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WELCOME FROM THE FESTIVAL CHAIR!
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n behalf of the Organising Committee, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 8th LYTHAM BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL at the Lowther Pavillion. For anybody who is unfamiliar with our festivals, please have a look through this programme in which we have provided a number of tips and house rules that will hopefully make your visit smoother. The programme also includes lists of the range of drinks available at each bar, be it cask beer, cider, perry or world beer. Every year we try to improve the Festival, with this programme itself hopefully being an improvement on the previous offering of a “Fylde Ale” and separately printed beer list. We hope you like it. We will also have one of our members, a keen home brewer, on hand to provide information as to how beer is brewed with a selection of ingredients for you to see and understand. Every year, CAMRA runs a national competition to find the best beer in the country - the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB). We were hoping to bring you the newly crowned (2015) CBOB winner, Tiny Rebel “Cwtch”, but, alas, that has not proved possible - just too much in demand ! However, we are already looking ahead to 2016 and will be hosting the judging of the Best Bitter category for the North West in the run-up to next year’s CBOB competition. So, who knows, you might be drinking the ultimate 2016 winner - without knowing it yet! Please remember that this Festival is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers. They freely give up their time to run the Festival because of their love of real ale.
So please be patient when things get busy, we’ll serve you as quickly as possible. The Festival is a team effort and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my fellow CAMRA members who have helped to make the Festival possible. As always at our festivals, we will be supporting a charity - this time, it’s North West Air Ambulance. In addition to money collected in the charity’s own boxes in the hall, we will donate the value of any unused beer tokens you place in the boxes we have on the way out the hall. Please give generously to this worthy cause. I’d also like to thank our generous sponsors for their support - The Taps, Fifteens of St Annes, Lytham Brewery, Windmill Homes, Lowther Pavilion Café and Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association. Many thanks also to the team at the Lowther Pavilion for hosting us. Finally, our thanks to YOU for coming! Please enjoy yourselves, but remember, it isn’t a race, so please drink responsibly! Rick Pickup
Festival Organising Committee Chairman
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GENERAL INFORMATION This festival programme is produced and published under the same editorial control and conditions as “Fylde Ale”, the quarterly magazine of Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA. If you want to compare the two, copies of “Fylde Ale” are freely available on the CAMRA Stall. “Fylde Ale” is also available on-line and in many local pubs (see the Branch website below - click on “News” and then “Fylde Ale”). Any views expressed in this programme are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily endorsed by CAMRA locally or nationally. All editorial content is the copyright of Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA. Please contact the Editor if you wish to reproduce any of it. Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA accepts no liability in relation to the accuracy of advertisements; readers must rely on their own enquiries. It should also be noted that acceptance of an advertisement in this publication should not be deemed an endorsement of quality by Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA. CONTACT THE EDITOR - NEIL PASCOE email: editor_14@blackpool.camra.org.uk tel: 01253 734243 mobile: 07734 473972
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FESTIVAL SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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ome information to help you enjoy this Festival that bit more. It’s tempting to ignore it, BUT PLEASE DON’T! You’ve paid your entry fee and got a wristband on (please don’t remove it until you leave - it proves you are entitled to be here!). Next things now are to get a glass and some beer tokens! Then you can get drinking!
GLASSES You can either HIRE a glass or BUY one (as a souvenir of your visit) from the Hire or Souvenir Glasses Counter. If you decide to hire, you will get a plastic GLASS TOKEN with your glass. Please don’t lose it - you will need to return it with the glass to get your money back. The glasses are lined - at a pint, half-pint and third of a pint. You can order drinks in any of these quantities at all the bars except the World Beers Bar, where it comes in bottles - and from bottles (ie. it needs to be poured into the glass and not swigged from the bottle. Apart from anything else, it tastes better that way.) If you break your glass, DON”T try and pick up the pieces (broken glass is easier for us to handle than a severed blood vessel). Alert a member of staff and leave it to them. Then go to the Glasses Counter for another glass. When we call Time at the end of the night, there is a set period for drinking up (20 minutes). If you have a hire glass and want your money back, MAKE SURE YOU SUP UP AND RETURN IT IN GOOD TIME. Once the Hire Glasses Counter closes its till, that’s that!
BEER TOKENS We have NO cash facilities on any of the bars. Instead, you will need to get beer tokens from our Beer Tokens Counter for ALL the drinks you want to buy. Tokens come in sheets of £5 or £10. Bar staff simply tick off the cost of your purchases. If, at the end of your Festival visit, you still have some spare tokens over, you can get a refund at the Beer Tokens Counter. But PLEASE NOTE: the same time limit as for glass hire refunds applies here too - 20 minutes after Time is called.
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Alternatively, you can DONATE the tokens to our Festival charity - the North West Air Ambulance - and depart with an added feeling of Goodness inside you ! But there is yet another option: if you fancy coming back to another Festival session, you can put the tokens in your pocket and use them another time!
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Anyone under 18 may enter and stay in the Festival until 7 pm, provided they are in the charge of someone who is 18 or over, but they will probably have to wear a special wristband to show that they cannot be served alcohol. They will have to leave the Festival at 7 pm.
BARS (4 TO CHOOSE FROM)
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Alcoholic drink may NOT be taken taken outside the building.
