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Open Every Day 10am - 5.30pm All Day Menu & Coffee Midday - 2:30pm Carvery & Specials Menu 5:30pm - LATE Carvery & Grill Menu Sunday Open From 12 Noon - 9pm All Day Carvery
Check out our lunch time grill menus and our ever changing specials boards. Put it all together with three fine cask ales and you have the perfect place to enjoy dinner with friends or a family celebration. We have a self contained function suite which is ideal for parties, weddings and all of life’s celebrations. So if you’ve not been before give us a try and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Introducing our new Green Room, available for parties and weddings.
We are now taking booking for 2013/14! 200 Broadway, Yaxley Tel: 01733 244885 Email: thefarmers@btconnect.com www.thefarmersyaxley.co.uk
Once again we welcome you to the annual PBF, organised and run by the Peterborough & District branch of CAMRA – The Campaign for Real Ale. The original layout has been retained so visitors can walk all the way around the marquees, to see the vast range of ales, cider and wines that are available. Our beer hunters have spent the last few weeks sourcing beers from far and wide for your enjoyment. This year we have at least sixty (60) new brewery beers available. Again the ‘singles bar’ will have a range of beers that will only be on sale for a limited time as there is only one cask of each one, so when it’s gone it’s gone! With the 350 real ales there are a great range of ciders, bottled beers from overseas and the popular country wines. The Escape Bar sells soft drinks, crisps, sweets and ice cream, as well as cigarettes. To feed the hungry we have our usual range of food vendors outside the marquees. From traditional fish and chips to oriental delights, burgers, pies, toasties, French crepes and olives. There should be something to please most of you. Commemorative half pint and pint glasses lined and bearing this year’s festival logo are on hire or to keep. Remember you get a full pint up to the line marked on the glass. Please take care of your glass and don’t leave it lying around. There are people who ‘collect’ empty glasses and attempt to cash them in. Please note the glasses stand closes promptly at half an hour after time has been called. So if you want a refund on your glass make sure you get there before they close. Again we have a full programme of live music for your entertainment. All the bands are featured in this programme, with a return of Think Floyd as our Saturday headline band. A new form of music © John Moore photography
enthusiasts appear on Friday afternoon. The Peterborough Ukulele Band is just a bunch of regulars from The Palmerston Arms pub in Woodston who formed up for some fun. They even have one of our Bar Managers playing! Got to be a giggle. This time last year we were persuading as many visitors as we could, to sign CAMRA’s petition for the Chancellor to scrap the Beer Duty Escalator due to the continuing damage it was doing to the pub trade. Thanks to your support and our heavily publicised campaign including a massive turnout to lobby our MPs at Westminster, we succeeded in getting the Escalator scrapped. It must be one of the most successful campaigns CAMRA have organised. In spite of the duty on beer not rising this year our pub trade licensees continue to struggle. Competition remains from the ‘offies’ and supermarkets, supplying the take home brigade rather than drink in the pub. We have had one success locally in The Ploughman at Werrington being saved from demolition by Tesco’s. This is a typical community pub that has the support of the locals and would have been a great loss to the area. We hope you enjoy your visit to this year’s festival and give our hard working staff some credit for doing a good job. Remember all our staff is unpaid volunteers from our local and countrywide branches of CAMRA. Please be patient during busy periods if waiting to get served. If you would like to become part of this great organisation why not join up at the Membership stand. It costs very little! Cheers
David Murray Peterborough Branch Chairman Peterborough Beer Festival 2013 03
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OPENING TIMES AND PRICES TUESDAY 20th 5.30pm – 11.00pm – Admission £4.00 £2.00 to CAMRA and EBCU members WEDNESDAY 21st Noon – 2.30pm – Admission £1.00 Free to CAMRA and EBCU members 5.30pm – 11.00pm – Admission £4.00 £2.00 to CAMRA and EBCU members THURSDAY 22nd Noon – 2.30pm – Admission £1.00 Free to CAMRA and EBCU members 5.30pm – 11.00pm – Admission £5.00 £2.00 to CAMRA and EBCU members
admitted free. Dogs are permitted so long as they are kept on a lead. NEXT YEAR’S FESTIVAL DATES Tuesday August 19th to Saturday August 23rd 2014 . See you all then. Further information: 01733 896555 and www.beer-fest.org.uk
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Opening Times & Prices
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Fun at the Festival
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FRIDAY 23rd
Tipplefair
Noon – 3.00. pm – Admission £1.00 Free to CAMRA and EBCU members 3.00pm – 11.00pm – Admission £5.00 £2.00 to CAMRA and EBCU members
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Noon – 3.00pm – Admission £1.00 Free to CAMRA and EBCU members 3.00pm – 11.00pm – Admission £5.00 £2.00 to CAMRA and EBCU members
World Beers
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Cider & Perry
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Wines
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ALL ENTRY PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE A GLASS Wristband pass-outs are available. When we are open all day get a wristband at lunchtime to get you entry in the evening.The gates close at 10.30pm. No entry or re-admittance after that. Accompanied children are
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION
HAVE FUN AT THE FESTIVAL
We all hope that your visit to the Beer Festival this year will be a memorable one. Remember without your support the festival could not take place, and the chance to sample some of the excellent brews on offer would be lost. Please try and imagine the festival marquees as one giant pub. Of course, as with all pubs, there are certain rules we have to comply with. The times of opening are published in the programme and the marquees are completely non-smoking. Accompanied children are allowed in the bar marquees but please keep them away from the bar serveries. And remember that it is against the law to drink alcohol on site if you are under 18. You will need to buy a glass before you start. If it gets too sticky, or you want to change glass sizes, just take it back to the glasses counter and exchange it. The Beer Festival serves all beer, cider and wine in oversized glasses with government stamped line measured markings to ensure that you, the customer, get a full measure in your glass. Please be careful if you put your glass down on a table, on the grass, or anywhere that it could be knocked over and broken. If such an event does occur, please inform a member of staff or security that there is broken glass. On no account attempt to pick up the pieces yourself. We have staff with the proper equipment Š John Moore photography
to retrieve it safely. Do not grind it into the grass! Other events take place on this site after we have finished. Be careful not to leave your glass unattended. Remember – You paid for it! To ensure you enjoy the festival at all times we advise you to start off with some light beers, say a mild or low gravity ale, then on to something a bit stronger. Starting off with the strongest beers on the menu means your taste buds get no chance to enjoy the different flavours that the various brews offer. As with any other pub we do have the right to eject any person who we feel is a threat to other customers or our staff. Thankfully this is a very rare occurrence. Also remember that, just like other pubs, you are not allowed to drink your own alcohol on site and illegal drugs are totally banned and their use will result in a call to the police. Finally let me remind you of the dedicated staff who are serving you at the festival. Every one of them is an unpaid volunteer, so please be patient at busy times. The person serving you may well have been on duty for the best part of the day, or the whole week and are naturally starting to flag a bit! You can help these people by joining CAMRA and offering to help run the festival. Cheers! Enjoy the Festival Peterborough Beer Festival 2013 07
TIPPLEFAIR The organisers of the Peterborough CAMRA Beer Festival are delighted to be able to offer Tipplefair a new venue for the second year and would like to thank the Pub History Society for organising the event. Tipplefair has been running since the 1990's in Milton Keynes and more recently in Buckingham and is seen as the most popular event of its kind for collectors of breweriana and drink related ephemera. Tipplefair 2013 will host exhibitors from around the country who will be selling everything from Guinness collectables, pump clips, beer mats and glasses to ephemera, brewery playing cards and bottles. In fact, a whole host of drink related items from near and far. There will also be a number of interest societies in attendance including the Brewery History Society, British Brewery Playing Card Society, Association for British Brewery
You are assured a warm welcome at
Cosy and friendly atmosphere Comfortable Lounge Fully stocked bar, offering a selection of real ales, lagers, spirits and fine wines. Tempting range of bar snacks Seperate restaurant serving an excellent menu of home cooked food at lunchtime all week. Sunday roast 12-2pm. Patrons Car Parking available
19 Marker Place, Market Deeping, Peterborough PE6 8EA
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Collectables and of course the Pub History Society, who will be co-ordinating things. Tipplefair will also be launching the new 'Roll out the barrel' DVD by the British Film Institute which is a compilation of films from the 1940's to the 1980's based around the British pub. Tipplefair 2013 will be located in the Hospitality area on Saturday 24th Aug from 12pm until 5pm. www.tipplefair.org.uk www.pubhistorysociety.co.uk
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t’s that time of year again, so welcome to the Entertainment Listing for the 36th Peterborough Beer Festival. I seem to say this every year, but the fact is that more and more bands are keen to show off their wares at the PBF and unfortunately we have only nine evening slots in which we endeavour to provide an eclectic mix of talented songwriters, along with a couple of your more well known local favourites. I hope there’s something to please everyone. Saturday again sees us open ALL day with live entertainment in the main band marquee throughout the afternoon. Do come along and support this predominantly younger talent from around and about the local area. Once again, my sincere thanks to everyone who has contacted me over the last 12 months 10 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
or so requesting a gig at the Beer Fest. Persistence does work, but please bear in mind that we will only ever have two or three covers/tribute bands a year and good original material will always be the preferred choice. Enough of my ramblings do come along to support and appreciate this impressive range of talent playing on the big Beer Fest stage in a friendly atmosphere with “something for everyone” and a fantastic finale on Saturday night as we close for 2013 with internationally renowned Think Floyd.
Open Mic
TUESDAY 20th AUGUST
On Stage Approx 7:30pm - 10:45pm A great new experience for Peterborough Beer
Festival with an Open Mic night hosted by Stacey offering an opportunity for ALL to show off their abilities on the Festival Main Stage. If you wish to contact Stacey, please e mail to vocalsoulmate@hotmail.co.uk
Mojo Triangle
Children of the Revolution On Stage Approx 9:15 – 10:45
WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST
On Stage Approx 8:15 - 9:15 and 9:45 - 10:45
A bunch of musicians from the Cambridge areas who just love to play great, honest blues and rock music. The name Mojo Triangle came from an old saying that “all the best music came from a mojo triangle between New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville”. Well that spirit has been transported to the deep Ouse Valley delta! Originally meeting at the Willingham Jam Club, they have played in various one off bands, mainly together, sometimes not, but with a great circuit of music pubs, charity events and festivals their interpretation of classic blues and rock goes down a treat. www.mojotriangle.co.uk.
The Librarians THURSDAY 22nd AUGUST
On Stage Approx 7:30 - 9:00 The Librarians are three brothers, born to a village idiot and his horse. They began playing instruments at their local infant school and have somewhat progressed since then.
One of the busiest and most successful cover bands working in the UK today, currently playing an average of 110 gigs a year covering all four corners of the country. A massively popular choice for weddings and functions, COTR also have a dedicated fan base in their hometown of Peterborough that comes from almost a decade on the local scene. Their repertoire is expansive, covering the likes of The Who, Elvis, Foo Fighters, Fleetwood Mac and even a Dolly Parton track to name but a few. Always an energetic, entertaining and exciting show. www.childrenoftherev.com
The Mistreated Friday 23rd August
On Stage Approx 7:30 – 9 :00 The Mistreated created such a positive reaction following their Saturday afternoon set last year that we just had to have them back for an evening slot. They are a four-piece classic rock covers band based in Cambridgeshire. Fronted by the powerful vocals of Doc, The Mistreated present well-known rock songs from the '70s, '80s and '90s to the present day, delivering the highest standard of
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LOVE LIVE MUSIC? Visit Solgarden Friday Nights SolGarden, Peterborough City Centres Premiere outside area, showcases local and national bands on Friday Nights (except the last Friday of the month). Bands coming up: League of Mental Men, The Gangsters, The Brays, Amplified, The Guards, Children of the Revolution & The High Rollers. Bands Start at around 10pm. Come over and enjoy a great selection of Locale ales under our retractable roof. Open Until Late. Check local listings for gig dates.
Northminster Road, Town Centre, Peterborough PE1 1YN info@thesolstice.co.uk Tel: 01733 560231 www.thesolstice.co.uk
musicianship, but with a strong emphasis on entertainment. Come early and support this great band performing a diverse range of tunes from the likes of Thin Lizzy, Muse, Van Halen, Ozzy, AC/DC, The Cult, Whitesnake and many, many more. www.themistreated.co.uk
Hooker
On Stage Approx 9 :15 – 10:45
Hooker are a locally based, 5 piece rock covers band and are one of Peterborough’s longest established bands, celebrating 20 years together this year. Formed in 1993, they have played their energetic, entertaining brand of rock classics all over the area and beyond. They have established themselves as a regular feature at the prestigious British Motorcycle Federation (BMF) events up and down the country. Hooker last played here at the Peterborough Beer Festival on a memorable Friday night 6 years ago, when they shared the stage with another of Peterborough’s finest… Aladdinsane. Consisting of “Forever young” Rob on the drums & vocals, “Lightning fingered” Steve on guitar, “Infinitely versatile” Sean on the bass & vocals, “Mr. Charisma” Pasky on the keyboards, and “Madder than a box of frogs” front man Trev, in his trademark Orange Boilersuit... you’re guaranteed something for everyone in a Hooker performance!! Come and join in the party! You’ll know when you’ve been Hookered... www.hooker-uk.com
Brotherhoods Roundabout Saturday 24th August
On Stage Approx 7:00 – 8 :00 Brotherhoods Roundabout contains some premier members of the Peterborough music community; parts of bands such as “The Motivators”, “Citizen Smith”, “Canada”, “0898” & “The Junk Puppets”. Chris Allen, Keyboards. Ken Norman, Bass. John Haire, Guitar. Steve Dunmore, Drums. Colin Smith, Vocals. Their reputation is founded on playing at the progressive end of the rock spectrum, songs that many other bands simply don't attempt, whilst still aiming for a little bit of radio friendliness so you know there will always be some tunes you recognise.
Think Floyd
On Stage Approx 8:30 – 23: 00 This extraordinary band, dubbed The Definitive Pink Floyd Experience, is renowned for its stunning celebration of one of the world’s greatest musical phenomena. Now in their 20th year, the incredibly talented musicians who make up Think Floyd have managed to faithfully recreate all the atmosphere, visual magnitude and musical excellence of Pink Floyd live on stage. It’s no wonder they have long been regarded as the UK’s finest tribute to Pink Floyd.
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The new Think Floyd production for 2013 celebrates the 40th anniversary of one of the most influential albums of all time: Dark Side of the Moon. Think Floyd will be featuring a selection of tracks from this as well as the whole range of Classic Pink Floyd including The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here, Meddle, The Division Bell and more. This is a must- see for all Pink Floyd fans! www.thinkfloyd.net
The Vaguers
Saturday Afternoon PBF Supporting Local Bands
Sons of Kal-El
ing his debut EP which will be available soon, featuring the current bass player with Queen!
Approx 4pm
The hard rockers from Sons of Kal-El deliver exciting, energetic and entertaining live performances in the UK. Their performance of the album 'Songs from The Phantom Zone' showcases powerful yet well-crafted vocals, heavy riffs and impressive guitar solos. Look out for the album on iTunes in September 2013! www.facebook.com/sonsofKalEl Mike Lane
Approx 2pm A talented five piece rock band from Peterborough playing both originals and covers. Through developing their fans on the local music scene, there is a real hype building for their first EP which is being recorded this summer. The band draws their influences from Led Zeppelin across to modern indie such as Franz Ferdinand and The Arctic Monkeys. https://www.facebook.com/TheVaguersUK
The Tom Wright Band
Approx 3pm Tom Wright is an 18yr old Singer/Songwriter /Guitarist, with a strong love of Country-Rock and Blues. He plays locally with his own band consisting of local legends Rex Gates, Andy Clifton, and exclusively for the Beer Fest, Elio Pace (house band for Terry Wogan, and piano player with Shakin' Stevens, Suzi Quatro, Albert Lee). Tom is currently recordPeterborough Beer Festival 2013 15
cooper and escape bar
COOPER We are fortunate once again to have a visit from T & R Theakston’s master cooper, Jonathan Manby. T & R Theakston are one of the few British brewers who still employ a full-time cooper. Although their beers are no longer delivered in oak casks some of their beers are matured in the wood. Jonathan was trained by master brewer and cooper, Clive Hollis, and is one of the few remaining coopers in the country. Everyone who has watched Jonathan’s demonstration of his craft has enjoyed watching him create casks with tools that haven’t changed in centuries. If you didn’t catch it last year, then make sure that you do not miss the chance to observe and marvel at his skill in the north tent on Tuesday.
ESCAPE BAR 2013 If you are driving, have kiddies that need refreshing or just want a change from alcohol then head for the Escape Bar – a dedicated soft drinks bar were you will find a range of soft drinks to suit both adult and children’s tastes. Soft drinks include Lemonade, Coke, Orange Juice, Britvic 55, Pepsi, Fanta, Tango, Sprite, J2O, 7UP, Ribena, Appletise,Lucozade Ginger Beer, Victorian Lemonade and many others. Fruit drinks for the children will be priced at just 50 pence each as will bottles of still and sparkling water (Remember you will pay up to £2 a bottle for water at many non-CAMRA festivals).
Also on sale will be Pipers Crisps, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, Kit Kat, Maltesers, Polos, Twirl, Mini Cheddars, Dry Roasted Peanuts,, Pork Scratchings, Quavers, Hula Hoops, Bacon Fries, Scampi Fries, Cheesy Wotsits and a selection of ice cream treats for adults and children alike. We will have a small selection of cigarettes, hand-rolling tobacco, papers, cigars and lighters. If you fancy a glass of alcohol-free apple juice then you will find a selection on the Cider & Perry Bar and alcohol-free beer can be found on the Bottled Beer Bar. Peterborough Beer Festival 2013 17
the beer list
BEER LIST! The Singles Bar Back by popular demand. Regular attendees to Peterborough Beer Festival may well have visited The Singles Bar last year. Apologies to anyone who may have had the wrong idea about what a singles bar is.
can even have a chat with the brewer as he is on the cellar team on bar 1. Even very well known brewers like Blue Monkey have a couple of oneoffs for us. If you like something a bit stronger, there will be an 8%er from Church End or a 7% collaboration from Bexar County and Huddersfield’s Hand Drawn Monkey. I believe it may be called Huddersfield 0 Peterborough 3. Another interesting one will be Double Dog from Elgoods at 6.5%.
