Pr Fe & o s Ta g ti st ra va in m l g N m ot e e s
We are the second oldest CAMRA festival, and we can’t believe that this is our 40th one. CAMRA is the Campaign for Real Ale, which exists to protect and promote traditional British beers and ciders. Festivals are a good way of showing the wonderful variety, from strawcoloured refreshing bitters to rich dark stouts. CAMRA is also concerned about the closure of so many pubs. You can join CAMRA here at our CAMRA shop. The benefits of joining include free entry to most festivals, plus discounts at many pubs. There is also a membership form at the back of this programme. Our first Kent Beer Festival was on Saturday June 21st 1975 in a marquee in Dane John Gardens, Canterbury.
First Kent Beer Festival 1975 I was the festival organiser (I still am), and I took a van around the country to collect my favourite beers. I got Hoskins (Leicester), Yorkshire Clubs, Belhaven (Dunbar), Jennings (Cockermouth), Hydes and Boddingtons (both from Manchester) and Morlands (Abingdon). We also had Brakspears, Eldridge Pope, Fullers, Harveys, King & Barnes, Ridleys, Ruddles and Youngs. Our Kent beers were from the only two breweries in Kent, Shepherd Neame and Whitbread Fremlins. Our only cider was from Bob Luck’s at Benenden. We sold about 600 tickets at 50p each. The beers sold out early, and the festival made a profit of £43.51. I think we charged about 15p per pint.
First Kent Beer Festival 1975. Note that the beer is on railway sleepers. We had to do a lot of bending down but we were younger then.
We started doing souvenir glasses in 1976. This is the first pint glass with its green logo - have you got one? Of the nine Kent Beer Festivals in Dane John, the most memorable for the staff was the one when the marquee turned up a day late. We had to put up the beer outdoors, and guard it overnight. Passers-by couldn’t believe their eyes.
Right: The marquee goes up over the beer. Note the wooden casks. continued overleaf 40th Kent Beer Festival 3
Established in 1604, The Unicorn Inn has since been a main feature of Canterbury in its many forms. We pride ourselves that we remain true to traditional standards.
Local Pub of the Year 2006, 2013 and 2014. Awarded to us by the CAMRA Branch of Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay. We have 4 Real Ales on at any given time. Now with Cask Marque Accreditation. Master Brew, Doombar, and others with a guest ale pump. We also stock local Kentish PiP Cider. OUR HOME-COOKED FOOD We pride ourselves on using local suppliers and freshest ingredients wherever possible. Food served: Mon to Fri 12:00 to 14:00 and 17:30 to 20.45 Sat 12:00 to 15:00 and 17:30 to 20:45 Sun 12:00 to 15:30
61, St Dunstans Street Canterbury , Kent CT2 8BS Phone: 01227 463187 email: info@unicorninn.com
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History of the Kent Beer Festival - continued have been associated with the festival since its earliest days.
Girlie Bar
Gill with some of our great helpers, all now sadly deceased: Dave Hodgkins, Alex Steltner, Terry Whitta
The festival was in Dane John until 1983. It seemed a good idea to move when the offices in Dane John became residential flats. We were at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Canterbury for two years, then at the Woodville Hall in Gravesend in 1986. The Woodville Halls are a good venue, but we realised that our festival needs a more outdoor location. It is essentially a summer festival. Our licensee, Derry Williams of the Three Horseshoes, Lower Hardres, suggested the barn at Merton Farm, and we’ve been there since 1987. In the early days, we used only half the barn: note the wall of hay in this photo and the invading pig.