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We can refuse to admit or serve anyone who, in our opinion, is incapacitated by drink or whose behaviour is unacceptable. We don’t want to eject anyone from the Festival, but, if we have to, we will do. So, please DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
MAIN BAR - British cask beers only, arranged in alphabetical order of brewery. YOUNG MEMBERS’ BAR - again, British cask beers only (Young members of CAMRA are aged 18-30, but you don’t need to be one - or even pretend to be one to get served here. We just want to encourage “the Young Ones” to take part - and, with a bit of luck and persuasion, join CAMRA!) WORLD BEER BAR - non-UK bottled beers - a very good way to sample some excellent beer from elsewhere in the World. CIDER & PERRY BAR - real British ciders and perries. No
thudding arrows and Strongbow here, though the staff often wear strange attire (even by Festival standards) and maybe imagine they are participating in some rustic pursuit. Up to you whether you want to join in!
AVAILABILITY & BEING SERVED We cannot promise you that ALL of the drinks in this programme will be available throughout the whole of the Festival. Sometimes they don’t arrive as planned. Sometimes we have to get replacements at the last minute. Sometimes they are not in good enough nick to sell to you. But, most often, they just sell out - so don’t leave any of your special favourites till the last or you may be disappointed! To get served quicker, we suggest you do your research first. Check (using this programme) what you want and where to get it from. Then please be patient and considerate towards staff and other customers whilst waiting to be served. Staff are keen to serve you as soon as they can! Once you have been served, please move away from the bar, so others can get in.
ALLERGENS: If you want information about potential
allergens in any of our beers, ciders or perries, please ask a member of the relevant bar staff for assistance. If there is any doubt about the suitability of a drink, it may be better to stay safe and not try it.
TOILETS: GENTS & LADIES are in the Admissions area. SMOKING: Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is NOT ALLOWED in the building. FIRST AID: We have staff on hand who are trained in FIRST AID. If you need to call on their services, please see any of our staff and they will arrange that for you. FEEDBACK & COMPLAINTS: Please feel free to tell us
what you think of the Festival. Our Festival Chairman, Rick, is keen to know. If you don’t manage to buttonhole him in the hall (with or without his “Ignore Levin” teeshirt), you can email him on lythamorganiser_14@blackpool. camra.org.uk. And, if you have any COMPLAINTS, please let him or any of us know straightaway.
ENOUGH RULES & REGULATIONS...
Please now just enjoy your visit!
GENERAL BEHAVIOUR Like any pub, we are bound by licensing law. This means that: •
It is an offence to buy (or attempt to buy) alcohol if you are under 18, or for another person who is under 18. We therefore operate a Challenge 21 scheme. So, if you look under 21, you may be asked, on entry or at the bars, for ID to prove you are 18 or over. Once we are satisfied, you will be given a special Age Verified wrist band.
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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT FOOD
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e are delighted to welcome Merry Berry Chocolates back to the Festival. Beer and chocolate seem to hit the spot with so many people and they have many excellent offerings for you to try. However, if they’ve got their Scorpion Death Chilli with them again and you decide to give it a go, it might be an idea to wait till you’ve finished drinking first... and have a recovery plan in place! We don’t have other food on sale in the Festival hall itself, but hot snacks and drinks will be available in the Lowther Pavilion Café throughout the Festival - until 4.45 pm and then from 6.30 pm till 9.30 pm. (Go back into the Admissions area and turn left.) Food can be brought into the Festival hall.
FULL FAT BOOGIE BAND - Friday Evening (from 8’ish) Pure rock ’n’ soul - highly danceable classics with a slightly rocky edge - from the well known Fylde Coast “boys who never grew up”.
BLACKJACKS - Saturday Evening (from 8’ish) A 4-man Indie rock/Alternative band from Burnley with classic stuff from the likes of Pulp, the Stereophonics and the Killers... and more besides. Apologies to the “Disenchanted” - we can only suggest you switch off your hearing aids or bring earplugs Then smile, drink more beer and Oh Be Joyful!
ENTERTAINMENT !! ENTERTAINMENT One of our home-brewing members Graham Monk will be on hand in certain sessions during the day to discuss the Noble Art of Brewing. Don’t think he’ll have any free samples, but it might give you a better appreciation of how all that delicious beer gets made. Just ask one of the staff when and where he is doing it. As usual, there’s NO music (or muzak) during the day - just the cheery chink of glasses and the raucous hubbub of human voices (suitably lubricated). But all change at night! THIS YEAR... for your Delectation... we have -
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OUR FESTIVAL CHARITY PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY
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e are very pleased to have the NWAA as our Festival Charity this year. It is not the first time we’ve chosen them, but they perform such excellent work in the North West (as some of us know at first hand) that it is really good to have them here once again. The NWAA is a registered charity and was established in 1999. It receives NO government funding and depends almost entirely on public donations. Each year it needs £6.2 million simply to keep it airborne and saving lives. It operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, across an area of 5,500 square miles with a population of about 8 million. It covers all major motorway incidents and areas that have poor restricted road access. On average, the NWAA is called out 8 times a day and, in 2013-14, attended over 2,000 incidents, 625 of them in Lancashire alone. Overcoming obstacles of distance, congestion and access, It often takes just 14 minutes to reach the scene of an incident, where the doctors and paramedics on board can provide timely, life-saving treatment. Then it is little more than 10 minutes’ travelling time to the nearest hospital.
OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS
You can donate money to them in various ways: by CASH in the collection buckets and/or by handing over your UNUSED BEER TOKENS at the Beer Tokens Counter. EVERY amount given can make a DIFFERENCE - for somebody. One day it might be YOU. PLEASE BE GENEROUS.
