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The 2006 Festival Beer List
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Updated 21/July/2006
1 Abbey Ales TBC   1   Avon
2 Adnams Explorer 5.5% 1 A light & refreshing blonde beer, with some citrus notes and grapefruit aromas. Fantastic served chilled. Suffolk
3 Alcazar Vixen's Vice 5.2% 1   Nottinghamshire
4 Alehouse Brewery The Three C's 4.1% 1 American pale ale based on the 3 main American hops - Chinook, Centennial and Cascade. Deep golden colour, floral hop nose, big hop flavour and a lingering bitter finish Hertfordshire
5 Arkell's Summer Ale 4.2% 1 Just the beer for those long evenings, Summer Ale is refreshingly light in both colour and taste. In fact, it is suited to whatever weather the British summer has to offer and has been a favourite with Arkell's drinkers since it was introduced in 1994 Wiltshire
6 Arundel Castle Ale 3.8% 1 A tawny coloured beer with a hoppy aroma. The balance of fruit, hops and malt gives a dry hoppy finish. Sussex
7 Atomic Brewery Atomic Fusion 4.1% 1 A crisp delicate aroma with a full bodied rounded finish. Winner of the Rugby Beer Festival Award. Warwickshire
8 Ballards Golden Bine 3.8% 1 Golden in colour. A light floral flavour and aroma. Hampshire
9 Batham Best Bitter 4.3% 1 Straw coloured, fruity Staffordshire
10 Beartown Kodiac Gold 4.0% 1 Thirst quenching, straw coloured beer with a smooth rounded finish. Cheshire
11 Big Lamp Sunny Daze 3.6% 1 A very light coloured beer, well hopped with Czech styrian goldings. Ideal for a summer session!" Tyne & Wear
12 Black Sheep Black Sheep Ale 4.4% 1 A full flavoured ale with a rich fruit nose, brewed with many generous handfuls of choice Golding hops giving a bittersweet malty taste, followed by an uncompromisingly long, dry and bitter finish Yorkshire
13 Brakspear Best Bitter   1 A superb session beer. Amber in colour, with a good fruit, hop and malt nose.The initial taste of malt and the well hopped bitterness quickly dissolves into a predominantly bittersweet and fruity finish.  
14 Broughton The Clipper IPA 4.2% 1 A clean tasting, refreshing malt flavour overlaid with a strong hop character and clean hop bitter aftertaste Peeblesshire
15 Burton Bridge Golden Delicious 3.8% 1 Pale straw ale with a dry bitter finish Staffordshire
16 Butts Butts Traditional 4.0% 1   Berkshire
17 Cannon Royall Fruiterers Mild 3.7% 1 Rich roast flavours - more stout than a mild Worcestershire
18 Carlsberg - Tetley TBC2   1   Northamptonshire
19 Carlsberg - Tetley TBC   1   Northamptonshire
20 Castle Rock Harvest Pale Ale 3.8% 1 Pale beer with a distinct hop flavour that leads to a crisp finish. Nottinghamshire
21 Cotleigh 25th Anniversary Ale 4.0% 1 An explosion of flavours originating from the American Cascade hops gives this brilliant pale golden beer a fresh aroma and fruit filled finish. Somerset
22 Cotswold Brewing Company Premium Lager 5.0% 1 Crisp and full flavoured, this premium lager is made from Liberty and Hersbrucker hops and Maris Otter malted barley. Oxfordshire
23 Cotswold Spring TBC   1   Gloucestershire
24 Cotswold Spring TBC2   1   Gloucestershire
25 Dark Star Hophead 3.8% 1 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. Sussex
26 Darwin Evolution 4.0% 1 Clean dry and hoppy. A satisfying thirst quenching strong beer, but light enough to refresh. Tyne & Wear
27 Doghouse Sea Dog IPA 4.6% 1 True India Pale Ale with bundles of hops Cornwall
28 Donnington Best Bitter 3.5% 1 Light, malty and delicious, from Hooky's only real rival Gloucestershire
29 Donnington S B A 4.0% 1 A malty bitter from Britain's most picturesque brewery Gloucestershire
30 Elgood Golden Newt 4.1% 1 Pale session beer with pleasing citrus aroma. The lavish use of late hop dominates the malt flavour resulting in a satisfying pint. Cambridgeshire
31 Felinfoel Double Dragon 4.2% 1 The full drinking premium Welsh ale, malty and subtly hopped with a rich colour and smooth balanced character Carmarthenshire
32 Freeminer Ironbrew 4.2% 1 A ruby red bitter, made with special coloured malts. It's rich malt character gives the impression of a stronger beer Gloucestershire
