CONTENTS
HOW IT ALL WORKS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1 FINDING YOU WAY AROUND · · · · · · · · · 3 BASIC INFORMATION · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4 CHAIRMANS WELCOME · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6 INTRODUCTION TO THE NORWICH BEER FESTIVAL · 8 SOCIAL SECRETARY’S WELCOME · · · · 10 BRANCH CHARITY 2014 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 12 FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT · 14 THE FIRST NORFOLK PUB GUIDE · · · 20 THE BREWING PROCESS · · · · · · · · · · · · 22 BACK TO THE 1970s · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 24
NORFOLK CIDER PRESENT AND FUTURE · · · 26
THE CIDERS AND PERRIES · · 28
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BRITISH BEER TYPES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · CASK BEERS BY BEER NAME · · · · · · · · · THE BEERS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · EXTRA - SPECIAL BEERS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · DON’T MENTION THE “C” WORD · · · FOREIGN & BOTTLED BEERS · EDITORIAL · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · RESPONSIBLE DRINKING · · · · · · · · · · · · VOTING FORM · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
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HOW IT ALL WORKS If you have been before. please still read this as some things have changed! Step 1 – Get In At the front of the queue you will need to pay your entrance fee, or show your CAMRA membership card – this gets you into the Festival. The entrance fee for the session will be shown near the door just before you get to the counter. Step 2 – Get a Glass and a Beer Card Immediately after entrance - so don’t put your wallet away! – you’ll find the Glasses counter, where you will need to purchase a £10 kit of Beer Card (to pay for your beer as the bars don’t take cash) and a souvenir beer glass. Anything you don’t spend on the card is refundable, and we will give you £3 back for the glass when you leave if you don’t want to take it with you. So don’t worry if you don’t intend to spend as much as £7, anything you don’t spend can be refunded. You can keep the card to use at another session this year, or donate it to charity. If you do intend to spend more than £7, simply ask the cashier for as many extra £5 or £10 Beer Cards as you think you will need. You can always come back for more. Please have a think about how much you might want to spend before getting to the Glasses counter, and have your money ready. Once you have your glass and Beer Card please move away from the counter so others can be served. Step 3 – Get a DRINK! To pay, simply hand over your Beer Card and the Bar Staff volunteer who served you will cross off the appropriate amount. You can come back to the Glasses counter at any time to buy further Beer Cards, which are also available in the Foreign Beer Marquee. Please treat your Beer Card as cash – we cannot replace lost cards any more than lost fivers! Previous years cards cannot be used. Attempting to pass off forgeries will be treated as a criminal matter. We changed to this system in an to speed up the process of entry and service at the bar. This should get you to the bar and your first drink faster than in previous years, and reduce the time others are spending in the queue behind you. Thank you for your co-operation – we hope you enjoy the Festival!
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FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE FESTIVAL
Elsewhere in this programme you will find listings of all the beers, bottled beers and ciders that we expect to have during the week. Also entertainment listings for the main stage. We have two main halls, and in addition the cloisters and a marquee. Both halls have cask beer bars in them. The Blackfriars’ Hall bar will have most of the Norfolk brewery beers. St. Andrew’s Hall houses all the other cask beers, arranged in approximately alphabetical order by brewery. At the start of the week we go A to Z, although this system breaks down during the week as the beers are restocked into vacant spaces, but we do our best to keep them in the right area of the stillage (as we call the structure the beer casks are stored on). At the end of the week local beers may also appear on the St Andrew’s Bar. Remember not all beers are on sale at once; some quickly sell out, others take time to be ready to serve. St. Andrew’s Hall also houses the Cider Bar, where traditional ciders, perries and apple juice are available. In the Marquee you will find Belgian and other foreign bottled beers, and a selection of English bottled beers to drink here (bottles are not allowed to leave the bar). Premium speciality soft drinks are also available in the Marquee. These include apple juices. Apple juice is also available on the cider bar. Basic soft drinks are also available free on all the bars. Seating is available in the Marquee and Cloisters. All areas are accessible, with ramps or lifts available to avoid steps. Food, provided by outside caterers is available from Blackfriars’ Hall. St Andrew’s Hall has a stall selling beer festival related items, including T-shirts and rugby shirts. A range of books are on sale, including the Good Beer Guide, with a discount for members. This stall is also selling beer glasses from previous festivals. The friendly staff welcome your enquiries. The Membership staff will be pleased to answer your questions about CAMRA and the Festival. All stewards will also be pleased to help you. Finally on the stage of Blackfriars’ Hall you will find a range of traditional pub games to test your skill and luck, with fabulous prizes to be won. 3
General Beer Festival Information Opening Times October Mon. 27th 5.30pm-11 pm Tues. 28th 11.30am-2.30pm & Wed. 29th 11.30am-2.30pm & Thu. 30th 11.30am-2.30pm & Fri. 31st 11.30am-3pm & November Sat. 1st 11.30am-3pm &
5.30pm - 11pm 5.30pm - 11 pm 5.30pm - 11 pm 5.30pm - 11 pm 6.00pm - 11 pm
Admission Prices Lunchtimes: Tues. to Thurs. £1; Fri. & Sat. £2 Evenings: Monday & Tuesday £3; Wednesday £4; Thursday, Friday £5; Saturday £6 Prices are higher for evening session advance tickets. CAMRA Members free Admission is subject to space restrictions (very limited Saturday night for non ticket holders).
Glasses
Souvenir pint and half-pint glasses with the festival logo are available. If these glasses run out towards the end of the week, other glasses are used instead. Glasses from some previous festivals are available on the CAMRA Goods stall for collectors.
Full measures
Norwich Beer Festival uses oversized, lined glasses -- so ensuring that a full measure is served every time. Lines at pint, half and third.
Membership
The CAMRA membership stand is in St. Andrew's Hall. CAMRA members can enter the festival free at all sessions but have to join any queue. You can also get information and questions answered here.
Soft Drinks
Speciality soft drinks are available in the Marquee. Speciality apple juice is also available from the Cider stall. Free lemonade and other basic soft drinks are available on all bars. © 2014 N&N CAMRA Norwich Beer Festival is organised and run by unpaid volunteers who are members of the Norwich and Norfolk Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale Ltd. 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts.
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Chairmans Welcome Firstly as Chairman of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA may I extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the 37th annual Norwich Beer Festival here in the impressive medieval St Andrews and Blackfriars Halls. A few months ago past chairman Paul Moorhouse, who some may remember as Chairman of our branch during the 1980s and before his move to Cambridgeshire, contacted me stating that he had the old minutes of meetings from the very early days of The Norwich & Norfolk Branch of CAMRA and invited me as Chairman to be their new custodian. I was delighted to accept his kind offer of valuable old documents relating to the formation of the branch. While sifting through these archives I came across the minutes of the very first Branch Meeting of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA and noticed that it was dated 27th October 1975. There was an attendance of 50 people. Coincidently, the start of our 37th Festival corresponds exactly to the day and so marks the 39th anniversary of the formation of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA. Of great interest is that these minutes also contained what is in effect Norfolk CAMRA’s first ever ‘pub guide’ which consisted of an A4 sheet comprising a list of all pubs in Norfolk that at the time sold real ale and the beers they supplied. There were just 43 entries of which only four were in Norwich. This is reproduced on page 20 of this programme. How far we have come in thirty nine years! At the time of the inception of the Branch, Watneys was the only brewery in the county and brewed no real ale. The latest 2015 edition of ‘The Good Beer Guide’ (GBG) lists 27 breweries in Norfolk and there are a few more that have opened since it went to print. Now today, in 2014 somewhere in the region of about 85% of our 800 or more pubs in Norfolk sell real ale supplied both from our local breweries and from brewers all over the UK. Those attending that first meeting in 1975 certainly didn’t realise what they had started and would be amazed that during the thirty nine years that followed, the brewing and pub industry in Norfolk was revolutionised. Have a thought when you drink your first pint at this festival and remember that had it not been for the efforts of those 50 people who attended that meeting back in 1975 this festival might not be happening! Lastly, can I appeal to you all to give generously to our 2014 Branch charity, The Hamlet Centre Trust which supports local children and young adults with disabilities. When leaving the Festival, if you have some unused squares on your beer cards please deposit them in the box at the Glasses Stall and the value of the unused squares on your card will be donated to the charity. Alternately you may donate money in any of the numerous collection boxes that are deployed around the hall. Enjoy the festival! Warren Wordsworth, Branch Chairman Our charity last year was the Norfolk and
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Introduction to the 37th Norwich Beer Festival
At the time of writing this we are coming to the crunch period for the festival with only a few weeks to go before opening time. The beers have been ordered, and this year we have more breweries new to the festival than ever before. They come from all around the country, many suggested by you, our festival attendees. We also welcome some new breweries from Norfolk to the festival (Two Rivers, Dancing Men, Tombstone and Taylor’s). Trade session invites are also going out and this year we hope to alleviate some of the “crunch” in Blackfriars’ Hall by allowing publicans and brewers access to St Andrew’s Hall throughout the period. As a result of this, we will open to the trade at a slightly later time. I also must say thank you to all the brewers who have supported us. The changes we made to the entry procedures last year, streamlining the admission process by cutting out some confusing options on glasses sales and introducing beer cards, went down very well with you, our customer. This year’s option will proceed in a similar manner, with a slightly less shiny card so the marker pen ink adheres better. When we first talked about the idea of replacing our time honoured tokens, I was a bit concerned that such a big change would generate a lot of controversy, but everyone accepted the idea as it definitely speeded up getting served. This brings me round to another feature we brought in last year; a bay in St Andrew’s Hall dedicated to one brewery. We managed to find a brewer from out of East Anglia who had a wide range of excellent beer in all styles and feed back was very positive on the Arbor beers chosen, some even making it to the Beer of the Festival competition. This year we will have a range of Marble beers from Manchester for your drinking enjoyment. The idea of this is to focus on a brewery that you don’t see often in the Norwich area. One of the newer options we are trying this year is electronic payment for advance tickets. Many of our younger customers apparently don’t have cheque books and are used to electronic payments, so we are going into the digital age at last. In conjunction with this we are also going to trial lunchtime tickets as we have had a few comments from prospective customers who would like to have a working lunch, but can’t make it down owing to time constrictions. Hopefully this will make it easier. We will also be making some changes in the catering at the festival and I would like to welcome Expresso Catering and look forward to working alongside Roland and his crew. Roland runs the Expresso Café in St George’s St. and has extensive experience in catering for events in the Norwich area, as well as running a thriving café. As usual this is the bit where I plead with you guys for support; as usual the festival doesn’t run itself and relies on the contributions of many people throughout the year, so thanks to all of the organising committee for their work, especially over the last 11 years that I have been in charge, and it’s now time to hand over the reins. But never fear, you just might see me hanging around or lurking in some other capacity. All the CAMRA Staff are unpaid Martin Ward volunteers. Norwich Beer Festival Organiser 2003-2014
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Social Secretary’s Welcome
I would like to welcome you to the 37th Norwich Beer Festival and hope you enjoy the fine range of beers and cider available served by our excellent volunteers. I find it hard to believe that a year has passed since the last Norwich Beer Festival. As Social Secretary for the Norwich and Norfolk branch of CAMRA my role involves organising campaign trips, brewery visits, branch meetings and other social events. The regular events that take place within our branch are as follows. On the 1st Friday of every month, Adrian Hennessey organises visits to 5 pubs within Norwich (First Friday Five). Branch Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month (excluding October) and where possible I endeavour to spread these evenly between City and County pubs. On the last Friday of every month (excluding October and December) a Campaign Trip takes place where we visit up to 5 rural pubs promoting and drinking real ale and real cider where available. So what have we been up to in the last 12 months? Well we have had 2 official brewery trips to Wolf and Jo C’s plus our September branch meeting was held at Humpty Dumpty. We also had a meeting at the Hill House, Happisburgh, home of the Dancing Men Brewery. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all breweries for inviting us and for their excellent hospitality. On the same day as our trip to Jo C’s, we were invited to Crisps Maltings in Great Ryburgh and enjoyed an excellent tour. Having been to a Maltings and Brewery maybe, we need a trip to a farm to see how one of the products is produced? In May we managed to visit all 16 of Norwich’s GBG 2014 entries in one day. Some people made it to all pubs but it was good to see so many people joining us along the way. In June, our branch summer social took us to London where we visited 7 heritage pubs before finishing at the Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell. In September we enjoyed an afternoon of bowls at the Caxton Club in Beccles against our friends from Suffolk branches. It was an enjoyable afternoon and after a one year absence, the Roly Bowly Cup is safely back in Norfolk. It was an excellent afternoon with the largest turnout I can remember and everyone had a wonderful afternoon with a good range of ales available. Earlier this month we enjoyed an excellent trip to Ascot Races and Beer Festival. This is the 3rd year that we have attended this event and it seems as if it will now become a regular annual event. I trust this gives you an insight to the types of activity that as a branch we are involved in and it would be good to see you if you wish to join us on any forthcoming events. We normally hire a 26 seater coach for our trips outside Norwich Above: Historic “The Blackfriar” PH, London and therefore to guarantee a place booking is Below: Our trusty Coach outside Lord Nelson, Horsey. absolutely essential. To find out more about forthcoming events please refer to Norfolk Nips, our website or pop along to one of our branch meeting in the near future. If you have any suggestions for other events then please let me know and I will see if this can be arranged. Once again, enjoy the festival and hope to see some of you on our social events in the coming months. Michael Phillips
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Above Left: Presentation of the Cup to the Winning Captain. Above Right: The Winning Norfolk Team. Left: Group photograph of the Norfolk CAMRA members in the Courtyard of the George Inn, Southwark.
Wolf Brewery Tour
Right: Inside the Brewhouse with Derek Dunstan who showed us round. Bottom Right: Inside the fermenting room. Bottom Left: The extensive bottling plant.
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BRANCH CHARITY 2014
The Hamlet Centre has been chosen by your Branch as its charity to support for 2014. This excellent and hard working local charity provides for both adults and children and offers great added value to life for them whether they have disabilities and or complex health needs. So a few words from the Hamlet Centre. “We are delighted to have been invited to be the CAMRA charity of the year for 2014. It is a fantastic opportunity and we look forward to meeting many of the CAMRA supporters and members at this year’s festival. In case you are not aware, the Hamlet Centre has two sites, one for adults on Ella Road and a children’s centre at Johnson Place. Here is some background about both.
Ella Road - Supporting Young Adults up to 29 years of age Provides weekday support and activities for young adults with disabilities and complex needs. These activities include a variety of group-experiences in art, music, drama, cooking and sports, alongside one to one opportunities and sensory exploration. Through generous donations we are now able to offer a state of the art sensory lounge, an adapted training-kitchen and a growing garden with accessible greenhouse. Every weekday a group of adults attend our flat near the city centre. Working together, they plan their own programme of activities promoting fun, independence and team-work alongside the development of their individual life-skills; this will include cooking meals, shopping and using public transport. Our Out of Hours Club provides an exciting range of social activities for adults from 16 years of age. Meetings are held throughout the week and at weekends. Johnson Place - Supporting Children from 0 - 18 years The Hive offers families of children with disabilities a range of support from the point of diagnosis onwards. Parents are able to ‘drop in’ and speak to professionals about concerns they may have, meet with other families and borrow specialist toys and equipment. We run an Ofsted registered unique pre-school group which prioritizes places to children with disabilities and complex health needs. Children without disabilities are welcome and many siblings of the children attend, providing opportunities for play and early education in a truly inclusive setting. Non-residential short break play-schemes, for children with disabilities and complex health needs are held in school holidays and at weekends throughout the year. Providing exciting, safe high quality play experiences for children with a wide range of disabilities including those with complex health needs. Time2Grow is a fun and social transition scheme preparing young people for adulthood. Focusing on independence, advocacy, emotional health and well being. Our youth clubs provide short breaks on four evenings a week.”
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HOW YOU CAN HELP UNUSED (or part used) BEER CARDS - You can donate these before you leave; there are boxes on the products stall, glasses stall and elsewhere in the halls. Any unused credits will be converted into a cash donation. This beer festival programme is provided free, (thanks to our advertisers) but we do ask for a small donation into one of the many collecting boxes round the hall. You will also see Hambassadors and volunteer workers at the festival as well so please feel free to ask them all about the Hamlet Centre for more information and visit their stand in Blackfriars as well!
