Our fourth beer festival took place from Wednesday 22nd June to Sunday 26th June.

Beers

This is the list of beers we had at the festival:

Burton Bridge - Moorish Mild 3.9 (Staffordshire)

A ruby coloured mild with a tan head. A little mocha and fruit. The taste is lightly fruity and there is also roasted malt.

Burton Bridge - Bridge Bitter 4.2 (Staffordshire)

Pale brown with good hoppy aroma. Hoppy taste with a touch of malt. Full hoppy lingering finish.

Burton Bridge - Civvy Salvation 4.5 (Staffordshire)

Burton Bridge - Golden Delicious 3.8 (Staffordshire)

An exquisite gold beer. Hoppy aroma with sweet start, going very hoppy to a mouth watering finish, but not over astringent.

Caledonian - Deuchars IPA 3.8 (Scotland)

A pale gold colour with intense hop flavours and aromas balanced with Caledonian's traditional soft maltiness. It is an excellent aperitif! Champion Beer of Britain 2002.

Eccleshall - Slaters Bitter 3.6 (Stafford)

Golden bitter with full malty taste. Hoppiness develops to a good bitter finish. Yeast prevalent throughout.

Eccleshall - Slaters Top Totty 4.0 (Stafford)

Golden bitter with a hoppy aroma and taste with a bitter and astringent finish.

Eccleshall - Slaters Shining Knight 4.5 (Stafford)

Hops and fruit combine to the bitter finish. A good session beer for its strength, so beware.

Eccleshall - Slaters Premium 4.4 (Stafford)

Caramel and roast aroma, fruit and hop taste. Complex hop fruit and bitter finish with astringency.

Eccleshall - Slaters Supreme 4.7 (Stafford)

Copper-coloured bitter. Hoppy fruity aroma leading to a sweet start and a bitter finish.

Harviestoun - Dragonfly 3.6 (Scotland)

A pale hoppy bitter, brewed with the American hop Amarillo, blended with English Fuggles. The malt grist is pale ale and crystal malts plus wheat malt to promote a full creamy head.

Milton - Neptune 3.8 (Cambridge)

A crisp, nutty flavoured copper-coloured ale, with a pronounced hop aroma.

Milton - Justinian 3.9 (Cambridge)

Crisp pale bronze coloured bitter. Attractive bitter orange flavours persist into a satisfying lasting finish.

Milton - Jupiter 3.5 (Cambridge)

A golden session beer with a delicate hoppy flavour leading to a satisfying bitter finish.

Milton - Pegasus 4.1 (Cambridge)

Complex copper-coloured beer. The initial hoppiness is balanced with a long fruity, malty finish. Very moreish. Champion Beer of East Anglia and Cambridgeshire 2002.

Milton - Sparta 4.3 (Cambridge)

A new beer in the ancient cities range. Pale in colour with an intense hoppy bitterness. Perfect summer quaffing.

Nethergate - Umbel 3.8 (Suffolk)

The wort is percolated through coriander seeds to a give a wonderful, warming, spicy fruit tang to both the taster and aroma. The hops are strong enough to a make themselves known and strong bitter malt finish hits late.

Nethergate - Umbel Magna 5.0 (Suffolk)

The addition of coriander to the Old Growler wort completes the original 1750s recipe for this distinctive dark beer. The powerful spiciness only adds to this porter's appeal.

Nethergate - Dr. John's Panacea 4.3 (Suffolk)

A mid-brown dryish bitter. Flavours are sweet and floral initially then bitter hops.

Nethergate - Priory Mild 3.5 (Suffolk)

Distinctive full-flavoured, very dark mild with pronounced lingering roast and dry hop aftertaste.

Nottingham - Rock Mild 3.8

Smooth and dark with a biscuity flavour.

Nottingham - EPA 4.2

A light coloured, exceptionally well balanced smooth ale with a light fragrant hop finish. Bronze award winer at the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival 2004.

Nottingham - Cock & Hoop 4.3

Round on the palate with a citrus hop flavour and a crisp finish.

Nottingham - Bullion 4.7

Gold in its purest form! A single malt beer with a delicate lightness which belies its strength and a multi-faceted triple hop finish.

Nottingham - Supreme 5.2

A champion amongst premium beers. Light in colour and hop balance giving an easy drinking, strong ale that commands respect.

Old Cannon - Gunner's Daughter 5.6 (Suffolk)

A well balanced strong ale with a complexity of hop, fruit, sweetness and bitterness in the flavour, and a lingering pleasant, hoppy, bitter aftertaste.

Old Cannon - Best Bitter 3.8 (Suffolk)

An excellent session bitter brewed using Styrian Goldings, giving a crisp grapefruit aroma and taste. Very refreshing and full of flavour.

Pitfield - East Kent Goldings 4.4 (London)

A single varietal hop beer, orange/gold ale with a fruity, peppery hop nose. Good, fruity hop is well balanced by smooth malt in the taste, which is not too bitter.

St. Austell - H.S.D. 5.0 (Cornwall)

Brewed with plenty of malt and generous portions of English Fuggles and Goldings hops. HSD is a classic full bodied beer of considerable depth and complexity.

Timothy Taylor - Landlord 4.3 (West Yorkshire)

A well rounded beer with complex hoppy aroma beloved by landlord drinkers. Former champion beer of Britain.

Tipples - Longshore 3.6 (Norfolk)

A Light bitter with a good pale amber colour, a nice balanced malty flavour and nicely hopped. A good session beer.

Tipples - Redhead 4.2 (Norfolk)

A traditional bitter. Robust malty flavour and a rich red/amber colour. Good hoppy aroma and a sweet nutty aftertaste.

Wadworth - 6X 4.3 (Wiltshire)

Malty and fruity with nutty/biscuity hints and balancing hop character. Lingering malty but bitter finish with a full bodied aftertaste.

Wadworth - JCB 4.7 (Wiltshire)

A deep amber, robust but perfectly balanced traditional English ale. A rich malty body, complex hop character and a hint of tropical fruit in the aroma and taste.

Ciders

The following ciders and perries were available during the festival: