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The 2000 Festival Beer List
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Updated 19/Jul/2000
1 Archers H R H 1 4.3% A Tribute to the Queen Mother, from Swindon Wiltshire
2 Arkell's 3b 1 4.0% Swindon's finest Wiltshire
3 Banks & Taylor Midsummer 1 3.5% Befordshire
4 Barnsley Barnsley 1 3.8% eponymous! South Yorkshire
5 Bateman Summer Swallow 1 3.9% Lincolnshire
6 Beartown Wheat Bear 1 5.0% Cheshire
7 Black Sheep Best Bitter 1 3.8% Rich flavoursome ale from Masham, brewed by the real Theakston North Yorkshire
8 Black Sheep Riggwelter 1 5.9% Recipe for legless sheep...the new peculier North Yorkshire
9 Black Sheep Yorkshire Square Ale 1 5.0% New ale from Paul Theakston's Masham Brewery North Yorkshire
10 Brains Reverend James 1 4.5 More tea vicar? Or perhaps another hit on the original James Williams IPA? South Glamorgan
11 Brakspear Premium 1 4.1% Based on one of the classic ales of England, amber colour, hops and malt Oxfordshire
12 Burtonwood Top Hat 1 4.8% Deceptively light, sweet, soft and slightly nutty flavour Cheshire
13 Butts Jester 1 3.5% to be confirmed Berkshire
14 Camerons Strongarm 1 4.0% Creamy headed northen bitter with distinctive ruby hue. Cleveland
15 Cannon Cannon Pride 1 4.2% Resurected brew, using fuggles and cascade hops, dry aftertaste. Northamptonshire
16 Clark's Golden Harvest 1 West Yorkshire
17 Dark Horse White Horse 1 4.6% White Horse on a Cloudy Day - Is it a beer, or is it a lager?Neither - it is a totally organic product made with cereals and natural flavourings.No finings are added to clarify the beer. The cloudiness is a suspension of cereal product, and certain Herfordshire
18 Donnington Best Bitter 1 3.5% light, malty and delicious, from Hooky's only real rival Gloucestershire
19 Donnington S B A 1 4.0% A malty bitter from Britain's most picturesque brewery Gloucestershire
20 Donnington X X X 1 3.6% Rare and flavoursome mild from the most beautiful brewery in the world. Gloucestershire
21 Elgood's Golden Newt 1 4.6 Careful, you know what happened to the newt.... a fragrant beer almost orangey in flavour Cambridgeshire
22 Federation Buchanan's Best 1 3.6% A rare and well balanced bitter brewed for the clubs up North. Tyne & Wear
23 Frog Island Natterjack 1 4.8% Powerful and flavoursome ale from Northampton Northamptonshire
24 Fuller's Summer Ale 1 3.9% Looks like lager, but doesn't taste like it, thank God. Not so malty as usual Fuller's London
25 Gales Butser 1 3.4% Good session bitter, named after a hill! Fuggles and Goldings hops. Hampshire
26 Goff's Jouster 1 4.0% Well balanced drinkable tawny ale Gloucestershire
27 Hampshire Pride Of Romsey 1 5.0% Award winning strong ale. Hampshire
28 Hampshire Pride Of Romsey #2 1 5.0% Two firkins of this fabulous beer on offer! Hampshire
29 Hardys & Hansons Kimberley Classic 1 4.8% Strong & Fruity, proceed with caution. Nottinghamshire
30 Harveys P A 1 3.5% Originally called SUSSEX BITTER, now Pale Ale. A wartime recipe East Sussex
31 Harveys Sussex Best Bitter 1 4.0% one of my (Peter Millar) favourites, a beer to sip and savour East Sussex
32 Hogs Back Summer This 1 4.2% Some of that..? Surrey
33 Hook Norton 13 Days 1 ???% Oxfordshire
34 Hook Norton Best Bitter 1 3.4% The Best Bitter Oxfordshire
35 Hook Norton Bitter # 2 1 Oxfordshire
36 Hook Norton Generation 1 4.0% Dry, tasty, addictive - latest beer in the range in honour of newest member of the family Oxfordshire
37 Hook Norton Haymaker 1 5.0% flower, fruity and packs the punch its name promises Oxfordshire
38 Hook Norton Haymaker # 2 1 Oxfordshire
39 Hook Norton Mild 1 3.0% like it used to be, dark, tasty, surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink Oxfordshire
40 Hook Norton Old Hooky 1 4.6% subtly sweet old-fashioned autumnal ale Oxfordshire
41 Hook Norton Steam 1 4.0% Brewed to comemorate the centenary of the steam engine at thhe brewery Oxfordshire
42 Hook Norton Twelve Days 1 5.5% Dark Strong Sweet, Hooky's Xmas ale Oxfordshire
43 Hoskins Stumped 1 3.9 Like most of the English batting order. A lovely beer to quaff whilst waiting to bat. Leicestershire
44 Oakhill Best Bitter 1 4.0% A light and flavoursome bitter from near Bath Avon
45 Ridleys Rumpass 1 4.5% Well balanced and flavoursome Essex
46 Robinson's Whistling Will 1 4.0 The real pride of Manchester Cheshire
47 Shepherd Neame Goldings 1 4.7% hoppy! Kent
48 Shepherd Neame Spitfire 1 4.7% Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive... Kent
49 Skinners Betty Stogs 1 4.0 A pale mid-strength bitter with hoppy overtones. Cornwall
50 Taylor Landlord 1 4.3% Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost "lemony" bitter. West Yorkshire
51 Uley Old Spot Prize Ale 1 5.0% Fruity redish coloured ale, strong balaced aftertaste of hops and bitterness Gloucestershire
52 Wells Bombardier 1 4.3% good, old-fashioned ale to chew on Bedfordshire
53 West Berkshire Dr Hexters Wedding 1 4.2% Light coloured beer, produced for the wedding of the landlord of the Royal Oak at Wantage. Berkshire
54 Wolf In Sheeps Clothing 1 3.7% Actually Wolf in Sheeps Clothing.... Mild beer, but not a traditional mild... Norfolk
55 Wood Summer That 1 3.9% Some of this? Shropshire
56 Wychwood Shires 1 3.7% Quality local session beer. Oxfordshire
57 Wychwood Special 1 4.2% Fruity local brew. Good hops and malt in the aftertaste Oxfordshire
58 Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody 1 4.2% Actually Dorothy Goodbody's Golden Summertime Ale - a mouthful, and a splendid one too! Worcestershire
59 Young's Special 1 4.6% Strong, full flavoured bitter. The name special is well deserved. London
TOTAL 59.00
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