The Singles Bar will be even bigger and better this year with a great range of one-off beers, most of which will never be seen again, indeed a few of this years beers will never have been seen before. There should be 40 plus beers available and this year we have a double stillage so most of the singles beers will be on right from the start. We have 2 beers from a new brewery called Beerd from Bristol and when they are gone you won’t see them again. There’s one from Bitches at Brodies which is so rare we have no details about it. There will be a couple from Peterborough’s newest brewery Bexar County and you
We have weirdly named ones too such as Buzz Lightbeer, Sherunkel, Bidazzler and Old Engine Oil. There will also be a couple from Norfocopia who make unfined and unhopped beers from birch sap, elder and gorse, all at 6%.so something for everyone really. All the beers available are marked in this list as
3 Brewers Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Absolution
NEW BREWERY
3.8%
A deceptively easy-drinking strong beer, subtle and easy-going, fruity and gorgeous
4%
Adnams Southwold, Suffolk Lighthouse 3.4%
Golden English Ale Ale that is golden and english.
Classic English Ale
Deep amber colour, a light hoppy aroma and a rich and rounded malty taste balanced by subtle hoppiness
8 Sail Heckington, Lincs. Black Widow
5.5%
6.3%
Strong Amber Ale
Pacific Union
Hope to see you there. Dave Botton 5.3%
A classic amber beer delivering a crisp, refreshing taste.
Southwold Bitter
A strong dark ruby mild echoing the milds of the Victorian age. Dark malt and liquorice flavours dominate
18th Century Amber Ale
SINGLES BAR
7.3%
3.7%
Beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness.
Fat Sprat
3.8%
Grapefruit aroma with some spicy notes, balanced with a light biscuit flavour and a crisp, dry finish.
Gun Hill
4%
SINGLES BAR A combination of American hops are used to hop this American-style India Pale Ale.
A traditional dark ruby beer, delivering a full flavour. Full aromatic barley malts and an exquisite blend of hops combined to create a wonderful balance of sweet biscuit and subtle fruit flavours.
Abbeydale Sheffield, South Yorkshire Profundity 4.1%
Topaz Gold
4%
A pale golden ale with soft apricot and lychee notes.
Lots of roasty toasty flavours from the dark malts with berry fruit flavours from the complex mix of hops.
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Ghost Ship
4 REAL ALES AND CIDER
Never the same beer twice! Takeaway available!
BOTTLE STORE
100 + bottled beers, changed every month, drink in or take away!
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4.5%
A delicious pale ale with a good assertive bitterness and a malty backbone.
Broadside
CAMRA GOLD AWARD CASK MARQUE
4.3%
Suffused with the aromas of a grapefruit grove. The citrus attack will burst on your palate as the hops deliver their fruity bitterness.
4.7%
Brewed with pale ale malt and First Gold hops, Broadside is a dark ruby red beer rich in fruitcake aromas.
Tally Ho!
7%
Brewed with pale ale, crystal and brown malts. A dark mahogany red in colour with a rich, fruity aroma and a sweet raisin and biscuit palate.
Arbor Bristol Hoptical Delusion
3.8%
Heavily hopped pale ale.
Triple Hop Series
4%
Pale ale using 3 types of hops
Attwood Ales Hartlebury, Worcestershire Nectar 4.2% This golden bitter is well balanced with a gentle sweetness throughout.
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NEW BREWERY
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4%
SINGLES BAR No tasting notes at time of printing.
Aylesbury Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Pure Gold 3.8% A light, easy drinking bitter to quench your thirst! Fresh & Zesty with a fruity nose and hoppy bite!
Whittle
3.9%
Traditional Amber English Summer Bitter brewed with all English hops.
Renton & Overton Stout
4.9%
A lightly roasted Oatmeal Stout brewed with Chocolate malt. A deliciously smooth ale.
Ayr Ayr, Ayrshire Scaur O’ Doon Raspberry Summer
3.6%
Raspberry, biscuit and citrus fruit aroma
Barley to Beer Collaborative Snuston, Norfolk Hot Rock Ale 6% SINGLES BAR No tasting notes at time of printing.
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7%
Thames Surfer
5.7%
SINGLES BAR No tasting notes at time of printing.
This West Coast IPA with it's copper tones and big wave of hops will transport you to Califoregon in an instant.
Bateman Wainfleet, Lincs Dark Mild
Beowulf Birmingham Dragon Smoke Stout
3%
4.7%
A creamy mild with a fruity palate, some roast character and a hoppy finish.
Dark malts and roasted barley combine to produce a smoldering "chocolate" flavour.
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Gold Work
3.7%
5.1%
A distinctive, well balanced bitter, with a refreshing dry bitterness on the palate and pleasing hoppy finish
A clear wheat beer
Yella Belly Gold
A golden colour, refreshing beer brewed with lager malt and Chinook and Cascade hops.
SINGLES BAR Golden, hoppy, piney and grapefruity. A hop bitter finish you would expect from an IPA.
Golden Swallow
Bexar County Peterborough
3.9%
4%
Brewed with Pilsner and crystal malts and Styrian, Goldings, Bobek and Cascade hops which infuse subtle passion fruit and citrus flavours.
XXXB
4.5%
Superb strong bitter with a complex palate, consisting of a delicate aroma of hops delightfully balanced by a prominent malty character.
Salem Porter
4.7%
A porter with a dry roast, nutty palate and rich malty aftertaste.
Bath Ales Warmley, Avon Special Pale Ale
3.7%
Golden colour and prominent citrus aroma, light and crisp, and is dry without being harsh.
Gem
4.1%
Rich aroma of hops and malt, and a long, deep, bittersweet finish
Beamish Stables Beamish, County Durham Burnt Brown 4.5% A red north eastern style brown ale. Full bodied ale.
Beerd Bristol NEW BREWERY
Razor
4.2%
SINGLES BAR No tasting notes at time of printing.
Superweizen
7.2%
NEW BREWERY
Vaquero
3.7%
A copper coloured, light, hoppy, and easy drinking beer. This is the type of beer a vaquero (cowboy) would reach for after a long days work out on the range
Anciano aka MJF
6.3%
A light hoppy beer with bitter notes running from start to finish. A must for the hopheads!Âś
Papa Steve
9%
Roasted malts take centre stage while the 90+ IBUs sing the harmony. A well balanced American Imperial Stout that will continue to bombard your taste buds long after you have had the last drink.
Rick's Victory Vanilla Milk Stout
5.8%
SINGLES BAR The aroma is roasty and vanilla. The initial flavor is roast and dark chocolate, but then becomes roasty and sweet with a touch of vanilla towards the end.
Gose
4%
SINGLES BAR Pronounced Goes-uh, this is in old styled wheat beer which is salty, slightly sour, and with a hint of coriander.
Big Lamp Newburn, Northumberland Sunny Daze 3.6% A very light, well hopped beer
5.5%
SINGLES BAR A charged Hefeweizen with a sweet citrus hoppiness alongside flavours of orange, biscuit and spicy cloves.
Belleville Wandsworth, London SW12 NEW BREWERY
Commonside Pale
I.P.A.
5%
Fresh as newly mown grass, golden and sparkling.
Keelman Brown
5.7%
A full bodied ale with a hint of toffee
Bird’s Bromsgrove, Worcestershire Summer Daze 4.2% A pale, straw coloured ale brewed with Citra hops to give a citrus, dry, hoppy, bitter finish.
Skullduggery
5.2%
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the beer list Bitches at Brodies Huddersfield, Leyton TBC 6% SINGLES BAR Could be anything.
Black Sheep Masham, North Yorkshire Best 3.8% Fuggles hops against a malty background
Riggwelter
5.9%
Deep chestnut brown colour with an aroma of freshly roasted coffee
Black Bar Harston, Cambridgeshire NEW BREWERY
Blacklight
4%
Rich evening sun gold in colour with Casade hops on the nose, Progress on the bitterness and a touch of Pioneer in the middle.
Black Economy
4.6%
Hopped black ale.
Vanilla Porter
4.4%
Presumably a porter flavoured with vanilla. Sounds good.
Box Steam Holt, Wiltshire Derail Ale
5.2%
A wonderfully hoppy traditional India Pale Ale. Full flavoured with an intense floral aroma, finished with well balanced bitterness
Evening Star
7.5%
SINGLES BAR Almost Black with a subtle vanilla, chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted barley bitterness.
Brampton Chesterfield, Derbyshire Tudor Rose 4.6% A well-balanced and creamy pale ale. Dominated by new-world citrus hops
Brass Castle Pocklington, East Yorkshire Bad Kitty 5.5%
Blue Bell Whaplode St Catherine, Lincs. Old Honesty 4.1%
A chewy chocolate vanilla dream of a porter
Popular award winning beer. A traditional well balanced beer brewed using premium Maris Otter malt & four hop varieties.
A US West Coast hop-forward IPA. Bitterness is balanced by malt sweetness in this IPA and dry hopping rounds out the aroma.
Ingle Dingle Ale
Brecon Brewing Brecon, Powys Three Beacons 3%
5.1%
No tasing notes for this local beer.
Blue Monkey Guiltbrook, Notts. Marmoset 3.6%
Sunshine
5.7%
Pale golden APA remarkably full flavoured and extensively hopped. A beer that truly defies its strength.
Pale and hoppy, with a full fruity flavour for a low ABV beer.
Orange Beacons
B.G. Sips
Brewsters Grantham, Lincolnshire Hophead 3.6%
4%
A pale and intensely hoppy beer. Enticing tropical fruit aromas, finished with a good level of bitterness.
Infinity + 1
5.6%
An infinitely satisfying pale ale, brewed with Citra hops from the USA for a punchy hop presence.
4.3%
A clear summer wheat beer infused with fresh oranges.
A pale hoppy brew with a fresh floral hop character from a blend of English and American hops.
Hopstocks
4%
A traditional malty bitter with a hoppy twist.
Herbal, piney and citrus with a firm refreshing bitterness. Spicy citrus with a blackcurrant tang from the Endeavour hops.
Guerilla
Black Watch
Sanctuary
4.1% 4.9%
A creamy stout, full of roast malt flavour and a slightly sweet finish.
Dirty Monkey
5.4%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Beer brewed by the PBF cellar team. Boggart Hole Clough Manchester
Meme
3.8%
A lager style ale with an amazing tropical flavour and aroma. 22 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
5.5%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Black beer with complex roast notes from carafa, crystal and caramalts. Lots of Simcoe, Galaxy & Summit hops. Tropical fruit and rich citrus.
Bristol Beer Factory Bristol Milk Stout 4.5% Smooth chocolatey sweetness and balancing coffee bitterness with hints of dark fruits.
the beer list Southville Hop
6.5%
American inspired IPA. Not for the faint hearted packed with tropical fruit flavours and aromas.
Brown Cow Barlow, North Yorks. Sessions 3.6% A pale hoppy session beer, drinks full for its strength. Refreshing finish with citrus notes in the aftertaste
Hop 2 It
4.3%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Premium pale ale. Lager malt, Summit, Chinook and Cascade hops.
Brüpond Leyton, London E10 NEW BREWERY
Sweet Bee Honey’d Wheat
4.5%
A delicate balance of hops, barley and wheat, with a light dose of honey.
Bumpmill Shirland, Derbyshire NEW BREWERY
Drops of Jupiter
4%
Blonde pale ale with citrus grapefruit notes leading to a slightly bitter finish
Hearts of Gold
4.2%
Golden pale ale
Buntingford Royston, Hertfordshire Single Hop 4% Which hop will it be?
Sunstar
4.3%
Golden coloured with a sweet fruity bitter finish. Brewed with Brewers Gold hops from Germany.
Imperial Pale Ale
7.2%
Ivy League
4.9%
Seriously hoppy light crisp and dry American pale ale using a blend of American hops and Maris Otter barley for a full citrus hoppy aroma.
Castle Rock Nottingham Black Gold
3.8%
A well balanced dark mild ale with some bitterness, full bodied, but not overly sweet.
Harvest Pale
3.8%
Kilned malt with a blend of American hops. The hops are very noticeable and lead to a crisp aftertaste.
Honey Bee
4.8%
Brewed with honey and Endeavour hops.
Castor Castor, Cambs. Roman Gold
3.7%
A refreshing summer bitter, well hopped, with a light nutty after taste.
Castorware Mild
4.4%
A malty, nutty mild with hints of bitter chocolate and a subtle English hop aroma.
The Atomic Number of Krypton
5.1%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Unlike krypton this beer has colour, taste and smell. It's copper colour gives way to a malty flavour balanced by amarillo hops and flavoured by late additions and dry hops. A festival special.
Chantry Rotherham, South Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
New York Pale
3.9%
SINGLES BAR Brewed with a blend of pale malts and heavily-hopped with Bramling Cross, Amarillo, Liberty and Centennial.
A pale session bitter with a refreshing citrus taste and a crisp bitter finish. Brewed using the flavoursome Cascade and Centennial American hops and finest Maris Otter malt.
Buzzard Llandyrnog, Clwyd
Iron & Steel Bitter
NEW BREWERY
Pale of Clwyd
4.2%
Pale coloured full bodied well hopped with cascade, fuggles & goldings
Cambridge Brewing Co. Cambridge NEW BREWERY
Misty River
4.2%
Hoppy pale ale features a subtle blend of English, European and American hops to give a floral and citrus aroma with long tasting hints of grapefruit and spice
Lions Share
4.4%
SINGLES BAR Classic taste of traditional British barley pitted against modern antipodean hops, to create a fantastically thirst quenching bitter. 24 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
4%
Chestnut-coloured, complex spicy flavours of dark fruits with a clean finish. An easy drinking true Yorkshire session bitter.
Church End Nuneaton, Warwickshire Goat’s Milk 3.8% Golden yellow nectar. Pale barley, crystal malt and oats, blend to fill the palate with flavour. Aromatic hops dance over the tongue for a gentle hop finish
Bats in the Belfry
5.6%
A soft, full flavoured wheat beer made with real grapefruit
Brewt
8%
SINGLES BAR Pale & hoppy, with fruit aromas, followed by a full bodied bitterness
the beer list Clarence & Fredericks Croydon, Greater London NEW BREWERY
American Pale Ale
4.5%
Lots of American hops create a blend of piney and citrus aromas and flavours. Hops include Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Galena, and Summit
Coastal Redruth, Cornwall Summer Wakes
4.2%
Dancing Duck Derby, Derbyshire Dcuk 4.3% A great aroma and powerful upfront hoppy bitterness give way to an explosion of citrus and pine flavours. A full on hop attack not for the faint hearted!
Dark Drake
4.5%
A smooth drinking velvety, oatmeal stout with a freshly roasted coffee and toffee finish.
Seduction
5.2%
Golden single hop beer brewed with new experimental hop 366.
A malt led beer, dark fruit flavours are followed by a lingering powerful American hop.
Sunshine I.P.A.
Dark Star Ansty, West Sussex Art of Darkness 3.5%
6%
Golden ale Full flavoured golden IPA. Lots of citrus hops to give a fruity flavour. Full bodied and rounded.
Fools I.P.A.
7.4%
SINGLES BAR Deep golden ale with citrus hop & fruity flavours, sweet bitter finish in this powerful true IPA.
Copper Kettle Rushden, Northants. NEW BREWERY
Ginger Beer
3.6%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL This special probably contains ginger.
Cornucopia
4%
A range of dark malts bring classic roasted flavours along with a hint of sweetness. Warrior bittering hops are used, along with a blend of the finest aroma hops to add fruit and spicy flavours,
Hophead
3.8%
Pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops
Sunburst
4.8%
A hint of initial sweetness adds to the fruitiness and grapefruit tang of this summer ale without detracting from its clean flavour and rich hop aroma.
A darker gold session ale which utilises First Gold and Chinook hops
Deeply Vale Bury, Greater Manchester
Ned Kelly Oatlaw Stout
Stillwalking
4.5%
Drinking strength oatmeal stout.
Craddock’s Stourbridge, West Midlands Capra 5%
NEW BREWERY
3.8%
A light, well balanced, easy drinking session ale, with a fruity aroma and a velvety smooth feel.
Digfield Barnwell, Northants. Fool's Nook 3.8%
A pale, lightly hopped, fruity premium bitter. a sweet leading to dry finish, with grapefruit & pineapple undertones.
Golden summer bitter well hopped with a refreshing citrus aftertaste.
Troll
Tipple
5.4%
A deceptively strong, sophisticated golden ale, with a bitter sweet taste, and dry hop finish.
Crouch Vale South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Citra 3.9% Wonderful, refreshing zesty aromas top off a pale, light biscuity body. .
Brewers Gold
4%
Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival 2005 and 2006.
Junga
4.1%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Golden ale will take full advantage of the blackcurranty, grapefruity characteristics of this lovely Polish hop.
4.2%
A golden, well balanced bitter with a refreshing, hoppy aftertaste.
Mad Monk
4.8%
Deliciously full-bodied and slightly darker, this strong ale has hints of malt and chocolate in the finish
Doncaster Doncaster, South Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
MapfestivAle
4%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Dark blond beer infused with crushed coriander. A refreshing citrusy / grapefruit flavour with a dry finish.
First Aviation Pale
5%
Copper with a mild citrus aroma, named after the first aircraft races in England at Doncaster Racecourse 1909.
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the beer list The Plant Porter
5%
Almost black malty porter with a spicy earthy aroma, a slightly spicy bitter flavour and a hint of coffee/chocolate.
Dorset Piddle Piddlehinton, Dorset Silent Slasher 5.1% Blonde lager style beer crafted with the finest extra pale malt and wheat. Deceivingly light.
Dukeries Worksop, Nottinghamshire NEW BREWERY
Baronet
3.9%
Hand crafted traditional chestnut bitter with good hops on the nose and bags of fruity flavours going on to the end with a dry bitter finish.
Ray of Sunshine
4.2%
Pale, easy drinking beer brewed with English hops and Nottingham yeast.
