Coalheavers Arms Beer Festival Autumn 2007

The Coalheavers Autumn beer festival will take place from midday on Thursday 13th September until closing time on Monday 17th September.

Beers

An up-to-date list of beer in the pub is shown on the Beers page. This is the list of beers for the festival (provisional; may be added to):

Anglo-Dutch — Spike's on T'way 4.2% (West Yorkshire)

A pale, lager malt bitter. First brewed when the brewer's wife was officially confirmed to be pregnant with their second child. As they disagree about everything, agreeing on a name was quite an accomplishment - (luckily it was a boy!)

Buntingford — Highwayman IPA 3.6% (Hertfordshire)

In the modern IPA style - low strength with a moderate hoppy bitterness and a degree of maltiness. Light brown in colour, this beer has a traditional style bitterness to it, with a slightly fruity/toffee aftertaste.

Buntingford — Britannia 4.4% (Hertfordshire)

A true best bitter - a pleasant balance of malt and hop flavours wrapped up in a beer that is, well, beer coloured. Brewed using English Bramling Cross hops and a careful blend of 5 malts.

Brewsters — Rutterkin 4.5% (Leicestershire)

A premium bitter with a golden appearance. A zesty hop flavour from American Mount Hood hops combines with a touch of malt sweetness to give a rich, full bodied beer.

Brewsters — Hophead 3.8% (Leicestershire)

A pale hoppy brew, with a fresh floral hop character from a blend of English and American hops. A most satisfying and refreshing session beer

Brewsters — Bellydancer 5.2% (Leicestershire)

A premium bitter with a golden appearance. Hop aroma from Mount Hood hops combine with a touch of malt sweetness to give a rich full bodied beer

Corvedale — Dark & Delicious 4.6% (Shropshire)

Brewed at the Sun Inn in Corvedale

Dark Star — Hop Head 3.9% (West Sussex)

An extremely clean-drinking pale gold-coloured ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes. This beer is full-bodied despite its very quaffable strength and dryness.

Dark Star — Original 5.0% (West Sussex)

The brewery's eponymous former Champion Beer of Britain. A dark, strong and bitter beer with a complex malt flavour.

Dark Star — Summer Meltdown 4.8% (West Sussex)

Available June- August this seasonal beer is well-balanced, golden bitter with the warm flavour of Chinese stem ginger. The perfect thirst quencher for a summer's evening.

Devil's Dyke — Bitter 3.8% (Cambridgeshire)

Brewed in the Dykes End pub in Reach and rarely seen outside the pub.

Elland — Bargee 3.8% (West Yorkshire)

This is the Brewery's Session Bitter. Brewed to 3.8% ABV, Bargee is a full flavoured bitter made with four different malts, and hops from England and America.

Fenland — St. Audrey's 3.9% (Cambridgeshire)

Amber coloured and well rounded hoppy bitter

Fenland — Smokestack Lightning 4.2% (Cambridgeshire)

Dark chocolate with a subtle hoppy bite.

Front St. — Binham Cheer 3.9% (Norfolk)

Golden colour with pleasant citrus hoppy aroma . Taste is instantly refreshing with a nice clean fruity bite to it, finishes with a lovely bitter and dry flourish.

Front St. — Swoopy's Song 4.9% (Norfolk)

A malty nose with a rich caramel, liquorice aroma. Sweetish beer with a dry, woody liquorice taste at the end. Named after a local swallow. Made with the addition of liquorice bark.

Green Tye — Green Tiger 4.2% (Hertfordshire)

This light copper-coloured bitter is brewed with Maris Otter malt and Goldings hops, and a subtle addition of fresh root ginger. Delicate and refreshing!

Green Tye — East Anglia Gold 4.2% (Hertfordshire)

Yet to be tasted!

Green Tye — Cascade 4.0% (Hertfordshire)

Yet to be tasted!

Hart — I.P.A. 4.1% (Lancashire)

An amber coloured bitter. Good hoppy aroma. Well balanced flavours on the palate.

