Egham Beer Festival 15 - Provisional Beer List

BEER LIST (Provisional as at 11th July 2013)
Abbey Ford, Chertsey, Surrey (2013)
- TBC
Ascot Ales, Camberley, Surrey (2007)
- AJ Special #14 Coconut Imperial Stout (8.0)
ABC Aylesbury Brewhouse, Bucks (2011)
- Ikiru Mizu (3.6)
- Pure Gold (3.8)
- Whittle E28 (3.9)
- Chaos Theory (4.6)
- Calico Jack (Coconut Stout) (4.8)
Belleville Brewery, Wimbledon Common, SW20 (2013)
- Spring Break Elderflower (4.0)
- Northcote Blonde (4.2)
- Red Wheat & Blue (Blueberry wheat beer) (TBC)
Brecon Brewing, Brecon, Powys (2011)
- Imperious Beacons (Imperial Stout) (7.5)
Brightside, Bury, Lancs (2011)
- Manchester Skyline (4.2)
- Darkside Stout (4.6)
Brightwater Brewery, Claygate (2013)
- Little Nipper (dry hopped – stronger) (3.3)
- Daisy Gold (dry hopped) (4.0)
Caveman Brewery, Swanscombe, Kent (2013)
- Palaeolithic (3.8)
- Neolithic (4.1)
- Neanderthal (4.6)
- Chumash APA (4.9)
- Clovis Point Brown (5.5)
- Megalithic (5.9)
Cych Valley Brewery, Abercych, Pembrokeshire (2012)
- PPA (4.2)
Dark Star, Partridge Green, W Sussex (1994)
- 80 Shilling (4.8)
- Red Shift (5.5) TBC
Downlands Brewery, Small Dole, BN5 9XE (2012)
- Daytripper (4.2)
- Sick & Twisted (Coconut Porter) (6.0)
Goldmark Brewery, Poling, Arundel (2013)
- Amber (3.5)
- Hop Idol (3.7)
- Liquid Gold (4.0)
- Best Bitter (4.0)
- Classic Bitter (4.5)
Kent, Birling (2011)
- TBC 1
Little Beer Corporation, Guildford, Surrey (2012)
- 1917 Imperial Pilsner (limited edition in cask) (x.x)
Mash Brewery, East Stratton, Hants (2013)
- Mash Bitter (3.9)
- Mash Amber (4.3)
- Mash Gold (4.6)
- Mash Chocolate Stout (5.0)
Moran’s Brewery, Wraysbury, Berks (2013)
- TBC
Nutbrook, West Hallam, Derbyshire (2007)
- Mongrel (4.5)
- Midnight (4.7)
- Perfect 5 (5.0)
Moncada Brewery, London W10 (2011)
- Summer (dry hopped) (3.2)
- Amber (dry hopped) (4.7)
- Red (6.0)
Old Dairy, Rolvenden, Kent (2010)
- TBC (American hops) (5.5)
Pig & Porter, Faversham, Kent (2013) – cuckoo brewed at Mad Cat
- Crab & Winkle (light ale)(3.0)
Revolutions Brewery, Castleford, West Yorkshire (2010)
- Clash London Porter (4.5)
- Manifesto Stout (6.0)
Shamblemoose, Penge, London (2013)
- #7 Wyoming Pale Ale (x.x)
- #10 Smoked Porter (x.x)
- Pamplemoose Grapefruit (x.x) TBC
Siren Craft Brewery, Finchampstead, Berks (2013)
- Half Mast QIPA (2.8)
- Sweet Dream Stout (5.3)
Surrey Hills, Dorking, Surrey (2006)
- Shere Drop (dry hopped) TBC
Three Brewers, Hatfield, Herts (2013)
- Golden English Ale (3.8)
- Classic English Ale (4.0)
Three Friends, Birling, Kent (2013) cuckoo brewed at Kent
- TBC
Thurstons Brewery, Crown, Horsell, Surrey (2012)
- TBC
Tillingbourne, Shere, Surrey (2011)
- AONB (4.0)
- Hop Troll IPA (4.8)
Weird Beard, Hanwell, W7 (2013)
- Little Things That Kill (3.8)
- Five O’Clock Shadow (7.2)
- Hit The Lights (5.8)
- Fade To Black (6.3)
- Bad Habit (Belgian Tripel collab w/Northern Monkey)(8.0+)
Windsor & Eton, Windsor, Berks (2010)
- Park Life (3.2)
- Republika (4.8) *keykeg
XT Brewing, Long Crendon, Oxon (2011)
- XT1 (4.2)
- XPA (oak conditioned)(5.9)
- Animal Brewing Oink (4.6)
- Animal Brewing Eek (7.2)
Ciders plus hot & cold food most sessions
As usual the final list may vary somewhat from the above.

