The 37th Pig's Ear Beer and Cider Festival

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fter a two-year absence, and some very difficult times for all of us, I am delighted to welcome you back to the Round Chapel on behalf of the East London and City branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). We give thanks to the Trustees and team at the Round Chapel (special thanks go to Philip Lloyd and Patrick Hamill) for allowing us to use this wonderful building once again.

As you can imagine, the planning for this year’s event has been somewhat fraught with uncertainty as to how the pandemic would develop, and we therefore took the decision to run the festival at 75% of its previous levels to allow more room for everyone.

Despite this, we are very pleased to offer around 175 cask ales, as well as numerous foreign beers and ciders, making Pig’s Ear the largest CAMRA festival in London in 2021.

DIAL B FOR BEER Despite the reduction in casks this year, it is still not possible to fit all of them onto the racking at once. For those of you with a season ticket, look out for changes as the week progresses. A live online list is available at pigs.realaledb.com and will be updated as often as possible.

All beer is sorted alphabetically and you can find the beginning of the alphabet on your right by the Glasses stand. Keen, John and Peter work hard to bring us the best of British, with notable specials and beers appearing in cask for the first time, using their master selection skills.

For apple aficionados, Mick Lewis’s cider and perry bar takes a prominent role in the centre of the room. In lieu of many of us being able to travel this year, Adam Miller and the overseas bar team have a sought-

after selection of draught and bottles. There is also a selection of soft drinks available.

ThE MAN WHO CARRIED TOO MUCH Our cloakroom is in the back left-hand corner, opposite the food vendor. Depositing your coats and bags there will help us to ease crowding inside the hall, meaning you can get to the bar faster!

NO SHADOW OF A DOUBT Our thanks and appreciation go to all our sponsors and supporters who provide vital backing to the festival and make the event viable: Beerblefish Brewing Co, Colchester Brewery, East London Brewing Co, Five Points Brewing Co, Husk Brewing Co, Wild Card Brewery and The Orchard Project. We also thank The Eleanor Arms (E3) and Ye Olde Rose & Crown (E17) for their support in providing meeting venues and storage throughout the year.

Our warm thanks go to Mayor Philip Glanville for his support in our community event, and to Speaker Councillor Michael Desmond; both have made time in their busy schedules to open the festival. Further thanks go to Councillor Vincent Stops who always manages to help us organise the festival on top of his extensive official duties.

Kinver Brewery provide a superb service in supplying several of our beers, as do all the breweries that have supplied direct and are too numerous to individually name - thank you for all your work and for the festival specials you produce for us.

Finally, I would like to add my personal thanks to the festival organising team who work wonders behind the scenes. These are the people who deserve the most credit for

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL all their dedication and hard work, especially when faced with the additional challenges brought about by the pandemic. I am extremely grateful to: Steve Hall, John Pardoe, Andy Kinch, Keen Massey, Peter Gordon, Fletch, Clive Troubman, Steve Richardson, Kath Lilley, Steve Edmonds, Mick Lewis, Nick Cornish, Adam Miller, Dave Gilchrist, Bill Bremner, Pete Giles, Hugh Smith, Frankie Colclough, Peter Needle, Kim Butler, Esme Bradbury, Alex Wall, James Skinner and Colette Goulding. If I have forgotten anyone please accept my sincere apologies - your contribution is no less appreciated.

BEER AND CIDER OF THE FESTIVAL You can take part in voting for the Beer and Cider of the Festival and provide us with valuable feedback. The voting form can be picked up from any of the bars and is something both we and the brewers take very seriously, as it comes from our customers – YOU!

professional bar staff. Help us to help you by being honest as to who is next to be served.

We need new volunteers to help with the planning and setting up of future festivals.

You will need to be a CAMRA member and by joining our happy band, whilst working at the festival you receive free beer [within reason], subsidised food, and during the year a staff party/outing [to the brewery that wins beer of the festival]. You can also join in our various branch outings and pub crawls. Please do contact us via elacbranch@mail.com.

REMEMBER WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS THERE MAY NOT BE A FESTIVAL TO ATTEND IN FUTURE.

Please DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. There is a good public transport system in Hackney, and you can enjoy a few drinks and arrive home safely.

FINALLY PLEASE RETURN YOUR VOTING FORM TO THE FRONT DESK ON YOUR WAY HOME.

VOLUNTEERS Everyone who works at this event is an unpaid volunteer. Do ask for their advice about the beers you want to try, but during busy periods please be patient as they are not

From all of us at the Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival, we wish you a happy and safe Christmas and New Year to you and all your families. We hope you enjoy your visit and join us in 2022 as we hope to return to a full-size festival.

ALAN PERRYMAN

Festival Organiser

PAYMENTS Following successful trials at Pig’s Ear 2019, we are encouraging contactless payment on the bars this year.

Anyone unable to make contactless payments will be able to purchase a beercard. These will only be available from the Glasses stand.

Any credit you do not spend on the beercard can be donated to the Speaker’s Charities in the boxes provided or refunded at the Glasses counter.

Refunds are not given at any other bar.

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When you come to your final drink, if you do not have enough credit left on your beercard, you may pay the difference in change over all bars.

We are using old stock so despite what is printed on the cards they are valid all sessions but PLEASE treat your beercard as cash – we cannot replace lost cards any more than lost fivers!

Don’t leave your beercards unattended on the bar.

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CHESHAM ARMS

Saved by the community after an attempt to turn it into flats, the Chesham Arms is a traditional East London public house with stripped floors, open fires and a leafy beer garden Come inside for a friendly welcome, great beers and bar snacks CAMRA EAST LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2016 CAMRA EAST LONDON CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR 2018 Child Friendly and dog friendly OPENING TIMES: Monday-Friday 4-11pm Saturday/Sunday 12-11pm

15 Mehatabel Rd, Hackney E9 6DU Call us on 0208 986 6717 or email beer@cheshamarms.com

www.cheshamarms.com

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SPEAKER’S CHARITIES Since the festival moved to Hackney in 2005, Pig’s Ear has supported the Speaker of Hackney’s charities. In 2019 we raised over £1,100 and wish to do even better this year.

Councillor Michael Desmond, the Speaker of Hackney, has chosen the following as his charities for this year:

ST JOSEPH'S HOSPICE Founded in 1905, St Joseph’s provides palliative support, day hospice facilities and residential care in Hackney and surrounds for a wide range of people in our diverse community, respecting the human dignity of the individual and the needs of family members. www.stjh.org.uk

HACKNEY EMPIRE The Hackney Empire is the borough’s most iconic cultural beacon. It traditionally stages a wide range of entertainments and cultural shows, culminating, each December, with the best pantomime in London. hackneyempire.co.uk

A 16th century beamed coaching inn with two bars and a warm welcome.

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CAMRA Good Beer Guide entry since 2004 Fresh homemade food served Monday - Friday 12 to 2:30pm & 5pm to 7:30pm (except public holidays), also pre-match meals on West Ham home games Open 12 noon to 11pm Monday to Saturday, 12 to 10:30pm Sunday

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BACK IN OUR HAPPY PLACE

BY JAMES WATSON REGIONAL' PUB PROTECTION ADVISOR ' FOR CAMPAIGN REAL ALE

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he last Pig's Ear was held a full two years ago. Like me, many of you will have fond memories of the festival. If this is your first time here, then you are very welcome.

If anyone had said to me in December 2019 that a global pandemic would rage for over 18 months and shut down most of society, including beer festivals and pubs, and that pubs, once allowed to re-open, would be subjected to takeaway only, then mandatory table service, masks, oneway systems, 10pm curfews, enforced seating, app ordering, compulsory scotch eggs (remember them!) followed by another period of total closure spanning over four months, then I would have concluded you had consumed far too much of the Imperial Russian Stout!

What a tumultuous time we have just endured – and many are still enduring. The hospitality sector has been amongst the hardest hit. Given the strong interdependence between cask beer and the pub trade, it is quite remarkable that both the cask brewing and pub industries were not lost forever.

Few would have guaranteed that they could have survived a third of the year under complete closure and the rest of the year under some degree of crippling restrictions. It is remarkable that so many have prevailed and this is testament to the tenacity, ingenuity and resolve of our treasured brewers and publicans.

Just before lockdown in March 2020, I was in Liverpool at a conference which ended two days before my employer banned attendance at such events. There was a very strong feeling of impending doom; a real sense of foreboding as I savoured my last pint of cask ale in the awardwinning Roscoe Head before boarding a largely empty train back to London.

Naturally the first place I headed after exiting Euston Station was the Euston Tap for another beer. London felt even more like the eve of the war. There was a reluctant inevitability in the air.

For the whole of the next week I was determined to visit the pub (different pubs!) every night. I was often in very sparse company. But I stuck to my vow and toured Hackney every evening before bed, quietly enjoying a couple of pints of draught beer and in complete mental denial about the looming lockdown.

