collected and returned to the reception area. the local community as well as various local sports teams. Tokens must be used for the purchase of all beer, cider, gin and wine. This year we are also Please Note: If you have paid the reduced entrance fee for the Saturday Afternoon collecting for the Wiltshire Session only, you must leave the festival at the end of the afternoon session, or pay Air Ambulance who provide £5 to upgrade to the full evening session. a vital service for our rural community. Win a Case of Beer! Can you identify which beer is the Langford Licker? The Licker is a beer which is identical to one of the others featured at the festival. All you have to do is identify which one it is and then fill out the form and hand it in at the main entrance. The first one drawn will win a case of beer. Only one entry per person per session.

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@langfordbeerfest langfordbeerfest langfordbeerfest The Beers.... A Brewery somewhere in this fine land Langford Licker - ABV ?.?% - A lovely beer, but where is it from? Guess correctly and you could win a case of beer! Submit your guess at the main entrance for a chance to win! Brightside Brewery - Manchester Odin - ABV 3.8% - Odin is a fresh, light bodied pale blonde brewed with European and New World hops. Expect a fruity, citrus flavour and moderately finish. Brotherhood Brew Co. - Westbury, Wilts American Red - ABV 4.5% - Pure all-American muscle. Citrus notes of orange and tangerine are topped off with an almighty drop-kick of zesty grapefruit thrown in for good measure, all thanks to the Summit hops of the USA. Cerne Abbas Brewery - Cerne Abbas, Dorset Legless Jester - ABV 4.7% - This “best” is a single hopped beer with new British hop variety Jester, & then also dry hopped it to bring out the best of the hop. Described as fruity but not citrussy, well rounded and deceptively easy to drink. Tiger Tom - ABV 4.4% - A traditional ruby mild, smooth and not bitter, well rounded with a sweet finish. Brewed with organically grown barley from the fertile Cerne Valley in deepest Dorset. Delicately hopped to complement this rich malt base. An easy drinking mild. Crouch Vale Brewery - Essex Brewer’s Gold - ABV 4.0% - Twice a Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British , this multi-award-winning beer is pale, refreshing and extravagantly hoppy with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits. Brewed with 100% extra-pale English barley malt and flavoured with heaps of choicest Brewers Gold hops, sourced with care from small-scale growers in the Hallertau. Essex Boys Best - ABV 3.8% - Full bodied, traditional-style mid-brown “best” brewed from 100% English barley malt and copious English Challenger and Boadicea hops, which shine through. This is a great beer of its type and a classic session beer. Gyle 59 Brewery - Thorncombe, Dorset Freedom Hiker - ABV 3.7% - A cracking craft amber ale. A whole heap of Australian hops were included in the original recipe for additional flavour and aroma. A fruity and floral aroma is enhanced by coffee malt flavours and a long bitter finish. SIBA Silver Award Winner 2015. Unfined, hazy & vegan. Hopback Brewery - Downton, Salisbury Pacific Jade - ABV 3.9% - This New Zealand hopped session beer is a real crowd pleaser. Herbal, lemon zest and black pepper notes will add to this super-easy drinking, very pale bitter. Kult Brewing Co. - Sutton Veny, Wiltshire Rebel - ABV 4.2% - An American style crafty IPA which is natural, unfined and vegan. It’s hazy and it’s juicy and it has a sumptuous velvety feel from the malted oats. The aroma and flavour characteristics of the ale come from a well balanced use of Idaho 7 and Comet hops to give tropical S. FOYLE & SON fruit and citrus (think apricot, orange, red grapefruit, papaya). Loose Cannon Brewery - Abingdon, Oxfordshire Bombshell - ABV 4.2% - A thirst quenching and tasty beer with low bitterness. The use of only pale malts really allows the hop’s unique citrus flavour to shine unabated. Makes for an enticing combination in this lovely summer cruiser. Moor Beer Co. - Bristol Dead Punk All Dayer - ABV 3.5% - Highly drinkable light tasting citrus session IPA from the Winner of the British Guild of Beer Writer’s 2017 Brewer of the year award. Smooth and flavourful with hints of both tropical and citrus fruits, culminating in a medium dry bitter finish. Unfined, hazy & vegan. Raw - ABV 4.3% - An untraditional Best Bitter! Raw has baked bread malt character, layered with herbal hops. Brewed in the Moor way with lots of extra flavour. Unfined, hazy & vegan. Plain Ales - Sutton Veny, Wiltshire Innocence - ABV 4.0% - A golden straw coloured ale with tastes of Tangerine and Grapefruit and Malt and Caramel scents to the nose. Sheep Dip - ABV 3.8% - An amber best bitter with lemon zesty start and a dry hoppy finish coming