10th Egham Beer Festival 3rd-6th Nov 2011 report

This is a nice easy festival for me to get to, being 10 minutes walk from home. The usual great selection of beers from new brewerys and special beers from not so new ones. I worked at the outside bar on wednesday evening ( a preview session for club members), thursday and sunday evenings. I also visited friday afternoon but didn't work. I also manned the door for a couple of hours on sunday afternoon.

This was the state of play at thursday morning (with thanks to Bob Inman)

OUTSIDE `DARK' BAR
Ascot Ales - Last of the Blue Devils: Cassis – 8.0% – *Special*
Botanist - Night Porter – 5.0% – *New*
Brightside - Darkside Stout – 4.6% – *New*
Canterbury Brewers - Foundry Black – 4.0% – *New*
Kent - Coffee Porter – 5.5% - *New*
Old Dairy - Tsar Top – 8.0% - *New*
Vibrant Forest - Dark Castle Porter - 5.2% - *New*
Windsor & Eton - Conqueror 1075 – 7.4% - *Limited edition*

OUTSIDE STILLAGE
Ascot Ales - Single Hop Nelson Sauvin – 4.6% – *New* (corrected ABV)
Ascot Ales - Emporer Penguin – 7.0% – *Limited edition*
Binghams - Hop Harvest Best – 3.7% - *Limited edition*
Binghams - Hot Dog – 5.0% – *Special* Doodle Stout plus chilli
Botanist - Organic Pumpkin Ale – 5.4% – *New*
Brightside - Brightside Best Bitter – 4.3% – *New*
Brightside - Solstice Dry Hopped Golden Ale – 4.8% – *Limited edition*
By The Horns - Pale Ale– 3.8% – *New*
Camden Town - Showboat Brown Ale – 4.5% - *New*
Canterbury Brewers - Biggleston's Brown Ale – 3.8% - *New*
East London Brewing - Foundation Bitter - 4.2% – *New*
Havant - X-Rated – 4.2% - *Special* (Blackberry Milk Stout)
Kent Brewery - Chilli Ginger – 4.0% - *Special*
London Brewers Alliance - IPA - 5.8% - *Limited edition*
Longdog - Bunny Chaser - 3.6% - *New*
Moncada - Notting Hill Blonde - 4.2% - *New* (cask 1 of 2)
Moncada - Notting Hill Bitter – 4.3% - *New* (cask 1 of 2)
Old Dairy - Fresh Hop – 4.0% – *New*
Redchurch - Bethnal Pale Ale – 5.5% – *Special*
Vibrant Forest - Ginga Ninja 4.0% - *New*
Vibrant Forest - Mrs Miggins – 4.5% - *Special*
XT Brewing - X Egham Ten – 5.1% – *Special*

INSIDE BAR (non-festival beers)
Acorn – Moor Porter – 4.6%
Binghams – Coffee Stout – 5.0%
Binghams – Vanilla Stout – 5.0%
Havant – 7 Pointer – 7.0%
Rebellion – IPA – 3.8%
Rebellion – Decomposed – 4.2%

TAPPED IN CELLAR (Next on inside bar)
Hammerpot – Harvest Ale - 4.8% (non festival beer)
Binghams - Old Ale – 4.5% - *New* (cask 1 of 2)
London Fields Brewery - Love Not War – 4.2% - *New*
Moncada - Notting Hill Amber – 4.9% - *New*
Windsor & Eton - Irish Conqueror – 5.8% - *Special* bottle of Irish Whiskey
added (corrected ABV)
XT Brewing - XXXXX Sorachi Roast – 4.1% - *Special*