We also introduced the popular free bus service. In the cutting opposite from the Kentish Gazette, the tall bearded chap in the white shirt is our late licensee, Derry, who died in 1998 and is sorely missed. The photo also shows three members of the Mendham family: Kae, Mick and Frank, who
One innovation that attracted a lot of attention was the Pink Girlie Bar, a tongue-in-the-cheek name for a bar that encouraged women who didn’t normally drink beer to give it a go. It worked. We celebrated our
25th anniversary in 1999. By then there were 10 breweries in Kent. We asked them to produce a special anniversary beer with a silver theme, and they all came up trumps. The photo shows the Lord Mayor with me and our press officer, Mary Galliers, and the Shepherd Neame silver beer, Argentum Canticorum. Well, we are still going strong. There are now nearly 30 breweries in Kent so we are hard-pushed to find room for them all on the Kent Bar. There has also been a big increase in cider producers, so for the last few years all our ciders have been Kentish ones. This is my last year as organiser – it’s time after 40 years to hand over the job to Andy Mitchell. It’s been great fun, and I’ll still be involved! 40th Kent Beer Festival 5
The Curry Tent Curries
CAMRA Shop Festival T shirts, beer guides, membership
Olives and Things Olives and snacks
Tombola Every 1’s a Winner
Hot Donuts Doughnuts The Traditional Fish & Chip Company Fish and Chips and so on
Soft Drinks Stall Soft drinks, crisps and snacks
Cheesemakers of Canterbury Local cheeses, ploughman’s lunches, pork pies
Body Glitter Art Face-painting
Festival Foods German sausages, French crepes
Merry Berry Truffles Chocolate and beer pairing
Badge Stall Make your own badges Smart T’s T shirts and breweriana Canterbury Archers Archery Laser Clay Pigeons Laser shooting
Opening Times & Prices Thursday July 17th 1830 - 2300
£5
Pay on door
Friday July 18th 1200 - 1600 1830 - 2300
free £7.50
Advance tickets only
Saturday July 19th 1200 - 2100
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£5
Pay on door
Festival Entertainment
Thursday July 17th 8.30pm to 9.30pm
Strumbums
Vast mix of covers
Friday July 18th 6.45pm to 8.45pm
High Tide
Covers, 70’s to now
9.15pm to 11.30pm
Disco Inferno
70’s show band.
All the great 70’s classics
Saturday July 19th 12.30pm - 2pm
Stringendo
String quartet
2pm - 5pm
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Circus etc
2.15pm to 3pm & 3.45pm to 4.30pm Strait Eight Jazz/rock 3pm - 3.45pm
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Opening Hours
Tues - Sat 12 - 3pm, 5 - 9pm Sunday 12-3pm Closed Mondays
Close to Railway Station and Bus Routes Firkin Frog 157 Station Road, Herne Bay CT6 5QA
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The Firkin Frog
Roll Of Honour CAMRA festivals are staffed by unpaid volunteers. Here, with thanks, is a list of volunteers who played a major role in many of our 40 festivals. We apologise if we have left anyone out - our memories aren’t always reliable 40 years on! John Woods Brian Simpson Barry Phillips Derry Williams Stuart Thomson Howard Gates Andy Wheeler Frank Mendham Tim Wright Linda Gates Bob Belton Alan Spurge Paul White Linda Thompson Bertie Roulston Alex Steltner Nigel Isom Eileen Gallagher Bob Thompson David Hodgkins Barry Hubbard Peter Gallagher Geoff Parker Roger Marples Stephen Poole Grahame Turner Sandra Parker Lee Richardson Alan Mullins Annie Reed Alex Richardson