through. A great fresh session beer. Powderkeg Brewery - Salterton, Devon Brainwave - ABV 4.6% - A great tasting, light, fresh Californian Common style beer. Hopped with Northern Brewer, Crystal & Cascade. Ramsbury Brewery - Ramsbury, Wiltshire Flint Knapper - ABV 4.2% - ‘Flint knapping’ is the process making of simple tools by hand from flint. As with brewing, it’s a skill that requires much care and concentration. A select blend of and chocolate malt – and Goldings hops – have given this smooth ale a rich amber colour and a taste with malty overtones. Wiltshire Weisse Beer - ABV 4.5% - Brewed in Wiltshire but with roots in Bavaria, this German style Weisse beer is light, smooth, fruity and aromatic with a hint of over-ripe melon and orange. Definitely a “must try”. Cloudy. Small Paul’s Brewery - Gillingham, Dorset Invicta - ABV 4.2% - From the brewer of Shiner, past beer of the Langford Beer Festival, comes Invicta. Pale, aromatic and hoppy with a long bitter finish. Wyvern - ABV 4.4% - Red-brown coloured well-balanced best bitter with malt and caramel flavours and a short, bitter-sweet finish. St Austell Brewery - St Austell, Cornwall Space Hopper - ABV 4.2% - Single hopped with Comet hops for a blend of grassy and grapefruit flavours emulating the taste of wild America! Balanced with biscuit maris otter barley malt for a very drinkable beer. Out of this world! Stealth Brew Co. - Melksham, Wiltshire Ambush - ABV 4.5% - A quartet of New Zealand hops using Wakatu, Dr Rudi, Rakau in the boil then heavily dry hopped with Waimea in the fermenter. Unashamedly bitter with notes of pepper, D. R. JAMES herbs, pine and stone fruits in the aroma. Unfined, Vegan & Hazy. CARPENTRY & JOINERY Camouflage - ABV 4.4% - A great dark beer made with special de-husked barley malt which adds aroma, colour and body, with a mild, smooth flavour. Dry hopped with Mosaic. Unfined & Vegan. Stonehenge Brewery - Netheravon, Wiltshire Great Bustard - ABV 4.8% - A dark amber coloured beer with a deep red hue traditionally brewed using Stonehenge Spring water, barley, rye, crystal and wheat malts, and whole hops. The complex malt and fruit flavours develop into a very pleasingly fruity and bitter after-taste. Pigswill - ABV 4.0% - An amber coloured session ale traditionally brewed using only the finest quality ingredients. Full-bodied and not so bitter, but rich in hop aroma which gives the beer a delightful after-taste. The finish is slightly malty and fruity. Tintagel Brewery - Tintagel, Cornwall Poldark Ale - ABV 4.5% - Just like the man himself, - dark and lively. Poldark Ale is softly fruity with a slightly bitter background and a robust hoppy aroma. XT Brewery - Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire Hop Kitty - ABV 3.9% - A Pale Ale packed with Citra and Cascade and bursting with intense tropical and citrus flavours. Lightly toasted malts give a hint of sweetness before a second round of hops, big Mango and Lychee zest courtesy of a generous Citra third round of dry hopping. Lion - ABV 4.5% - A time honoured full bodied London Porter. Brewed with a traditional recipe and re-engineered London Water. This is an easy drinking beer with a rich dark character matched with a toasty aroma and a hint of sweet earthy notes. Yeovil Ales -Yeovil, Somerset Posh IPA - ABV 5.4% - A genuine gourmet India Pale Ale of uncompromising quality. Pale with body and mouth feel, it’s strength is balanced by a truly fruity late-hopped finish. British Summer Time - ABV 4.5% - BST is a zesty ultra pale ale with rounded bitterness and crisp pleasant lemon and grapefruit aromas. Almost lager like in appearance and taste - no better beer for a hot sunny day. THANKTHANK YOUYOU TOTO OUROUR SPONSORSSPONSORS ANDAND SUPPORTERSSUPPORTERS The Ciders.... Cornish Orchards, Cornwall | Pear Cider Orchard Pig, Somerset | Explorer Medium Dry - ABV 5% Medium - ABV 4% A refreshing delicate, medium-dry still cider with gentle pear Savour the bitter-sweet richness of cider apples, followed by tones & a crisp dessert apple finish. the lingering sweetness of ripe fruit, including notes of the dark autumn berries from the hedgerow. Dorset Nectar, Dorset | Hunny Bubble Medium - ABV 4% Rich’s, Henstridge, Somerset | Leg Bender Cider alchemy has never been finer, an artisan cider, mellow Medium - ABV 6% appley tones & rich with real Dorset honey. It’s a full flavoured crisp, clear still cider, making it easy to drink, Gwynt Y Ddraig, Wales | Dog Dancer But beware can make you go weak at the knees! Medium / Dry - ABV 6.5% Weymouth Cider Co., Dorset | Monkey Madness Produced from bitter-sweet cider apples blended with a true Medium / Dry - ABV 4.5% sharp cider apple, it is a light straw coloured cider with a medium A Medium-Dry Cider, golden in colour, a very apply pleasant to dry, smooth, crisp, slightly sharp characteristic. the mouth, yet still farmhouse style