Exmoor Wiveliscombe, Somerset Silver Stallion 4.3% A complex mix of four hops - Goldings, Bramling Cross, Northdown and WGV - plus a pinch of chocolate malt joining pale malt in the mash, produced a robustly flavoured beer with a fruity nose (hints of blackcurrant).
Gold
4.5%
Enticing gold in colour. The nose is an interplay between a fresh bouquet of grassy and floral hop and a subtly soft, fluffy caramel-tinged maltiness
Beast
6.6%
Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts, and hopped with Goldings, Challenger and Brewers Gold, it is dark mahogany-brown in colour
Fell Fluckburgh, Cumbria NEW BREWERY
Patriot Wheat
4.8%
East London Brewing Co. London E10 Nightwatchman 4.5%
Additions of orange peel and elderflowers keeps things fresh, floral and fruity
It's red-tinged in colour and is relatively well hopped
Pale
Elgood Wisbech Black Dog
3.6%
5.1%
Relatively low in bitterness and with an uncomplicated malt base, the hops are added late and in abundance
Well balanced malt and hops gives a pleasant aroma and taste, with splendid roasted bitter flavours.
Flipside Nottingham, Notts. Random Toss 4.4%
Prawn Free
Refreshing pale ale with lemon and lime tropical fruit flavours. Brewed using quality malt giving it a light golden colour
3.7%
Apparently not made with seafood.
Double Dog
6.5%
SINGLES BAR A near black beer with a ruby hue and an off-white head. A strong mild with fruity flavours.
Black Eagle Imperial Stout
8.7%
The main characters of the Imperial stout are bitter chocolate with rum & raisin.
Elland Elland, West Yorkshire Goldrush 4.6%
Flowerpots Cheriton, Hampshire Flowerpots Bitter 3.8% A dry, hoppy traditional bitter with a light bronze colour
Elder Ale
3.8%
A dry beer, very light in colour, with a hint of elderflower. Refreshing and fragrant
Stormchaser
4.5%
A golden pale ale, brewed using three different malts and Challenger & Amarrillo hops for a floral and spicy aroma with balanced flavour.
Golden, hoppy and fragrant. A dry beer for those who like strong hop flavour & aroma.
Legacy
SINGLES BAR Brewed with a blend of soft malts.
4.9%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL A golden bitter, using a blend of American and English hops, then dry-hopped with citrus Centennial specially for PBF.
1872 Porter
6.5%
A port aroma with a coffee and chocolate flavour. Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2010 and 2013.
Oh Mister Porter
6.5%
SINGLES BAR Rich and dark, a port aroma with a coffee and chocolate flavour. Unfined and matured with oak chips 26 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
Formosa
I.P.A.
5.3%
6%
Brewed with powerful North American Simcoe hops to give a strong fruity hop flavour which balances the weight of malt in a traditional IPA.
Forge Hartland, Devon Devon Maid
4%
A copper coloured ale with a fresh citrus nose, fruity flavours with a powerful hoppy finish that leaves you wanting more.
Real Ales always available Including Roosters Yankee, Sharps Doom Bar and local ales about 5 minutes walk from the peterborough Beer Festival Head away from town over the town bridge, turn right down Oundle Rd and then turn left into Grove Street and we are on the corner.
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4.3%
Golden colour, light and hoppy citrus notes with a hint of elderflower and a bitter finish
Fox Heacham, Norfolk S.H.S.
3.8%
Superior I.P.A.
Gas Dog Burrough-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire NEW BREWERY
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Your guess is as good as mine for this special.
Gas Dog Ale
Heacham Gold
Chocolate, dark malty brew.
3.9%
A gentle beer with light citrus airs. A low but increasing bitterness is the major flavour as some initial sweet hoppiness quickly declines.
Grizzly Beer
4.8%
Honey wheat beer brewed from an American recipe.
7.1%
Deep amber colours with aromas of apricot and peach. Flavours of tropical and stone fruits with a smooth balanced hoppiness leading to a long bittersweet finish.
4%
Red Setter
4%
A red ale?
Goosenargh Goosenargh, Lancashire NEW BREWERY
Bit O' Blonde
4%
Froth Blowers Erdington, Birmingham, B24
Blonde ale
NEW BREWERY
Grafters Willingham by Stow, Lincolnshire Moonlight 3.6%
Piffle Snonker
4%
It's a sort of brass sceptre used in Froth Blower ceremonies. No idea about the beer.
Fuller’s Chiswick, London W4 London Pride 4.1%
A very light citrus beer, made from pale malt and torrefied wheat
Darker Side of the Moon
4.2%
Known and loved for its smooth, distinctive malty base and rich balance of hops flavours
Classed as a strong mild with a deceptively smooth, chocolaty taste. Made from pale, crystal and chocolate malts with torrefied wheat.
1845
Chastise
6.3%
A rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish'
Imperial Russian Stout
10.7%
SINGLES BAR Rich & dark with chocolate and cherry & a hint of Kalamata olives. Slight Turkish Delight flavour due to infused rose buds.
Fry’s Boyton, Cornwall Haven
Sensible bitter, smooth with a nice hint of Goldings and Cascade hops. Very refreshing all year round
Ruby Chough
Grafton Brewing Co. Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Framboise
4.5%
A deep ruby ale from a fantastic match of the best pale and abbey malts creating an IPA with a difference, the heavy hopping of blackcurrant and blackberry spicy hops
Fyne Ales Achadunan, Argyll Rune 3.5%
4%
A deep amber coloured with exceptional clarity. Fruity flavours and a slight liquorice aftertaste.
Coco Loco 4.2%
6.17%
SINGLES BAR No info on this one.
5%
SINGLES BAR A dark beer, moderately hoppy with toffee and coconut accents. Made using German malts and hops with added coconut oil.
Charioteer
6.5%
Smooth beer with a blend of American hops.
Grainstore Oakham, Rutland Rutland Panther 3.4%
Delicate nose of straw, light grass and faintly toasted dough. Light sweet flavour with a sturdy bitterness of grass and pale hay.
A refreshing well balanced dark mild, whose chocolate and fruity flavours compliment its roasted long bitter finish. Primed using a combination of rich dark sugars, this beer is a taste sensation
Zombier
Gold
6.9%
A deep black porter with a caramel tan head. Big aromas and flavours of treacle, toffee and liquorice with hints of chocolate and coffee. A lingering roasted malt bitterness returns from the dead with bite
4.5%
A refreshing, light golden brew, whose flavour is a complex of mellow malt sweetness finely balanced against a subtle floral aroma and smooth bitterness
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5.3%
Hand Drawn Bexar Monkey
Rutland Beast is strong yet exceptionally balanced. Dark earthy brown in colour, its fantastic flavours blend together to produce a mind blowing great beer
Huddersfield 0 Peterborough 3 NEW BREWERY
Great Heck Great Heck, North Yorkshire Five 5%
SINGLES BAR But will you be able to count to ten?
No tasting notes
Harbour Bodmin, Cornwall Light
Black Jesus
6.5%
123.45
7%
3.7%
Black IPA with biblical quantities of premium hops.
Clean and hoppy, with tropical fruit notes
Green Jack Lowestoft, Suffolk Trawlerboys Best Bitter 4.6%
Amber
Full-bodied and a copper-coloured premium bitter brewed with English whole cone hops,rich and malty with fruity hop flavours
Rising Sun
5%
Strong pale ale with fruity, spicy hop aromas and a crisp bitterness.
Ripper
8.5%
Strong, sweet and fruity with a warming finish
Baltic Trader
10.5%
SINGLES BAR Extra strong export stout. Smooth, rich and fruity with roasted coffee & vanilla flavours
Hamelsworde Hemsworth, West Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Spanish Stout
4.2%
SINGLES BAR A traditional stout with strong roasted flavours and a sweet liquorice taste complimented by aniseed
Haley’s Comet
4.5%
Harthill Village Harthill, South Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Hart Stopper
Hart's Desire
Harrogate Harrowgate, North Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Pine Woods Pale Ale
Olympia
4.5%
Red rye beer with fruity hops and citrus aroma.
I.P.A.
3.7%
SINGLES BAR Take care - the hops are wild.
4.2%
A cool golden summer ale. Very refreshing with a balanced complexity
Lewes Castle Brown Ale
4.8%
A traditional full malty 'brown ale' with coffee and liquorice notes
English mild ale.
WWJD What Would Jephers Do?
5.6%
SINGLES BAR Pale gold, fruity and zesty.
Hand Drawn Monkey Huddersfield, West
3.3%
4.4%
A slightly darker golden or amber premium ale brewed with a special blend of Slovenian Styrian Goldings and American Cascade hops complementing a classic combination of crystal and Maris Otter malts.
Harvey Lewes, Sussex Sussex Wild Hop I.P.A.
Untraditional Tradition
4%
A classic hoppy blonde ale brewed with pale Maris Otter malted barley. The choicest Australian Galaxy and American Cascade hops are used to give a fresh, pungent aroma of citrus and berry fruits with hints of zest and spice.
SINGLES BAR A fresh summery ale which is light and easily quaffed, Amarillo, Cascade and Fuggles give this beer a citrus aroma and taste Yorks. NEW BREWERY
4%
Amber Ale is a malt driven ale with caramel and toffee flavour. Finished with mild floral hops
5%
One of several IPAs from this brewery.
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Harviestoun Alva, Stirlingshire Schiehallion 4.8% Like the famous mountain it takes its name from, the gutsy craft lager, Schiehallion (pronounced “She-hal-ion”) brings intense reward for the sort who like to plant their flag at the very top.
the beer list Ola Dubh 12
10%
This amazing brew has been aged in selected oak casks formerly used to mature Highland Park 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, adding complementary whisky notes to this chocolatey, bittersweet beer.
Old Engine Oil
10.5%
SINGLES BAR This beer is just the job for anyone who appreciates beautifully engineered stuff that used to be made properly. So undo the top button of your pressed pits overalls, ease into the wingback and roll out a rare taste of a truly great British beer
Ola Dubh 30
11%
SINGLES BAR Made by taking Old Engine Oil and aging it for up to 6 months in casks that previously held Highland Park’s phenomenal 30 Year Old Single Malt Whisky.
Hastings St. Leonards, Sussex Blonde 3.9% American hops meet European elderflowers in a subtly sweet, bitter and hoppy beer. Refreshing on a summer’s day; perfect to recapture that summery feeling at any time of year.
Best
4.1%
A tasty traditional best bitter, made with classic English hops. East Kent Goldings lend a pleasing fruitiness; Fuggles an earthy bitterness. A good solid ale, nicely done.
Highland Swannay by Evie, Orkney Orkney Best 3.9%
Hop Studio Elvington, East Yorkshire Zest 4.5% A light bodied, lemon infused wheat beer; refreshing, packed with citrus flavours and a smooth finish.
Vindhya
6%
Contemporary strong IPA style beer, full of powerful hops with a bitter sweet end.
Hopshackle Market Deeping, Lincs. American Pale Ale 4.3% An amber coloured ale with a fruity zesty aroma . The taste is citrus hop with background gooseberry and lychees and a dry bitter finish
Smoked Porter
5.2%
A dark red beer with an aroma of malt, roasted grain and smoke .
Fire Belly
7%
Amber coloured beer loaded with intense hop flavours of citrus and tropical fruits.
Restoration 2010
10%
SINGLES BAR Belgian strong ale 2010 vintage
Sarah Hughes Sedgeley, West Midlands Dark Ruby Mild 6% Smooth and fruity, with gentle pear drop notes, light chocolate and a malty softness.
Hunters Ipplepen, Devon Deuce
4%
A light hoppy beer with vanilla pod and strawberries.
A very refreshing, easy drinking beer. Hopped with American, Polish and New Zealand hops early and late in the copper.
Pheasant Plucker
Dark Munro
A speciality beer using fresh apples has been designed to complement The Crispy Pig Hog Roast company.
4%
A fantastic darker ale which has a changing drinking profile.
Hop Back Downton, Salisbury Redsell's EKG 3.9% This is a classic English bitter, a celebration of the best of our native malt and hops. Expect a burnished copper colour, strong malty flavour with a clean lemon and spice finish.
Entire Stout
4.5%
4.3%
Warm, rounded yet surprisingly delicate dark strong ale
Crispy Pig
4.5%
Hunters Gold
4.8%
Golden full-bodied malted beer. The first brewed for Hunters Brewery, this ale is a lovely malty flavour hopped with Golding a typically English hop.
Royal Hunt
5.5%
Brewed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. A premium strong ale with a bitter sweet citrus finish.
Black Jack
6%
A rich dark stout with a strong roasted malt flavour and a long, smooth aftertaste. Suitable for vegans
Premium strong but light stout that is well balanced with a caramel undertone.
Summer Lightning
Iceni Ickburgh, Norfolk Granary Ale
5%
An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma.
4.5%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL A red ale, complex with a rich mouth feel and a long hop finish after a two hour boil and five hop additions.
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5%
Smooth drinking golden ale with a beautiful aftertaste
Isca Holcombe, Devon Limited Edition #13
3.8%
No tasting notes for this brewery.
Dawlish Pale
5%
Midnight Bell
4.8%
A premium dark mild. Crystal and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this award winning ale
Lees Middleton, Manchester Brewer's Dark
3.5%
Jolly Sailor Riccall, East Yorkshire
This dark coloured beer is smooth, well- rounded and light to drink. It has enticingly sweet undertones of liquorice and chocolate, and a full malty aftertaste
NEW BREWERY
Manchester Pale Ale
No tasting notes for this brewery.
Jolly Blonde
4%
Blonde beer with a citrus taste
Keystone Berwick St. Leonard, Wiltshire Gold Hill 4% Hoppier than Gold Standard with the addition of English Cascade hops
V.P.A.
4.6%
Moonraker
Late Knights London SE 20 NEW BREWERY
Crack of Dawn
Kinver Brewery Kinver, Staffordshire Maybug 4.8%
Old Red Eyes
Over the Edge
7.5%
A light coloured winter warmer
Lacons Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NEW BREWERY
Encore
3.8%
Glowing with a pale amber hue, this flavour packed ale leads with delicate fruit aromas, comfortably balancing a dry pine and citrus crescendo of flavour throughout.
Hiatus
4%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Auburn with a bracing citrus fragrance of lemon and lime. Initial bitterness mellows giving way to an influx of passion and other tropical fruits.
Legacy
4.4%
This blonde ale has an abundantly refreshing citrus aroma. This intensifies into a deliciously deep wave of lemon and lime.
Affinity
4.8%
Robustly full bodied with a chestnut tint, the ale's complex passion fruit and lychee tartness leaps forward followed by a balance of fruit and malt on the finish.
Leeds Leeds, West Yorkshire Funfair 3.6% A straw coloured summer beer. A crisp clean light coloured beer flavoured with English hops to reflect the traditions of British summer time. 32 Peterborough Beer Festival 2012
6.5%
This reddish brown beer has a strong, fruity aroma accompanied by a rich, sweet flavour
Light in colour with subtle malt flavours and medium bitterness leading to crisp hop flavours and aromas.
A top fermented German style cask conditioned lager
3.7%
MPA is a golden ale made from all British malt, Liberty and Mount Hood hops.
3.9%
Easy drinking pale ale. It is fresh and full of flavour
4.5%
Double hopped with Pacific Jade hops. This amber-red ale has an equal depth in colour and taste with caramel flavours and hints of butterscotch.
Hairy Dog
6%
It has coffee and chocolate hints, but with the big punch of a cracking IPA
Magic Rock Oakes, West Yorkshire Simpleton I.P.A. 2.6% SINGLES BAR This is a beer totally devoid of common sense, the jester in the pack, a complete Simpleton.
Rapture
4.6%
Full bodied, heavenly hoppy red beer. 5 types of malt and 6 types of hops make for a truly elating experience. Uplifting aromas of grapefruit and pine, combine with a pithy orange and pronounced citrus flavour.
Highwire
5.5%
Mango, lychee and lip-smacking grapefruit flavours harmonise against a smoothly composed malt base, which develops into a crisply bitter finish
Magpie Nottingham, Notts. Monty's Firkin
4.6%
Premium ale, sunset yellow colour, peppery nose, mixed fruit cocktail and spicy taste
Mallinson’s Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Mount Pleasant Mild 3.7% Very dark brown with an off-white head. The aroma is fruit and slight treacle toffee, the taste is dark fruits and
the beer list toffee with a slight bitter finish.
Mosaic (Dry Hopped)
4%
One of a range of single hopped beers brewed only using Mosaic hops from the USA. Pale blonde with a spicy fresh nose, a bitter sharp grapefruit flavour, and a bitter intense finish.
Amarillo
4.2%
Very pale gold with a light orange citrus nose, bitter orange hop taste and long bitter, dry-ish finish. Brewed only using Amarillo hops.
Castle Hill Premium
4.6%
Gold appearance with a fruity citrus hop nose, bitter grapefruity citrus hops in the mouth with a long citrusy bitter hop finish.
Malthouse Ossett, West Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Insomniac Stout
4%
Rich smooth stout packed with roasted coffee flavour
Angel Weiss
4.5%
SINGLES BAR Light wheat beer flavoured with citrus peel and coriander to provide a floral summer flavour.
Marble Manchester Draft
3.9%
A discreet malt base carries refreshing citrus aroma, grassy/floral finish. with an assertive bitterness
Chocolate Marble
5%
This long standing recipe is brewed with an emphasis on chocolate malts; this unclassifiable beer straddles milds to porters, tasting of coffee, cocoa and liquorice with a quenching bitter finish.
Earl Grey
6.8%
SINGLES BAR With timed additions of Earl Grey during fermentation, heavy infused hopping and traditional cask maturing. the result is a citrus fruit aroma , smooth sleek texture, hop notes are brilliantly complimented by bergamot and a light tannic finish.
Mauldons Sudbury, Suffolk Christie's Golden Ale
3.9%
Light golden with distinctive citrus hop nose.
Festival Special TBC
?%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL No info on this special.
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4.8%
A full bodied, black porter with a balanced hop aroma and rich blend of chocolate and roast flavours that give way to a subtle sweet fruit finish
Melwood Prescott, Merseyside NEW BREWERY
Fools Gold
5%
No details for this beer.