That Thursday was my last night in (well actually outside) the Chesham Arms (my local) for many weeks. My neighbour returned from Spain, having got the last flight back to Britain, and joined us in the street, socially distanced, for a communityspirited but somehow half-hearted attempt to empty the cellar of draught beer.

We didn’t succeed.

I think most of us in that defiant, street drinking team caught Covid-19 over the coming days.

That Friday night the Prime Minister encouraged My drinking partner us not to go reacts to the news of the pub but nationwide pub closures

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Innovating during the “not indoors” days

stay in. By Monday he was ordering the nation to stay at home.

Mercifully my wife and I recovered after a week or so and, as a key worker, I was back on the frontline powering a seemingly deserted London. And boy did I MISS the pub! Bottle shops and off licences, the noble brewers who kept going through those dark days, and those dusty bottleconditioned beers at the back of our cupboard being saved for that special occasion became our saviours.

Like many I saw on social media, my garage became a makeshift 'pub' of sorts, with only one punter most of the time – me. I remember getting through a good many cases of beer, and spending a long time on the phone catching up with those whom I would usually be stood next to down the boozer. The struggle was real, but embarrassingly first world.

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Going out to work every day whilst the majority of the economy was confined to barracks is something I will always be grateful for and honoured to have played my part. My laminated key worker letter remains in my backpack, the need to present it to a constable or other official having never arisen. In those days of "three weeks to flatten the curve” messaging I can remember being very optimistic about the pubs reopening and spending hours, perhaps even days, plotting and shaping my grand comeback crawl in intricate detail. Various WhatsApp messages were exchanged with my beer buddies, trying to keep spirits high and giving ourselves something to look forward to.

Of course the eventual re-opening was much later than any of us imagined, and came with a number of strings attached.

The raft of farcical restrictions, from being sent on your way at 10pm to being force fed scotch eggs, merely reinforced a point I have been acutely aware of after many years as a pub campaigner, and that is that a great many politicians have no idea what goes on in a pub, what communities use them for, and how ordinary folk interact within their hallowed walls.

It was also clear to me that those making such decisions and justifying them had a peculiar obsession with pubs being little more than restaurants or cafes that serve beer as an accompaniment to a meal. Exchanges between pub campaigners and the government demonstrated a spectacular ignorance regarding wet-led pubs and the neighbourhood locals which many of us enjoy at the hub of our communities.

Speaking to publicans during this period, and listening to their concerns and fears for their future livelihoods, made me realise just how diverse our pub stock is in Britain. It is the personality, the charm, the vibrancy and

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL yes the quirkiness of our favourite pubs which endear them to us. It is also these very characteristics which make it quite impractical to abide by blanket rules whilst still trying to maintain some semblance of a trading business.

One-way systems and screens are simply not compatible with (say) a 16th century coaching inn. Likewise an urban high street pub with no outdoor licensed space will not succeed under a ban on indoor drinking. Table service only was hardly going to catch on in a pub without any tables!

And as predicted, the unedifying spectacle of developers and their agents using the pandemic as justification for converting a pub into alternative use by peddling a new edition of the great ‘viability con’ gave us campaigners yet more battles to fight with local planners and politicians. The circle of vultures was thankfully a relatively small one. They’ll come back though; they always do.

Despite the frustrations and bleak outlook for the industry, a few movers and shakers did take the opportunity to ready themselves for the return of trading with new ventures and outlets. Just a short walk from the Round Chapel, the splendid Hackney Tap was launched last April and is a welcome addition to the local circuit.

The Walthamstow beer mile continues to blossom and bloom with Signature, Wild Card and Exale now joined by Beerblefish, Forest Road and Hackney Brewery, the latter officially launching their High Hill taproom over their grand tenth birthday bash weekend in early October. The strong showing of the England men’s football team during the Euros also helped the pub trade but nothing can hope to compensate for the total loss of all Christmas trading during 2020, for the first, and let us hope the very last time in our history.

For many beer lovers in Hackney, the Christmas season starts proper with the Pig's

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Pub goers back in their happy place

Ear festival. This is an important milestone in the calendar and has extra significance for us this year, having attempted to plan a Covid-safe beer festival last year, only to have the rug pulled from under us.

Remember also that all 45,000 pubs in England also had their Christmas abruptly cancelled last year. I am certain that many will be keen to make up for lost time and I imagine the carols will be sung with a little more zest and passion this year and

the chink of glasses will have more of a grateful and blessed ring to it than before.

“You don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” may be clichéd but there were times during 2020 that I doubted we would get some of our favourite pubs back again. I was convinced that many would not survive. CAMRA is still here and the Pig’s Ear is back on again, albeit a slightly smaller festival this time.

Hopefully you too will use this visit as the prelude to your beery Christmas season and have a fulfilling holiday period visiting and enjoying your favourite pubs and sampling the beers. In my campaigning capacity, I never took pubs for granted but after the two years we have just had, I will be redoubling my efforts and evangelising all the more about the Great British Pub. Let me bid season’s greetings to all our festival goers, your families and loved ones. Please support our wonderful pubs this Christmas and be kind to others on both sides of the bar. Cheers!

OBITUARIES John Longhurst We are very sad to announce that John Longhurst passed away in January after a short illness (not Covid related). John was a loyal ELAC member and supporter of the branch who rarely missed a branch meeting or social. He was a reliable and regular festival volunteer at numerous CAMRA beer festivals around the country. He worked at Pig’s Ear for many years.

For a long time he worked on our front of house, selling the entrance tickets to our customers, but for the last few festivals he had assisted both in the volunteering and finance offices.

John travelled around the country visiting pubs and combining this with his other interest of vintage buses. He

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was a good friend to many of us in ELAC and CAMRA. He has left a big gap in ELAC and is greatly missed by us all. The festival will not be the same without him – RIP John.

Guy Thornton Regular Pig’s Ear volunteer Guy Thornton died suddenly at his home in Holland in January of this year. Guy was a journalist and member of the British Guild of Beer Writers whose annual dinner would normally take place during the week of Pig’s Ear. Guy would always leave the festival for the dinner in his best suit! Guy who had used a crutch for many years following a cycle accident, normally worked on the British bar or on glasses and will be missed by the festival.

ANDY KINCH

Pig’s Ear Volunteering Manager

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BEER STYLES AND SUBSTANCE HERE'S A QUICK GUIDE TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT BEER STYLES YOU CAN FIND AT OUR FESTIVAL BARLEY WINE Barley wines are strong beers, often between 7%-10% in strength, which require considerable time to mature and become drinkable.

Although unusual to find them in pubs, due to their strength, a few brewers have kept the barley wine tradition alive. The style is most often seen now as a Christmas ale. Barley wines are strong in flavour and alcohol, with massive sweet malt, ripe fruit, pear drop, orange and lemon flavours. If darker malts are used, dark fruit, chocolate and coffee flavours can be present. Hops can also be generously used in barley wines, producing bitterness and peppery, grassy and floral notes.

BITTER Bitters developed towards the end of the 19th century as beers that could be served after only a few days’ storage in the pub cellar. Although pale ales have made a resurgence at their expense, bitters were initially a successor to the early pale ales.

They are usually deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker crystal malts. Bitters are highly-hopped ales (hops are used as a bittering/preserving agent in brewing) and tend to range from 3%-5% in strength; although best bitters and premium bitters are often stronger.

GOLDEN ALE Pale amber, golden, yellow or straw-coloured golden ales are hoppy beers with a refreshing taste that tend to be less sharp than bitters.

Golden ales may have some malt or fruit flavours, depending on the recipe.

IPA AND PALE ALE India Pale Ales (IPAs) changed the face of brewing early in the 19th century when they

began to be brewed in London and Burtonupon-Trent for both national and export markets. As IPAs were strong in alcohol and full of hops, they kept better and longer than bitters. Beers with less alcohol and fewer hops were developed for the domestic market and became known as pale ales. Today, the distinction between bitters and IPAs/pale ales is often blurred, as is the line between IPAs and pale ales. In recent years some brewers have produced black IPAs, which is a veritable oxymoron, but combine the roasty flavours of dark beers with the hoppiness of IPAs.

MILD Milds tend to be ales of low alcoholic strength and hop content, producing a more rounded flavour less bitter on the palate and on the nose than more highly-hopped bitters. The majority of milds are darker in colour than bitters due to the use of a higher roasted malt and/or caramel malt content.

There can be considerable variations in mild style, colour and alcohol strength.

OLD ALE Old ales reflect a beer style available before brewing restrictions introduced during the First World War. Contrary to popular belief, old ales do not have to be strong, with some old ales available at 4%. Old ales can be full of complex flavours, rich fruity malts, tart fruits and spicy hop notes. Darker versions will have a more profound malt character with powerful hints of roasted grain and dark fruits. Sometimes aromas of polished leather and fresh tobacco may be detected (neither of which are part of the brewing process). The hallmark of the style remains a lengthy period of maturation in the brewery, during which complex flavours develop.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL PORTER AND STOUT

WHAT DOES 'UNFINED' MEAN?

