Great Welsh Beer Festival programme 2012

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Welcome to the 2012 Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival!

Welcome

After the sell-out success of last year, we have decided to make this year the biggest and best yet with more real ales and ciders than ever before. We have increased the amount of each beer we order as well so we will be able to keep up the range of everyone’s favourites.

Over the past year we have seen some momentous changes to the brewing scene in Wales – all of them for the better. First off last year's Champion Beer of Wales winner Rhymney Brewery moved to a purpose-built visitor centre and brewery in Blaenavon, close to the National Museum at Big Pit, we wish them all the success at this new place and don't forget to visit them there. Next, Wales’ biggest real ale brewers SA Brain have installed a ‘craft brewery’ in their existing Victorian tower brewery, allowing them to do short runs of beers utilising different ingredients such as unusual hop varieties. We are very pleased to see these new beers on the bar alongside their old favourites such as SA. Celt Experience and Otley breweries have both expanded into larger premises and Tomas Watkin brewery purchased a brand-new state-of-the-art bottling line. Meanwhile in Newport, new kids on the block Tiny Rebel are taking the Welsh brewing industry by storm with their innovative new beers, definitely a favourite for all hop-heads out there.

We now have around 45 breweries in Wales, more than we have had for almost a century, we have not been able to bring them all to this festival, as much as we would have liked to, but our bars team and wholesalers have tried to bring as

many as are possible. We also have a selection of beers from Yorkshire this year with some awardwinning brews that are not usually seen in Wales.

Then there is our cider and perry, the best range in the whole of Wales with makers from across the UK represented. The foreign bar this year features beers from the Budvar Brewery of the Czech Republic, with a very rare outing for their ‘Yeast’ beer, the unpasteurised version of their Original lager.

We hope you enjoy the festival and don’t forget to tweet about it using #GWBCF, I’ll be tweeting about the festival myself from my personal account of @ArfurD and other staff members will be using the @GWBCF account, so we will try and respond to your comments straight away, time permitting.

Please remember that all staff here at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival are volunteers and we have given up our free time to run this festival for your enjoyment.

Finally, this year the festival charity is a local, Cardiff-based one, Woodlands High School, which specialises in teaching children with learning difficulties. We hope you will donate any unused beer tokens to this worthy charity.

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Information about the festival BEER TOKENS No cash is accepted over the bars, payment is by tokens only which are available next to the membership stand, situated on your right as you come into the arena. Please note we have changed the tokens this year, please do not rip them, they will be marked off by bar staff.

Unused tokens may be donated to our festival charity which this year is Woodlands Action Support Group which raises money for Woodlands High School in Cardiff.

BEER LIST The list of draught beers can be found later on in the programme. Any changes will be available on lists on the bars and the membership stands.

CIDER AND PERRY Our huge range of ciders and perries have a bar of their own, on the far side of the hall as you come in.

FOREIGN BEER This year, for the first time we have a range of beers from the Budvar Brewery in the Czech Republic.

GLASSES The glass is yours to keep as a souvenir of the event. Look after it as if you drop it you will have to purchase a replacement. Due to the policy of the Welsh Government there are no glass refunds this year.

SMOKING Due to the Nanny State we live in, smoking is prohibited inside the arena, however we have initiated a smoking solution from the foyer where a pass-out system allows you to leave the building and return to the festival.

TOILETS Toilets can be found either side of the arena.

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FOOD The food is supplied by the Motorpoint Arena and both hot and cold choices will be available. The food is locally sourced wherever possible and Welsh cheeses will be an additional feature on the menu this year.

We also have ‘Olives and Things’, Merry Berry Chocolates as well as Martin’s Jerked Meats to go with the finest of ales and ciders.

COMPETITIONS The Champion Beer of Wales competition will occur during the festival along with a CAMRA Champion Cider competition. The winners of both will be announced at 3pm from the stage on Friday.

GOOD BEER GUIDE 2012 The beer drinkers' bible will be on sale from the products stand, together with other books and products such as T-shirts and the odd teddy bar.

The products stand is located next door to the: CAMRA MEMBERSHIP STAND: 140,000 members can't be wrong! Why not join up and help CAMRA save the pub and promote real ales?

TOMBOLA Do you want an extra bit of beery history to take home from the festival? Well head along to see Eric & Julie at the tombola stand to see what fantastic prizes you could win.

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et in the village of Taff’s Well, and just north of the City of Cardiff in South Wales, Fagins Ale & Chop House has established itself as one of Wales’ premier Real Ale and Food Pubs.

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All our Cask Ales are sourced from small independent brewers and we pride ourselves in sourcing our food from our local butcher and greengrocer (who in turn provide Welsh reared produce).

Come and feel a warm Welsh welcome.

OPENING TIMES Bar

Restaurant that comfortably seats 50 plus hungry customers!

Live Music on Thursdays!

Monday Tues -Wed Thurs - Fri Saturday Sunday

Food 11:00am -11:00pm 11:00am -11:00pm 11:00am - Midnight Noon - Midnight Noon - 10:30pm

Closed Monday Noon - 2pm & 6pm - 9pm Noon - 2pm & 6pm - 9pm Noon - 2pm & 6pm - 9pm Noon - 3:00pm

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Fagins Ale & Chop House 8 Cardiff Rd, Taffs Well, Cardiff ,South Glamorgan CF15 7QD 029 2081 1800 | Email: info@faginsalehouse.co.uk | www.faginsalehouse.co.uk

Welcome / Croeso to The Gwaelod Inn Main Road, Gwaelod-y-Garth Cardiff CF15 9HH Tel: 029 2081 0408 Pub opening Times 11am- 11pm Restaurant Opening Times Monday–Thursday Noon–2:00pm & 6:30:pm-9:30pm Friday–Saturday Noon–9.30pm Sunday Noon–3.30pm

The Gwaelod-y-Garth Inn (or just the Gwaelod as the locals call us) is one of South Wales’ Premier Country Inns just a few miles outside Cardiff, offering a relaxing mix of Real Ales, Home Cooked Food and convivial company.

