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OPENING TIMES & PRICES THURSDAY 5TH MARCH 5.30pm - Last orders 11pm - £2
FRIDAY 6TH MARCH
Noon - 5.59pm - £1 6pm - Last orders 11pm - £3
SATURDAY 7TH MARCH
11.30am - Last orders 10pm - £2 Wigan Beer Festival Programme Sponsored by the Berkeley, Wigan
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WELCOME TO THE 28th WIGAN BEER FESTIVAL! ORGANISED BY YOUR LOCAL WIGAN BRANCH OF CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale)
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f you have not been to the Wigan Festival before (where have you been for the last 10 years?) we sincerely hope you have a great time at our event. Returning visitors will hopefully find we have yet again provided a fantastic range of real ales, ciders and perries, and foreign draught beer for your delectation! This year, following popular demand, we will be offering all our draught beverages in third pint measures which, together with the policy of restricting sales of all products of 8% or above abv to halves or third pint sales is in keeping with CAMRA’s national policy of promoting responsible drinking. The added bonus to our customers is you can try even more wonderful real ales/ciders or beers! As always our festival charity, benefiting from your donations of unused, unwanted beer tokens is Wigan Hospice. This year too the North West Air Ambulance charity will benefit from our Festival as Paul Wood of Martland Mill Brewery has kindly donated Lancashire Loom to be sold in memory of Stan Morris, a popular volunteer at our Festival, who sadly passed away quite suddenly in November. Our range of drinks are complimented by our excellent caterers : Helen of Wigan Leisure & Culture trust catering, Cath who promises us Asian and Mexican food this year and Mel & Steve of Melbourne catering serving their traditional german sausages and french crepes. We believe we offer a great varied range of food for a Festival of this size ! Welcome back to Merry Berry Chocolate Truffles and to new concessions from Pipers Crisps and Viking Drinking Horns. As always if you experience any problems with our Festival please come and speak to us rather than
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going away unhappy. We will do our best to assist if we can! Anyway... enough rabitting from us – enjoy the Festival! Cheers! Brian Gleave & Ken Worthington Festival Organisers
Drink responsibly and be wary of beers and ciders over 5% Cover photo: Wigan CAMRA members welcome the PieKing to our festival Above photo: Joint Festival Organiser Ken Worthington
Both photographs published courtesy of Wigan Evening Post/Wigan Observer
Food Allergen Information Important information about food allergens We are committed to providing accurate information about allergens contained within consumable products sold at our beer Festival as defined by EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation ( 1169/2011 ). All of our catering concessions can supply detailed information about the allergens contained in their food products so if you have a problems with certain food allergens please ask. Similar advice on the ingredients in the beers is available from our bar managers.
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Branch Contacts Chairperson: Pete Marsh e: chair@wigancamra.org.uk Vice-Chairperson: Ken Worthington e: vicechair@wigancamra.org.uk Branch Secretary: Lynda Gibson e: secretary@wigancamra.org.uk Treasurer: Brian Gleave e: treasurer@wigancamra.org.uk Membership Secretary: Shaun Ashton e: membership@wigancamra.org.uk Pubs Officer: Donald Appleton e: pubs@wigancamra.org.uk Public Affairs Officer: Robin Gibson e: public@wigancamra.org.uk Pubs Heritage Officer: Pete Marsh e: heritage@wigancamra.org.uk Young Members Officer: Joanna Whalley e: young@wigancamra.org.uk Social Secretary: Roy Pearson e: social@wigancamra.org.uk Cider Officer: Carol Worthington e: c/o vicechair@wigancamra.org.uk Contributors to this edition: Ken Worthington, Brian Gleave, Carol Worthington, Shaun Ashton, Jo Whalley, Mark ‘Otto’ Rhoden, Sam Robinson, Gordon Robinson, Sarah Bellis Web: Twitter:
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e at the Wigan CAMRA branch are a diverse bunch BUT we have one thing in common. We love beers. You can join CAMRA for from as little as £24 a year and you get £20 of Wetherspoons Vouchers, free entry to many CAMRA festivals, a quarterly magazine and a monthly newspaper – You can join a great family of people - and just like our fingerprints, and our taste-buds - everyone is different! We have a Branch Newsletter and we emailing our members every month. If you are a Wigan Member and you haven’t had an email this month – or you think you’ve missed it please email membership@ wigancamra.org.uk and I’ll check our records, and send it back out to you. Look for the title beginning “ Wigan CAMRA Branch:…“ in your spam folder maybe? You may even see a few volunteers happy enough to have a sticker on them saying “Hello My Name is” who, if we are not too busy, would love to talk to everyone about beer and pubs. We seek great beer, seek great conversations, and meet new people? That sound good to you? See you soon & cheers to the beer Shaun A.
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FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT A HOST OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT CHONKINFECKLE Thursday 5th March
20:00 - 23:00 We are a Wigan band that live to play original folk(ish) songs. These songs tell stories of work, wives, kids, and the Mother-in-law! In other words; a true life account of life in a Northern town, in which we will also throw in a little bit of the local dialect for good measure. . We’ve been seen on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky-TV!
KISS THE BLARNEY Saturday 7th March
13:00 - 16:00 Three piece Irish band playing uptempo and cheerful music on a vast array of instruments including fiddle, banjo, accordion, flute, sax, mandolin guitar and anything else we can get a tune out of that we find lying about the stage!
RUN OUT THE GUNS Saturday 7th March
20:00 - 23:00 We are a Wigan -based band has been together in slightly different guises for 8 or 9 years now. You probably have seen us at previous Wigan Beer Festivals. Our eclectic repertoire makes The Temperamentals a band for all occasions.
17:00 - 22:00 Run Out The Guns was formed in late 2009 and is a four piece acoustic lineup featuring Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Bouzouki, Bass and Percussion, mixing our own music with songs, shanties, jigs and reels from the distant past to the modern day. We are delighted to be playing the Wigan Beer Festival again and Looking forward to getting those feet stomping and glasses raised for a great night!