Porters are dark, slightly sweeter ales, but still a little hoppy, made with roasted malt.

Historically, porters were the predecessors of stouts, and originated in London around 1730, becoming the most popular style of beer in England by the end of the 18th century. The fashion for the pale ales of Burton-upon-Trent from the mid-19th century ended the popularity of porters.

It’s only in recent years that this style has undergone a renaissance. Porters are less dark and fruitier than stouts.

Stouts are one of the classic types of ale; traditionally very dark, heavy, well-hopped and bitter, with a dry palate, thick creamy head and a good grainy taste thanks to the use of dark roasted barley malt in the brew.

The distinction between the two has eroded in recent years, and now often depends on the judgement of the brewer.

Milk stouts are a sweeter version of stout using lactose for sweetness, and there are now a wide range of flavours of stouts and porters thanks to the brewers’ skills, such as vanilla, coffee, and salted caramel marshmallow. White stouts are an interesting new concept, with the taste and aroma of a stout, but the look of a pale ale.

For centuries, isinglass finings have been used in cask beers to help produce clearer ‘fined’ beer. The enzymes in the isinglass react with the yeast in the ale and cause it to drop to the bottom of the cask (a process called ‘flocculation’).

However, isinglass is derived from the swim bladders of tropical and sub-tropical fish, meaning that beers fined in this way are not considered suitable for vegans. As a result, a growing number of brewers choose to use alternatives to isinglass to clarify their beer, such as Irish moss (carrageen), or even to not use finings at all, making their beer ‘unfined’. This can often make the beers naturally hazy, as there’ll be less flocculation occurring.

However, other additions, such as honey, oysters or lactose for milk stouts, mean that not all unfined beers will be vegan friendly, and not all naturally hazy beers will be unfined (if they include oatmeal in the brew for example).

SPECIALITY Speciality beers embrace all types of beer that contain a non-core brewing ingredient at the heart of the recipe intended to impart a distinctive and discernible flavour or character. Examples could be ginger, honey, various fruits etc. Our speciality beers also cover: wheat/weisse beers; lager-style ales; smoked malt beers (similar to the German rauchbier style); saisons (French for ‘season’); and sour beers (a style modelled on Belgian lambic/gueuze, or German gose). There’s likely to be an ale for everyone just within this style category.

Examples of beers at the festival that fall into this category are: Spartan - Helots Revolt 4.5% (lager); Husk - Delivery Tax 6.2% (saison); and Left Bank - Weizen Brett 6% (dark wheat beer).

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KEYKEG BEER A KeyKeg is a single use plastic container with the beer ‘bagged’ inside it. The KeyKeg beers we have at the festival are unpasteurised and unfiltered, and are dispensed using air pressure only. As with bottle conditioned beer, secondary fermentation takes place within the KeyKeg, so from a CAMRA perspective the beer is ‘real ale’. Our KeyKeg beers are dispensed via kegerator machines (often known by their brand name, Lindr), served chilled and tend to be lively.

LOCALE This is CAMRA’s environmentally friendly initiative for beer brewed within 30 miles of the outlet.

Our LocAle breweries are marked LOCALE BREWERY in this programme.

All our Hackney & East London breweries are marked EAST LONDON BREWERY

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e might have slightly fewer beers available this year but beer gurus Peter Gordon, John Pardoe and Keen Massey have again tried to keep the interest in new beers and breweries going strong. We know you like to try something different each year, so we look across the length and breadth of Britain to showcase the smaller microbreweries, as well as our wonderful breweries in East London. Our thanks

to suppliers, Kinver, who helped us source the beers from further afield and are an essential part of our team.

Our thanks also to those breweries that don’t usually produce cask ale, but who have agreed to do so for this festival.

To help you decide, we have a colour coding scheme and the breweries descriptions of their beers. We aim to give you the widest choice by having just one cask of each beer.

KEYKEG BEERS

GRISETTE 4.7% UNFINED. Sessionable Belgian style ale, with distinctive spiciness and a cleansing hint of sour, leading to a dry finish.

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ALONG THE TRAIL UNFINED. This smooth stout is jammed with vanilla and cocoa, then left to mature on pecans and buckets of maple syrup.

7.4%

MILLIONS OF YUZU UNFINED. Sour ale brewed with fresh yuzu and the addition of seaweed salt.

5.5%

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WALWORTH, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

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MILLIONS OF BRICKS 4% UNFINED. Coffee and cherry dark sour beer.

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COFFEE IMPERIAL STOUT 11.7% UNFINED. Biscuit and toffee malt, dark chocolate roast, americano-like coffee aroma and bitterness.

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CUVEE DE COLOGNE 5.8% UNFINED. For the 2021 release Nico has been aged in various oak barrels for 12 months with three brettanomyces strains, clausenil, bruxellensis and lambicus, before being blended together to become Cuvee de Cologne. Vinous white grapes, vanilla, oak and a touch of barnyard funk mouthfeel with a delicate tart finish.

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BERMONDSEY, GREATER LONDON BELGIAN ALE UNFINED. Belgian Pale Ale, spicy nose, fruity bodied and firmly bitter. Belgian yeast is the heart of the flavour, and UK Goldings hops give a spicy, hedgerow, grassy edge.

SEXAGENARIAN XX 4.5% UNFINED. Funky Champagne Porter with brettanomyces and saccharomyces yeasts, as well as bacterial strains of lactobacillus and pediococcus.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL Our draught UK cask beers are arranged alphabetically by brewery name on the right-hand side of the venue (starting near Glasses). All our UK KeyKeg beers are located on one bar (next to the Foreign Beer bar), on the other side of the venue.

Not all beers can be on together due to limited stillage space, so please refer to the labels on the casks for what is available when you visit. To view a live beer list on your phone, please visit pigs.realaledb.com.

Our Cellar Team and Bar Managers will ensure that as soon as a beer is in best condition it will be on sale, and of course replace beers that have sold out with new beers as quickly as possible.

A suggestion for anyone new to the festival, the strength (ABV%) of the beers varies considerably. If you are in for a session, we suggest you start with the lower strength beers first. That way you can appreciate their subtle flavours more, starting with the strongest beers could have quite an impact on your ability to walk, or even think!

Enjoy yourselves and the beers on offer, have a safe journey home, and do please return another day to enjoy yourselves all over again.

Cheers!

WHITE LABEL SERIES BARLEY WINE 11.1% UNFINED. Absolute beast of a beer with body of luxurious smooth caramel, intense malt flavours and hint of nutty umami on the palate, with a delectable warming alcohol finish.

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Bar Managers

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READING, BERKSHIRE DAMMIT 7% UNFINED. A sequel to last year’s Online Songs IPA, this is loaded with Citra, Mosaic Lupomax, Simcoe and Strata. Soft and wellbalanced with notes of mango, melon and orange.

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URBAN ALCHEMY LOCALE BREWERY

ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD UNFINED. Medium bodied stout with chocolate, coffee, caramel and liquorice notes.

5.5%

ZOMBIE VACCINE UNFINED. Hoppy pale ale with citrus and passion fruit flavours.

4.9%

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THREE BEAN STOUT UNFINED. Vanilla, cocoa and tonka stout.

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CF185 IPA Latest in a line of single hopped IPAs.

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ADNAMS SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK OLD ALE Traditional winter warmer with flavours of red fruit, roasted grains and a hint of caramel.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL TURNING TIDE Caramelised, sweet bready character, balanced by the acidity of raspberries, with hints of hedgerow fruit and citrus flavours from Bramling Cross and Endeavour hops.

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4.1%

FAVERSHAM, KENT BAD FOR EDUCATION 10% UNFINED. Big bodied imperial stout - a little sweet, with dark chocolate, light vanilla and almond flavours.

CROYDON, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

THE GOLDEN BITTER 4% UNFINED. Golden coloured bitter combining two fine English hops, Ernest and Endeavour.

The perfect balance between traditional English brewing and contemporary hop development.

B

THE PFEFFERNUSSE 6% UNFINED. Stout that’s spiced with German Pfeffernusse biscuits. Not overly sweet, just really drinkable and very much Christmas in a glass.

P

BEERBLEFISH WALTHAMSTOW, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

CASKADING CASCADE 5.3% UNFINED. 2021 green hop ale! Caskading Cascade is a lovely fruity pale ale showcasing Cascade hops (citrus and floral) grown near Walthamstow.

G

LADY MILDMAY UNFINED. Traditional dark mild with a light body, low bitterness and chocolatey notes.