Whether you are looking for somewhere for a quick pint after work, a quiet meal or a family celebration, we’re sure you that you will find it here. Both the pub and restaurant have recently been refurbished to a high specification.

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The Beer List The following is a list of the beers which we hope to have on sale during the festival. Since going to press there may be a few changes to the beer list due to flooding, anthropomorphic global warming, war, famine and/or religious holidays. Changes to the list will be published on the bars and on the membership stands. Not all the beers will be on at once, some may not be ready to serve, others may have run out. Our knowledgeable bar staff should be able to help you out if your first choice is not available.

The beers are arranged, alphabetically by brewery

M

Mild

BB Best Bitter

PS Porter/Stout SB OA Old Ale

Strong Bitter

SPEC

SA Gold

ABBEYDALE Sheffield,Yorkshire

Absolution

with A-L on the bar on the far side of the hall as you come in and M-Z are the near side. Beers from Brains, Celt Experience, Tiny Rebel, Tomos Watkin, Otley and Wye Valley Breweries can be found on the 'Brewery Bar' section that faces the exit and joins the two long bars..

5.3%

B Bitter G Golden Ale

Other (lager, wheat, fruit)

4.7%

G

A fruity pale ale, deceptively drinkable for its strength. Sweetish but not cloying

Golden beer with a hoppy aroma. Well balanced with a zesty hop, malt, fruit and balancing bitterness and satisfying finish.

Moonshine

Strong Ale

4.3%

G

G

6.5%

SB

A beautifully balanced pale ale with a full hop aroma. Pleasant grapefruit traces may be detected.

First brewed for the festival last year, this strong ale is making a welcome return

ACORN Barnsley,Yorkshire

British Summer

Barnsley Bitter

3.8%

B

Barnsley Bitter is brewed using the finest quality Maris Otter malt and English hops. Chestnut in colour, having a well rounded, rich flavour, it retains a lasting bitter finish.Won a Silver Award in it's class at the Great British Beer Festival 2006 and was also a finalist in 2007 and 2008. awards

Gorlovka Imperial Stout

6.0%

P/S

A deep malt and hoppy aroma with liquorice throughout. Roast malts, fruit and hops also carry through this full-bodied stout.

4.1%

G

A golden, hoppy ale with a bitter finish

Brains Craft Brewery All at Sea 5.2%

SB

A light brown IPA with a classic clean and crisp taste.

Brains Craft Brewery Barry Island IPA 6.0%

G

Brewed by Simon Martin aka Mr Real Ale Guide, Only on sale on Saturday. An American-style IPA using 3 types of US hops

Organ Morgan

4.0%

G

Brewed to the same recipe but uses different hops each month. The use of different hops from around the world has won high accolade from SIBA

Inspired by one of Dylan Thomas' characters, this thirst-quenching ale is crafted with a harmony of hops to produce a clean, floral aroma and delicate citrus flavours.

BIG BOG Waunfawr,Gwynedd

Jack Black

IPA

Swampy

5.0%

G

4.7%

Distinctive ruby ale with hints of liquorice and malt

BRAINS Cardiff,South Glamorgan

Dark

3.5%

M

4.3%

BRECON Brecon, Powys

Classic Dark Brown Mild with a mix of malt, roast and caramel with a background of hops.

Bright Beacons

SA

Bronze Beacons

4.2%

BB

Mellow, ful-lbodied beer with a malty, hop and fruit mix.

P/S

A dark oatmeal stout brewed with dark malts, roasted barley and oats and named after the cobbler fromLlareggub.

4.5%

BB

3.9%

B

A straw-coloured best bitter A light bronze-coloured pale ale, full-bodied withplenty of hop flavours.

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Diamond Beacons

4.3%

B

A red ale brewed to celebrate the Jubillee

Genesis 1.ii The Prophet's Porter

5.6%

P/S

An aged porter brewed last November and a oneoff special brew. Darkly complex and smooth.

Gold Beacons

4.2%

G

A deep golden ale brewed with a well-defined bitterness.

Twilight Brecon

4.0%

B

A dusky-toned session ale with a distinct hoppy finish

Wandering Beacons

5.0%

SB

A dark chestnut-hued, full-bodied strong ale

Ramblers Ruin

5.0%

SB

pear drops and candied pistachio nuts. Brewed with hops from North America and New Zealand. A bitter flavour is followed by a tangy grapefruit and citrus aftertaste.

Native Storm

4.4%

BB

A robust, mid-brown ale full of spicy and biscuit flavours

CERDDIN Maesteg, Mid-Glamorgan

Cascade

4.8%

BB

Pale amber, rich body with a citrus hop flavour

CONWY Conwy,Conwy

Beechcomber Blonde 4.2%

G

A hoppy blonde ale, crisp and refreshing

Cwrw Mel

4.5%

Spec

A pale beer with a pleasing touch of honey

COPPER DRAGON Skipton,Yorkshire

A dark amber, malty and well hopped ale, high percentages of Crystal and Black malt create the malt/biscuit undertones, with bitterness and aroma provided by Goldings and First Gold, amongst others.