Whilst we aim to provide excellent entertainment during the Festival it should be noted that the acoustics in a sports hall differ considerably to that in a performing arts venue sometimes this has a detrimental impact despite the best efforts of our bands.
We would remind customers that our primary aim is to provide a good beer festival and that we are not entertainment promoters. Friday afternoon session is a quiet session for customers who prefer a music free drink.
BILLY & THE TEMPERAMENTALS Friday 6th March
WIGAN CAMRA WANTS YOU! NEW YOUNG MEMBERS NEEDED
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o you remember your first Real Ale? The smell, the taste, the colour, the clarity? Do you remember your first Beer Festival? The atmosphere, the beer selection? More and more people are choosing taste! Beer festivals today are filling up with younger people thirsty for the flavour that only a Real Ale can quench! Young men and women are partaking in a pint of the good stuff knowing that nowadays “Real Ale is sexy!” My name is Jo, and I am Wigan CAMRA’s Young Members Officer. It’s my aim to show all the young people here that Real Ale is the future. If you’re aged 5th - 7th March 2015
between 18-30, I would like to invite you to join Wigan CAMRA as a young member. There are so many benefits to being a CAMRA Member; reduced entry at beer festivals, CAMRA discounts at participating pubs, social events and brewery tours – and of course campaigning to keep great Real Ale flowing in our favourite pubs and bars. What’s the matter? Afraid you might taste something? Ask at the membership stand for more information. Jo Whalley - Young Members Officer – Wigan Camra
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FESTIVAL SPONSORS MAIN SPONSORS & THEIR SPONSORSHIPS GLASSES & GAMES
FLYERS
The ideal setting to complete that perfect day in a relaxed atmosphere. Friendly, professional staff and fabulous food combine perfectly to make your day special and one to remember. 13 The Wiend, Wigan WN1 1PF. t: 07860 555100
Kodak Lens Vision Centre. Your healthcare is our concern. Your local family opticians. 806 Ormskirk Road, Pemberton; 73 Ormskirk Road, Newtown. t: 01942 225301
GALLIMORE RESTAURANT
FESTIVAL T-SHIRTS
FIFTEENS, LITTLE FIFTEENS, FIFTEENS @ FOX, FIFTEENS OF SWINLEY, PEMBERTON FIFTEENS & THE RAVEN
A unique collection of warming and welcoming pubs, serving quality real ale and food. Each situated in the heart of their local area.
STAFF PIES & REFRESHMENTS DOC’S SYMPOSIUM
Wigan’s first micropub. Real Ale, foreign bottles, lagers, ciders, nibbles, snackettes. Pub of the Season Winter 2014-15. 85 Mesnes Street, Wigan, WN1 1QJ.
BUS TRANSPORT THE ANVIL, WIGAN
A multi award-winning pub next to the Bus Station who welcome customers old and new. SKY Sports. Choice of 6 real ales. Dorning Street, Wigan, WN1 1ND. t: 01942 239444
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
HEPWORTH & HALL OPTICIANS
CONTINENTAL BAR JAMES CLAY
“Because Beer Matters” – Importer & distributor of specialist beer in the UK to bar owners & operators, wholesalers, restaurateurs & retailers. t: 01422 377560
TOKEN SHEETS CROOKE HALL INN
Wigan CAMRA Pub of the Year 2014 & Community Pub of the Year 2014 & 2015. Allgates cask ales and revolving guest ales always available. Food served 128pm every day. Live bands Friday and Saturday nights. Crooke Village, Wigan. t: 01942 204451
WIGAN CAMRA WEBSITE HOPHURST BREWERY
Hophurst Brewery Ales are finely crafted from the heart of Wigan Borough. Director/Head Brewer – Stuart Hurst. Unit 8 Hindley Business Centre, Platt Lane, Hindley, WN2 3PA. t: 01942 522333. www. hophurstbrewery.co.uk
WRISTBANDS
THE BERKELEY, WIGAN
WOODWARD SOLICITORS
CIDER & PERRY BAR
CHARITY SPONSOR
Town centre late night live music venue - open 7 days a week from 5pm. There is a commitment to real ale & cider demonstrated with Robinson’s Trooper, Moorhouse’s Pie Maker and Gwynt y Ddraig’s Black Dragon permanently on tap alongside tow everchanging guest ales and a guest cider. 17A Wallgate, Wigan, WN1 1LD. t: 01942 497165
Martland Mill Brewery donated Lancashire Loom to be sold in memory of Stan Morris and proceeds from sales will go to North West Air Ambulance, the Morris’s family nominated charity. Traditional Wigan brewed English real ales. Brewed using the finest ingredients from the country’s oldest malt and hop suppliers. Taste the difference. The proof is in the pint! Unit 5 Otterwood Square, Martland Mill, Wigan, WN5 0LF. t: 07971 664271
The pub where you can relax and enjoy good beer, good food, top sport, entertainment and a relaxing atmosphere. 27 – 29 Wallgate, Wigan WN1 1LD. t: 01942 491208
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We have the capacity to handle every type of case, from relatively routine work injury and road traffic accident claims to complex cases involving long-term industrial disease. t: 01942 418198 www.woodwardsolicitors.co.uk
MARTLAND MILL BREWERY
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BARREL SPONSORS CREATEPRINT: Every aspect of design and print. Inspire, Design, Print, Promote. www.createprint.co.uk
STANDISH UNITY CLUB: Club of the Year 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014. New members welcome. Next Beer Festival 19-21 March. Free Entry, best ales from Wales! Cross Street, Standish WN6 0HG. www. standishunityclub.com ALDER LANE NURSERIES: Beautiful fresh flowers
for all occasions, or just to treat yourself - and we offer free local delivery on orders over £25! Sponsors of Anchor – Steam, available on the continental bar. Alder Lane, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4ET. t: 01942 255141.