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Ella and Johnson, our mascots are particularly excited to be here and hope to bump into you as you peruse the ales. Ella says, “drink responsibly�. They would also like to say a huge thank you to the CAMRA team for their kind and generous support in making this happen.
FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT Date Lunch Monday 27th October No session Tuesday 28th October Vivace String Quartet Wednesday 29th October Norfolk Jazz Quartet Thursday 30th October The Vagaband Friday 31st October DixieMix Jazz Band Saturday 1st November Sheringham Shantymen
Early Evening No session Music Free Evening Hayley Moyses Bluegrass Forum Dave Thomas Blues Band Cleaving Heevages The Harvs
CAWSTON BAND
Late Evening Hellesdon and Sprowston Brass Cawston Band Taverham Band Norfolk Wherry Brass Cawston Band
DIXIE MIX JAZZ BAND
Cawston Band was founded in 1886, and it all began at the Bell Inn in the village of Cawston. Competitions are a big part of banding life, and in the early days the band won an amazing array of prizes. Presently they remain busy, entertaining audiences throughout Norfolk at venues ranging from the parks to the Norwich Playhouse, and are funded purely through engagements and donations. This Champion Band of East Anglia is a regular feature here at St. Andrews’ Hall, in both the EDP Festival of Carols in aid of the ‘We Care Appeal’ and at this great event the CAMRA Beer Festival. The band LOVES doing this ‘gig’, and this translates through their performance, and this year they will have a new Musical Director at the helm. Guaranteed to get you singing! www.cawstonband.co.uk
Back for the third year running at the Beer Festival, DixieMix Jazz Band, led by cornetist Simon Nelson, has rapidly established itself as one of East Anglia’s most engaging and hard working Dixieland jazz ensembles. The band brings together many of the best jazz musicians in the Anglia region. Their talent, knowledge and enthusiasm for traditional jazz combines with ease to provide outstanding entertainment for all occasions. With the emphasis always on first class music mixed with humour, this band never fails to provide a top quality performance. As well as playing for established jazz audiences, DixieMix is equally at home letting rip with an entertaining show and creating a feel-good factor designed to please everyone, whatever their musical tastes. It has been a great year for the band, having toured with Rod Stewart on the UK leg of his World Tour, performing to huge audiences in stadiums around the country. The band is sponsored by Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales – acknowledged in the title of their second CD ‘Nelson’s Revenge’. www.dixiemixjazz.com
CLEAVING HEEVAGES
If you believe their publicity, the Heevages comprise Mrs Cleavage, Miss Vixen and Miss Saxual Favours, plus the ‘engine room’ of Bailey O’Kickerdoorin on guitar, the Rev. Hamish McTaggart on bass, with Willmo on drums. You might believe that they play in a wide spectrum of styles covering the tastes of toddlers and octogenarians (and probably a few in the middle), while merely changing the odd lyric or two in the interest of variety. Or, on the other hand, you may have seen them before! The band has done television and radio work, made numerous recordings and have raised thousands of pounds for cancer charities over the years. They are now in their twentieth year. Bring your own boas! www.cleavingheevages.com
THE HARVS
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The Harvs incorporate a breadth of musical source seldom heard anywhere, and it has been said that ‘they create a sound greater than the sum of their parts’. Songs and tunes two hundred years and older mingle comfortably alongside some of the latest to be released. Nothing is safe! Material is from everywhere and pretty much everywhen. Ian and Liam – father and son – have been around for 21 years or more and have performed at folk clubs, festivals, pubs, motorcycle rallies, parties, and have appeared on TV several times, finding that the wealth of material at their
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disposal allows them to work in front of many different types of audience. Their repertoire is constantly growing, and they are quite open to suggestions and odd requests at gigs, when they will have a go at stuff they vaguely know or have heard somewhere, sometime. It is their ‘busking’ approach that seems to appeal, and provides the vital connection between performers and audience. www.theharvs.com
quartet plays what it likes and likes what it plays. It really swings! Led by Vic Brown on drums, the rest of the band comprises Tim Densham (clarinet and soprano saxophone), Peter Gregory (guitar and banjo) and Peter’s daughter, Liz Underdown (string bass) who dramatically reduces the average age of the band!. www.nnjc.co.uk
HAYLEY MOYSES BLUEGRASS FORUM
Norfolk Wherry Brass was formed in 2004 as a contesting brass band. Since that date the band has won two invitations to the National Finals in Harrogate, in 2005 and 2006, and one at Cheltenham in 2012 where the band came first and was crowned 4th section Champions of Great Britain. This was followed by further success at Cheltenham this year, where the band was placed third in the 3rd section under the leadership of Andy Crane, the band’s founder Director of Music, who rejoined the band a couple of years ago following his de-mob from the Army. The first two places at Cheltenham were won by bands from Wales and Scotland, so that made Norfolk Wherry Brass the top band in England in that class! Contesting is only part of the story of Norfolk Wherry Brass. The band performs a wide variety of Charity Concerts supporting many good causes including the R.A.F. Association, East Anglian Air Ambulance, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Quidenham Children’s Hospice, Handicapped Children’s Pilgrimage Trust, as well as many local churches. www.norfolkwherrybrass.co.uk
NORFOLK WHERRY BRASS
This is an innovative four-piece consisting of Norfolk musicians playing a wide spectrum of material from old pop classics to songs plucked from contemporary charts mixed with classic bluegrass breakdowns. With an easy professional musical style, they seem to straddle several different genres with three part harmonies, guitar, fiddle, dobro, banjos, mandolin and double bass. They released their first cd – ‘From Norfolk to Nashville’ – in Nov 2009, and they are planning another visit to Nashville TN in November. www.bluegrassforum.co.uk
HELLESDON & SPROWSTON BRASS
Again opening the proceedings, and at their third N & N CAMRA Beer Festival, the H & S was formed in 2005 with the merger of the former Sprowston Brass Band and the Enterprise Band. The combining of the many years of experience, instruments and music libraries of the two bands resulted in the creation of a band that is proud of its history and of its future. The former Sprowston Band had been created from the old Lads Club Band in Norwich, and there are still a few players with them that were members of the Lads Club Band in the 1950s! The Enterprise Band had been formed much later, in the 1990s, and was based, unsurprisingly, in Hellesdon. www.hellesdonandsprowstonbrass.co.uk
SHERINGHAM SHANTYMEN
NORFOLK JAZZ QUARTET
Making their second appearance at the Beer Festival, the Norfolk Jazz Quartet is a hybrid of diverse and interesting musical backgrounds. The musicians play together in the region’s ‘coolest’ Dixieland jazz band, but the quartet gives them the opportunity to extend their range of melodic jazz standards and music from the Great American Song Book. Their programmes include music by a wide range of great composers such as Louis Armstrong, George and Ira Gershwin and Charlie Parker, to name a few. The
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Returning for yet another Saturday lunchtime session at the Beer Festival, the Sheringham Shantymen are immensely proud to wear the RNLI badge on their uniforms, the only organisation, other than the Institution’s own branches, that is allowed to do so. They support the RNLI in a myriad of ways, donating a significant percentage of their yearly fundraising income directly, as well as supporting and performing at lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland. Apart from this home ground, the Shantymen have performed around mainland Europe and North America, contributing to over a thousand performances since 1990, not to mention recording a number of videos and cd’s. www.shantymen.com
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TAVERHAM BAND
Another welcome return for the Taverham Band. Formed in 1974, with the second hand instruments from the then recently folded Stibbard Band, the rather tired brasswork was gradually replaced through their own fundraising efforts, and was completed with the assistance of a grant from the National Lottery in the ‘90s. With support from sponsorship and performance fees, the band has also been able to raise considerable funds for national and local charities including Cancer Research UK and the EA Air Ambulance. Specialising in concert work, and with a healthy junior section, the band uses the full range of the latest music available to appeal to audiences in the 21st century. Apart from their bi-annual appearances at the Exploding Brass concerts, the highlight for the band last year was a performance at the Sandringham Flower Show in front of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. www.taverhamband.org
DAVE THOMAS BLUES BAND
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Brass Bands have always been on the entertainment programme, even from the early days.
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Dave’s musical career started early – singing in the local Welsh Baptist Chapel, and learning harmonica at the age of seven, and by the age of twelve he was hooked on the blues, and joined his first band, Skid Row, the same year. By eighteen, he had been recruited to join Blond on Blond as lead singer, just missing out on their slot at the 1969 Isle of Wight festival, a fact that he still regrets to
this day! In previous years, Dave has been joined at the Beer Festival by his piano player, but this year he will be bringing his full four-piece band. Dave has been busy organising the first new Blues Festival of its kind in Norwich, and the FINE CITY BLUES EXPLOSION 2014 was due to take place at Norwich Arts Centre the week before the CAMRA Beer Festival, featuring many acclaimed Blues artistes from both the UK and USA. www.thedavethomasband.co.uk
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THE VAGABAND
Back from their European Tour, The Vagaband return to the Beer Festival with the perfect soundtrack to accompany an afternoon tipple. The band already has a very good album called ‘Town & Country’ (which is waiting for you to rush over and buy!), and a new album ‘Medicine For The Soul’ is being released in November. This is a band that mixes ragtime, swing and blues, and produces what can only be described as Americana. They are very popular on the local music scene, and this will be their second appearance at the Beer Festival. www.thevagaband.co.uk
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VIVACE SWING QUARTET
Making their first appearance at the Beer Festival, this is a versatile string quartet whose repertoire includes classical, jazz and popular music. They are professional players based in Norwich, who enjoy playing together, performing throughout East Anglia and further afield. They enjoy performing at various types of function, such as weddings, both in church and civil ceremonies as well as the reception, and for other formal occasions including celebrations, business and charity functions. They have played at the EDP Wedding Show at Dunston Hall, and are looking forward to adding the Beer Festival as a further string to their bows! www.vivacequartet.co.uk
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The First Norfolk Pub Guide 1975
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It is difficult to believe that when I came to Norfolk in 1967 one could go into any pub in Norwich and be served real ale. Work however had started on transforming the King Street Brewery with a large distribution depot and kegging and bottling plant as well as increased capacity with the installation of conical fermenters. A year later saw the closure of brewing at Bullards and also Lacons in Yarmouth (who had some Norwich pubs) In 1970 Steward and Pattesons stopped brewing. The traditional local brews went to be replaced with bland keg beers, the most infamous of which was the replacement standard bitter, Starlight at just 2.4% ABV. So in just seven years all Norfolk brewed traditional ales had gone. In Suffolk the then family brewers Adnams, Greene King and Tolly Cobbold remained producing real ales, though even they were changing. Fortunately there was (and still is) a belt of independently owned public houses in North Norfolk who provided respite from Keg. These were supplied mainly by the independent Wholesaler Rusts, whose manager John Snow was a great supporter of cask ale. As you can see in Norwich our annual pub crawl was rather restricted to just two pubs. The Back Bar at the Maids Head had excellent Adnams and Greene King Abbot Ale, whilst
the Wild Man, a pub owned then by the City Council was leased by Ipswich Brewers Tolly Cobbold and sold Tolly Mild, Tolly Bitter and Worthington Bitter, and from November Tolly Old was sold to after Christmas.
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The Brewing Process a brief guide to the traditional brewery
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Brewing the perfect beer requires the brewer to use art, craft and science, in a balance of natural ingredients and processes. Some brewers embrace modern technology while other use more traditional means but whether the brewery is large or small, old or new the process remains the same. The process begins with the malted barley being lightly crushed in a roller mill (1), to a coarse powder called grist. At this stage, other cereals - including flaked maize, unmalted barley and wheat
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can be introduced, if required by the brewers recipe to produce particular characteristics of flavour or colour or appearance. Darker malts are used for stouts, porters and some milds. A tank of hot water (2) is prepared, perhaps by adding salts to mimic the water from a particular area. This water is called liquor by brewers. Bitters are often brewed with a liquor that has been “Burtonised” the water in Burton on Trent being particularly suitable for these beers. Darker beers often need hard water. The grist is transferred to a large vessel called a mash tun (3), where it is mashed with hot water to form a sort of thin porridge called mash. The starches in the malt are converted, over the next hour or so, by enzymes into sugars. These sugars dissolve in the liquor and eventually a sweet brown liquid, called wort, is run off through a slotted base of the mash tun. The mash is then sparged by having hot liquor sprayed over the top of it, which passes down through the mash dissolving most of the sugars, leaving behind spent grains which are used as cattle food.. The wort is then boiled with hops in a large vessel known as a copper (4), so called because traditionally it was made of copper whilst other brewery vessels could have been made of wood or cast iron. Now stainless steel is used for brewing vessels, but the name “copper” remains. During boiling hops are added at various stages, and flavours and other components extracted into the wort. A point is reached where the dissolved proteins coagulate, a process called by brewers “the break”. After this the beer is run out though a vessel called a copper back (5), which has perforated plates which catch the spent hops making a filter bed to remove suspended matter in the beer. The beer is now cooled, normally with a paraflow cooler (6) to recover heat for the next mash. In the past large open coolers (7) were used at the top of the brewery, cooled by air through open slats. The next stage is fermentation, the most critical process of all. The hopped wort is cooled to about 20°C and run into fermentation vessels (8), traditionally of wood, sometimes plastic but now more often stainless steel. Yeast is added, and it begins to convert the natural sugars into alcohol, carbon dioxide and a range of subtle flavours. Historically, all British ales and stouts were fermented with a yeast that rose to the top of the beer, and in many cases this method is still used. These top fermenting beers develop cloud like foaming heads. When the yeast has done its job, the head settles into a thick, creamy crust, protecting the beer from air. These days many ales are fermented in closed fermenters. When fermentation is finished the wort has turned into beer. Finally, before a beer leaves the brewery it must be conditioned. The conditioning process differs according to how the beer is to leave the brewery. For cask conditioned beers (real ales) the beer may go directly into the cask or bottle. Often however it goes to a closed holding tank or conditioning vessel (9) where it may ferment further with carbon dioxide dissolving in the beer, a process called conditioning. By chilling the beer at this stage it is possible to remove excess yeast and proteins that could cause a cloudy beer in a cold pub cellar. From the conditioning tanks the beer is run into casks (10) . More hops may be added to the cask (dry hopping) for extra aroma. Finings also added which help dead yeast and other materials responsible for haze sink to the bottom, clarifying the beer when it is being prepared for sale. The yeast in the beer is still active, and the beer will undergo a second fermentation in the cask, normally in the cellar of a pub. Cask conditioned beer needs to be looked after carefully if it is to be brought to the pub bar in perfect condition, this is the job of the cellarman. Bottled conditioned real ale will also has a secondary fermentation in the bottle, often helped by adding a little unfermented wort. This type of beer has a little yeast which settles in the bottom of the bottle, so you have to be careful when pouring into a glass. Other beers are brought to condition in the brewery, some are fined and filtered and some are pasteurised to guard against deterioration from microbes. Some of chemicals added to make a foaming head, or longer shelf life. They reach the consumer in kegs, bottles or cans having no secondary flavour development.
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Back To The 1970s - A Personal Reflection.