3.8%

MIXED-FERMENTATION IPA 5.9% UNFINED. Mixed fermentation ale based on heritage recipes. Assertive malt character balanced by bitterness and wild yeast (brett claussenii).

I

BEOWULF BROWNHILLS, STAFFS CLOUT Pale gold bitter with hints of caramel and a long lasting bitterness.

B

6%

LOCALE BREWERY

CUILFAIL CHOCOLATE MARMALADE UNFINED. Addition of bitter Cuilfail marmalade compliments the roasted malt flavours of chocolate, raisin and liqurice.

8.2%

HOXTON DARK MILD UNFINED. Mild roast aroma with medium bitterness and a dry finish.

3.2%

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EVERY STATE UNFINED. Light medium bodied pale ale with a piney aroma and a grape hop character.

4.3%

BOXCAR BETHNAL GREEN, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

DARK MILD UNFINED. Dark ale with flavours of dark fruits and burnt sugar.

3.6%

NATIVE PLACE UNFINED. Easy drinking pale ale, full of Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and Azacca hops.

4.6%

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BRUHA EYE, SUFFOLK SESSION PALE Session strength pale ale using the best East Anglian malted barley combined with Citra and Centennial hops.

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3.9%

BY THE HORNS / JIDDLERS TIPPLE SUMMERSTOWN, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

PANETTONE PASTRY STOUT UNFINED. Full bodied stout conditioned with fresh orange zest, raisins and vanila.

Then seasoned with brandy and rum for that essential boozy Panettone experience.

P

6.5%

CABIN CHESN’T 3.9% Traditional English mid brown session ale, with smooth and rounded flavour and bitterness from old English hop varieties Northern Brewer and First Gold.

B

HOXTON, GREATER LONDON

M

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BILDESTON, SUFFOLK

BLOCK

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5.5%

BOUTILLIERS

ANSPACH & HOBDAY

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RULE 55 UNFINED. Full bodied beer that allows the Centennial and Amarillo hops to shine.

I

P

PETE’S PORTER Rich dark black coloured English porter.

4.2%

CASTLE ROCK / WILD CARD NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

P

PINT OF PLAIN A robust porter brewed in collaboration.

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Seating inside and outside. Wine, cocktails and spirits also available.

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Tap East is a Brewpub located in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, with a wide range of Craft beers from both London and further afield on tap in addition to award winning cask ales brewed on site.

Opening hours: Monday-Wednesday 12.00-21.00 Thursday-Saturday 12.00-22.00 • Sunday 12.00-18.00 Visit us at 7 International Square E20 1EE Follow us on

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The Palm Tree

127 Grove Rd, Bow E3 5RP

(down Haverfield Road and go right in the park).

A Traditional award winning and Good Beer Guide Listed East End Public House.

Two constantly changing guest beers.

Live music from 9.30pm Friday and Saturday and 8.30pm on Sunday.

Remembering Val - the spirit of the Palm Tree - with love and affection

Alf, Kerry and Paul would like to thank everyone for their custom this year and wish you all the best for Christmas and the New Year!

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BLUE SHACK A traditional bitter ale.

3.8%

COOL BAY Hoppy and zesty style pale ale.

3.9%

PORT JACKSON UNFINED. Smooth and malty black ale with a light silky mouthfeel.

4%

COLCHESTER WAKES COLNE, ESSEX

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FLAMING GUN Single hopped Sorachi IPA.

LAZARETTO BLONDE Very pale blonde ale that’s clean, crisp and fruity. Hops are Bramling Cross.

4.8% 4%

OLD MORTALITY 4.3% Dark bitter ale with a distinctive edge to the bitterness and flavour provided by the dark malts.

B

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS Fresh amber coloured green hop beer that’s packed with hops.

B

4.1%

CONSTELLATION TONBRIDGE, KENT DRACO 4.2% All English hop blend lends this copper coloured bitter the perfect balance between malty and hoppy.

B

INDUS 3.9% Session IPA blending floral and citrusy hop flavours with a light colour and full refreshment.

G

DARK STAR PARTRIDGE GREEN, WEST SUSSEX SOLAR ECLIPSE 4.5% Jet black in colour with roasted coffee and rich chocolate notes. But don’t be fooled – brewed with an abundance of New World hops, this IPA teems with bright, zesty tropical flavours.

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DEVIANT & DANDY HACKNEY, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

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AND THEN CHINOOK UNFINED. Single hopped hazy pale.

COFFEE OATMEAL STOUT UNFINED. Coffee oatmeal stout brewed in collaboration with Perky Blenders Roastery.

P

GREAT BADDOW, ESSEX

3.8%

IT WAS A GOOD DAY 5.6% UNFINED. Big hoppy West Coast style IPA.

5%

EAST LONDON

LEYTON, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT 10% UNFINED. Sumptuous, velvety-smooth imperial stout, with dark chocolate and molasses notes. Brewed with a variety of dark malts, black treacle and demerara sugar and barrel aged in ex-whisky Speyside barrels.

P

BEYOND THE TOWER 3.8% UNFINED. Amarillo, Chinook and Mandarina Bavaria hops give this pale, slightly hazy, session IPA its citrus, tropical and resinous flavours.

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COWCATCHER (DRY HOPPED WITH GALAXY) 4.8% UNFINED. American Pale Ale dry hopped in the cask with Galaxy. It has an amazing citrus, peach and passionfruit aroma!

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CRANBERRY JAMBOREE 4.8% UNFINED. An all-English golden ale, hopped with Bramling Cross to impart berry notes and complemented with whole cranberries and organic cranberry juice for a tart finish.

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PALE ALE (DRY HOPPED WITH ARCHER) 4% UNFINED. House pale ale dry hopped in the cask with Archer, a new British variety described as apricot, peach and floral.

G

PALE ALE (DRY HOPPED WITH HALLERTAU BLANC) 4% UNFINED. House Pale Ale dry hopped with Hallertau Blanc: fruity, with wine-like qualities of gooseberry and grape, grassy notes, some say similar to that of Sauvignon Blanc wine

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QUADRANT FOREST FRUIT EDITION 5.5% UNFINED. An elegantly smooth stout with a silky mouthfeel, rich dark fruit flavours and hints of coffee with a combination of blackcurrant, blackberry and raspberry aroma that remind Ribena!

P

QUADRANT WITH VANILLA & ROASTED COCONUT 5.5% UNFINED. An elegantly smooth stout with a silky mouthfeel, rich coconut flavour and hints of vanilla.

Organic roasted coconut has been added to the cask as well as Bourbon-Madagascar vanilla.

P

TWO SWANS UNFINED. An unfiltered naturally hazy pale ale with a silky mouthfeel. Generously dryhopped with Mosaic, Ekuanot and Motueka.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL WOOD STREET COFFEE IMPERIAL STOUT 10% UNFINED. A limited edition variant of the 10th anniversary imperial stout, brewed with local roasters Wood Street Coffee, who provided a very special blend of Arabica coffee varieties to add notes of milk chocolate, orange and almond.

P

LOCALE BREWERY

BAD INDIAN 4.6% UNFINED. Tropical hazy IPA, loaded with five types of grain, five types of hops, and East Coast yeast.

I

ELUSIVE

GOOD POINT WELL MADE Brand new collaboration brew of a strong dark mild.

5%

M

FULLERS

OREGON TRAIL 5.8% UNFINED. Big hoppy West Coast style IPA.

FIVE POINTS EAST LONDON BREWERY

BEST 4.1% Single-hopped best bitter, brewed with Fuggles. Refreshing and smooth with notes of caramel and biscuit.

B

DERAILED PORTER 5.5% UNFINED. Notes of bittersweet dark chocolate, dark fruit and berries, and light brett funkiness on the nose. The brett yeast has a noticeable cherry flavour and because brett consumes complex sugars, there’s less residual sugar in Derailed compared to Railway, giving it a dry and light body.

P

GREEN HOP BULLION Only brewed and released once a year.

Green hop beers use fresh hops straight from the bines, and brewed within 24 hours of hop picking. This beer showcases Bullion hops.

3.7%

GREEN HOP UK CASCADE Same as above but showcases UK Cascade hops.

3.7%

RAILWAY PORTER UNFINED. Possibly the finest British porter - smooth and full bodied, bursting with aromas of chocolate and roasted coffee.

4.8%

B

LONDON PORTER 5.4% Award winning ale. Rich, dark and complex.

FULLERS / MOOR

CHISWICK, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

REBIRTH 6% Collaboration inspired by the very first ESB recipe, but with hops from Britain, Australia, Slovenia and the USA to create a rich and complex beer.

GILBERT WHITE’S

SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE

HACKNEY, GREATER LONDON

B

P B

FINCHAMPSTED, BERKS

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EAST LONDON BREWERY

LOCALE BREWERY

HAROLD WOOD, ESSEX

P

HACKNEY, GREATER LONDON

CHISWICK, GREATER LONDON

EASTSIDE

I

FIVE POINTS / TURNING POINT

GILBERT’S WASS-ALE Strong Scotch ale flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, bitter orange peel and Belgian candi sugar.