THE FIRKIN: A family owned Real Ale and Craft Beer experience located in the heart of Newton-le-Willows. Supplying outstanding local and national brewed ales. 65 High Street, Newton-le-willows, Merseyside, WA12 9SL. @thefirkinbar THE SWINLEY: The heart and soul of Wigan Lane. The ideal venue for your christening or for hosting other special occasions. With its large concert room and stage, two bars and games room, everything you need for a perfect evening’s entertainment. Coppull Lane, Wigan, WN1 2LQ. t: 01942 238134. THE JOHN BULL CHOPHOUSE: Wigan CAMRA Pub
of the Year 2014. Great quality real ales and a friendly welcoming atmosphere. The best Juke Box in Wigan! Coopers Row, Wigan, WN1 1PQ. t: 01942 242862
THE MORRIS FAMILY: Prospect Nutty Slack is sponsored in memory of Stan Morris a much loved and much missed Man. This was one of his favourite beers so raise a glass with us! M B SIGNS: for all your internal/external signs.
Posters, banners and stickers undertaken together with all vehicle lettering and wraps. t: 01695 627628, www.mbsigns.co.uk
FULCRUM BRICKWORKS: Restoration and conservation. Bricklaying and stonemason sub contractors. Walford Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 8PH.
BUCKS HEAD, ABRAM: We are a family run Pub situated in the heart of Abram, offering a homely welcome with a touch of class. From amazing home cooked food, to beer, wines and fine Cask Ales, we offer the tastiest products at the tastiest prices. 256 Warrington Road, Abram, Wigan, WN2 5RQ. t: 01942 863704 JEYRON LTD: Family run refurbishment company, specialising in houses, offices and hospital for 15 years. t: 07771 612109 HINGEMAKERS ARMS: Local community pub
serving fine ale. Relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. 34 Heath Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 9DG www.hingemakersarms.co.uk
CHURCHILLS: Nano brewery in the making!! Based in Ashton-in-Makerfield. DARREN AND MANDY: Cheers to Beers! TIMELESS PERFORMANCE: Massage & Physiotherapy Services. Therapy Service offering a full range of sports massage and injury prevention & rehabilitation. www.timelessperformance.co.uk BANK TOP BREWERY: Award winning beers brewed in Bolton. Now available at our new pub, The Ale House, Horwich. www.banktopbrewery.com COACH HOUSE BREWING CO LTD.: Brewers
of Award Winning Traditional Hand Crafted Cask Conditioned Ales. We use only the finest quality malts, hops and Yeast in all our beers and our customers frequently comment on the quality of our beers. www. coach-house-brewing.co.uk
GEORGE WRIGHT BREWING COMPANY: A family
run 25bbl brewery established in 2002 and based in Rainford on the other side of the hill! We brew 12 different ales and a number of seasonals. Sandwash Close, Rainford WA11 8LY. t: 01744 886686. www. georgewrightbrewing.co.uk
DUNSCAR BRIDGE: We are proud of our heritage and when producing our beers, to exacting standards, we aim to harness the strengths and acknowledge the legacy our ancestors gave us. www. dunscarbridagebrewery.co.uk
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hankfully that strange yellow brew I recall as a youth will definitely not be feature at this festival! Much as we might like to do with nearly 1500 breweries in the UK this year there is no way to get every beer and every brewer in. Over 50% of the beer at the festival this year is from inside our branch borders, or from a brewery in a local branch. We’ll have to keep swapping which of the many LocAle brewers who appear each year so you the drinker don’t miss out, and the brewers know we know they’re there!!
DARK BEERS
We’ve got a lot of styles, and flavours - if you don’t like a certain beer try another! Please try not to drink with your eyes. Drink with your mouth & see what you can find? The fun starts with the debate & your journey into the unknown seas of beer research! Will you find a beer worthy to be taken to Asgard? Will you find a beer you think deserves a permanent place in Valhalla, the Hall of the Norse Gods??
This list is provisional and subject to last minute changes and alterations depending on availability.
ALCHEMY
Daylight Strobbery
Fruit/Flavour 6.3% Strawberry Milk Stout! A mix between a smooth milk stout and a Belgian style fruit beer. Funky and nice.
ALLGATES
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BOGGARTS Rum Porter
Porter 4.4% Very dark, but not black. The plum is very prominent in its nose and taste. Fairly light texture and feels good in the palate.
BRASS CASTLE
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Old Boston Plum Porter
Dark Alchemy
Porter 4.9% Hops free beer! A rich complex malt bill with lots of Cardamon & Coriander. A porter rich in body. Perfect with hot spicy dishes.
BANK TOP
Leprechaun Stout
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Stout 6% Coffee, chocolate and licorice aroma. Heavy malt presence. Licorice and coffee flavour. Bitter-sweet dry roast finish. Tasty.
BEOWULF
Dragon Smoke Stout
Stout 4.7% Really bitter and black. Dark malts and roasted barley produce a smoky “chocolate” flavour followed by a bitter aftertaste.
BLACK PAW Dark Seam
Porter 5% From a traditional porter recipe. Chocolates mixed with a hint of coffee alongside a pleasing aroma of hops. 10
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Porter 4.6% A classic porter with a smooth roast finish, enhanced by a sweet spicy hop taste, complemented with a hint of dark rum.
Hazelnut Mild
Mild 4.2% A luscious 5-malt nut brown mild with a delicate hazelnut aroma.
Hopslinger American Black Ale Black IPA 5%
Fully loaded with a combination of American hops and dark malts. A little citrus in the finish.
CLOUDED MINDS Black Pike
Black IPA 6.1% A dark brown pour with a creamy light tan head, pine and roast aroma, taste has roasted malt, pine, light citrus, bitter finish.
CONNOISSEUR Bete Noire Stout
LA
Stout 5% A full bodied stout with coffee and chocolate notes, that ends with a dark fruity / spicy finish.
DARK STAR Imperial Stout
Stout 10.5% Pre-aged for 12 months @Blackjack Brewery Manchester – expect something special.
