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BANBURY BEER FESTIVAL 2015 - REAL ALE LIST
Rack
No.
Brewery
Beer
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Bespoke
The King’s Shilling
Region
ABV%
Gloucestershire
Locale
4.2
Berkshire
5.0
3
Binghams
Vanilla Stout
Brains
Dark
Cardiff
Wales
3.5
Cardiff
Wales
4.1
4
Brains
On The Fence
5
Brightside
Amarillo
Manchester
5.0
Brunswick
Caramild
Cats
Tabby
Cats
Bombay Stout
Celt Experience
La Téne
Celt Experience
Dark Age
Celt Experience
Bleddyn 1075
Celt Experience
Goddess Of The Spring
Derbyshire
3.5
Oxfordshire
Locale
Oxfordshire
Locale
Caerphilly
Wales
Caerphilly
Wales
Caerphilly
Wales
Caerphilly
Wales
4.1
Warwickshire
Locale
West Sussex
4.2
West Sussex
6.5
West Yorkshire
6.5
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6
7
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9
10
11
12
13
14
Church End
What The Fox’s Hat
Dark Star
Victorian Ruby Mild
4.5
3.5
4.0
5.6
6.0
6.0
16
Dark Star
Six Hop Ale
Elland
1872 Porter
17
Flipside
Russian Rouble
Nottinghamshire
7.3
18
Grafton
Framboise
Nottinghamshire
4.0
19
Great Heck
Stormin’ Norman
North Yorkshire
6.5
Northamptonshire
Locale
Aberdare
Wales
4.5
21
Great Oakley
Gobble
Grey Trees
JPR Pale Ale
22
Hart Family Brewers
No 3
Northamptonshire
Locale
4.7
Hoggleys
Mill Lane Mild
Hook Norton
Mild
Northamptonshire
Locale
Oxfordshire
Locale
3.6
Hook Norton
Hooky
Oxfordshire
Locale
3.5
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4.7
2.8
Tasting Notes
A moreish mild brown forest ale combining a full
malt flavour with a clean dry finish, lightly balanced
with classic English hops.
A deep dark brown stout infused with vanilla and
dark malts.
Pale, chocolate, crystal and brown malts combine
giving a clean taste with liquorice hints and freshly
ground coffee. A past CAMRA Champion Mild.
Well balanced and copper coloured ale, brewed with
pale and crystal malts and British Archer and
Minstrel hops. Floral aromas and fruity spiced berry
flavours compliment sweet malty character.
Crystal, caramel malts, and wheat produce a light
amber coloured pale ale with a complex malt profile
complimenting the single American hop variety.
A delectably smooth creamy mild brewed with bags
of caramel and malts including a touch of crystal.
A refreshing and fruity unconventional amber ale.
Soft nutty caramel aroma and nice apricot notes.
Local brewery’s new beer and first stout. A smokey
flavoured rose stout with chocolate and coffee notes.
A skilful balance of spice with dry-hopped pineapple
aromas in this tasty beer that punches above its abv.
A resinous mild with an elegant smooth chocolate
and a caramel body with a spice finish.
A commanding IPA balancing bitterness, sweetness
and a grapefruit finish.
A Farmhouse Saison, sour mashed, aged for weeks
with fresh strawberry, loganberry and raspberry
fruits giving rich vitality and a crisp, dry finish.
A full golden coloured beer with a soft hop flavour
and finish.
Soft flavours and gentle hops, but at full strength, the
way Mild should be brewed. Mashed with 100% mild
ale spring barley malt and then with Golding hops
give the restrained bitterness.
Six different varieties of hops, used during six stages
of the brewing process by six brewers. Extreme hops!
Rich, complex, dark Porter from original 1872 recipe,
with an old port nose, and coffee and bitter chocolate
flavours. CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer 2013 and
triple Champion Winter Ale (2010, 2013, 2015).
A strong dark Russian Imperial Stout with rich
chocolate and malt flavours, and liquorice roasted
notes. Brewed using traditional English hops.
A refreshing ale with initial fruitiness leading to
smooth bitter aftertaste. Fruity raspberry hint on the
palate and a slight citrus and zesty nose.
Strong golden ale with hoppy, fruity notes and a dry
finish. A tribute to the eponymous US General, no
way would this beer back down on the eve of victory.