This creamy dark ale has a malty, roast character throughout with coffee notes and a bitter roast finish.

BRYNCELYN Ystradgynlais,West Glamorgan

Challenger

Holly Hop

Amber-coloured, this is a best bitter in the traditional style. Initial malt and hops give way to fruit and a growing bitter, dry finish.

3.9%

G

Pale amber with a hoppy aroma. A refreshing hoppy, fruity flavour with balancing bitterness; a similar lasting finish. A beer full of flavour for its gravity.

Black Gold

Golden Pippin

3.7% 4.0%

3.9%

M

B

G

Golden in colour with a tasty mix of hops, fruit, bitternesss and background malt.

This golden ale has a citrus aroma and flavour, characteristic of American Cascade hops. The dry, bitter astringency increases in the aftertaste.

BULLMASTIFF Cardiff, South Glamorgan

ELLAND Elland,Yorkshire

Oh Boy

Welsh Red

4.5%

4.8%

BB

BB

A copper-red ale with sweeetish malt overtones

Son of a Bitch

6%

SB

A complex, warming amber ale with a tasty blend of hops, malt and fruit flavours, with increasing bitterness.

CELT EXPERIENCE Caerphilly,Mid-Glamorgan

Bronze

4.5%

BB

A deep golden amber coloured beer with an aroma of toffee with some fruity overtones. A smooth bittersweet flavour leads to a rich caramel aftertaste with subdued bitter finish.

Golden

4.2%

G

Golden coloured organic ale, with a rich full-bodied texture accompanied by a unique blend of traditional and fruity hops

Silures

4.6%

G

1872 Porter

6.5%

P/S

Creamy, full-flavoured porter. Rich liquorice flavours with a hint of chocolate from roast malt. A soft but satisfying aftertaste of bittersweet roast and malt.

Bargee

3.8%

B

Amber, creamy session bitter. Fruity, hoppy aroma and taste complemented by a bitter edge in the finish.

Nettlethrasher

4.4%

BB

Grainy amber-coloured beer. A rounded nose with some fragrant hops notes followed by a mellow nutty and fruity taste and a dry finish.

FACER’S Flint, Flintshire

Clwyd Gold

3.5%

G

Clean tasting session bitter, mid-brown in colour with a full mouthfeel. The malty flavours are accompanied by increasing hoppiness in the bitter finish.

Golden hoppy ale

Landslide

Bleddyn

Golden, gentle maltiness leads to resinous citrus bitterness with a hint of cherry and a strong mouthfeel.

5.6%

SB

Named after a Welsh king who died in 1075, this beer is a deep golden colour with a rich aroma of 08 The Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival 2012

4.9%

G

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The Beer List - continued FELINFOEL Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

Double Dragon

4.2%

GREAT ORME Glan Conwy, Conwy BB

Celtica

4.5%

B

4.0%

M

Malty and subtly hopped with a rich colour and smooth balanced character

Hoppy with a dry finish.

SALTIRE Wakefield,Yorkshire

Rich, dark and full of malt flavours

Triple Chocoholic

4.8%

Spec

A chocolatey brew made with chocolate malt, cocoa and chocolate essence

Raspberry Blond

4.0%

Spec

Welsh Black

GREY TREES Aberdare, Mid-Glamorgan

Rechabites Bitter

4.0%

Delicately infused with raspberry flavours.

HEART OF WALES LLanwrtyd Wells, Powys

GLOUCESTER Gloucestershire

Irfon Valley

Dockside Dark

5.2%

SB

Welsh Black

Gloucester Gold

Aur Cymru

3.9%

G

Mariner

4.2%

BB

3.6%

B

Pale Amber with a pleasing mix of hops and malt.

A silky rich ale, warm and chocolatey with a subtle sweetness A refreshingly crisp, hoppy thirst quenching golden ale.

B

A bronze-coloured ale brewed with 4 different hop varieties

4.4%

P/S

Dry stout, full of liquorice flavour.

3.8%

G

A bright golden ale with a clean, refreshing taste.

High as a Kite

9.5%

BW

A distinctly smooth, malty and hoppy copper ale

A dark and warming with fruity and medicinal tones.

GOWER Llanrhidian,West Glamorgan

IKLEY BREWERY

Gold

4.5%

G

A thirst-quenching golden ale with refreshing citrus flavours and the aroma of Cascade hops.

Best

4.0%

BB

Highly hopped golden ale with a strong, bitter finish.

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3.7%

M

Yorkshire Gold

4.2%

G

Dark mild with a blend of five malts used in the mash to give a smooth, mellow easy to drink malt flavour with a hint of liquorice in the finish.

A light, hoppy bitter with citrus notes

Mary Jane

A fruity aroma and a slight hoppy finish

3.5%

G

A crisp, pale ale with citrus aromas.

3.8%

Midnight Stout B

A golden, hoppy bitter, surprisingly packed full of flavour for a beer of only this low strength.

Red Squirrel

4.0%

B

A dark amber coloured beer with biscuity malt flavours and a dry aftertaste.

KELHAM ISLAND Sheffield,Yorkshire

Kelham Best

3.8% 5.2%

B

4.0%

S

A dark, creamy stout, full of dark fruit and roasted malt flavours.