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DARK BEERS Continued DUNSCAR BRIDGE
Mayflower Lancashire Stout
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Stout 4% Wigan’s old Mayflower Brewery recipe lives on at Dunscar Bridge - English hops and malts create a delicious dry bitter roasted taste.
ELLAND
1872 Porter
Stout 6.5% CAMRA’s Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2015 (2nd time in 3 years!) Dark, rich, complex bittersweet palate and a subtle hoppy finish.
PROSPECT
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Nutty Slack
Mild 3.9% Hints of liquorice and a smooth malty taste. This barrel has been bough in memory of Wigan CAMRA stalwart Stan Morris.
Dynamild
Mild 5.2% Multi-award winning rare strong mild. Again proving that you don’t need lashings of hops to make a beer with that wow factor. Revolution.
REVOLUTION
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Clash London Porter
MADHATTER
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SOUTHPORT
Debonair
Stout 4.9% The brewer’s favourite - a robust stout with good levels of coffee & liquorice. Crafted with a conscience.
Nightmare on Bold St
Stout 5.3% A coffee milk stout - sweet milk choc biter coffee aroma and lactose tones on top of good dark malts. Long bitter finish.
OTHERTON Longship
Porter 4.6% A dark, moody porter with a smoky character, and underlying hedgerow fruits from Bramling Cross hops.
Porter 4.5% Very dark brown beer with medium head abd good lacing. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, coffee and some chocolate. Mild 3.8% A classic Lancashire mild ale from this award winning brewer. Not all beers need hops to be tasty.
WEIRD BEARD Decadence
Stout 5.5% Thick and full bodied. Multiple grains types and precise brewing giving opulent mouthfeel. Just a touch of oat creaminess. Treat yourself!
OUT THERE
Smoking Policy
Olbers Paradox
Porter 5.2% A flavoursome roasty porter with a nugget of hoppiness. Search for “Olbers’ paradox” online for an astronomical conundrum!
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Dark Night
The Beer Festival is a completely NO SMOKING event. This extends to ALL tobacco products and E ‘vaping’. Anyone wishing to smoke or use vaping equipment MUST leave the hall via the toilet corridor and main exit and smoke in the area adjacent to the car park re-entry to the hall by the same route is permitted to visitors wearing festival wristbands. A facility to safely deposit your beer and glass on leaving the hall and collect when returning is in place.
Experiencing Problems at the Festival? WIGAN CAMRA want all our visitors to have a good time and if you are having a problem which we can help with we will do. Please contact Carol at the membership stand and she will try to help, if necessary contacting our Festival organiser on your behalf. We will do our best but cannot guarantee to resolve everything.
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REMEMBER: WIGAN CAMRA will not tolerate verbal or physical abuse of festival volunteer workers, caterers, or Robin Park staff and anyone committing such abuse will be ejected from the festival and if necessary the police will be called .
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Bad Day At The Office
Golden 4.5% Have you just had a Bad Day At The Office? A light golden ale with a heavy hop bitterness and flavoured with a strong fruit and citrus aroma.
ALLGATES Dry Bones
LA
Pale 4.0% Golden with a small creamy head it has a small berry sweetness and some small citrus fruits behind the distinctive dry texture.
TBC
New Brew - see Website for update.
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ARBOR
BRIGHTSIDE Odin
Maverick IPA
IPA 4.8% A light amber IPA based on American hops. The bitterness out-weighs the malt as you would expect with an IPA, but is not bitter for bitters sake.
BY THE HORNS
Mick the Miller Amber Ale
Amber 5.1% A clear amber color. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy and grassy. Dry and moderately bitter finish.
Blue Sky Drinking Amber 4.2% Glowing copper colour with a thick smooth head. Bitter in character with some sugary sweetness in its nose and a medium bitterness.
COACHHOUSE
ASCOT
Blueberry
Co-ALE-ition Hope & Glory
Pale 4.6% Collaboration with Monster Raving Loony Party - Insanity against Austerity! Their ever changing monthly brewed IPA!
BANK TOP
Barley To Beer
LA
Golden 3.6% Gold with a small white head. Citric aroma and taste with a little background grain. Slight bitterness. Nice, gentle refreshing bitter.
BLACKJACK
Copyright Infringement
LA
Pale 4.5% Aroma of ginger! Massive amount of ginger in this. Tastes of ginger at the start, very strong, touch of biscuit malt on the back. Lightly hopped too.
Belgian Red IPA
IPA 6.8% A hoppy red Belgian IPA. Deep red in colour fermented with a Belgian ale yeast. Lots of late hops citra mosaic and galaxy.
BREWSMITH
Nelson Sauvin Pale
Pale 4.2% A refreshingly bitter and hoppy pale ale. Big floral hop aroma, medium body, long dry bitter finish.
Anvil
American Amber 4.5% Hoppy darker bitter with Green Bullet, Chinook, Challenger, Calypso and Galaxy hops. Where tasting notes denote LA = LocAle beer
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Golden 3.8% Odin - The name inspired by the Viking God of warriors and battle. A very pale blonde ale. Refreshing and light bodied. Light, hoppy and below 4%!
Raspberry
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Fruit/Flavour 5.0% Coachhouse brewing have some non-fruit beers too - but they do these so well we went for another! Fruit/Flavour 5.0% Back by popular demand - the return of the Blueberry Brigade! Don’t complain when you’ve drunk it all!
CONNOISSEUR Hempen
LA
Fruit/Flavour 4.6% An experimental brew that uses a tri-stage hempening process - one for the adventurous!
COTTAGE ALES
Norman’s Conquest
Barley Wine 7.0% Supreme Champion Beer of Britain winner. Dark brown colour with burnt malty aromas. Sweet touch. Malty soft light burnt aftertaste.
DUNSCAR BRIDGE
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GEORGE WRIGHT
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Blonde
Pale 3.8% New Beer from these guys just outside our Branch borders - what do you think of this new hoppy pale refresher?
