2011 Festival Beers - Hook Norton Festival of Fine Ales

1	Abbeydale	Cow Polish	5.0%		A pale IPA. Hoppy and delicious.	Yorkshire
2	Adnams	Regatta	4.3%		Light and crisp with a lovely biscuit backbone. A delicate palate with hints of lemon.	Suffolk
3	Alcazar	Sheriffs Gold	3.6%		Easy drinking pale ale with a light hop flavour.	Nottinghamshire
4	Arbor Ales	Artisan	4.8%		Hoppy bitter. Brewed with American hops. A malty best bitter with citrus flavours	Avon
5	Ashover	TBC	TBC		TBC	Derbyshire
6	Atomic Brewery	TBC	TBC		TBC	Warwickshire
7	Backyard Brewhouse	The Hoard	3.9%		Golden, hoppy, crisp and dry.	West Midlands
8	Badger	Firkin Fox	4.3%		Bronze coloured seasonal ale with a fruity/hoppy aroma.	Dorset
9	Ballards	Midhurst Mild	3.4%		Traditional mahogany brown, mild, smokey, roasted nutty aroma with sweet molasses and dark chocolate flavours.	Hampshire
10	Banks & Taylor	Dunstable Giant	4.4%		Brewed using pearl pale malt, wheat malt, dark crystal malt, roast barley and Golding hops.	Bedfordshire
11	Bateman	Triple XB	4.8%		Superb Classic Bitter with a complex palate of robust hop flavour balanced by malt.	Lincolnshire
12	Batham	Bottled Beer	TBC		TBC	Staffordshire
13	Best Mates	TBC	TBC		TBC
14	Bewdley	TBC	TBC		TBC	Worcestershire
15	Brains	Reverend James	4.5%		Full bodied and warming.	Glamorgan
16	Braydon Ales	Yer Tiz	4.1%		Here is it – a triple hopped, well balanced bitter!	Wiltshire
17	Breaconshire	TBC	TBC		TBC	Powys
18	Brough’s	Brough’s Blonde	4.2%		A light blonde beer with a crisp aftertaste	Shropshire
19	Broughton	Clipper IPA	4.2%		A light coloured, crisp tasting well hopped ale bearing all the hall marks of the “Indian Pale Ales”	Peeblesshire
20	Burton Bridge	TBC	TBC		TBC	Staffordshire
21	Butcombe	Butcombe Blonde	4.3%		A clean-tasting, refreshing, easy to drink premium beer. Light and fruity with a medium bitter finish.	Avon
22	Cannon Royall	TBC	TBC		TBC	Worcestershire
23	Carlsberg – Tetley	TBC	TBC		TBC	South Wales
24	Clark’s	Classic Blonde	3.9%		Very fruity pale straw-coloured beer. Light to drink with a spicy finish.	Yorkshire
25	Coors	Doom Bar	TBC		TBC	Staffordshire
26	Coors	Hancocks HB	TBC		TBC	Staffordshire
27	Coors	White Shield	TBC		TBC	Staffordshire
28	Cotleigh	Commando Hoofing	4.0%		An explosion of flavours originating from cascade and Styrian hops. A refreshing pale golden beer with a fruit filled finish.	Somerset
29	Cotleigh	Tawny Owl	3.8%		A West Country classic, well balanced light copper coloured bitter brewed using local malted barley and English whole hops. A subtle hop palate which blends with the sweetness of the malt, to give a beautiful and balanced bitter.	Somerset
30	Cotswold Brewing Co	Cotswold Lager	4.0%		Light and refreshing with hints of tropical fruit and elderflower.	Oxfordshire
31	Cotswold Spring	Apricot Harvest	4.7%		A light amber ale, flavoured with Amarillo hops and fresh apricots.	Gloucestershire
32	Cumbria	Loweswater Gold	TBC		TBC	Cumbria
33	Dark Star	Hop Head	3.8%		Clean drinking pale golden ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes.	Sussex
34	Darwin	TBC	TBC		TBC	Tyne & Wear
35	Donnington	Best Bitter	3.5%		Light, malty and delicious, from Hooky’s only real rival	Gloucestershire
36	Donnington	S B A	4.0%		A malty bitter from Britain’s most picturesque brewery	Gloucestershire
37	Dowbridge	TBC	TBC		TBC	Leicestershire
38	Enville	Ginger Beer	4.6%		Produced using root extract ginger this ingeniously created ginger beer has a flavour which is not overpowering and is very	West Midlands
39	Everards	Tiger Best	4.2%		An award winning best bitter brewed with crystal malt to give it a rounded toffee character. A classic example of the perfect balance between sweetness and bitterness.	Leicestershire
40	Felinfoel	Celtic Pride	5.0%		An amber gold ale with a powerful malty taste and an aroma of spicy fruits, dark berries, cherry, apple and some raspberry.	Carmarthenshire