MPA

4.0%

B

A dry and lightly-hopped ale with a grapefruit aroma

Sunshine

B

G

Mischief

4.2%

G

NANT Llanrwst, Conwy

Riders on the Storm

Mwnci Nell

BB

5.0%

G

Strong golden ale with a good balance of malt and hop bitterness

A strong pale ale, well balenced and fruity.

4.5%

3.2%

Hoppy, floral golden ale with a dry finish

A straw-coloured, thirst quenching beer with a strongly hopped flavour and nose.

Pale Rider

Grange No1 MONTY’S Montgomery, Powys

JACOBI Caio, Carmarthenshire

Light Ale

LLANGOLLEN Llangollen, Denbighshire

5.5%

OA

A robust golden pale ale with berry notes and very slight roasted notes.

A dark, winter ale with dark chocolate flavours balanced by a hoppy bitterness.

KINGSTONE Tintern, Monmouthshire

NEATH Baglan,West Glamorgan

1503

4.8%

SB

Black

5.5%

P/S

Deep chestnut red, lightly hopped but heavy with coffee, chocolate, malt complexity.

The rich, dark malt flavours are balanced by a refreshing hoppy bitterness.

Stout

NEATH Baglan,West Glamorgan

4.4%

P/S

Rich, dark and malty with flavours of roasted, flaked and pale malted barley.

KIRKSTALL Yorkshire

Kirkstall Pale Ale

4.0%

G

Gold

5.0%

G

A deep, amber coloured beer with a rich aroma of citrus fruits which continue into the flavour and a refreshing bitter finish.

A golden session beer with a fresh malt and hop aroma leading to a bitter finish

OSSETT Ossett,Yorkshire

Three Swords

G

A lager-style beer with a crisp, dry flavour and citrus fruity aroma.

SB

Yorkshire Blond

4.5%

A very pale ale with a citrus nose

Dissolution IPA

5.0%

An amber ale with a distinctive hop kick

Black Band Porter

5.5%

P/S

Silver King

4.3% 3.9%

G

G

Slightly sweet on the palate, with a generous late addition of Mount Hood hops for aroma.

A full-bodied yet perfectly-balanced and smooth dark porter

OTLEY Pontypridd, Mid-Glamorgan

LEEDS Leeds,Yorkshire

A light-golden ale with citrus hop aromas.

Leeds Best

4.3%

BB

Croeso O Garden

4.2% 4.8%

G

Spec

Full flavoured, smooth and a very drinkable bitter sweet beer.

A blend of spices and fruits adds distinctive flavours to this award-winning beer

Midnight Bell

O1

4.8%

M

The malty, rich fruit aroma carries through in the taste along with a hint of chocolate.

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4.0%

BB/G

Pale Golden Beer with hops, malt and fruit.

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O3 Boss

4.4%

Gold Wing

BB

4.2%

G

A light copper coloured ale with citrus and floral aromas with a satisfying bitter aftertaste.

A delicious golden-coloured ale with a dry, refreshing bite

O4 Columbo

Thunderbird

4.1%

P/S

A golden ale with an intense hoppy aroma and bitter flavour

A mid-brown hoppy ale

O5 Gold

Dark

5.0%

G

4.5%

BB

4.0%

M

RHYMNEY Blaenavon, Torfaen

A light-golden ale brewed using lager malt and lightly hopped with Pioneer and Amarillo hops.

A dark mild, dark malt flavours and bitterness to balance.

O6

Export

6.6%

P/S

A full-flavoured porter with a smooth mouthfeel.

O7 Weissen

5.0%

Hobby Horse

Spec

A spicy wheat beer with citrus and clove notes.

Oxymoron Black IPA 5.5% Thai Bo

PG Steam

Spec

Brewed with lemongrass, lime leaf and galangal

7.5%

BW

A chestnut-red beer infused with sweet notes of malt, caramel and citrus fruits with a dry finish.

O8

8.0%

3.8%

B

RCH Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

Spec

East St Cream

Motley Brew

SB

Biscuity aromas with exceptional bite of target hops.

Rich, dark chocolate flavours and a lasting bitter aftertaste.

4.6%

5.0%

Full bodied, balanced bitter sweet beer.

BW

5.0%

SB

A golden bitter with floral citric hop aroma

3.9%

B

Malty with hints of chocolate, hops and fruit.

Pitchfork

4.2%

BB

Amber-coloured, medium-bodied with a full hop aroma. Hoppy and bitter with subtle sweetness.

Finish is similar.

A pale and strong ale, deceptively smooth.

SANDSTONE Wrexham, North East Wales

PIXIE SPRING Llantrisant, Mid-Glamorgan

Edge

3.8%

G

A pale straw-coloured American Pale Ale

A golden session ale with a light bitterness and a citrus taste.

Prince of Bengal IPA 5.5%

SNOWDONIA Waunfawr, Gwynedd

Deliverance APA

4.5%

G

G

A golden full-bodied IPA

Carmen Sutra

PLASSEY Eyton,Wrexham

This golden-brown beer is brewed with Pale Ale, Crystal malt and Fuggles and Challenger hop varieties.

Mild

4.2%

M

4.4%

A dark and subtle mild ale.

SWANSEA Bishopston,West Glamorgan

PRESELI Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Deep Slade Dark

Baggywrinkle

4.5%

SA

A golden ale

RUDGATE Tockwith,Yorkshire

PURPLE MOOSE Porthmadog, Gwynedd

Battleaxe

Dark Side of the Moose

4.6%

OA

Complex dark ale, full of flavour, malts, hop and award winning.

Glaslyn

4.2%

BB

Golden, award winning, tasty beer.