Mile Tree Wisbech St. Mary, Cambs. NEW BREWERY
Adventurer
4%
Moorhouse’s Burnley, Lancashire Black Cat 3.4% Dark, refreshing beer with a distinct chocolate malt flavour and smooth hoppy finish
Pure Witch
4%
Peach and pear overtones
Blonde Witch
4.5%
This is as light as you can get with a lager colour (minus the bubbles)
Navigation Nottingham Stout
4.4%
Golden full-flavoured beer with a ripe, generous fruitiness and a fresh light hop character from East Kent Goldings late addition hops
Traditional, robust stout with roast almonds and chocolate flavours perfectly balanced with a tight creamy head.
Strawberry Blonde
Scutum
4.3%
4.5%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Amber full-bodied aromatic flavour with a spicy hop finish. Dry hopped with East Kent Goldings.
A rich golden ale full of citrus fruit aromas, spectacular in thirst quenching hoppy flavours
Wellstream
A healthy straw colour with powerful citrus fruit balanced with malty sweetness and robust bitter flavours
4.9%
Ruby brown, full-bodied malty beer with a deep bitter sweet finish. Brewed with Maris Otter malted barley and three English hops, Challenger, Goldings and East Kent Goldings.
Porter (tbc)
6%
Nene Valley Oundle, Northants. JLB Jim’s Little Brother 3.8% A session strength IPA, warmly golden with pleasant passionfruit and grapefruit hop flavours.
OZP Australian Pale 3.3%
A rich dark mild with bags of character from the lavish use of chocolate malt
Justinian
3.9%
Yellow colour. Aroma: lemon, citrus fruits, floral. Flavour: light sweet, tangerines, biscuits.
Domus Sanctus Petri
6.0%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Strong golden ale. Tropical fruits and powerful New Zealand hop characters feature, with a balanced finish.
Moncada London W10 Notting Hill Summer
5.5%
5.4%
SINGLES BAR Not sure which stout this is.
Milton Milton, Cambs Minotaur
Apus
5.2%
SINGLES BAR A refreshing American style IPA brewed with lager malts well balanced with a full American hop.
SINGLES BAR Not sure which porter this is.
Stout (tbc)
Traditional I.P.A.
3.2%
Refreshing pale ale with a burst of English berry and tropical flavours.
4.4%
A rich golden ale with a floral aroma preceding citrus and tropical fruit flavour from the Australian Galaxy hops.
Wharf Anniversary Gold (WAG)
5.8%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Warm golden beer fairly dry. Late additions of an experimental hop give tropical fruit flavour and aroma.
Newby Wyke Grantham, Lincs H.M.Y. Britannia 4.2% Pale coloured ale with a sharp bitter taste which mellows to a fruity citrus.
Black Squall
4.6%
A traditional porter style beer with a smooth bitter aftertaste
U.S.S. Winston S. Churchill
5%
A fresh ale with hoppy citrus notes and a lovely balance.
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Matt and Emma welcome you to the
freshly made pizza’s cooked in an authentic wood fired pizza oven every Friday from 5.30-10pm
Tel: 01778 560238 Barholm, Stamford, Lincs PE9 4RA
Live Music
A Traditional Ale House with an open fire
17th August: Pennyless and BBQ from 365 smokin hot BBQ , 8-11pm 26th August: The Collaborators and BBQ from Groovy Foods from Toft
2pm-6pm
Six Real Ales with four on rotation 3 Ciders • 2 Lagers • Fine Wine & Spirits large beer garden • Pool room Opening Times
open from 4pm week days 1pm saturday and 12pm sundays
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the beer list Tirpitz 2012
5.4%
Inferno
4%
Cloudy wheat beer with cloves and hops in the initial taste and a slight banana aftertaste.
Aroma is complex, hoppy and intense fruits beautifully dry and amazingly zesty.
Nobby’s Guilsborough, Northamptonshire Virtue 4%
Citra
No details for this beer.
Biggus Dickus
4.2%
Golden Ale, full mouth feel with an explosion of hops at the end
Norfocopia Didlington, Norfolk NEW BREWERY
Elder
4.6%
A strong premium beer of structured quality dominated by elaborate fruity hop notes
6%
5.8%
Green Devil I.P.A. 6%
North Riding Scarborough, North Yorks. IBUless 4.2% Single hop Nelson Sauvin beer with no bittering hops added. All the hops are late in the boil
4.5%
Pale ale using 4 Australian hops Summer,Galaxy,Topaz and Ella.
Wizards Sleeve
Bishop’s Farewell
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Brewed to celebrate the brewery’s 20th Birthday. Will it have hops? OH YES!
SINGLES BAR Nothing known about this group
Aussie Punch
4.4%
Gooseberries and fruit to taste leaving a sharp bitter crisp & hoppy finish
XX
SINGLES BAR Nothing known about this group
Gorse Flower
Scarlett Macaw
6%
Nothing known about this group
Birch Sap
4.2%
A light refreshing beer with pungent grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry aromas leading to a dry, bitter finish.
6%
6%
Amazing hop harvest aroma with tropical fruit bursting through. juicy, fruity and superbly hoppy bitter dry finish.
Tranquility
6.5%
A golden beer which blasts off with powerful grapefruit/citrus aromas and flavours, touching down with an intense and satisfying bitter finish
Attila
7.5%
Fruit notes and elderflower on aroma. Taste of ripe red berries and citrus fruit, with a long, bitter, fruity finish
X-Terminator
7.9%
SINGLES BAR Black IPA using copious amounts of the new Mosaic hop variety
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Amber gold with spicy, oaky and pine aromas and flavours of spiced oranges with sweet toffee malts and bitter lemon, peppery, pine and grapefruit hops.
Nutbrook West Hallam, Derbyshire Black Beauty 5%
Oldershaw Grantham Barkston Bitter
An Old English traditional milk stout with a secret ingredient giving undertones of chocolate, honey & nuts
Perfect 5
5%
A strong pale ale with beautiful honey tones. The perfect combination of traditional English hops with fresh & fruity American hops
Great Expectations
Oakham Peterborough Endless Summer
Mosaic Blonde 3.4%
This light and refreshing summer beer begins with a fruity nose and taste before an endless wave of grapefruit and bitterness comes and wipes you out
J.H.B.
3.8%
Dry hoppy finish with soft fruit flavours
3.6%
This beer is both vivid and mellow, with delicious waves of softly spiced citrus and an ultra-smooth malt base. A classic style beer at its modern day best.
4.2%
A pale gold beer incorporating citrus-rich Galaxy and Cascade hops
4.3%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Another festival special. No tasting notes
Old Sawley Sawley, Derbyshire NEW BREWERY
Spring Pale
4.1%
SINGLES BAR A refreshing pale ale with citrus overtones
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the beer list Victory Bell
4.1%
Pig Pub Brewing Co. Claybrooke Magna,
SINGLES BAR An amber,malty,traditional session ale.
Leicestershire NEW BREWERY
Toll Bridge Porter
Weiner Best Bitter
4.5%
Smooth, flavours of chocolate, coffee and a hint of vanilla
Ossett Ossett, West Yorkshire Citra 4.2%
3.8%
Hoppy and fruity throughout with a compounding bitterness culminating on a distinct dryness at the finish
Pigs Best Bitter
4.2%
Golden brown in colour with a hint of citrus. The fresh hoppiness comes through at the end with a malt finish
Citrusy pale bitter
Silver Link
4.6%
Citrusy pale bitter
Plain Sutton Veny, Wiltshire Innocence
4%
Out There Newcastle upon Tyne
Pale straw gold, tangerines and grapefruit, malt and caramel
NEW BREWERY
Innthesun
Celestial Love
5.1%
A rich red body with an off white creamy head. The aroma is caramel with a hint of malt loaf and the taste is sweet malt with floral and grapefruit hop flavours.
4%
An amber ale brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, a touch of darker malts, and four different types of hop. We favour English hops for this brew with a touch of Slovenian hops for a distinctive aroma and long finish
4.8%
Like traditional Indian Pale Ales this IPA has a higher ABV. Yet it's still refreshing and satisfying
Parish Burrough on the Hill, Leics Farm Gold 4.2% Light-coloured beer with distinctive hoppy taste and powerful aroma.
30 Years Anniversary Ale
4%
Carnival Ale
4.5%
A golden blonde beer with a complex mango and passionfruit aroma with just a hint of gooseberry.
Private Brewery of Bob St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Sherunkel
3.7%
SINGLES BAR Sherunkel is a dark mild, made from a mix of chocolate, crystal and pale malts and given a gentle bitterness with Progress hops
Bidazzler
4.2%
4.4%
SINGLES BAR A red ale, full of malty flavour and looking like the loveliest thing you have ever seen
12.2%
Slayah
No details for this beer.
Baz's Bonce Blower
NEW BREWERY Blonde with citrus and spice.
NEW BREWERY
Padstow I.P.A.
Portobello London W10 Very Pale Ale (VPA)
Padstow Padstow, Cornwall Padstow Pilot
4.6%
Blonde beer
Strong, very dark beer with a very rich, malty character. A Christmas Pudding Ale.
Pheasantry East Markham, Notts. Pheasantry Dark Ale 4.2%
5.2%
SINGLES BAR Slayah is the answer to the question, "Can you have a premium ale that is strong and subtle?" In case you hadn't guessed, the answer is "Yes".
Smooth, soft, satisfying dark ale with malty flavours, balanced bitterness and a velvety texture
Ramsbury Axford, Wiltshire Sunsplash 4%
Dancing Dragonfly
This pale summery ale looks like a pint of pure sunshine. Full of citrus flavours, Sunsplash is fruity on the nose and boasts a satisfying bittersweet finish.
5%
A refreshing, blonde, summer ale with low to medium bitterness and medium sweetness. The blend of Galaxy, Summit and Cascade hops gives this ale citrus and exotic fruit flavours.
Flintknapper
4.2%
A select blend of pale ale and chocolate malt ‚and use of Goldings hops, have given this smooth ale a rich amber colour and a taste with malty overtones.
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the beer list Rat Huddersfield, West Yorkshire White Rat 4%
Whip It
4.5%
Very pale hoppy ale with American hops
Pale Brown/Golden bitter with honey and apricot hop notes
Black Rat Porter
John & Yoko
4.5%
6.9%
Four different malts combine to give a beer with burnt, coffee and chocolate malt character.
SINGLES BAR IPA with mango, grapefruit and pineapple hop flavours
Raw Staveley, Derbyshire Elderpower
Ringwood Ringwood, Hampshire Old Thumper 5.6%
3.8%
Pale brewed using elderflower finished off with Centennial, Cascade and Citra hops
Warm, rounded yet surprisingly delicate pale strong beer
Anibus Porter
Riverhead Marsden, West Yorkshire Sherbert Lemon 4%
5.2%
Smooth roast malt and mild coffee flavours with a lingering bitterness and gentle hop aroma English hopped version of Grey Ghost IPA, using Pilgrim, Pioneer and Admirial
SINGLES BAR A lovely lemony hit in a light beer. This lager-coloured clear wheat beer is flavoured with lemongrass & lime leaves.
Raw/Arbor Staveley, Derbyshire, Bristol
White Cloud
Empire Ghost I.P.A.
5.9%
4.5%
SINGLES BAR
Heavily hopped IPA with intense citrus hop finish.
BBB (Blueberry Brown Beer) 6.1% Probably a brown beer with blueberries.
Rockingham Blatherwyke, Northants White Rabbit 3.9%
Rebel Penryn, Cornwall Surf Bum
A blonde beer with Galaxy hops from Australia and Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand
3.5%
The exotic hops used give the beer distinctive fruit punch notes both in flavour and smell along with mango and kumquats also being prominent in the taste.
Cornish Sunset
4%
A hoppy golden ale
Red Great Staughton, Cambs. Georgie’s Pebble Mild 3.7%
100 Minute I.P.A.
5.3%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Recipe 1OO since 1997! 5 US hops added at start and for 100 minutes. Classic red IPA packed with fruit & citrus & intense hoppy finish.
Rudgate Tockwith, N. Yorks. Raidho 3.6% Golden coloured easy drinking well rounded fruity ale.
Dark mild, light hop, late hopped with Boadicea.
Pride of Slynn
Valhalla
Something to do with a generously sized cellarman.
5.5%
4.2%
Premium bitter. Bronze coloured strong bitter, balanced hop, late hopped with Progress and First Gold.
Ruby Mild
Orca Stout
6.5%
St Austell St. Austell, Cornwall Goldrush 4%
6.8%
SINGLES BAR No details for this one.
A golden hoppy number in the IPA style and a refreshing citrus beer ideal to quench the thirst on a hot summer’s day.
Redwell Norwich, Norfolk
Tribute
Sorry. Can't find any details.
All Saints XXX Porter
NEW BREWERY
Craft Pilsner
5%
An English lager.
Revolutions Castleford, West Yorkshire E.P. Session Pale 3.9%
4.4%
Mild ale
4.2%
Fruity citrusy hoppy aroma with a light semi sweet fruity taste with a long finish with dryness and some bitterness coming through.
1913 Cornish Stout
5.2%
1913 Cornish Stout is rich, full, smooth and chocolaty, yet is ligth on the palate with no lingering bitterness.
A very pale ale with balanced levels of sweetness and bitterness and with a crisp lemony hop finish.
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the beer list St George's Callow End, Worcestershire White Dragon 3.6%
Hazlenut Coffee Porter
4.6%
Golden in colour with hoppy undertones. This is brewed with Cascade hops for a fruity citrus taste
A smooth, dark red porter with German malts and hops. Additions of fresh ground coffee and roast hazelnut syrup give this speciality beer, depth and complexity
Dragons Blood
New World Red
4.8%
5.2%
Chocolate and crystal malt combined to give a ruby red coloured beer with a hint of chocolate. Brewed using Fuggles and Styrian Goldings.
A deep red malty ale with firm bitterness and citrus notes from blended Australian, American and New Zealand hops
Salopian Shrewsbury, Shropshire Oracle 4%
Sambrook's London SW11 Lavender Hill 4.5%
The intention of the hop character is to be pronounced but not all encompassing, dry but not overtly bitter and a tiny hint of sweetness to add body.
We have taken a lavender honey to brew with a selection of British and French hops to create this delightful honey beer
Boomerang
Powerhouse Porter
6.9%
A surge of pine engulfs the palate while hints of orange and watermelon cascade across a dry and tempered bitter landscape.
Automaton
7%
SINGLES BAR Golden. Swathes of pine and lime.
Saltaire Saltaire, West Yorkshire Amarillo Gold 4.4% A straw coloured bright wheat beer with a light biscuit base, a distinct orange bouquet and intense citrus flavour
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4.9%
No information available
Scarborough Scarborough, North Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Cascades
4.1%
Excellent pale beer with Cascade hops
Settle Settle, North Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Signal Main Line Fruity, subtly sweet IPA
3.6%
the beer list Shiny Derby, Derbyshire
Theakston Masham, North Yorkshire Shot in the Dark 4.2%
NEW BREWERY
Furnace 500
3.8%
Nothing known about this one
Shortts Farm Thorndon, Suffolk NEW BREWERY
Strummer
3.8%
A light, hoppy and easy drinking bitter with a good moreish malty character and mellow hints of citrus to finish
Skiffle
4.5%
Full bodied with complex, rich malty flavours and a clean dry bitter finish
Skinner's Truro, Cornwall Ginger Tosser
3.8%
A lovely hoppy golden ale, fused with Cornish honey, gives this session beer a superb round finish with a hint of ginger.
Lushingtons
4.2%
Using only Cornish barley alongside three unusual hops sourced from the USA
Cornish Knocker
4.5%
Refreshing, golden beer full of life with hops all the way through. Flowery & fruity hops in the mouth and malt undertones,with clean and lasting bittersweet finish.
Slater’s Stafford, Staffordshire Maravilla 4.5% Staffordshire Mara Villa raspberries are added late in the brewing process to give this beer its subtly raspberry hue
Citrus
4.8%
The clean crisp taste of this summer golden beer is produced using lager and Caramalt. The delicate aroma of the classic Pilsner style German Hallertau hop provides the base for the addition of the zest of lemons and limes for a citrus twist.
Star Market Deeping via Norwich Comet 3.8% A refreshing session bitter, pale in colour, combining English barley and American hop varieties to give a zesty bitterness and citrus aromas.
Lightyear
5%
Easy drinking summer pale. Low med bitterness but with plenty of new world hop aroma in the finish.
Steel City Sheffield, South Yorkshire In The Nightshade Eclipse 5.5% Black IPA with Columbus, Mosaic and Nelson Sauvin hops
A fascinating combination of a traditional English brewing technique with Scandinavian dark lager ingredients of rye, wheat and continental hops to give a distinctive and refreshing cask ale
Old Peculier
5.6%
Distinctive banana and black cherry aroma leading to a magnificent Christmas pudding kaleidoscope of flavour. Rich, smooth and sweet
Thornbridge Ashford in the Water, Derbys. Lumford 3.9% Pale ale brewed using New Zealand hops creating aromas of pear, peach and pineapples. Flavours are floral, apples, peach and orange peel. Hoppy bitter finish with clean and crisp passionfruit, grapefruit and gooseberry
Jaipur
5.9%
A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of hoppiness accentuated by honey.
Tiny Rebel Newport, Gwent Flux 4% American black ale.
Fubar
4.4%
A unique schizophrenic beer where you'll face off against floral hoppy flavours up front, leading into a dry spicy bitterness on the back
Cwtch
4.6%
Cwtch is a Welsh Red Ale. Six malts, two US hops and weeks of Tiny Rebel love and attention go into making this unique beer.
Titanic Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Mild 3.5% A mild of classic style full of roast malt and balanced by delicate hops. True to type it has a rounded sweetness and a smooth dry finish
Iceberg
4.1%
A combination of Maris Otter pale malt and fine wheat malt give this refreshing beer real zest. Add refreshing Yakima, Galena and Cascade hops and what you get is a fantastic wheat beer that will hole any passing thirst.