In alphabetical order, they are...
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BLACKPOOL & FYLDE RAIL USERS’ ASSOCIATION
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FIFTEENS, St Annes
Without the help and support of these excellent folk, we might have struggled to make this Festival happen at all.
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LOWTHER PAVILION CAFÉ
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LYTHAM BREWERY, St Annes
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THE TAPS, Lytham
So, please raise your glasses with us to give them all A BIG THANK YOU.
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WINDMILL HOMES, Lytham
Thank You!
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WHAT STYLE IS MY BEER? A GUIDE TO THE DIFFERENT BEER STYLES
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o help you with your selection of beers on our Main and Young Members’ Bars, there are tasting notes for each beer listed below (where we have them!). But the following brief guide on style definitions may help you too. The style abbreviations appear against the relevant beers on the list.
MILDS
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Milds are generally dark brown to black in colour. They have a malt and light hop aroma and taste. They are generally lower in alcohol and may be sweeter that expected, often having a toffee/butterscotch taste. They may also be pale and these examples, generally called Pennine Milds, may have a light fruit taste and smell. Darker milds may have a liquorice or chocolate taste.
BITTERS
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Bitters are generally mid-brown in colour but can be pale. There should be an evident hop aroma and medium-to-strong bitterness. They may taste fruity, but that should not be the predominant flavour. There are also light-bodied versions that are low in alcohol and known as “Boys’ Bitters”. Bitters are usually under 4.0% ABV.
BEST BITTERS
BB
Best Bitters have many of the same characteristics of Bitters. However, they are higher in alcohol, usually between 4.0 % and 4.6 % ABV.
STRONG BITTERS
SB
Strong Bitters yet again show many of the same characteristics but are generally more malty. This category also covers IPAs (India Pale Ales) which should be well-fermented, strong bitters with little residual sweetness and a high level of hop flavour. American IPAs will generally be made with New World hops that may have an intense, fruity flavour. There are also Black IPAs; these are just IPAs brewed with a different malt which shouldn’t make a major change to the taste but will make the beer dark brown or black in colour. Strong Bitters are above 4.6% ABV.
GOLDEN ALES
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Golden Ales are pale, amber, gold, yellow or strawcoloured. They should have a strong hop taste, often with tart citrus fruit notes, creating a refreshing character.
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There should be no malt taste or aroma. Golden Beers can be of any strength.
OLD ALES/STRONG MILDS
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These are generally dark in colour but can be paler. Old Ales should have a rich maltiness and be full-bodied. Strong Milds are generally quite caramelly and have a roast malt character. They are generally between 4.3% and 6.5% ABV.
PORTERS
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STOUTS
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Porters are dark in colour and have a robust, often coffee-like, roast malt taste. They should be quite bitter and may have a raisin/sultana taste. They are normally over 4.0% ABV. Stouts are always black. There should be a dry, roasted flavour, from the use of roasted barley, and there is often a dry bitterness in the finish. Stouts may also be sweet; a milk stout, for instance, contains lactose, giving it a milky taste. Imperial Russian Stouts are much more intense and have a higher level of alcohol.
BARLEY WINES & STRONG OLD ALES BW/SOA
These are two styles but have a higher alcohol content, generally 6.5% or higher, They should be fullbodied and may be sweet. Barley Wines are generally mid-coloured and may have a ripe fruit characteristic. Strong Old Ales are generally dark and very malty, and have a dark fruit, chocolate or coffee flavour.
SPECIALITY BEERS
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Speciality beers are real ales that may be produced with novel ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, honey, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, flowers other than hops and cereals other than barley. (The last named being in addition to the small amounts of cereal adjuncts commonly used in standard beer styles, e.g. for head retention.) Many styles are brewed with different yeasts. “Saison” or “Sour” beers are in this category, as are lagers.
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CASK BEER LIST ALLGATES (L)
(L) = Local brewery (to the Branch area (YMB) = Beer on the Young Members’ Bar
Wigan, Greater Manchester
HARDYBUTTS
GA 4.5%
A light coloured beer with a well-balanced bitterness complemented with lemon and citrus aromas and added stem Ginger to give a distinctive aromatic warmth.
APPLEBY
Appleby, Cumbria
KNOCK ON!
BB 4.0%
A red ale with rich malty overtones and a full body.
ATLAS
Quoyloo, Orkney
LATITUDE
SPEC 3.6%
This straw coloured ale has a light citrus taste with a smack of hops and grapefruit in the light bitter finish.
AYR
Ayr, Ayrshire
FAIR JENNY’S JIG
GA 4.5%
A golden ale tasting of tropical fruits and watermelon.
BANK TOP (L)
Bolton, Greater Manchester
FLAT CAP
BB 4.0%
Amber ale with a modest fruit aroma leading to a beer with citrus fruit, malt and hops. Good finish of fruit, malt and bitterness. Sponsored by THE TAPS
BEARTOWN
Congleton, Cheshire
PEACH MELBEAR
SPEC 4.4%
An unusual and distinctive beer with a sweet aroma of peaches and elderflower, perfectly balanced by a hoppy bitterness in both the flavour and finish.
BIG HAND
Wrexham, Clwyd
T-WREX
GA 4.5%
A golden bitter with a perfect balance between a solid, sweet malt body and a strong, crisp, clean bitterness.
BLINDMANS
Leighton, Somerset
BUFF (YMB)
B 3.6%
Amber-coloured, smooth session beer.