Dawn Mendham Cosmo Keith Garner Gill Keay Callen Mendham Tracy Saunders Paul White Les Bishop Frank Mendham Rory Kehoe Andy Tinney Vic Bohdanowicz Kae Mendham Gerry Keay Robert Stephens Tim Bomback Mick Mendham Alex Richardson Gijs Boink Mary Galliers John Bradford Annie Mildon Lineke Pijnappels Mike Galliers Colin Soane Barry Poynter Charlene Mendham Andy Mitchell Peter Trout Sheila Richardson
999 and team 1 estival bus F r ee B t Ken
Kieron Drum Graham Hodge John Norman Adrian Moss Hugh Shipman Ginny Hodge Tim Pryor Jenny Lyons Tim Hulme Roger Mayhew Simon Reed Katie Lyons John Mills John Robinson Rowan Lyons Janice Mills And the food stall-holders of many years: Bill, Jean, Mel and Steve, Ted Phillips. Jane Bowyer, Nicky and Dave Ansell
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Forty Favourites Bar These were voted for by our customers. Key for beer colour : Golden Pale Brown
Adnams
creamy toffee
Southwold
Broadside
4.7%
Rich flavours of malt, with roast and caramel notes and subtle hops
Southwold Bitter
3.7%
Classic bitter with complex aromas of toffee apple, caramel and sulphur
Canterbury Brewery Red Rye
Canterbury
5.6%
Spicy rye malt combines with an explosion of Citra and Chinook hops
Black Sheep
Dark
London Pride
4.1%
Well-balanced smooth bitter with developing honey and toffee aftertaste
Goachers
Maidstone
Fine Light Ale
3.7%
Strong floral hoppy aroma and aftertaste
Gold Star
5.1%
Very drinkable, made with floor-malted Maris Otter and East Kent aroma hops
Real Mild Ale
Masham
3.4%
Hoppy and fruity, leading to a long dry bitter finish
Rich, flavourful mild with a generous helping of chocolate malt
Brains
Greene King
Best Bitter
3.8%
Cardiff
SA
4.2%
Mellow and full-bodied bitter
Brakspears
Witney
Bitter
3.4%
A classic with juicy malt and orange aroma and intense hop bitterness
Bristol Beer Factory Independence Ale
Bristol
4.6%
Distinctive US style continuously hopped pale ale.
Burning Sky
Firle, E. Sussex
Devil's Rest
7.0%
Full-flavoured, deceptively drinkable, bursting with Simcoe and Centennial hops
Butcombe
Bristol
Bitter
4.0%
Bitter but well-balanced, with long refreshing aftertaste
Dark Star
Partridge Green, W Sussex
Hophead
3.8%
Highly drinkable refreshing award-winner with clean citrus/bitter taste
Fullers
Chiswick
ESB
5.5%
Multifaceted taste includes bitter orange, raisins and 10 40th Kent Beer Festival
Bury St Edmunds
IPA
3.6%
Hop-infused fruitcake aromas and a lingering mellow aftertaste
Harveys
Lewes
Sussex Best Bitter
4.0%
Distinctive bitter with a good malt and hop balance and dry aftertaste
Hopdaemon
Newnham, Kent
Golden Braid
3.7%
Refreshing session bitter with a good blend of bittering and aroma hops
Green Daemon
5.0%
Brewed in the style of a German light lager. Tropical fruit aromas.
Incubus
4.0%
Pale malt and crystal malt are blended with slightly floral hops
Skrimshander
4.5%
A fine best bitter with a refreshing clean taste and fruity finish
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild
Dudley
6.0%
Strong ale with pleasant lingering hops and malt finish
Oakham
Peterborough
Bishop’s Farewell
4.6%
Powerfully citrussy, with an aroma that becomes bittersweet on the palate
Citra
4.2%
Refreshing grapefruit and peach aroma and long dry aftertaste
Old Dairy Brewery Blue Top
Tenterden
4.8%
Rich and full-bodied with a long bittersweet finish
Portobello
London
VPA
4.0%
Called Very Pale Ale due to the lightly kilned malt. Spicy and citrussy.