A straw-coloured beer with a large smack of hops
giving a floral flavour.
Crystal and Marris Otter pale malts, infused with US
Chinook, Cascade and Simcoe hops, imparting both
citrus aroma and citrus taste. Inspired by legendary
Wales and British Lions rugby winger JPR Williams.
A fruity dark ruby mild beer brewed using English
malted barley, wheat and hops. Rounded, rich malty
fruitcake flavours and gentle spicy hoppiness.
A luscious dark mild full of malt with toffee,
chocolate, smokey undertones and light hopping.
A dark chestnut coloured ale, full of roast malt
flavours, and complemented with superb dry-hop
aromas from East Kent Goldings.
A subtly balanced, golden bitter, hoppy to the nose,
malty on the palate - a sound classic session beer.
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Athletic hoppy profile and an attractive amber
Oxfordshire
4.0
colouring. First brewed 18 years ago to celebrate the
Locale
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Hook Norton
Generation
27
Hook Norton
Lion
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.0
Oxfordshire
Locale
Kent
4.1
Kent
7.4
Staffordshire
4.3
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Hook Norton
Gold
Kent Brewery
Zingiber
Kent Brewery
Mad Cow
Imperial Milk Stout
Kinver
Night Jar
Kite
Cwrw Gorslas
Carmarthenshire
Wales
4.0
33
Kite
Jemima’s Pitchfork
Carmarthenshire
Wales
4.4
34
Kite
Dragon’s Revenge
Carmarthenshire
Wales
4.5
Merseyside
3.8
36
Liverpool Organic
Casdcade
Loch Lomond
Silkie Stout
Loch Lomond
Scotland
5.0
37
Loddon
Hoppit
Oxfordshire
Locale
3.5
38
Loddon
Reading Dark
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.2
39
Loose Cannon
English Brown Ale
Oxfordshire
Locale
3.9
40
Loose Cannon
India Pale Dry
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.3
41
Magpie
Angry Bird
Nottinghamshire
4.0
Cardiganshire
Wales
Cardiganshire
Wales
Somerset
4.3
Nottinghamshire
3.8
Northamptonshire
Locale
4.3
Northamptonshire
Locale
Bedfordshire
5.5
Gloucestershire
Locale
3.8
Gloucestershire
Locale
3.8
Gwynedd
Wales
4.0
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Mantle
Moho
Mantle
Cwrw Teifi
Milk Street
Funky Monkey
Nottingham
Rock Mild
Phipps NBC
Phipps IPA
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Potbelly
Crazy Daze
Potton
The Village Bike
Prescott Ales
Hill Climb
50
Prescott Ales
Spring Malted Mild
51
Purple Moose
Ysgawen
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4.5
4.0
4.3
birth of Hooky MD James’ son George. Happy
Birthday George.
Lion is perfectly balanced, fresh and fruity. A blend of
four malts and four hops gives a slightly sweet taste
and a wonderful aroma of dark fruit.
A very pale, crisp beer, with a hoppy character, a
fruity aroma and a pleasant, light taste.
A refreshing and uplifting light hoppy beer with
highlights of ginger.
A classic Milk Stout brewed to an Imperial style and
strength to give a fuller flavour and rounded body.
A rich, fruity mild beer with hints of cocoa and coffee
from the burnt malts.
After the spicy resinous hop aroma, the core
bitterness remains to the finish with dry fruit notes
alongside subtle undertones of roasted flavours.
A refreshing, crisp pale golden beer brewed with
Citra and Eldorado hops giving a brilliant undertone
of citrus, pear and melon.
A seasonal brew with floral and berry hop aromas
followed by a smoothness with subtle hints of
bitterness.
An intensely hopped light golden session bitter,
packed with U.S. and New Zealand Cascade hops
A rich dark chocolate stout. Coffee and chocolate on
the nose and finishing with coffee, chocolate and a
hint of orange on the palate.
Light amber ale with subtle orangey flavour from the
predominant East Kent Golding hops, while Pale Ale
malt and dark Invert Sugar give a smooth taste.
This new beer with a twist from Loddon is smooth,
roasty and mellow, yet hoppy. A dark mild with an
accompanying Porter hybrid style.
Wholesome, nutty, slight caramel sweetness, with
modest earthy hop flavour and bitterness – and of
course it is brown!!!