41	Freeminer	TBC	TBC		TBC	Gloucestershire
42	Frog Island	Best Bitter	3.8%		Pale golden session beer. A malty aroma with a touch of caramel.	Northamptonshire
43	Fuller’s	Summer Ale	3.9%		Refreshing, light cool golden beer with crisp malts and Czech hops.	Middlesex
44	Goff’s	Summer Knight	TBC		TBC	Gloucestershire
45	Grainstore	TBC	TBC		TBC	Leicestershire
46	Greene King	Sundance	4.1%		Celebrate the summer with this fine ale brewed using pale malts and Fuggles hops to create a light, refreshing ale with floral and fruity aromas.	Suffolk
47	Greenodd	TBC	TBC		TBC	Cumbria
48	Harveys	Best Bitter	4.0%		A full, well-hopped bitter with a reputation that exceeds the borders of its native and adjoining counties.	Sussex
49	Harveys	Olympia Golden Ale	4.2%		A cool golden summer ale.	Sussex
50	Hogs Back	T.E.A.	4.2%		A pale malty bitter. A well crafted bitter sweet beer with a long dry finish.	Surrey
51	Holden’s	Summat Else	TBC		Cider	West Midlands
52	Holt	Humdinger	4.0%		‘Golden Brown in colour. Brewed with a combination of English malt, Mexican Aroma Honey and Citrus Flavoured hops. Winner of the Tesco Beer Challenge.	Greater Manchester
53	Hook Norton	Old Hooky	4.6%		A beautifully balanced beer, fruity by nature, with a well- rounded body and the suggestive echo of Crystal Malt.	Oxfordshire
54	Hook Norton	Double Stout	4.8%		Smooth and full-bodied with a refreshing hoppy aftertaste. A blend of dark malts give it a character all of it’s own. Black malt enriches the colour and teases the palate, and brown malt gives it the dryness.	Oxfordshire
55	Hook Norton	Haymaker	5.0%		A strong pale ale of distinctive taste. Plenty of Goldings hops during the brewing give it a certain something extra – like sunshine dancing on the tongue	Oxfordshire
56	Hook Norton	Hooky Bitter	3.6%		Subtly balanced golden bitter, hoppy to the nose, malty on the palate – a classic session beer.	Oxfordshire
57	Hook Norton	Hooky Dark	3.2%		A dark chestnut – coloured ale, crammed full of roast malt flavours, and complimented with superb dry-hop aromas from East Kent Goldings.	Oxfordshire
58	Hook Norton	Summer Haze	4.5%		The first wheat beer from Hook Norton. Light, fruity, highly effervescent and refreshing, an ideal drink for a summer’s day.	Oxfordshire
59	Hook Norton	Hooky Gold	4.1%		A pale, crisp beer; the Maris Otter malt gives it a bold, clear, confidence, while the traditional English Fuggles and Goldings and American Willamette hops give it the best of the old and the new	Oxfordshire
60	INBEV	TBC	TBC		TBC
61	Jennings	Cumberland Ale	4.0%		A superb golden coloured, full flavoured ale with a delicate hop character	Cumbria
62	Kingstone	Classic	4.5%		Distinctive hoppy, dry ale with a floral nose and a smooth well balanced finish.	Monmouthshire
63	Lees	Bitter	4.0%		A copper coloured beer with a malty, hoppy aroma. You are left with a distinctive malty aftertaste. One pint is never enough!	Greater Manchester
64	Loddon	Ferryman’s Gold	4.4%		Brewed using Slovenian hops which impart a zesty lime flavour.	Oxfordshire
65	Marston’s	Pedigree	4.5%		A superb golden coloured, full flavoured ale brewed with English Pale Ale malt and using only the finest English aromatic hops.
66	Nethergate	Lemon Head	4.0%		Hints of lemon and ginger.	Suffolk
67	Nomad Beer Co	TBC	TBC		TBC
68	North Cotswold	Shag Weaver	4.5%		Light coloured cask conditioned lager style brewed with New Zealand Hops	Warwickshire
69	North Cotswold	Bumble Beer	4.5%		Pale, balanced wheat beer, local honey and a touch of vanilla.	Warwickshire
70	Oakham	J.H.B.	3.8%		Dry hoppy finish with soft fruit flavours.	Cambridgeshire
71	Old Swan	Entire	4.4%		TBC	West Midlands
72	Otter	Otter Ale	4.5%		A pale brown, well balanced beer, with a predominant hop and malty taste and aftertaste.
73	Otter	Otter Amber	4.0%		An amber coloured beer with a complex and spicy aroma. The soft fruity taste has some bitterness from the carefully chosen hops.