Ramsgate
Broadstairs
Gadds No 5
4.4%
Traditional best bitter with toffee malt and fresh green hop aroma
Gadds No 7
3.8%
Bishop's Finger
5.0%
Complex hop aroma reminiscent of lemons, oranges and bananas
Skinners
Truro
Betty Stogs
4.0%
Refreshing with a balance of bitter hops, apple fruit and malt
Timothy Taylor
Keighley
Landlord
4.3%
Full-flavoured classic with a hoppy, increasingly bitter finish
Thornbridge
Bakewell
Jaipur
5.9%
Flavoursome, packed with citrus hoppiness nicely balanced by malt
Tonbridge Brewery Rustic
East Peckham, Kent
4.0%
Rich-tasting ale given a delicate spicy taste by the scarce Epic hops
Clean-tasting golden bitter brewed with Goldings and Fuggles hops
Wantsum
St Austell
Flavours of biscuit malt balancing a long, deep, mellow, fruity nose
St Austell
Proper Job
4.5%
Citrus aroma leading to a crisp hop bitter and fruity finish
Hersden, Kent
Hengist
Whitstable
5.0%
Grafty Green, Kent
East India Pale Ale
4.1%
Dominant citrus hop bitterness with elderflower notes
Well-hopped with a good grapefruit aroma from the hops
Sharps
Woodfordes
Tribute
4.2% Rock, Cornwall
Doom Bar
4.0%
Refreshing fruity bitterness balanced by sweet malt
Shepherd Neame Master Brew Bitter
Faversham
3.7%
Distinctive clean-tasting bitter with nicely aggressive hoppiness
Wherry
Woodbastwick, Norwich
3.8%
Complex but easy-drinking with a tangy marmalade dryness
Kent Breweries Bar (breweries marked * also have beers on the 40 Favourite Beers Bar) Key for beer colour : Golden Pale Brown Dark
Canterbury Ales
Canterbury
Pardoner’s Ale
3.8%
Pale ale with honey notes giving way to spicy orange and citrus hops
Hopdaemon* all are on 40 Favourites Bar
Hop Fuzz
West Hythe
Yellow Zinger Junga
4.3%
Polish Junga hops give floral and soft fruit aromas and gentle bitterness
Canterbury Brewers*
1914 Canterbury
Kent 75 (brewed for our 40th anniversary) 3.6% For our 40th anniversary, only local hops are appropriate. Lots of East Kent Goldings and some of this year's amazing Challenger harvest take centre stage, with a light, clean base of Maris Otter and Pilsner malt
Foundryman’s Gold
4.0%
Strong aromas of citrus and elderflower with lingering bitterness
Caveman
Kent Brewery
Birling
Session Pale
3.7%
Light and very refreshing
Cobnut
4.1%
Kentish ruby ale, dark and nutty and generously hopped
Larkins
Chiddingstone
Traditional
3.4%
3.8%
Easy-drinking session beer in which sweet malts balance citrus hops
Citra
4.0%
Refreshing session beer full of citrus flavour from the Citra hops
Gemstone
4.4%
Sweet malty taste followed by noble hops, dark malts and treacle tones
Full-tasting and hoppy, with plenty of character for its strength
Swanscombe
Paleolithic
3.7%
Refreshing summer ale using three of the most citrussy hops around
Mad Cat
4.0%
Blonde ale using German hops, for peppery start and citrus aftertaste
3.6%
Fruity, balanced and refreshingly light
4.5%
Traditional ale, brewed to help us to remember WW1
Millis
South Darenth
Gravesend Guzzler
Goachers*
3.6%
Faversham
Pow Wow Paws for Thought
Maidstone
Sapphire Blonde
Platinum Blonde Quaffable light flowery ale
3.7%
Easy-drinking fruity session beer
all are on 40 Favourites Bar
Dartford Wobbler
Goodys
Good Life
3.9%
Fresh tasting bitter, bursting with citrus flavours
Musket
Maidstone
Fife & Drum Good Heavens Hoppy ale from the Pilgrims hops 12 40th Kent Beer Festival
4.3%
Full-bodied bitter with a dark roasted malt finish
Herne
