Beer Festival
Written by: landlord on Mar 21st 2008
Once again The Sidings Beer Festival is here and yet again we are proud to offer over 50 real ales to try. With a generous mix of Milds, Stouts, Light Session beers, Strong Ales and a sneaky raspberry fruit beer too, we hope to cater to your taste-buds and have you coming back for more!
This year we are hoping to interact with you, the opinionated drinker, to find out which are your likes and dislikes so we have an idea of what to get again through the year and to assist us in the selection for next year’s festival, so boxes will be placed around the pub with a top 3 list for you to fill in.
For a record of your festival experience the notes this year have space for a score so you can rate the beers you have tasted and then debate with your fellow tipplers on how you are right and they are wrong in their judgement!
Based on appearance, aroma, flavour and overall impression, here’s the Sidings Beer Rating Guide:
- - one sip shocker!
- - one pint wonder!
- - Oh go on then, one more!
- - Oh so nearly nectar!
- - Optimum imbibement, I’m here for the night!
Here’s the list of this year’s beers:
[you can also download your own copy of this as a PDF ]
Brewery |
Beer |
A.B.V% |
| 3 Rivers | Manchester I.P.A | 4.2 |
| Adnams | Adnams Bitter | 3.7 |
| Black Dog | Whitby Ale | 3.8 |
| Black Sheep | Riggwelter | 5.9 |
| Cains | Dark Mild | 3.2 |
| Coachouse | Gunpowder Mild | 3.8 |
| Cotleigh | Tawny | 3.8 |
| Cottage | Southern Bitter | 3.7 |
| Cottage | Normans Conquest | 7.0 |
| Dark Star | Espresso Stout | 4.2 |
| Elgoods | Greyhound Strong | 5.2 |
| Elland | Nettlethrasher | 4.4 |
| Elland | Best Bitter | 4.0 |
| Exmoor | Exmoor Ale | 3.7 |
| Exmoor | Exmoor Stag | 5.2 |
| Frog Island | Natterjack | 4.8 |
| George Wright | Blonde Moment | 4.0 |
| Goachers | Mild | 3.4 |
| Green King | I.P.A | 3.6 |
| Green King | Old Speckled Hen | 4.5 |
| Green King | H & H Bitter | 3.9 |
| Gribble | Bashful Beaver | 4.3 |
| Hawkshead | Ulverston Pale Ale | 4.1 |
| Hesket | Great Cock Up Porter | 3.0 |
| Hobsons | Old Henry Ale | 5.2 |
| Hoddens | Golden Glow | 4.4 |
| Hook Norton | Hooky Bitter | 3.6 |
| Milestone | Raspberry | 5.6 |
| Moles | Moletap | 3.5 |
| Mordue | Radgie Gadgie | 4.8 |
| Nethergate | Old Growler | 5.0 |
| Shepherd Neame | Spitfire | 4.5 |
| Shepherd Neame | Bishops Finger | 5.0 |
| Shodlow | Cavandish Gold | 4.5 |
| Skinners | Ginger Tosser | 3.8 |
| Springhead | The Leveller | 4.8 |
| Taylors | Golden Best | 3.5 |
| Thwaites | Mild | 3.0 |
| Titanic | Steerage Best | 3.5 |
| Tom Wood | Best Bitter | 3.5 |
| Trad’ Scottish Ales | Lomond Gold | 5.0 |
| Tring | Ridgeway Bitter | 4.0 |
| Village Brew | Old Raby Ale | 4.8 |
| Wadworth | 6X | 4.3 |
| Wadworth | Bishops Tipple | 5.0 |
| Westeham | British Bulldog Best | 4.3 |
| Whitehorse | Whitehorse Bitter | 3.7 |
| Wickwar | Mr Perrets Stout | 5.9 |
| Wychwood | Hobgoblin | 4.5 |
| Wychwood | Three Lions | 4.0 |