I joined CAMRA back in the 1970s because I wanted to ensure the drink I liked would continue to be available. After the Watney takeover in Norwich we had by 1970 only a few pubs selling cask ale. Those were the days of trips diverting to Cromer to visit the Red Lion Hotel and its excellent Adnams Bitter - oh such a distinctive beer it was then. A visit to Letheringsett gave a choice of Adnams Bitter or Mild, and in Winter Old appeared. Then of course the Walpole Arms, Itteringham (missed off the first guide) which had Tolly Old in Winter. The choice was not large, but the beers excellent, full of flavour. In the 1980s we had the start of the micro brewery movement. Often just one or two guys moved from home brewing to commercial brewing. Some of these breweries have prospered and grown, whilst some sadly have fallen by the wayside. Micros often started off with brewing a quality traditional style mild and a bitter, then a best bitter. However they had the flexibility to brew small amounts and experiment. So for example I asked Ray Ashworth who had set up Woodfordes with David Crease to brew a Porter for Norwich Beer Festival. At the time the only other Porter available was Timothy Taylor’s. Woodfordes Porter won beer of the Festival, other brewers noticed and within a few years lots of Porters were available from small brewers across Britain. After some hot summers in the 1980s the demand for a clean tasting refreshing drink was met by new brews using different hops to impart a strong citrus flavour to the beer, and less crystal malt to give a dryer, lighter coloured, less malty character. And so the Golden Beer style was born. Now all this was good, new beers complementing the traditional styles. Pubs stocking a range of beer styles from different breweries, adding to interest. However we also started to have pubs trying to sell more beers than they could keep in good condition, ideally a cask should be sold in a few days. Some started to use “cask breathers” which lets gas into a beer cask rather than air in. Yes it does keep a beer longer, but it tends to dry out and get bacterial infections which turn the beer sweet with a sort of clawing unpleasant mouthfeel. But by avoiding air contact the beer didn’t turn to vinegar, the “traditional” way one recognised stale beer, but it also didn’t develop the flavours a cask beer can. CAMRA rejected this way of keeping beer because of the adverse effect on quality. Real ale has avoided the falling sales of national brands of beer. Over the last ten years we have seen an explosion of new breweries setting up, all fighting for space on the bar. This has lead to a proliferation of new breweries and even more beer names, how many are new brews is another question. One can now go into a pub and not recognise any of the beers on sale, or sometimes
not even the breweries making it. We can now add to this keg craft beer, which is dead beer packaged for a long shelf life, marketed to be associated, even confused, with cask beers. Cask, Craft, sounds similar. Some breweries produce both cask and keg beers with the same names and put into similar containers. Now some craft beers are just that, small brewers brewing perhaps 500 pints at a time; but we also have so called craft brewers who a making millions of pints a year in large modern breweries. We have successful small brewers who make a name for themselves with quality cask ales being bought by much larger brewers just for the brand name. We have started to see pubs reducing their sales of inconvenient short life cask beers to promote instead dead keg craft beers. Bars with a choice of maybe 20 beers few have heard of, and many originating from the same large brewery. In the background large brewers see this as the opportunity to get back a share of the premium market, and to develop new brands. They are keen to confuse the public - so now we have “Craft” beer festivals, “Craft” pump clips, and “Craft” promotions to make the insipid appear trendy with Facebook likes and Twitter comments. Wetherspoons have an American “craft beer” brewed for them by Marstons in their huge Wolverhampton Brewery. Do we as consumers really have a choice if we have no idea where the beers originate from or what they taste like? Do we have choice when the source of a beer is hidden behind a silly name? Do we have choice when the difference between cask and keg is intentionally blurred, the blackboard filled with names of both cask and keg beers, and multiple pump clips adorning unused handpumps. I like choice but I want to know what I am choosing before parting with my money. I also want to know that the beer is fresh, that it has not been sitting in plastic bags or beerlines for weeks getting worse and worse. I also don’t want to accidentally order a keg beer with excess gas because of the way it is displayed on the bar. Of course you should be able to drink a Golden beer brewed with organic malt from New Zealand and hops from America, even flavoured with Craster kippers if that’s what you want. But, please, I also want to be able to drink good quality flavoursome traditional cask conditioned English style beers; mild, bitter, best bitter, old. Made with English hops and malt from East Anglian farms. I want to be able to go into a pub and see beers I know and like, and know that another cask is waiting to be put on so that the same good beer will still be on the bar in a weeks time rather than beer No 456 for this year. Is that too much to ask? PT
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NORFOLK CIDER - PRESENT AND FUTURE
After a warm and favourable fruit-growing season, this autumn’s crop will be early and bountiful. A bumper crop of East Anglian apples should lead to the next tranche of Norfolk ciders made from the culinary and dessert apples (the cookers and eaters) that are grown here. The apples result in a cider that is clean and easy on the palate with a light colour and body but with no tannin on the tongue. The fermentation, maturation and blending of these freshly pressed juices will hopefully produce some tantalising ciders for next year. Roll on 2015. If all has gone according to plan ciders from last autumn’s efforts will be available from every Norfolk producer at East Anglia’s largest cider and perry bar at our 37th Norwich Beer Festival. As an important showcase for all the eastern region’s producers the East Anglian cider of the year competition takes place here during the festival. Last year both winners were from Norfolk: Jonty’s Red Sky Cider and Whin Hill Perry. This year we welcome a new producer, the Harleston Cider Company, to the bar. Their core product is a medium dry cider called Cid’er’oad. The name reflects the source of the apples, gathered from trees that grow along the side of the roads around the south Norfolk border. These trees are presumably the wild legacy of those cores that flew out of car windows decades ago. Isn’t nature wonderfully prolific! The comprehensive annual survey of all Norwich’s pubs took place in August this year. The findings reinforced the city as a capital of real ale but it also provided information on the availability of cider and perry. The Norwich pubs stocking real Norfolk ciders are listed opposite. Please take the opportunity to visit the pubs and sample the local wares, and afterwards you might wish to nominate the one that impressed you most for Norfolk Cider Pub of the year 2015. Nomination forms and the post-box are located at the cider bar, or use the form at the back of this programme. Incidentally the National winner in 2013 was the Downham Market Railway, and it was first nominated here! It also won the East Anglian Cider Pub of the Year for 2014. This cafe/bar on the station platform provides a nostalgic and quirky venue to enjoy your favourite tipple (though beware the erratic opening hours). And so to a couple of points regarding the development of cider: Currently the law states that, to be considered a cider, a minimum of 35% apple product (juice) must be used. For obvious commercial and financial reasons it is likely that the national producers will use this minimum in their mass production facilities and still be perfectly entitled to sell the end result as bona fide cider. But smaller producers, pressing their locally sourced apples and pears will make their ciders and perries using a much higher proportion of pure apple/pear juice to ensure both quality and authenticity. Thus, by current rules, they are effectively penalised when in competition with the big operators. In order to maintain the availability of traditional cider and perry and support our craft cider makers should CAMRA help to keep them profitable and in business? Should CAMRA take up the baton and lobby for a higher minimum juice content (say 65%) ? After all, the campaign has an excellent recent history of influencing government and this would surely be a worthy cause. Talking about profitability, in the wider cider world, fruit ciders are a phenomenal success story. They appeal to a wide spectrum of potential customers and even the big brewers (Carling, Stella Artois, Koepeberg, Magners) have jumped on the “fruit-flavoured” bandwagon. Our artisanal adventurers have been experimenting with the traditional drink in a number of ways, for instance adding fresh juice, making shandy, freezing and adding whole fruit like cherries and blueberries. At any pub or parish festival the organisers will tell you that it is the fruit ciders that are most popular and sell out first. But such ciders do not conform to CAMRA’s strict criteria for a “real” cider and cannot be found at this festival. Just as craft beers are now more widespread, popular with the general public and extremely lucrative, is it time CAMRA promoting rather than quashing these innovations in the evolution of our favourite fruit-based beverage? Doc Martin N&N CAMRA cider rep 26
Norwich pubs selling Norfolk Cider August 2014 Pub Cider Maker Cider name ABV price Beehive Burnards’ Banham Zing 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Oaky Doky 5% £3.50 Burnards’ Straw Dog 6.5% £3.50 Cottage Burnards’ Montys’Double 6% £3.50 Kingfisher Medium 7% £3.50 Kingfisher Sweet 7% £3.50 Fat Cat Brewery Tap Burnards’ Banham Zing 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £3.50 Kings Head Kingfisher 7% £3.50 Plasterers Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £4 Kingfisher 7% £3.60 Whin Hill Medium Cider 6.4% £4.25 Reindeer Burnards’ Oaky Doky 5.5% £3.50 Ribs of Beef Kingfisher 7% Take 5 Dutchie Original 7.5% £4.00 Crones’ Trafford 7.5% £3.20 Kingfisher White Lion Burnards’ Old Hardie 6.4% £3.60 Crones’ Dutchie Original 7.5% £3.60 Crones’ Norfolk Perry 6.4% £3.80 Crones’ Rum Cask 7.5% £4.00 East Norfolk Hawker 6.5% £3.60 Whin Hill Medium Cider 6.4% £3.60 Whin Hill Perry 5.8%
The Eight Cider Makers of Norfolk Burnards’, White Lodge, Grove Road, Banham. NR16 2HG Crones’, Kenninghall. NR16 2DP East Norfolk Cider Trading Company. Scratby. NR29 3AJ Greenwoods’, The Ashes, Carlton Rode. NR16 1NN Harleston Cider Co., Harleston, Norfolk Jontys’, Banham Barrel, Banham. NR16 2HB Norfolk Cider Company. Norfolk Cider Shop, Wroxham Barns. NR12 8QU Whin Hill, Stearman’s Yard, Wells-next-the-sea. NR23 1BW
Norfolk Cider Pub of the Year - 2014 Whilst enjoying East Anglia’s largest Cider Bar, here at Norwich Beer Festival, cast your minds back to the pubs where you have enjoyed your traditional ciders and perry over the past year. Once again we are asking you to nominate your most loved and respected Norfolk local that sells good quality real cider, throughout the year. You can find a form on the Cider Bar, or use the same form as for voting for Beer of the Festival, found on the back page of this programme. We will then make sure all pubs nominated are considered equally for the 2015 awards. The CAMRA National winner for 2013, Downham Market Railway, is a Norfolk pub that was first nominated here.
The November 6th 2014 meeting of the Norfolk I ndustrial A rchaeology Society is having a speaker on the
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CIDER AND PERRY CAM VALLEY
APPLE COTTAGE
Meldreth, Cambridgeshire
Baldock, Hertfordshire
Discovery Punters Pleasure Skinny Dippers Perry
F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice Fred’s Perry T’Orchard
Tim Elbourn is the fifth generation to farm in the area around Melbourn and Meldreth. The first was in 1864. Over 20 varieties of apples are grown and sold in the farm shop.
Paul & Gayle Edwards started small, but are growing in both volume and popularity. They are winning awards!
ASHOVER
Ashover, Derbyshire
CAREY ORGANICS
Cider
Carey, Herefordshire
A collective with connections to the Old Poets’ Corner, where cider is sold.
Cider
They started the family farm in 2004, and have over 20 acres of maturing orchards.
BARBOURNE
Worcester, Worcestershire
CARTER’S
Perry
Boxted, Essex
A family run business who hand pick and press locally grown apples.
Essex Cider
A popular cider from Dedham Vale Vinyard.
BARKERS
CASSELS
Hallow, Worcestershire
Bourn, Cambridgeshire
B.U.R.P Perry
Good Elf Perry Sweet April
Made by John Barker at Moody Cow Cottage.
BERTIE’S
Braintree, Essex
Now based in Bourn, David Thompson uses unsprayed, hand pressed, West Country, dessert and culinary apples.
Abbots Cider (Oak Matured)
Ian Reynolds is a new, small producer, making cider in his back garden.
CASTLINGS HEATH
BUFFOON’S
Boxford, Suffolk
Canewdon, Essex
Organic Original
C-Cider O-Pear Perry
John Norton makes his organic cider in old oak casks at Castlings Heath Cottage.
Trevor Buffett is a small scale maker whose range of ciders is growing.
CELTIC MARCHES
Bishops Frome, Herefordshire
BURNARD
Tuppy Glossop
Banham, Norfolk
The family has been growing fruit and hops on their farm for over 100 years.
Perry Stray Dog
CROMWELL
Ryan Burnard has been making cider since before 1988. He makes his cider just outside Banham.
Hemmingford, Cambridgeshire
Cavalier Perry Oliver’s Sweetheart Oliver’s Choice
FESTIVAL FACT
Tony Hobbs matures his cider for over a year before you get to taste it! It keeps winning awards!
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DENGIE
CRONES’
Mayland, Essex
Kenninghall, Norfolk
Dengie
Owld Norfolk User Friendly
Started in 2012 as a collaboration between a local cider maker and Wibblers Brewery, but now produced by Wibblers. Apples are pressed off-site to prevent crosscontamination of yeasts.
Cabinet maker Robbie Crone started part time cider making in 1984 before going full time in 1989. A fully organic set-up producing a wide range of apple juices as well as cider.
DUNTON
Dunton, Bedfordshire
CROSSMAN
Cider
Hewish, Somerset
A small community-based producer that is growing in popularity.
Cider
Started in the 1930s and continues with the 5th generation Crossman. The farm has 2 main orchards, one replanted in the late 1960’s, and the other planted in 1987.
EAST NORFOLK
Scratby, Norfolk
Norfolk Hawker Norfolk Haymaker Tabernacle Pider
DELVIN END
Sible Hedingham, Essex
Waltzing Wasp
Russell Watson has recently moved into a new barn so that production can increase. They are England’s most easterly cider maker.
Dawn & Adam Leworthy have been making cider since 2004, and have recently moved their production in to a new barn.
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EVERSHED
HILL HOLME
Odell, Bedfordshire
Great Totham, Essex
Rill Cottage
Majors
Elisabeth Evershed makes small batches of cider and perry from whatever apples and pears she can get hold of.
A juice pressing company that has just started making cider.
HURST VIEW
GLEBE FARM
Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire
Cider
Kings Ripton, Cambridgeshire
Side-R “Dry” Side-R “Sweet”
Nick and Sue Rowbotham started making cider in 2011 from their home-based cider shed. Their cider is made with locally sourced Staffordshire apples.
Made entirely from apples grown within Cambridgeshire. The farm has been run by the Rayner Family since 1970.
JONTY’S
Banham, Norfolk
Early Night J Red Sky
GREENWOODS
Carlton Rode, Norfolk
Orchard
Jonty Wright is based at the Banham Barrel pub opposite Banham Zoo. A renowned live music venue.
Trevor Greenwood uses mainly derssert apples from the family orchards for the bulk of his cider and juice making. He also offers a pressing service for those with no means of pressing.
LONDON CIDER CO.
Watford, Greater London
Cider
GWYNT Y DDRAIG
We know little about them!
Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire
LONDON GLIDER
Black Dragon
Woodford Green, Greater London
They started production in 2001, and have grown considerably.
Cider Perry
HARDINGS
London Glider, rhyming slang for cider. They take apples & pears from the gardens of suburbia and turn them into award-winning cider & perry.
Luton, Bedfordshire
3 Counties Bounty
Lee Harding is a small producer using apples that would normally be going to waste. He has recently moved from Luton to Abbotsley in Cambridgeshire.
MALVERN MAGIC
Coddington, Herefordshire
Kingston Black (SV)
HARLESTON
Made by Rob Uren.
Harleston, Norfolk
MILLWHITES
Ci’der’road
Boxmore, Hertfordshire
A new, boutique producer, Ken and Deb Woolley are using apples from wild roadside trees.
Apples And Pears Hedge Layer Rum Cask
HARROLD
Harrold, Bedfordshire
John White uses over 100 years of experience to produce cider in Hertfordshire from apples grown in Somerset.
Lambasted Blue Spot
The Harrold Calvados Society was set up to revive the art of cider making in Harrold, with proceeds going to charity.
MOORES
Upton St. Leonard’s, Gloucestershire
Perry
HERTS CIDER
We know virtually nothing about them!
Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
Secret Cider
A very small producer who started making cider as a result of her love of real cider.
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NORFOLK CIDER CO.
THISTLY CROSS
Hoveton, Norfolk
Dunbar, East Lothian
Norfolk Dry Norfolk Sweet
Jaggy Thistle
Established as a collaboration between farmer, Ian Rennie, and artist-turned-cidermaker, Peter Stuart, in 2008, Thistly Cross has gained a reputation for making ciders that people rave about.
The county’s longest established cider maker. Stephen Fisher uses an ‘Ingenio’ apple mill from the 1870’s and a wooden nineteenth century Norfolk box press.
THREE CATS
OLIVER’S
Morley, Derbyshire
Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire
Cider
Perry
Sue and Chris Rogers have planted a new orchard of cider trees and can now make traditional cider from Derbyshire-grown apples.
Tom Oliver sources apples and pears from the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
WADDLEGOOSE LANE
PAGLESHAM PUNCH
Aspall, Suffolk
Canewdon, Essex
Spadger Woodsprite
Cider
Gary Ross and Tony Legget have been making cider for a few of years now, but only make a small amount.
Made by Aspall, one of the larger cider makers in the UK.
PICKLED PIG
WEST CROFT
Streatham, Cambridgeshire
Brent Knoll, Somerset
New Season Porker’s Sweet Little Pig Will’s Perry
Morgan Sweet (SV)
Established by John Harris over 18 years ago, their award-winning ciders have a reputation that reaches far and wide.
Charles Roberts keeps winning awards for his cider, which uses locally sourced apples.
WHIN HILL
Wells, Norfolk
POTTON PRESS
“Sweet” Dabinett (SV) Perry
Potton, Bedfordshire
Perry Sweet Spot Trip Hazard
Started in 1994 by Jim Fergusson and Pete Lynn, ownership changed in April 2012 to Mark and Lisa Jarvis. They are the northernmost of the Norfolk producers, with their own orchards and shop.
