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The following is the list of beers that are anticipated to be available in the 2017 festival.
Please note: this list is not final and is subject to change due to availability
| Beer name | Brewery | Abv | Style | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoperation IPA | Arkells | 4.20% | Golden | We’ve blended English and American hops to create a powerful, hop flavour in this pale ale, with oats and wheat in the grist to provide a smooth rounded finish. |
| Schooner | Black Dog | 4.20% | Golden | Golden coloured with a hoppy, but mainly sweetened fruity character. |
| Ngaru Nui | Black Iris | 6.00% | Super hoppy IPA | A "Big Wave", big hitting IPA brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops |
| Snake eyes | Black Iris | 3.80% | Pale | Grapefruit, orange, citrus aromas and flavours, good malt balance. Dry and drinkable. Fruity finish. Biscuit malt character |
| Chocolate Amarillo Gorilla | Blue Monkey | 4.90% | Stout | An award winning complex & malty stout with a rich chocolate aroma & flavours |
| Monkey Puzzle | Blue Monkey | 4.20% | Pale | Pale ale brewed with delightful mosaic hops |
| Brakspear | Wychwood | 3.40% | Amber | Amber in colour with a good fruit, hop, and malt nose. The initial taste of malt and well-hopped bitterness dissolves into a bitter-sweet and fruity finish. |
| Blue | Bull Brewery | 5.00% | Brown | deep ruby in colour with a gentle warming fruity aroma. |
| Orange | Bull Brewery | 5.10% | Golden | fittingly strong and brash, unleashing full hoppy flavour. |
| Ruby 1874 Mild | Bushys | 3.50% | Deep Red | An authentic 100% malt brewed mild with a fine aroma of crystal malt and fuggles and challenger hops. Deep red in colour, the flavour is well balanced creating a popular session beer. |
| Old Bushy Tail | Bushys | 4.50% | Reddish Brown | An appealing reddish brown beer with a pronounced hop and malt aroma, the malt tending towards treacle. Slightly sweet and malty on the palate, with distinct orangey tones. |
| Trade Winds | Cairngorm | 4.30% | Golden | Light golden in colour, with a high proportion of wheat giving the beer a clean fresh taste. |
| Wild Cat | Cairngorm | 5.10% | Amber | A smooth, deep amber coloured ale with a complex malt, fruit and hop flavour. |
| Bybrook Bitter | Castle Coombe | 3.50% | Golden Brown | An easy-drinking beer, smooth and balanced. Golden brown with a hint of sweetness and a mildly spicy aroma. |
| Circuit | Castle Coombe | 4.40% | Chestnut | A rich chestnut classic premium ale. A complex combination of malts and a gentle hop mix (Challenger/Fuggles/East Kent Golding's) gives rise to a beer full of body featuring treacle and chocolate undertones and a soft bitter finish. |
| Doing Little | Castle Coombe | 4.10% | Toffee | English best bitter. Toffee coloured and hoppy. Initial biscuit sweetness from the Maris Otter/Crystal malt mix gives in to a long, dry, fruity finish |
| Henry Normal | Castle Rock | 4.20% | Golden | Henry Normal’s namesake beer is understated and subtle with hints of dark fruit and spice |
| Preservation | Castle Rock | 4.40% | Red-brown | Preservation is a mid-brown/reddish easy drinking full flavoured best bitter. Well rounded with some residual sweetness and balanced with a resinous hop character |
| Cornish Cascade | Coastal | 5.00% | Golden | A rich, fruity, golden ale with a bittersweet finish. Packed with American Cascade hops. |
| Erosion | Coastal | 7.50% | Dark | A memorable strong ale with complex roast malt and hop flavours??and a moreish smack. A warming, dark old ale. |
| Gold | Corinium | 4.20% | Golden | A refreshing deep golden ale with a mellow blend of malts & hops and a soft bitter finish. |
| Ale Caesar IPA | Corinium | 5.00% | IPA | A stimulating and well-hopped IPA, with tropical fruit aromas, balanced with a pleasing bitterness. |
| Elderflower | Corinium | 3.80% | Pale | A light & refreshing pale ale with Citra hops and a delicate dose of elderflowers. |
| Marshall Port Stout | Derwent | 5.70% | Ruby | Named after Silloth’s tidal dock , with an addition of half a bottle of fine ruby port to each 9 gallon firkin. |
| Parsons Pledge | Derwent | 4.00% | Amber | A complex recipe producing a golden amber bitter, with a delicate caramel, biscuit body. |
| Honey Blonde | Downton | 4.30% | Straw | A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, added to the smooth sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and Mexican honey |
| Choc Orange Delight | Downton | 5.80% | Stout | A speciality old ale that speaks for itself. Pronounced chocolate flavours and a pleasant orange addition combine perfectly in this delightfully different offering |
| Elder Quad | Downton | 4.00% | Pale | A pale generously hopped session beer. Hints of sweetness, and a subtle elderflower aroma, provide a terrific balance to the hops. A real thirst-quencher! |
| Lady Ruby | Grafton | 4.50% | Ruby | A ruby coloured ale. Fruity on the nose. An initial bitterness on the palate which then leads to a cherry explosion on the back of the tongue. |