STILL TO COME
Ascot Ales - Single Hop Mount Hood – 4.6% – *New* (corrected ABV)
Ascot Ales - Last of the Blue Devils: Aniseed – 8.0% – *Special*
Binghams - Old Ale – 4.5% - *New* (cask 2 of 2)
Botanist - Humulus Lupulus Mk 2 – 4.6% – *New*
Botanist - Dunkel Berry – 4.8% - *New*
Botanist - Organic Pumpkin Ale – 5.4% – *New*
Brightside - Solstice Golden Ale – 4.5% – *New*
Brightside - Maverick IPA – 4.8% – *New* (correct ABV not 4.5%)
By The Horns - Pale Wheat – 4.0% – *New*
By The Horns - Red – 4.9% – *New*
Camden Town - Town Bitter – 3.8% - *New*
Canterbury Brewers - Scrumpkin - 4.6% – *Limited edition*
Canterbury Brewers - Foundry Steam – 5.4% – *New*
East London Brewing - Pale Ale – 4.0% – *New*
Havant - By A Nose – 4.0% – *Limited edition* (Ascot Racecourse Festival
Special)
Kent Brewery - Harvest Moon – 4.6% - *New*
London Fields Brewery - Hackney Hopster – 4.2% - *New*
Longdog - Lamplight Porter – 5.0% – *New*
Moncada - Notting Hill Blonde - 4.2% - *New* (cask 2 of 2)
Moncada - Notting Hill Bitter – 4.3% - *New* (cask 2 of 2)
Old Dairy - AK1911 – 4.0% - *New*
Old Dairy - Czech Mate - 5.0% – *New*
Vibrant Forest - Summerlands - 3.8% - *New*
Vibrant Forest - Stormbrew - 4.2% - *New*
Vibrant Forest - Wheatwave - 4.8% - *New*

NO SHOWS
Botanist - Three Nine One – 4.0% – *New*
Botanist - Kew Green – 4.8% – *New*
Slaters - Colombia Coffee Stout – 4.5% - *New*
Slaters - Western American Pale Ale – 5.0% - *New*

LATE DELIVERY (due tomorrow 3rd November)
Rectory Ales - St Michael's Bitter – 5.0% - *New*Unfortunately this beer didn't arrive due to logistical problems.

Outside casks

The outside bar

Inside the Club

We had visitors from far and wide. Sheffield, Stockport, Retford, Ipswich, Norwich, Swindon, Blackburn, Croydon, Tonbridge, Southampton, Woking, St Albans, London, amogst others, and not forgetting a lot of club members were enjoying the festival beers as well.

Happy drinkers inside

A few notes about some of the beers I sampled follows:

Ascot Ales website Emperor Penguin, aged for a year in a rum cask was amazing. Dark and rich tasting and very very enjoyable.
Windsor & Eton's website Conqueror 1075 was brilliant. A 7.4% version of their 5.0% Conqueror was much more smoother and a more even and balanced taste. They also did another special version Conqueror for the beer festival called Irish Conqueror at 5.8%, this had a bottle of Irish Whiskey added to the cask, which made a very interesting tasting beer. Well done and thank you to the brewers for this.
Brightside Brewerys (website) Maverick at 4.8% had good hop flavour and a well balaced overall taste.
Old Dairy (website) Czech Mate. a 5.0% lager style ale also stood out for me.
Binghams (website) Old Ale was good, very similar to the classic Harveys (website) Old Ale as a friend remarked.


On the saturday afternoon the club was visited by 4 representatives of the Irish Guards. Windsor and Eton brewery and the Egham United Services Club have been raising money for Ale4Forces website and were both very pleased to hand over cheques for the money raised.

4 Irish Guards plus mascot who has the rank of Lance Corporal

 

And finally some photos from sunday afternoon

When I left on sunday eveming, there were 12 beers left outside and a few inside. A great result. The festival was once again more successful than the previous. Big thanks to ALL the clubs staff and volunteers that make this festival what it is.

10th Egham Beer Festival 3rd-6th Nov 2011

Blatant plug for my local. The 10th beer festival at the Egham United Services Club.
People come from far and wide to visit and sample some great beers. Lots of new beers and brewery's feature here and the latest draft of the beer list is shown below:

Ascot Ales, Camberley, Surrey (2007)

• Single Hop Mount Hood - 5.0% *New*
• Single Hop Nelson Sauvin - 5.0% *New*
• Emperor Penguin  7.0+% - *Special* Penguin Porter aged for a year in bourbon casks
• Last of the Blue Devils  Aniseed - 8% *Special*
• Last of the Blue Devils  Cassis - 8% *Special*

Bingham, Ruscombe, Berks (2010)

• Hop Harvest Best -  3.7% *New*
• Chilli Doodle – 5%  *Special*
• Old – 4.5%  *New*

Botanist Brewery & Kitchen, Kew Green, West London (2011)

• Humulus Lupulus  – 3.8%  *New*
• Three Nine One - 4.0%  *New*
• OK Bitter – 4.2% *New*
• Dunkel Berry - 4.8% *New*
• Kew Green – 4.8%  *New*
• Night Porter – 5.0%  *New*
• Queen Charlotte - 5.2% – *New*

Brightside, Bury, Lancs (2011)

