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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:23

Don't forget to read the News as well as the beers list.  Some important information in the News section. 

2010 Beers - here they come.  After much deliberation, thought and careful consideration here is a list of our 2010 beers.  We hope to have them all there, as well as you, and hopefully will not have any last minute changes.  A stunning array of our local brewing talent:-

Buff 3.6% Blindmans Brewery (Frome) Amber coloured, smooth session beer 

Heritage 3.8% Abbey Ales (Bath) Darker malty bitter 

Bristol Red 3.8% Bristol Beer Factory Dark, ruby red tint, full in flavour and body 4

B’s 3.9% Berrow Brewery (Berrow) Dark medium best bitter, rich & malty 

Maiden Voyage 4.0% Great Western Brewery (Hambrook) Traditional amber bitter, dry aftertaste, fruity aroma 

Funky Monkey 4.0% Milk Street (Frome) Copper coloured summer ale, fruity flavours   

Star Gazer 4.0% Yeovil Brewery Dark copper, rich & hoppy speciality bitter 

Yer Tiz 4.1% Braydon Ales (Chippenham) A triple hopped well balanced bitter 

Summerset 4.1% Yeovil Brewery Award winning, light coloured summer ale 

Tunnel Vision 4.2% Box Steam Brewery (Colerne) Well rounded, clean tasting traditional beer 

Codrington Codger 4.2% Cotswold Spring Brewery (C. Sodbury) Dry, crisp, amber beer, mild hoppy finish 

Bob Wall 4.2% Dawkins Brewery (Timsbury) Chestnut coloured best bitter, orange aroma 

Lady of the Lake 4.2% Glastonbury Ales (Somerton) Amber, bitter ale, malty caramel flavour 

Mayors Bitter 4.2% Nailsworth Brewery Traditonal best bitter, fruity on malty base 

Cotswold Way 4.2% Wickwar Brewing Company Rich, amber, smooth, well balanced beer 

Sunraker 4.2% Quantock Brewery (Wellington) Award winning refreshing straw coloured beer 

Blond 4.3% Butcombe Brewery (Wrington)  Light & fruity beer with medium bitter finish 

Merlins Magic 4.3% Moor Brewery (Langport) Amber coloured best bitter, malty with bitter sweet hops 

Elmo’s Fire 4.4%  Moles Brewery (Bath) Medium bodied pale ale, refreshingly bitter 

Potwalloper 4.4% Braydon Ales (Chippenham) Ruby coloured beer with rich, malty undertones 

Somerset & Dorset 4.4% Cottage Brewing Company (Somerton) Well hopped malty beer, deep red colour 

Old Knobbley 4.5% Arbor Ales (Kingswood) Brown, malty & complex best bitter 

Totty Pot 4.5% Cheddar Ales Rich dark porter, roasted malt & subtle hop highlights 

Icarus 4.5% Blindmans Brewery (Frome) Fruity, rich, mid-dark, ruby ale 

Budding 4.5% Stroud Brewery Champion pale ale, sweet malt & floral aroma 

White Hind 4.5% Quantock Brewery (Wellington) Amber best bitter, packed with malty flavour 

Oyster Stout 4.6% Arbor Ales (Kingswood) Award winning smooth, chocolately, moreish stout 

Old Higby 4.8% Great Western Brewery (Hambrook) Dark, full bodied ale, full of flavour 

Wild Hare 5.0% Bath Ales Golden organic ale, citrus, hoppy aroma 

Brunel IPA 5.0% Butcombe Brewery( Wrington) Dry, hoppy, full bodied with bitter sweet finish 

Normans Conquest 5.0% Cottage Brewing Company (Somerton) Dark & mature, fruity, touch of bitterness 

Sunrise 5.0% Isle of Avalon Brewery (Ashcott) An IPA, light amber with sweet fruits aroma  

East Street Cream 5.0% RCH Brewery (Hewish) Premium chestnut ale, malty with bitter sweet taste 

Seven Sins 5.2% Severn Vale Brewing Company (Dursley) Dark malty stout, roasted barley flavours & spicy hops 

Topsy Turvy 6.0% Berrow Brewery Pale coloured strong bitter with distinct hop character  

CIDERS

Moonshine 8.4% Broadoak (Clutton) 

Cheddar Valley Medium & Dry 6.0% Thatchers (Sandford) 

Crossmans Medium & Dry 7.0% Crossman (Hewish) 

Black Rat  6.0% Moles Brewery (Melksham) 

Port Wine of Glastonbury (Single Apple) Hecks Farmhouse Cider (Street)

 

Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 June 2010 12:26 )
 
2009 Beers PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:19
A taste of 2009 

Here are some of the beers we had in 2009 (Borders), and jolly good they were too:

 