4.1%
3.8%
Aromas of spice, honey and marmalade with a hint of blackcurrant
Flintlock
4.2%
Best bitter with spicy orange undertones
Spencers
Ashford
Blonde
4.2%
Light golden ale made with Kentish hops
Nelson
Chatham
Revenge
4.0%
Floral Kentish hops with hints of grapefruit give a smooth taste
Friggin’ in the Riggin’
4.7%
Premium bitter, with smooth malt flavour and a bittersweet aftertaste
Old Dairy Brewery* Sun Top
Rolvenden
3.8%
Summer beer with a refreshing citrus taste
Pig & Porter
Tunbridge Wells
Elders and Betters
3.5%
Crisp and refreshing. Expect a lemony flavour with a hint of elderflower
Galaxy
4.7%
Golden ale made with Australian hops
Swan on the Green Ginger Swan
Straw-coloured, with intense ginger taste and aroma from root ginger
Cygnet
4.2%
Light-coloured ale packed with Cascade hops
Time & Tide
Deal
Spratwaffler
3.7%
High hop content and a tropical fruit salad aroma
Tir Dha Ghlas
Dover
Jolly Roger Penshurst Pale
4.5%
American pale ale. Galaxy hops give a peachy aroma and taste
Ramsgate* Festiv’ale
3.8%
Summer ale dominated by elaborate tropical fruit hop notes
Ripple Steam
Sutton-by-Dover
Best Bitter
3.7%
Dark brown, full-bodied, bitter brewed to commemorate CAMRA stalwart Roger Marples
Tonbridge Brewery* Union Pale
Thanet
4.1%
Classic bitter with Styrian hops and a malt and apricot flavour
4.5%
Very hoppy bitter with sweetness at the back of the throat
Rockin’ Robin
Maidstone
RPA
3.9%
Quaffable fresh pale ale with Goldings and Cascade hops
Rich malty flavours balanced by citrus and tropical fruit aromas
Wantsum *
Hersden
Black Prince
3.9%
A rich, full-bodied Kentish mild, smooth with subtle hops
4.0%
Initial good hoppy flavour with a pleasantly malty finish
Shepherd Neame* all are on 40 Favourites Bar
4.5%
Golden bitter with the distinct orange bouquet of Amarillo hops
Westerham
Crockham Hill
Summer Perle
3.8%
Dry-hopped with aromatic Perle hops for a spicy, refreshing finish
Audit Ale Rockin’ Rio
East Peckham
4.7%
One Hop Amarillo IPA
West Peckham
3.6%
6.2%
Port, raisins and molasses aroma with a huge charge of Kent Goldings hops
Whitstable* Oyster Stout
Grafty Green
4.5%
Rich dry stout with deep chocolate and mocha flavours
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Other UK Breweries Bar Key for beer colour :
Bank Top
Golden
Brown
Busheys
Bolton
Bad To The Bone
4.0%
A rustic tan coloured beer with floral qualities and delicate citrus notes
Old Slapper
4.2%
Notes of grapefruit with pale cereal malts. Hoppy with dry bitter finish
Beartown
Pale
Dark
Douglas, Isle of Man
1874 Ruby Mild
3.5%
A deep ruby red mild made with crystal malt and fuggles and challenger hops
Cairngorm
Aviemore
Sheepshaggers Gold
4.5%
Golden straw in colour with a fruity zesty flavour and slight hoppiness
Congleton
Ginger Bear
4.0%
A blonde ale with a great blend of malt and hops with added bite of root ginger
Binghams
Warrington
Banoffee
4.2%
Slightly sweet aromas of toffee and banana with a refreshing bitter aftertaste
Ruscombe, Berkshire
Coffee Stout
5.0%
A smooth dark stout complemented with rich coffee flavours
Hot Dog Chilli Stout
Black Hole
3.7%
Traditional ale using Maris Otter crystal and chocolate malts and choice hops
Cotleigh
Wivelscombe, Somerset
Barn Owl
4.5%
3.8%
A fresh lively session beer with malt/spice aromas and clean crisp hoppy finish
Droxford, Hants
3.8%
A pleasant quaffing ale with great flavour and hoppiness throughout.