33 Frog Island Best Bitter 3.8% 1 A pale brown easy drinking beer with a malty aroma and a hint of caramel. The initial roasted malt flavour is balanced by the bitterness and hop character of English Target and Fuggles hops, which linger into the aftertaste Northamptonshire
34 Fuller's TBC   1   Middlesex
35 Goff's Jouster 3.8% 1 Well balanced, drinkable tawny ale Gloucestershire
36 Green Dragon Chaucer 3.7% 1 A bitter bitter. Suffolk
37 Greene King Ale Fresco 4.3% 1 Smooth and easy to drink, this refreshing cask ale has a fresh, citrus hop aroma and golden colour. Suffolk
38 Hanby Rainbow Chaser 4.3% 1 A clean, sharp tasting pale bitter Shropshire
39 Harveys Sussex Best Bitter 4.0% 1 One of our favourites, a beer to sip and savour Sussex
40 Harveys Olympia Golden Ale 4.3% 1 A Golden Ale; light in colour; mellow and well balanced. Fuggle and Golding hops combine to provide a soft, dry palate and bitter after taste Sussex
41 Hobdens Wessex Deverils Advocat 4.5% 1 A golden ale with sweet american hop flavour. Wiltshire
42 Hogs Back TBC   1   Surrey
43 Holden's Black Country Bitter 3.9% 1 A Medium-bodied, golden ale. A light well balanced bitter with a subtle, dry, hoppy finish. A great session beer. West Midlands
44 Hook Norton Hooky Dark 3.2% 1 A dark chestnut - coloured ale, crammed full of roast malt flavours, and complimented with superb dry-hop aromas from East Kent Goldings. Oxfordshire
45 Hook Norton Hooky Gold 4.2% 1 A pale, crisp beer; the Maris Otter malt gives it a bold, clear, confidence, while the traditional English Fuggles and Goldings and American Willamette hops give it the best of the old and the new worlds. Oxfordshire
46 Hook Norton Old Hooky 4.6% 1 A beautifully balanced beer, fruity by nature, with a well-rounded body and the suggestive echo of Crystal Malt. Oxfordshire
47 Hook Norton Haymaker 5.0% 1 A strong pale ale of distinctive taste. Plenty of Goldings hops during the brewing give it a certain something extra - like sunshine dancing on the tongue Oxfordshire
48 Hook Norton Hooky Bitter 3.6% 1 A subtly balanced, golden bitter, hoppy to the nose, malty on the palate - the classic session beer, eminently drinkable. Oxfordshire
49 Hook Norton Special 1   1   Oxfordshire
50 Hook Norton Special 2   1   Oxfordshire
51 Hook Norton Charter 400   1   Oxfordshire
52 Hook Norton 303 4.0% 1 English Malt and English Hops combine to make a very English Beer. Dry and crisp with a hint of citrus, 303AD being the year of St George is the Beer of St George. Oxfordshire
53 Hook Norton Cotswold Lion 4.2% 1 Brewed especially to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is produced from Maris Otter malt, and is hopped with only Fuggles - the first time HN have produced a single varietal beer. Oxfordshire
54 Itchen Valley Fagins 4.1% 1 Elegant session bitter. Light brown, well balanced made beer. The taste is smooth, subtly bitter, with dry citrus flavours and well-hopped. Hampshire
55 Jennings Cumberland Ale 4.0% 1 A superb golden coloured, full flavoured ale with a delicate hop character Cumbria
56 Kelham Island Summer Special 4.2% 1 Popular summer brew Yorkshire
57 Lees Lancashire Bitter 4.0% 1 A full bodied and full flavoured bitter. Lancashire
58 Malvern Hills Feelgood 3.8% 1 Light and hoppy, uses Polish hops combined with English Cascade hops Worcestershire
59 Mordue Summer Tyne 3.6% 1 Very pale lager style beer to be drunk on hot summer nights. Complex hop aroma. Be warned! Easy to drink Tyne & Wear
60 Nethergate Azzanewt 4.4% 1 A premium summer, fawn cloured ale which is packed with delicate orangey spiceiness. Suffolk
61 North Cotswold Genesis 4.0% 1 A well balanced Best Bitter with the aroma of challenger hops Warwickshire
62 North Cotswold Pigbrook Bitter 3.8% 1 A light session bitter Warwickshire
63 Oakham Helter Skelter 5.0% 1 A strong, golden ale with an intense hop aroma and character, hops and fruit oscillate above a refined bitterness. Cambridgeshire
64 Old Cannon Gunners Daughter 5.5% 1 A well balanced strong ale with a complexity of hop, fruit, sweetness and bitterness in the flavour, and a lingering pleasant, hoppy, bitter aftertaste Suffolk
65 Oulton Ales Sunrise 4.0% 1 A light, elderflower summer ale Suffolk