Chocolate & Vanilla Stout
4.5%
Brewed using roast barley and Maris Otter pale malt which give a huge amount of rich body to the beer and a generous amount of English Northdown hops to create a bitter edge, the sweetness comes from the addition of Chocolate and Madagascan Vanilla.
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the beer list Toolmakers Sheffield, South Yorkshire NEW BREWERY
Waen Penstrowed, Powys Blackberry Stout
Jigsaw
Coffee and chocolate with subtle blackberry.
4.2%
Nothing known about this one.
Waen/Asparagus & Kilburn Habit Penstrowed, Powys
Traditional Scottish Ales
The Kilburn Habit
Throsk, Stirlingshire
Big Blonde
4.2%
4.5%
SINGLES BAR
Wells & Young’s Bedford, Bedfordshire Eagle I.P.A. 3.6%
Nothing known about this one.
Tryst Larbert, Stirlingshire Transatlantic Hop Trails
3.8%
Golden single hop ale. Orangey grapefruity citrus.
Wells Eagle is a copper coloured beer with a citrus, sweet and grassy nose. It has a dryish bitterness on the palate and is light, crisp and sharp
Carronade I.P.A.
Bombardier
3.9% 4.2%
4.1%
Packed full of citrus flavours from the distinctive Washington state hops used, combined with pale malt and Carron valley water to create a real thirst- quenching treat.
A burnished copper colour, it has a rich, tempting aroma of peppery hops and raisins, while the palate is dominated by more dark fruit, juicy malt and tangy hops.
Tydd Steam Tydd St. Giles, Cambs. White Rabbit 4.2%
Hummingbird
Deep golden bitter with peach and citrus flavours, heavily hopped with Eldorado hops.
Courage Imperial Russian Stout
Piston Bob
Rich, espresso body with pear overtones and a fresh, smoky, fruity finish.
4.6%
A premium amber bitter, morish with well balanced sweet toffee malt flavours and a crisp, spicy hop finish. Brewed using rare Belgian malts and Czech lager hops
Camarillo Honey
4.7%
FESTIVAL SPECIAL Premium bitter brewed with Amarillo hops and honey.
Ulverston Ulverston, Cumbria Fra Diavlo 4.3% A dark, rich beer with aromas of roasted maltsand flavours of bitter chocolate, espresso coffe with a hint of vanilla
Vale Brill, Buckinghamshire Black Swan Mild
3.9%
Dark and smooth with an impressive full roast flavour that belies its strength
Captured
3.9%
A hoppy golden coloured bitter packed with citrus fruit aromas, perfectly easy drinking!
Red Kite
4%
A refreshing chestnut red beer with a bitter finish. Maris Otter, crystal, chocolate and roasted barley provide a full body whilst Northdown, Fuggle, Williamette and Brewers Gold hops combine to offer a subtle starting bitterness with a strong bitter finish
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4.2%
Golden ale with a hint of passionfruit
10%
Wheal Maiden Crofthandy, Cornwall Grandma's Ginger Beer 5.5% What it says. An alcoholic ginger beer on draught.
Whim Hartington, Derbyshire Hartington Bitter 4% A light-golden-coloured, well-hopped session beer. Fruity and light while bitter and slightly sharp. Well balanced with a dry finish and spicy, floral aroma
Kaskade
4.3%
Lager-style beer made with Cascade hops. Light and sharp with a strong hoppy, grapefruit-citrus flavour. Dry finish.
Whim / Marble Hartington & Manchester SINGLES BAR
Barley Wine
7.4%
Nothing known about this one.
Windsor & Eton Windsor, Berkshire Knight of the Garter 3.8% A flaxen-coloured, easy drinking golden ale, brewed with American Amarillo whole leaf hops giving a distinctive fresh citrus aroma reminiscent of cut grapefruit
the beer list Wold Top Wold Newton, East Yorkshire Tenner 4.1%
Yeovil Yeovil, Somerset Summerset
A celebratory pale straw coloured bitter with floral citrus and lightly spiced notes. Brewed with 100% UK ingredients
A blonde ale with light rounded mouth feel and a tangerine fruity hop finish
Against the Grain
A zesty pale ale with rounded bitterness and crisp pleasant lemon and grapefruit aromas
4.5%
Made from lager malt, maize, hops & yeast, it is a premium full flavoured bitter beer with a good creamy head, refreshing bitterness and citrus aftertaste
Woodforde's Woodbastwick, Norfolk Wherry 3.8%
B.S.T.
4.1%
4.5%
Y.P.A.
7.3%
SINGLES BAR Smooth & fruity with notes of citrus, peaches & apricots.
Maris otter; crystal malt; Golding’s and Styrian Golding’s hops. Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours
York York York Blonde
Once Bittern
Blonde ale with a complex floral bouquet and a refreshing fruity taste which lingers throughout.
4%
A copper-coloured ale with a distinctive aroma of rich spice and citrus fruit. Hints of sweet malt and fruit with a dry finish.
Sundew
4.1%
Pale in colour and light on the palate with the distinctive hoppy finish. Floral hops evident in the short aroma
Bure Gold
4.3%
A copper-coloured ale with a distinctive aroma of rich spice and citrus fruit. Hints of sweet malt and fruit with a dry finish
Nelson's Revenge
3.9%
York Gold
3.9%
I bet this is a golden beer.
Centurion's Ghost
5.4%
Dark ruby in colour, full tasting with a mellow roast flavour balanced by light bitterness and autumn fruit flavours that linger into the aftertaste.
4.5%
Rich and floral aromas, sweet Norfolk malts and a burst of 'citrus' hops embody this mouth-watering premium beer
Nog
4.6%
Smooth, rich and rounded ‘old ale’ with a velvety texture and hints of chocolate, treacle and liquorice
XT Long Crendon, Oxfordshire Two Fruit 4.2% FESTIVAL SPECIAL A refreshing golden ale made with English pale and Munich malts, combined with Bohemian and American hops to give a real international flavour
Eight
4.5%
A smooth rich dark beer brewed with a careful blend of four malts along with a cocktail of hops to give a complex taste. Deep malty base with dark roasty chocolate flavours, very balanced beer
Five
5.5%
Big biscuity malt base with lots of dark fruit flavoured American hops on top and ‘to go’.
Up to 4 Real Ales available Friendly village pub with riverside mooring Large garden • Dogs welcome Open all day every day Food served: Tues to Sun 12 - 2.30pm, Mon to Sat 6pm - 9pm
Xtreme Ales/Bexar Turves/Peterborough Green Tick 5.2% SINGLES BAR Hops, hops and more hops!
29 North Street, Stanground PE2 8HR
01733 753544
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locale In honour of the landlord's forthcoming ‘significant’ birthday and SouthYorkshire heritage
PRESENTS OUR
Our usual range of NINE hand pulled beers will be supplemented with TEN EXTRA ALES with a careful selection from the SHEFFIELD area
So if the likes of ABBEYDALE, KELHAM ISLAND, THORNBRIDGE etc...strike a chord, come along and enjoy! ~
£3 a pint all weekend ~
BBQ on both days ~
Opening Hours Saturday 1-11pm & Sunday 12-11pm
High Street, Maxey, Peterborough PE6 9EE Tel: 01778 348182
The Blue Bell Maxey
club and brewery. The idea of the scheme is to promote local pubs who sell local beers, thereby reducing the mileage the beer travels and also helping the local economy and the environment.
CAMRA LocAle is an accreditation scheme to promote pubs that sell locally brewed real ales. The Scheme was started in 2007 by the Nottingham Branch of CAMRA following on their success the Peterborough Branch scheme was created in April 2009. Currently we have 111 pubs and clubs who have joined the scheme. Each CAMRA Branch participating in the scheme decides on what they think is an appropriate local distance for their area, here in Peterborough it was decided to adopt 30 miles as the distance required between pub or 46 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
Here at the Peterborough Beer Festival we have many local breweries beers on sale so have a good look around today and enjoy Clubs and pubs joining the scheme must agree to endeavour to ensure that at least one locally brewed real ale is on sale at all times. So next time you visit your local check to see if you think any beers on sale could be locally brewed, if the pub should be in the scheme. Its easy to join and its free. Simply contact me at locale@real-ale.org.uk John Rice LocAle Coordinator
festival map
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world bottled beers
BOTTLE BAR The beers marked V are those that we have been able to find on the Internet verifying that they do not use isinglass or any other animal product. Note that many bottles will not fit into a half pint glass and we are unable to let bottles go over the bar. If you have a half pint glass you may want to exchange it for a pint glass or a festival bottle glass.
Sparkling Ale
Boags 5.0%
37.5cl
Pale Lager - Pours a light golden colour with a fizzy, white head. Aroma of pilsener malt and yeast. Yeasty flavour also with some caramel malt in there
Coopers Pale Ale
We continue to try and balance the amount of quality beers from different countries hence we are able to offer a wider range of beers from Belgium, Germany, France, Netherlands and the USA. This year things to look out for are our range of German beers from various regions such as Weissbier from Bavaria, Rauchbier from Bamberg. Alt from Düsseldorf and Kölsch from Köln. As well as these there are a lot of old favourites from Belgium including the return of Ecaussinnes Cookie Beer as well as a few new ones. From France we have a range of beers from Brasserie Thiriez and from Norway Nøgne Ø Brewery. We look forward to seeing you and are happy to advise you as to the beers to try that suit your palette. Take outs are available till 17.30. Details available from bar staff. It just remains to wish you a good festival and Cheers! Peter Josling PBF Bottle Bar Manager
Pale Lager - With its fruity character, and robust flavour, Coopers Pale Ale is perfect for every occasion.
AUSTRALIA Premium
T
his year we have 149 beers on offer with two beers on draught: Flensburger Lager from North Germany and Lefebvre Belgian Kriek (Cherry Fruit Beer) from Belgium.
4.5%
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37.5cl
4.8%
37.5cl
Golden Ale - Famous cloudy sediment and distinctive balance of malt, hops and fruity characters.
Little Creatures Pale Ale
5.0%
33cl
American Pale Ale - Fresh floral hop aromas with a mouth-filling explosion of clean full rich malts and citrus hop flavours.
world bottled beers Brasserie Lefebvre
AUSTRIA
Blanche De Bruxelle
Eggenberger Hopfenkonig
5.1%
33cl
Pilsner - Hoppy smooth Austrian pilsner made to the German purity law.
Engelszells Gregorius
9.7%
33cl
Strong Trappist Ale - Austria's first Trappist Brewery from Engelhartzell on the Danube. Approved by International Trappist Association in May 2012.
Samiclaus Samiclaus
14.0%
33cl
Strong Ale - Strongest lager in the world. Reddish-brown colour and a malty aroma and taste that remind you of Horlicks with a slug of alcohol added.
4.5%
33cl
Belgian Witbier - Pours a hazy yellow. Has a nice citrusy lemon aroma. A light citrus flavour that isn’t overpowering and has some slight hop taste to it at the end.
Bosteels Deus Brut
11.5%
75cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Golden colour with a sparkling white head. Floral malt, citrus, yeast aroma. Flavour is yeasty, citrus, some caramel, fruit.
Pauwel Kwak
8.4%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Strong, smooth, sweet Belgian ale that's as drinkable as Duvel, but with a bit more sweetness and complexity.
Cantillion Kriek
5.0%
37.5cl
Lambic-Fruit - Ruby red colour, pink head. Sour taste with cherry, earthy notes, tart, berries and grass. Sour finish with cherry and berries.
BELGIUM Abbaye des Rocs La Montagnarde (Ambree) 9.0%
33cl
Gueuze
5.0%
37.5cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Cloudy amber golden colour with a small off white head.Taste malty background. Fruity, yeast and some spices.
Lambic-Gueuze - Old and young lambics blended and secondary fermented in the bottle. Has to be tried.
Triple Imperiale
Lambic-Fruit - Red beer with a reddish head. The aroma is malt, fruit, raspberries and cherries.
10.0%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Dark brown colour, light-beige head. Aroma of cocoa, dark fruits, medium-sweet, yeast. Flavour is cocoa, burnt caramel, dark fruits, dark malts, light bitter finish with a bit of yeast. Medium-bodied.
Achel Trappist Blonde
8.0%
33cl
Trappist Belgian Strong Ale - Deep golden colour with a big frothy white head. Mild round sweetness and a moderate bitterness.
Trappist Bruin
8.0%
33cl
Trappist Belgian Strong Ale - Dark amber colour with a big tan head that lasts. Mild sweet sugary, fruity, yeast and mild acidic notes.
Bacchus Frambozenbier
5.0%
37.5cl
Sour Ale/Wild Ale - Slightly hazy, mahogany colour with a beige and tall foamy head. Intensively raspberry-fruity aroma with a shy mouldy touch of barnyard
Kriekenbier
5.8%
37.5cl
Sour Ale/Wild Ale - Clear, ruby amber colour with a thick and off-white, slightly pinkish foamy head. Slightly sugary cherry-fruity aroma with a light mouldy touch. Sweet and slightly acidic flavour
Rose de Gambrinus
5.0%
37.5cl
Chimay Blue Cap
9.0%
33cl
Trappist Belgian Strong Ale - Beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant.
Red Cap
7.0%
33cl
Trappist Dubbel - Coppery colour with a creamy head, light, fruity apricot aroma, taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuances
White Cap
8.0%
33cl
Trappist Triple - Golden colour with a slightly hazy appearance and a fine head. Fruity notes of muscat and raisins in the taste.
De Halve Maan Brugse Zot Blonde
6.0%
33cl
Golden Ale - Golden-blond beer with a rich froth and a fruity flavour. Brewed with four different malts and two aromatic hops.
De Ranke Guldenberg
8.5%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Pours a cloudy yellow with a tiny white head. Strong hay notes, hints of orange, cardamom, cinnamon.
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world bottled beers Saison de Dottignies
5.5%
33cl
Saison - Aroma is medium strong and inviting: citrus, pineapple, bit spices, spruce, caramel. Hazy orange. Head disappears quite fast.Taste is citrus tart and sour, perky. Fresh and light.
Dubuisson Bush Ambree ( Scaldis)
12.0%
33cl
Hoegaarden Forbidden Fruit
Delirium Tremens
Brouwerij Verhaeghe
Floris Apple
6.2%
33cl
Sour Red/Brown - Pours reddish brown with a little sediment and an off-white head that leaves some lacing. Vinous with sour fruit and wood.
Dupont Bons Voeux
9.5%
37.5cl
33cl
Huyghe
Belgian Strong Ale - Its amber colour is due to the use of caramel malt in the production process. Its bitter sweet taste provides it with firmness and personality.
Duchesse De Bourgogne
8.8%
Belgian Strong Ale - Dark malts, dried orange peel, and coriander give a strong beer with an excellent, wellbalanced taste accompanied by an aroma of herbs and spices
8.5%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Hazy golden blond brewed using three different yeasts, coriander and orange.
3.6%
33cl
Fruit Beer - Apple pie in a glass. A creamy texture and tart aroma make it a complete apple lambic.
Floris Chocolat
4.2%
33cl
Belgian Dark Ale - Made with Belgian chocolate. It has a real chocolaty aroma, very light and fun to drink.
Floris Honey
4.5%
33cl
Saison - Hazy amber liquid with medium to big white head. Light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of white pepper, bread and flowers.
Witbier - Wheat beer brewed with real honey. It's light, sweet and distinctively honey.
Ecaussinnes
Fruit Beer - Reddish orange colour with a medium sized white head, aroma is mango, some tropical fruit, flavour is fruity
Cookie Beer
8.0%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Color hazy orange with medium head. Aroma sweet, ginger, cinammon. Taste sweet, cinammon, spicy.
Frank Boon Framboise
5.0%
37.5cl
Lambic-Fruit - A blend of old and young lambics with added raspberries.
Kriek
4.0%
37.5cl
Lambic-Fruit - 100% lambic beer with the addition of 200 grammes of cherries per litre of beer. Alcoholic cherryade.
Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait 37.5cl
8.0%
Floris Mango
Floris Ninkeberry (Mixed Fruits)
3.6%
3.6%
33cl
33cl
Fruit Beer - Very light refreshing tropical fruitiness. A very unusual blend of a white beer with three tropical fruits.
Floris Passion Fruit
3.6%
33cl
Fruit Beer - Medium yellow colour, bouquet is heavy on the fruit and the taste is big on the sweet fruit
Mongozo Banana
4.5%
33cl
Fruit Beer - Brewed to an African recipe using Fairtrade bananas. All bananas, all the way through.
Mongozo Coconut
3.5%
33cl
Lambic-Gueze - Oude gueuze blended from three-yearold lambics and then matured.
Belgian Ale - This beer thinks its a pina colada. Aroma is strongly of coconut, but without being artificial.
Het Anker
Brasserie d’ Achouffe
Gouden Carolus Classic
8.5%
33cl
La Chouffe
8.0%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Dark brown ale with dark amber highlights. A deep, creamy cappuccino head. Molasses, raisins and figs.
Belgian Strong Ale - Red deep golden colour with an offwhite head. Aroma is sweet, citrus, spices, alcohol.
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor 33cl
Barbar
8.0%
Belgian IPA- Pours a crisp, golden orange with a sticky head.Nice citrus scent to the nose with a lightly bitter, slightly hoppy aftertaste.
Lefebvre 8.0%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Yellow coloured beer with big white head. Aroma of malts and honey, sweet smell. Taste is malty, light hoppy and honey.
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world bottled beers Hopus
8.3%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Citrus, spruce, bit of yeast. Appearance: Gold, bit cloudy, clear white head, frothy, full lace Taste: Bit bittersweet, malty, dry finish
Liefmans Goudenband
8.0%
37.5cl
Sour Ale/Wild Ale - Complex in aroma and flavor with notes of maltiness and tartness throughout. An unsurpassed old brown with the richness and complexity of a vintage wine
Lindemans Framboise
2.5%
25cl V
Lambic-Fruit - Magnificent aroma, delicate palate of raspberries with undertones of fruity acidity.
Kriek
3.5%
25cl V
Lambic-Fruit - Selected lambic beers combined with pure cherry juice.
