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HOW IT ALL WORKS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1FINDING YOU WAY AROUND · · · · · · · · · 3BASIC INFORMATION · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4CHAIRMANS WELCOME · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6INTRODUCTION TO THE

NORWICH BEER FESTIVAL · 8SOCIAL SECRETARY’S WELCOME · · · 10BRANCH CHARITY 2014 · · · · · · · · · · · · · 12FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT · 14THE FIRST NORFOLK PUB GUIDE · · 20THE BREWING PROCESS · · · · · · · · · · · · 22BACK TO THE 1970s · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 24

NORFOLK CIDER - PRESENT AND FUTURE · · · 26

THE CIDERS AND PERRIES · · 28 BRITISH BEER TYPES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 32CASK BEERS BY BEER NAME · · · · · · · · · 34THE BEERS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 40EXTRA - SPECIAL BEERS · · · · · · · · · · · · · 62DON’T MENTION THE “C” WORD · · · 64FOREIGN & BOTTLED BEERS · 66EDITORIAL · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 74RESPONSIBLE DRINKING · · · · · · · · · · · 74VOTING FORM · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 76

CONTENTS

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Step 1 – Get In

At the front of the queue you will need to pay your entrance fee, or show your CAMRA membership card – this gets you into the Festival.

The entrance fee for the session will be shown near the door just before you get to the counter.

Step 2 – Get a Glass and a Beer Card

Immediately after entrance - so don’t put your wallet away! – you’ll find the Glasses counter, where you will need to purchase a £10 kit of Beer Card (to pay for your beer as the bars don’t take cash) and a souvenir beer glass.

Anything you don’t spend on the card is refundable, and we will give you £3 back for the glass when you leave if you don’t want to take it with you. So don’t worry if you don’t intend to spend as much as £7, anything you don’t spend can be refunded. You can keep the card to use at another session this year, or donate it to charity.

If you do intend to spend more than £7, simply ask the cashier for as many extra £5 or £10 Beer Cards as you think you will need. You can always come back for more.

Please have a think about how much you might want to spend before getting to the Glasses counter, and have your money ready. Once you have your glass and Beer Card please move away from the counter so others can be served.

Step 3 – Get a DRINK!

To pay, simply hand over your Beer Card and the Bar Staff volunteer who served you will cross off the appropriate amount.

You can come back to the Glasses counter at any time to buy further Beer Cards, which are also available in the Foreign Beer Marquee.

Please treat your Beer Card as cash – we cannot replace lost cards any more than lost fivers! Previous years cards cannot be used. Attempting to pass off forgeries will be treated as a criminal matter.

We changed to this system in an to speed up the process of entry and service at the bar.

This should get you to the bar and your first drink faster than in previous years, and reduce the time others are spending in the queue behind you.

Thank you for your co-operation – we hope you enjoy the Festival!

HOW IT ALL WORKSIf you have been before. please still read this

as some things have changed!

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Elsewhere in this programme you will find listings of all the beers, bottled beers and ciders that we expect to have during the week. Also entertainment listings for the main stage.We have two main halls, and in addition the cloisters and a marquee.Both halls have cask beer bars in them. The Blackfriars’ Hall bar will have most of the Norfolk brewery beers. St. Andrew’s Hall houses all the other cask beers, arranged in approximately alphabetical order by brewery. At the start of the week we go A to Z, although this system breaks down during the week as the beers are restocked into vacant spaces, but we do our best to keep them in the right area of the stillage (as we call the structure the beer casks are stored on). At the end of the week local beers may also appear on the St Andrew’s Bar.Remember not all beers are on sale at once; some quickly sell out, others take time to be ready to serve.St. Andrew’s Hall also houses the Cider Bar, where traditional ciders, perries and apple juice are available.In the Marquee you will find Belgian and other foreign bottled beers, and a selection of English bottled beers to drink here (bottles are not allowed to leave the bar).Premium speciality soft drinks are also available in the Marquee. These include apple juices. Apple juice is also available on the cider bar. Basic soft drinks are also available free on all the bars.Seating is available in the Marquee and Cloisters.All areas are accessible, with ramps or lifts available to avoid steps.Food, provided by outside caterers is available from Blackfriars’ Hall. St Andrew’s Hall has a stall selling beer festival related items, including T-shirts and rugby shirts. A range of books are on sale, including the Good Beer Guide, with a discount for members. This stall is also selling beer glasses from previous festivals. The friendly staff welcome your enquiries.The Membership staff will be pleased to answer your questions about CAMRA and the Festival. All stewards will also be pleased to help you.Finally on the stage of Blackfriars’ Hall you will find a range of traditional pub games to test your skill and luck, with fabulous prizes to be won.