66 Oxfordshire Ales Oxfordshire Ales Marshmellow 4.7% 1 A classic, strong beer with generous warming flavour. The taste is deliciously fruity and malty with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Oxfordshire
67 Potton Shannon I P A 3.6% 1 A beer that is light and quaffable Bedfordshire
68 Purity Brewing Company Pure Ubu   1 Pronounced OO-BOO after the brewery dog! A balanced full flavoured, premium amber coloured beer that is a pleasure to drink. Made with English Maris Otter malt and Challenger & Cascade hops Warwickshire
69 R C H PG Steam 3.9% 1 This complex multi layered ale has a floral hop aroma with medium bodied hop, bitter taste with some fruit and sweetness. Somerset
70 Ringwood Boondoggle 4.0% 1 Irresistible hop aroma with high summer floral notes. Initial fruitiness with a crisp dry finish. A straw-coloured beer flavoured with just two aroma hops, the highly prized Fuggles and the new dwarf variety First Gold. Hampshire
71 Robinson's Sunny Jim 3.8% 1 A light, thirst quenching summer ale Cheshire
72 Rugby Brewing Company Summer Break 4.0% 1 A delicious summer ale, light golden in colour. brewed with Challenger and Mount Hood hops to give fruit on the palate and a long bitter finish". Warwickshire
73 Shakespeares Noble Fool 3.9% 1 A pale ale with a Light Copper/Amber appearance, Citrus/Orangey aroma - Bitter hop rounded with nutty malt and a delicate malt with spicy hop finish. Warwickshire
74 Sharps Doom Bar 4.0% 1 The aroma is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, light roasted malty notes and a subtle yet assertive bitterness. Cornwall
75 Skinners Betty Stogs 4.0% 1 A pale mid-strength bitter with hoppy overtones. Cornwall
76 St Peters Organic Best Bitter 4.1% 1 A unique, full-bodied organic best bitter with a refreshing after-taste, highly commended by the Soil Association. Suffolk
77 Stonehenge Spire Ale 3.8% 1 A golden hoppy beer, with a new hop variety Pam adding a tempting nose to this very palatable brew Wiltshire
78 Teignworthy Spring Tide 4.3% 1 Copper coloured ale with sweeter overtones resulting in a well balanced smooth pint Devon
79 Timothy Taylor Landlord 4.3% 1 Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost "lemony" bitter. Madonna's favourite beer! Yorkshire
80 Tring Ridgeway 4.0% 1 A beer with a pleasant mix of hop and malt flavours in the aroma and taste, leading to a dry, often flowery aftertaste Hertfordshire
81 Twickenham Ales TBC   1   Middlesex
82 Uley Old Spot Prize Ale 5.0% 1 Fruity reddish coloured ale, strong balanced aftertaste of hops and bitterness Gloucestershire
83 Warwickshire Shakespeares County 3.4% 1 A light easy drinking beer with a slightly spicy & floral delicate smooth bitterness, flavoured with Cascade & Goldings hops Warwickshire
84 Weston's Cider TBC   1   Herefordshire
85 White Horse Village Idiot 4.1% 1 A distinctively golden beer, only the finest hops are in our dry store but some maniac has tipped them all in, creating an explosion for the senses. Oxfordshire
86 Wickwar Sunny Daze 4.2% 1 Golden in colour, this beer has an unforgettable flavour of fruit, malt with a good hop aroma. Very refreshing. Perfect for the summer months, leaving you with a long lasting hop finish. 'Sunsational!' Gloucestershire
87 Wizard Druid's Fluid 5.0% 1 A deep brown coloured beer with a fruity smoky aroma. The taste is full-bodied with more rich raisin fruit notes. Winner of last year's 'Beer of the Festival Award'. A full bodied, darkish beer with rich fruit and bitter notes. Oxfordshire
88 Wizard One for the Toad 4.0% 1 Light golden beer with hoppy citrus grapefruity notes, a clean and astringent flavour with gentle malt balance. Oxfordshire
89 Wood Summer That 3.9% 1 A light refreshing Summer bitter. Crisp and clean on the palate, slightly sweet but with a balanced bitterness Shropshire
90 Wye Valley Butty Bach 4.5% 1 A burnished gold premium ale. Full bodied, smooth and satisfying. Herefordshire
91 Young's Waggledance 5.0% 1 Pale ale and crystal malt, Fuggle & Golding hops together with honey produce a delicious golden ale London
92 Young's Golden Zest 4.7% 1 Refreshing golden beer with a zesty crisp citrus flavour London
TOTAL 91 Beers & 1 Cider
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