8.5%

SULLIVAN BLACK Rich dark, strong and flavoursome porter, loaded with intense dark malts.

7.5%

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GOODNESS

WOOD GREEN, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

WOOD GREEN HOPPING CITY English Pale Ale made with freshly picked hops from the gardens of North London.

G

4.5%

GRAIN

HARLESTON, NORFOLK PRICKLY PIG Smokey, spicey and berrylike–full of the flavours of autumn. A lovely warming beer, copper in colour and malt driven.

B

4.6%

GRAVITY WELL

LEYTON, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

NUCLEAR PASTA–CHOCOLATE GINGER IMPERIAL STOUT 8.5% UNFINED. Thick, rich and luxurious stout with decadent dark chocolate up front and a pleasing warmth of ginger in the finish. All rounded out with a touch of vanilla.

P

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A RATHER LOVELY MICROPUB IN NORTH EAST LONDON • Cask Ale • Craft Beer • • Fine Cider • PLUS a not-so-micro range of cans and bottles

11-12 The Broadway, Highams Park, E4 9LQ

3 minutes walk from Highams Park Overground Station

THE LITTLE GREEN DRAGON ALE HOUSE North London’s first cask ale micropub

WINNER OF CAMRA GREATER LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2018 At least 4 cask ales served by gravity from our cool room, plus craft beers, ciders, perry, wine and gin.

Buses 329 and 125 stop outside. Nearest station: Winchmore Hill or Piccadilly line to Wood Green then 329 bus to Green Dragon Lane.

THE LITTLE GREEN DRAGON ALE HOUSE 928 Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, London N21 2AD

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL REFERENCE FRAMES UNFINED. Juicy IPA featuring Citra, Mosaic and Centennial hops with blood orange juice added at the end of fermention.

I

7%

BURTON-ON-TRENT, STAFFS MASTERPIECE (WORTHINGTON WHITE SHIELD) Classic English IPA with aromatic hops.

I

GREEN JACK OLD COCK 4.4% Rich chestnut brown ale with fruity flavours, deep fruit aroma and a nutty finish. A real winter warmer.

O

HACKNEY / WILD CARD WALTHAMSTOW, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

MYSTERIOUS SPECTRE HAZY PALE UNFINED. Hazy pale ale with TNT blend and Mosaic hops. Pillowy soft on the palate with big tropical fruit character.

5%

HALTON TURNER BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS BLIND SPOT 5% UNFINED. Robust, smooth and very quaffable stout with roast coffee and chocolate flavours.

P

SECOND GUESS IPA UNFINED. Amber coloured easy drinking English IPA, light on body and big in bitterness.

I

5.3%

APA 4.5% American style pale ale packed with Cascade hops resulting in a clean bitterness and a light hoppy aroma.

HARTLEBURY HOOKER 4% Dry hopped IPA with a slight citrus/fruity flavour.

4.3%

HEDGEDOG

FRUITY FLIPPER 5.2% UNFINED. With the addition of a blend of summer fruits, DDH pale Flipper League has evolved into Fruity Flipper! Juicy fruit notes burst from this heavily hopped and colourful concoction. A true one-off cask.

WE BUY TEETH UNFINED. American Brown Ale that has mature flavours, simple styling and comfort throughout. Caramel and shortbread notes are balanced by resinous hops.

B

5.5%

HUMBER DOUCY

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PALE ALE Hoppy, sessionable pale ale.

LIGHTHOUSE PALE UNFINED. Pale cloudy, hazy golden colour ale with big grapefruit aroma.

4.8%

RED EYE Rich red coloured ale with caramel, toffee and summer berry aromas.

4.1%

3.6%

4.4%

HUSK

SILVERTOWN, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

DELIVERY TAX 6.2% UNFINED. Traditional saison brewed using noble European hops. Spiced up with ginger, juniper and citrus hints to compliment the saison yeast notes.

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DOCK LIFE UNFINED. Pale ale brewed with Citra, Nelson Sauvin and Wai-iti hops.

LOCALE BREWERY

22

6.1%

G

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VIRGINIA WATER, SURREY

B

DUNES OF THE CAPE UNFINED. DDH fresh hop IPA using American ‘Frozen Fresh’ hops, shipped cold from Yakima. This DDH pale contains the full, complex and tropical expression of these hop varieties with an extra resinous punch.

I

KING SLAYER Traditional bitter brewed with Target and Jester hops. This beer has a piney flavour with hints of blackcurrants.

G

G

EAST LONDON BREWERY

B

HARTLEBURY, WORCS

RAMBO MANGO Dry hopped mango infused IPA with tropical fruit and passion fruit notes.

HACKNEY WICK, GREATER LONDON

BACTON, SUFFOLK

HARTLEBURY

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5.6%

HOWLING HOPS

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK

G

HERITAGE

4.9%

IRON PIER

NORTHFLEET, KENT LOCALE BREWERY

AMERICAN BROWN Subtle roast malts, a hint of sweetness and refreshing citrus hop character.

B

4.6%

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL ERNEST 3.6% UNFINED. Single hop Ernest sour pale ale. Apricot and melon from the hops, with a soft refreshing sourness.

X

ESB 5.3% Full flavoured bitter with bready malts, toffee, plum and raisin notes and balancing bitterness.

The hops bring subtle honey, orange and spice.

B

JOINED AT THE GREEN HOP Golden ale brewed with Hukins Goldings.

Honey and spice from the hops dominates the aroma, whilst a blend of malts adds complexity.

G

4.5%

JOINED AT THE HOP. ADMIRAL & AMARILLO 3.8% A hint of bready malts, with orange rind and slightly herbal hop character.

G

JOINED AT THE HOP. SIMCOE & BREWERS GOLD 3.8% Bready malts, with grapefruit, pine and berry character from the hops.

G

ISLA VALE MARGATE, KENT GOLDING DELICIOUS Easy drinking golden session ale made with Golding and Comet hops

3.8%

WEST BAY BITTER Traditional bitter ale, made with East Kent Goldings, Fuggles and Brewers Gold hops.

Malty and bitter with English hop aromas.

4.4%

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BARNES, GREATER LONDON 5%

EARTH 4.8% UNFINED. Dark red porter with roasted and dark chocolate flavours with hints of molasses, pine and grapefruit.

P

PETAL 4.8% UNFINED. Light hazy pale ale with a refreshing and slight wheat taste with hints of grapefruit and lime with a bitter finish.

G

LEFT BANK LLANGORSE, POWYS BRONCO UNFINED. Clean and floral black IPA with peppery resinous rye and lingering bitter finish.

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HOPPLA SESSION IPA UNFINED. Highly hopped stew coloured IPA with apricot aroma, big burst of pineapple and a smooth bitterness.

4.2%

TY COCH ALE UNFINED. Tangy red ale showcasing Endeavour and Brewers Gold hops.

4.2%

WIEZEN BRETT UNFINED. Rich dark wiezen (wheat) bock, hopped with Mandarina Bavaria and aged on brettanomyces for a fruity funk.

6%

I B

LEIGH-ON-SEA, ESSEX

BOATYARD IPA UNFINED. Leaning towards a West Coast IPA, brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, Mosaic and Simcoe hops for a moderate tropical fruit flavour with a well balanced bitter finish.

4.7%

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BLACK EDGE 6.5% UNFINED. Black IPA, strong, roasty and hoppy.

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RACING RUDOLPH Dark malty brown with a hint of spice.

KINVER KINVER, STAFFS

CAVEGIRL UNFINED. Pale bitter brewed with Pilgrim hops and extra pale malt.

6%

1890 COURT OF THE PECULIAR 5.6% UNFINED. Brewed as part of the Leigh on Sea Brewery Pilot Kit Heritage Series, this old ale is full of dark fruit, brown bread and sweet chocolate flavours.

AMPTHILL, BUCKS

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RINGMER, EAST SUSSEX

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KELCHNER

B

KOOMOR (BREWED AT FRANKLINS)

LEIGH ON SEA

LOCALE BREWERY

CHASING SHADOWS STOUT UNFINED. Medium to full bodied oatmeal stout that’s creamy and full of chocolate aromas.

4.7%

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JEFFERSONS

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EDGE OF 17 UNFINED. Golden ale brewed with a blend of American hops to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the brewery.

G

4%

5%

PHIRE N LIME 4.5% UNFINED. Brewed for 2021 Collabageddon event with Neptune Brewery from Liverpool. One of only two cask versions of this German style gose which was brewed with samphire and lime.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL LITTLE EARTH PROJECT CELLAR DOOR 4% UNFINED. Dry, funky, lightly sour grisette with citrus undertones. Brewed with a saison yeast and a house mixed culture to give it a more sour finish.