Hart — Dishy Debbie 4.0% (Lancashire)

Amber mid brown colour and slighty wheaty flavour. Bitter dry finish

Hart — Cait-Lin Gold 4.2% (Lancashire)

A golden ale with a well balanced mix of hops and malt. Easy drinking!

Iceni — Sunshine 4.0% (Norfolk)

Straw coloured beer with a hoppy aftertaste

Iceni — It's a Grand Day (Norfolk)

Refreshing drink - a beautiful balance of malt and hops with a slight hint of ginger

Little Valley — Tod's Blonde 5.0% (West Yorkshire)

A bright, yellow beer with a pleasant taste and a smooth finish. Tod's Blonde is a surprisingly mellow beer that's lightly fruity and spicy - the ideal alternative for the lager drinker.

Milton — Tethys 3.7% (Cambridge)

A subtly hopped pale bitter allowing more malt characteristic to come through.

Milton — Minotaur 3.3% (Cambridge)

A full flavoured chocolate/coffee mild only 3.3% but packed with flavour.

Milton — Nero 5.0% (Cambridge)

A full bodied oat stout with hints of chocolate and coffee with a superb bitter finish. One of the blackest beers around and now vegan!

Milton — Sparta 4.3% (Cambridge)

A special beer that has proved so popular it has been added to the regular milton brews. Pale in colour and decidedly hoppy with a characteristic Milton bitterness.

Milton — Bomber's Drop 3.5% (Cambridge)

Unique to the Coalheavers Arms, a dry-hopped session bitter with a pleasant malty balanced taste to the bottom of the glass.

Naylors — Equinox Light (West Yorkshire)

Yet to be tasted!

Northumberland — Summer Gold 3.7% (Northumberland)

Yet to be tasted!

Northumberland — Alan Shearer 4.1% (Northumberland)

Yet to be tasted!

Northumberland — Gateshead Gold 5.0% (Northumberland)

Strong Golden ale with a terrific malt character balanced with a high hop aroma

Nottingham — Legend 4.2% (Nottingham)

Traditional, amber session ale with a flavoursome malt character and lively hoppy finish. A beer that will be talked about for generations.

Nottingham — Extra Pale Ale (EPA) 4.2% (Nottingham)

Very pale exquisitely citrusy hoppy beer. Back by popular demand (by the landlord mainly so please leave him some!)

Nottingham — Rock Bitter 3.8% (Nottingham)

First brewed by Nottingham Brewery in the 1800's as a refreshing quaffing ale for the thirsty factory workers in the city. Slightly paler than traditional bitter beers of the time it was the forerunner of the India Pale Ale for which the brewery was to become famous and transported thousands and thousands of gallons to the troops of the British Empire all around the globe

Rugby — Twickers 3.7% (Warwickshire)

A traditional bitter with a malty aroma and subtle hints of fruit. Soft hops come through at the end

Rugby — Sidestep 4.5% (Warwickshire)

A classic best bitter. Amber in colour with lingering fruity taste

Rugby — Winger IPA 5.2% (Warwickshire)

Dark gold. Spicy and citric hop aroma. Fruity taste of peach and pear, with some bitterness.

Skinners — Betty Stogs 4.0% (Cornwall)

Classic pale amber mid strength bitter with distinct hoppy overtones. A beautifully balanced quaffing ale. Contains Cornish malted barley and wheat.

Ciders and Perries

Gwynt-y-Ddraig Black Dragon Cider and Ross on Wye Perry will be available.

Food

For the first time we will be offering home-made beefburgers made with which ever dark beer the chef enjoyed the most the night before. Adding stout or mild to the burger mix gives a really juicy flavour to the burgers. If the service is slow please be aware the chef has manfully had to taste all the beers and ciders for quality control and may be feeling a little worse for wear!

Jacket potatos with Beans, Cheese or Tuna Mayo will also be available.