BLOOMFIELD BREWHOUSE Blackpool, Lancashire ANSDELL 47
B 3.8%
A blonde ale with gentle bitterness.
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BOROUGH
Lancaster, Lancashire
BITTER
BB 4.0%
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BOWLAND (L)
(Clitheroe, Lancashire)
GOLD
GA 3.8%
A hoppy, golden bitter with intense grapefruit flavours. Sponsored by THE TAPS
BOX SOCIAL
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
KAFFIR
B 3.9%
A session IPA with added lime leaves.
BRADFORD
Bradford, West Yorkshire
NORTHERN SOUL
GA 3.8%
An easy-drinking session beer with pleasant floral aroma and fruity taste.
BRASS CASTLE
Malton, North Yorkshire
HAZELNUT MILD
M 4.2%
A luscious 5-malt nut brown mild with a delicate hazelnut aroma.
BRENTWOOD
South Weald, Essex
CHOCKWORK ORANGE
SPEC 6.5%
A deep chocolate malty beer brewed with oranges and matured to provide a classic old ale style beer.
CANOPY
Herne Hill, Surrey
BROCKWELL IPA
A hoppy, heady, easy-drinking pale ale.
SB 5.6%
CASTLE ROCK (YMB) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire SHERWOOD RESERVE COFFEE
ST 4.5%
An earthy, yet smooth tasting dark stout with a smoked roastness through to a roast bitter finish enhanced with coffee.
CHAPEL STREET BREWHOUSE (L)
Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
STRAWBERRY BLONDE
Blonde session ale with added strawberry.
VANILLA STOUT
B 3.8%
ST 4.1%
A full bodied and dry stout with added vanilla.
AMERICAN PALE ALE
GA 4.8%
A light refreshing pale ale with strong floral aromas.
CONISTON
Coniston, Cumbria
INFINITY IPA
SB 6.0%
High-impact strong bitter. Fruity aromas persist in the powerful but well-balanced hoppiness and sweetness with nothing being lost in the finish.
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South Woodham Ferres, Essex
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(L) = Local brewery (to the Branch area (YMB) = Beer on the Young Members’ Bar
Stockport, Greater Manchester
1049 DEAD
M 4.9%
A dark mild with a vibrant fruity aroma and mellow chocolate taste.
CUMBRIAN LEGENDARY
Hawkshead, Cumbria
DORSET
GA 4.7%
Crossways, Dorset
CARMEN (YMB)
BB 4.4%
Dark berry flavours with a rich malty base and just a whiff of port.
FAT
Crook, Co Durham
CRIMSON
SB 4.8%
A full-bodied beer with an intense flavour and hue of roasted malt. Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
MUCKY DUCK
ST 4.0%
TANGERINE DUCK
BB 4.4%
Dark stout, slightly sweet with chocolate and coffee notes from the roasted malt. Copper coloured beer with a hint of tangerine from the late addition of Crystal hops.
CITRA
GA 3.9%
Golden-coloured with a pleasant citrus flavour.
GEORGE WRIGHT
Rainford, Merseyside
PIPE DREAM
BB 4.3%
Refreshing hoppy Best Bitter with a fruity nose and grapefruit to the fore in the taste. A lasting, dry, bitter finish. Sponsored by THE TAPS Great Heck, North Yorkshire
CLEVELAND BROWN
SB 6.5%
A sweet and malty brown ale.
Broadbottom, Greater Manchester
ON THE TILES
SB 4.8%
An IPA with a big, fruity taste.
HART (L)
GA 3.5%
Partridge Green, West Sussex
American-style Pale Ale crafted with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops. Full hops aroma.
GREEN MILL
Staveley, Cumbria
WINDERMERE PALE
Fresh, well-balanced, fruity, hoppy beer with a clean, bitter aftertaste. Both sponsored by FIFTEENS
AMERICAN PALE ALE
GREAT HECK
HAWKSHEAD
Crisp and fruity yellow beer with hints of melon and grapefruit and a strong, bitter aftertaste.
A dominant, fruity body develops into a light bitter finish. A beer that belies its strength.
FUZZY DUCK (L)
ST 5.0%
A rich, deep stout.
GA 4.3%
LOWESWATER GOLD
DARK STAR
malt aftertaste.
COBBLESTONE STOUT
LAKELAND GOLD
HEALEY’S
Loppergarth, Cumbria
BLONDE
BB 4.0%
HOLDEN’S
Woodsetton, West Midlands
Aromatic bitter, sweet and tasty from the start with increasing hops and a dry, bitter finish.
GOLDEN SUNSET
GA 4.7%
A deep golden beer with a spicy aroma and a clean, bitter taste.
HOPSTAR (L)
Darwen, Lancashire
BLACKBERRY STOUT
A rich, dark, blackberries.
full-bodied
HOWARD TOWN
LORD OF GLEN
BB 4.2%
stout
ST 4.0%
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Glossop, Derbyshire
GREEN BINE GOLD
A golden ale brewed with green hops.
ILKLEY
GA 4.0%
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
DERBY DAY
SPEC 7.0%
This unusual beer combines rich chocolate malt flavours with a lingering hit of fresh mint.
KIRKBY LONSDALE
Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire
JUBILEE STOUT
ST 5.5%
Rich, well-balanced stout with malt. A long aftertaste retains this complexity and is surprisingly refreshing.
LITTLE VALLEY (YMB)
Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire
VANILLA PORTER
SPEC 4.5%
Dark and complex with a fresh taste of vanilla dominating both the aroma and taste.