Made in his shed, John Weekes won an award for his first ever cider, and continues to win awards.
SPINNEY ABBEY
WHITEGATE FARM
Wicken, Cambridgeshire
Broadland, Norfolk
Monk and Disorderly
Whitegate Gold
Spinney Abbey is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation. Their cider is growing in popularity.
Produced in East Norfolk by a publicity shy co-operative from their own apples, any profits from the enterprise are donated to local charities.
STOCKMOOR
WILKINS
Leominster, Herefordshire
Mudgley, Somerset
Cider Perry
Morgan Sweet (SV)
Started by his grandfather in 1917, Roger Wilkins keeps the family tradition going. Traditional scrumpy style cider is one of Rogers specialties.
We know vertially nothing about them!
THATCHERS
Sandford, Somerset
Traditional
Don’t forget to vote for your Cider of the Festival and Cider Pub of the Year. Forms inside back cover.
One of the larger independent producers. Increasingly available in supermarkets and other outlets nationwide.
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BRITISH BEER TYPES Traditional cask beers such as we have at this festival are not all similar. Different styles have evolved to cater for different tastes. Traditional ale is not brewed, as most national brands are, to be bland and inoffensive. Some beers are soft and gentle, easy drinking, others may be more demanding, an acquired taste, and possibly more interesting. Those who say they don’t like beer, just haven’t found the right beer, a beer to their taste, but when they do life will never be the same again. You will also find that you won’t get that gassy distended feeling in the stomach. So to help you here is a guide to the principal types of cask beer to be found at this festival. Mild
Best is a stronger version of Bitter. Before the First World War most Bitters were between 5% and 6% ABV. Now, Bitter falls into the 3.4% to 3.9% ABV band, with Best Bitter 4% upwards (but a number of brewers label their ordinary Bitters ‘Best’). A further development of Bitter comes in the shape of Extra or Special Strong Bitters of 5% or more. Recent trends have been towards slightly stronger Bitters, full bodied and fruity. Look for a spicy, peppery and grassy hop character, a powerful bitterness, tangy fruit and juicy and nutty malt. With Best and Strong Bitters, malt and fruit character will tend to dominate, but hop aroma and bitterness are still crucial to the style.
Mild is one of the most traditional beer styles, now enjoying a revival in today’s real ale market. Usually dark brown in colour, from the use of well-roasted malts or barley. It is less hopped than bitters and often has a chocolatety character with nutty and burnt flavours. “Chocolate “, “fruity”, “nutty” and “burnt” are all tastes to be found in the complexity of Milds. Not all milds are dark. In Scotland, 60/- ale is similar to mild. Until a few years ago milds would have an ABV (alcohol by volume) in the 3.3% to 3.7% range, but now many milds are brewed above 4%ABV. Mild wasn’t always weaker though. This is a return to the latter half of the 19th Century when milds were brewed from 4% to 5.5% ABV, but as a sweeter, very full bodied beer.
Golden Ales
Bitter Bitters grew out of pale ale, often deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker crystal malts in addition to pale malt. These beers didn’t require lengthy storage before sale. With more hops, bitters give a full dry flavour.
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This style of pale, well-hopped and thirst quenching beer developed in the 1980s, an alternative to lager. At the same time new varieties of hops, especially from America and New Zealand became available. Many versions of the style are now made, strengths will range from 3.5% to 5.3%. The hallmark will be the biscuity and juicy malt character derived from pale malts, underscored by tart citrus fruit and peppery hops, often with the addition of hints of vanilla
and dry biscuit. Golden ales are pale amber, gold, yellow or straw coloured.
malts. A generic term for a strong beer was Stout. The strongest versions of Porter became known as Stout Porter, reduced over the years to simply Stout. Guinness interpreted the style using roasted barley to produce a dryer beer. with a big foaming head. The beers were strong - 6% for Porter, 7% or 8% for Stout. Guinness export is still 6%, but the keg draught beer is much weaker. Revived in recent years, real Porters and Stouts are produced, from 4% to 6% ABV. Look for complex flavours, profound dark and roasted malt character with raisin and sultana fruit, espresso or cappuccino coffee, liquorice and molasses, all underscored by hefty hop bitterness.
Pale Ale or IPA India Pale Ale (IPA) changed the face of brewing early in the 19th century. Malt duty encouraged the use of pale malts to fashion beers that were genuinely golden or pale bronze in colour. First brewed in London and Burton-onTrent for a national market and export, IPAs were strong in alcohol and high in hops, with a significant sulphur nose. They kept well. Beers with less alcohol and hops were developed for the domestic market and were known as Pale Ale. So-called IPAs with strengths of around 3.5% are not true to style. Look for juicy malt, citrus fruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop character, with strengths of 4% upwards, and plenty of body.
Barley Wine Barley Wine is a strong beer, often between 7% and 10% - and requires considerable time to mature and become drinkable. A few family brewers have kept the traditional brew, often as a Christmas Ale, Old Tom, Old Rodger are familiar names, and locally Adnams Tallyho. Many small brewers now produce their interpretations of the style. Expect massive sweet malt and ripe fruit of the pear drop, orange and lemon type, with darker fruits, chocolate and coffee if darker malts are used. Hop rates are generous and produce bitterness and peppery, grassy and floral notes.
Old Ale Old Ales reflect the beers available before the restrictions on brewing introduced in the First World War. Old Ales, contrary to expectation, do not have to be especially strong: they can be 4% alcohol or more. They can be dark, or brown, or even more like a best bitter in colour. Old Ale can be full of complex flavours, rich fruity malts, , tart fruit and spicy hop notes. Darker versions will have a more profound malt character with powerful hints of roasted grain, dark fruit, polished leather and fresh tobacco. The hallmark of the style remains a lengthy period of maturation during which complex flavours develop.
Speciality Beers Embraces all types of beer that contain a non-core brewing ingredient at a level intended to impart a distinctive and discernible flavour or character. Examples could be ginger, honey, various fruits etc. Also Wheat beers and traditional lager. A recent trend to use smoked malt, a distinctive taste, not enjoyed by everyone.
Porter & Stout Porter was a London style that turned the brewing industry upside down early in the 18th century. It was a dark brown beer - 19thcentury versions became black as brown malts were replaced by pale malt and chocolate
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Deception, Abbeydale Demeter, Elgood’s Dengie Dark, Wibblers Dewhopper, Norfolk Brewhouse Diamond, Phipps Dobber, Marble Dr Fox’s Cunning Linctus, Tydd Steam Ducks Folly, Goddard’s Earl Grey, Marble Edge, Raw Edith Cavell, Wolf English Oak, Mighty Oak Entire, Olde Swan Erimus Pale, Truefitt Eves Drop, S&P Falcon, Lacons Festival Special, Adnams Fist Full of Hops, Falstaff Flagship, Hook Norton Flying Serpent, Saffron Fresh Hop, Fox Friend of the Devil, Ole Slewfoot Full Nelson, Two Roses Gales HSB, Fuller’s Ghost Ship, Adnams Ginger, Marble Ginger Puss, Fat Cat Brewery Glory, Yeovil Gold, Ludlow Gold Star, Phipps Golden, Panther Golden Best, Green Jack Golden Bud, Brampton Good King Henry, Old Chimneys Grasshopper, Westerham Green Hop IPA, Dark Star Gunslinger, Tombstone Half Bore, Hunter’s Hares Hopping, Two Rivers Havercake, Timothy Taylor Head, Otter Heavenly Matter, Cambridge Moonshine
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Norfolk Kiwi, JoC’s Norfolk Nip, Woodforde’s Norfolk Stoat, Two Rivers Oatmeal Stout, Buntingford Obsidian, Hop Studio Old King Coel, Colchester Old Moggie, Teignworthy Old Original, Everards Old Stoatwobbler, Beeston Olive Branch, Mr Grundy’s On the Beer, City, Winter’s Organic Ale, St Peter’s Original, Olde Swan OSM, Cotswold Spring Pale, Five Points Pale, Loose Cannon Pale, Redwell Pale, Redwell Pale & Bitter, Gyle 59 Phoenix IPA, Woodforde’s Pint, Marble Plum Porter, Elgood’s Plum Porter, Titanic Poppy Ale, Wolf Porter, Hastings Porter, Hop Studio Premium, Battledown Prince of Denmark, Harveys Proper Porter, Felstar Pumpkin, Everards Rabbies Porter, Ayr Raisin D’etre, Norfolk Square Rapture, Magic Rock Red Dragon, Great Orme Red i, Brandon Red Top, Old Dairy Redwood, Grain Revenge, Winter’s Ringmaster, Magic Rock Ripper, Green Jack Rising Sun, Green Jack Royal Hunt, Hunter’s Ruby, Yeovil Ruby Mild, Rudgate Ruby Spice, Norfolk Brewhouse Rustic, Tonbridge Rye, Stumptail Salle Ale, All Day Brewing Santas Nuts, Fox
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Scarlet Tiger, Old Chimneys Second Coming, Taylor’s Slate, Grain Sleepytime Girl, Humpty Dumpty Smoggy Moggy, Fat Cat Brewery Smoke Bomb, Anarchy Brew Co. Smoked Beer, Adnams SPA, Buxton Spice the Main Brace, Briarbank St Richards Ale, Harveys Stagecoach, Tombstone Starlaw, Alechemy Starr Worts, Saffron Steam Lager, Redwell Stitched Up, Taylor’s Strange Brew, Twickenham Stunner, Cotswold Spring Sublime Chaos, Anarchy Brew Co. Sunbeam Steam, Battledown Sundew, Woodforde’s Tally Ho, Adnams Texas Jack, Tombstone That Old Chestnut, Ramsbury The Dry Road, Beeston Tipple Tattle, Briarbank Toujours, Gyle 59 Victory, Batemans Vintage, Fuller’s VPA, Portobello Welsh Black, Great Orme Werewolf, Wolf Wight Squirrel, Goddard’s Wild Hop, Adnams Wild River, Fuller’s Wilderness, Loch Ness Woodbine Racer, Dominion Workie Ticket, Mordue WPA, Wentworth Year of Hops, Grain Yella Belly Gold, Batemans Yukon Gold, Dominion
FESTIVAL FACT
The Second Norwich Festival had just 42 beers available.
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The Beers
ABBEYDALE
Key to Beer Styles
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Daily Bread
3.8% abv - Bitter
a
Deception
4.1% abv - Golden
a
A pale beer, made with fabulous Nelson Sauvin hops. Aromas of elderflower and grapes. Strong citrus flavours, especially grapefruit. Long lasting bitter finish. Very refreshing and packed full of flavour.
ADNAMS
Southwold, Suffolk
Ghost Ship
4.5% abv - Golden
a
Inspired by one of Adnams’ most haunted pubs in one of the UK’s most haunted villages, the Bell at Walberswick, this Pale Ale has a good assertive pithy bitterness and a malty backbone plus plenty of citrus flavour.
Norfolk Beers are usually found in Blackfriars’ Hall on the Norfolk Beer Bar
Smoked Beer
4.7% abv - Spice
a
Golden Ales
a Bitters & Barley Wines a Milds & Olds a Stouts & Porters a IPAs a Speciality a
A classic copper coloured English bitter. Well-balanced, copper coloured beer with malty flavours and a smooth bitter finish.
10 Storey Malt Bomb
Rauchbier style, aged in cherry wood.
Wild Hop
a
4.5% abv - Bitter
A modern take on a Scottish 80/- made with ten varieties of malt.
4.8% abv - Golden
a
A brew full of fresh, grassy, citrus and pine flavours and aromas – a true taste of East Anglia.
ALL DAY BREWING
Salle, Norfolk
Salle Ale
Tally Ho
7.0% abv - Barley Wine
a
a
3.4% abv - Bitter
A classic English bitter, pale malt, a bit of crystal, lots of Fuggles and Goldings, and dry hopped with more Fuggles.
Tally-Ho is a limited edition Barley wine style beer, brewed at Adnams since 1880. Dark mahogany red in colour with a rich, fruity aroma and a heart warming sweet raisin and biscuit palate.
ANARCHY BREW CO.
Morpeth, Northumberland
Festival Special
Smoke Bomb
7.9% abv - Fruit
a
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Whiskey aged Broadside aged 3 yrs on cherries (fruit).
3.9% abv - Spice
Think Bavarian smoked ham and smooth toffee and you’ve got Smoke Bomb.
Sublime Chaos
ALECHEMY
Livingston, West Lothian
a
7.0% abv - Stout
A dark, voluptuous stout infused with Ethiopian Guji natural coffee beans, balanced delicately with New Zealand hops.
Starlaw
3.5% abv - Golden
a
A juicy session ale bursting with citrus and tropical fruit character, in an IPA style.
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AYR
BLACK HOLE
Ayr, Ayrshire
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Hiphopopotumus
a
Bitter
4.0% abv - Golden
quality.
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Golden ale with a slightly bitter orange
Almost golden with a strong hop aroma. A fine session beer.
Rabbies Porter
a
No Escape
4.3% abv - Porter
a
Brewed using Challenger & Pioneer hops with Crystal and Chocolate malts to produce a robust full bodied ale
BRAMPTON
Wainfleet, Lincolnshire
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Black & White
Golden Bud
3.6% abv - Dark Mild
a
A full bodied beer which is dark, rich and creamy, with fruity flavours and nutty overtones from the charred black Yorkshire malt.
Mild
3.9% abv - Golden
a
A golden colour, refreshing beer brewed with lager malt and Chinook and Cascade hops.
BRANDON
5.9% abv - Bitter
Dark amber, strong English ale brimming with biscuity roasted malt and succulent raisin and sultana fruits.
Red i
Brandon, Suffolk
a
BATTLEDOWN
4.5% abv - Bitter
A deep red, old style English Style Brew.
BRASS CASTLE
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Malton, North Yorkshire
Sunbeam Steam
a
4.9% abv - Dark Mild
Coffee, toffee and caramel tones in this award winning mild.
Victory
a
3.8% abv - Golden
Grapefruit nose and citrus flavours give way to a mellow, slightly sweet after-taste, well bodied for its abv.
Yella Belly Gold
a
5.2% abv - Porter
A combination of chocolate and damsons with a hint of vanilla supported by underlying roast malt flavour.
BATEMANS
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
Cliffhanger
3.8% abv - Golden
a
An ale brewed in the American post-prohibition way using lager yeast (at ale temperatures) and Northern Brewer hops.
3.8% abv - Golden
A refreshing hop-laden golden ale, brewed in honour of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Teams.
Premium
Best Bitter
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a
4.6% abv - Bitter
A medium bodied deep amber beer, with malt and fruit overtones and a balancing bitterness from the hops.
A brass-hued traditional special bitter, designed as a malt showcase and crammed with Goldings hops.
BEESTON
BRIARBANK
Beeston, Norfolk
Ipswich, Suffolk
Afternoon Delight
a
Cardinale Wolsey
3.7% abv - Golden
a
An easy drinking blonde ale.
4.8% abv - IPA
Spice the Main Brace
An IPA style bitter, crafted with single variety hops. Robust & refreshing.
a
4.1% abv - Golden
A light golden ale, with a twist. Brewed with a selection of spices to accompany the hops and malt.
Old Stoatwobbler
a
4.0% abv - Old
A dark traditional brew, made in the style of a 14th Century old ale.
The Dry Road
a
4.1% abv - Bitter
6.0% abv - Stout
Legendary stout returns, Strong, dark, luscious & notorious, rather like me apart from the strong and dark bit.
Tipple Tattle
a
5.0% abv - Golden
A rich golden ale, brewed with Tipple malt and American hops, to make an assertive beer with hints of orange.
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92 Sqdn
BRISTOL BEER FACTORY Bristol, Avon
Rich citrus bitterness overlies a sweet malty character. Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, crystal & wheat malts, plus hops from England & the USA.
4.5% abv - Stout
a
Multi Award winning smooth Stout. Smooth chocolatey sweetness and balancing coffee bitterness with hints of dark fruits.
BUXTON
BRISTOL BEER FACTORY
Buxton, Derbyshire
Moor Top
Bristol, Avon
3.6% abv - Golden
Independence
a
Hopped with American Chinook hops, citrus flavoured, a touch of sweetness balanced with a bitter finish.