Box Steam Brewery Piston Broke
Rode Hill, Wilts
4.5%
A lovely zesty golden ale, intense hoppiness and long finish 14 40th Kent Beer Festival
3.8%
Cheddar Ales
Cheddar
Gorge Best
4.0%
Golden bronze in colour, grassy,hoppy malt on the nose and a well balanced bitter flavour
3.5%
This award winning beer has a subtle addition of elderflower with a great bitter finish
Swift One
Carlisle
Corby Ale
4.2%
Pale and hoppy. USA hops added for a big citrus floral hit of flavour and smooth finish
Eldorado
Cumberland
A golden session ale with malt and biscuit notes and a delicate citrus hop aroma
Horwich, Lancs
American Pale Ale
Bowman Ales
Redruth, Cornwall
Cornish Bronze
Award-winning classic bitter with hints of toffee and vanilla and a malty nutty finish
Burton on Trent
Black Hole Bitter
Coastal
5.0%
A smooth dark stout leaving you with a warm afterglow of chilli
Blackedge
Coach House
Daleside
Harrogate
Old Legover
4.1%
Ruby red in colour, citrus floral notes on the nose and mature fruit flavour with dry finish
Elland
Elland, W Yorks.
1872 Porter
6.5%
Rich complex dark porter. With an old port nose and rich coffee and cholcolate on the palate
Goose Eye
Tring
Keighley, W Yorks
Goose Eye Bitter
3.9%
Tring, Herts
Side Pocket for a Toad 3.6%
A traditional bitter chestnut in colour. A good session beer with a great punch of flavour
This crisp golden hoppy beer has citrus notes and floral undertones with a crisp dry finish
Grafton
Wolf
Worksop, Notts
Marmalady Orange
4.8%
Attleborough, Norfolk
Granny Wouldn’t Like it 4.8%
Deep golden with a bitter finish. There is marmalade orange on the nose and a zesty aftertaste.
This dark red fruity beer has complex flavours which produce a satisfying pleasant experience
Great Oakley
Wylam
Tiffield, Northants
Wots Occuring
3.9%
Northumberland
Gold Tankard
4.0%
A mid golden ale with a bitter sweet mouth feel and subtle hop finish
A golden ale with a fresh clean flavour and hint of grapefruit citrus from the late hops
Hanlons
Yeovil Ales
Exeter
Firefly
3.7%
Star Gazer
Yeovil
4.0%
A crisp amber session beer light on the palate and kind to the head!
A dark copper beer with late hopping floral bouquet. Rich and hoppy yet sweet and luscious
Highland Brewing
York
Island Hopping
Orkney
3.9%
American Citra and NZ Nelson Sauvin hops dominate this incredibly drinkable hoppy pale ale.
Hop Back
York
Guzzler
3.6%
A light golden beer well balanced with hops and malt with a background of fruitiness
Sailsbury
Citra 4.0% Brewed with Pioneer and USA Citra hops, this thirst quenching ale is dry yet crisp.
Summer Lightning
5.0%
This award winner has good hop aromas intense bitterness and long dry finish
New Plassey
Wrexham
Midnight Mild
4.2%
A medium strength mild with a real fullness of character and flavours. Dark and subtle
Skinners
Truro, Cornwall
Ginger Tosser
3.8%
With honey and a hint of ginger this hoppy ale was first created for red headed pancake tossers.
Cornish Knocker
4.5%
Refreshing golden beer.Flowery and fruity hops in the mouth with malt undertones.
