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The 2002 Festival Beer List
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Updated 19/Jul/2002
1 Adnams Regatta 1 4.3% Light refreshing bitter, lovely chilled on a sunny day. Suffolk
2 Arkell's Summer Ale 1 4.0% Refreshing, and often served chilled! Wiltshire
3 Arundel Castle Ale 1 3.8% Celebrating the famous castle, well balanced bitter ale. West Sussex
4 Ballards Trotton 1 3.6% A well flavoured pleasantly hoppy light beer Hampshire
5 Barnsley Bitter 1 3.8% Barnsleys best bitter! South Yorkshire
6 Bateman Combined Harvest 1 4.4% Grainy tasting with a delightful floral start and finish. Unique multi-grain blend of malted barley, oats, rye and wheat. Lincolnshire
7 Beartown I B A 1 4.8% Powerful pale ale, with no reference to bears in it's name? Cheshire
8 Brains S A 1 4.2% Known as Skull Attack in South Wales - more dangerous than it's strength would suggest! South Glamorgan
9 Brakspear Best Bitter 1 3.4% Regatta Refresher from Henley, better than Pimms! Oxfordshire
10 Brunswick Triple Gold 1 4.5% A refined full-bodied clean drinking well-balanced pale beer, with a long-lasting, satisfying bitter aftertaste. Derbyshire
11 Burton Bridge Sovreign Gold 1 5.0% Jubilee Celebration Ale Staffordshire
12 Burtonwood Top Hat 1 4.8% Deceptively light, sweet, soft and slightly nutty flavour Cheshire
13 Butts Jester 1 3.5% Light and refreshing session beer Berkshire
14 Cains Formidable Ale 1 5.0% Strong, pale English ale, with a distinctive hop aroma Merseyside
15 Caledonian Golden Pale 1 4.0% Light and flavoursome ale from north of the border Scotland
16 Cannon Royall Arrowhead 1 3.9% A clean tasting straw coloured bitter Hereford & Worcs
17 Castle Eden Strongarm 1 4.0% Well rounded ruby red ale with a distinctive light creamy head, good balance of malt, hops and moderate bitterness. Co. Durham
18 Cotleigh Kiwi 1 3.9% Specially imported New Zealand hops give this pale coloured summer ale a delicate spicy flavour Somerset
19 Donnington Best Bitter 1 3.5% light, malty and delicious, from Hooky's only real rival Gloucestershire
20 Donnington S B A 1 4.0% A malty bitter from Britain's most picturesque brewery Gloucestershire
21 Donnington X X X 1 3.6% Rare and flavoursome mild from the most beautiful brewery in the world. Gloucestershire
22 Elgood Black Dog Mild 1 3.6% A traditional dark mild with malt and hops well balanced, giving a pleasant aroma and splendid roasted, bitter flavours Cambridgeshire
23 Everards Tiger 1 4.2% A rich amber beer that tastes stronger than it is.Lots of malt and hops. Leicestershire
24 Felinfoel Double Dragon 1 4.2% Fire from Wales Dyfed
25 Freeminer Strip & At It 1 4.0% A reference to mining practices in the Forest of Dean! Light thirst quenching, very hoppy. Gloucestershire
26 Frog Island Golden Boy 1 4.4% Dark golden brown, easy drinking session beer Northamptonshire
27 Fuller's E S B 1 5.5% Extra Special Bitter - no exaggeration London
28 Gales Gb 1 4.0% A dry, bitter beer with a long hoppy aftertaste Hampshire
29 Goff's Jouster 1 4.0% Well balanced drinkable tawny ale Gloucestershire
30 Greene King Abbot Ale 1 5.0% Distinctive and strong, well balanced and fuity Suffolk
31 Greene King Ruddles County 1 4.7% Classic Rutland ale now made in Suffolk Suffolk
32 Highgate & Walsall Saddlers Celebrated 1 4.3% Award winning special bitter from the Black Country West Midlands
33 Hook Norton Best Bitter 1 3.4% The Best Bitter Oxfordshire
34 Hook Norton Best Mild 1 3.0% like it used to be, dark, tasty, surprisingly excellent chilled summer drink Oxfordshire
35 Hook Norton Copper Ale 1 4.8% A premium dark red ale, based on the recipe used for the 150th Celebration brew Oxfordshire
36 Hook Norton Double Stout 1 4.8% proof that the Irish don't have a monopoly; nothing like Guinness Oxfordshire
37 Hook Norton First Light 1 4.3% First Light is a very pale, light brew with a complex hop aroma Oxfordshire
38 Hook Norton Generation 1 4.0% Dry, tasty, addictive - latest beer in the range in honour of newest member of the family Oxfordshire
39 Hook Norton Haymaker 1 5.0% flower, fruity and packs the punch its name promises Oxfordshire
40 Hook Norton Jubilee Gold 1 4.3% Stunning new ale for the Queen's 50 years, more amber than gold, and certainly nectar. Oxfordshire
41 Hook Norton Old Hooky 1 4.6% subtly sweet old-fashioned autumnal ale Oxfordshire
42 Hook Norton Twelve Days 1 5.5% Dark Strong Sweet, Hooky's Xmas ale Oxfordshire
43 Ind Coope Draught Burton Ale 1 4.8% the classic Burton Union brewed ale is now brewed in Leeds we believe!
44 Lees Bitter 1 4.0% full bodied and full flavoured bitter Manchester
45 Marston's Pedigree 2 4.5% Well known quality ale Staffordshire
46 Nethergate Sheeps Eye 1 4.1% Possibly aimed at the Arabic market? Maybe not! Suffolk
47 Oakhill Best Bitter 1 4.0% A light and flavoursome bitter from near Bath Avon
48 Potton Shannon 1 3.6% Named after a narrow guage loco Bedfordshire
49 Rebellion Mutiny 1 4.5% Powerful nautical rebellion. Buckinghamshire
50 Robinson's Stadium 1 4.4% Brewed for the Commonwealth Games Cheshire
51 Shepherd Neame Spitfire 1 4.5% Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive... Kent
52 Skinners Cornish Knocker Ale 1 4.5% Golden ale with a fragrant, almost flowery nose... Cornwall
53 Stanway Cotswold Gold 1 3.9% Local nectar Gloucestershire
54 Sussex Pett Progress 1 4.6% A full-bodied best bitter with a good balance of malt & hops Sussex
55 Taylor Landlord 1 4.3% Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost "lemony" bitter. West Yorkshire
56 Uley Old Spot Prize Ale 1 5.0% Fruity reddish coloured ale, strong balanced aftertaste of hops and bitterness Gloucestershire
57 West Berkshire Good Old Boy 1 4.0% Well balanced malty fruity and hoppy Berkshire
58 Weston's Cider Old Rosie 1 7.3% A traditional Scrumpy, naturally cloudy, not too sweet. Named after Weston's 1921 Aveling Porter Steam Engine
59 Whitbread Flowers Original 1 4.5% Hoppy aroma and very bitter finish Bedfordshire
60 Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow 1 5.2% Powerful Amber Ale Oxfordshire
61 Wye Valley Butty Bach 1 4.5% Burnished gold, premium bitter Worcestershire
62 Young's Bitter 1 3.7% Light, well balanced with hoppy aftertaste London
TOTAL 63.00
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