4.6% abv - Golden
a
US Style pale ale.Distinctive ale that is well hopped.
BUFFYS
4.5% abv - Bitter
a
Milk Stout
SPA
4.1% abv - Golden
a
Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk
Citra style ale with all the aroma expected and juicy fruit flavours.
It’s a Mystery
3.9% abv - Golden A new beer , Golden and with plenty of zesty citrus notes. Look out for the flyers to name it
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CAMBRIDGE MOONSHINE
20 Not Out
Heavenly Matter
Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire 4.0% abv - Golden
4.4% - Bitter a A new best bitter to celebrate Buffy’s 20th anniversary. Coper coloured, malty with
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abv
A crisp, clean, straw coloured light bodied beer. Citra hops are prominent throughout.
Black Hole
plenty of body.
5.0% abv - Stout
a
Full bodied stout with a complex malt profile. The roasted flavours are rich, smooth and long-lasting.
BUNTINGFORD
Royston, Hertfordshire
Oatmeal Stout
CHEDDAR ALES
4.4% abv - Stout
a
Cheddar, Somerset
Brewed with malted oats, and malted rye, this is a traditional beer style without the roasted flavours normally associated with modern stouts.
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Bitter Bully
3.8% abv - Golden
a
Hopped with a blend of American Amarillo, Cascade and Simcoe whole hops, a pale ale in the new world style.
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Crown & Glory
a
DARK STAR
Horsham, West Sussex
4.5% abv - Bitter
Art 0f Darkness
Medium bodied with a hint of sweetness give the hops(Simcoe, Cascade, Bramling Cross and Savinjski Golding) a nice balance that also allow the malt flavours to shine through.
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A range of dark malts bring classic roasted flavours along with a hint of sweetness but with a spicy fruit balance from Warrior bittering hops.
COLCHESTER
Wakes Colne, Essex
Green Hop IPA
AK Pale
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
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Old King Coel
DOMINION
5.0% abv - Porter
Moreton, Essex
Rich dark ale, with roasted nuts and charred coffee flavours.
Woodbine Racer
COPPER DRAGON
a
Black Gold
3.7% abv - Dark Mild
Yukon Gold
A recipe recreated from restored brewing records from the 1800s. Rich and luscious.
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
A refreshing amber coloured Best Bitter with a well-balanced malty and hoppy flavour.
ELGOOD’S
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
COTSWOLD SPRING OSM
Athena
Codrington, Gloucestershire
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3.9% abv - Dark Mild
a
4.0% abv - Golden
a ELMTREE
CROUCH VALE
South Woodham Ferrers, Essex 4.3% abv - Golden
4.2% abv - Bitter
Well balanced copper coloured crisp beer, malt notes give way to a complex finish.
Norfolk 80/-
5.0% abv - Golden
a
4.5% abv - Bitter
An easy drinking ale with a clean bitter quality and a generous malt aroma.
Golden ale with wonderful aroma and a lasting spicy flavour
EVERARDS
DANCING MEN
Enderby, Leicestershire
Happisburgh, Norfolk
Pumpkin
After the Storm peaty.
New Golden ale.
Snetterton, Norfolk
a
Amarillo
a
6.0% abv - Golden
Best Bitter
Pale amber, hoppy beer made with US Apollo hops from Oregon , bitter.
a
4.5% abv - Porter
Demeter
A straw coloured ale with a tropical fruitiness on the nose and palate, and a long refreshing finish.
a
New Bitter.
An enticing fruit aroma, leads to a fullbodied, rich and fruity flavour with a dryish finish.
Stunner
Apollo
3.8% abv - Bitter
Plum Porter
Old Sodbury Mild, dry with a bitter sweetness, chocolatey notes and a long finish.
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9.7% abv - Barley Wine
The beer has been matured in cognac casks and has acquired a lovely aroma of oranges and cream. The taste is of sweet malt with a rounded bitterness.
Best Bitter
a
4.2% abv - Golden
American Pale Ale, refreshing and thirst quenching with citrus flavours from all american hops.
Skipton, North Yorkshire
a
6.5% abv - IPA
Made with the very aromatic Simcoe hops then by using fresh ‘green’ Target hops infused into the brew, hop monster!
1900s pale ale, mildly hopped. Fresh and fruity.
a
3.5% abv - Dark Mild
3.8% abv - Bitter
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
A burnt, smoky character is balanced with light citrus flavours from Styrian Dana hops.
Session bitter from Happisburgh, slightly
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Old Original
5.2% abv - Bitter
a
Tawny, copper colored ale with burntroasted, flavours and a hint of port and fruit.
FAKIR
Norwich, Norfolk
Indian Ink
4.5% abv - IPA
a
A light bodied black beer crafted with blend of four malts infused with fruity hops.
FALSTAFF
Derby, Derbyshire
3 Faze
3.8% abv - Golden
a
Slightly bitter golden ale, 3 Faze was a name suggested by one of the Falstaff pub regulars after a struggle o get the three-phase electricity supply re-connected to the brewery.
Fist Full of Hops
4.5% abv - Bitter
a
Brewed with three varieties of hop and dry hopped with a fourth. It has a long hoppy and fruity aftertaste.
FAT CAT BREWERY
Norwich, Norfolk
Ginger Puss
4.3% abv - Bitter
a
A light golden ale, with a sweet spice balance. Infused with root ginger for a pleasant warm afterglow.
FIVE POINTS
Smoggy Moggy
Pale
4.6% abv - Stout
a
A rich, flavoursome stout, with a waft of black cherry pipe tobacco about it.
A fresh, zesty, aromatic pale ale brewed with malted barley, a little wheat, and Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops.
4.7% abv - Golden
a
Pale beer brewed using American hops, citrus aromas and a crisp bitter finish.
Hook Island Red
6.0% abv - Bitter
a
A full bodied, aromatic Red Rye ale brewed with malted barley, the addition of 20% Rye to the recipe, and with Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe hops.
6.4% abv - IPA
a
Big pale-malt flavours of honeyed biscuit combine beautifully with powerful citrus hops.
FELSTAR 2%
FOX
Crix Green, Essex
Heacham, Norfolk
Fresh Hop
2.0% abv - Dark Mild
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4.4% abv - Golden
a
Cougar
IPA
Hackney, Gt London
3.9% abv - Bitter
Full flavoured for its abv, dark and tangy.
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Proper Porter
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Santas Nuts
4.5% abv - Porter
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4.8% abv - Old
Dry and roasty with a hint of spicy tart fruitiness.
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A dark brown coloured beer with reddish tints, a Christmas beer made with hazelnuts.
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FULLER’S
Black Hops IBA
Chiswick, London
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Chiswick
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Brewed with East Anglian Malt and 3 types of American hops, hints of cocoa, dark chocolate with a citrus background.
3.5% abv - Bitter
A refreshing, highly drinkable flavour, flowery and fresh, with very well developed hop characteristics.
Hop Lobster
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London Pride
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GRAIN
Wild River
4.5% abv - Golden
a a
5.4% abv - Porter
Glan Conwy, Denbighshire
Welsh Black
6.3% abv - Bitter
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Red Dragon
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8.5% abv - Barley Wine
Imperial Stout
a
10.8% abv - Stout
A rich, dark appearance with strong chocolate and deep cherry notes which lead to a lighter, bitter finish.
GREEN DRAGON
Bungay, Suffolk
Chaucer
GODDARD’S
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Ryde, Isle of Wight 4.3% abv - Bitter
A rich, russet-coloured full-flavoured, easy drinking Best Bitter. Inspired by the Island’s red squirrels, hopped with Boadicea.
Bridge Street
a
5.2% abv - Bitter
GREEN JACK
A dark amber, traditionally brewed strong English Ale, slightly spicy yet sweet.
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Golden Best
GOLDEN TRIANGLE
a
Barford, Norfolk
3.8% abv - Golden
A golden bitter ale with good aroma, crisp bitterness, balanced malt and a hoppy finish.
Mosaic City
3.8% abv - Golden
Mahseer
Light and refreshing with the distinctive hop note of Mosaic.
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4.5% abv - Bitter
Well balanced bitter, chocolate notes with a drying bitterness and peppery hops.
Ducks Folly
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
Pale malt flavour, without a lot of hop presence, copper in colour.
Wight Squirrel
a
4.9% abv - Bitter
A dry malty bitter, some vegetable notes with a fruity note. Slate 6.0% abv - Porter A new smoked Porter
Deep nutty toffee on nose, soft herbals, sweet roast flavours, different each year.
a
4.0% abv - Dark Mild
Rich, dark and full of malt flavours, seven types of grain are used to develop the flavour.
Vintage
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4.8% abv - Bitter
GREAT ORME
A rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish.
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Pale ale - heavy on the hops.
A rich red premium bitter that balances roasted malts with sherbet grapefruit hoppiness.
This historic style of beer derives its rich, chocolatey character from a blend of Brown and Chocolate malts in the brew.
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4.4% abv - Bitter
Redwood
London Porter
1845
Harleston, Norfolk
Year of Hops
Wild River is a double-hopped pale ale made with Liberty, Willamette, Cascade and Chinook hops, light and refreshing.
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5.5% abv - IPA
Brewed with three local malts and five American Hops all beginning with “C” but no matching towels.
4.1% abv - Bitter
An astonishingly complex ale for its strength; rich, smooth and balanced.
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4.6% abv - IPA
a
5.8% abv - IPA
Named after the legendary Golden Mahseer, which is the most highly prized fish a freshwater angler can catch, beer is not bad either.
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GYLE 59
Azimuth
Thorncombe, Dorset
5.8% abv - IPA
a
Pale & Bitter
Uses a blend of Cascade, Centennial, Galaxy, Citra, Pacific Jade and Wakatu hops,giving bitter tropical fruit flavours.
4.0% abv - Golden
a
Pacific Gem and Centennial hops give a refreshing lemon citrus flavour and aroma. Unfined so might appear cloudy.
Toujours
4.0% abv - Spice
a
The mixture of Pale and Vienna malts combine with three different English and German hops in this saison style beer.
Key to Beer Styles
HARBOUR
Bodmin, Cornwall
Amber
4.9% abv - Bitter
a
A malt driven ale with caramel and toffee flavour. Finished with mild floral hops.
IPA
5.0% abv - Golden
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This golden ale has citrus characters and robust yet balanced bitterness.
HARDKNOTT
Millom, Cumbria
Continuum
4.0% abv - Bitter
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Citrus and dark berries on the nose with lots of lemon and blackcurrant flavours with a large and long lasting bitter finish.
Golden Ales
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HARVEYS
Sleepytime Girl
Lewes, East Sussex
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St Richards Ale
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An american style IPA, named after a B17 bomber which crashed into the marshes near Reedham after a collision with another B17 returning from a raid into Germany.
5.0% abv - Bitter
Combines six different varieties of hops from Bodiam, Burwash, Northiam, Salehurst, Udimore and Wadhurst, in a brew that champions the hop growers of Sussex.
HUNTER’S
Ipplepen, Devon
Prince of Denmark
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Half Bore
7.5% abv - Stout
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Roasted/burned malt, dried dark fruit, plums, molasses. In this award winning imperial stout.
Royal Hunt
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3.9% abv - Golden
JOC’S
American Cascade hops meet European elderflowers in this floral, subtly sweet, bitter.
Porter
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4.5% abv - Porter
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Bitter Old Bustard
Hook Norton, Oxfordshire
Hooky Mild
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Knot another IPA
Flagship
a KELBURN
Barrhead, Renfrewshire
HOP STUDIO
Dark Moor
Elvington, East Yorkshire
a
Cart Noir
Obsidian
a
HUMPTY DUMPTY
KINGS HEAD
Reedham, Norfolk
Nord Atlantic
Best
3.7% abv - Bitter
Bildeston, Suffolk
a
A darkish session bitter with a slight fruity feel.
3.6% abv - Bitter
Balanced malt and hops give a rich and fruity taste for a beer of this strength.
Lemon & Ginger
a
4.8% abv - Porter
Named after the Black Cart Water that flows through Renfrewshire. A combination of 5 malts and 3 hops produces a smooth, dark, spicy porter with hints of chocolate and blackcurrant.
5.0% abv - IPA
A well-structured black IPA with notes of treacle and coffee, balanced by powerful hops that make it rich and palatable, defintely not flumpy.
a
4.5% abv - Old
Dark fruity ale with undertones of liquorice and blackcurrant.
4.3% abv - Porter
Strong notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla dominate this silky smooth porter.
a
5.0% abv - IPA
A golden, hoppy, true-to-style IPA, brewed using Norfolk-grown Maris Otter barley with a good blast of British Boudicca hops.
5.3% abv - IPA
Flagship is an India Pale Ale style of beer, Admiral hops contribute to a full fruity mouth feel, and a sweet fruity aroma.
a
4.3% abv - Bitter
A russet coloured ale with warm nutty biscuit flavours coming through a smooth malt body.
2.8% abv - Dark Mild
A dark chestnut coloured ale, full of roast malt flavours for its strength.
Porter
3.8% abv - Bitter
Easy drinking session bitter, blended with English and New Zealand hops, giving it that unique Kiwi flavour and aroma.
HOOK NORTON
a
Barsham, Norfolk
Norfolk Kiwi
A dark beer that’s on the lighter side of the porter style, SIBA award winner.
a
5.5% abv - Bitter
Amber-coloured bitter originally brewed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Malty notes and a refreshing citrus finish.
St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
a
4.0% abv - Bitter
Crisp bitter with a little honey, toffee and lemon feel.
HASTINGS
Blonde
5.0% abv - IPA
Hop Baby
4.0% abv - Fruit
a
Pale amber crisp ale, finished with a refreshing ginger and lemon tang.
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4.4% abv - Golden
Late hopped using the wild hops growing in their beer garden giving a refreshing but subtle citrus lemon fravour and aroma.
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LACONS
MAGIC ROCK
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk
Falcon
a
Oakes, West Yorkshire
Ringmaster
4.2% abv - Bitter
a
A modern expression of a historic recipe from 1926. A well baalnce d classic English Ale.
A beer with a floral/grassy aroma and citrus flavours which combine with a defined malty character.
Highlight
a
Rapture
4.8% abv - Golden
Introduced in 1957 and named after the popular TV programme of this time. Highlight was launched with a major press advertising campaign, asking the drinker to “sip it, savour it, then drink with relish - the best of Pale Ales!”
a MARBLE
8.0% abv - Barley Wine
This strong dark copper barley wine has a prominent flavour of berry fruit, laced with pronounced spice. The finish is warming, smooth and sweet.
Pint
Manchester
a
Wilderness
3.9% abv - Bitter
Ginger
A fruity bitter with a large passionfruit nose and dry sweet finish.
a
5.0% abv - Golden
a a
Earl Grey
4.1% abv - Bitter
a
MAULDONS
Sudbury, Suffolk
Ludlow, Shropshire
Blackberry Porter
4.2% abv - Golden
a
4.8% abv - Fruit
A full bodied, black porter, with a balanced hop aroma & rich blend of chocolate & roast flavours, giving way to a subtle sweet fruit finish.
Thisber has a golden ale complexion with a papaya, pineapple and lemon aroma.
Black Knight
a
6.8% abv - IPA
An IPA with a citrus fruit aroma , smooth sleek texture, hop notes are complemented by bergamot and a light tannic finish.
Copper coloured, traditional ‘bitter’. It kicks off with a good bitter bite, followed by plenty of flavour.
a
5.9% abv - IPA
Ale with pronounced New Zealand hop character and smooth biscuit base offset by fruit aroma.
3.7% abv - Golden
Abingdon Bridge
Gold
5.5% abv - Stout
Dobber
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
A light, thirst-quenching English Pale Ale, with a satisfyingly bitter finish.
LUDLOW
4.5% abv - Spice
Brewed with an emphasis on chocolate malts, this le beer tastes of coffee, cocoa and licorice with a quenching bitter finish.
LOOSE CANNON
a
“Would you like a flake in that love?”
Chocolate
Hopped with Admiral, Columbus, Citra and Williamette, giving a hugely hoppy beer with a little sweetness in the background.
a
4.2% abv - Bitter
Aroma of ginger. Flavour of ginger. Ginger in the palate. A long ginger finish.
Hoppyness
Pale
3.9% abv - Bitter
This dry session bitter has a light malt base, and notes of citrus and grapefruit.
Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire
a
Manchester, Gt Manchester
a
LOCH NESS
a
4.6% abv - Bitter
Uplifting aromas of grapefruit and pine, combine with a pithy orange and pronounced citrus flavour which is balanced against a deeply rich and malty body.