• Brightside Best Bitter – 4.3% *New*
• Solstice Special Dry Hop – 4.8% *New*
• Solstice Golden Ale – 4.5% *New*
• Maverick IPA  - 4.8% *New*
• Darkside Stout – 4.6% *New*

By The Horns, Wimbledon, SW17 (2011)

• Pale Ale – 3.9% *New*
• Midnight Red - 4.8% *New*
• South Wheat London - 4.1% *New*

Camden Town Brewery

• Town Bitter – 3.8%
• Showboat Brown Ale – 4.5% *New*

Canterbury Brewers, Canterbury, Kent (2011)

• Biggleston’s Brown – 3.8 *New*
• Black – 4.0 *New*
• Pumpkin Ale – 4.6 *New*
• Steam – 5.5 *New*

East London Brewing, London E10 (2011)

• Pale Ale - 4.0% *New*
• Foundation Bitter – 4.2% *New*

Havant, Cowplain, Hampshire (2009)

• By A Nose – 4.0% *Special*
• Blackberry Stout – 4.2% *Special*

Kent, Birling, Kent (2011)

• Chilli Ginger - x.x% *Special*
• Coffee Porter – x.x% *New*
• Harvest Moon – 4.6% *New*

London Brewers Alliance

• IPA – 5.8% *Limited Edition*

London Fields Brewery, London E8 (2011)

• Hackney Hopstar - x.x% *New*
• Love Not War - x.x% *New*
• Session Ale - x.x% *New*
• Ian’s Landlord - x.x% *New*
• Galaxy Single Hop - x.x% *New*
• Summit Single Hop - x.x% *New*
• Wheat Beer - x.x% *New*
• TBC - x.x% *New*

Longdog, Basingstoke (2011)

• Bunny Chaser – 3.6% *New*
• Lamplight Porter – 5.0% *New*

Moncada, London W10 (2011)

• Notting Hill Blonde – 4.2% *New*
• Notting Hill Bitter – 4.3% *New*
• Notting Hill Amber – 4.9% *New*

Old Dairy, Rolvendon, Kent (2010)

• Fresh Hop - 4.0% *New*
• AK1911 - 4.0% *New*
• Czech Mate – 5.0% *New*
• Tsar Top - 8.0% *New*

Redchurch, London E2 (2011)

• Pale (TBC) - x.x%  *Special*
• Blonde (TBC) – x.x%  *Special*

Slaters, Stafford, Staffs (1995)

• Colombia Coffee Stout - 4.5%  *New*
• Western American Pale Ale – 5/0% *New*

Vibrant Forest, Totton, Hants (2011)

• Summerlands 3.8% *New*
• Ginga Ninja 4.0% *New*
• Vibrant Best 4.2% *New*
• Oat Stout 4.5% *New*
• Wheatwave 4.8% *New*
• Dark Castle Porter 5.2% *New*

Windsor & Eton, Windsor, Berks (2010)

• 1075 - 7.4% *Limited Edition*
• Irish Conqueror – 5.0% *Special*

XT Brewing, Long Crendon, Bucks (2011)

• X Egham Ten - 5.1% *Special*
• XXXXX Sorachi Roast – 4.1% *Special*

Further info from http://www.eghambeerfestival.co.uk/autumn-2011
 

Recent and Future Beer Festival visits

Over the past few days I've been working at 2 CAMRA beer festivals. Wednesday and thursday afternoons were spent at St Albans Beer Festival. I was serving on the stage bar aka 'tickers' bar. I managed to find time to drink beer from a number of new brewery's to me. Black Paw, London Fields, London Brewing Co, Holsworthy, Mobberley and West Country.

The Stage Bar

The Stage Bar

A colourful train home

Friday and saturday was spent at Ascot Beer Festival, at Ascot Racecourse. For a change, I had volunteered to help with the CAMRA membership stand. However this was not to be. The organisers had decided that it would be better if individuals went round the festival as a sort of mobile recruitment stand. This sounded like a good challenge for me and I'm pleased to report that I recruited 16 new members to CAMRA over the 2 days. I did feel a bit like one of those 'chuggers' (1) you see on the high streets, but at least I didn't have to wear a brightly coloured vest. Beers were mostly from local brewers, but there was also a small Yorkshire bar.

You're welcome

Beers

More beers

Fullers Brewery dray

The spectacular grandstand at Ascot racecourse

And now for future beer festivals. I shall be making my first visit to the Nottingham Beer Festival (13th - 15th October) http://www.beerfestival.nottinghamcamra.org/

And a plug for my local beer festival at the Egham United Services Club (3rd - 6th November)
http://www.eghambeerfestival.co.uk/autumn-2011




(1) chugger = charity mugger http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chugger