74	Oxfordshire Ales	Marshmellow	4.7%		A classic, strong beer with generous warming flavour. The taste is deliciously fruity and malty with a lingering bitter	Oxfordshire
75	Oxfordshire Ales	Pride of Oxford	4.2%		A traditional English Ale, brewed for a contemporary real ale experience. Easy drinking, fruity and vibrant Pride of Oxford is refreshing and thirst quenching. Perfect for any social occasion	Oxfordshire
76	Patriot	Patriot	TBC		TBC	Warwickshire
77	Potton	Village Bike	4.3%		Auburn in colour with a complex hop character.	Bedfordshire
78	Purity Brewing Co	Pure Gold	3.8%		A refreshing golden ale. An easy drinking beer with a lovely dry and bitter finish.	Warwickshire
79	R C H	Hewish Mild	3.8%		A lighty, hopped bitter with a subtle sweetness and fruitful taste. Floral, citrus hop aroma all of which lasts well to the finish.	Somerset
80	Severn Vale	Dance	4.5%		A deep golden ale with luscious fruity hops leading to a subtle citrus-orange finish.	Gloucestershire
81	Sharps	Honey Gold	4.2%		a delicious golden beer brewed with five varieties of hops, honey and subtle spices (including ginger grown at Eden Project), giving a delicately spicy, citrus bittersweet flavour designed to quench the thirst during the warm summer months.	Cornwall
82	Shepherd Neame	Spitfire 3	4.5%		Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive…
83	Shepherd Neame	Spitfire 4	4.5%		Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive…
84	Shepherd Neame	Spitfire	4.5%		Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive…
85	Shepherd Neame	Spitfire 2	4.5%		Born to commemorate battle of Britain, and may yet win it. Dry, distinctive…
86	Skinners	Betty Stogs	4.0%		A pale mid-strength bitter with hoppy overtones.	Cornwall
87	Slaughterhouse	Saddleback	3.8%		An amber colour conversational bitter with a distinctive Challenger hop flavour.	Warwickshire
88	St Austell	Tribute	4.2%		Hoppy flavour and fresh citrus nose are good enough to rival any fine white wine.	Cornwall
89	St Georges	Lazy Days	4.1%		Straw coloured beer with a marked fruity taste to start and a bitter edge to finish.	Worcestershire
90	St Peters	Organic Best Bitter	4.5%		Clean, crisp lightly carbonated traditional English ale with a full citrus hop aftertaste.	Suffolk
91	Strands	TBC	TBC		TBC	Cumbria
92	Teignworthy	Gun Dog	4.3%		A light bronze ale full of golding hops which gives it a flowery, fruity, aromatic finish.	Devon
93	The Merrie Brewer	TBC	TBC		TBC
94	Three Castles	TBC	TBC		TBC	Wiltshire
95	Timothy Taylor	Landlord	4.3%		Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost “lemony” bitter. Madonna’s favourite beer!	Yorkshire
96	Timothy Taylor	Landlord 2	4.3%		Often regarded as one of the best ales in the country, fruity, almost “lemony” bitter. Madonna’s favourite beer!	Yorkshire
97	Tring	Side Pocket for a Toad	3.6%		Unmistakable citrus notes from only the best Cascade hops balanced with a floral aroma and crisp dry finish make this straw coloured ale a fantastic session beer.	Hertfordshire
98	Triple F F F	Dazed and Confused	4.6%		A genuine Hampshire pale ale, refreshing and moderately	Hampshire
99	Warwickshire	Market Ale	4.9%		An assertive golden brown beer characterised by a long lasting slightly resiny bitterness. The finish is fruity and warming with hints of spice and orange.	Warwickshire
100	Watermill Inn	Collie Wobbles	3.7%		A pale gold bitter with a slight citrus taste. A good hop and malt balance gives way to a thirst quenching dry finish.	Cumbria
101	Wells	London Gold	4.5%		A golden beer with a refreshing taste.	Bedfordshire
102	Wentworth	Pale Ale	4.0%		Golden, hoppy and very astringent.	South Yorkshire
103	Weston’s Cider	Old Rosie	7.3%		Allowed to settle out naturally after fermentation resulting in a truly old fashioned, full flavoured, appley, cloudy scrumpy with a well-balanced, medium dry character.	Herefordshire
104	Weston’s Cider	Perry	4.5%		Light and fruity with a well-balanced sweetness. A perfect drink for all occasions.	Herefordshire
105	White Horse	Wild Horse Bitter	3.7%	75	Using only the finest ingredients this golden bitter balances locally grown Challenge Hops with Yorkshires malt, to offer the discerning drinker a beer that will stop any horse in its tracks.	Oxfordshire
106	Whittingtons	TBC	TBC		TBC	Gloucestershire
107	Wickwar	Sunny Daze	4.2%		Golden in colour, this beer has an unforgettable flavour of fruit and malt, with a good hop aroma. Very refreshing, leaving you with a long lasting hop finish.	Gloucestershire
108	Wood	Shropshire Lad	4.5%		A strong well rounded bitter drawing from a fine blend of selected English malted barley, traditional English Fuggles and Golding hops.	Shropshire
109	Woodforde	Wherry	3.8%		Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. A background of sweet malt and a hoppy ‘grapefruit’ bitter finish characterises this champion bitter.
110	Wychwood	Hobgoblin	4.5%		Powerful, red, roasted malt brew. Hang on to your hats with this one!	Oxfordshire
111	Wye Valley	Bitter	3.7%		A delicate hoppy aroma leading to a full malty flavour ending in a crisp, clean bitter finish.	Herefordshire
112	Wyre Piddle	TBC	TBC		TBC	Worcestershire