Audit Ale
a
3.9% abv - Golden
4.5% abv - Stout
Black Adder
This stout has a ruby black complexion, with a smokey, liquorice aroma and a sweet, roasted nutty flavour, absolutely nothing to do with a certain Deep Purple song whatsoever.
a
5.3% abv - Stout
A dark bitter stout. Roast and nut aromas with a fruity balance of hops and dark malt provide an excellent lingering finish.
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Innovatively modernised by our multi award winning Brewer and exclusively available at The Norwich Beer Festival prior to general release. First brewed in 1957 and named after the eponymous BBC Television programme, it was introduced with a major press advertising campaign. This modern expression is light blonde with intense tropical fruit aromas. Citrus remains long into the finish with fresh floral notes.
Highlight Ale is the latest to join our Heritage Range and will debut throughout the 37th Norwich Beer Festival alongside Audit Ale and the award winning Falcon Ale. Find out more about our full range of award winning hand crafted ales at lacons.co.uk or follow us on twitter and facebook. Lacons | The Great Yarmouth Brewer
MIGHTY OAK
MORDUE
Maldon, Essex
Captain Bob
3.8% abv - Bitter
a
4.5% abv - Bitter
a
Hints of gooseberry, elderflower and grape in the finish of this traditional deep amber coloured bitter. One for you Mr Didwell.
A tasty, complex beer with malt and hops throughout and a long, satisfying bitter finish. CBOB winner.
English Oak
Ascendancy
4.8% abv - Bitter
7.4% abv - IPA
a
a
An amber ale with full malt flavours balanced by a strong hop finish from First Gold and Willamette hops.
MILTON
North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Workie Ticket
A Belgian Double IPA Weizen Hybrid.
MR GRUNDY’S
Derby, Derbyshire
Olive Branch
Milton, Cambridgeshire
3.9% abv - Golden
a
Minotaur
Smooth but hoppy light amber session ale combining four different hops producing a unique taste.
3.3% abv - Dark Mild
a
A rich dark mild with character from the lavish use of chocolate malt.
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Minerva
5.0% abv - Stout
a
4.6% abv - Golden
A dark stout style beer with a hint of blackcurrant This beer has a balance of dark malts and the hint of sweetness.
a
Golden ale. Brewed with US, NZ and British hops for a powerful hop punch.
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NORFOLK BREWHOUSE
OLD DAIRY
Hindringham, Norfolk
Rolvenden, Kent
Dewhopper
a
Red Top
3.8% abv - Real Lager
3.8% abv - Bitter
a
Brewed with chalk-filtered water from the brewery’s own well, malt from Maris Otter barley and three hops; Hallertau, Saaz and Styrian Goldings.
Toffee flavours with a hint of coffee, perfectly balanced against the fruitiness, spice and hints of citrus, No milk today though.
Blue Top
Ruby Spice
a
4.8% abv - IPA
a
4.0% abv - Spice
Satisfying bitterness smoothly balanced with caramel flavours in this IPA style beer.
A ruby-coloured bitter with a rich, spicy, roasted aroma with extra spices of orange,cinamon and star anise.
OLDE SWAN
Dudley, West Midlands
Black IPA
a
Original
5.0% abv - IPA
3.5% abv - Light Mild
a
Very hoppy, fruity with a taste of liquorice and chocolate – a collaborative brew with Jon, from Gadds Brewery, Kent.
A straw coloured light mild, smooth but tangy, and sweetly refreshing with a faint hoppiness.
NORFOLK SQUARE
Entire
Stokesby, Norfolk
a
Faintly hoppy, amber premium bitter, with sweetness persistent throughout.
4.8% abv - Fruit
Belgian style beer mashed with a small amount of smoked malt and then infused with a good portion of raisins in the copper. Deep red with a wine note to the aroma. Caramel and definitely a sharpish raisin flavour on the palate.
OKELLS
OLE SLEWFOOT
North Walsham, Norfolk
Cabarrus Gold
3.6% abv - Golden
a
This beer has a good body to it considering the low ABV. It has Sterling and Apollo Hops added for aroma, giving a slight lemony feel.
Douglas, Isle of Man
Manx Pale Ale
a
Dark Belgian Saison
3.6% abv - Golden
8.5% abv - Spice
a
A very light Gold Colour. Aromas of tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit and papaya. Initially sweet flavours of passion fruit and peach leading to an intense dry hop finish.
ALT
a
A new brew that has turned out a little stronger than planned.
OPA HAY’S
Aldeby, Norfolk
Last Run
5.0% abv - Bitter
3.7% abv - Bitter
a
A beer brewed in the true Altbier manner, a burnished copper colour, and with a cooler fermentation and 2 weeks cold storage that leads to a crisp elegant and fresh flavour.
4.8% abv - Golden
a
This beer is inspired by Koelsch, a light drinkable ale from the Rhineland.
Market Weston, Suffolk
1914
Scarlet Tiger
7.2% abv - Bitter
a
4.9% abv - Bitter
Includes hops from England, Germany, Poland, France and America in this dark copper coloured strong ale, brewed to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War.
A premium bitter with nutty flavours plus a hint of dark berry fruits.
Good King Henry
a
No Tasting notes.
Ale de Cologne
OLD CHIMNEYS
a
4.4% abv - Bitter
a
Raisin D’etre
9.6% abv - Stout
Don’t need to say anything about this beer except its all mine. A floccinaucinihilipilification not.
FESTIVAL FACT
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Batemans Victory Ale was originally brewed as a bottled beer for our 10th Beer Festival
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OTTER
RAMSBURY
Honiton, Devon
Acorn
a
Axford, Wiltshire
Bitter
4.0% abv - Bitter
a
A mid-strength chestnut coloured beer, carefully blended with Pacific Gem and English hops to deliver a hint of blackberry in the flavour as well as on the nose.
Head
a
An amber coloured beer using traditionally malted Optic spring barley from the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire.
That Old Chestnut
a
5.8% abv - Bitter
RAW
PANTHER
Citra
Reepham, Norfolk
Golden
a
Edge
a
4.5% abv - Stout
RCH
5.5% abv - IPA
a
Chocolate Slug Porter
Northampton, Northamptonshire
a
3.7% abv - Bitter
REDWELL
Gold Star
Pale
5.2% abv - Bitter
Steam Lager
Cromer, Norfolk
a
Black Wit
5.0% abv - Wheat
A whiff of banana ester and black malts. Fruitiness coming from the sour fermentation in this gluten free black wheat beer.
IPL
5.5% abv - Real Lager
A hoppy light lager style beer with touch of lemon and /or grapefruit.
North Kensington, Gt London
RUDGATE
3.8% abv - Bitter
Tockwith, North Yorkshire
Well rounded session bitter, slightly malty and hint of fruitiness.
a
4.6% abv - Real Lager
Some citrus hop and sweet oranges in the aroma give way to a flavour of grassy hop and malt.
a
PORTOBELLO
VPA
4.0% abv - Golden
American style pale ale, with good combo of malt and fruit tastes.
POPPYLAND
a
Norwich, Norfolk
a
A strong export pale ale, sort of like an IPA but not as hoppy.
Bitter
4.5% abv - Porter
Old Slug Porter with a chocolate twist, slightly bittersweet.
A light amber harvest ale brought back to life from Phipps’ 19th century, leather bound brewer’s books, well balanced and clean.
a
3.6% abv - Dark Mild
Mocha, toffee and berry fruit hints in the dark black mild.
Diamond
a
West Hewish, Somerset
Hewish Mild
New beer from Panther. An amber IPA brewed with New Zealand Hops
a
4.5% abv - Golden
Crisp, hoppy fruity beer with a distinct orange note to it.
Beast of the East IPA
PHIPPS
4.4% abv - Golden
A strong fruity hop aroma and flavour with a hint of pine and marmalade.
A smooth and rich stout with a complex full flavour of chocolate, toffee and dark fruits.
a
Staveley, Derbyshire
a
3.7% abv - Golden
A hoppy and refreshing golden ale with a hint of orange and grassy green hops.
Black
4.3% abv - Bitter
Ruby-coloured winter ale, with some fruit cake sweet and nuttiness.
A malty beer, with sweet fruit flavour which gives way to a long bittersweet aftertaste.
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
Battleaxe
a
4.2% abv - Bitter
A robust and smooth drinking premium bitter with a hint of red fruits and apple.
4.0% abv - Golden
Light, hoppy pale ale with hints of elderflower and pineapple.
Ruby Mild
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4.4% abv - Dark Mild
A slightly spicy dark mild with hints of dark fruit.
S&P
SAFFRON
Horsford, Norfolk
Henham, Essex
Norfolk Green Hop
Blonde
3.9% abv - Bitter
a
Light golden ale brewed with Maris Otter barley and torrefied wheat.
Eves Drop
4.3% abv - Bitter
a
Flying Serpent
Golden brown English style ale with a slight peppery mouth feel and fruity aroma.
SADLERS JPA
4.3% abv - Golden
a
New brew using “green” or fresh hops.
4.5% abv - Bitter
a
Copper red beer, with a sweet chocolate taste and citrus fruitiness.
Lye, West Midlands
All our Staff are Unpaid Volunteers
3.8% abv - Golden
a
Jack’s Pale Ale, is a pale, hoppy ale with a crisp and zesty character.
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ST PETER’S
TITANIC
South Elmham, Suffolk
Best Bitter
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
a
A full-bodied ale with distinctive fruity caramel notes.
Plum Porter
7.0% abv - Bitter
a
A smooth, fruity, full-bodied ale with aroma of cinnamon, liquorice, raisins and red berries.
TOMBSTONE
Great Dunham, Norfolk
a
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk
Gunslinger
5.2% abv - Bitter
a
Nut brown bitter, classically dry with hints of citrus.
a
5.7% abv - IPA
Is full bodied, traditional Victorian style IPA with honey notes and a classic bitter finish. Simply made with Chevallier malt and Golding hops.
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
Capel Pale
a
4.7% abv - Golden
Not quite the latest beer from Attleborough.
TRUEFITT
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
TEIGNWORTHY
Erimus Pale
Newton Abbot, Devon
a
Levitation
Fruity rich beer with a slight strawberry
Ironopolis
a
4.4% abv - Golden
TWICKENHAM
Keighley, West Yorkshire
Twickenham, Middlesex
Boltmaker
Strange Brew
4.0% abv - Bitter
a
Yorkshire Bitter with a full measure of maltiness and hoppy aroma. CBOB 2014.
4.1% abv - Bitter
A well-balanced ale, with a hint of spiciness from the five hops used, no pumpkins are used though.
Havercake
a
4.7% abv - Stout
A tasty stout with a nice balance of coffee, chocolate, liquorice and burnt toast. Light enough to be easy drinking.
Fruity and floral with a slight grapefruit
TIMOTHY TAYLOR
a
3.9% abv - Bitter
Pale bitter, brewed with Cascade, Saaz and Riwaka hops and then dry hopped with Riwaka.
4.3% abv - Bitter
Old Moggie feel.
4.5% abv - Bitter
A zesty Pale Ale single hopped with Pilgrim Hops. Distinctive grapefruit notes with a light honey background taste.
Stitched Up
a
4.0% abv - Bitter
Hop flavours from hedgerow fruits and a healthy dollop of English earthiness using the scarce and slightly unknown Epic hop.
A single hop beer using East Kent Goldings, a well balanced traditional English session bitter.
note.
Smooth dark malty ale with a hit of
East Peckham, Kent
Rustic
Second Coming
a
4.4% abv - Dark Mild
TONBRIDGE
Attleborough, Norfolk
a
Golden with a caramel/nutty flavour.
liquorice.
TAYLOR’S
a
4.3% abv - Golden
Stagecoach
Heritage IPA
a
4.9% abv - Fruit
A strong dark porter made fruity with the generous addition of plum and late hopped with Goldings to give a slight bitter sweetness.
STUMPTAIL Rye
4.4% abv - Fruit
Cherry flavour and raisins predominate in this dark brown beer. Hints of marzipan, vanilla and hop follow.
Christmas Ale
a
Burslem, Staffordshire
Cherry Dark
4.7% abv - Bitter
Havercake has a dry malty flavour with caramel and biscuits with citrus grassy finish.
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Naked Ladies
a
WESTERHAM
Crockham Hill, Kent
4.4% abv - Golden
Grasshopper
Inspired by the statues of water nymphs in York House gardens in Twickenham, known locally as the “Naked Ladies”. Hoppy citrus aroma, bitter finish.
A dark, malty bitter with nutty, roasted notes from the Chocolate malt.
Audit
TWO RIVERS
Denver, Norfolk
It’s based on a 1938 recipe from the old Westerham brewery for an audit ale, based on the strong ales served at Oxbridge colleges on the day students took final oral exams and grades were announced.
4.0% abv - Bitter
Refreshing clean flavoured beer a slight floral aroma and late bitterness.
Norfolk Stoat
a
WIBBLERS
5.8% abv - Stout
Mayland, Essex
An oatmeal stout
Dengie Dark
TWO ROSES
3.8% abv - Dark Mild
Darton, South Yorkshire
a
A smooth light malty bodied beer with low bitterness.
Full Nelson
a
3.8% abv - Golden
Hop Harvest Gold
A light hoppy session ale, with hints of mandarin from the Nelson Sauvin hops used.
4.1% abv - Golden
a
Brewed using hops collected from three local pubs, the taste profile changes yearly.
Chinook
a
4.0% abv - Golden
WILD BEER
A single hop variety beer using Chinook to give a grapefruit finish.
Westcombe, Somerset
Bibble
TYDD STEAM
Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire
Bibble apparently means to drink regularly down in Somerset! A moreish bitterness is complemented by tropical fruit tastiness.
3.9% abv - Golden
Refreshing pale session bitter, with a zesty bitterness and a lingering citrus finish.
Madness IPA
6.8% abv - IPA
Armageddon
a
a
A fresh and fruity IPA in the American style with lots of orange, mango and citrus flavours.
5.0% abv - Bitter
Sweet malt flavours combine with a complex blend of fruity hops leading to a satisfying sweet finish.
WALL’S
WINTER’S Mild
Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Keepers Gold
a
On the Beer, City
4.4% abv - Bitter
a
Crisp lemon, marmalade & grapefruit citrus overtones with a balancing biscuity malt base.
5.0% abv - Stout
A milk stout, lightly roasted to give a sweet creamy taste with a bitter and roasted finish.
Revenge
4.7% abv - Bitter
WENTWORTH
a
Golden coloured and well-hopped, for a distinct bitterness with a sweetish finish that makes this a warmer beer.
Wentworth, South Yorkshire
a
4.0% abv - Golden
Moderate malty and hoppy aroma with honey notes. Moderate bitter flavour and finish.
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Bumblebeer
a
4.3% abv - Golden
Golden honey beer from seasonal honey.
3.6% abv - Dark Mild
Mild in strength but strong in flavour. Roast tones come through.
Longevity
WPA
Norwich, Norfolk
a
3.9% abv - Golden
Brewed from Summit and Cascade hops. A citrus, grapefruit flavour and a golden colour.
a
4.2% abv - Golden
a
Barn Ale
a
6.2% abv - Bitter
a
Hares Hopping
a
3.6% abv - Bitter
a
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WOLF
Phoenix IPA Attleborough, Norfolk
a
5.5% abv - Bitter
Strong full bodied beer with added Amarillo hops to give a citrus feel.
Edith Cavell
3.7% abv - Bitter
a
Norfolk Nip
A Dry, smooth, hoppy beer with good depth and slight nutty flavours.
a
8.0% abv - Barley Wine
Based on the oWriginal Steward & Patteson recipe of 1929, only brewed once a year, flavours of chocolate cake, plums, and almonds.
Poppy Ale
4.2% abv - Golden
a
A hoppy golden ale with added honey to give a delicate yet moreish flavour.
YEOVIL
Werewolf
Lufton, Somerset
Glory
4.4% abv - Bitter
a
Copper coloured bitter with a biscuity base and hint of fruit.
a
3.8% abv - Bitter
Well balanced bitterness with slightly spicy citrus notes.
WOODFORDE’S
Ruby
Woodbastwick, Norfolk
Sundew
a
4.5% abv - Bitter
Ruby is a premium red bitter with rich malt depth.
4.1% abv - Golden
a
Pale in colour and light on the palate with the distinctive hoppy Woodforde’s finish.