A dry hopped all pale malt brew. Crisp and straw
coloured with big hits of tropical fruits and citrus
flavours.
Medium bodied bitter with light malty, earthy and
slightly orangey undertones. Brewery donates 2p per
pint to the Ear Foundation charity.
Robust pale ale, finely balanced for a full on flavour.
A chestnut ale with a hoppy, fruity, blackcurrant
aroma with balanced, malt and nutty flavours.
With colour tints of gold and orange this ale exudes a
toffee fudge like nose and a juicy burst of orange
blossom sweetness on the palate. A dry finish
features a citrusy return and hint of passion fruit.
A smooth, dark mild with light roast and soft toffee,
caramel notes and a fruity, malty, biscuity flavour.
Brewed to an authentic 1930s recipe. A full-bodied
golden English ale with pale ale malt and a classic
blend of Goldings and Fuggles hops giving balanced
bitter and sweet flavour, and a smooth hoppy taste.
A very light golden bitter with hidden strength. SIBA
National Supreme Champion strong ale in 2006.
An amber-auburn coloured beer with a complex hop
character imparted through a blend of four hops.
Cascade and Bobeck hops combine with Maris Otter
pale malt and torrified wheat to create this thirst
quenching, awarding winning fruity golden pale ale.
Roasted barley, Fuggles and Goldings hops combine
with high malt content for the delicate traditional
mild flavour of this award-winning malted mild.
Refreshing seasonal pale ale brewed using Cascade
hops with the added indulgence of elderflower.
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A golden coloured fruity best bitter with a wellGwynedd
4.2
balanced hoppy finish. Named after the Afon Glaslyn,
Wales
52
Purple Moose
Cwrw Glaslyn
53
Purple Moose
Dark Side of the Moose
Gwynedd
Wales
4.6
Buckinghamshire
Locale
4.2
54
Rebellion
Crossed Swords
Buckinghamshire
Locale
4.5
55
Rebellion
Mutiny
56
Sadler’s
Peaky Blinder
West Midlands
4.6
57
Salopian
Lemon Dream
Shropshire
4.5
58
Siren Craft Brew
Soundwave
Berkshire
5.6
Berkshire
5.8
59
Siren Craft Brew
Liquid Mistress
60
Skinner’s
Betty Stogs
Cornwall
4.0
61
Springhead
Roaring Meg
Nottinghamshire
5.5
Derbyshire
5.9
62
Thornbridge
Jaipur
63
Timothy Taylor
Boltmaker
West Yorkshire
4.0
64
Tiny Rebel
Fubar
Newport
Wales
4.4
Newport
Wales
4.6
65
Tiny Rebel
Cwtch
66
Titanic
Plum Porter
Staffordshire
4.9
Hertfordshire
4.2
67
Tring
Bring Me Sunshine
68
Turpin
Golden Citrus
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.2
Turpin
Merriman’s Tipple
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.6
Buckinghamshire
Locale
4.0
70
Vale
Philosophy
Buckinghamshire
Locale
4.1
71
Vale
MaelstrØm Mild
Powys
Wales
3.7
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Waen
Lemon Drizzle
the local river.
Award-winning delicious dark ale with a deep malt
flavour from roasted barley and a fruity bitterness
from Bramling Cross hops.
Amber bitter with a distinctive fruity hop character.
Maris Otter pale ale and crystal malts combine with
Jester, a new British hop variety, to produce flavours
of blackcurrant, grapefruit and lychee.
English Fuggles, Goldings and American Cascade
hops with Maris Otter, crystal and chocolate malts
give a full bodied, well-balanced premium ale with
rich, complex malt character and hoppy flavour.
Brewed with five different malts and five different
hop varieties. Dark with fruity and spicy notes and
delicious yet refreshing and hoppy taste.
Modern English style beer with a small amount of
fresh lemon complimenting citrusy flavours from
wheat malt and Goldings, Saaz and Cascade hops.
A west coast golden IPA. Immensely hoppy and alive
with grapefruit, peach and mango flavours.
Subtle with dry bitterness and full of flavour
West coast red coloured, full bodied ale. Biscuit and
burnt raisin malt base, with contrasting soft peach
and citrus grapefruit sparks. Liquid Mistress is a
mysterious, seductive and disarming femme fatale.