X

LORDS GOLCAR, WEST YORKS MIDNIGHT RAMBLE Classic dark mild, sweet on the palate but dry on the finish.

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3.6%

LOCALE BREWERY

4.6%

6%

MOONSHINE PORTER 4.5% UNFINED. Malted barley, roasted and chocolate grain aromas bring a light to medium bodied mouthfeel.

Finishing with hints of dry dark fruits and roasted grains.

P

3.8%

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WALTHAMSTOW, GREATER LONDON

PILSNER Crisp, clean and refreshing pilsner packed with citrus and pine flavours.

4%

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TOTTENHAM HALE, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

BROWN ALE 5.6% UNFINED. Hoppy notes of summer fruit and pine mingle with a rich and complex malt base.

B

PALE FIRE UNFINED. Sessionable, with tropical aromas from Mosaic and Amarillo hops. A juicy pale with balanced bitter finish.

G

4.8%

EAST LONDON BREWERY

BARBARA’S BREKKIE– SMOKED PORTER UNFINED. Coffee, booze and cigarettes. The perfect breakfast!

P 4.2%

NO BOUNDARIES 3.9% UNFINED. Hazy dry hopped pale ale brewed with Mosaic, Centennial and Chinook hops.

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PILLARS

FOREST GATE, GREATER LONDON

BLOXWICH, WEST MIDLANDS CHASING SUNSHINE UNFINED. Ripe tropical fruit with smooth finish from lactose and oats.

5%

PRETTY DECENT

NEW INVENTION

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NECTARON UNFINED. Naturally hazy, dry hopped IPA with tropical fruit flavours.

I

PRESSURE DROP

LOCKDOWN LAGER 5.2% UNFINED. Bottom-fermented light orange coloured lager. Medium bodied with caramel malt character, balanced by a modest hop bitterness.

TRUMPINGTON TIPPLE Amber coloured beer. Gentle fragrant floral and hoppy aromas lead to a mellow malt flavour with a pleasing bite from the addition of English and American hops.

4%

HELLES 4.8% Munich helles-style lager with new world hops. Golden in colour, clean and easy drinking.

X

B

CENTENNIAL Pale bitter that is crisp, dry and refreshing; floral, citrus and resinous flavours.

G

X

FULBOURN, CAMBS CELLARMAN’S STOUT UNFINED. Sweet stout with rich malt profile. Dark roasted malts are blended with large quantities of oats and wheat to create a mellow, silky smooth and juicy rich stout.

OSSETT, WEST YORKS

EAST LONDON BREWERY

MOONSHINE

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OSSETT

VOODOO 5% Deliciously rich, full bodied chocolate orange stout, brewed from pale, roasted and chocolate malts.

HAMMERSMITH, GREATER LONDON

B

4.2%

P

MACINTOSH ALES

BEST BITTER UNFINED. A balanced beer brewed with floor-malted Maris Otter and Kentish hops.

OVER THE OCEAN American style pale ale brewed with Cascade, Chinook and Centennial hops.

G

EDWARDSTONE, SUFFOLK

THE GREATEST LOVE STORY UNFINED. A love letter to Simcoe.

Single hop Simcoe, with big dry hop – a keg and can best seller, but exclusively cask for Pig’s Ear. Earthy, sweet guava notes.

G

5.3%

4.5%

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THE ELEANOR ARMS

460 old ford road, bow, london e3 5jp www.eleanorarms.co.uk • 020 8980 6992

Opening hours Monday to Friday 4 - 11 Saturday 12 - 11 Sunday 12 - 10.30

Live Jazz every Sunday Close to Victoria Park, Canal and London Stadium part of the shepHerd neame family of pubs, winner of brewery of the year 2021 in the good PUB guide

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CHRISTMAS BEER NIGHT With a festive themed collection of beers from the popular MALDON based brewery

FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER FROM 5.00PM

ADMISSION FREE ❄ SNACKS AVAILABLE ❄ Plus FREE MINCE PIES LEYTON ORIENT SUPPORTERS CLUB, THE BREYER GROUP STADIUM, OLIVER ROAD, LONDON E10 5NF

T: 020 8988 8288 E: loscinfo@aol.com W: orientsupporters.org T: @lofcsupporters Just a few minutes from Leyton (Central Line) Station. Buses 58, 69, 97, 158 & W14 to Coronation Gardens

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL WASTED JOURNEYS UNFINED. Hazy single hopped Mosaic New England IPA.

G

6%

TOTTENHAM, GREATER LONDON

LYE, WEST MIDLANDS BUMBLEBEES 4.3% Brewed with real runny honey and the finest English hops giving a smooth bitterness with a slight sweet honey taste.

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GENEVA Brewed with English hybrid hops from Worcestershire bringing new world taste and mango and passion fruit aromas.

5%

PUMPHOUSE COMMUNITY 4.3%

RAMSGATE BROADSTAIRS, KENT HPA 3.7% Modern, balanced pale ale with delicious juicy US hops. One for the hopheads.

G B

4%

LOCALE BREWERY

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FELLOWSHIP COFFEE PORTER Award winning porter with added coffee.

CHERRY PORTER Porter with big flavours of cherries, chocolate and liquorice.

FELLOWSHIP DRY HOPPED PORTER Fellowship porter dry hopped in cask with Bramling Cross.

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SIREN PICTURE PUZZLE Red IPA with Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops delivering tropical fruits.

I G

5.8%

SUSPENDED IN CENTENNIAL UNFINED. Centennial, Simcoe and Chinook hops give this pale ale big aromas of mango and fruit juice, full of citrus, resinous hop character, with a balanced bitter finish.

4%

SLY BEAST WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON LOCALE BREWERY

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BEAM ENGINE Straw coloured pale ale brewed with American Cascade hops.

TOTTENHAM, GREATER LONDON

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ROADIE 4.3% Session IPA rarely seen in cask. Citrus fruit notes of grapefruit and lime.

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4 FOOT 2 4.5% UNFINED. Dark style London porter with aromas of biscuit and caramel, with chocolate undertones.

REDEMPTION

AMERICAN PALE ALE Extra pale ale that’s fruity and citrus like.

SIGNATURE BREW

FINCHAMPSTED, BERKS

TOPPESFIELD, ESSEX

WAR HORSE Brewed to mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. Roasted caramel flavours balanced with an earthy spiciness from the East Kent Goldings and Fuggles hops.

VICTORIAN MILD 6% Collaboration mild brewed with Kernel Brewery, initially in 2011. Sweet caramel chocolate malt base, well hopped with Amarillo, smooth finish.

M

EAST LONDON BREWERY

G G

LOCALE BREWERY

WALTHAMSTOW, GREATER LONDON

VERDANA 4.3% Smooth golden ale brewed with minstrel hops, creates a spiced berry aroma with subtle notes of orange fruits.

THE 9TH’S HAVOCS Refreshing, hoppy American style pale ale, brewed with Cascade hops.

4%

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RASPBERRY AND LIME PALE ALE Light coloured easy drinking pale ale, flavoured with raspberries and lime

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SWAMP DONKEY UNFINED. Hazy New England IPA full of tropical fruit flavours.

5%

SOLVAY SOCIETY LEYTON, GREATER LONDON

5.1% 5.1%

EAST LONDON BREWERY

EXOTIC PHYSICS 5.5% UNFINED. This is an IPA–but unconventional and exotic. Gooseberry and melon hop flavours compliment a subtle blend of Belgian fruits and spicy qualities, packed with plenty of soft grassy undertones.

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SOUTHWARK LOCALE BREWERY

SOUTHWARK SINGLE HOP PROGRAMME, HUELL MELON 5% Huell Melon achieves a balance between typical hop notes and sweet impressions of honeydew melon, apricot, strawberries, with a hint of flowery characteristics.

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SOUTHWARK FLAT WHITE COFFEE 5.2% Full bodied stout, with a twist… it isn’t black! Specially roasted coffee beans from Bermondsey are separately brewed and added to the fermentation vessel to give a rich coffee flavour with big mouth feel from oats and wheat, finishing with a subtle bitter aftertaste.

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SPARTAN

CERBERUS 6.2% UNFINED. Strong dark, and reminiscent of fruit cake.

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HELOTS REVOLT Cross between a helles and a pilsner brewed with English hops.

4%

4.5%

SWORDS & SANDALS 4.6% Session IPA with English hops used for bittering, but packs a punch with popular US varieties for aroma.

STOW FEN BUNGAY, SUFFOLK BROADWATER GOLD Lightly coloured beer that really suits anyone with a taste for fruit.

4.2%

MOULDINGS PORTER 6.5% Oak-aged porter that is highly complex, extremely smooth and with a hint of chocolate to finish.