FESTIVAL FACT
Admirals Reserve
5.0% abv - Bitter
Midway through the Second Norwich Beer Festival the scaffolding supporting the beer started to collapse.
a
Solid and generous sweet fruit flavour create a complex and satisfying dark chestnutcoloured beer.
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EXTRA - SPECIAL BEERS
We have only very limited amounts of the beers in this section, they may appear anywhere, and once sold are unlikely to appear again this year. GREEN JACK
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Ripper
8.5% abv - Barley Wine
Rich amber in colour, Ripper is sweet a and fruity with a warming finish.
BRANDON
Brandon, Suffolk
Black i
5.0% abv - Porter
a A fruity, nutty porter full of character. BRENTWOOD
Brentwood, Essex
Chocwork Orange
6.5% abv - Old A deep chocolate, malty beer brewed with oranges to give it that extra pizzazz.
a
BUFFYS
Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk
Mild
4.2% abv - Dark Mild Marris Otter and Chocolate malts are blended to produce this rich easy drinking ale.
a
9X
9.0% abv - Barley Wine Robust ale overflowing with malt and fruit, but is never sweet or cloying like most beers of this strength.
a
COLCHESTER Wakes Colne, Essex Metropolis
3.9% abv - Golden A golden session beer, with enormous balance and depth of flavour and a long floral, spicy finish
a
ELGOOD’S Wisbech, Cam Indian Summer
4.8% abv - Golden A mid-golden ale with a sweet malty background and a prominent hoppy flavour.
a
ELMTREE
Snetterton, Norfolk
Burstons Cuckoo
3.8% abv - Golden Citrus style pale ale, rounding off into a long dry finish.
a
FAT CAT BREWERY
Norwich, Norfolk
Hell Cat
4.1% abv - Golden
A light, fruity ale with bright, citrus a flavours, not that bitter.
FULLER’S
Chiswick, London
Gales HSB
4.8% abv - Bitter
Horndean Special Bitter is a dark red/ a brown beer with rich malty notes, and a hint of bread and caramel.
GREEN JACK
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Rising Sun
5% abv - Golden Rising Sun is a clean refreshing pint of beer with more than a hint of continental sophistication, brewed with Brewers Gold hops for both bitterness and aroma.
a
MAULDONS
Sudbury, Suffolk
Bronze Adder
4.1% abv - Bitter
A ruby ale with a soft sweetness leading a into a balanced bitter finish.
OLD CHIMNEYS
Market Weston, Suffolk
Barbastelle
6.4% abv - Porter
Rye and Oatmeal Porter, with aromas of a rich dark chocolate and light spice.
OLE SLEWFOOT
North Walsham, Norfolk
Friend of the Devil
7.7% abv - Spice Rich in the flavours of pears & apples it has analmost champagne like texture, with flavours hinting at brandy & calvados further down.
a
OPA HAY’S
Ale de Cologne
4.8% abv - Golden
This beer is inspired by Koelsch, a light a drinkable ale from the Rhineland.
PANTHER
Reepham, Norfolk
Beast of the East IPA
5.5% abv - IPA
a New beer from Panther. REDWELL
Norwich, Norfolk
Pale
Horsford, Norfolk
Darkest Hour
4.0% abv - Golden
American style pale ale, with good a combo of malt and fruit tastes.
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4.4% abv - Stout
A stout in the irish style with coffee hints, a very dark in colour but extremely drinkable.
SAFFRON
Henham, Essex
Starr Worts
4.2% abv - Bitter
Autumn sunset gold in colour with a refreshing hoppy aromas of citrus and passion fruits.
ST PETER’S
South Elmham, Suffolk
Organic Ale
4.5% abv - Bitter
A refreshingly wholesome flavoured ale a with a delicate character.
TOMBSTONE
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk
Texas Jack
4.0% abv - Bitter
Ruby with Full-On flavour and a twist a of plums.
TYDD STEAM
Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire
Dr Fox’s Cunning Linctus
4.1% abv - Golden
Mid golden beer with orange and lemon a flavours.
WIBBLERS IPA
Mayland, Essex
Aldeby, Norfolk
S&P
3.6% abv - Bitter
Previously known as Dengie Best this has a been ’tweaked’ to give a cleaner hop flavour. Not an IPA really.
WINTER’S
Norwich, Norfolk
Cloudburst
3.7% abv - Bitter
Chestnut coloured Ale, a full flavoured a easy drinking session beer.
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Don’t Mention the “C” Word
No, I do not mean Christmas, or Cask, or CAMRA. Not even that “C” word, but the one that seems to be upsetting a lot of normally sensible people who claim to like beer without really seeming to know much about it. The word in question is Craft, which in normal circumstances should mean “skill, cunning, a skilled trade or art”. Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case any more when describing beer. A lot has appeared recently in print and in the blogosphere that seems to be redefining the word to mean “American” or “Filtered, pasteurised, fizzy keg”. Nothing could be further from the truth. The original definition should still apply. In the food world, the word is used, along with “Artisanal” to describe products from small, hands-on producers who make high quality products. There is no obvious reason that the terms should not be applied just as accurately to breweries. Many cask ale producers have, over the years either been described or described themselves as “Craft Brewers”, Timothy Taylors and Batemans to name just two. Equally, many brewers, old and new, have pushed boundaries in terms of beer styles, flavours and characters and even different forms of packaging. Many of them choose to either bottle or keg their products, but in the Craft Beer world, pasteurisation and filtering are seen as detrimental to the end result. The advent of new containers such as KeyKegs has blurred the line between cask and keg, which has caused its own confusion. These work by having a bag containing the beer enclosed within a pressure container. Gas, which could be carbon dioxide or air, is used to push the beer out of the bag to the tap. The beer inside the bag is usually exactly the same as you would expect of a cask or bottle conditioned ale, refermented in the container from which it is served, without coming into contact with any extraneous gas. Even the Craft keg ales tend to be unfiltered & unpasteurised. At the Foreign and Bottled Beers Bar, we try to present a wide range of such ales. Most of these are genuine craft products, made with love and attention to give distinctive aromas and flavours, as are the vast array of real ales, ciders and perries served elsewhere at the festival. Some may be served from bottles, some from KeyKegs and some from kegs, but do not be afraid of trying something different, whether from the UK, Belgium, Germany or elsewhere. You might discover your perfect tipple. Just think of the craft and love that went into it! Keith Loney, Foreign and Bottled Beers Manager
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During the Festival volunteers have to wash up over 12,000 glasses Right: Dawn, one of our volunteers washing glasses, one of the many tasks that have to be carried out behind the scenes in order for the Festival to run. We would be lost without members willing to do these jobs, including our drivers and other who cannot enjoy a drink all week.
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FOREIGN & BOTTLED BEER La Chouffe
8.0% abv - 33cl Initial orange citrus on the nose passes over the tongue, caressing the palate to leave a glorious lingering aftertaste McChouffe 8.5% abv - 33cl Strong dark ale from well respected village brewery in the Ardennes
AUSTRALIA
COOPERS Sparkling Ale
5.8% abv - 37.5cl Spritzy golden ale balancing fruity malt with lasting hops
LITTLE CREATURES Little Creatures Pale Ale
ANKER Gouden Carolus Ambrio 8.0% abv - Draught
5.2% abv - 37.5cl Hop-laden golden ale with loads of character. A gem from down under
Fruity but well-hopped amber with a sweetish malt finish Gouden Carolus Classic 8.5% abv - Draught Full sweet and port-like chestnut-coloured ale with warming raisin finish
AUSTRIA
STIFT ENGELSZELL Gregorius 9.7% abv - 33cl
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor 8.0%Â abv - Draught
Sweet with honey but caramel liquorice & roast flavours mix with dry fruit notes to a warming alcohol finish
Extremely dry strong blonde with good hop presence without being excessively bitter Gouden Carolus Triple 9.0% abv - 33cl Drier than the colour and aroma of golden syrup would suggest, with a hint of spicy hops
BELGIUM
3 FOURQUETS Lupulus 8.5% abv - 75cl/Draught
BAVIK Petrus Aged Red
Sweetish triple well rounded by gently spicy hopping 8.5% abv - 75cl Smooth & spritzy brown with gentle caramel notes blended with a hint of aniseed
8.5% abv - Draught Full on cherry aroma with controlled sweet & sour fruit flavours
Lupulus Brune
BOON Kriek Boon
ABBAYE DES ROCS Abbaye des Rocs
5.0% abv - Draught Lambic based cherry beer lightly sweetened to enhance strong fruit flavours
9.0% abv - 33cl Deep amber brew balancing dryish malt, spice and hops
Blanche des Honnelles 6.0% abv - 33cl/Draught
BOSTEELS Tripel Karmeliet
8.0% abv - 33cl/Draught Spritzy three grain triple which develops distinctly pleasant apricot notes
Wallonian slant on the cloudy wheat beer, stronger and fuller bodied than usual, with malted oats in the mash Montagnarde 9.0% abv - 33cl Luscious Wallonian spiced amber triple SpĂŠciale Noel 9.0% abv - 33cl Sweeter, richer and spicier than the regular brew. Drink by itself in front of the fire or serve with roast duck or goose
CANTILLON Gueuze Lambic
5.0% abv - 37.5cl Dry, slightly bitter traditional gueuze with delicate lemon juice character
CHIMAY Chimay Grande Reserve
9.0% abv - 75cl Soft, dark Trappist ale which gains complexity with age Chimay Triple 8.0% abv - 33cl/Draught Golden Trappist tripel. Initial candy notes lead to final bitterness Mont des Cats 7.6% abv - 33cl New Trappist amber brewed for a monastary in Northern France which balances malt fruitiness with noticeable hopping
ACHEL Achel Blonde
8.0% abv - 33cl Well-made, tasty blonde triple from the newest of the Belgian Trappist breweries Achel Bruin 8.0% abv - 33cl Firm, balanced Trappist brown of distinction
ACHOUFFE Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel 9.0% abv - 33cl
DE RANKE Guldenburg 8.5% abv - Draught
Straw gold and ultra-hoppy in the modern US style. Classy with a massive hop punch Chouffe Soleil 6.0% abv - Draught Gently fruity refreshing summer ale
The honey and herb aroma does not prepare you for the massive peppery hop assault on the tongue. Stylish but uncompromising
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DOLLE BROUWERS Arabier
8.0% abv 33cl Pale and dry-hopped, giving a strong aromatic nose and spicy hops on the palate with a dry but almost honeyed finish Dulle Teve 10.0% abv - 33cl “Mad Bitch” is a complex, intense, bittersweet golden tripel with distinct honey notes. The brewer’s mother is a lovely lady
For health and safety reasons, bottles are not allowed over the bar. All drinks MUST be served in glasses. Large bottles are to share – They will only be served Oerbier if 2 or more glasses are presented (See above). 9.0% abv - 33cl Some beers due to volume, or lively head, must Mad brewer, artist and architect Kris Herteleer’s be served in pint glasses. We will gladly exchange original mid-brown vinous brew he describes as glasses as required. wet and strong with taste evolution Special Extra Export Stout Bottle conditioned beers have a yeast sediment. 9.0% abv - 33cl They may be poured clear or cloudy according to Even the rich rum molasses nose does not prepare style or personal taste. Please feel free to state a you for the onslaught of Java coffee and more preference. molasses on the palate. A dark taste sensation Not all beers in the programme will be available at any one time, and there may be others that DUBUISSON Bush Pêche Mel 8.5% abv - 33cl/Draught are not listed here. Please consult the lists at the Strong peach aroma and flavour but dry and very bar for the current selection. robust Some of these beers are very strong, both in DUPONT alcohol content and flavour. Please treat them Bons Voeux 9.5% abv - 75cl with respect. With the best wishes of the brewery. Powerful golden seasonal brew with characteristic strong Alcohol content and bottle size is as advertised hopping and dry but fulsome malt at the time of ordering from our suppliers. Saison Dupont 6.5% abv - Draught CAMRA cannot be held responsible for any Golden, smelling of hay meadows with intense hop subsequent change in stated strength or flavour, this is a classic saison packaging ECAUSSINNES Cookie Beer 8.0% abv - 33cl We will have some gluten free beer (less Sweet Speculoos biscuit flavours with a touch of ginger than 20ppm) available. Please feel free to and a predominating full maltiness ask for advice La Penneffoise 8.0% abv - 75cl If in doubt, ask. If not too busy, our Luscious amber plum beer with stewed prune flavours, knowledgeable staff will try and help you. any initial sweetness dries to leave rich fruit. A fruit They like talking about beer. beer to be taken seriously Enjoy yourselves GLAZEN TOREN Jan de Lichte 7.0% abv - Draught All the usual Belgian wheat beer flavours of grain coriander and Curacao orange but concentrated & Kriek de Ranke 7.0% abv - 75cl intensified Clever but uncompromising blend of old Flemish beer & Ondineke 8.5% abv - Draught lambic with 25% cherries added. Nicely balances strong Powerfully flavoured golden triple with enough tart fruitiness with a dryish finish sweetness to balance a double addition of Hallertau XX Bitter 6.2% abv - 33cl/Draught Mittelfrüh hops from Aalst Hops, hops and more hops, on the nose, the palate and Saison d’Erpe-Mere 6.9% abv - Draught in the afterburn Flemish ale inspired by the Hainaut saison style. Lively DE RYCK golden ale with generous spicy hopping balanced by Special De Ryck 5.5% abv - 33cl peachy malt with a delicate hint of apricot Pale amber ale, dry but malty with pleasantly bitter hopping
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Saison d’Erpe-Mere Lentebier 9.0% abv - Draught
LIEFMANS Cuvée Brut Kriek
6.0% abv - 37.5cl Fruity sourness from aged brown ale base
Beefed up version to welcome Spring with a double dose of local Aalst hops
LINDEMANS Pecheresse 2.5% abv - Draught
GRUUT Gruut Amber
Fresh and fruity with a hint of lambic sourness to back the peach sweetness
6.6% abv - 33cl Interestingly spicy but smooth and malty refreshing ale Gruut Blond 5.5% abv - 33cl Malt sweetness is offset by clever spicing with the final bitterness coming from spices rather than hops Gruut Inferno 8.5% abv - 33cl Interestingly aromatic golden triple flavoured with both hops and the ancient Gruut spices giving a refreshing yet characterful aftertaste Gruut Wit 5.0% abv - Draught Refreshing balance of slight grainy sweetness and subtle spicing
MALHEUR Malheur 6
6.0% abv - Draught Hazy blond with strong hop presence giving greater character than its strength implies
MILLEVERTUS Blanchette de Gaume
5.0% abv - 33cl Dry and spicy wheat beer with a full flavour and long aromatic aftertaste La Bella Mère 6.5% abv - 33cl Hazy blond broadly in the saison style with generous hopping La Douce Vertus 7.0% abv - 33cl First impression is of sweet malt but drys to a nutty finish La Mac Vertus 4.8% abv - 33cl Very tasty dark that drinks well above its modest gravity with fruity malt and hop flavours described bty the brewer as the most Belgian British style stout La Mère Vertus 9.0% abv - 33cl Triple brewed with 5 malts and 5 hop varieties giving a fine balance between aroma sweetness & bitterness La Vertus OSE 6.0% abv - 33cl Well rounded amber brewed with 30% spelt with Amarillo hops lending spicy citrus notes to balance the grain Zanzi 8.0% abv - 33cl Characterful cross between a tripel & an IPA with spelt in the mash balancing grain with 3 hop varieties
HALVE MAAN Brugse Zot
6.0% abv - 33cl Bruges Fool. Easy drinking blonde with subtle peardrop flavours and gentle hops at the end Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel 11.0% abv - 33cl Rich dark & sweet warmer with a slightly nutty finish Straffe Hendrik Tripel 9.0% abv - 33cl Starts soft & sweet with pronounced pear-drop notes but with a lingering hop finish
HANSSENS Oudbeitje 6.0% abv - 37.5cl Unusual, traditionally blended, delicate and refreshing strawberry lambic Oude Kriek 6.0% abv - 37.5cl Cherry fruit and lambic sourness that dry with age
HUYGHE Averbode Abbey Blonde 7.5% abv - Draught Malty sweet with a pleasant hop character containing oats & spelt