Pecheresse
2.5%
25cl V
Rochefort 8
9.2%
33cl V
Trappist Belgian Strong Ale - Chestnut with a purple/red hue and a generous head. The nose has stewed apple, vanilla and just a hint of dark chocolate. The taste has more stewed apple, cinnamon, liquorice and coffee.
Rodenbach Gran Cru
6.0%
33cl
Sour Ale/Wild Ale - Dark reddish-brown colour with a very small khaki head that dissipates into a ring. Smells of vinegar, cherries and berries. Tart flavors of cherries, oak and berries
Brasserie de Silly Saison Silly
5.0%
33cl
Saison - Dark brown colour with short silky beige head. Aroma is sour, vinegar, brown sugar. Taste is sweet (and slightly sour), wood, wine, molasses.
Brasserie de la Senne Taras Boulba
4.5%
33cl
Lambic-Fruit - Peaches, hint of lambic aroma, sweet drink, loose white head, very quaffable.
Belgian Ale - looks like yellow wheat beer.Very bitter and dry. Grassy, apples, intense hops.ÂŹâ€
Alken-Maes
St Bernardus
Morte Subite Gueuze
4.5%
37.5cl
Lambic-Gueuze - Aroma and taste are light and sour apple cider, with an acetic edge in taste
Orval Orval
6.2%
33cl V
Trappist Belgian Ale - Orangey amber coloured beer, triple fermented and dry hopped. Twice winner of Best Bottled Beer at Peterborough.
Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze
6.0%
37.5cl
Lambic-Gueuze - A cloudy golden-orange beer with low head,first fruity with malty notes then very dry and bitter with bread, mushrooms and tart at the finish.
Poperings Hommelbier
7.5%
25cl
Belgian Ale - Light hazy golden-amber in colour . Nose of fresh hops. Taste of young, light aromatic hops, light barley, grass, herbs and spices. Floral hints.
11.3%
33cl V
Trappist Quardrupel - Deep dark reddish brown, potent. Complex fruit flavours & a hint of dark chocolate. Arguably the finest Trappist beer.
Rochefort 6
7.5%
33cl V
Trappist Belgian Strong Ale - Full bodied with that Belgian yeast aroma. Heavy malt flavours, almost of candy sugar and honey. 52 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
6.7%
33cl
Abbey Dubbel - Made from same yeast as Westvleteren.Orange colour with medium white long lasting head. Aroma of orange, spices, Taste, grapefruit, yeast, floral hops. Nice spicy bitter finish
Prior 8
8.0%
33cl
Abbey Dubbel - Made from same yeast as Westvleteren. Chestnut brown colour with a candied apple and fig flavours with a pretty high level of spiciness.
12
10.0%
33cl
Quadrupel - Made from same yeast as Westvleteren. Big thick head. Brown body. Plum and raisin and really, rich taste
Van Eecke Watou Wit
5.0%
25cl
Witbier - Unmalted wheat, malted barley, coriander and bitter orange peel.
Van Steenberge Leute Bokbier
Rochefort Rochefort 10
Pater 6
7.5%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Ruby red/brown with thin, silky beige head. Aroma is candy, peat and smoke. Taste is chocolate, malt and some lingering hop bitterness.
Piraat
10.5%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Deep golden with a subtle haze. Lots of hops and malt. Mild sweetness. Reminiscent of bread dough, spices and tropical fruits
Westmalle Dubbel
7.0%
33cl
world bottled beers Trappist Dubbel - Rich and complex Trappist beer with a dark roast malt flavour. Tenacious head follows the beer to the end of the glass.
Tripel
9.5%
33cl
Trappist Tripel - Very pale Trappist beer. It is top fermenting, with a fruity, citrus orangey, smooth creamy mouthfeel .
FRANCE
Gayant Biere du Demon
12.0%
33cl
Strong Imperial Pils - Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma of malt, sweet malt and candy-like. Flavour of malt, candy, syrup and yeast.
Abbaye Mont des Cats Mont des Cats
7.6%
33cl
Belgian Strong Ale - Brewed at Chimay. Dark orange, brown colour. Medium bitterness and low sweetness. Aroma is caramel, malt, hop.
Pietra Colomba
5.0%
33cl
Belgian Witbier - Hazy yellow color with a minimal head. A bit artificial aroma of wheat and lemon. Slightly sour taste. Lively carbonation.
Pietra
6.0%
33cl
Vienna - Golden colour with medium white head. Nutty aroma. A bit of nut in the flavour.
Saint Sylvestre Trois Monts
8.5%
75cl
Biere de Garde - Pale gold, fruity, grassy, yeasty and sweet wonderfully fresh beer
Thiriez Ambree d'Esquelbecq
5.8%
33cl
BiĂŠre de Garde - Hazy amber with off white head. Aroma of caramel, brown sugar and yeast. Taste is sweet; caramel, sugar with some hop notes.
Blonde d'Esquelbecq
6.5%
33cl
Saison - Deep amber with white head. Aroma is fruity with peach, pear and apricot, malt and yeast. Taste is fairly sweet with caramel and fruits.
Dalva
8.5%
33cl
Imperial/Double IPA - Clear orange coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel with notes of hops. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, grass and hops.
Etoile du Nord
5.5%
33cl
Saison - Hazy golden, frothy white head. Fruity, floral aroma. Citrus, grassy, resin taste. Medium body, soft carbonation. Dry bitter long finish.
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world bottled beers Maline
5.8%
33cl
Weissbier Dunkel
5.6%
50cl
Porter - Pours dark brown colour with a small head. Aroma of roasted malts, some fruits and hints of chocolate. Flavour of malts, chocolate and fruits.
Dunkelweizen - Brown-red colour with a high long-lasting creamy head. An aroma of malt, fruit and chocolate
Quebecoises
German Kristallweizen - Clear light pale yellow colour with an aroma of yeast, citrus and herbs.
5.5%
33cl
Wheat Ale - Orange with hardly any head.Fruity with a trace of bitterness that lingered for some time.
5.3%
50cl
Fässla Gold Pils
GERMANY
5.5%
50cl
German Pilsner - Clear golden appearance with a white head. Crisp, quite grainy, grassy aroma.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen
Weissbier Kristallklar
5.1%
50cl
LagerBier
5.5%
50cl
Smoked - Bamberg’s speciality, a dark, bottom fermented smokebeer, brewed with Original Schlenkerla Smokemalt
Dortmunder Helles - Dark golden appearance with a white head. Straw, hay, grainy, light husky aroma. Crisp, easy to drink, grainy, rich malty, straw flavour.
Rauchbier Weisse
Zwergla
5.2%
50cl
Smoked - A smoked Weisse beer. Very unusual. Smoked sausages and bacon.
Andechser Doppelbock Dunkel
7.1%
50cl
Doppelbock - Dark reddish colour, lots of sweet malty aroma. ABV well masked. fruity, sweet, bready.
Spezial Hell
5.9%
50cl
Dortmunder Helles - Ruby red with little head. Aroma strong with fruit, plum. Taste sweet fruit, malt, spice.
4.8%
50cl
Dortmunder Helles - Orange coloured beer with a little whitish ring of head. A decently balanced helles. Grassy hops and some buttery malts.
Augustiner Edelstoff
5.6%
50cl
50cl
Flensburger Pilsener
4.8%
33cl
German Pilsner - Clear yellow body and a nice creamy white lasting head, malt and grass. Bitter finish, light sweetness and medium bitterness taste
Füchschen Alt
Andechser Vollbier Hell
6.0%
Dunkel/Tmavÿ - Medium body. Nutty toasted chocolatelike malty sweetness in aroma and flavour. Medium bitterness. Low "noble-type" hop flavour and aroma
4.5%
50cl
Altbier - Clear copper coloured brew, the taste is roasted malts with some hints of caramel.
Göller Kaiser Heinrich Urstoff
4.9%
50cl
Dortmunder Helles - Clear golden with a small white head. Grass, grain and sulphur. Rough bitterness.
Rauchbier
5.2%
50cl
Dortmunder Helles - Aroma is citrus, hay, herbs. Appearance is pale golden with a light white head. Taste is light bitter, light sour.
Smoked - Mahagony coloured brew with reasonable head. Smooth, decent smoky taste.
Erdinger
Karg
Alkoholfrei
0.0%
50cl
Low Alcohol - Light straw color; Light body; Aroma and flavor of malt, yeast, light hops, some citrus, and grain
Pikantus
7.3%
50cl
Weizen Bock - Pours a muddy red brown with a light tan head. Smells a little smokey. Taste is smokey, with some pear and citrus.
Weissbier ( Hefe-Weizen) 5.3%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Golden colour with a slight haze through the beer. great flavors that are strong but not overpowering on the back of the palate.
Dunkles Hefe-Weissbier
5.2%
50cl
Dunkelweizen - Murky brown with a thin head, banana and bread aromas, more banana on the palate but with a touch of honey and a dry-bitter roast coffee.
Helles Hefe-Weissbier
5.0%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Yeasty with some light clove. Flavour is initially quite dry and bitter from the yeast but some sweet orange and peppery spice.
Keesman Bamberger Herren Pils
4.6%
50cl
German Pilsner - Clear golden with a huge creamy snow white head. Aroma is grassy. Taste is fresh and crisp with nice spicy and grassy hops throughout, dry bitter finish.
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world bottled beers Weissbier
4.8%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Hazy gold with a white head. Yeasty, light banana candy, generic spicy yeasty in the finish.
Kostritzer Schwarzbier
4.8%
50cl
Hoppy, floral and wheat. Hoppy, bitter taste, also sweet and wheat, with some citrus.
Weisse Grunes
6.2%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Golden colour with a large offwhite head. Citric aroma of wheat, caramel, yeast. Flavour is wheat, yeast, some fruit, citrus.
Schwarzbier - Smell of chocolate, dark bread and hard bread. Similar taste. Nice malty beer.
Brauerie Spezial
Küppers
Rauchbier - Hazy dark orange/brown appearance with a cream coloured head. Honey baked ham, somewhat spicy, caramel, mild meaty smoky aroma.
Kölsch
4.8%
50cl
Kölsch - Clear golden in colour with frothy off-white head. Sweet, malty and slightly fruity in aroma. Flavour grassy, malty and light nutty sweet
Maisels Weiss
5.4%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Cloudy orange body, big white head. Malty nose with nuts, whole wheat bread, red fruit and light cheese. Nice spicy taste
P J Fruh Kölsch
4.8%
50cl
Kölsch - Kölsch is an appellation given to top fermented beers brewed only in Cologne and this is one of the best.
7.5%
50cl
Doppelbock - Cookie aromas. Soft with sweet caramel upfront turning to a hint of bitterness before the sweet bready finish.
Weisse
5.5%
50cl
German Kristallweizen - Clear golden colour. Citric, wheaty aroma. Bland, watery taste with citric notes and a wheaty, slightly tart finish
Schlosser Alt
4.8%
50cl
Altbier - Köln has Kölsch, Düsseldorf has Alt. A dark amber beer with a medium white head, malty with fruity tones
Schneider Aventinus
5.3%
50cl
Uerige Alt
4.7%
50cl
Altbier - Malty base, nutty, some spices. Light roasted taste at first, a dry mouth feel from the middle onwards.
Weihenstephaner Heffe Weiss
5.4%
50cl
German Hefeweizen - Hazy yellow colour with thick, white head, smell and taste sweet, grains and a hint of fruit
IRELAND John Martin
Paulaner Salvator
Rauchbier Marzen
8.2%
50cl
Weizen Bock - Golden colour with a slightly hazy appearance and a fine head. Fruity notes of muscat and raisins in the taste.
Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock 12.0%
33cl
‘Special Export’ Guinness 8.0%
NEDERLANDS De Koningshoeven La Trappe Blond
La Trappe Dubbel
33cl
37.5cl
Trappist Quadruple - Cloudy brown, small white head. Aroma is fruity , woody, boozy port wine,light. Flavor is fruity , woody, malty.
La Trappe Quadruple
10.0%
33cl
Trappist Quadruple - Taste is of breads, light caramel, sweet figs, nutmeg, spices, lots of yeast esters and some alcohol. Lingering vanilla sweetness
La Trappe Witte
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7.0%
La Trappe Quad Oak Aged 10.0%
Hopfen Weisse
50cl
33cl
Trappist Dubbel - Trappist beer with a gentle flavour, creamy head and pronounced bouquet.
La Trappe Tripel
8.2%
6.5%
Trappist Ale - A bright golden blond ale with a sparkling, fresh fruity taste with a delicate bitter aftertaste.
Eisbock - This Wheat Doppelbock of Bavaria, has always been known to be the most intense and complex wheat beer in the world Weizen Bock - Hazy golden colour with white head.
33cl
Foreign Stout - Relatively rare Belgian Guinness, bottled specially for John Martin SA.
8.0%
33cl
Trappist Triple - The use of coriander gives it a spicy character. Golden in colour with a fruity, bittersweet taste.
5.5%
33cl
Trappist Witbier - Only Trappist white beer in the world A
world bottled beers fresh thirst quencher with a refined character. Brewed with wheat malt and a very aromatic varieties of hops
De Molen Bloed Zweet & Tranen
8.1%
33cl
Smoked - Blood Sweat & Tears, smoked strong dark beer
Hamer & Sikel
5.2%
33cl
Porter - You may be able to work out the translation for this lush English style porter with a dry bitter finish
Hel & Verdoemenis
10.2%
33cl
Imperial Stout - Hell & Damnation the third and most popular in Menno’s trilogy of Russian Imperial Stouts.
Rook & Vuur
8.2%
33cl
Smoked - Smoke & Fire, dark ale brewed with smoked malt & chillies.
NORWAY Nøgne ø Imperial Stout
9.0%
50cl
Imperial Stout - A wonderful malt presence, a very well rounded and smooth mouthfeel and taste. It has a wonderful bitterness that compliments the malts very well
Pale Ale
6.0%
50cl
American Pale Ale - Hazy golden colour. White head with lacing. Aroma of grape with some yeast. Bitter taste of hops, grape with notes of vanilla.
Saison
6.5%
50cl
Saison - Pours hazy light gold colour with bright white head. Aroma is citrus, orange peel. Taste is sharply sweet.
4.0%
50cl
Ginger Beer - Traditional English Ginger Beer. Made from Chinese root ginger and hand-picked herbs, natural flavourings, sugar and brewer's yeast. Very refreshing.
USA
Brown Ale
5.6%
35.5cl
Brown Ale - Pours a deep brown with tan creamy head, slightly more hop than typcial brown. Medium body, hints of chocolate,
Gonzo Porter 9.4%
35.5cl
Barley Wine - Dark reddish/brown with a small head. This was a relaxed barley wine, with malt, dried fruit, vanilla, some alcohol and toffee.
5.6%
35.5cl
Porter - Creamy beige head. Aroma is of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, sweetness and light fruity notes. Taste is moderately sweet with bitter chocolate, roasted malt and dark fruits.
Steam Beer
35.5cl
Flying Dog
Anchor
Porter
10.0%
Imperial Stout - Pours black with a small head. Smells of chocolate, alcohol and a small hint of coffee. Taste is sweet with chocolate and alcohol.
Hollows
Old Foghorn Ale
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
UK Ginger Beer
caramel. Taste of malts, slight toffee sweetness and a slight hoppy finish.
4.8%
35.5cl
California Common - Golden amber pour with medium sized of- white head. Aroma of malts, hops and
9.2%
35.5cl
Imperial/Strong Porter - Malt, vanilla, brown sugar and hints of coffee. Nice body and a pleasant bitter finish that lingers without overpowering.
Raging Bitch
8.3%
35.5cl
Indian Pale Ale - Pours a firm white crown, gives away a really nice aroma, lots of hop. The tasting was interesting, very rich taste.
Snake Dog
7.1%
35.5cl
Indian Pale Ale - Golden colour with a big white head. Smells and tastes of elder, creamy grassy hoppy, a bit lemon grass with a clear bitter finish.
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world bottled beers Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale
Hazlenut Brown Ale 4.2%
35.5cl
Wheat Ale - The aroma is weak and watery but does have some wheat and citrus hops. The appearance is pale gold with a light haze and a small head. The taste is like the aroma.
Matilda
7.0%
35.5cl
Belgian Ale - A relatively clear light-red/orange colour with a small and quickly dissipating head. Aroma is some yeast notes, mild spice and fruit characters. Flavour is spice malt.
Magic Hat #9
5.1%
35.5cl
Fruit Beer - Golden brown colour with fruity aroma. sweet and smooth taste.
Rogue Dead Guy
6.5%
35.5cl
Heller Bock - In the style of a German Maibock, using a proprietary Pacman ale yeast. Deep honey in colour with a malty aroma and a rich hearty flavour.
Dry Mocha Porter
5.3%
6.2%
35.5cl
Brown Ale - Sweet nutty hazelnut aroma. Reddish brown colour. Flavour is pretty sweet, the hazelnut dominates.
Yellow Snow
6.5%
35.5cl
Indian Pale Ale - Winter seasonal, pale golden in colour with a hoppy fruity aroma. Big hop flavour up front complemented by medium body and hoppiness midpalate. Finishes with a characteristic lingering bitterness.
ON DRAUGHT Lefebvre Belgian Kriek
3.5%
Fruit Beer - Red colour with pink head. Artificial aroma of cherries. Tastes sweet, cherries, candy.
Flensburger Lager
4.0%
Pale Lager - Clear golden colour. Good stable white head. The flavour is clean and chalky with a spicy hop note.
35.5cl
Porter - Smooth and milky, dark roast coffee. Pretty dark brown colour, beige fine head. A bit of bitterness from those well-chosen hops.