Snowdonia

3.6%

4.0%

M

Dark Brown, dark and roast malt flavours.

B

4.2%

B

A well-hopped bitter with slightly sweet initial taste and light bitterness. Complex fruit character gives a memorable aftertaste.

Ruby Mild

4.4%

M

A rich, nutty, ruby-coloured ale.

Viking

3.8%

B

Refreshing golden ale, hoppy and lasting finish.

An initially warming and malty, full-bodied beer, with hops and fruit lingering into the aftertaste.

KITE Cross Hands, Camarthenshire

TINY REBEL Newport,Gwent

Cwrw Haf

4.1%

G

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Urban IPA

5.5%

G

A golden-brown IPA packed with hops from Germany, US and Slovenia

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4.4%

TIMOTHY TAYLOR Keighley,Yorkshire

G

A straw-coloured bitter packed with floral hoppiness and a dry spicy bitterness to finish

Doc Brown

3.8%

M

Landlord

4.3%

BB

Full-flavoured, well balanced amber best bitter.

Spicy citrus with a dry hop finish.

A dark ale with heavy toasted aromas andblackcurrant and liquorice flavours

VOG Barry,South Glamorgan

Cwtch

A rich, dark, malty bitter, late hopped with Fuggles and Goldings

4.6%

BB

Brewed with hops beginning with the letter 'C' – Citra, Columbo etc

Full Nelson

4.8%

Cwrw Dewi

5%

Wheats Occurrin

BB

5.0%

Spec

Refreshingly dry clear wheat beer.

G

Brewed with Nelson Sauvin hopsso is packed with fruity and floral notes

WENTWORTH Wentworth,Yorkshire

Dirty Stop Out

A pale golden beer, made with local honey.

5.0%

P/S

Nine different malt varieties go into brewing this vomplex, lightly smoked oat stout.

Hadouken IPA

7.4%

G

A double IPA with a heavy hop punch from Chinook, Columbus and Cascade hops.

Hop Rocket

varies%

TBC

Various beers will be served via a dry hop rocket chamber, infusing the Tiny Rebel beers with even more fresh hop taste.

TOMOS WATKIN Swansea,West Glamorgan

Brewery Bitter

4.0%

BB

Amber beer, full bodied, traditional best bitter.

Chwarae Teg

4.1%

B

Bumble Beer

4.3%

Oatmeal Stout

4.8%

Spec

P/S

Black, smooth, with roast and chocolate malt and toffee overtones.

Rampant Gryphon

6.2%

G

A strong, well-balanced golden ale with hints of fruit and sweetness but which retains a hoppy character.

WYE VALLEY Hereford,Herefordshire

Dorothy Goodbody Lager

4.2%

Spec

A British Lager, matured for two months, this strawcoloured lager has a clean, crisp flavour balanced with a delicate hop bitterness.

DG Stout

4.2%

S

A medium to light-brown coloured beer with a complex aroma of malt, hops and raisins.

A rich, smooth and chocolatey stout with some bitter roast flavours towards the finish. The bitter chocolate flavour lasts well into the aftertaste.

Cwrw Haf

HPA

4.2%

G

Golden, refreshing citrus hop flavour.

OSB

4.5%

BB

4.0%

A full-bodied well balanced amber-coloured beer

YORK York,Yorkshire

TIMOTHY TAYLOR Keighley,Yorkshire

Centurion's Ghost

Dark Mild

3.5%

M

Malt and caramel dominate throughout in this sweetish beer with background hop and fruit notes.

3.9%

B

A refreshingly bitter beer with floral hop flavours

Blackberry Stout

5.4%

SB

Black strong bitter with smokey roast malt nose and a smooth mellow smokey flavour.

Guzzler

3.6%

G

Refreshing golden ale with dominant hop and fruit flavours developing throughout.

WAEN Llanidloes, Powys

First of the Summer Waen

G

A pale ale, easy drinking with a citrus hop aroma and a balanced bitter finish

3.8%

P/S

Yorkshire Terrier

4.2%

Light in body but with a distinctive bitter hop flavour and fruity finish.

ZERO DEGREES Cardiff,South Glamorgan

Chilli Plum Porter

A sweet and very fruity ale.

6.1%

P/S

A sumptuous, moreish beer with dark fruit and coffee flavours, with a subtle chilli warmth.

B

Refreshing and distinctive amber/gold brew where fruit and hops dominate the aroma and taste.

Mango Pilsner

4.5%

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A light, pale yellow coloured beer with good bitterness nd a sharp finish.

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Foreign Beer Bar

Czech Beers

For GWBCF 2012 we will be bringing you a range of beers from the Budvar Brewery all the way from the Czech Republic.

ORIGINAL 5% Brewed in a 100 day cycle (90 spent in secondary fermentation) from a source of natural spring water, Moravian barley malt, whole hops and a strain of yeast resident at the brewery since 1895 Budvar Original is deservedly regarded as one of the world’s great lager conditioned beers.

DARK 4.7% Budvar Dark has been designed to familiarise the beer lover with how all Bohemian and Bavarian lagers tasted before mass produced pale malt made golden lager commercially possible in the mid nineteenth century. This is because it has been designed to come as close as possible to how all Bohemian and Bavarian lagers tasted before bottom fermented golden lager stole the show in the mid nineteenth century.

last stage of the brewing process, Budvar Yeast is a brew of almost other worldly freshness and purity.