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Glasses Souvenir pint and half-pint glasses with the festival logo are available. If these glasses run out towards the end of the week, other glasses are used instead. Glasses from some previous festivals are available on the CAMRA Goods stall for collectors.Full measures Norwich Beer Festival uses oversized, lined glasses -- so ensuring that a full measure is served every time. Lines at pint, half and third.Membership The CAMRA membership stand is in St. Andrew's Hall. CAMRA members can enter the festival free at all sessions but have to join any queue. You can also get information and questions answered here.Soft DrinksSpeciality soft drinks are available in the Marquee. Speciality apple juice is also available from the Cider stall. Free lemonade and other basic soft drinks are available on all bars.

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General Beer Festival Information

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Firstly as Chairman of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA may I extend a warm welcome to everyone attending the 37th annual Norwich Beer Festival here in the impressive medieval St Andrews and Blackfriars Halls.A few months ago past chairman Paul Moorhouse, who some may remember as Chairman of our branch during the 1980s and before his move to Cambridgeshire, contacted me stating that he had the old minutes of meetings from the very early days of The Norwich & Norfolk Branch of CAMRA and invited me as Chairman to be their new custodian. I was delighted to accept his kind offer of valuable old documents relating to the formation of the branch. While sifting through these archives I came across the minutes of the very first Branch Meeting of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA and noticed that it was dated 27th October 1975. There was an attendance of 50 people. Coincidently, the start of our 37th Festival corresponds exactly to the day and so marks the 39th anniversary of the formation of Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA. Of great interest is that these minutes also contained what is in effect Norfolk CAMRA’s first ever ‘pub guide’ which consisted of an A4 sheet comprising a list of all pubs in Norfolk that at the time sold real ale and the beers they supplied. There were just 43 entries of which only four were in Norwich. This is reproduced on page 20 of this programme.How far we have come in thirty nine years! At the time of the inception of the Branch, Watneys was the only brewery in the county and brewed no real ale. The latest 2015 edition of ‘The Good Beer Guide’ (GBG) lists 27 breweries in Norfolk and there are a few more that have opened since it went to print. Now today, in 2014 somewhere in the region of about 85% of our 800 or more pubs in Norfolk sell real ale supplied both from our local breweries and from brewers all over the UK. Those attending that first meeting in 1975 certainly didn’t realise what they had started and would be amazed that during the thirty nine years that followed, the brewing and pub industry in Norfolk was revolutionised. Have a thought when you drink your first pint at this festival and remember that had it not been for the efforts of those 50 people who attended that meeting back in 1975 this festival might not be happening!Lastly, can I appeal to you all to give generously to our 2014 Branch charity, The Hamlet Centre Trust which supports local children and young adults with disabilities. When leaving the Festival, if you have some unused squares on your beer cards please deposit them in the box at the Glasses Stall and the value of the unused squares on your card will be donated to the charity. Alternately you may donate money in any of the numerous collection boxes that are deployed around the hall.Enjoy the festival!Warren Wordsworth, Branch Chairman

Chairmans Welcome

FESTIVAL FACTOur charity last year was the Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind.Over £5000 was raised during the week of the Beer Festival.

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At the time of writing this we are coming to the crunch period for the festival with only a few weeks to go before opening time.

The beers have been ordered, and this year we have more breweries new to the festival than ever before. They come from all around the country, many suggested by you, our festival attendees. We also welcome some new breweries from Norfolk to the festival (Two Rivers, Dancing Men, Tombstone and Taylor’s). Trade session invites are also going out and this year we hope to alleviate some of the “crunch” in Blackfriars’ Hall by allowing publicans and brewers access to St Andrew’s Hall throughout the period. As a result of this, we will open to the trade at a slightly later time. I also must say thank you to all the brewers who have supported us.