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cider and perry list
CIDER & PERRY BAR
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elcome to the cider and perry bar. Last year we had plenty of positive feedback in favour of the old festival layout, so it is retained this year. All the ciders and perries sold here are ‘real’ in the sense that they consist of nothing but fermented apple and fermented pear juice respectively. Ciders and perries flavoured with other fruit are not considered ‘real’ according to CAMRA’s definition, so I’m afraid you will not find them on this bar. Furthermore they are not artificially carbonated or served under gas pressure. This means that the majority of the ciders are still, although some will sparkle a little due to the residual fermentation in the casks. Because of this residual fermentation ciders and perries may be crystal clear, hazy or even cloudy but should not look like pea soup! Many of the ciders and perries come from the traditional cider making areas in the West Country where apple and pear varieties are grown specifically for cider / perry making. Where cider is made elsewhere in the country it is usually made from a judicious blend of cookers and eaters. Since we like to source cider locally where possible we have a good range of these ciders at the festival. The range of styles and flavours is huge, and the bar staff will be happy to give small tastes and discuss the drinks with you provided the bar is not too busy. You will find that most real ciders and perries lie in the range 5.5% to 8% A.B.V. simply because that is what a 60 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
natural fermentation of 100% fruit juice produces. Some of them don’t taste their strength, so beware! We are also selling a range of non-alcoholic apple juices on the bar. Again, these are all 100% juice and are usually produced from a single apple variety; we expect to have Cox, Discovery, Bramley and others. The tub labels should tell most of what you need to know when ordering. Green labels are cider and yellow labels are perry. Most ciders / perries are made from a blend of apple / pear varieties; where a single variety has been used this is on the tub label. All the ciders and perries have been tasted prior to the festival for quality control and they have been categorized as Very Dry, Dry, Medium Dry, Medium, Medium Sweet, Sweet or Very Sweet, again this is on the label. Admittedly this is a bit subjective and you may disagree with us, but it is a useful starting point. Any special flavours, e.g. use of oak casks will be noted on the labels. That is more than enough introduction, time to start drinking. Wassail!
CIDERS Biddenden Ashford, Kent Bushels Medium Sweet
6.0%
A clear, very pale fruity cider evoking the orchards of Kent.
cider and perry list Border Orchards Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire Medium Dry
7.0%
A small, craft Herefordshire cider maker using fruit from ancient orchards.
Bottle Kicking Hallaton, Leicestershire Medium Sweet
7.0%
A blend of cider varieties and culinary fruit. New to the festival.
Broadoak Clutton Hill, Somerset Moonshine Medium Sweet
7.5%
A virtually colourless, sweet smelling cider from a large, well known producer.
Burrow Hill Kingsbury, Somerset Medium
6.0%
A mid-brown, fruity cider. Burrow Hill are well known for their cider brandy.
Carey Organic Carey, Herefordshire Medium Dry
7.0%
A clean, crisp cider made on a totally organic farm.
Charnwood Charnwood, Leicestershire Pure Charnwood Medium Dry 6.0% A very small cider maker, and park ranger using local fruit. New to the festival.
CJ’s Raglan, Monmouthshire Medium
6.0%
A mid-brown fuity cider from a small, craft cider maker.
Countryman Felldownhead, Devon Medium Sweet
6.5%
A clear, golden cider, smooth and easy drinking.
Cromwell Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Olivers Choice Medium Dry
6.5%
A local cider maker using local fruit. Very popular last year.
Olivers Sweetheart Medium Sweet
6.5%
A sweeter version of Olivers Choice. Which do you prefer?
Double Vision Maidstone, Kent Medium Sweet
7.4%
A clear, mellow Eastern Counties style cider. Dangerously quaffable.
Dunkertons Pembridge, Herefordshire Medium
7.0%
A large, well established cider maker with extensive orchards.
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cider and perry list continued Eves Kettering, Northamptonshire Ted Robbins Medium
Hubz’s Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 6.5%
Cider made from local culinary and dessert fruit. New to the festival.
Glebe Farm Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Sweet
6.0%
A fast growing cider maker using local fruit.
Green Valley Clyst St. George, Devon Vintage Medium
8.2%
Medium
5.0%
From a new producer in Peterborough. No tasting notes
Hunt & Son Paignton, Devon Sweet
6.0%
A fruity, easy drinking cider with a slight haze.
Jollydale Stamford, Lincolnshire Medium
6.5%
A clear, mid brown cider with great depth of flavour.
A fast-growing East Midlands cider maker, but using fruit from Herefordshire.
Greggs Pit Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Mad Hatters Stockport, Greater Manchester
Medium
7.0%
A classically blended cider from a craft cider maker.
Gwatkins Abbey Dore, Herefordshire Stoke Red Sweet
7.5% SV
A single apple variety, light brown in colour and very sweet.
Gwynt y Ddraig Pontypridd, Glamorgan Black Dragon Medium
7.2%
A mid-brown full-flavoured cider from Wales’ largest cider maker.
Welsh Warrior Medium Sweet5.5% A slightly lower strength version, paler and fruity.
Hancocks South Moulton, Devon Sweet
6.0%
A clear, easy drinking cider, made from their own apples.
Hartlands Tirley, Gloucestershire Sweet
6.0%
A hazy cider made by one of the real characters of the cider world.
Hecks Street, Somerset Medium Sweet
6.5%
A delicious blend of local cider fruit. Light brown in colour.
Port Wine of Glastonbury Medium Sweet
6.5% SV
Mays Heart of Herefordshire Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Medium Sweet
6.0%
An easy drinking cider from a rapidly expanding cider maker.
Naish West Pennard, Somerset Dry
6.0%
Made by 89 year old Frank Naish, Somerset farm cider as it was 50 years ago.
New Forest Burley, Hampshire Snake Catcher Medium
7.0%
A deep brown, full flavoured cider with a long aftertaste.
Newton Court Leominster, Herefordshire Sweet
7.0%
A pale coloured, full-flavoured cider. Made from locally grown organic fruit.
Oakham Alcester, Warwickshire Oaple Medium Sweet
5.8%
Cider made for Oakham Brewery by Hogans Cider. New to the festival.
Kingston Black Medium
7.0% SV
A single apple variety cider with a strong aroma and great depth of flavour.
Olivers Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire
Hereward Ely, Cambridgeshire 6.0%
A full-flavoured cider with a lingering finish from a local producer.
Medium Dry
7.0%
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6.7%
A mid brown cider made on a farm from local fruit.
Orchard Pig West Bradley, Somerset Navelgazer Medium
Hewitts Peterstow, Herefordshire Medium Dry
6.5%
A full flavoured cider made from local culinary fruit.
Old Monty Montgomery, Mid Wales
A single apple variety cider, pinkish in colour and delicate in taste.
Medium Dry
Medium
6.0%
An easy drinking cider from a fast- growing cider maker.
cider and perry list continued Parsons Choice West Lyng, Somerset
Springfield Llangovan, Monmouthshire
Medium Sweet
Red Dragon Medium
6.0%
7.1%
A traditional Somerset farm cider, made entirely from their own fruit.
A reddish-brown, full flavoured cider with a long aftertaste.
Perry Brothers Dowlish Wake, Somerset
Springherne Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Medium Sweet
Medium Dry
6.0%
6.4%
A clear, readily quaffable cider from a large producer in South Somerset
A traditional cider made from local apples.
Pickled Pig Stretham, Cambridgeshire
Medium Sweet
Cox Medium Dry
6.5% SV
Unusually a single variety cider made from an eating apple. Very pale and hazy.
Stockmoore Farm Pembridge, Herefordshire 6.5%
A fairly new cider maker producing a mid-brown, quaffable cider.
Swallowfields Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Porker’s Snout Medium Sweet6.5%
Medium Sweet
Cider made from local fruit and with a fast-growing reputation.
A pale, fruity cider with a slight sparkle.
Thatchers Sandford, Somerset
Rum Cask Medium
Cheddar Valley Medium Sweet
6.5%
A powerful rum flavour overlaying a traditional Eastern Counties cider.
Rathays Sutton St. Nicholas, Herefordshire Old Goat Medium
7.0%
6.5%
6.0%
Deep orange / red colour, from one of the biggest cider makers in the country.
Traditional Medium
4.9%
Made from apples from their own orchard, planted by Bulmers in the 1960’s.
Smooth and quaffable, excellent for those preferring something a little weaker.
Rich
Three Cats Morley, Derbyshire
Watchfield, Somerset
Sweet
6.0%
A clear, easy drinking cider from one of Somerset’s major producers.
6.5%
A mid-brown full-flavoured cider with a long, satisfying aftertaste.
Ross Cider & Perry Co. Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Medium Dry
6.5%
A well-balanced blend of cider varieties grown at Broome Farm.
Severn Cider Awre, Gloucestershire Medium
6.7%
Pale, sweet and with a slight sparkle, made with culinary apples.
Westcroft Brent Knoll, Somerset
Rosies Wrexham, North Wales Triple D Medium
Sweet
6.0%
Janets Jungle Juice Medium
6.0%
A classic and highly popular traditional Somerset farm cider.
Westons Much Marcle, Herefordshire Old Rosie Medium Sweet
7.3%
A hazy, ever popular cider from a very large cider producer.
Whin Hill Well-next-the-Sea, Norfolk Medium Sweet
6.0%
An outpost of cider making, made from cider apple varieties grown locally.
A traditional cider with some bite and a satisfying finish.
Major Medium Dry
Sheppys Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset
A single apple variety cider, mid-brown and with a crisp finish.
Sweet
6.0%
6.5% SV
A pale, fruity, easy-drinking cider from a large Somerset producer.
Wilkins Wedmore, Somerset
Skidbrook Skidbrook, Lincolnshire
A traditional, slightly hazy cider. Features a renowned cider den.
Vintage Cyder Medium Dry
5.5%
A traditional Eastern Counties cider with good depth of flavour.
Medium Sweet
6.0%
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cider and perry list continued Winkleigh Winkleigh, Devon Autumn Scrumpy Medium Sweet
Gwynt y Ddraig Pontypridd, Glamorgan Two Trees Medium Sweet 7.5%
A clear, fruity cider, produced at Western Barn since 1916.
Sams Medium
7.5%
4.5%
A pale and delicate perry, ideal for those who wish for something a little weaker.
Hartlands Tirley, Gloucestershire Sweet
6.0%
A clear, easy drinking cider from one of Devon’s major producers.
A pale, hazy, eminently quaffable perry from a longstanding, traditional cider maker.
Wiscombe Colyton, Devon
Moores Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire
Suicider Medium Dry
7.5%
A dark brown cider with lots of body, fermented in a rum cask.
Sweet
Bottle Kicking Hallaton, Leicestershire 5.2%
A clear, pale perry. New to the festival.
7.5%
Butford Farm Bodenham, Herefordshire 6.0%
A traditional Herefordshire perry, deep gold in colour and full flavoured.
Cromwell Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Roundhead Medium
Olivers Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire 6.0%
A crisp perry with plenty of flavour and a long finish.
A smooth, sweet and highly quaffable perry.
Medium
5.5%
A slightly hazy, flavoursome perry. Made from locally grown organic fruit.
Medium Dry
Broadoak Clutton, Somerset Sweet
6.0%
A traditional perry with considerable body and aftertaste.
Newton Court Leominster, Herefordshire
PERRIES Medium Sweet
Medium Sweet
6.0%
Soft and fruity perry from a local cider / perry maker.
Double Vision Maidstone, Kent Impaired Vision Medium Sweet 7.4%
Rathays Sutton St. Nicholas, Herefordshire Painted Lady Medium 5.2% SV A single pear variety perry, smooth and with a lingering aftertaste.
Ross Cider Co. Peterstow, Herefordshire Medium Dry
6.0%
A full-flavoured, well balanced perry from one of Herefordshire’s leading producers.
Severn Cider Awre, Gloucestershire Medium
6.0%
A very pale, easy drinking and deceptively strong perry.
A full-flavoured perry with a lingering aftertaste. New to the festival.
Dunkertons Pembridge, Herefordshire
Stockmoore Farm Pembridge, Herefordshire
Medium Sweet
Medium Sweet
6.0%
6.0%
A golden perry with great depth of flavour and aftertaste.
A traditional Herefordshire perry with a fruity flavour. New to the festival.
Greggs Pit Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Swallowfields Hope Mansell, Herefordshire
Aylton Red & Blakeney Medium 7.0%
Medium Sweet
Two pear varieties make this a perry full of flavour and character.
A delicate perry from a small producer with his own orchards.
Gwatkins Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
Westons Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Blakeney Red Sweet
7.0% SV
A single variety perry from one of the characters of the cider scene.
Medium Sweet
5.5%
4.5%
A clear perry from the largest maker in the country.
Whin Hill Well-next-the-Sea, Norfolk Medium Sweet
6.0%
A pale, smooth perry, made from perry pear varieties grown locally.
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WHITE Chilford Hall, Schönburger Müller-Thurgau 2009 This young, clean, refreshing light wine presents with a pale golden hue and an elegant bouquet of fresh melon.
Stanlake Park, Hinton Grove 2008 A off-dry,aromatic wine. Made with Madeline, Angevine, Reichensteiner,Schhonbuger,Wuzer and Ehrenfelser grapes.
Stanlake Park, Regatta Dry White, 2009 A blend of several of grape varieties, such as Ortega and Schonburger, to make a dry, crisp, fresh wine, with a clean herbaceous finish
Three Choirs, English White Med Dry 2010 Blended with Seyval Blanc, Reichensteiner and Muller Thurgau grapes. Melon, mango and a hint of spice, with a crisp dry finish.
Bolney Estate, Lynchgate White 2011 Fruity,zesty blend of Reichenstiener,Schonburger and Wurzer grapes has rich,ripe scents and flavours of lychee and passion fruit.
Three Choirs, May Hill Medium White 2010 Aromatic herb and floral nose with harmonious palate. Medium and well balanced, with rich honeyed fruit.
Welcome to this year’s wine Bar, for the 2013 Festival we have a wide choice of wines and there will be a wine to suit everyones taste. All the wines are English sourced from individual vineyards around the country. We have 18 different varieties of traditional fruit based wines from The Lyme Bay Winery in Devon, as well as a small quantity of their popular Strawberry Sparkling wine. We also have a good choice of white still wines, rose wines and three different English red wines. In addition we have four different 'champagne style' sparkling white wines and a sparkling rose from the Bolney Estate
ROSÉ Stanlake Park, English Rosé 2009 Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes, with white grapes such as Ehrenfelser and Scheurebe to make up a lovely delicate wine with a rose petal bouquet.
Three Choirs, Rosé Reserve 2010 Delicious off-dry rosé full of the aroma of strawberries and summer fruits.
RED Bolney Estate, Lynchgate Red 2009 Notes of red fruits , juicy plum and berry flavours together with soft tannins make this a very elegant, easy drinking wine. Medium bodied dry red wine.
Stanlake Park, Ruscombe Red, 2009 Please have a browse of the following descriptions of the wines to help with your choice and any of the wine bar staff will also assist you. Pamela Baines Wine Bar Manager 66 Peterborough Beer Festival 2013
Ruscombe can be enjoyed whenever the need for medium bodied red wine arises. It contains grape varieties: Triomphe and Dornfelder.
WINE LIST Chilford Hall, Granta Valley Red 2009
Lyme Bay Winery, Elderflower Dry
Rich, robust, intensely coloured wine made from an equal blend of Rondo and Regent grapes.
Old fashioned, floral flavours. A perfect picnic, aperitif or lunchtime wine.
SPARKLING
Lyme Bay Winery, Ginger Sweet A classic, smooth, heart-warming ginger wine.
Bolney Estate, Bubbly Sparkling White NV
Lyme Bay Winery, Gooseberry Off/Dry
Award wining light and refresing vintage sparkling wine.Very easy to drink with elderflower creaminess
An appealing, light wine with generously ripe gooseberry character.
Chilford Hall, Sparkling White 2009
Lyme Bay Winery, Nettle Dry
Opens with a rush of fine bubbles bursting with aromas of new mown grass, herbs and lemons.
Light in style with crisp acidity, displaying a summery character of nettle together with hints of melon.
Bolney Estate, Cuvée Rosé Sparkling 2009
Lyme Bay Winery, Plum Medium
Seriously sophisticated smooth and full bodied, made by traditional methods vintage sparkling wine
Absolutely delicious, rich ripe plum flavour.
Stanlake Park, Heritage Brut Sparkling
Ripe raspberry character and a real berry aroma.
Light bodied sparkling wine that is crisp, dry and refreshing.Made from Seyval Blanc, Muller Thurgau, Reichenstein and Pinot Meunier grapes.
Lyme Bay Winery, Rosehip Off/Dry
Three Choirs, Classic Cuvée Brut N/V Sparkling A traditionally-made sparkling wine using Seyval Blanc, Pinot Noir, grapes of very high quality. Dry and subtle it is very similar to a good Champagne.
FRUIT
Lyme Bay Winery, Raspberry Medium
A beautiful salmon pink wine with characters including summer fruits, combined with an earthy, vegetative note typical of the rosehip.
Lyme Bay Winery, Sloe Medium Full-flavoured, succulent and smooth.
Lyme Bay Winery, Strawberry Medium Lusciously fruity with a very intense bouquet. Great as a spritzer with bubbly or soda.
Lyme Bay Winery, Apricot Medium Sweet
Lyme Bay Winery, Sparkling Strawberry
A richly scented, golden sweet wine with the lingering flavour of soft ripe fruit.
The wine has a soft creamy bubble complementing the delicate flavour of summer strawberries.
Lyme Bay Winery, Blackberry Medium
Lyme Bay Winery, West Country Mead Medium Sweet
Bursting with the full flavour and heady aroma of ripe hedgerow fruit.
Lyme Bay Winery, Blackberry Medium Sweet
A delicious honey based wine with a sweet spicy overtone. Slightly drier than Traditional Mead.
A richly scented, golden sweet wine with the lingering flavour of soft ripe fruit.
Lyme Bay Winery, Blackcurrant Medium Sweet A sweet, scented wine with the full flavour of dark berries.
Lyme Bay Winery, Cherry Sweet Real cherry aroma and full black fruit flavour.
Lyme Bay Winery, Cranberry Medium A tangy medium-sweet wine; great for summer spritzers.
Lyme Bay Winery, Damson Off/Dry A traditional favourite. Smooth and well balanced.
Lyme Bay Winery, Elderberry Dry Old fashioned, floral flavours. A perfect picnic, aperitif or lunchtime wine.
Lyme Bay Winery, Elderberry Off/Dry A robust red, rich in colour and flavour.