Pipe Dream
Pale 3.8% Floral, lemon zest notes upfront with a slightly earthy, malt finish with a tweak of bitterness.
GREAT HECK Chopper
Golden 3.8% Golden session ale with a surprisingly full body considering the strength, and a decent amount of hops.
Simcoe
Pale 4.5% Hoppy, tastey citrusy, fruity. Right up there with the best. Quality ale. Simcoe hops giving that piney tropical taste.
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Amber 4.8% Beware this beer bites! Dark Seville marmalade backed up by a piney, peppery bitterness. Wake up those senses!
HOPCRAFT
Sucker Punch
IPA 4.8% Golden smooth and fruity with a killer hoppy finish.”soft” IPA, low bitterness, big hop finish.
HOPHURST
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Lancashire Loom
Golden 4.2% Their latest brew bursting with a real fruit punch of grapefruit, lychees and lemon with a slight floral note.
NEW PLASSEY Dragons Breath
Amber 6% A fruity, strong bitter, smooth and quite sweet, though not cloying with an intense fruity aroma. A dangerously drinkable winter warmer.
NEWARK
Pale 3.7% An English pale golden ale. The use of East Kent Golding hops give a fresh, earthy hoppy aroma with hints of honey and a long refreshing finish.
Norwegian Blue
Twisted Vine
OAKHAM
Flaxen
Golden 4.1% A golden bitter with citrus hoppy aromas of grapefruit and passion fruit from the Simcoe hops.
ILKLEY
Lotus IPA
IPA 5.6% New Zealand and cascade hops from America giving strong aromas and flavours of mango, grapefruit and all round citrus.
LIVERPOOL CRAFT BREWERY Marmalade
LA
Unfiltered 4.8% Pale ale with a twist, unfiltered so slightly hazy marmalade notes hiding within in the hops.
Brew #56
Fruit/Flavour 5.4% Honey infused pale with Pilgrim Hops - Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, honey warm, apple notes.
MADHATTER Toxteth IPA
LA
American IPA 7.0% Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops causing grapefruit and mango, biscuity maly and light candy sweetness, a short and dry mild bitter finish.
MALLINSONS Calypso
Pale 3.9% Known for their single hops brews - This has tropical fruits aroma, and hints of bananas and lychees. The taste is rich resinous and bitter.
MARTLAND MILL Spinners Gold
LA
Pale 3.8% Created with a well balanced hoppiness, a pleasant citrus taste with a hint of spiciness.
Clogmaker
Golden 4.0% A rich golden full bodied ale with a refreshing fruity flavour and an inkling of cedar and honey.
Pale 4.0% Beautiful plumage! Quite a malty number, a little soured grain note, some bitterness, moves towards dryness later with an earthy hop note.
Citra
Pale 4.2% A light refreshing beer with pungent grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry aromas leading to a dry, bitter finish.
OFFBEAT
Hinkey Herkulean Hopper
Pale 4.4% A new brew from this award winning brewster. A big, pale, bitter. Single hopped ale with a zingy finish.
Disfunctional Functional
IPA 4.8% San Diego inspired heavily hopped IPA with a gob full of tropical fruits in both aroma and taste, with an initial taste kick in the palate.
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SkullSplitter
Scotch Ale 8.5% Axe in the Head? A cloudy amber beer with big fruity aroma flavour is fig raisins sweet and smooth slightly smokey finish very nice.
OTHERTON Mayflower
American Pale 5.5% A zesty orange bitterness taste & an alphabet soup of US hops. Ahtanum, Bravo, Chinook and Delta combine in this beast of a beer.
PEERLESS Viking Gold
Golden 4.6% A well balanced pale golden ale with initial hop bitterness derived from Chinook and Goldings hops. As the Vikings would say: “SKOL!”.
PROBLEM CHILD Good Spankin
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American Pale 5.1% This new hop & malt combination has created a stronger moreish American Pale style beer. One to try.
Scoundrel
Pale 5.1% This is a straw coloured hoppy ale that is very light and easy drinking. Brewed using Cluster hops. Doesn’t taste as strong as it is!
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Cascade Blonde
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Pale 4.1% This yellowy ale is heavily hopped with Cascade - producing a lemony zing - without being unbalanced.
Prosperity #1
Pale 4.2% One off beers – showcasing new ideas, speciality hops & ingredients. #1 is a centinel and citra hop brew.
REBELLION Mutiny
Golden 4.5% A reddish, full bodied premium ale, with a rich malty flavour & a lasting, hoppy & bittersweet finish.
REDEMPTION
Rock The Kazbeck
Golden 4% A golden ale Aroma is fruity, citrusy. Bitter, fruity, peachy and lingering fruity. Bitter and lingering fruity finish.
REDWILLOW Shameless
Golden 5.9% Looking almost marmalade in colour this softly carbonated beer is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, orange, grassy & dry.
RUDGATE
Odin’s Secret
Golden 3.7% A true Valhalla ale with balanced bitters and a fruity finish, we’d tell you what’s in it but ssshhh its a secret!
Viking
Golden 3.8% An easy drinking session bitter, just right to bring out your inner Viking! Raise that drinking horn an shout “SKOL”!
Battleaxe
Amber 4.2% Swing into this robust and smooth drinking premium bitter. This won’t make your head ‘Thor’! B-dum-tish!
SALAMANDER
Divine Retribution
Pale 5.2% An irregular “sessional” ale that pairs well with a nice pie? A brewery known for imagination and variety in beers.
SALOPIAN
Lemon Dream
Wheat 4.5% Pours clear amber, nose is floral, hint of citrus, taste is zesty, crisp, sweet toffee.
SE7ENBROTHERS Session
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Pale 3.8% Their brand new session ale expect citrus aromas and tropical flavours. The brewer suggests you’ll find strawberry and elderflower undertones.
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American IPA 4.8% Massive amounts of hops are added to this beer giving it a rich and flavoursome base. Grapefruit and floral undertones. 14
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Pale 3.6% A collaboration with Hill Famrstead Brewery, Vermont, USA. Expecting something flavourful!