Now, thanks to Budweiser Budvar, the Darkside is moving centre stage again. Enjoying the same brewing cycle as Original, Dark gets its delicious roasted flavour from being brewed from three types of malt; Munich, caramel and roasted.

YEAST 5% Budvar Yeast Beer is the unpasteurised version of Budvar Original, encapsulating all the same taste cues and as fresh as if it were being drunk at the brewery tap.

It’s brewed with the same care and patience as ORIGINAL, has the same ABV of 5% and uses the same ingredients in a 100 day brewing cycle.

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Festival Charity

A bit about our chosen festival charity this year Woodlands School caters for 130 pupils between the ages of 11 to 19 years, all of whom experience special educational needs of an academic and/or social nature. The spectrum of needs is wide, ranging from pupils who experience moderate learning difficulties to those who experience severe and complex learning difficulties which are frequently combined with, and compounded by, a combination of complex specific, physical, social and/or behavioural needs.

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Woodlands School is situated on the outskirts of the city of Cardiff, South Wales in the area of Ely, a socio-economically disadvantaged area, in which has developed one of the largest council housing estates in Europe.

A percentage of the pupils who attend Woodlands School live in the area of Ely. The remaining pupils are transported to the school daily from other, often equally disadvantaged, areas of the city.

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BARS 1 Celt Experience 2 Tomos Watkin 3 Kite 4 Otley 5 Brains 6 Brecon 7 Tiny Rebel

STALLS A Olives & Things B CAMRA Membership & Products C Tokens D Festival Charity E Traders Stalls F Tombola – Every 1s a Winner!

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Cider-tastic!

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Cider and Perry nce again at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival we aim to bring you the best real ciders and perries that are available. As well as our own fantastic producers from Wales we are featuring ciders from as far away as Lancashire and even Scotland as well as old favourites from Somerset and Herefordshire.

Some of our producers are very small, producing only a few hundred gallons a year, others started small and are now large makers but the same amount of care and consideration is shown in making the large amounts as is in the small amounts.

We should have ciders to everyone's taste and palette here; from sweet to extra dry but remember one makers medium could be another makers sweet so at the Festival we will be using a scoring system marked on the labels with 1 for extra sweet and 12 for extra dry.

Don't forget to try our perries as well, made from pears in the same way cider is made from apples. Perry pear trees take a long time to grow and can live for hundreds of years, also the flavours are a lot more subtle than you would find in cider.

Farmhouse Vintage Farmhouse Dry Farmhouse Sweet Farmhouse Traditional Two Trees - Perry BLAENGAWNEY Hafodryrynys, Caerphilly

Perry Hallets Draught Medium Cider National Treasure Blindfold Heartbreaker PALMERS UPLAND CIDER Bassaleg, Newport

Sweet Medium Dry RAGLAN CIDER MILL Clytha, Monmouthshire

Barn Owl Dry Perry Tawny Owl Medium Perry Snowy Owl Sweet Perry Dry Cider Hank Panky Whisky Cask Cider BRECON BEACONS CIDER Powys

Stoke Red Single variety 2 blends LLANBLETHIAN ORCHARDS Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

Subject to availability/delivery etc: GWYNT Y DDRAIG Llantwit Fardre, Mid-Glamorgan

Vilberie Single Variety Dry Cider Mayday Sweet Cider

Black Dragon Cider Dog Dancer Happy Daze

THREE SAINTS Llantrisant, Usk

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Blush (Perry)

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Nice Boys (Perry) Laughing Juice (Perry) + 3 Ciders

OLD MONTY

CJ’S CIDER Raglan,

PENAULT

Monmouthshire

Montgomery, Powys

Cider

Wench Surprise

Cider

GETHIN’S Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Cider

Sych (dry) Melys (sweet) Hapus (medium)

W.M. WATKINS Grosmont, Monmouthshire

CYD NEFOL Llandegla, Wrexham

Cider

TROGGI Shirenewton, Monmouthshire

Cider SPRINGFIELD Llangovan, Monmouthshire

3 ciders

DAN-Y-GRAIG Grosmont, Monmouthshire

PONTYMEDDYG Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire

Cider

Cider BOLLHAYES Cullompton, Devon

SOLWAY Cumbria

Medium

Cider Medium Perry

GWAKINS Abbey Dore, Herefordshire

DOVE SYKE West Bradford,Lancashire

RICH’S CIDER Highbridge, Somerset

Medium Sweet

Cider

Sweet

MAD HATTER Stockport, Greater Manchester

Cider

Sweet

WAULKMILL Langholm, Dumfriesshire

Cider LANCASHIRE CIDER

CROSSMAN Hewish, Somerset HUNT Paignton, Devon

Medium Sweet Heaten-with-Oxcliffe, Lancashire

Cider

HECKS Street, Somerset

Perry

GLYN’S

ROSS ON WYE Herefordshire

Cider

Perry

TY GWYN Newcastle, Monmouthshire

Cider

OLIVERS Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire

Perry

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BERRIEW Welshpool, Powys

SEVERN CIDER Newnham, Gloucestershire

Cider

Perry

ROSIE’S TRIPLE D Llandegla, Wrexham

Cider Perry

HARTLAND Tirley, Gloucestershire

Perry RALPH’S CIDER New Radnor, Powys

TOLOJA Lampeter, Ceredigion

Cider

Cider Perry

SEIDR O SIR Llandrindod Wells, Powys

GOWER HERITAGE CENTER Park Mill, Gower

Cider WELSH MOUNTAIN CIDER

Cider Llanidloes, Powys

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The best pubs in Central Cardiff Pubs in Cardiff

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s well as visiting the beer festival, there are also some brilliant pubs to visit in the City Centre. No journey to Cardiff is complete without a visit to the current Cardiff CAMRA Pub of the Year, the City Arms on Quay Street. This old pub was reinvented as a speciality ale house

by owners SA Brain in late 2010 and has established itself as the premier beer pub of the City. As well as beers from Brains, the City Arms serves beer from other Welsh breweries as well as brews from further afield. American and German beer festivals have been held along with a cider festival and there is always a wide choice of beer available, on handpump or straight from the barrel. The pub is also a rare outlet for Budvar Dark and there is an excellent selection of bottled beers from around the world. ‘Meet the Brewer’ nights, featuring Welsh brewers have also been a feature since the reopening.