ORVAL Orval 6.2% abv - 33cl
Oud Beersel Bersalis Tripel 9.5% abv - Draught
Massively hop-laden, deep golden Trappist ale of immense style
Smooth tripel that slips down altogether too easily leaving spice rather than hop aftertastes
PALM Palm Hop Select
KERKOM Bink Blond
6.0% abv - 33cl/Draught Three stage hopping gives a noticeable aroma & flavour supported by sweetish malt
5.5% abv - Draught Incredibly intense for a beer of this modest gravity with hops predominating Bink Bruin 5.5% abv - Draught Dry but malty full-flavoured reddish brown ale Kerkomse Tripel 9.0% abv - Draught Full, rich well hopped golden nectar
PROEF Reinaert Grand Cru
9.5% abv - 33cl Packed with full sweet malt caressing the tongue with just the right amount of hops to prevent it becoming cloying. Reminiscent of Cuvée de l’Ermitage as it used to be
LEFÈBVRE Barbar 8.0% abv - 33cl
ROCHEFORT Rochefort 10
11.3% abv - 33cl Possibly the richest of all beers. Perfect to finish the evening, or try with chocolate or Christmas pudding Rochefort 6 7.5% abv - 33cl Mid-brown dryish Trappist ale. A more delicate version of its big brothers that slips down very easily
Honeyed strong pale
LÉGENDES (GÉANTS) Saison Voisin
5.0% abv - Draught Dry and hoppy with a touch of yeast driven sourness characteristic of the style
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ROCHEFORT Rochefort 8
9.2% abv - 33cl The vinous aroma leads to a smooth, rich palate with the reddish brown ale hinting at dark chocolate and raisins
RODENBACH Rodenbach Grand Cru
6.0% abv - 33cl Oaky, sour but rounded brown ale aged for up to 2 years
ROMAN Seef 6.5% abv - Draught Recreation of an ancient Antwerp style brewed with wheat, malted barley, buckwheat and oats but unspiced
SENNE Jambe de Bois
8.0% abv - 33cl Full malt triple with peppery hops and a classy bitter herbal finish Taras Boulba 4.5% abv - 33cl Powerful hop punch dominates this light but classy blond with a surprisingly long bitter finish Zinnebir 5.5% abv - 33cl Flavour packed golden ale which drinks well above its strength due to the forceful yet interesting hop blend
ST BERNARDUS Abt 12
10.0% abv - 33cl Luscious, dark barley wine packed with rich fruit flavours Prior 8 8.0% abv - Draught Excellent sweet, dark, ester-laden abbey beer Triple 7.5% abv - 33cl/Draught One of the best “abbey” triples - sweet, bitter and coriander laced Witbier 5.5% abv - Draught Developed under the supervision of Pierre Celis, the man who single-handedly reinvented the Belgian wheat beer style with Hoegarden. A fine example of the style
STRUISE Pannepeut 10.0% abv - Draught Rich and malty with flavours of dried fruits and a palate refreshing hop presence Pannepot 10.0% abv - 33cl Rich sweet and spicy molasses flavours which linger warmingly
Weltmerz Blond Sour Ale 3.0% abv - Draught Remarkably full flavoured for its modest gravity with lemon and green apple flavours and earthy yeast notes
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TER DOLEN Armand 7.0% abv - Draught
Echte Kriek
6.8% abv - Draught Distinctive cherry beer with dry, woody aftertaste from eight months barrel maturation Vichtenaar 5.1% abv - 33cl Refreshing easy drinking old brown ale with good mouth feel and enough oak character from eight months in the vat to keep it interesting
Huge aroma of US hops with grapefruit and citrus peel notes balanced by a slight fruity sweetness that offsets the final bitterness from dry-hopping Ter Dolen Blond 6.1% abv - Draught Smooth but bitter stylish blonde Ter Dolen Kriek 4.5% abv - Draught Rich, sweet & classy, with strong aroma and flavour of morello cherries and bitter almond Ter Dolen Tripel 8.1% abv - Draught Fulsome bittersweet & fruity with generous hopping Ter Dolen Winter 9.1% abv - Draught Robust ruby red seasonal brew given a festive twist with cinnamon and honey lending both sweetness and spice
WESTMALLE Westmalle Tripel
9.5% abv - 33cl The original golden triple and still the standard against which others are judged
CZECH REPUBLIC
REGENT Bohemia Regent Dark
4.4% abv - 50cl Lightly carbonated full on malt flavours with coffee and dark chocolate notes Bohemia Regent Prezident 6.0% abv - 50cl Well hopped premium lager, full biscuity malt flavours
TILQUIN Gueuze Tilquin
6.0% abv - 37.5cl Staunchly tragitional gueuze with hints of lemon but a creamy texture and just a touch of sweetness blended from Boon Lindemans Giradin and Cantillon lambics
FRANCE
TIMMERMANS Timmermans Framboise 4.0% abv - Draught
ST. SYLVESTRE Trois Monts
Real raspberry taste and some sweetness Timmermans Peche 4.0% abv - Draught Sweet and peachy
8.5% abv - 75cl Possibly the finest French beer. Pale, dry and vinous, good head and fresh bread aromas
VAN EECKE Kapittel Abt
GERMANY
10.0% abv - 33cl/Draught Flavour packed strong golden triple Kapittel Blonde 6.2% abv - 33cl Rounded, easy drinking blonde with some sweetness Kapittel Pater 6.5% abv - 33cl Refreshing brown ale
ANDECHS Andechser Bergbock Hell 6.9% abv - 50cl At first look and taste this strong pale lager seems innocuous enough. It ‘s only later that the full malt, subtle hopping & noticeably drying alcohol creep up on you Andechser Hell 4.8% abv - 50cl Biscuit malt aroma and slight sweetness give way to lingering hops in this straw pale Monastic brew Andechser Weissbier Hell 5.5% abv - 50cl Clove aromas with grain joining in the flavour
Poperings Hommelbier 7.5% abv - 33cl/Draught
Packed to the brim with the harvest of the Flanders hop gardens around Poperinge Watou Wit Bier 5.0% abv - Draught Dry but refreshing cloudy wheat beer with distinct citrus peel notes
BERLINER KINDL Berliner Weiss
VAN HONSEBROUCK Kasteel Rouge
3.0% abv - 33cl Refreshing fruity sourness gives remarkably full flavour for this gravity
8.0% abv - Draught Robust yet satisfying balance between sweet and sour cherry fruit and a bitter almond aftertaste Kasteel Winter 11.0% abv - Draught Strong winter warmer with figs coffee nuts cocoa & a hint of spice putting in an appearance
FĂ„SSLA Gold Pils
5.5% abv - 50cl Malty aroma and flavour but crisp and dry with herbal hops Lagerbier 5.5% abv - 50cl Deep golden with any sweetness balanced by slightly astringent but perfumed hops Weizla Hell 5.0% abv - 50cl Banana flavours and aromas with a sweet grainy finish Zwergla 6.0% abv - 50cl Reddish-brown Marzen oozes sweet toffee malt with some roastiness and a touch of herbal hops.
VAN STEENBERGE Celis White
5.0% abv - Draught Recipe from the originator of the Belgian wheat beer revival, Piere Celis, founder of Hoegarden. Characterful sweet refreshing wheat beer with lashings of orange peel & coriander
VERHAEGHE Duchesse de Bourgogne 6.2% abv - 33cl/Draught Well-respected sweet and sour aged brown ale
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GÖLLER Göller Kellerbier
4.9% abv - 50cl Unfiltered golden-amber with initial full sweet malt but a long generous hop finish Göller Original 4.9% abv - 50cl Quality Pils with a touch of malt sweetness supporting herbal hops Göller Rauchbier 5.2% abv - 50cl Pale amber with aromas of wood smoke and honey. On the tongue the restrained smokiness is well balanced by soft malt and hops, leaving a pleasant lingering aftertaste Steinhauer Weisse 4.9% abv - 50cl Banana and butterscotch aromas are continued in the taste with any sweetness balanced by subtle hopping
MAHR’S Mahr’s Hell
4.9% abv - 50cl
Mahr’s Pils
4.9% abv - 50cl
Sweet malt backed by grassy hops Crisp malt and herbal hops
Mahr’s Ungespundet
5.2% abv - 50cl Fresh perfumed hops and malty palate but ending dry Mahr’s Weisse 5.2% abv - 50cl Banana with a touch of spice leads the grain
SCHNEIDER Aventinus 8.2% abv - 50cl Strong fruity malt flavour marks this original dark weizenbock
SPEZIAL Rauchbier Lager
4.5% abv - Draught Golden with a mild smokiness and crisp malt
HELLER Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen 5.1% abv - 50cl/Draught
ST GEORGEN BRÄU St Georgen Helles
4.6% abv - 50cl Grassy hops, soft malt and a bitter finish St Georgen Kellerbier 4.9% abv - Draught Chestnut coloured, well attenuated fruity malt, rounded hops and gentle carbonation from bottle conditioning give a character reminiscent of an English cask premium bitter St Georgen Pilsener 4.9% abv - Draught Pale gold with dry lemony hops
Intense smokiness from malt kilned over smouldering beechwood
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen 5.2% abv - 50cl Smoke, vanilla and bananas. Traditional wheat beer with the Bamberg smoked slant. An unusual, but wonderful combination
Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier 4.3% abv - 50cl/Draught
WELTENBURGER Kloster Asam-Bock
Without smoked malt but picking up a slight smokiness from the house yeast to support pale malt flavours
6.5% abv - 50cl Full malty aroma and flavour leads to a surprisingly dry finish. From the one of the world’s oldest breweries
HERZOGLICH BAYERISCHES BRAUHAUS TEGERNSEE Tegernseer Spezial 5.6% abv - 50cl
NETHERLANDS
Creamy aroma and texture with slightly sweet malt meeting gently peppery hops
EMELISSE Emelisse Dubbel
7.5% abv - 33cl Full malt flavours brewed with Westmalle yeast and Belgian candy sugar lending a light sweetness
KEESMANN Herren Pils
4.6% abv - Draught Crisp and dry with fruity citrus hops and slightly honeyed pale malt Keesmann Hell 4.5% abv - 50cl Refreshing with perfumed hops Sternla Lager 5.0% abv - 50cl Malty with a touch of caramel and resinous hops
KONINGSHOEVEN La Trappe Blonde
6.5% abv - 33cl Unpretentious smooth Trappist blonde ale La Trappe Witte 5.5% abv - Draught Unspiced Trappist wheat beer with citrus notes provided by Saphir hops
KUNDMÜLLER Weiherer Bock
NORWAY
6.6% abv - 50cl/Draught Sweet with herbal and fruity flavours and a slight alcohol warmness Weiherer Kellerbier 4.9% abv - 50cl Grainy malts and herbal citric hops Weiherer Lager 4.7% abv - 50cl Malty with honey notes and spicy hops Weiherer Pils 4.7% abv - 50cl Clean and crisp with herbal grassy hopping Weiherer Rauchbier 5.3% abv - 50cl Gentle smokiness offset by bready and banana flavours
NØGNE Ø Ø Blonde
4.5% abv - 50cl Crisp dry and refreshing with citrus aromas that linger in the mouth Ø India Pale Ale 7.5% abv - 50cl Powerful grapefruit and pine aromas from lashings of US Pacific Coast hops on a solid base of barley wheat and oat malts allowing some sweetness
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Ø Saison
Samuel Smith Organic Cherry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl
6.5% abv - 50cl Flavourful yet refreshing take on the style with a citric and pepper finish Ø Wit 4.5% abv - 50cl Tasty full-flavoured Belgian style wheat beer heavily laced with orange peel and coriander Tindved 7.0% abv - 25cl Dry wheaty ale with a long warm spicy finish lent refreshing tartness by the addition of sea buckthorn berries
Cherry fruit richness backed by marzipan
Samuel Smith Organic Raspberry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl Massive fresh fruit aroma and flavour without excessive sweetness
Samuel Smith Organic Strawberry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl Strawberry jam in the glass, sweet but with acidity to balance
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NORFOLK SQUARE Barmy IPA
FLYING DOG Doggie Style Pale Ale
6.5% abv - 33cl Norfolk malts plus English hops and yeast but still managing citrus notes Bisquit 7.0% abv - 33cl Almond and ginger blended with a touch of honey on an oat base warm fermented for a light sweetness
4.7% abv - 35.5cl Classic amber ale with creamy head, malty aroma and grapefruit hop flavours Gonzo Imperial Porter 8.7% abv - 35.5cl Actually in the Imperial Stout style, aromatic rich and fruity with toasty liquorice flavours with a good hop bitterness Snake Dog India Pale Ale 7.1% abv - 35.5cl The classic hop smack of an IPA offset with sweet malt and citric touches Woody Creek 4.7% abv - 35.5cl Full flavoured yet refreshing Belgian style white
Black Widow Imperial Stout 9.0% abv - 33cl
Aged in oak steeped in vintage Port giving a full bodied beer with loads of coffee cocoa and subtle port notes with Belgian yeast lending a sweet yet spicy background Black Widow Reserve 12.0% abv - 33cl All of the power of the original taken to a new level with oaky vanilla notes and warming alcohol Crazy Horse American IPA 8.0% abv - 33cl Smooth sweet caramelised flavour with a hint of bitterness plus a notable tangerine hoppy aroma Twisted Porter 10.0% abv - 33cl Rich dark ale brewed with coffee and cocoa nibs for a complex flavour plus a touch of chilli which warms at the end
ODELL 5 Barrel Pale Ale
5.2% abv - 35.5cl Perfect example of how to use hops for great aroma and flavour without bitterness taking over Cutthroat Porter 5.0% abv - 35.5cl Smooth robust dark with notes of raisin chocolate and coffee Odell IPA 7.0% abv - 35.5cl Packed with aromatic American hops creating a great balance between citrus resin and peppery spice
POPPYLAND Black Wit
5.0% abv - 50cl Soured black wheat beer that has an interesting mild lactic character with gentle bready and roasty notes (Gluten Free) Crab Saison 6.0% abv - 37.5cl Clear pale amber with excellent yeast character and pleasing late hopping (Gluten Free) East Coast IPA 7.0% abv - 66cl American hops are prominent yet do not dominate lucious Branthill Farm Maris Otter malt (Gluten Free) Freshes Creek 5.2% abv - 50cl Mouth-watering and very different sour mash beer with low hopping yet amazing grapefruit flavour (Gluten Free)
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FESTIVAL FACT
In 1980 we were so short of staff we once opened with just three members of staff.
SAMUEL SMITH Samuel Smith Organic Apricot 5.1% abv - 35.5cl
All our Staff are Unpaid Volunteers
Packed with sweet apricot flavours balanced by a gentle lactic sourness
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Proud suppliers of Belgian Beer to the 37th Norwich Beer Festival 2014 The Exclusive “Home of Ter Dolen Kriek” We offer a range of 45 Belgian Beers and Ciders, many exclusive to us here in the UK, so whether it’s a tasty Blond, something strong and dark, spicy or fruity, we have them all.
Full À La Carte Menu available
Also look out for our “Dubbel Deal” offer: 2 meals for £11.50 or 1 meal for £6.00 (selected times and conditions apply)
30 Different Flavours of Mussels now being served
Opening Times
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Editorial Thoughts and Thanks
As editor I try to bring you an informative programme, with clear listing of beers and ciders available and of the entertainment. I also try to include some features of interest and perhaps to encourage discussion. My thanks to all who have contributed, not least to Martin, Chris and Keith for the descriptions of the beers and ciders we are having. All this would not be possible without the support of our advertisers, so I hope you will give them your support. By advertising in the programme they show both their support for CAMRA and the Beer Festival, but also the importance of you, the potential or returning, customer. This Christmas will be the last for Bernie and Dougie at the Duke of Wellington, and of Michaela and Rik at the Kings Arms. Running a pub is hard work, running a successful pub even more so. Of course the choice of beers is important to us when we visit a pub, but so is the welcome and management. These two pubs have supported the CAMRA cause in spades, and also this programme over many years. They deserve out thanks for their contribution to the Norwich Real Ale scene. Too many pubs have closed for good because pub companies fail to get the right people to run them by charging a fair rent, so depriving their communities of a valuable facility. We have lost far too many rural pubs, not because they are unviable but because the owning companies can make more money selling them for housing or shops. The need for a proper change in the law to protect pubs from conversion to houses, shops or restaurants is clear. Before next May’s General Election we should ask all candidates what their position is - and what they will do. We don’t want bland words of support, but proper promises of real action to save part of our national culture and history. Play your part and when they knock on your door asking for your vote ask them what they will do to save our pubs. PT
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