Real Ales 2009 - The list of tasty brews for this year's festival

Each year we have a varied list of real ales from around the UK. Ian Bernstein and his barmen These include bitters, pale ales, milds and special summer ales. Individual casks are available for sponsorship. Your name or company will appear on the beer menu. This year's list of real ales is shown below.

Brewery                       Beer          ABV%
Acorn Wombwell, South Yorkshire  Barnsley Gold       4.3
Ballards, Nyewood, Hampshire Nyewood Gold       5.0
Black Dog, Whitby, North Yorkshire  Schooner       4.2
Black Hole, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire  Red Dwarf       4.5
Blindmans, Leighton, Somerset  Mine Beer       4.2
Burton Bridge, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire  Golden Delicious       3.8
Caledonian, Edinburgh  Deuchars IPA       3.8
Coach House, Howley, Warrington, Cheshire  Flintlock Pale Ale       4.4
Copper Dragon, Skipton, North Yorkshire  Challenger IPA       4.4
Elgoods, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire  Black Dog       3.6
Hadrian & Border, Newcastle Upon Tyne  Farne Island Pale Ale       4.0
Hanby, Wem, Shropshire  Nutcracker       6.0
Harveys, Lewes, East Sussex  Sussex       4.0
Harviestoun Alva, Clackmannanshire  Bitter & Twisted       3.8
Heather Ales, Glasgow  Fraoch       3.8
Hepworth, Horsham, West Sussex Pullman       4.2
Hidden, Salisbury, Wiltshire  Hidden Pleasure IPA       4.9
Hopback, Salisbury, Wiltshire  Summer Lightning       5.0
Kelham Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire  Easy Rider       4.3
Loddon, Reading, Berkshire  Ferryman's Gold       4.4
Mauldons, Sudbury, Suffolk   Silver Adder       4.2
Milestone, Newark, Nottinghamshire  Loxley Ale       4.2
Moles, Melksham, Wiltshire  Rucking Mole       4.5
Moorhouses, Burnley, Lancashire  Black Cat       3.4
Mordue, North Shields, Tyne & Wear  Mordue IPA       5.1
North Yorks, Guisborough, North Yorkshire  Morrisey Fox Blonde       4.2
O' Hanlons, Whimple, Devon  Yellowhammer       4.2
Oakham Ales, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire  JHB       3.8
Ossett, Ossett, West Yorkshire  Pale Gold       3.8
Phoenix, Heywood, Lancashire  White Monk       4.5
RCH, West Hewish, Somerset  Firebox       6.0
Rebellion, Marlow, Buckinghamshire  Smuggler       4.5
Roosters, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire   Yankee       4.3
Salopian, Shrewsbury, Shropshire  Golden Thread       5.0
Sarah Hughes, Dudley, Staffordshire  Dark Ruby Mild       6.0
Shardlow, Cavendish Bridge, Leicestershire  Reverend Eatons       4.5
Sharp's, Rock, Cornwall Doombar       4.0
Thornbridge, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire  Wild Swan pale ale       3.5
Three B's, Blackburn, Lancashire  Tackler's Tipple       4.3
Thwaites, Blackburn, Lancashire Original       3.6
Timothy Taylors, Keighley, West Yorkshire  Landlord       4.3
Tom Wood, Barnetby, Lincolnshire  Bomber County       4.8
Triple FFF, Alton, Hampshire Altons Pride       3.8
Village Brewer, Thirsk, North Yorkshire  Bull Premium       4.0
York, York, North Yorkshire
Youngs, Bedford, Bedfordshire		 Guzzler
Special 		      3.6
 4.5

We are fortunate that many of our beers are sponsored by various local companiesHelen Young with Dizzy Blonde and even individual club members. Show below is Helen Young with her 2008 sponsored real ale - Dizzy Blonde from the Robsinson's Brewery in Stockport, Cheshire.

Real Cider

As well as Real Ale we also stock real ciders. The most popular come from the Biddenden Vineyard, located on the edge of the Weald of Kent.

Real Food

To wash down the real ale, the festival offers "real food". This comes in the form of a Hog Roast provided by Michael Owen. Hog Roast