A short distance away, on Westgate Street, is the state-of-the-art Zerodegrees microbrewery, housed in a former garage, built in the art-deco style. A range of regular beers, including Pale Ale, Black Lager, Pilsner are matched with monthly specials such as an Elderflower Beer and the stunning Oktoberfest Lager available at the same time as the small beer festival held in Munich in September. Pizzas are also available at this pub.

Towards the castle, at the top end of High Street, is the Goat Major, which serves Brains beers and guest ales. Amid the gleaming brasswork and tiles the menu is worth perusing as this pub specialises in pies and has even won ‘Pie of the Year’ for their creations. As well as the fixed menu, chalkboards announce the weekly special pie which could be anything, from venison to cheese.

Nearby on Duke Street, opposite the South-East end of the castle wall is the timberfronted Rummer

Tavern which opens out to a cavernous interior. The Rummer is a rare local outlet for Wye Valley HPA and features regularly-changing guest beers and a cider on handpump.

Just around the corner, in the shadow of the spire of St John’s Church is the Owain Glyndwr, a pub that has been renamed more times than almost any other Cardiff pub and was once the brewery tap for the long-defunct Nell’s Brewery. Previous names include the Tennis Courts, the Buccaneer, the Mably Arms and the Kemys-Tynte Arms. Today this busy pub is a rare local outlet for beers from the Vale of Glamorgan Brewery.

Nearby in Church Street is the famous

Old

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Pubs in Cardiff Heritage Pubs of Wales’ and the Brains beers are always in top form in this early Victorian pub. At the lower end of the Hayes is the Duke of

Wellington, an imposing red-brick building built in 1892 and named in honour of the Duke to commemorate his death 50 years earlier. This Brains serves guest beers and opens early if anyone wants a coffee.

Finally a mention has to be made of everyone’s favourite Cardiff boozer the Vulcan, the pub is now shut but luckily it has been saved for the nation and will be rebuilt at the National Museum in St Fagans. A long campaign has been fought to save this pub which dates back to 1853 and although many of us would have liked to see it remain where it was, this was the only realistic option in the end.

Raglan

Cider Mill

CIDER HOUSE NOW OPEN for on and off sales

Parties – tutored tastings guided tours all available Award –winning cider and perry For sale to public and trade

Sally Perks – 07845 121610 info@raglancidermill.com

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Wales newest and most exciting micro brewery is now open for business.

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The best pubs in Wales

Pub of the Year Winners

Brecknockshire Star Inn, Talybont Cardiff City Arms, Cardif Gwent- Country POTY - Star Inn, Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd Town POTY - Coach & Horses, Chepstow Mid Glamorgan - Red Cow, Aberdare

Bridge End Inn, Ruabon

Every year the Campaign for Real Ale organises the Pub of the Year competition, the local branch pub of the year goes forward to Regional and then if successful National competition. This year a Welsh pub, the Bridge End Inn in Ruabon won the CAMRA National Pub of the Year, its also the brewery tap for the McGivern Brewery.

Below are the winners of the local branch Pub of the Year's for 2012.

Abercolwyn Pen-y-Bryn, Colwyn Bay Chester & South Clwyd Bridge End Inn, Ruabon Vale of Clwyd Oak, Hendre Gwynedd a Mon Snowdonia Park, Waunfawr Ceredigion Y Talbot, Tregaron Carmarthenshire Plash, Llanfallteg

Star Inn

Coach and Horses, Chepstow

Neath & Port Talbot- Ancient Briton, Pen-y-Cae Swansea - Village Inn, Killay Vale of Glamorgan - Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge Good luck to all the entrants in the competition this year!

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Live Music

Thursday 7th June Designated Quiet Day

Friday 8th June 3pm Champion Beer of Wales announcement

Friday 8th June 5pm

Under the Driftwood Tree Under The Driftwood Tree have continued to build a glowing live reputation on the festival circuit.

Already in 2012 they have been invited to perform at Camp Bestival, Secret Garden Party, Wilderness, Fire In the Mountain and many more to be announced soon.

Exceptional song-writing skills transform their music into mini-tales of simple philosophies that everyone and anyone can relate to.

Friday 8th June 8pm

FREE BEER! Top Party Band No matter what the occasion, if you want it to be the talk of the town with your guests, clients or customers then you need to ply them with copious amounts of ‘FREE BEER’.

Playing a range of hits from the 50s through to the present day, ‘FREE BEER’ are the band guaranteed to make your party a truly memorable one.

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Live Music at the Festival is sponsored by Budweiser Budvar this year

Saturday 9th June 3pm

Treharris Male Voice Choir Treharris Male Voice Choir, is made up of purely amateur singers from all walks of life. They are united in their love of singing and giving pleasure to others. The choir was formed in 1961 in what was a strong mining community. During the 50+ years since its formation, the choir has travelled extensively throughout the UK and Europe, extending its reputation for both professionalism and entertainment. At the heart of the choir are the accomplished musical team, Llinos and Anna.