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beer styles
ALL ABOUT
THE BEER understood in the 18th century. The selection of yeast will often give a brewer’s beers a common flavour, and many breweries will guard their particular yeast strain very carefully. Yeast also produces the alcohol in the drink from sugars. These sugars mostly come from malted barley. The maltster allows the barley to just begin to germinate before stopping the process using heat. This makes the grain softer and easier to mill, and starts the process of turning starch into sugar.
The origins of beer can be traced back at least 6,000 years, to when the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians began to grow cereals. The drink we would recognise today started to appear in 7th century Bavaria, when hops were first used. The hop was first seen in Britain in the 14th century, in a drink brought over from Germany and the Low Countries. Beer contained hops, whereas ale remained unhopped, and ale and beer brewers would remain entirely separate until the 17th century. However, after three centuries the unhopped variety had been all but wiped out. With very few exceptions all beer brewed today contains hops in some form. The modern usages of the words ale and beer are rather different. Beer refers to nearly every alcoholic drink made with malt and hops. Ale normally refers to beers fermented with particular types of yeast – so called ‘top fermenting’ varieties. Hops provide the bitterness and many of the other flavours and aromas in beer. Further flavours come from the yeast. Yeast is a single-celled organism that only began to be
Other cereals (both malted and unmalted) may be used in some beers. Brewing sugars are used by some brewers and other flavourings, spices and even fruit may be added. As well as sugars, malts also provide many of the flavours in beer, such as roasted and caramel notes. The colour of a beer is almost entirely dependent on the variety and amount of malts used. What is real ale? Real ale is a beer brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of additional gas. It is described as ‘living’ as it continues to ferment in the cask, developing its flavour as it matures, ready to be poured into your glass. Real ale is also known as ‘cask-conditioned beer’, ‘real cask ale’, ‘real beer’ and ‘naturally conditioned beer’. The term ‘real ale’ and the above definition were coined by CAMRA in the early 1970s. How can I tell if it’s real ale? Real ale is full of flavour with a light natural carbonation produced by the fermentation that has occurred in the cask. A real ale should be served at cellar temperature (11–14°C) so that
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The Prince of Wales Feathers
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Castor, Peterborough Tel: 01733 380222
Award winning village local in historic Castor.
Close to the Nene Valley Railway & Ferry Meadows
Serves 6 guest ales & craft beer. Walker & dog friendly.
Home cooked food lunchtime & midweek evenings
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beer styles continued the flavour of the beer can be best appreciated. You can recognise real ale in a pub as it is usually served using a hand pump, although a number of pubs sell the beer straight from the cask using nothing but gravity – like at this festival. What is the difference between ale and lager? Real ale is produced by ‘top fermentation’ at temperatures of up to 22°C, which produces the rich variety of flavours. After primary fermentation the ale is allowed to mature at 11–14°C in a cask where a slow secondary fermentation occurs. Lager is produced by bottom fermentation at lower temperatures (6–14°C). It is then conditioned for several weeks or months at close to freezing, during which time the lager matures. Traditionally, lager style beers were brewed during the cooler winter months and then stored in cool cellars throughout the summer. Indeed, lager is the German word for store. However, most mass-produced UK lagers are matured for less than a week and do poor service to the name. A few UK brewers produce a real lager – BlackBar Bert’s Lager at this festival being one example. What is ‘craft beer’? The term craft beer has received a great deal of press in recent years. As yet there’s no real definition for the term - rather one knows it when one sees it. Much real ale is craft beer; some craft beer is dispensed from kegs. Craft beer has its origins in the US microbrewery world – our foreign beer bar has some fine examples from that side of the Atlantic. Beer Styles Ale-style beers are often broken down further into various styles, although many beers are hard to fit in to one of these categories. We’ve chosen a few examples for a few common styles. Milds are low in bitterness and may be dark or light. Although generally of a lower strength (below 4%) they can also be strong.
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beer styles continued Bitter is the most common beer style, usually brown, tawny, copper or amber coloured with a medium to strong bitterness. Light to medium malt character may be present. Bitters vary in strength from around 3.5% to nearer 6%. Recently some brewers have produced beers below 3%, which often have a remarkable depth of flavour. Golden Ales first appeared in the 1980s. These are pale amber, gold, yellow or straw coloured beers with light to strong bitterness and a strong hop character that creates a refreshing taste. The strength is generally less than 5.5%.
appearance of “Black IPAs� has confused many, since they are definitely not pale. Porters and Stouts are complex in flavour and typically black or dark brown. The darkness comes from the use of dark malts. These full bodied beers generally have a pronounced bitter finish. Historically a stout would have been any stronger beer, but the term evolved to mean a strong porter beer. In modern usage, the two terms are used almost interchangeably, although stouts tend to be less sweet than porters. They are usually 4–8% in strength, although some go higher.
India Pale Ale (IPA) originally appeared in the early 19th century. First brewed in London and Burton-on-Trent for the colonial market, IPAs were strong in alcohol and high in hops: the preservative character of the hops helped to keep the beers in good condition during long sea journeys. Look for juicy malt, citrus fruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop character, with strengths of 5% to much more. The recent
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SPONSORS TRADE SESSION The trade only session will be held on the opening Tuesday from 3.30pm with the general public admitted at 5.30pm. Again this year the trade session is being sponsored by Small Beer Ltd of Lincoln. They are able to supply your pub with a vast array of real ales and other products. CHAMPION BEER OF THE FESTIVAL
Many thanks to J D Wetherspoons and their three local pubs, the Drapers Arms , the College Arms and The George at Whittlesey for sponsoring the competition. If you are at the festival on Tuesday, please pick up a form and vote for your favourite beers of the evening. This year we are not asking you to grade the beers into mild, bitter, strong bitter, etc as we know this can be
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confusing – just tell us the names of the best beers and who brewed them. The beers with the most votes in each section (we will sort them into categories) will go into the blind tasting sessions that will be held on Wednesday lunch time. PUB QUIZ The popular pub quiz will be taking place on Wednesday to Saturday lunch times. Once again, many thanks to ESP Magazine for sponsoring the quiz and to Ian Gray for running the quiz on site. CARRIER BAGS Plastic Bags for taking Home your Festival Glasses are sponsored by Pipers Crisps. Please visit them in the south Marquee for the full range of hand made Crisps. We thank them for support again this year.
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pubs around peterborough
Peterborough Pubs The Peterborough Beer Festival is upon us and the choice of ales from around the country is simply staggering. Of course, the beer fest isn’t open all the time so you might want to try a few of our local pubs when we’re all taking a siesta between sessions! For those of you new to the city and the festival, Peterborough provides a variety of venues in which to drink real ale. From a quiet village pub just 25 minutes walk from the festival to Europe’s largest brew pub, from a pub specialising in ales straight from the cask to a 1930's back street boozer known for the quality and variety of its ale. Peterborough has it all! We shall divide the pubs into north and south of the river to make direction finding easier. To start with the festival is on the north bank of the Nene. For those of you who carry technology we'll include the postcode so you can navigate more easily.
SOUTH OF THE RIVER The Woolpack, North St, Stanground, PE2 8HR This is the closest you can get to a village pub in the city. Situated in the ancient village of Stanground just south of the Nene, the Woolpack provides a bit of peace and tranquillity in a mad mad world. The pub will provide 4 beers during the festival which will be Wherry and Landlord with 2 guest ales. The pub is open all day every day. Food is served but times vary so call the pub to find out details. We wouldn’t want you to trek half a mile in search of food and only find pork scratchings, although it’s worth the walk for the nice beer anyway. The beer garden at the rear of the pub
backs onto the old course of the river Nene and if you just happen to own a boat and you've brought it with you, you can park it at the bottom of the garden. Phone number 01733 753544 Charters, River Nene, PE1 1EH. 01733 315700 Just south of the river (on the river really) you will find Charters. This large converted grain barge will provide the easiest and most convenient point to try more ales. Although, as it’s the closest to the fest it might get a bit busy during 'festival down times'. Usually about a dozen ales on offer with a beer garden and marquee to relax under. The restaurant on the top deck is called East and will cater for those in need of the exotic. The Cherry Tree, 9 Oundle Rd, PE2 9PB. 01733 703495 The Cherry Tree is known as one of Peterborough's live music venues and has seen a wealth of talent play here. You will find at least 4 ales on offer, one or two will probably be local ones. Food available. Swiss Cottage, Grove St, PE2 9AG (off Oundle Rd) The ‘Swiss’ is a pub with an Irish flavour but with a difference, in as much as not all the sales are Guinness related. The standard offering is Rooster’s Yankee which is unusual for this area. There are usually at least a couple of handpumps in use and the choice tends towards local ales with Tydd Steam and Digfield being regulars. No food but they’re open all day and they have a pool table. Phone number 01733 568734
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pubs around peterborough The Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, PE2 9PA After a short interlude of uncertainty we are pleased to say that the 'Palmy' has now been reinstated as one of the premier real ale pubs in the city. Run by local man, Ian Benton the pub offers a fine array of ales straight from the cask from the cellar. Phone number 01733 565865 Coalheavers Arms, Park St, PE2 9BH The Coalheavers Arms is one of the city's success stories. During the festival the pub will probably have 8 or so beers on, some of which will be by Milton of Cambridge. A super pub with a pleasant beer garden known everywhere for their great beer festivals. One of local CAMRA's favourite pubs which will no doubt be used as the 'Festival Tap' during the building of the festival! No hot food but home made scotch eggs of exotic and unusual varieties on sale. Open Tuesday onwards at midday during the festival. Phone number 01733 565664
NORTH OF THE RIVER AND THE CITY CENTRE The Beehive, 62 Albert Place, PE1 1DD A popular pub known for its excellent food. The 'House' ales here are made by local brewery, Castor Ales. Their other beers can include London Pride, Blackfriars and Abbey. Unfortunately the pub is having builders in to rearrange a few things and will be closed until Friday evening of the festival. Normal opening from then on so you can still enjoy the pub all day Saturday. Food until 9.30pm. Phone number 01733 310600 The Draper's Arms, 29-31 Cowgate, PE1 1LZ One of the closest pubs to the railway station offering the usual JD Wetherspoons fare. Opens early for breakfast. 01733 847570 Ostrich, 17 North Street, PE1 2RA. Superbly refurbished, the Ostrich offers a selection of 5 ales most of which are local to the area.
The Jolly Sailor, 43 Great Whyte, Ramsey PE26 1HH Tel 01487 813388
OPEN ALL DAY EVERY DAY FROM 11AM Five Real Ales on permanently
FOOD SERVED DAILY Monday to Friday: 12 to 2.30, 6 to 9pm Saturday: 12 to 9pm Sunday: 12 to 4pm
4 Real Ales available alongside Stowford Press Cider and Stella Black Open: Monday to Thursday from 4.30pm Friday from 3pm Saturday and Sunday from 12pm Car Park • Garden with childrens play area
JOIN US FOR OUR VERY FIRST BEER FESTIVAL! UP TO 12 REAL ALES AND CIDERS AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY
FRIDAY 23rd TO MONDAY 26th Sunday afternoon BBQ and live music from Acoustic Street
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Live Music Saturday 24th August
2pm Soloman Smith 5pm Styky Fingers
30 High Street, Bluntisham PE28 3LD Tel: 01487 842055
pubs around peterborough A real cider is also available. Live music is usually on at the weekends and there is a pleasant courtyard in which to enjoy your beer. No food available but worth finding anyway. Pub opens at 11am. Phone number 01733 746370 Wortley Almshouses, Westgate, PE1 1QA. At the top of Westgate you will come to the Wortley Almshouses. Converted in the early 1980's into a pub by Sam Smiths from an old and derelict almshouse. Several years ago it was refurbished and divided into many small and intimate rooms which won it an award. Sam Smiths beers available with the usual competitive prices. Phone number 01733 348839 Brewery Tap, Westgate, PE1 2AA This is the largest brew pub in Europe and is the home of Oakham Ales. Expect Oakham Ales on the bar and many, many others. The pub is famous for its Thai cuisine. Probably the closest pub to the railway station although the Draper’s is likely equi-distant. Phone number 01733 358500 . College Arms, 40 Broadway, PE1 1RS The pub was the first Wetherspoon's pub in the city. The usual good value meals and beers. Phone number 01733 319745 The Solstice, Northminster Rd, PE1 1YN A large pub north of Peterborough market offering 3 ales some of which are beers from small breweries. Large screens for sporting events are available. Food available. Phone number 01733 560231 www.thesolstice.co.uk The Hand & Heart, 12 Highbury Street, PE1 3BE Rebuilt in the 1930's the 'Hand' is a pub which has remained at the forefront of real ale excellence for the last several years. Our landlord Bram and his good lady Sue have ensured that all of the beers served over the bar are in perfect condition. The
range is ever changing and the pub now sports regular beer festivals with ales to keep any self respecting beer spotter occupied for some considerable time. The pub was awarded a Gold Award from Peterborough CAMRA and it was Cambridgeshire Pub of the Year for 2010. Put simply, if you're in Peterborough you need to visit the pub. To get to the pub you can use the local bus service (Citi 1) which will drop you off within a hundred yards of the pub (look for the motor bike shop on your left just after the traffic lights - Highbury St is opposite). Phone number 01733 564653. The Crown, 749 Lincoln Rd PE1 3HD Completly refurbished by Baxter and King Construction a couple of years ago, this is a gem of a pub. The landlord John Laurence is a current CAMRA Branch Gold Award winner and is always putting on offers and specials for beer enthusiasts and has 4 real ales and a real cider available at all times. Staying on the Citi 1 bus route those who wish to explore further out of town to the Werrington suburb would be rewarded by visiting... The Ploughman, Werrington Centre PE4 6NA The landlord, Andy Simmonds has been in the local media lately campaigning to save his pub from being demolished by Tesco for a car park. With the aid of CAMRA and massive support from the local community Andy has won his battle for the pub. The Ploughman is also a current Gold Award winner and with at least eight real ales on it’s well worth a visit.
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festival charity
THE RNLI
IS THE CHARITY THAT SAVES LIVES AT SEA RNLI, 100’s of school children will be educated on water safety by the RNLI and our flood rescue team are on 24/7 standby. Our last acquisition, PBF IV stationed quite locally at Skegness, and used alongside the all-weather “Mersey” class soon to be replaced with a new state of the art Shannon class, (still under development at the time of writing), has had 38 shouts in the 12 months to July 2013, with 26 persons rescued. We have invited some of the crew to come over to the Festival this year, although, falling as it does, in the middle of the holiday season, they Yes folks, welcome to the Beer Festival! It doesn’t seem a year ago, but once again we are all preparing for 5 days of fun and frolics for the customers, and hard work and mayhem behind the scenes! The weather at the time of writing is glorious, temperature in my garden reading 940F. and that’s in the shade! Lets all hope that it is this good in 5 weeks when Claire and I will be opening the gates to let you all in.
(Mersey class lifeboat © RNLI)
Shannon class lifeboat © RNLI)
As you are all aware, we, that is to say the RNLI volunteers, have been collecting here for many years now, and your donations have enabled us to purchase, equip and run no less than 4 lifeboats, 3 “D” class and 1 “Atlantic 85 class”. No mean feat when you consider the costs involved. A Fully kitted out “D” class costs £ 39,000, and the Atlantic 85 £204,000! Every penny of which, plus the running costs comes from people just like you, the “Chuck it in the bucket” brigade, not one penny comes from Government sources, so, you can feel justly proud and perhaps not a little smug! Did you know, 22 persons will be rescued today by the
may be a little busy. Skegness Lifeboat Station is what is known as an “Explore Station”. Explore stations offer the best visitor experience. With free access, you can go inside and look around the station, see the lifeboats and, in most cases,
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Opening Hours 12 - 11 Mon - Sat and 12 - 10.30 on Sunday Food Service 12 - 10 Mon - Sat and 12 - 9 on Sunday
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festival charity pre-book a tour. They are normally open all year and have an RNLI gift shop. For more details visit: www.rnliskegness.org.uk. (If you want to keep an eye on your lifeboat, download the desktop pager from: http://rnli.org/howtosupportus/ otherwaystohelp/digital-extras/ Pages/Desktop-pager-signup.aspx) Feel free to come over and have a chat with us, we are quite happy to show off our total ignorance of all things nautical, and are more than willing to help out our patrons by lightening the burdens which weigh down their pockets on the journey home. Indeed we are even so selfless as to aid our bretheren and sisteren, who are in need of directions home asking nothing in return. (Oh go on then, just a half!).
On a more serious note, for those of you who are visiting the Festival by boat, the moorings next to the Festival are available for overnight stays, so enjoy yourselves, but remember excess booze, and boating, are not good bedfellows. Last year we collected £ 8031.27, and, weather permitting, we hope to improve on that this year. We now have in our coffers the princely sum of £ 17,981.75, which will be going to fund, hopefully, a local lifeguard station, or similar (with Peterborough Beer Festival’s name on it of course!) More details on this at a later date. To ALL of you, our thanks in advance, drink sensibly and enjoy the fantastic sunshine we will be having for the whole week. If my prediction is wrong feel free to come over and shout…….. at Claire (I cry easily) Martyn Edgar (Press and Box Secretary) RNLI Peterborough.
THANK YOU PETERBOROUGH BEER FESTIVAL II I write in my capacity as Lifeboat Operations Manager at The Mumbles Lifeboat Station to inform you that in August 2013 Inshore LifeboatD-623, Peterborough Beer Festival II, will reach the end of her operational life. In July 2004 The Mumbles Lifeboat Station was the proud recipient of Peterborough Beer Festival II and since that time, at the point of writing, she has launched on service 335 times, helped 423 people in difficulty and been credited with saving 6 lives. Throughout her service she has been the workhorse of the Station and has made a huge contribution to maritime safety in the Swansea area. It will be with great sadness that we wave her off.
On behalf of everyone associated with The Mumbles Lifeboat Station I thank the Peterborough Beer Festival for the wonderful gift that was Peterborough Beer Festival II. I know you continue to support the RNLI and we are very grateful for this ongoing commitment. Yours Aye Timothy A Conway Lifeboat Operations Manager The Mumbles Lifeboat Station
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