SIX O’CLOCK P45: EKG
Pale 6.0% Small batch craft brewery. This beer is an East Kent Goldings single hopped ESB.
SQUAWK IPA
IPA 6.7% So hoppy – you might find hints of peach. Rich citrus flavour with some notes of pear.
STONEHENGE ALES Danish Dynamite
Golden 5% A light golden, dry, strong ale, slightly fruity with a well balanced hop flavour and bitterness - simply a Top Class Beer which has won several major beer festivals.
THE WILD BEER CO Madness IPA
American IPA 6.8% These guys mix yeasts, hops, agings and much experience. In this they put hops, hops and hops. With Hops. Grab some cheese nibbles and tuck in!
TICKETYBREW
Jasmine Green Tea
Fruit/Flavour 3.8% If you love green tea you’ll love this! Taste is crisp and refreshing, zingy tartness and dry bitter aftertaste.
Rose & Ginger Wheat Beer
Wheat 4.5% Hops isn’t the only beer flower. A unique aroma of roses as you drink this beer. This is balanced by a subtle kick of fresh ginger.
TOTALLY
Slap In the face
Golden 3.8% Hoppy blonde ale. Generously hopped with Summit, Cascade and Chinook. Refreshing tangerine, pomegranate and grapefruit flavours.
Space Brewster
Amber 4.2% Pours amber with a white head. Dry hoppy pale treat.
VAGRANT BREWING (MANCHESTER) TBC
?? ?? One of the newest breed of ‘cuckoo’ brewers #willbrewformoney - Check our Websites for updates.
WAEN TBC
?? ?? We couldn’t get out first choice, but we expect something special from this crafty brewster! Check Websites for updates.
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BIÈRES SANS FRONTIÈRES OUR FOREIGN BEERS SECTION
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s always your bar team has worked hard to bring you a selection of the finest beers from beyond our borders, you know those places beyond Mesnes Park! So we have studied the history of Pie-King the Viking and his many raiding parties to foreign shores. Our horde includes 18 beers from the New World, 21 beers from Europe, including a few from Pie-Kings famous pillage of Amsterdam and finally 2 beers from Japan. That means we have broken our own record and in honour of Pie-king have selected 41 of the best beers from around the globe. As has become our policy for the past few years these beers will all be served on draught.
fruitiness of the wheat beer and the result is a natural, soft and refreshing drink that is simply delicious!
MYSTERY TAPS Each year we try something new and this year is no exception we are introducing our mystery Taps, the beers these three taps dispense will change throughout the festival. So keep coming back to check if your favourite beer is ready to serve.
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Cheers, Prost & Kampai!
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Gordon, Sarah and the rest of the Beers Sans Frontiers Team Responsible Drinking Warning!! – 7 of our beers are 8% or more and will only be sold by the 1/3rd or ½ Pint.
MONGOZO Coconut
Fruit/Flavour 3.6% Exotic beer brewed with coconut and Fairtrade organic quinua.
Mango
Fruit/Flavour 3.6% Exotic beer brewed with Fairtrade Fruit.
TIMMERMANS Peach
Fruit/Flavour 4.0% Amber colored lambic, fresh peach aroma. Sour tasting finish
FRULI
Strawberry
Fruit/Flavour 4.1% Fruli is a high quality Belgian white beer blended with pure fruit juice. The strawberry juice compliments the zesty
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LIEFMANS Fruitesse
Fruit/Flavour 4.2% Liefmans is a unique, refreshing blend of beers, ripened on real cherries in our cellars, blended with natural fruitjuices of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, billberry and elderberry. The result is a slightly Champenoise pearling, fruity, and agreably sweet drink, sparkling and refreshing.
BACCHUS Framboise
Fruit/Flavour 5.0% Hazy dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, slightly tart and lots of raspberries. Flavor is quite sweet. Medium sweet finish. Raspberries all the way.
Extra Ordinary IPA
IPA 5.5% A golden yellow colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy fruits some citrus and hops flavor malts citrus fruits spicy and hops.
BACCHUS
Fruit/Flavour 5.8% Deep red colour, pinkish white head. Aroma of cherries, quite sweet but not really sugary, marzipan, light tartness. Flavour is light tart, medium sweet, cherries, marzipan, tart-bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Nice.
BRUGES Zot
Blond 6.0% A new beer from Brewster Patsy and the team, Barley + Hops + Yeast + Water = A Pint With Great Prospects.
BOSTEELS
Karmeliet Tripel
8.0% Aroma has hints of vanilla mixed with citrus aromas. Tripel Karmeliet has not only the lightness and freshness of wheat, but also the creaminess of oats together with a spicy lemony almost quinine dryness.
FRUH
Kolsch
4.8% From the recipe by Peter Josef Früh of the family brewery, this top-fermented specialty beer features the best ingredients and is brewed according to the German Purity Law. A favorite beer of Cologne, which became one of the city’s original. 5th - 7th March 2015
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Kolsch
4.8% Nose is grainy and fruity. Body is light, carbon high. Taste is sweet. Palate of lemons, grains, fruits.
ERDINGER Weiss
5.3% Fluffy, white head. Aroma of banana, orange, clove, slighty yeasty. Round mouthfeel and low bitterness.
HOFBRAU Dunkel
5.5% This was the first type of beer to be brewed at Hofbräuhaus when it was founded. Today, when beer-lovers all over the world talk about dark beer, they usually mean a Munich style beer. Today, Hofbräu Dunkel - the archetypal Bavarian beer - is still as popular as ever. With its alcoholic content of around 5.5% volume and its spicy taste, it’s a refreshing beer that suits all kinds of occasion. A beer in the traditional Munich style!
SCHNEIDER
Single Hop Galazy
IPA 10.0% An obnoxious IPA! A Super beer with tons of alcoholand grapefruit/passionfruit character from when the beer first greets the nose until the last of it lingers on the palate. This is a sneaker so be careful.