Titanic Mild
Stafford
3.5%
Classic mild full of roasted malt and delicate hops. Rounded sweetness and dry finish 40th Kent Beer Festival 15
Foreign Beers Foreign Beer Bar (beers marked * are fruit beers. All contain real fruit, not syrup essences. Beers marked ** are available on draught)
BELGIUM
Eifeler
Brasserie des Geants
Landbier
De Molen 5.1%
several beers
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Frankenheim
Naeckte Brouwers
Ducassis (blackcurrant)* 3.0%
Alt
4.8%
SHIPA (single hop IPA) 7.5%
Frank Boon
Kolsch **
4.8%
Oedipus
Kriek (cherry)* ** 4.5%
Jever
Dochter vd Korenaar
Pils
Belle Fleur
6.0%
Girardin Framboise (raspberry)*
5.0% 5.0%
De Leite Femme Fatale
6.5%
Vliegende Paard Prearis IPA
6.7%
CZECH REPUBLIC Budweiser
Pilsner Salvator Kolsch
Royal Rha Bananatana (banana)* **
Augustiner 4.7%
Bolten 5.4%
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4.8%
6.0%
7.0%
Drie Horne
Mangootje (mango)*
5.5%
ITALY Elav
7.5%
Drie Horne
Pilsner 4.8%
Ur-Weizen
4.8%
Bronckhorster
Drie Horne
Andechser
Ramses Naar de Haaien 5.0%
HOLLAND
Konrad
GERMANY
5.0%
Grunge IPA
5.5%
Reissdorf
Kerselaere (cherry)*
Edel Pils
4.9%
Oettinger
Budvar 5.0%
Hefe Weizen
Mama
Paulaner
Girardin Gueuze Fond
Fruh
7.0%
7.0%
Emelisse Tripel IPA
10.0%
Emelisse Witbier 5.0%
De Leckere Razende Swaen 8.0%
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Cider and Perry Please ask the serving staff for Alcohol By Volume information or check the box ends at the bar.
Beardspoon
Ashford
Ciderfect KC Tribute Undecider’d
Biddenden
7.0% 6.8% 7.5% Biddenden
Bushells 6.0% Kentish Cider medium 8.0% Dry 8.0%
Big Tree
Appley Ever After 5.8% Walking Gingerly 5.8% Lisping Cowboy
Broomfield Orchard Herne
Sweet 7.0% Medium 7.0% Pider (apple and pear cider) 7.0% Chartham
Strawberry Cider Hardcore Cider
5.5% 7.5%
Double Vision Staplehurst
King’s Wood Cider Kingston
6.2% 6.2% 5.8% 6.2% 7.5% 7.0% Tenterden
Cider
Green Oak
Waldershare
Pearson’s Pride
Johnson’s Farmhouse
6.5% Sheppey
Single variety Perry
Doddington
6.8% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0%
Little Stour
W Stourmouth
Longtail
Higham
Longtail Cider Perry
6.0% 5.0%
Pawley Farm
Painter's
Forstal
Kent Cider Co Discovery Spiced Tydeman’s Early Pear Cider Perry Gala Bramley
Faversham
Sweet Medium
5.0%
Rough Old Wife
6.0%
Blushing Old Wife 6.3% Tasty Old Wife 6.9%
Bekesbourne
Medium Dry 5.5% Elderflower Cider 4.0% Ginger Cider
Sweet 5.5% Original (Medium) 7.5% Pear O'Duddas (Perry) 5.5% Disco Dry
Brain Biter Raspberry Lemon Orange Honey Traditional
Ten Acre Orchard Cider
Kentish Pip
Medium Dry Perry
Dudda’s Tun
Sweet Medium Perry Dry Russett Cider Perry
Gibbet Oak
Meopham
Core Fruits
East Stour Cider Co Mersham
Elmsted
St Dunstan’s
Canterbury
Cider
Stiles
Kingston
Cider
Turners Dry Cider
Marden
6.5%
Crossword
ACROSS 1 Since 1975 an annual opportunity to vet firkin best ale here! (4,4,8)