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5.2%

TAP EAST STRATFORD, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

308 TO CLAPTON POND UNFINED. Quaffable session IPA with stone fruit flavours and aromas.

4%

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EAST END MILD UNFINED. Dark mild with roasted and fruit flavours. No other beer has made more appearances at our beer festival.

3.5%

SIDNEY STOUT UNFINED. Quaffable session IPA with stone fruit flavours and aromas.

4.3%

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MADE NORTH Manchester-style bitter which pours a bright golden colour.

3.8%

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HAWAIIAN PIZZA BEER UNFINED. Melange of tropical notes, overlayed with smoked ham notes from the beechwood–smoked malts.

BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE

LOCALE BREWERY

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BERMONDSEY, GREATER LONDON

DEMETER Green hop pale ale brewed with Challenger hops fresh from Kent. Light and sweet up front with a resinous dry finish.

TANKLEYS (BREWED AT BEERBLEFISH)

AMERICAN PORTER UNFINED. Full bodied porter with notes of chocolate, but not sweet.

6.3%

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DARK MAGUS (VANILLA EDTION) 4.7% UNFINED. Special version of this rich, thick and smooth milk stout with added vanilla.

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OLD NORMAL Juicy pale ale with loads of Citra hops.

4.2%

VAPOUR TRAIL Lovely beer packed full of flavour without the high ABV, a very drinkable session beer which is light and refreshing.

3.8%

TITSEY TITSEY, SURREY

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GREEN & GOLD Fresh green hopped golden ale.

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BASTARD COVID Smooth IPA, easy drinking for its strength.

6%

EAST LONDON BREWERY

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UPRISNG (BREWED BY WINDSOR & ETON)

CAPRICORN 6.1% UNFINED. Hazy New England IPA hopped with Azzaca, Cryo Citra and Cryo Sabro.

WINDSOR, BERKS LOCALE BREWERY

PALE ALE Hoppy refreshing pale ale made with Citra and Idaho 7 hops.

MULLED BEAMQUAKE 4.5% UNFINED. A spiced graf (apple beer) - a unique ale/cider hybrid with warming winter spices.

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SHOUT 4.2% UNFINED. Six of the loudest hops give a face-full of zesty and juicy aromas.

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CHINOOK 4.7% American IPA brewed with Chinook hops PADDOCK PORTER Dark, silky chocolate ale.

4.8%

QUESTION MARK American pale ale.

4.5%

UXONIAN 4.9% New World pale ale brewed with NZ hops.

WIBBLERS SOUTHMINSTER, ESSEX WOBBLY DRAGON 10.9% UNFINED. Warming barley wine that can only be described as dangerous. Brewed in 2018, this beer has been allowed to mature in cask for three years.

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SCORPIO BLACK 5.4% UNFINED. Black IPA hopped with Waimea on the hotside and finished with a dry hop of Cryo Loral, Cryo Mosaic and experimental US hop Cryo HBC 472.

WINDSOR, BERKS

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4.3%

WINDSOR & ETON

UTTOXETER, STAFFS BARTLEY BITTER Copper coloured mild English bitter with sweet toffee tones.

BITTER 4.2% Smooth easy drinking best bitter.

LOCALE BREWERY

CHESTNUT ALE RUM EDITION Malty sweet brew full of nutty and vanilla flavours enriched with dark rum.

5%

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GOD COP Copper bitter infused with hop leaves for a tangy flavour.

4.8%

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT 10% A beer to be savoured–luscious, dark and rich.

WOODCOTE MANOR DODFORD, WORCS

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SQUIRES GOLD 4.5% Best bitter made with English hops and barley.

XPA EXTRA PALE ALE 3.9% Extra pale ale, hop forward with fruity aromas from large additions of Simcoe, Mosaic, Cascade, Citra and Cluster hops, balanced by a full body.

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FOREIGN BOTTLED & DRAUGHT BEERS

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he foreign or overseas beer bar will feature bottled beers (and some cans) from some of the smaller breweries of Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the USA, alongside draught key kegs.

This year we also have a special selection of beers all the way from New Zealand!

Styles represented include: trappist, blond, dark, lambic, wild, saison, sour, fruit, kolsch, aged and wheat. Please bring a pint glass to our bar as we need the extra room to serve the beer properly.

Our beer order was not final at the time of printing: other bottles, cans and draught beer will be available – see bar lists at the festival.

ABBEY & TRAPPIST

NORTH END NEW ZEALAND

ST BERNARDUS BELGIUM 10%

one of the best beers in the world.

AMBER, RED & BROWN

RIEGELE GERMANY 7.5%

LIMITED EDITION #2 750ml

11%

Barley wine with acacia.

8.2%

Festive dark ale without spices.

KEES NETHERLANDS BARREL PROJECT 2019/10 330ml Can 11.2% Barley wine aged on Heaven Hill barrels.

LAGERS, PILSNERS & KOLSCH (ALL BOTTLES 500ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

NOGNE O NORWAY Complex malty Belgian-style dubbel.

5%

ST FEUILLIEN BELGIUM

CAZEAU BELGIUM

TWIN OTTER

FOREIGN KEY KEG Not all the foreign draught beers will be on at any one time. Look out for some special surprises!

SPEZIATOR DUNKEL & STARK Dark brown in colour, bold malty aroma with hints of fruit

An abbey quadrupel which is regarded as

TOURNAY DE NOEL

Foreign Beer Bar Manager

SIN EATER 440ml A malty, tawny coloured mild ale with a decent dose of oats.

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

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ADAM MILLER

FRUH GERMANY 8%

KOLSCH 4.8% Clear, pale and refreshing.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL FRAU GRUBER GERMANY HELLES 440ml 4.8% Highly-rated helles-style lager.

FUERST WIACK/LOST & GROUNDED (UK) GERMANY BERLINER LANDBIER 440ml Helles style lager brewed in collaboration with Lost & Grounded.

5%

PILSNER 4.9% Classic dry pils.

VINOHRADSKY PIVOAR CZECH REPUBLIC 4.8%

ZAMECKY PIVOVAR FRYDLANT CZECH REPUBLIC 5%

10.1%

CUVEE DE RANKE 750ml Sour beer blended with lambic

7%

7%

CUVEE #4 Slightly sour red ale with berry taste.

6%

HAAND NORWAY 11%

HAANDBAKK Sour red ale aged in oak barrels for two years.

8%

HANSSENS BELGIUM

KERERU NEW ZEALAND 8.5%

OUDBEITJE Fresh strawberries macerated in young lambic oak barrels.

6%

LETRA PORTUGAL

NOGNE O NORWAY 10%

SORI ESTONIA

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FRAMBOISE 750ml 7% Barrel aged dark sour ale matured in NZ white wine barrels and then for a second time in Kentucky bourbon barrels. Then three months on NZ raspberries.

HAAND NORWAY

KEES NETHERLANDS

DARK HUMOR CLUB Dessert-like imperial stout with cacao nibs, espresso and over 100 bourbon vanilla pods.

FIELD TRIP 330ml 3.5% Berliner weisse with passion fruit.

KREIK DE RANKE 750ml Sour ale fermented with cherries and blended with lambic.

DE MOLEN NETHERLANDS

SVART JUL 500ml Imperial tropical stout.

4%

DE RANKE BELGIUM

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

IMPERIAL NIBS A dark rich porter full of chocolate, coconut and burnt toffee flavours.

BERLINER RYESSE BLACKBERRY 330ml Intense sour blackberry.

DE RANKE BELGIUM

STOUTS & PORTERS

BARREL PROJECT 2016/09 Imperial stout aged on Girvan barrels.

ALVINNE BELGIUM

DEEP CREEK NEW ZEALAND

FESTBIER 5.7% Oktoberfest marzen

OYE & OJHA Baltic-style porter.

GYPSY FRUIT 500ml 8% Sour ale aged in wine barrels for up to two years, then a further six months on a metric tonne of local organic grapefruits before being heavily dry hopped.

BREKERIET SWEDEN

WAGNER GERMANY

ALBRECHT 12 Brewed with Pilsner malt and Saaz hops. Matured for two months.

(ALL BOTTLES 375ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

8 WIRED NEW ZEALAND

JEVER GERMANY

VINOHRADSKY 12 Unfiltered and unpasteurised Czech lager brewed exclusively with Saaz hops.

SOURS & LAMBICS

8%

SPONTAN BLUEBERRY 300ml Spontaniously fermented sour with blueberries aged in oak.

7%

MOA NEW ZEALAND SOUR CHERRY (2016 VINTAGE) Barrel aged lambic cherry beer.

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THE THIRTY SEVENTH PIG'S EAR BEER FESTIVAL MOA NEW ZEALAND SOUR GRAPES (2016 VINTAGE) Belgian style lambic grape beer.

NORTH END NEW ZEALAND 6%

NOGNE O NORWAY KREIK OF TELEMARK 330ml 6.5% Cherry sour.