Easy drinking copper ale with a superb balance of
citrus hops and malt. Hoppy overtones and a bitter
finish that is slow to develop but long to fade.
The brewery’s flagship brew – a surprisingly smooth,
classic IPA style beer. Sweet citrus and honey aroma
give way to a dry bitter aftertaste.
A stunning citrus dominated India Pale Ale.
Immediate impression is soft and smooth yet it
builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness
accentuated by honey for an enduring, bitter finish.
A well-balanced, genuine Yorkshire Bitter, with a full
measure of maltiness and hoppy aroma. CAMRA
Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2014.
A unique schizophrenic beer with floral hoppy
flavours up front, leading into a dry spicy bitterness
on the back. CAMRA Champion Beer of Wales 2014.
Cwtch is an untraditional Welsh Red Ale. Six malts
and two US hops go into this unique beer. Citrus and
tropical fruit dominate the taste, backed with
caramel malts balancing the moderate bitterness.
Dark strong well-rounded beer. The richness of this
rotund beer is achieved through Goldings hops and
natural plum flavouring. Sumptuous!
A hoppy, fruity golden-brown seasonal ale, brewed
with citrus hops in abundance. A tribute to the late
great entertainer Eric Morecambe who lived for a
number of years in Hertfordshire.
Award winning flagship brew, this golden ale is
steeped with Yakima Valley American hops giving a
powerful citrus taste.
A special brew from Turpin, this easy drinking dark
amber ale is full and malty with lingering chocolate
notes. This beer is dedicated to the memory of John
Merriman in respect of his services to real ale and
NothOxon CAMRA.
This beer is the epitome of Vale Brewery's
philosophy. Made using only the finest natural
ingredients of Warminster malted barley, water,
hops and yeast. A proper tasty English ale.
A MaelstrØm is a powerful swirling body of water
creating free vortices. This new dark stormy mild
from Vale has powerful roasted malts and a strong
hop character which are hard to escape.
Lemony vanilla golden pale ale A light subtle fruity
lemon sherbet after taste and vanilla undertone.
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Uses finest English pale and amber malts delivering a
Oxfordshire
4.2
real traditional brown bitter, hopped with English
Locale
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White Horse
Blowing Stone
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White Horse
TAPS
Oxfordshire
Locale
4.4
Woodforde’s
Wherry
Norfolk
3.8
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Wye Valley
Pedal Pusher
Herefordshire
4.2
Herefordshire
4.6
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Wye Valley
Dorothy Goodbody’s
Wholesome Stout
Buckinghamshire
Locale
Buckinghamshire
Locale
4.5
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Yorkshire
3.6
80
York
Guzzler
Yorkshire Heart
Get Pithed
Yorkshire
3.9
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Bramling Cross and Challenger. The Blowing Stone
stands below the White Horse in Kingston Lisle.
A real hoppy brew, pale in colour with a full fruity
Citrus hit on the palate, and a crisp clean finish.
Brewed to celebrate the brewery’s 10th anniversary.
Amber coloured ale with an orange citrus nose.
Fresh and zesty with crisp floral ‘orangey’ flavours.
Background of sweet malt and a hoppy ‘grapefruit’
bitter finish characterises a champion beer.
A bespoke ale celebrating the ‘Land of Hops & Glory’
cycle sportive. Pale-chestnut in colour with biscuity
toffee notes and a spicy hop finish.
A wonderful stout with intense roasted barley
flavours and a dry, bitter finish. This is a dark, fullbodied beer boasting roasted coffee notes and plenty
of hop flavour.
Full bodied black, heart-warming stout, brewed with
rich roasted malts and fresh English grown hops.
Brewed with new varieties of English hops. This is an
English IPA triple hopped with caramel malt notes
and lasting floral, hop character.
Refreshing crisp golden ale with dominant
Challenger and Celeia hops and pale malt character
Light citrus fruit flavours and overtones of grapefruit
developing throughout.
A fruity beer full of citrus orange flavours creating a
refreshing beer perfect for any time of the day.
KEY TO SYMBOLS
A = Amber B = Bitter D = Darks, Porters and Stouts
G = Golden M = Mild P = Pale
Locale = Beers from Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties.
Wales = Beer from Wales, the featured region for BBCF 2015.
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