LIVERPOOL CRAFT
HINNOMAKI WHEAT
Preston, Lancashire
BB 4.4%
A Belgian-style gooseberries.
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Liverpool, Merseyside beer
SPEC 4.5%
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A light, smooth, citric-flavoured ale with a nice,
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St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire
RADLER PILSNER
GA 3.8%
A pale ale brewed using only light lager malt to give a smile-refreshing ale, subtly combined with a fruity twist, strawberry and lime for a fruity finish.
TWIT TWOO
ST 4.6%
Chocolate and caramel malts are combined with vanilla to produce a rich, smooth, dark beer that is satisfyingly indulgent.
STOUT
ST 4.8%
Smooth, velvety stout with a wonderful rich dark colour. A smooth, full-bodied beer with subtle bitterness, giving way to late sweetness and underlying roast barley hints. Sponsored by BLACKPOOL & FYLDE RAIL USERS ASSOCIATION
MARBLE
Manchester, Greater Manchester
MANCHESTER BITTER
BB 4.2%
Yellow beer with a fruity and hoppy aroma. Hops, fruit and bitterness on the palate and in the finish.
GINGER (YMB) SPEC 4.5% This full-bodied, copper-coloured beer displays a delicate blend of cloves, coriander and heaps of fiery ginger.
MAXIM
Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
LAMBTONS (YMB)
GA 3.8%
A smooth Golden Ale, with citrus and hoppy flavours.
MOORHOUSE’S
Burnley, Lancashire
BLACK CAT (YMB)
M 3.4%
A dark mild-style beer with delicate chocolate and coffee roast flavours and a crisp, bitter finish.
RUBY WITCH (YMB)
BB 4.6%
Dark, ruby-coloured, full-bodied ale with subtle roast flavours, hints of spice and tangerine notes.
MOUSELOW FARM
Dinting, Derbyshire
MAYBE FRANK
An easy drinking, golden ale.
NEPTUNE
GA 3.7% Maghull, Merseyside
RIPTIDE
B 3.6%
TRITON
GA 4.8%
A robust British beer.
A pale, hoppy beer brewed with American hops.
OUTSTANDING
Bury, Greater Manchester
IMPERIAL IPA
SB 7.4%
Golden, strong and implausibly hopped. PEERLESS Birkenhead, Merseyside
OATMEAL STOUT
ST 5%
Full-bodied black stout. The use of oats gives a good mouthfeel and dark malts provide lots of backbone with toffee and caramel tones. WWW.BLACKPOOL.CAMRA.ORG.UK
PHOENIX
Heywood, Greater Manchester
ARIZONA (YMB)
GA 4.1%
Yellow in colour with a fruity and hoppy aroma. A refreshing beer with citrus, hops and good bitterness, and a shortish, dry aftertaste. Sponsored by THE TAPS
PORTOBELLO
London, Greater London
SUMMER BLONDE
GA 4.2%
A refreshing, crisp beer giving soft fruit and citrus undertones.
RAMSGATE
Broadstairs, Kent
GADD’S SEASIDER
BB 4.3%
A mellow, easy drinking ale.
RAN
Fenton, Staffordshire
STOUT
ST 5.3%
Rich, flavoursome dark ale with hints of coffee and chocolate.
REDWILLOW
Macclesfield, Cheshire
DIRECTIONLESS
BB 4.2%
A balanced and easy drinking session ale, warm amber in colour with a subtle, candied orange fruitiness.
ROBINSON’S
Stockport, Greater Manchester
TROOPER 666 (YMB)
SB 6.6%
Packed with malt and slightly sweet with a dry, fruity hop finish and caramel notes.
ROCK THE BOAT
Formby, Merseyside
MUSSEL WRECK
B 3.9%
An easy-drinking smooth ale with fruity flavours and a short, bitter finish.
ROUSTABOUT
Greater Manchester
SEVEN ELEVEN
A pale ale with a big, fruity taste.
RUDGATE
GA 4.0%
Tockwith, North Yorkshire
SPECTRALE (YMB)
B 4.0%
A pale beer with a fresh, zesty, hoppy finish.
SALOPIAN
Hadnall, Shropshire
SHROPSHIRE GOLD
B 3.8%
A light, copper-coloured ale with an unusual blend of body and dryness.
SALTAIRE
Shipley, West Yorkshire
TRIPLE CHOCOHOLIC
SPEC 4.8%
A creamy, dark brown, roast, chocolate stout with a dry bitter finish and a rich chocolate aroma.
SONNET 43
Coxhoe, County Durham
BOURBON MILK STOUT
SPEC 4.3%
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Southport, Merseyside
DARK KNIGHT
M 3.9%
A dark traditional mild.
STAMPS
Liverpool, Merseyside
GALAXY
B 3.9%
Pale malt is used with a blend of Galaxy and Centennial hops to produce a refreshingly hoppy beer.
STOCKPORT
Stockport, Greater Manchester
GINGER TINGE
Crisply hopped with a ginger bite.
THREE Bs (L)
SPEC 4.2%
Darwen, Lancashire
SHUTTLE ALE
GA 5.2%
A rustic-coloured traditional strong pale ale. Sponsored by LOWTHER PAVILION CAFÉ
THREE DAGGERS
Edington, Wiltshire
DAGGERS EDGE
A strong bitter with enjoyable, fruity finish.