| Marmalady | Grafton | 4.80% | Golden | A deep golden coloured ale brewed with Northdown hops and then?marmalade is infused with ale to give this beer its flavour. |
| Citra | Hopback | 4.00% | Golden | Brewed with English Pioneer and American Citra hops, this golden thirst-quenching ale has a lemony, grape-fruity aftertaste with a crisp dry bitterness, making your taste buds yearn for more. |
| Taiphoon | Hopback | 4.20% | Golden | A fantastic pale gold beer with hints of Lemongrass and coriander. |
| Summer Lightning | Hopback | 5.00% | Straw | An extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to an excellent long, dry finish. |
| Via Ferrata Ale | Jennings | 4.00% | Amber | Full bodied malty beer with a dry biscuit finish and a spicy blackcurrant hop flavour will have you hooked all the way. |
| Slumbering Monk | Joules | 4.50% | Amber | Our premium beer, full bodied with malty and nutty fullness, hints of caramel giving it a round, soft, satisfying smoothness. |
| Marion | Lincoln Green | 3.80% | Pale | Full bodied pale ale with citrus aromas and a hint of grapefruit |
| Hood | Lincoln Green | 4.20% | Bitter | Heroic Best Bitter in a classic English style with a rounded malt profile and hop finish |
| Elmo's Fire | Moles | 4.40% | Pale | Medium bodied pale ale. Refreshingly bitter with a fruity spicy aroma from the willamette hops, balanced by the maris otter malted barley leaving a long bitter finish. |
| Blinding Light | Prospect | 4.20% | Pale | An award winning?pale?refreshing beer with?citrus?and?spicy?notes alongside a?light, refreshing?taste. |
| Pophams Pride | Ramsbury | 3.60% | Amber | We crafted this amazing amber coloured ale using traditionally malted optic spring barley from our estate, and Golding hops for a smooth, delicate aroma and flavour. |
| Flint Knapper | Ramsbury | 4.20% | Amber | A select blend of pale ale and chocolate malt – and our use of Goldings hops – have given this smooth ale a rich amber colour and a taste with malty overtones. |
| Sun Splash | Ramsbury | 4.00% | Golden | ?full of citrus flavours, fruity on the nose with a bitter finish. |
| Good Old Boy | Renegade | 4.00% | Amber | Good Old Boy is brewed with a blend of rich Maris Otter malted barley and fruity Bramling Cross and Northdown hops to produce an exceptionally well-balanced and full-flavoured beer |
| Red Boar | Ringwood | 3.90% | Red | Ringwood's first red ale. A pronounced bitterness, complemented by subtle roasted malt undertones make this a well-rounded quaffable beer. Best enjoyed with a rack of ribs. |
| Hopper Potter | Scribblers | 4.20% | Golden | A lovely light coloured ale with with the citrus aromas of Cascade and Australian Galaxy hops |
| Masher in the rye | Scribblers | 4.80% | American pale | A golden coloured American style craft ale made with a dash of Rye malt. Delicate subtle aromas from Mt Hood and Stryian hops |
| Lordships Own | Shugborough | 5.00% | Ruby Red | Rich and smooth the complexities of a fine Christmas Pudding, ruby red in colour, fierce spicy hops and mellow roast barely, finished with a dry and comforting palette. |
| Barbury | Three castles | 3.90% | Pale | ?Balanced, easy drinking pale ale with a wonderful aroma and a hoppy finish. |
| Lupolo Gold | Three Castles | 4.70% | Golden | ?Honey Coloured, easy drinking. Slightly Floral, delicate aroma with a unique blend of lager & malt hops. |
| Spring Daze | Three Castles | 4.10% | Blonde | ?A blonde beer with stacks of ripe juicy flavours releasing a vibrant fruity aroma, giving a fine dry finish. |
| Saxon | Three castles | 4.00% | Brown | ?A Brown coloured session ale with a wonderful aroma and a hoppy, fruity palate. |
| Gaucho | Twisted | 4.60% | Ruby | A ruby bitter produced with a quadruple malt combination??and??seasoned with some classic English??hops that provide??the balance. The aroma is of soft fruits and coffee, a hint of chocolate - a long finish on the palate. |
| Pirate | Twisted | 4.20% | Copper | A classic English best bitter,??pale copper coloured with an aroma of roasted malt and coffee. A smooth flavour with undertones of nutty fruitcake - delicious. |
| Conscript | Twisted | 4.20% | Golden | A golden coloured ale made with a single malt. The hop combination produces a soft fruit aroma with floral notes. |
| Monument Bitter | Tyne Bank | 4.10% | Copper | copper coloured bitter. The carefully selected malt bill provides hints of caramel, which are perfectly balanced with the best English hops, giving notes of berry fruits. |
| Silver Dollar | Tyne Bank | 4.90% | Amber | This 4.9% ale features a glowing amber colour, robust malt base and west coast American hops.? |
| Red Feather | Welbeck Abbey Brewery | 3.90% | Amber | Red Feather is a robust auburn ale. Plenty of crystal malt gives this beer a rich colour and combination of bold walnut and bitter-sweet caramel flavours |
| Kaiser | Welbeck Abbey Brewery | 4.40% | Pale | Kaiser uses premium German lager hops which give this extra pale beer it’s biscuity-sweet but refreshingly herbaceous flavour |
| Hobgoblin Gold | Wychwood | 4.20% | Golden | Hobgoblin Gold is the latest beer carrying the little fella’s moniker, and while Gold might be lighter in colour, it’s definitely no lightweight. |