cider. Gwynt Y Ddraig, Wales | Celtic Warrior Weymouth Cider Co., Dorset | Raspberry Sweet - ABV 5.5% Gwynt Y Ddraig’s warrior with a softer side - this sweet cider is Medium - ABV 4% mellow and refreshing. A Cider liberally imparted with British Raspberries – gorgeous colour and a wonderful taste of fresh raspberries & cider. Lilley’s Cider Barn, Frome | Bee Sting Still Perry Sweet - ABV 7.5% Weymouth Cider Co., Dorset | Mango Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear Sweet - ABV 4% flavour and a wonderful pear aroma Made with Mango Juice, a wonderful colour and aroma. Lilley’s Cider Barn, Frome | Elderflower Weymouth Cider Co., Dorset | Pear & Chilli Sweet - ABV 4% Medium - ABV 4% Infused with heavenly elderflower which creates this refreshing Perrylicous, at a lower ABV of 4%, combined with a hint of Chilli and luxurious clean and delicate cider. Floral hints above the which comes through at the end. apple notes give a unique taste. The Gins.... Whitley Neill Rhubarb & Ginger Gin - 43% Poetic License Picnic Gin - 37.5% Subtly tart with clear rhubarb influence. A twist of orange The epitome of summer with the fresh taste of strawberries sweetness with herbaceous coriander brings balance to the palate. and cream, perfectly melded with a bright juniper gin. Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Ginger Ale or Double Dutch Pomegranate Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water. Garnish - Strawbs. & Basil. Garnish - Blueberry. Ophir Oriental Spiced London Dry Gin - 40% Whitley Neill Blood Orange Gin - 43% Indonesian cubebs, Indian black pepper and Bright citrus notes up front, with an intense Moroccan coriander create a unique spiced gin. sweetness. Balanced out with a touch of waxy Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Ginger Ale. Garnish - Orange. orange peel, hints of pepper, cassia and thyme honey. Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Orange. King of Soho Gin - 42% Classic juniper and pine notes with a refreshing zest of citrus oil. Whitley Neill Quince Gin - 43% Tangy grapefruit gives way to soft warming spice. Beautifully distinctive Turkish gin using Turkish quince which adds Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Lime. apple-sharp, pear sweet high notes, giving way to the sweetness of apricots and peaches. Malfy Gin - 41% Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Lime. Using a selection of coastal grown Italian lemons, some from Amalfi and some from Sicily, gives the gin a beautiful, fresh and JJ Whitley Nettle Gin - 38.6% zesty aroma. Predominant nettle flavours start with a heavy herbaceous aroma Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Lemon. and opens out in a fresh, light, zingy kick, bound together with a gentle sweetness. Brockmans Gin - 40% Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Cucumber. Sweet, fruity and contemporary, with a low prominence of Juniper. Complex, yet refreshingly smooth taste. JJ Whitley Elderflower Gin - 38.6% Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Blueberries. Candied sweetness dominated by the unmistakeable punch of elderflower with flicks of grassiness. Tarquins Blackberry Gin - 38% Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Lemon. Tarquins’ classic gin combined with delicious British Blackberries with a small helping of Cornish wildflower honey to impart a Salcombe Start Point Gin - 44% subtle mellow sweetness. Citrus and floral aromas alongside earthy pine notes from Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Lemon Tonic Water. Garnish - Lemon. Macedonian juniper, and warming spicy citrus from English Coriander seeds. Javan Cubeb berries add a fruity heat. Bloom London Dry Gin - 40% Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Cucumber. Floral, sweet, Honeysuckle, Pomelo and Camomile. Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water. Gordon’s Pink Gin - 37.5% Garnish - Strawberries. Light sweetness of fresh red fruits, with a bite of juniper and coriander underneath. Lingering zesty notes of fresh raspberry. Pairs best with: Fever-Tree Indian Tonic Water. Garnish - Strawberries. The boring but legally sensible bit.... We cannot by law serve alcoholic drink to any person under the age of 18. We therefore reserve the right not to supply beer, gin, cider or wine to anybody who is, or appears to be under 18 years of age, unless that person can provide proof of age. | All cars are parked at owners risk | No naked flames or camp fires | No camping without a festival ticket | All campers must wear a camper’s wrist band | No under 18s in the beer or cider tents | No smoking in any of the tents or the clubhouse building | No food or drink is to be brought into the festival | Well behaved dogs on leads only | No fireworks | Please enjoy yourself but drink responsibly | Offenders will be excluded from the festival.