TITANIC
SB 4.7%
Burslem, Staffordshire
PLUM PORTER
SPEC 4.9%
Dark brown with a powerful fruity aroma. A sweet plum fruitiness gives way to a gentle bitter finish.
TOTALLY BREWED
WATERMILL
Ings, Cumbria
WINDERMERE BLONDE
BB 4.2%
Light and creamy, fruity and sweet with good hop balance to form a very satisfying beer.
WHALEY BRIDGE
Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire
RAPA NUI
SB 4.9%
A pale amber ale, subtly spiced with a hint of orange.
WOLF
Besthorpe, Norfolk
LAVENDER HONEY
SPEC 3.7%
Malty caramel aroma leads into a bitter-sweet beginning with background honey notes. A long drying finish.
WOODFORDE’S
Woodbastwick, Norfolk
WHERRY
B 3.8%
Amber-coloured with an orange citrus nose. A swirling mix of malt, hops, citrus and bitterness combines to provide a tangy, marmalade dryness.
YORKSHIRE HEART
Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire
GET PITHED (YMB)
SPEC 4.2%
An orange fruit beer with a refreshing taste perfect for any time of the day.
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
CAPTAIN HOPBEARD (YMB)
SB 5.5%
Amber coloured ale with citrus hops aplenty with a strong bitter finish.
TRYST
Larbert, Stirlingshire
HOP TRIAL EKG
GA 3.0%
A pale golden beer with a herbal aroma and slightly peppery taste.
ULVERSTON
Ulverston, Cumbria
LAUGHING GRAVY
BB 4.0%
Smooth and grainy brown bitter with a good mix of flavours.
VOCATION
Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire
BREAD & BUTTER
GA 3.9%
Fresh flavours and aromas of pine, peach, lychee and citrus fruits, tempered by a smoothly rounded bitterness.
WALL’S
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
GUN DOG BITTER
B 3.8%
A traditional bitter, amber in colour and with a hoppy flavour.
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ere at the Cider and Perry Bar, we have varying styles of real cider and perry for your delectation - sweet, medium and dry, with at least one that’s cloudy, and some pale and clear. The ciders and perries are available in half-pint and third-of-a-pint measures, as well as pint measures - to make it easier to sample them responsibly. When we talk about “real” cider and perry, we refer to traditional products that have been neither pasteurised nor carbonated and are ideally made from specially designated cider apples or perry pears. The more heavily processed products generally found in pubs are far less complex and satisfying than the more traditional styles. Unfortunately, these traditional styles are under serious threat, even in their heartland, the south-west of England. CAMRA supports the production of real cider and perry, and campaigns to protect smaller producers and to promote the wide choice of styles available. For more information about cider and perry, visit CAMRA’s national website www.camra.org.uk/cider. For a snapshot of what’s going on locally with cider and perry in our branch area pubs, why not take a look at the “Apple Press” article in the latest Fylde Ale (copies are available on the CAMRA stall)? Listed below are the ciders and perries we expect to have available. BUT please note – we cannot promise that all products will be available at every session. When it’s gone, it’s gone! If you want to discuss any of our offerings, we’d be delighted to talk to you. So, come on over!
CIDERS ASHOVER, Derbyshire POETS’ PIPPIN BARKERS, Worcestershire CIDER BIDDENDENS, Kent STRONG DRY CIDER CELTIC MARCHES, Herefordshire LILY THE PINK COUNTRYMAN, Devon SWEET CIDER FOXFIELD, Cumbria CIDER PERRYS, Somerset MEDIUM SWEET CIDER ROSS-ON-WYE, Herefordshire DRY CIDER WESTONS, Somerset JANET’S JUNGLE JUICE WINKLEIGHS, Devon AUTUMN SCRUMPY
PERRIES BARBOURNE, Worcestershire PERRY BROADOAK, Somerset PREMIUM PERRY DOUBLE VISION, Kent IMPEARED VISION ROSS-ON-WYE, Herefordshire PERRY
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s usual, we have tried to bring you a fine selection from the vast variety of flavours that make up the great World of Beer outside the UK. There are a number of beers we have not seen before at Lytham, starting with one from Norwegian craft brewers, Nøgne Ø (pronounced “NOEG-neh OEH”), who send us a hoppy refreshing Pale Ale (6%). I am told their beers are served at the Norwegian Embassy! From Germany we have Leipziger Gose – a speciality of the Leipzig region - a pale, top-fermented, slightly tart and refreshing ale. Since we coincide with this year’s Oktoberfest, we thought we’d save you the effort and expense of actually going there and bring you instead a good range of Bavarian beers - from traditional Oktoberfest Märzen beers (still to be arranged) to Weissbiers from Erdinger (the luscious Dunkel) and Paulaner. No world selection could be complete without examples of the extraordinary brewing habits of Trappist monks – and this is no exception. Some still actually
COOPERS
Australia (375ML) 4.5% Fruity and robust. Naturally fermented in the “Burton” style, secondary fermentation creating trademark sediment that gives a fine cloudy appearance.
PALE ALE
LITTLE CREATURES
Australia PALE ALE (330ML) 5.2% Back at Lytham, the beer wasn’t being exported at all for a while. Citrussy, but well balanced.
ACHOUFFE
Belgium (330ML) 9.0% World-class “tripel” that tastes like a real IPA should, with three types of hops and a natural maltiness that is not overpowered by them. MCCHOUFFE (330ML) 8.0% Dark and full-flavoured, it is sometimes called “the Scotch of the Ardennes”.