The changes we made to the entry procedures last year, streamlining the admission process by cutting out some confusing options on glasses sales and introducing beer cards, went down very well with you, our customer. This year’s option will proceed in a similar manner, with a slightly less shiny card so the marker pen ink adheres better. When we first talked about the idea of replacing our time honoured tokens, I was a bit concerned that such a big change would generate a lot of controversy, but everyone accepted the idea as it definitely speeded up getting served.

This brings me round to another feature we brought in last year; a bay in St Andrew’s Hall dedicated to one brewery. We managed to find a brewer from out of East Anglia who had a wide range of excellent beer in all styles and feed back was very positive on the Arbor beers chosen, some even making it to the Beer of the Festival competition. This year we will have a range of Marble beers from Manchester for your drinking enjoyment. The idea of this is to focus on a brewery that you don’t see often in the Norwich area.

One of the newer options we are trying this year is electronic payment for advance tickets. Many of our younger customers apparently don’t have cheque books and are used to electronic payments, so we are going into the digital age at last. In conjunction with this we are also going to trial lunchtime tickets as we have had a few comments from prospective customers who would like to have a working lunch, but can’t make it down owing to time constrictions. Hopefully this will make it easier.

We will also be making some changes in the catering at the festival and I would like to welcome Expresso Catering and look forward to working alongside Roland and his crew. Roland runs the Expresso Café in St George’s St. and has extensive experience in catering for events in the Norwich area, as well as running a thriving café.

As usual this is the bit where I plead with you guys for support; as usual the festival doesn’t run itself and relies on the contributions of many people throughout the year, so thanks to all of the organising committee for their work, especially over the last 11 years that I have been in charge, and it’s now time to hand over the reins. But never fear, you just might see me hanging around or lurking in some other capacity.

Martin WardNorwich Beer Festival Organiser 2003-2014

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Social Secretary’s WelcomeI would like to welcome you to the 37th Norwich Beer Festival and hope you enjoy the fine range

of beers and cider available served by our excellent volunteers. I find it hard to believe that a year has passed since the last Norwich Beer Festival. As Social Secretary for the Norwich and Norfolk branch of CAMRA my role involves organising campaign trips, brewery visits, branch meetings and other social events.

The regular events that take place within our branch are as follows. On the 1st Friday of every month, Adrian Hennessey organises visits to 5 pubs within Norwich (First Friday Five). Branch Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month (excluding October) and where possible I endeavour to spread these evenly between City and County pubs. On the last Friday of every month (excluding October and December) a Campaign Trip takes place where we visit up to 5 rural pubs promoting and drinking real ale and real cider where available.

So what have we been up to in the last 12 months? Well we have had 2 official brewery trips to Wolf and Jo C’s plus our September branch meeting was held at Humpty Dumpty. We also had a meeting at the Hill House, Happisburgh, home of the Dancing Men Brewery. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all breweries for inviting us and for their excellent hospitality. On the same day as our trip to Jo C’s, we were invited to Crisps Maltings in Great Ryburgh and enjoyed an excellent tour. Having been to a Maltings and Brewery maybe, we need a trip to a farm to see how one of the products is produced?

In May we managed to visit all 16 of Norwich’s GBG 2014 entries in one day. Some people made it to all pubs but it was good to see so many people joining us along the way. In June, our branch summer social took us to London where we visited 7 heritage pubs before finishing at the Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell. In September we enjoyed an afternoon of bowls at the Caxton Club in Beccles against our friends from Suffolk branches. It was an enjoyable afternoon and after a one year absence, the Roly Bowly Cup is safely back in Norfolk. It was an excellent afternoon with the largest turnout I can remember and everyone had a wonderful afternoon with a good range of ales available. Earlier this month we enjoyed an excellent trip to Ascot Races and Beer Festival. This is the 3rd year that we have attended this event and it seems as if it will now become a regular annual event.

I trust this gives you an insight to the types of activity that as a branch we are involved in and it would be good to see you if you wish to join us on any forthcoming events. We normally hire a 26 seater coach for our trips outside Norwich and therefore to guarantee a place booking is absolutely essential. To find out more about forthcoming events please refer to Norfolk Nips, our website or pop along to one of our branch meeting in the near future. If you have any suggestions for other events then please let me know and I will see if this can be arranged.