Through their good endeavour and expertise the choir's repertoire is both extensive and varied.

This includes; Welsh and English traditional, modern, Negro spiritualist, songs from the shows, etc. etc. It is hoped the selection provides 'something for everyone to enjoy'. The choir is a charitable organisation and regularly raises monies through their concerts for many local and foreign causes

Saturday 9th June 7pm

Still got the Blues Blues / Blues Rock / Classic A Four Piece band formed in 2007 from members of the Borough Blues Club. They have played the usual pub gigs and also at Pontypool ‘Jazz in the Park’ and other local festivals.

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RCH Brewery Award winning beers brewed in a traditional fashion.

Hewish IPA ABV 3.6% P.G Steam ABV 3.9% Pitchfork ABV 4.3% Old Slug Porter ABV 4.5% East Street Cream ABV 5.0% Firebox ABV 6.0% Double Header ABV 5.3% In addition to these beers we often brew specials. Please contact us to find out which one is currently available.

Brewery Merchandise also available West Hewish, Weston Super Mare, North Somerset BS24 6RR Phone: 01934 834447 Emal: rchbrew@aol.com

ANCIENT BRITON Brecon Rd, Pen y Cae, SA9 1YY 13 hand pulls dispensing Real Ales Ciders & Perry Good food served daily En-Suite Accommodation Camping & Caravan Site Annual September Beer Festival www.ancientbriton.co.uk

CAMRA Regional Pub of the Year 2011

01639 730273

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Social Media Drinking

Other local CAMRA Beer Festivals

During the Festival, we hope those of you on Twitter will use #GWBCF to tell the world about the festival and some of the fantastic beers you are drinking here. Our back-office staff will be using the @GWBCF account during the Festival and the Organiser can be found @ArfurD. We will also be updating the Facebook page as and when necessary.

If you enjoyed your time at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival this year, then why not take time out to visit our sister festival, run by Swansea & Neath CAMRA at the historic Brangwyn Hall in Swansea? Over 100 real ales, 30 ciders and perries and some great live music will be available at this event from the 23rd-25th August, Thursday-Saturday.

There is also an application called Untappd, www.untappd.com which allows you to tell people which beers or ciders you are drinking and it updates your Twitter and Facebook feeds if you choose to let it. So get your smartphones out and begin to drink socially!

Further west the Carmarthen Beer Festival will be held once again from the 27th-29th September, in St Peter's Hall in the heart of this historic market town.

Unfiltered, Uncompromised & Unashamedly Real

Tel: 01291 680111 Tintern, Monmouthshire NP16 7NX www.kingstonebrewery.co.uk

VISITORS WELCOME

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CAMRA’s Real Heritage Pubs of Wales Pub Interiors of Special Historic Interest

Tafarnau Treftadaeth - Tafarnau o Ddiddordeb Hanesyddol Mewnol

formance of Max Boyce; and the National Trustowned Cwmdu Inn run by the villagers, who also run the adjoining village shop.

Y This guide will lead you to the smallest pub in Wales; pubs with stunning snugs; a pub with no bar counter; and one pub whose interior came from an ocean liner.

Y Discover which Welsh heritage pubs sell real ale, much of it locally produced, some brewed on the premises; also where you can still get served ‘beer from the jug’.

Y Public transport details, accommodation & food availability are given for each pub.

AMRA’s Real Heritage Pubs of Wales - Pub Interiors of Special Historic Interest / Tafarnau Treftadaeth - Tafarnau o Ddiddordeb Hanesyddol Mewnol is a unique guide that will lead you to 100 Welsh pubs with historic interiors of real national significance, many of them stretching back a century or more. The featured pubs include old-fashioned time-warp inns, some tiny; and magnificent Victorian drinking palaces, some with spectacular tiled counters and impressive bar fittings. It contains: -

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Y Informative text and over 200 photographs

which reveal the variety of historic pub interiors in Wales. Discover where you can drink in a C13th crypt; the round tower of a town’s medieval walls; a C17th guildhall; and a coaching inn still with horses in its stables.

Y Features the No Sign Bar, Swansea, a regular haunt of one of Wales’ greatest poets, Dylan Thomas; the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel, that was the training base for the first ascent of Everest in 1953 (the team’s signatures are on the ceiling); Ivy Bush, Pontardawe, that hosted first public per-

A fully updated edition of this successful publication has just been published and is on sale for the first time at this festival. The cover price is £6.99 and is available to CAMRA members for only £5.99. It is also available from https://shopcamnra.org.uk and bookshops ISBN 978-1-85249-275-5.

Real Heritage Pubs of Wales is a guide to a remarkable and varied collection of pubs with the best and most interesting interiors in the whole of Wales. It is CAMRA’s pioneering initiative to bring greater appreciation of the most valuable historic pub interiors in the country to both local people and visitors. Although Wales has over 4,000 public houses, this guide lists just 100 or so. There are so few because of the enormous amount of opening out, theming and general modernisation that has taken place in recent decades.

Safeguarding what is now left of the country’s pub heritage has become a serious conservation challenge. By publishing this guide, CAMRA aims to encourage owners and local authorities to take steps to ensure that these surviving gems remain genuine historic pubs for years to come.

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Both pubs are regular Good Beer Guide Entries

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