FOUNDERS All Day IPA
IPA 4.7% The beer you’ve been waiting for. Keeps your taste satisfied while keeping your senses sharp. An all-day IPA naturally brewed with a complex array of malts, grains and hops. Balanced for optimal aromatic and a clean finish. The perfect reward for an honest day’s work and the ultimate companion to celebrate life’s simple pleasures.
Rübaeus
5.7% Rübæus is Founders’ way to celebrate the season’s warmest months. Optimizing the flavor of fresh raspberries added at multiple stages during fermentation, this stunning berry red masterpiece is the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
Tap 4 Meins Grunes (Schneider Georg Schneiders Wiesen Edel-Weisse) 6.2%
Breakfast Stout
HIACHINO
Backwoods Bastard
Schneider weisse beer is delish, but this is really unique. Lacks the typical banana and clove heavy aroma and taste. Much more dry and hoppy. Not bitter hops but dry and crispy. Really enjoyable!
8.3% The coffee lovers consumate beer, Brewed with an ambundance of flaked oats, bitter nd impoted chocolates, and tow types of coffee, this stout has an intense freshroasted java nose topped with frothy, cinnamon-coloured head that goes forever.
Anbai
10.2% Big and delicious for your ’perty mouth. Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts. A bit of earthy spice and a scintilla of dark cherries. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the palate.
FLYING DOG
Steam
White Ale
5.5% A Belgian style white beer with coriander, nutmeg, orange peel and orange juice. Fruit/Flavour 6.0% Gose with Japanese plums and sea salt.
Easy IPA
IPA 4.7% Perfect for easy drinking as spring turns into summer, our Easy IPA is a light-bodied brew huge citrus notes upfront that blend into stone fruit (think apricot and peach) softness. Biscuit malt notes float in the background as it finishes crisp and refreshing.
Doggie Style
Pale Ale 5.5% Dry Hopped with a load of Cascade hops grown in the Pacific Northwest. Doggie Style has enough hop character to satisfy hop-heads, but isn’t overpoweringly hoppy. It’s brilliant amber-copper color and pleasant malt flavor comes from the addition of Carastan malts.
Black Honey IPA
IPA 7.0% Poured dark. Aroma of piney hops. Flavor was all hop bitterness with a tinge of sweetness. Very enjoyable.
ANCHOR
4.8% Very malty aroma - flavours based on the grassy pilsener base but with added sweetness from the malts and some tangy fruit
Liberty Ale
5.3% Fluffy, white head. Aroma of banana, orange, clove, slighty yeasty. Round mouthfeel and low bitterness.
Big Leaf Maple
6.0% A quaffable, well-balanced red ale with character. Its malty complexity and coppery color come from a combination of two caramel malts, pale malt, and a hint of maple syrup.
IPA
IPA 6.5% Pours deep amber with wispy white head. Spruce pine forest nose. Flavour is caramel malts with mild bitterness. Plenty of caramel, brown sugar flavour. Big body. Nice.
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LEFT HAND BREWING Polestar Pilsner
5.5% A brilliant, refreshing lager; hand crafted using traditional method & ingredients. A zesty, German style pilsner with a dry, crisp finish.
Milk Stout Nitro
6.0% Pours black with long lasting tan head. Coffee aromas and flavors. Smooth.
Black Jack Porter
6.8% A traditional London style beer, our Black Jack Porter highlights chocolate malt and Kent Goldings hops. Its slight initial sweetness quickly yields to the distinctive roastiness of the chocolate malt. The Kent Goldings hops perfectly balance the malt, making it very smooth, with a surprisingly clean finish.
BROOKLYN Sorachi Ace
7.6% A classic saison, a cracklingly dry, hoppy unfiltered golden farmhouse ale, but featuring rare Sorachi Ace hop. It tastes like sunshine in a glass, and that suits us just fine, especially with seafood dishes and fresh cheeses.
Blast
8.4% A rambunctious IPA, Maris Otter and German Pilsner malts lends solidity, balance and bready flavors to brace up a beer that’s beautifully hoppy, strangely quaffable and oddly compelling. Minerally hop bitterness is followed by a shock wave of flavor and aroma.
Online with Wigan CAMRA We send out monthly bulletins about what is going on within the real ale scene locally plus beer lists for local festivals and other ‘hot off the press’ news. If you are a Wigan CAMRA member and do not currently receive our e-mails, please contact our Membership Secretary and let us know your e-mail address. This will only be used for internal CAMRA communications – we do not forward our e-mails list to any other organisation.
MYSTERY TAP BEERS JOPEN Koyt
8.5% a dark beer with 8,5% alcohol and a warming herbal taste. The reddish-brown Koyt is the strong version of the old gruit beer.
Adriaan Witbier
5.0% A lighter version of a gruit beer. Gruit is a medieval herbal mixture of which sweet gale is the most characteristic. Brewers used this gruit before hops were introduced. The beer contains 5% alcohol and is also brewed with herbs, but different ones than those used in Koyt. The herbs used in Adriaan contribute in the refreshing taste of Adriaan. The light taste of Adriaan can be compared with Wheat beers (Witbier) as those are made in Belgium and Holland.
DE MOLEN White Witch
6.0% Pours golden with medium head. aroma of citrus and very nice bitternes on the tongue.very nice indeed.
Oud & Wijs
7.8% Dark brown body with nice tan head. Aroma is sour with dried fruits and some malts. Taste is medium sour with some bretts and some malts. Aftertaste is medium sour.
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Den Dorstige Tijger
6.0% Pours a beautiful hazy amber body. Aroma is malty, spicy. Light body, slightly unbalanced. Taste of caramel malt, bitter aftertaste.
Stout Met Hout
9.0% Black colour with a medium to large sized off-white head. Smells liquorice, roasty, sweetish, some coffee. Tastes roasty, coffee, mexicano.
FLYING DOG
Woody Creek White
4.8% This unfiltered and traditionally spiced Wit beer is brewed with coriander and bitter orange peel.