Once again, enjoy the festival and hope to see some of you on our social events in the coming months.

Michael Phillips

Above: Historic “The Blackfriar” PH, LondonBelow: Our trusty Coach outside Lord Nelson, Horsey.

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Above Left: Presentation of the Cup to the Winning Captain.Above Right: The Winning Norfolk Team.Left: Group photograph of the Norfolk CAMRA members in the Courtyard of the George Inn, Southwark.

Wolf Brewery TourRight: Inside the Brewhouse with Derek Dunstan who showed us round.Bottom Right: Inside the fermenting room.Bottom Left: The extensive bottling plant.

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The Hamlet Centre has been chosen by your Branch as its charity to support for 2014. This excellent and hard working local charity provides for both adults and children and offers great added value to life for them whether they have disabilities and or complex health needs.

So a few words from the Hamlet Centre.“We are delighted to have been invited to be the CAMRA charity of the year for 2014. It is a fantastic opportunity and we look forward to meeting many of the CAMRA supporters and members at this year’s festival.

In case you are not aware, the Hamlet Centre has two sites, one for adults on Ella Road and a children’s centre at Johnson Place. Here is some background about both.

Ella Road - Supporting Young Adults up to 29 years of age

Provides weekday support and activities for young adults with disabilities and complex needs. These activities include a variety of group-experiences in art, music, drama, cooking and sports, alongside one to one opportunities and sensory exploration.

Through generous donations we are now able to offer a state of the art sensory lounge, an adapted training-kitchen and a growing garden with accessible greenhouse.

Every weekday a group of adults attend our flat near the city centre. Working together, they plan their own programme of activities promoting fun, independence and team-work alongside the development of their individual life-skills; this will include cooking meals, shopping and using public transport.

Our Out of Hours Club provides an exciting range of social activities for adults from 16 years of age. Meetings are held throughout the week and at weekends.

Johnson Place - Supporting Children from 0 - 18 years

The Hive offers families of children with disabilities a range of support from the point of diagnosis onwards. Parents are able to ‘drop in’ and speak to professionals about concerns they may have, meet with other families and borrow specialist toys and equipment.

We run an Ofsted registered unique pre-school group which prioritizes places to children with disabilities and complex health needs. Children without disabilities are welcome and many siblings of the children attend, providing opportunities for play and early education in a truly inclusive setting.

Non-residential short break play-schemes, for children with disabilities and complex health needs are held in school holidays and at weekends throughout the year. Providing exciting , safe high quality play experiences for children with a wide range of disabilities including those with complex health needs.

Time2Grow is a fun and social transition scheme preparing young people for adulthood. Focusing on independence, advocacy, emotional health and well being. Our youth clubs provide short breaks on four evenings a week.”

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Ella and Johnson, our mascots are particularly excited to be here and hope to bump into you as you peruse the ales. Ella says, “drink responsibly”. They would also like to say a huge thank you to the CAMRA team for their kind and generous support in making this happen.

Contact us: info@hamletcentre.org.uk Or phone: 01603 751675Visit our website: www.hamletcentre.org.ukLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HamletCentreTrustFollow us on Twitter: @HamletCentreDonate online: https://www.justgiving.com/hamletcentre/

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HOW YOU CAN HELPUNUSED (or part used) BEER CARDS - You can donate these before you leave; there are boxes on the products stall, glasses stall and elsewhere in the halls. Any unused credits will be converted into a cash donation.

This beer festival programme is provided free, (thanks to our advertisers) but we do ask for a small donation into one of the many collecting boxes round the hall.

You will also see Hambassadors and volunteer workers at the festival as well so please feel free to ask them all about the Hamlet Centre for more information and visit their stand in Blackfriars as well!