CountyBreweryBeer
   
NorthumberlandAllendaleBest Bitter
CumbriaBarngatesMothbag
  Tag lag
BordersBroughtonThe Reiver
  Old Jock
CumbriaDerwentParsons Pledge
  Carlisle State Bitter
Newcastle upon TyneHadrian & BorderTyneside Blonde
  Centurian 
CumbriaHawksheadRed
  Lakeland Gold
NorthumberlandHexhamshireDevils Water
  Old Humbug
CumbriaHesket & NewmarketGreat Cock up Porter
  Haystacks
  Helvellyn Gold
  Old Carrock Strong Ale
NorthumberlandHigh House FarmNels Best
Tyne & WearJarrowJoblings Swinging Gibbet
  McConnells Irish Stout
Tyne & WearMordueGeordie Pride
  Mordue IPA
CumbriaTirrilGoughs Old Faithful
CumbriaYatesBitter
  Fever Pitch
CumbriaConistonBluebird
  Old Man 
Co DurhamCameronsStrongarm
  Castle Eden Ale
Tyne & WearBig LampSunny Daze
  Summerhill Stout
  Prince Bishop Ale
NorthumberlandNorthumberlandPit Pony
  Sheepdog
NorthumberlandWylamGold Tankard
  Landlords Choice
Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 June 2010 12:29 )
 
News PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 22:02

And here is the news.

News update: 20 June 2010.  Things are hotting up now; we have our list of beers and tasting notes (you can see those on this site), tickets are out with the retailers (Clive's, Bishop's Stores, AB Motorcare, Claverham Village Hall - so thanks very much to all of them for their help).  If you want to see what the bands are up to then visit:-

http://www.alexlipinski.com/page6.htm

http://www.tinmanandme.com/

Note about the World Cup.  Now we know things have not gone too well so far, and a lot depends on whatever happens on Wednesday, and whatever one feels about football let's all hope England do well (even if we support Scotland or indeed Northern Ireland normally), but if England do make the quarter finals some of you might want to know how you can combine watching England while enjoying the Beer Festival.  The footie will be on in the Claverham Village Hall bar so you can watch it there if you want, and still enjoy our splendid array of beers. 

Please note vuvuzelas will not be supplied at the Beer Festival and we'd rather you did not bring them, unless you happen to be South African and it is an essential part of your evening's enjoyment.  However, please enjoy your vuvuzelas responsibly and without disturbing the neighbours.

We cannot reiterate enough how grateful we are to our sponsors, so please see the website links in the article below to their businesses.

News update: 28 March 2010.  Well arrangements are now in full swing and we have decided on 35 beers from breweries within a radius of 35 miles from Claverham, as the crow flies, in addition to our ciders and wines.  A little bit of geographical research has been done, in conjunction with following Yatton RFC under 13s, and a few of the beers we had thought about have failed the geography test and won’t make it on the weekend of 2nd to 4th July 2010.  We have our bands, we have our beers and all we need now are beer, cider and wine lovers.  All importantly we also have our main sponsors, and our very grateful thanks to Bell & Stenton Opticians (all things for eyes www.bellandstenton.co.uk) , Winford Ford (all things car www.winfordford.co.uk) and Stowell Concrete (all things concrete www.stowellconcrete.co.uk).  Our sponsors our vital to the success of the Beer Festival so please do look at what these businesses have to offer.  A reminder of our own website www.claverham-beer-festival.org.uk and our Facebook (search Claverham Beer Festival).  If you are a fan of ours on Facebook then please recommend to your friends as it’s a great way for us to pass on the all important Beer Festival information.

19th February 2010.  Here is the latest news (I'll avoid implanting this message with amusing "bongs" as per Sir Trevor Macdonald no matter how utterly amusing that would or would not be). Hopefully an article will appear in the Yatton and Congresbury Magazine shortly but to let you know that some great acts have been booked for the Friday... and Saturday evenings (Lipinski and Tin Man and Me), with Saturday afternoon welcoming local singers performing a range of covers. Sunday afternoon brings the "Redhillbillies" an American Country and Bluegrass local band one of whose members is Claverham's very own Ernie Payne. A reminder that you can log on to the website. The other thing which would be really handy, although it is appreciated that it is a bit cheeky is if you could recommend this page to friends who might be interested in the Beer Festival. The next Committee meeting is in mid-March and there should be a further update then.  The next Committee meeting is in mid-March and there should be a further update then. If anybody is able to spare us a pair of hours over the weekend of 2 to 4 July pulling pints or generally being an all round good egg please step forward in due course. It is a good laugh as you can drink beer, cider or wine while you're doing it, you're always first in the queue and you can have the warm happy glow of a person performing a vital public service.

5th December 2009.  Well folks we are back as we had our first big meeting for the 2010 Festival last Wednesday.  The Claverham Beer Festival will be on Friday 2nd July to Friday 4th July 2010 at Claverham Village Hall.  Many more details to follow.  Many thanks to Stowells Concrete and Bell & Stenton Opticians who were our main sponsors for 2009.  Thanks to all our other sponsors who will be listed here soon. 

5th December 2009.  This year we think (and this is almost definite) that we are going to go for West country beers (probably 35 mile radius of Claverham), which suits your correspondent very well.  We have some great acts lined up and are thinking of some other things which will not alter what we do considerably, as the feedback is all good, but hopefully will make the Beer Festival even better. 

5th December 2009.  Details of our Facebook page and Twitter will be available as soon as those are written. 

5th December 2009.  If you could register with the website that would be very helpful as well.

5th December 2009.  That's enough news for now.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 19 June 2010 12:31 )
 


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