18 Decree: Not absolute, unless Julius Caesar says so! (4)
9 What darts players set out to do in the New Inn (3)
20 A literary bunny who might also have been an engineer in British Rail (4)
10 A NE USA movement which may make one feel a tad dicky (6)
21 Goat stew might contain what chaps say they’re after getting (4)
12 Dieted horribly perhaps and removed from text (6,3)
22 In their Emerald Isle, how the Irish might refer to the State (4)
16 See 30d.
23 Rock guitars wielded by lumberjacks (4)
17 A German, or American car which is not a manual (4)
25 Nevadan capital found within: Fair enough (4)
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26 Initially, what made baby Prince irate perhaps! (1,1) 27 Confusing sale of types of beer sold at 1ac perhaps? (4) 28 Maine? Georgia? - Great! 31 Drunk ale. MP here but only for a short time (9) 36 Unattributed? Soon to be a refusal in France (4)
37 Award “B” in Old English (1,1,1) 38 Degas’s brew would never be served this way at 1ac (6) 39 Best of the bunch! (3,6) 42 This isn’t really gross but it can catch fish! (3) 43 These days, Greene King may be brewing “any cute udders” LOL! (7,6,3)
DOWN 1 Badly mashed, non-real grog, u berk; never, ever seen at 1ac! (16)
19 From east to west, war machines play host to many thousands of beer warriors (5)
2 Compounded noun, which is so they, not we (3-1)
24 First and foremost, Eddie Gadd for example (1,1)
3 Draw read ale brewed by Limerick inventor (6,4)
28 Wistfully thought about you and me being in the drink (5)
4 Walk away to play Beatrix Potter, or Bridget Jones perhaps (5)
29 Before or after the Referendum, how Alex Salmond may go!
5 In France, it’s a case of Extra Terrestrial’s unintended irony to begin with (4)
30&16ac Rune I read upset well-known Dutch conductor (5,4)
6 What’s round and rubbery and can be found in malty Real Ale (4)
31 10 confused - A surgical specialty
7 What the Victoria Cross is for (6) 8 Not before time? No, quite the reverse, by about ten minutes, so I’ve heard (4,6,6) 11 On the piss? Drunk but sadly not in Nottingham any more (9) 13 Apparently, you have to be very stupid to put one of these on! (6,3) 14 Delayable brew, produced by Shire’s, for all nations (6,3) 15 Outback wheels, found initially under the engine (3)
32 A dance which a Froggie may do (3) 33 At first, excellent best bitter. Now on the way out (3) 34 Intended theme? Anthony evidently included this (5) 35 Unusual tiara which could lasso a lassie, so I hear? (6) 40 A cube which may lose you a game of Noughts and Crosses (3) 41 Say no to Napoleon’s Marshal (3)
40th Kent Beer Festival 21
Word Search By the time the first Kent Beer Festival was held in 1975, the county was down to its last three breweries. Whitbread (Wateringbury), Whitbread Fremlins (Faversham) both of which were closed in the 1980s and more happily, still going strong, Shepherd Neame. The first of Kent’s micro-breweries was (I think) the short-lived Canterbury Brewery, which set up in 1979 appropriately enough, in the cooperage of the old Flint’s
Brewery, St. Dunstan’s Street, Canterbury. Since then, some 40 micro-breweries have been established, most of which are happily still with us and continuing the tradition of producing excellent Kentish ales. In the word search grid are the names of 40 Kent Micro-breweries, running horizontally, vertically and diagonally, backwards as well as forwards. Good Luck!
Kent’s micro-breweries - Many of those printed in red have their beers available at this festival. ABIGALE ALES OF KENT BLACK CAT CANTERBURY ALES CANTERBURY BREWERS CANTERBURY BREWERY CULLIN’S YARD EAST KENT GADDS GOACHER’S
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GOODY’S GREAT STOUR HOPDAEMON HOP FUZZ KENT BREWERY KENT GARDEN LARKIN’S MADCAT MARTIN MILLIS
MINNIS MOODLEY’S MUSKET NELSON OLD DAIRY OLD FORGE OLD KENT PACKHORSE PIG AND PORTER RIPPLE STEAM
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS SEVENOAKS SPENCER’S SWAN ON THE GREEN SWALE TONBRIDGE WANTSUM WESTERHAM WHITSTABLE VIKING