HOUBLON
BRASSERIE DE LA SENNE
Belgium (330ML) 4.5% Originally an experimental beer trying to reproduce a traditional big Belgian blond beer with lower alcohol content. Succeeded well enough to continue.
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brew, and few finer than those at Rochefort’s Abbey of Saint-Rémy in Belgium, whose superb Dubbel-style 8 we feature. Others have subcontracted their brewing to commercial brewers but still monitor their output – the so called “abbey “ beers, of which our Maredsous Tripel is a fine example. However, the sheer variety of Belgian brewing is its greatest strength – from sour reds, such as Duchesse de Bourgogne and Rodenbach, to classic pales such as De Koninck and powerful blondes such as Omer. Our popular selection of Belgian fruit beers returns this year, with a welcome reappearance of Liefmans Cuvée Brut – a rich 6% Kriek (cherry-flavoured). There are other connoisseur fruit beers too - Boon Kriek (4%) and the rare Drie Fonteinen Geuze. For the uninitiated, “geuze” is an extremely sour, naturally fermented beer that forms the base for many of the fruit beers but, on its own, has a unique flavour - definitely an acquired taste ! Another old festival favourite making a welcome return this year is St Sylvestre’s Trois Monts, a 750ml 8.5% “bière de garde” – a “bière to share!” - an easy drinking, blonde beer which packs a punch! Whatever your tastes, come on over and see us at the World Beers Bar. We’ll be happy to help you with your choice! Rob Wheatley, World Beers Bar Manager
DE KONINCK
Belgium (330ML) 5.2% “The King”, Antwerp’s best. Probably the finest pale ale on the market with a true classic “biscuit” feel.
DE KONINCK
DRIE FONTEINEN
Belgium (375ML) 6.0% A true Geuze blended from 1, 2, and 3 year-old lambic, unfiltered and unpasteurized and aged in the bottle for at least a year.
OUDE GEUZE
MOORTGAT
Belgium (330ML) 10.0% An authentic Abbey tripel, its brewing is still closely monitored by the abbey’s monks. Golden, creamy, luscious and smooth.
MAREDSOUS TRIPEL
OMER
Belgium (330ML) 8.0% Brewed by the Vander Ghinste family since 1892 (the eldest son of each generation is named Omer and heads the company). A big, blond beer with fruity aroma and subtle bitterness.
OMER
ROCHEFORT
Belgium (330ML) 9.2% A dry but rich beer from the Abbey of Saint-Rémy.
ROCHEFORT 8
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RODENBACH
Belgium
(250ML) 5.2%
Blend of 75% young beer and 25% old beer, aged two years in large oak casks. Bears the proud title of “the most refreshing beer in the world”.
VERHAEGHE
Belgium (330ML) 6.2% Sour beers are very fashionable, this is how they should really taste. Top-fermented, reddish-brown ale from a blend of 8 and 18 months old beers matured in oak casks.
DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE
BUDWEISER BUDVAR
Czech Republic BUDVAR (500ML) 5.0% Universally regarded as one of the world’s greatest lager-conditioned beers. Way superior to the heavily advertised “euro-fizz “ you see on TV.
ST SYLVESTRE
France (750ML) 8.5% Star of the show! A large bottle to share with a friend. A powerful, blond “bière de garde” brewed with strong Flemish hops.
TROIS MONTS
AUGUSTINER
Germany (500ML) 5.2% Classic Munich beer. A pale lager, crisp and soft with citrus hops with a slightly sweet finish.
HELLES
AMA
Italy (355ML) 6.0% Very stylish table beer designed by Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery but brewed in Italy. A golden beer, soft, floral and fruity.
BIONDA
NØGNE
Norway (500ML) 6.0% A rich, malty, and very bitter ale. Cascade hops provide a long, fruity and spicy aftertaste. Norway is producing some exceptional beers such as this.
PALE ALE
ANCHOR
USA (355ML) 5.9% A “best bitter” style beer, beautifully hopped with aromatic Cascade hops. First brewed in 1975 for the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride. STEAM BEER (355ML) 4.8% The taste of San Francisco. Californian law states that a brew must be less than 5% to be called beer; anything over that can be called ale or any other word except beer.
LIBERTY
BOULEVARD
USA (355ML) 5.7% A golden-coloured beer with a prominent flowery, grapefruit hop aroma, a moderate caramel malt flavour and a dominant hop bitterness and flavour.
SINGLE WIDE IPA
BAYERISCHER BAHNHOF
BROOKLYN
ERDINGER
FLYING DOG
FRÜH
BELGIAN FRUIT FLAVOURED BEERS
Germany LEIPZIGER GOSE (330ML) 4.6% This brewery brews mainly for the US market. A refreshing, slightly sour beer, very quenching with a distinct taste of coriander leaf. Germany DUNKEL (500ML) 5.3% A dark, rich, smooth wheat beer. Slightly spicy flavour and a fine, yeast mouth - seemingly the sign of a good Weiss bier! Germany (500ML) 4.8% Only beers brewed in Cologne can be called “Kölsch”. Blond, crisp and refreshing with flowery, vanilla hops.
KÖLSCH
USA (355ML) 5.2% A “Vienna” style lager, a little darker and maltier than modern lagers. The style that New Yorkers drank early in the 19th century.
LAGER
USA (355ML) 7.1% A powerful, dry, East Coast IPA from a brewery in Maryland that has a fine reputation. Founded in the Rockies in 1990, it moved to Maryland in 1994.