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CAWSTON BANDCawston Band was founded in 1886, and it all began at the Bell Inn in the village of Cawston. Competitions are a big part of banding life, and in the early days the band won an amazing array of prizes.Presently they remain busy, entertaining audiences throughout Norfolk at venues ranging from the parks to the Norwich Playhouse, and are funded purely through engagements and donations.This Champion Band of East Anglia is a regular feature here at St. Andrews’ Hall, in both the EDP Festival of Carols in aid of the ‘We Care Appeal’ and at this great event the CAMRA Beer Festival. The band LOVES doing this ‘gig’, and this translates through their performance, and this year they will have a new Musical Director at the helm. Guaranteed to get you singing!www.cawstonband.co.ukCLEAVING HEEVAGESIf you believe their publicity, the Heevages comprise Mrs Cleavage, Miss Vixen and Miss Saxual Favours, plus the ‘engine room’ of Bailey O’Kickerdoorin on guitar, the Rev. Hamish McTaggart on bass, with Willmo on drums. You might believe that they play in a wide spectrum of styles covering the tastes of toddlers and octogenarians (and probably a few in the middle), while merely changing the odd lyric or two in the interest of variety. Or, on the other hand, you may have seen them before!The band has done television and radio work, made numerous recordings and have raised thousands of pounds for cancer charities over the years. They are now in their twentieth year. Bring your own boas!www.cleavingheevages.com

Date Lunch Early Evening Late EveningMonday 27th October No session No session Hellesdon and Sprowston BrassTuesday 28th October Vivace String Quartet Music Free Evening Wednesday 29th October Norfolk Jazz Quartet Hayley Moyses Bluegrass Forum Cawston BandThursday 30th October The Vagaband Dave Thomas Blues Band Taverham BandFriday 31st October DixieMix Jazz Band Cleaving Heevages Norfolk Wherry BrassSaturday 1st November Sheringham Shantymen The Harvs Cawston Band

DIXIE MIX JAZZ BANDBack for the third year running at the Beer Festival, DixieMix Jazz Band, led by cornetist Simon Nelson, has rapidly established itself as one of East Anglia’s most engaging and hard working Dixieland jazz ensembles.The band brings together many of the best jazz musicians in the Anglia region. Their talent, knowledge and enthusiasm for traditional jazz combines with ease to provide outstanding entertainment for all occasions. With the emphasis always on first class music mixed with humour, this band never fails to provide a top quality performance.As well as playing for established jazz audiences, DixieMix is equally at home letting rip with an entertaining show and creating a feel-good factor designed to please everyone, whatever their musical tastes. It has been a great year for the band, having toured with Rod Stewart on the UK leg of his World Tour, performing to huge audiences in stadiums around the country.The band is sponsored by Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales – acknowledged in the title of their second CD ‘Nelson’s Revenge’.www.dixiemixjazz.comTHE HARVSThe Harvs incorporate a breadth of musical source seldom heard anywhere, and it has been said that ‘they create a sound greater than the sum of their parts’. Songs and tunes two hundred years and older mingle comfortably alongside some of the latest to be released. Nothing is safe! Material is from everywhere and pretty much everywhen.Ian and Liam – father and son – have been around for 21 years or more and have performed at folk clubs, festivals, pubs, motorcycle rallies, parties, and have appeared on TV several times, finding that the wealth of material at their

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disposal allows them to work in front of many different types of audience. Their repertoire is constantly growing, and they are quite open to suggestions and odd requests at gigs, when they will have a go at stuff they vaguely know or have heard somewhere, sometime. It is their ‘busking’ approach that seems to appeal, and provides the vital connection between performers and audience.www.theharvs.comHAYLEY MOYSES BLUEGRASS FORUMThis is an innovative four-piece consisting of Norfolk musicians playing a wide spectrum of material from old pop classics to songs plucked from contemporary charts mixed with classic bluegrass breakdowns. With an easy professional musical style, they seem to straddle several different genres with three part harmonies, guitar, fiddle, dobro, banjos, mandolin and double bass. They released their first cd – ‘From Norfolk to Nashville’ – in Nov 2009, and they are planning another visit to Nashville TN in November.www.bluegrassforum.co.ukHELLESDON & SPROWSTON BRASSAgain opening the proceedings, and at their third N & N CAMRA Beer Festival, the H & S was formed in 2005 with the merger of the former Sprowston Brass Band and the Enterprise Band. The combining of the many years of experience, instruments and music libraries of the two bands resulted in the creation of a band that is proud of its history and of its future.The former Sprowston Band had been created from the old Lads Club Band in Norwich, and there are still a few players with them that were members of the Lads Club Band in the 1950s! The Enterprise Band had been formed much later, in the 1990s, and was based, unsurprisingly, in Hellesdon.www.hellesdonandsprowstonbrass.co.ukNORFOLK JAZZ QUARTETMaking their second appearance at the Beer Festival, the Norfolk Jazz Quartet is a hybrid of diverse and interesting musical backgrounds. The musicians play together in the region’s ‘coolest’ Dixieland jazz band, but the quartet gives them the opportunity to extend their range of melodic jazz standards and music from the Great American Song Book. Their programmes include music by a wide range of great composers such as Louis Armstrong, George and Ira Gershwin and Charlie Parker, to name a few. The

