THE BEER LIST Black Iris Ilkeston, Derbys IPA No 4 5.5% Amber coloured, some red fruit and citrus to taste, biscuity malts.
Burning Sky
Black Wolf Throsk, Stirling Rok IPA 4.0% Modern twist on an IPA, jammed with fruity flavour and tantalising bitterness.
Bushys Douglas, Isle of Man Star of India 4.5% Light golden hoppy ale with floral yet not overpowering aromas and a smooth mouthfeel.
Gold Digger 5.0% Citra hopped blonde beer bursting with grapefruit and peach flavours. Bootleg Manchester Metro Pilot 3.8% Pale coloured, fermented at a higher temperature to give sweeter taste. Brampton Chesterfield, Derbys Impy Dark 4.3% Packed the gunwales with roasted coffee and chocolate and aroma flavours, yet delicately hopped, just how a mild should be. Brentwood Brentwood, Essex Chockwork Orange 6.2% Deep chocolate, malty beer brewed with oranges to give it that extra pizzazz and matured to create a classic ‘old ale’ style. Bristol Beer Factory Bristol Nova 3.8% Maris Otter, CaraPils and wheat malt allow the bright, fresh and zesty hop aromas to shine underpinned by herbal and floral notes. No. 7 4.2% SAT ONLY Best bitter with toffee malt flavours. Milk Stout ?% Creamy stout, the likes of which were brewed nearly a century ago on the very site of the brewery. Buffys Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk Vicenniale 3.8% Pale amber, heavily hopped. Buntingford Royston, Herts Single Hop seasonal 4.0% This one is, err, made with a single type of hop. No idea what one. But beer can be largely assumed to be golden or pale in colour. That’s usually the way!
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Worcester Beer, Cider & Perry Festival Programme 2014
Firle, E. Sussex
Plateau 3.5% Pale gold, crisp malt edge and sharp bitterness with a big mix of US and NZ hops.
Cairngorm Aviemore, Highlands Highland IPA 5.0% Powerful Amarillo bitterness exploding with late citrus flavours from Centennial hops and grapefruit from Perle hops. Calvors Ipswich, Suffolk Smooth Hoperator 4.0% All English hops and malt. Lovely rich golden colour and background sweetness. Brewed with top fermenting yeast to carry through the full flavour of a pale ale. Canterbury Canterbury, Kent Topaz 4.7% Belgian style treble hopped pale ale. Dry hopped with Summer and Topaz hops. Huge aroma and delicious tropical and passion fruit flavours. Cannon Royall Uphampton, Worcs Fair Maiden 4.1% Pale in colour with fruity overtones. Blonde Bombshell 4.3% Easy drinking summer ale. Castle Rock Nottingham Black Gold 3.8% Dark mild ale with some bitterness, full bodied, but not overly sweet. Crayfish 6.0% Strong golden coloured IPA, citrus nose, massive herbal bitterness. Caveman Dartford, Kent Citra 4.3% Hoppy pale ale with straightforward malt character that really lets the citrus flavours through from the Citra hops. Caythorpe Caythorpe, Notts Outlaw 3.8% Pale beer with real character. A fresh, smooth bitterness with a light orangey, citrus hop finish