SNAKE DOG
BOON: KRIEK (Cherry) FLORIS:
(375ML)
HOFBRÄU
FRAISE (Strawberry) FRAMBOISE (Raspberry) MANGO (Mango-flavour)
(330ML) 3.6% (330ML) 3.6% (330ML) 3.6%
PAULANER
FRÜLI: STRAWBERRY (Strawberry) KASTEEL: ROUGE (Cherry) LIEFMANS: CUVÉE BRUT (Cherry)
(330ML)
Germany ORIGINAL (500ML) 5.1% A refreshing Munich beer of world renown. Germany WEISS (500ML) 5.5% A classic with a mild banana aroma, a trace of mango and pineapple, and a sweet/bitter balance. Beer buffs appreciate the fine note of yeast.
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4.0%
4.1%
(330ML) 8.0% (375ML) 6.0%
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JOINING CAMRA WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
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o you ever stop to wonder why we put on these beer festivals? No? I don’t really blame you. I’d probably prefer myself to simply settle back, sample some beers and enjoy it all. But, if I may, I’d like to draw your attention to the actual benefits of joining CAMRA. Firstly, you are eligible to work at a CAMRA festival (sometimes other branches’ ones as well, including the Great British Beer Festival in London), where you can learn more about beer (and cider) and then offer your expertise to other drinkers and help them with their choices. Secondly you can be ‘active’ at committee and branch meetings and join in our many social and pub ‘survey’ trips. Check out “Events for Your Diary” in this programme or on our Branch website www.blackpool. camra.org.uk (where you can also find the latest copy of Fylde Ale). You can have a voice on key issues too, such as pub closures, beer taxation and the price of a pint, to name a just a few. More importantly, you can vote every month on the quality of beer and cider in your favourite pubs and help decide which of them goes into The Good Beer Guide; and also help decide our Branch awards (pub of the season and pub/club/ cider pub of the year). These awards are often fiercely contested, with only a few votes in it, so if you really think your local is the best (and after all, you’re drinking their wares), why not support them! On the subject of beer, several local hostelries offer a beer discount to CAMRA members (again check Fylde Ale for details), potentially offering you huge savings over a year. A case in point was a young person who attended every day of both Fleetwood and Lytham festivals with two friends who were CAMRA members. I tried to convince him to join, but he was slightly apathetic ‘Hmm, yeah well...’ I pointed out that he had paid £12 more than his friends over the two festivals, simply to get in, and how much more beer that could have bought. I then asked him which pub was his local and was able to tell him it offered a discount. “How often do you go there?” I asked. “About three times a week” he replied. “How much do you have each time?” “Usually three to four pints” “Thirty pence a pint, twelve times a week is £3.60. Fifty two weeks a year saves you... £187.20! Still not worth joining?” Needless to say, once that was pointed out, he joined straight away! Members also save money on various CAMRA products such as clothing and publications, including the Good Beer Guide (usually saving around £6) and various other guides to cities, countries and beer styles. You also receive the monthly CAMRA newspaper ‘What’s 18 • IN CONJUNCTION WITH FYLDE ALE
Brewing’ and a quarterly magazine simply called ‘Beer’ (usually around £4 to buy). Discounts are not only alcohol-related; the following leisure and entertainment offers are also available: Beer Hawk (10%); Cotswold Outdoor (10%); Cottages For You (10%); Hoseasons Holidays (10%); National Express (15%); Red Letter Days (Brewery & Tasting Days) (10%); Sea Life Centre/Alton Towers/’Dungeons’ (Merlin Group) upto 52%; Top rooms.com (10%); Weird Fish (on-line) (15%) • All details are available www.camra.org.uk. Finally, of course, all CAMRA members receive £20 worth of Wetherspoon vouchers (giving you 50p off a pint of real ale or cider at any of their pubs - and, at present, there are nine in this area). Still not convinced? As our pesky, tea-throwing colonial cousins might say: ‘Go do the maths’. If you’re persuaded, you can join here and now - at the festival - and get some of the benefit straightaway with a reduced entry charge. Mark Kirkland
EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY To give you an idea what else is going on in this Branch of CAMRA, here are some details of our future events. You don’t always have to be a CAMRA member to join in. All are welcome unless we say otherwise below. See website for fuller details - www.blackpool.camra.org.uk
BRANCH MEETINGS:
[8pm start unless otherwise stated]
• Tues 27th October • Tues 24th November
St Annes Cricket Club Clarence, Blackpool
REGIONAL MEETINGS: [13.00 start unless otherwise stated] • Sat 21st November • Sat 16th January
West Pennine Regional Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley Lancashire Branches, TBC
SOCIALS: We organise GREAT trips to all sorts of places - usually by coach. There are various set pick-up points around the Fylde for coach trips - St Annes, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Thornton and Poulton-Le-Fylde. Times vary from to trip to trip, so check our website for full details. The trips tend to be very popular, so it’s important to make a RESERVATION. If you’re a Branch member, you can do this on our website, under “Trip Bookings” (you’ll need to log in first). Alternatively email our Social Officer, Lorna at socialofficer_14@blackpool.camra.org.uk). • Sat 10th October Aire Valley & Bradford • Sat 7th November Leek & Macclesfield
BRANCH BEER & CIDER FESTIVALS When’s the NEXT FESTIVAL! Get it in your diary NOW! • Fleetwood Beer & Cider Festival: Thurs 11th - Sat 13th Feb 2016 - Marine Hall, Fleetwood.
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