Refunds - Unused tokens & glasses WIGAN CAMRA offer a full refund for any unused tokens (though we welcome donations to our nominated charity Wigan & Leigh Hospice) and for your Festival glass, should you not wish to keep it. HOWEVER ALL REFUNDS MUST BE CLAIMED AT THE DESK WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF TIME BEING CALLED AS OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO CASH UP THE TILLS SO THEY CAN GO HOME. Also due to our hire agreement with the venue we will be asking all visitors to leave the premises by 11:25pm on Thursday and Friday and 10:25 pm on Saturday.
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elcome to the cider bar. Firstly words of warning - our products are strong! This is not your awful standard fizzy cider you find on draft or in bottles, these have about twice the alcohol content. Before you ask we don’t have flavoured ciders! Everything here is made only from 100% natural fruit. This means apples (Cider) and pears (Perry). Different types of apples and pears produce different levels of sweetness. Therefore some of our Ciders and Perrys are blends of different varieties; think blended whisky. For the connoisseur we have single varieties made from just one type of fruit; like a single malt whisky. These are marked in the programme as SV. These are special, try a few and you’ll start to
CIDER
understand the art of blending cider. For example, Fox Whelp is extremely dry on its own, but blend in just 10% to other apples and you get a pleasing medium or dry cider that’s full of flavour. Please drink responsibly; if the cider is over 8% we will only sell you one half or a third at a time. Consider drinking half anyway, you can try more that way. But most importantly have a good time, be considerate to the volunteers behind the bar, and ask as many questions as you like; they’ll love talking cider to you. Finally if you see a * next to the cider it means we only have one tub, when its gone its gone! Enjoy your festival!
This list is provisional and subject to last minute changes and alterations depending on availability.
CIDER PRICES - PINT £3.40, HALF £1.70, THIRD £1.20
* Limited Stock
PRODUCER
NAME
PLACE OF ORIGIN
Ampleforth Abbey
Cider
North Yorkshire
6.5%
Medium
Ashover
Poets Pippin*
Derbyshire
6.0%
Medium / Dry
Barbourne
Crimson King*
Worcestershire
6.0%
Medium / Dry
Bartestree
Roman Road*
Herefordshire
8.4%
Medium
Biddendens
Bushells
Kent
6.0%
Medium
Bridgeford
Vintage*
Somerset
7.5%
Medium / Dry
Burnards
Oakey Dokey*
Norwich
7.5%
Medium
Cider by Rosie
Cider*
Dorset
4.8%
Medium
Dee
Cider
Wales
7.5%
Sweet
Double Vision
Kentish Cider
Kent
8.2%
Sweet
Gwynt y Ddraig
Black Dragon
Wales
6.5%
Medium / Dry
Gwatkins
Norman SV*
Herefordshire
7.3%
Medium
Gwatkins
Old Rats Tail*
Herefordshire
7.5%
E. Dry
Gwatkins
Stoke Red SV*
Herefordshire
7.5%
Sweet
Hecks
3yr Old Morgan*
Somerset
6.5%
Dry
Hecks
Browns Apple SV
Somerset
6.5%
Sweet
Hecks
Kingston Black SV
Somerset
6.5%
Medium
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Box Fox Whelp SV*
Somerset
6.5%
Dry
Marshwood Vale
Dabinett SV*
Dorset
6.5%
Medium
Orchards
Medium*
Wales
7.5%
Medium
Ralphs
Badland Cider
Wales
6.7%
Dry
Ratheys
Old Goat*
Herefordshire
6.4%
Dry
Red Bank
Cider
Lancashire
6.5%
Medium / Sweet
Red Bank
Vintage
Lancashire
3.8%
Medium / Dry
Skidbrooke
3yr Old Vintage*
Lincolnshire
7.2%
Dry
Thistly Cross
Whisky Cask
Scotland
7.0%
Medium
Tutts
Royal Berkshire*
Berkshire
6.0%
Medium / Sweet
Tutts
Rum Cask*
Berkshire
6.0%
Medium / Dry
Woodthorpe Hall
Owd Barker
Derbyshire
7.2%
Dry
Woodthorpe Hall
Rubie Suzie
Derbyshire
6.9%
Medium
PERRY
This list is provisional and subject to last minute changes and alterations depending on availability.
PERRY PRICES - PINT £3.40, HALF £1.70, THIRD £1.20
* Limited Stock
PRODUCER
NAME
PLACE OF ORIGIN
STRENGTH
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Barbourne
Perry*
Worcestershire
6.0%
Dry
Barkers
Perry*
Worcestershire
6.5%
Medium
Broadoak
Perry
Somerset
7.5%
Sweet
Broome Farm
Perry (Blend)*
Herefordshire
6.1%
Medium
Butford
Organic Perry*
Herefordshire
6.0%
Medium
Double Vision
Impeared Vision Perry
Kent
7.4%
Medium
Gwynt y Ddraig
Pyder*
Wales
6.0%
Medium / Dry
Gwynt y Ddraig
Two Trees
Wales
4.5%
Medium
Hecks
Blakeney Red Perry
Somerset
6.0%
Dry
Hogans
Poachers Perry*
Warwickshire
5.8%
Medium
Hurst View
Puckered Pear*
Staffordshire
6.0%
Dry
Minchews
Stinking Bishop
Gloucestershire
6.5%
Medium
Moores
Perry*
Gloucestershire
6.0%
Medium / Dry
Newton Court
Winnal Longdon*
Herefordshire
5.4%
Medium
Olivers
Perry (Blend)*
Herefordshire
6.0%
Medium
Orgasmic
Patron Perry*
Herefordshire
5.5%
Medium
Pigletts Choice
Perry*
Somerset
6.0%
Medium
Ralphs
Badland
Wales
7.5%
Dry
Red Bank
Perry*
Lancashire
6.3%
Medium
Stockmoor Farm
Perry*
Herefordshire
5.5%
Medium
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