WHEAT, WHITE & WIT EINSIEDLER GERMANY 5%

GLAZEN TOREN BELGIUM JAN DE LICHT Spicy dubbel witbier.

7%

SCHNEIDER GERMANY AVENTINUS EISBOCK Freeze-distilled weizen bock.

12%

7%

GRAND EPEAUTRE Hoppy spelt saison.

5.5%

TO OL (BREWED AT DE PROEF BELGIUM) DENMARK F**K ART - THE HEATHENS ARE COMING 5.4% Burnt yellow coloured saison with brettanomyces yeast.

DRAUGHT KEG 8 WIED/PINTA (POLAND) NEW ZEALAND

TO OL (BREWED AT DE PROEF BELGIUM) DENMARK 9.9%

KERERU NEW ZEALAND 6%

OPIUM CAKE 11% Imperial milk stout based on a traditional Polish poppy seed roll. Big, strong, roasty, sweet and fruity.

DEEP CREEK NEW ZEALAND UKULELE 4.5% Peach and ginger sour.

MALTGARDEN POLAND THESE THREE LETTERS 6% Hazy IPA brewed with Talus, Sabro and Enigma hops.

CROOKED STAVE USA ST BRETTA 375ml 5.8% Brettanomyces citrus wild sour ale.

GOOSE ISLAND USA SOFIE (2017) 355ml 6.5% Belgian style saison aged in wine barrels with orange peel.

LETRA PORTUGAL IMP5RIO Imperial saison aged in Moscatel barrels for four months.

SECRET GARDEN (HARVEST SERIES) 440ml Herb saison that’s tangy, lightly tart and extremely fruity.

JOKER AND THE THIEF 6% Blackcurrent sour with a heavy dose of American hops.

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

MANUKA SAHTI A sahti is a Finnish-style, tree-flavoured farm ale, traditionaly made with juniper boughs.

Our Manuka Sahti is a New Zealand version of sahti, made using manuka leaf added at the boil. The flavours are subtle and refreshing.

NORTH END NEW ZEALAND

8 WIRED NEW ZEALAND

SPECIALITIES BLACK MALTS & BODY SALTS Highly-rated black coffee DIPA.

7%

STOCKHOLM BREWING/ DE LA SENNE (BEL) SWEDEN

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

WEISSBIER 500ml Wholehearted weissbier with a fruity scent.

LOST ORCHARD (HARVEST SERIES) 440ml Pear saison.

10%

PRIZM FRANCE SNAKE PIT POETRY Hoppy IPA barrel aged for 3 years (300 IBU).

7%

STRUISE BELGIUM TORA TORA TORA VINTAGE 2019 Quintuple IPA barrel aged for three years.

18%

URBANAUT NEW ZEALAND WEST END STOUT Luxurious complex stout that’s full of flavour.

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TAKE AWAY BRITISH BOTTLED & CANNED BEER BAR W elcome to the British Bottled & Canned Bar. This year we’re proud to offer an attractive range of beers brewed in the UK. We have a choice of the finest IPAs, stouts and even foreign style beers amongst others. Most of the beers are stonkingly strong, in the hallowed Pig’s Ear tradition of stocking imperial stouts and barley wines. All of them are bottle or can conditioned - the equivalent of ‘real ale’.

The beers are unpasteurised and with enough yeast to give a flavour enhancing

secondary fermentation regardless of whether presented in a bottle or can.

As our Christmas gift to you buy any 6 bottles or cans to take away and there is a discount.

Please note that the list shown here is liable to change, and not all beers will be available at every session – once they are gone, they are gone!

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RUSTIQUE 750ml 8.5% Strong Belgian pale ale

BALTIC PORTER 500ml 6.9% Baltic-style porter

BURTON BRIDGE

HECKINGTON, LINCS

BEESTON

BEESTON, NORFOLK MAGNIFICENT MEN 500ml 7.2% Strong amber ale

BRICKNELL

HULL, EAST YORKS SLAVANKA 1873 330ml 7.5% Imperial stout SLAVANKA EXPORT 330ml 11.7% Imperial stout SLAVANKA SPECIAL RESERVE 330ml 11.3% Whisky oak-aged imperial stout

BRODIES / MIKKELLER (DENMARK)

KEEN MASSEY

Bottled Beer Bar Manager

BURTON UPON TRENT, STAFFS TICKLE BRAIN 500ml 7.5% Abbey-style beer

COASTAL

REDRUTH, CORNWALL EUPHORIA 500ml 10.5% Barley wine IMPERIAL STOUT 500ml Imperial stout

9%

EAST LONDON

LEYTON, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT 750ml Barrel-aged imperial stout

10%

BIG MOFO STOUT 330ml 10.5% Strong hoppy stout

IMPERIAL STOUT 300ml Imperial stout

10%

BURNING SKY

WOOD STREET COFFEE IMPERIAL STOUT 330ml 10% Coffee imperial stout

LEYTON, GREATER LONDON EAST LONDON BREWERY

FIRLE, EAST SUSSEX SAISON ANNIVERSAIRE 2019 750ml Saison aged in French chardonnay barrels.

7%

RASPBERRY MONOLITH 750ml 7.8% Blend of Monolith and two other mixed ferm dark beers aged on fresh raspberries.

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HINDRINGHAM, NORFOLK BOB`S TALE 330ml 8.8% Barley wine

ORBIT

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IMPERIAL STOUT 330ml 11.7% Imperial stout

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BROADSTAIRS, KENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 500ml 8.5% Barley wine HIGH TIDE 500ml Belgian triple

7%

SAMUEL SMITH

TADCASTE, NORTH YORKS STINGO 550ml Oak aged strong ale

8%

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BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE COURAGE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT 275ml 10% Imperial stout

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elcome to the cider bar. Here you will find a selection of ciders and perries, all made naturally.

Cider is just about the easiest drink to make. Generally speaking, in the West of England and Wales, specific cider apples are used. In other parts it is common to use a mixture of eating and cooking apples. They are crushed and the juice pressed out. It is then left and either the natural yeast in the fruit or a cultured yeast is used and with the natural sugars, will ferment until you end up with an alcoholic drink known as cider. This will usually be very dry and can then be sweetened to make a medium or sweet drink if desired. Perry,

usually made using specific perry pears, is produced in exactly the same way.

A lot of the larger producers use apple concentrate instead of juice, add lots of water, colouring and flavouring, pasteurise the cider and then add gas. One thing that it isn’t is natural. The majority of ‘fruit flavoured’ ciders use concentrate or syrup and are then watered down so they pay the lowest rate of duty. They are, for duty purposes, classed as wines and not ciders.

If you have not tried real cider and perry, why not give it a try? You may be pleasantly surprised.

MICK LEWIS Cider Bar Manager

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CIDERS

SEB’S

DUCKCHICKEN

Cider made from organic and unsprayed orchards. We will have two different single variety ciders, one dry and one medium.

FURZEDOWN, LONDON Small producer. It is hoped to have a single variety cider made from Bramley apples.

GANLEY & NAISH KENN, SOMERSET Small producer founded in 2011. It is hoped to have Mourning Drop, a single orchard cider.

HECKS STREET, SOMERSET Well known producer based in the centre of the town. We will have a single variety cider.

LLANBLETHIAN ORCHARDS COWBRIDGE, GLAMORGAN Welsh producer who started in 2006.

MILL LANE

KING’S CAPLE, HEREFORDSHIRE

W.M. WATKINS GROSMONT, GWENT Founded in 2003. It is hoped to have a whisky cask cider called Twisted Oak.

WEST CROFT BRENT KNOLL, SOMERSET Producer who started in 1994.

WILKINS MUDGLEY, SOMERSET Very well-known producer from many CAMRA festivals.

WILLIAMS BROTHERS BEDWAS, CAERPHILLY Small producer who started in 2009 after making cider just for themselves. We will have a cider called Biffyn.

STEBBING, ESSEX

WISE OWL

Very small producer who started in 2018,

WELSHPOOL, POWYS

after originally being a hobbyist.

Producer who started in 2014 in Kent, and then moved to Wales.

OLIVER OCLE PYCHARD, HEREFORDSHIRE Very well known producer who is also a soundman for bands like the Proclaimers.

We should have a cider called Shazam.

ORCHARD PROJECT WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON Local producer using donated apples. In the future their ciders will be made in South London by Hawkes Cider, which is owned by Brewdog. We

PERRIES HARTLAND TIRLEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE Very well-known family producer.

PALMERS UPLAND ROGERSTONE, NEWPORT Another hobby producer who grew it into a business.

will have a single variety cider made with Yarlington

ROB’S

Mill apples and a cider called Local Fox.

HILLSIDE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

ROB’S

Perry from a very small producer.

HILLSIDE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

W.M.WATKINS

Very small producer, who has always made

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