quartet plays what it likes and likes what it plays. It really swings!Led by Vic Brown on drums, the rest of the band comprises Tim Densham (clarinet and soprano saxophone), Peter Gregory (guitar and banjo) and Peter’s daughter, Liz Underdown (string bass) who dramatically reduces the average age of the band!.www.nnjc.co.ukNORFOLK WHERRY BRASSNorfolk Wherry Brass was formed in 2004 as a contesting brass band. Since that date the band has won two invitations to the National Finals in Harrogate, in 2005 and 2006, and one at Cheltenham in 2012 where the band came first and was crowned 4th section Champions of Great Britain. This was followed by further success at Cheltenham this year, where the band was placed third in the 3rd section under the leadership of Andy Crane, the band’s founder Director of Music, who rejoined the band a couple of years ago following his de-mob from the Army. The first two places at Cheltenham were won by bands from Wales and Scotland, so that made Norfolk Wherry Brass the top band in England in that class!Contesting is only part of the story of Norfolk Wherry Brass. The band performs a wide variety of Charity Concerts supporting many good causes including the R.A.F. Association, East Anglian Air Ambulance, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Quidenham Children’s Hospice, Handicapped Children’s Pilgrimage Trust, as well as many local churches.www.norfolkwherrybrass.co.ukSHERINGHAM SHANTYMENReturning for yet another Saturday lunchtime session at the Beer Festival, the Sheringham Shantymen are immensely proud to wear the RNLI badge on their uniforms, the only organisation, other than the Institution’s own branches, that is allowed to do so. They support the RNLI in a myriad of ways, donating a significant percentage of their yearly fundraising income directly, as well as supporting and performing at lifeboat stations around the UK and Ireland. Apart from this home ground, the Shantymen have performed around mainland Europe and North America, contributing to over a thousand performances since 1990, not to mention recording a number of videos and cd’s.www.shantymen.com

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TAVERHAM BANDAnother welcome return for the Taverham Band. Formed in 1974, with the second hand instruments from the then recently folded Stibbard Band, the rather tired brass-work was gradually replaced through their own fund-raising efforts, and was completed with the assistance of a grant from the National Lottery in the ‘90s.With support from sponsorship and performance fees, the band has also been able to raise considerable funds for national and local charities including Cancer Research UK and the EA Air Ambulance. Specialising in concert work, and with a healthy junior section, the band uses the full range of the latest music available to appeal to audiences in the 21st century.Apart from their bi-annual appearances at the Exploding Brass concerts, the highlight for the band last year was a performance at the Sandringham Flower Show in front of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.www.taverhamband.orgDAVE THOMAS BLUES BANDDave’s musical career started early – singing in the local Welsh Baptist Chapel, and learning harmonica at the age of seven, and by the age of twelve he was hooked on the blues, and joined his first band, Skid Row, the same year. By eighteen, he had been recruited to join Blond on Blond as lead singer, just missing out on their slot at the 1969 Isle of Wight festival, a fact that he still regrets to

