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The 2008 Festival Beer List
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Updated 14th June 2008
1 Abbeydale Moonshine 4.3% 1 Beautifully balanced straw coloured premium bitter, with a floral aroma and predominately citrus taste and a refreshing finish
2 Adnams Regatta 4.3% 1 Brewed with Optic malt and Boadicea hops this is a thirst quenching pint. A delicate palate with hints of lemon. Suffolk
3 Archers Seaside Special 3.8% 1 A light, crisp, pale lager style summer ale Wiltshire
4 Arundel Sussex Gold 4.2% 1 A rich golden beer with a hoppy, citrus finish. Very smooth, light and refreshing. Sussex
5 Ashover Rainbows End 4.5% 1 Pale beer with plenty of malted wheat for a balanced mouth feel. Well-hopped with cascade hops for both bittering and aroma. Derbyshire
6 Badger Fursty Ferret 4.4% 1 Named in honour of the inquisitive and extremely “fursty” ferrets of the Gribble Inn, a celebrated golden brown ale, full of character Dorset
7 Ballards Midhurst Mild 3.4% 1 Classic, dark Mild. Lightly hopped and well malted throughout without being sweet. Hampshire
8 Batham Best Bitter 4.3% 1 Straw coloured, fruity Staffordshire
9 Belhaven Herok & Howell’s Single Malt 70/- 3.9% 1 An easy drinking, well balanced, golden session ale with lemon/citrus notes East Lothian
10 Black Sheep TBC TBC 1 TBC Yorkshire
11 Breaconshire Golden Valley 4.2% 1 TBC Powys
12 Broughton TBC TBC 1 TBC Peeblesshire
13 Burford TBC TBC 1 TBC Oxfordshire
14 Burton Bridge Stairway to Heaven 5.0% 1 Golden hopping beer brewed with fuggles and golding hops to give a smooth flavour Staffordshire
15 Butcombe Butcombe Blonde 4.3% 1 A clean-tasting, refreshing, easy to drink premium beer. Light and fruity with a medium bitter finish. Avon
16 Cannon Royall TBC TBC 1 TBC Worcestershire
17 Cotleigh Cotleigh Anniversary 25 4.0% 1 Explosion of flavours from American Cascade hops. Light and golden with a fruit filled finish. Somerset
18 Cotswold Brewing Co Wheat Beer 4.2% 1 A light summer drink with hints of fruit, inspired by the traditional German Berliner Weisse style Oxfordshire
19 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
20 Elgood TBC TBC 1 TBC Cambridgeshire
21 Everards Sunchaser 4.0% 1 A thirst quenching brew, produced using lager malt and Hallertau lager hops. Saaz premium dry hops are added to give a mixture of sweetness and spice. Leicestershire
22 Foxfield TBC TBC 1 TBC Cumbria
23 Freeminer Speculation 4.8% 1 A rich premium ale, deep ruby red with a balanced hop and malt aftertaste. Gloucestershire
24 Fuller's TBC TBC 1 TBC Middlesex
25 Goff's Jouster 3.8% 1 Well balanced, drinkable tawny ale Gloucestershire
26 Greene King TBC TBC 1 TBC Suffolk
27 Hanby Rainbow Chaser 4.3% 1 A very pale bitter brewed with pioneer hops.Full with large characteristics Shropshire
28 Holt Humdinger 4.0% 1 A refreshing beer brewed with honey and citrus flavoured whole hops to provide a rounded, tongue tingling taste with an exciting aroma Greater Manchester
29 Hook Norton Hooky Gold 4.1% 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 Hook Norton Double Barrelled TBC 1 TBC Oxfordshire
34 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
35 Hopshackle Shacklers Gold 5.2% 1 Golden coloured beer with a strong aroma of sweet malt and fruit. Lincolnshire
36 Hydes Anvil Jekylls Gold 4.8% 1 A refreshing, bitter ale with tangy citrus and floral character. Grapefruit and citrus notes in evidence derived from the high proportions of Styrian Goldings that are used. Greater Manchester
37 Lees Bitter 4.0% 1 A copper coloured beer with a malty, hoppy aroma. You are left with a distinctive malty aftertaste. One pint is never enough! Greater Manchester
38 Mordue Summer Tyne 3.6% 1 A very pale lager style beer to be drunk on hot nights. Complex hop aroma. Be warned - easy to drink! Tyne & Wear
39 Nethergate Vixen 3.9% 1 TBC Suffolk
40 North Cotswold TBC TBC 1 TBC Warwickshire
41 North Cotswold TBC 2 TBC 1 TBC Warwickshire
42 Old Cannon Blond Bombshell 4.2% 1 Light blond summer ale with fruit on the nose and a dry and hoppy finish Suffolk
43 Oxfordshire Ales Triple B 3.7% 1 A lovely autumn leaf brown colour with a full well hopped aroma, easily quaffable and a perfect accompaniment to any social occasion. Oxfordshire
44 Purity Brewing Co Pure Gold 3.8% 1 A refreshing Golden Ale - an easy drinking beer with a lovely dry and bitter finish. Warwickshire
45 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
46 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
47 Robinson's Olympic Gold 4.0% 1 TBC Cheshire
48 Skinners Cornish Knocker Ale 4.5% 1 Strong full taste that lasts. Flowery nose. 2008 Supreme Champion at the South West Region Beer Competition Cornwall
49 Slaughterhouse Saddleback 3.8% 1 Traditional quaffing ale Warwickshire
50 St Austell Tribute 4.2% 1 Hoppy flavour and fresh citrus nose are good enough to rival any fine white wine. Cornwall
51 St Peters Best Bitter 3.7% 1 A traditional best bitter brewed with pale and crystal malts and goldings aroma hops resulting in a full bodied ale with distinctive fruity caramel notes. Suffolk
52 Stonehenge TBC (Pigswill or Spire Ale) TBC 1 TBC Wiltshire
53 Teignworthy Old Moggy 4.4% 1 Clear mahogany brew with a citrus flavour Devon
54 Three Castles Vale Ale 4.3% 1 TBC Wiltshire
55 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
56 Tring Captain Alf 4.2% 1 A burnished gold bitter with a fine, well rounded bitterness and good hop character imparted by Hallertau hops. Generally used in German- style pils and Helles beer, this hop works wonderfully in light coloured ales. Hertfordshire
57 Triple F F F Hallelujah 4.0% 1 Full flavoured ale with a rich fruit nose a lemon crispness with generous handfuls of choice New Zealand green bullet hops
58 Uley Pigs Ear 5.0% 1 Gloucestershire Campaign for real ale winner of the year. Strong bitter with 100% pale ale malt. Gloucestershire
59 Warwickshire TBC TBC 1 TBC Warwickshire
60 White Horse Flibbertigibbet 4.3% 1 A dark golden coloured beer, with a flurry of English hops that leaves you with an aromatic after taste Oxfordshire
61 Wickwar Cotswold Way 4.2% 1 Rich amber - smooth well balanced beer with a terrific hoppy finish Gloucestershire
62 Wizard Lundy Gold 4.1% 1 Golden hoppy ale Devon
63 Wye Valley Butty Bach 4.5% 1 A burnished gold premium ale. Full bodied, smooth and satisfying. Herefordshire
64 Wyre Piddle TBC TBC 1 TBC Worcestershire