CRAWLEY FOLK & BEER FESTIVAL
2014 CRAWLEY REAL ALE AND CIDER FESTIVAL Ale
Brewer
County
Type
ABV Tasting Notes
American Pale Ale Dark Star
West Sussex
Pale
4.7
American Pale Ale Longman
Sussex
Pale
4.8 Using U.S. hops, this is a tripple APA with citrus fruit armoas and robust bitterness.
Apple Blosson Ale Downton
Dorset
Golden
4.3 Bursting with lemon and grapefruit hoppy bitterness infused with the subtle aromas of fresh apples.
Bishops Farewell
Peterborough
Amber
4.6
Black Cherry Mild Kissingate
West Sussex
Black
Blackberry Casade Saltaire
W. Yorkshire
Speciality
Brighton Best
Kings
West Sussex
Copper
Chimersa IPA
Downton
Dorset
Pale
6.8
Cholocate Orange Downton Delight
Wiltshire
Speciality
5.8 Pronounced chocolate flavours and a delishous orange addition combine perfectly.
Citra
Oakham
Peterborough
Golden
4.2
A light and refreshing beer with pungent grapefruit, lychee and gooseberry aromas leqading to a dry and letter finish,
Crop Circle
Hopback
Wiltshire
Golden
4.2
The subtle blend of aroma and bittering hops give a crispness on the tongue which is delicately fruity, giving way to some dryness. Flaked maize in the grist subtlely hints at crisp corn flavours.
Encore
Lacon
Great Yarmouth
Amber
3.8
Delicate fruit aromas, comfortably balancing a dry pine and citrus cresencendo of flavour followed by a long and dry finish.
Festival
Dark Star
West Sussex
Bronze
Gladness
Growler
West Sussex
Golden
Golden Tipple
Longman
Sussex
Golden
Groovy Dancer
Hopback
Wiltshire
Golden
4
Light and hoppy yet with a substantial bite.
Hip Hop
Langham
Sussex
Blonde
4
Silver Medal, SIBA S.E. Region Beer competition 2011. Clean and crisp loaded with hopped flora hop aroma with pale malt flavour and dry finish.
Oakham
Using hops specially imported from US, along with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops. Dry, crisp and seriously hoppy.
Silver SIBA East Premium Bitters 2013. A premium beer of structured quaity, fruity hop notes with a grainy background and dry finish. A full and flavoursome dark mild. Subtle additions of real black cherries in Muscavado with light Amarillo 4.2 hopping provide a truly rich and wonderful taste experience. 4.8 4
An American style pale ale with good bitterness from Cascade and Centennial hops, infused with a hint of blackberry. The aroma is overflowing with apricot andwarm orange with a hint of caramel and peach. A clean, satisfying and balanced beer. Bursting with resin and hoppy flavours that packs quite a punch, as a traditional IPA should. Refreshing for the summer, yet strong enough to be warming in the winter.
A chestnut bronze-coloured bitter with a smooth mouthfeel and freshness; a classic style strong bitter brewed as a Dark Star version of Festive, a former great Sussex beer from King & Barnes. 4.2 Packed with the Noble Tettnang leaf hop to create a gentle floral aroma with a touch of spice to the taste and finished with Saaz hops to add a light bitterness at the end. 5 Using Barley tipple from the farm, this is a refreshingly hoppy beer with aromas of orange and tangerine. 5
2014 CRAWLEY REAL ALE AND CIDER FESTIVAL An aroma of caramel and roasted malt witha hint of smokiness and dried fruit. The beer has a smooth and full presence in the mouth, packed with flavour and chockfull of English hops.
Horsham Best
WJ King
West Sussex
Chestnut
3.8
Legacy
Lacon
Great Yarmouth
Blonde
4.4 Moreish with citrus aromas ending with a legthy mellowing bitter finish.
LSD
Langham
Sussex
Auburn
5.2
Moonlight
Hobdens Wessex
Wiltshire
Amber
Mustang Sally
Hatie Brown
Dorset
Auburn
4.2 Light and hoppy with sweet citrous bite in the background
Nelson's Revenge Woodfordes
Norfolk
Red/Amber
4.3
Rich and floral aromas,sweet Norfolk malts and a burst of ‘citrus’ hops embody this mouth-watering premium beer.
Old Man Ale
Coniston
Cumbria
Copper
4.2
A radically different beer. "A rich port wine aroma, a big chocolate and creamy malt palette and a dry grainy, roasty finish balanced by hop bitterness and tart fruit" Roger Protz.
Olivers Light Ale
Coniston
Cumbria
Golden
3.4
Silver Medal Cumbrian Micro Challenge 2008. Brewed with Whitbread's Golding variety hop and the finest malt and demerara sugar.
