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.

The Hope in Carshalton

Thursday 29th March.

This was the Weekly Wind Up venue, and luckily for me, the first day of their London beer festival. It was also my first visit to the pub as well. Here's what I wrote on facebook when I got home:

had a great evening at the Hope in Carshalton. My first visit here tonight and some wonderful special one off beers. Redemption's Port & Brandy porter - smooth and rich and great flavours, think this is the first time I've had a beer with brandy added. Brodies dry hopped Old Street Pale was full of simcoe and citra hops on aroma taste, simply devine. Brodies London Lager was full of wonderful Simcoe and Centennial Hops, only 'lagered' for 4 weeks but would love try this again after it has matured some more. Finally East London - Pale dry hopped with citra hops, first beer tried and more hoppy flavours. Well done all.

The beer list is shown below:

Beer List - Stillage

Brodies: London (cask obviously) Lager 4.5%
Brodies: Old Street Pale 5%
By The Horns: Lambeth Porter 5.1%
By The Horns: Diamond Geezer (Fest Special) 6.1% (not ready on thursday)
East London: Pale (special Citra dry hopped version) 3.8%
Ha'penny: London Stone Bitter 4.5%
London Fields: Hackney Hopster 4.5%
Moncada: Bitter 4.3%
Moncada: Blonde 4.2%
Redemption: Little Chief (Fest Special) 4.3%
Redemption: Port & Brandy Porter (Fest Special) 5.8%
Twickenham: Black Eel 5.5%
On the Bar:

Windsor & Eton/Brodies Collaboration: Summer Saison 8%
In the Marquee 6pm - 11pm (or when it's gone) Thursday only
Brodies: Brainwave Pale 4% - Brodies profits to Brainwave charity.

Redemption: Trinity ( Special Simcoe & Stella dry hopped ) 3%

It has also just been voted the local CAMRA pub of the year.

And now the photos:

Some recent beer festival photos

About time I put some beer related stuff here. Its been over a month since the last ones.

First up is the Yorkshire Beer Festival at the Bricklayers Arms in Putney. I visited on the evenings of 22nd and 23rd February. About 60 casks on gravity outside.

Plus more on handpumps inside

Then on 1st March over to Leyton for the Piglet 14 beer festival at Leyton Orient Supporters Club.

The beer list is below with the ones I sampled in red.

ABIGALE                                     RIDGEWAY 3.8                  SAMPHIRE 4.3  
ARKWRIGHT'S                          INSPIRED 4.1
BOTANIST                                  HUMULUS LUPULUS 3.8
BLACK IRIS                                BLACK IRIS BITTER 4.3  
BY THE HORNS                         BOBBY ON THE WHEAT 4.7
CULLERCOATS                         LOVELY NELLY 3.9
DENT                                           AVIATOR 4.0
DUNHAM MASSEY                   CHOCOLATE CHERRY MILD 3.8
EAST LONDON                         PALE ALE 4.0
FYNE ALES                                HURRICANE JACK 4.4
KELHAM ISLAND                     BETE NOIRE 5.5
LIVERPOOL ORGANIC            ELDERFLOWER ALE 4.5
LIVERPOOL CRAFT                 ICON 3.8
MARBLE                                    GINGER 4.5
MIGHTY OAK                            OSCAR WILDE 3.7            FLYING TACKLE 4.1
MILLTOWN                               GOLDEN HOP 3.8
PROSPECT                               PICKAXE 5.0
RCH                                            DOUBLE HEADER ALE 5.3
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS (SPA)       
                                                     DIPPER 3.7                       GOLDEN TICKET 5.0
RIPPLE STEAM                        BEST BITTER 3.8              WINTER ALE 5.0
SALOPIAN                                 LEMON DREAM 4.5
SLATERS                                   TOP TOTTY 4.0
THE SMART BREWING Co.    SMART’S BREWERY BITTER 4.2
TREBOOM                                  DRUM BEAT BITTER 3.8    KETTLE DRUM 4.3
WENTWORTH                           NEEDLE'S EYE 3.5

And now for the photos. They were taken just after opening. Glad I did, as the place filled up very quickly.

 

And so to the final beer festival of this blog which was on Saturday 2nd March and a visit to south east London.

The beer festival was at the Grape and Grain at Crystal Palace.

And a view from outside the pub.

And finally some photos of Crystal Palace station.

Coming soon are a brewery visit, a trip up north, MHR Gala, more pubs and beer festivals.

West End Girls (West End pubs and beers really)

Saturday 14th January. A few hours to spare today, so a quick trip to the West End of London.

Heres the video of the song that inspired the title of this blog entry.

Information received showed that the Old Coffee House was having a mini beer festival promising 6 new Brodies beers. East end beers in a west end pub sounded a good idea especially as it had been on my list of of pubs to visit. Located on Beak St just off Regent St near one end of Carnaby St, its a fairly small pub but the 6 hanpumps provided a warm welcome. I was also quite surprised to to see a number of fellow beer enthusiasts I know there from York, St Albans, Pitsea, Southampton, Woking and Horsham.
All beers were priced at £1.60 a half or £2.99 a pint, hardly west end prices.

I had a half of five beers there from Brodies::
 Stepney Green Steam 4.2%
 Columbus for Breakfast 6.6% believed to be Collaboration with Kernel
 Brodies Brick 6.8% believed to be Collaboration with Redemption
 Awesomestow IPA 7.1%
 Summer Saison 8% Collaboration with Windsor & Eton

All 5 were very good and different styles. Columbus for Breakfast was a black IPA for instance. I don't know what a saison beer should taste like but the Summer Saison was enjoyable.

Outside

Inside

Inside

The six handpumps

Inside

Above the bar

Inside

Pub sign

One end of Carnaby St

I then went for a quick half of Red Squirrel West Coast Stout in the Harp.I didn't note the other beers available and i think there were 8 handpumps available. Its a tiny pub just off Trafalgar Square and the current CAMRA National Pub of the Year. Always busy with a fine selection of Independent brewery beers and one or two pump clips above the bar for decoration.

Outside

A few pump clips

and some more

Not much room.

Paintings on the wall

Finally I visited a pub just down the road from the Harp. The Porterhouse has a selection of beers from the Porterhouse brewery of Dublin. Its an intriguing multi levelled pub, quite dark inside and difficult to photograph well. You'll have to visit it yourself to see what its really like.  I went here a few years ago but this was only my second visit. Only 2 handpumps here. One had a Purity Brewery beer on and the other was their own TSB. The rest of the beers are served on keg but are unpasteurised. They do a sample tray which is 3 thirds for £4. So I had 3 lagers, 3 ales and then 3 dark beers to finish. A sensible way to taste all their different beers:
Lagers -Chiller 4.2%, temple brau 4.3%, Hersbrucker 5.0%
Ales - TSB 3.7%, Porterhouse Red 4.4%, An Brain Blasta 7.0%
Dark Beers - Plain porter 4.3%, Oyster Stout 4.8%, Wrasslers XXXX Stout 5.0%

Outside

beer taps

and some more

3 lagers

3 ales

I did meet all the family there

And finally a photo of the National Portrait Gallery. I didn't go in but its a nice shot.