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the beers!

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Here's the business part of the festival. This is the list of the beers that you'll be able to savour of the the three sessions - subject to the usual last minute alterations, of course.

To see what was on offer previously download previous festival programme:

St Austell's Tinners

3.7%

light and refreshing with only a hint of bitterness, ideal for revitalising the palate

Abbeydale's Brimstone  

3.9%

classic russet brown bitter with malt loaf, marmalade and apricot aromas and coffee, toffee and liquorice flavours (!)

Copper Dragon's Golden Pippin

3.9%

a light refreshing ale created with a new hop variety giving a citrus fruit flavour

RCH PG Steam

3.9%

a floral hop aroma with a medium bodied hop, bitter taste with some fruit and sweetness

Butcombe Bitter

4%

a notably bitter beer, hoppy, malty & citrus with a long dry finish

Bristol Beer Factory's Bristol Stout  

4%

black with a ruby red tint, a full bodied stout with a smooth flavour and long bitter finish

Bristol Beer Factory's Ubley Ale  

4.2%

brewed specially for the festival

Glastonbury's Lady of the Lake

4.2%

a full-bodied amber best bitter *

Abbeydale's Moonshine

4.3%

pale straw coloured premium bitter with a floral aroma, citrus taste and quenching bitter finish

Cheddar Ales Potholer  

4.3%

golden ale delivering zesty fruity flavours with a smooth rounded finish and bags of aroma

Rudgate's Ruby Mild  

4.4%

Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2009 – a rich fruity beer but quite hoppy & bitter for a mild

Palmer's Dorset Gold  

4.5%

a truly golden premium ale, refreshing and thirst-quenching, full, fruity and lightly hopped with Kent Goldings *

St Austell's Proper Job  

4.5%

an authentic IPA brewed with Cornish spring water – powerfully hopped golden bitter with citrus flavours

Cotswold Spring's Codrington Royal  

4.5%

ruby coloured with rich fruit flavours and a hint of spiciness

Breconshire Brewery's Cribyn  

4.5%

very pale straw coloured best bitter

Zerodegrees IPA  

4.6%

copper coloured ale similar to english bitter but in the style adapted by the craft brewers of the U.S West Coast *

Zerodegrees Black Lager  

4.6%

a deep dark Czech style lager, roasted and caremelised malts give chocolate and coffee flavours

Great Western's Classic Gold

4.6%

 golden, crisp, clear and refreshing with lots of body and a delicate floral aroma.

RCH's East Street Cream  

5%

full bodied with malty hoppy fruit bitter and sweet taste – a well crafted premium chestnut coloured ale *

Stonehenge Ales' Danish Dynamite  

5%

light golden dry strong ale, slightly fruity with a well balanced hop flavour and bitterness

Butcombe Brunel IPA  

5%

a stonking malty blast – dry, hoppy, full bodied with a bittersweet finish

Breconshire Brewery's Rambler's Ruin  

5%

dark amber, malty & well hopped – a champion old ale

Derby Brewing Co.'s Old Intentional  

5%

rich full bodied premium bitter with a delicate hop finish

Cotswold Spring's Honeybear  

5.2%

a honey wheat beer, smooth finish with honey balanced by a blend of mount hood and cascade hops

Kelham Island Pale Rider  

5.2%

a strong, fruity full drinking pale ale

Cheddar Ales Goat's Leap  

5.5%

a full bodied strong IPA with a bitter finish

Otter Brewery's Otter Head  

5.8%

a deep red-brown beer with a barley wine old ale character – malt fruit sweet flavour with a bittersweet aftertaste

Thornbridge's Jaipur IPA  

5.9%

a citrus dominated IPA, soft & smooth building to a massive hoppiness accentuated by honey

RCH's Firebox

6%

deep brown strong bitter with citrus hops and cherry bittersweet flavours giving a dry bitter finish

Thornbridge's St Petersburg Stout

7.7%

a rich, dark stout with molasses, liquorice & chocolate

Note: * after a beer indicates a previous festival 'favourite beer'

   
CIDERS We will have a variety of ciders as usual probably including:  
  Hecks Cider Hecks Cider and Perry from Street