Orange Wheat Beer
Green Jack
Suffolk
Golden
4.2 With grainy citrus and marmalade flavours. A big seller.
Orkney IPA
Highland Brewering Co
Scotland
Pale
4.8
Pit Pony
Northumberland
Northumberland
Amber
3.8 An amber coloured hoppy bitter with floral a character.
Quadhop
Downton
Dorset
Golden
3.9
Four varieties of hops (Challenger, East Kent Goldings, Pioneer, and Styrian Goldings) provide a full range of floral and citrus aromas, and a moreish bitterness that drinks superbly down the glass.
Scapa Special
Highland Brewering Co
Scotland
Pale
4.2
Made with Mris Otter and a blend of four hops from America, Germany, Zew Zealand and Slovakia all selected for their spiciness and aroma.
Sheep Dog
Northumberland
Northumberland
Tawny
4.7 Old fashioned tawny ale with malt and fruit throughout and a hoppy finish.
Signature
1648
East Sussex
Pale
4.4 Sweet and malty front with a surprisingly dry back taste.
Spangle
Hattie Brown
Wiltshire
Golden
3.7 Light session bitter well balanced with a pleasing hoppy bite.
Storyteller
Kissingate
West Sussex
Pale
3.5
Wiltshire
Golden
Summer Lightning Hop Back
Gold Medal SIBA S.E. Beer competition 2010. The sweet maltiness is balanced with spicy hop aromas and a dry finish. A pale summer ale. Refreshingly hopped with floral overtones.
5
2013 champion CAMRA strong ale. A modern IPA, not overly bitter but still nicely ‘hoppy’. The hop profile is nothing short of stunning.
A Chardonnay coloured light and simple session beer. Crisp, sherbet bitterness, lemon and sweet pine finish. An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to an excellent long, dry finish.
2014 CRAWLEY REAL ALE AND CIDER FESTIVAL Brewed with 100% pale ale malt to produce a very clean taste and a bright golden colour. This beer is bursting with summer flavours from a large dose of Crystal hops & freshly ground coriander.
Summer Solstice
Dark Star
West Sussex
Golden
4.2
Trawler Boys B.B
Green Jack
Suffolk
Copper
4.6
Triple Champion
1648
East Sussex
Chestnut
Umbel Magna
Growler
Essex
Porter
Wherry Bitter
Woodfordes
Norfolk
Pale
Cider
Maker
Location
Type
ABV Tasting Notes
Black Dragon
Gwynt Y Ddraig
Wales
Med/Dry
7.2
Blakenwey Red Perry
Gwatkin
Herefordshire
Med/sweet
Burrow Hill
Burrow Hill
Somerset
Med/Dry
Devon
Dry
4.5 Bags of fruit and a truly satisfying cider bite delivered in a genuinely quaffable and light balanced cider.
Devon
Med/Sweet
4.2 Blended with Blackberries - marvelous fruit cider.
Glebe Farm
Cambs
Med
Harry Fry Torre Cider West Croft
Sutton Somerset Somerset
Med Med Med/Dry
6.5 7.5 6.5
Sheppy's
Somerset
Medium
6
Gwynt Y Ddraig
Wales
Med/sweet
4.5
Thisty Cider
Scotland
Medium
6.9 Whisky cask. Grown up cider.
Devon Red Fanny's Bramble Glebe Farm Elderflower Cider Harry Fry Howzat Janet's Jungle Sheppy's Farmhouse Scrumpy Two Trees Perry Whisky Cask Thisty Cider
Sandfords Orchard Sandfords Orchards
4
2013 overall champion CAMRA winner. A Full-bodied and a copper-coloured premium bitter brewed with English whole cone hops,rich and malty with fruity hop flavours. Old fashioned English bitter with rich malty back taste.
A re-creation of a 1750's porter containing coriander; the much loved, herb-alicious, funky cousin of Old Growler - Umbel Magna. Six medals Camra Champion Beer of Britain Speciality Category. Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. A background of sweet malt and a hoppy ‘grapefruit’ bitter 3.8 finish characterises this champion bitter. 5
Award winner time and time again. Made with cider apples including a high percentage of Kingston Black. A classic. Single variety Blakeney Red - a medium sweet, full bodied perry. This type of pear used to used as a 7.5 dessert pear, because of its natural sweetness. 6
6
CAMRA Bronze winner 2012.
Made with culinary, dessert apples + elderflowers. The perfect marriage of an English summer and autumn. Won awards at SWECA earlier in the year - also the cider on the bar in the Hinds Head in Bray. Geniune somerset scrumpy. Popular cider here at Crawley. CAMRA Cider of the Year 2007/runner up 2008. A rich apple aroma, dry yet well-balanced flavour and a clean, refreshing, moreish finish. Won Gold at Reading Beer & Cider Festival 2014. Camra award winning pale, fruity perry with an aroma of fruit and a hint of honey on the palate.
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