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this day! In previous years, Dave has been joined at the Beer Festival by his piano player, but this year he will be bringing his full four-piece band.Dave has been busy organising the first new Blues Festival of its kind in Norwich, and the FINE CITY BLUES EXPLOSION 2014 was due to take place at Norwich Arts Centre the week before the CAMRA Beer Festival, featuring many acclaimed Blues artistes from both the UK and USA.www.thedavethomasband.co.ukTHE VAGABANDBack from their European Tour, The Vagaband return to the Beer Festival with the perfect soundtrack to accompany an afternoon tipple. The band already has a very good album called ‘Town & Country’ (which is waiting for you to rush over and buy!), and a new album ‘Medicine For The Soul’ is being released in November.This is a band that mixes ragtime, swing and blues, and produces what can only be described as Americana. They are very popular on the local music scene, and this will be their second appearance at the Beer Festival. www.thevagaband.co.ukVIVACE SWING QUARTETMaking their first appearance at the Beer Festival, this is a versatile string quartet whose repertoire includes classical, jazz and popular music. They are professional players based in Norwich, who enjoy playing together, performing throughout East Anglia and further afield. They enjoy performing at various types of function, such as weddings, both in church and civil ceremonies as well as the reception, and for other formal occasions including celebrations, business and charity functions.They have played at the EDP Wedding Show at Dunston Hall, and are looking forward to adding the Beer Festival as a further string to their bows!www.vivacequartet.co.uk

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Why not visitSt Peter’s Brewery,Hall and Shop.Visitors Centreopen Saturdays,

Sundays andBank Holidays.

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The First Norfolk Pub Guide 1975

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It is difficult to believe that when I came to Norfolk in 1967 one could go into any pub in Norwich and be served real ale. Work however had started on transforming the King Street Brewery with a large distribution depot and kegging and bottling plant as well as increased capacity with the installation of conical fermenters. A year later saw the closure of brewing at Bullards and also Lacons in Yarmouth (who had some Norwich pubs) In 1970 Steward and Pattesons stopped brewing. The traditional local brews went to be replaced with bland keg beers, the most infamous of which was the replacement standard bitter, Starlight at just 2.4% ABV.

So in just seven years all Norfolk brewed traditional ales had gone. In Suffolk the then family brewers Adnams, Greene King and Tolly Cobbold remained producing real ales, though even they were changing.

Fortunately there was (and still is) a belt of independently owned public houses in North Norfolk who provided respite from Keg.

These were supplied mainly by the independent Wholesaler Rusts, whose manager John Snow was a great supporter of cask ale.

As you can see in Norwich our annual pub crawl was rather restricted to just two pubs. The Back Bar at the Maids Head had excellent Adnams and Greene King Abbot Ale, whilst

the Wild Man, a pub owned then by the City Council was leased by Ipswich Brewers Tolly Cobbold and sold Tolly Mild, Tolly Bitter and Worthington Bitter, and from November Tolly Old was sold to after Christmas.

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Brewing the perfect beer requires the brewer to use art, craft and science, in a balance of natural ingredients and processes.Some brewers embrace modern technology while other use more traditional means but whether the brewery is large or small, old or new the process remains the same.The process begins with the malted barley being lightly crushed in a roller mill (1), to a coarse powder called grist. At this stage, other cereals - including flaked maize, unmalted barley and wheat

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can be introduced, if required by the brewers recipe to produce particular characteristics of flavour or colour or appearance. Darker malts are used for stouts, porters and some milds.A tank of hot water (2) is prepared, perhaps by adding salts to mimic the water from a particular area. This water is called liquor by brewers. Bitters are often brewed with a liquor that has been “Burtonised” the water in Burton on Trent being particularly suitable for these beers. Darker beers often need hard water.The grist is transferred to a large vessel called a mash tun (3), where it is mashed with hot water to form a sort of thin porridge called mash. The starches in the malt are converted, over the next hour or so, by enzymes into sugars. These sugars dissolve in the liquor and eventually a sweet brown liquid, called wort, is run off through a slotted base of the mash tun. The mash is then sparged by having hot liquor sprayed over the top of it, which passes down through the mash dissolving most of the sugars, leaving behind spent grains which are used as cattle food.. The wort is then boiled with hops in a large vessel known as a copper (4), so called because traditionally it was made of copper whilst other brewery vessels could have been made of wood or cast iron. Now stainless steel is used for brewing vessels, but the name “copper” remains.During boiling hops are added at various stages, and flavours and other components extracted into the wort. A point is reached where the dissolved proteins coagulate, a process called by brewers “the break”. After this the beer is run out though a vessel called a copper back (5), which has perforated plates which catch the spent hops making a filter bed to remove suspended matter in the beer. The beer is now cooled, normally with a paraflow cooler (6) to recover heat for the next mash. In the past large open coolers (7) were used at the top of the brewery, cooled by air through open slats.The next stage is fermentation, the most critical process of all. The hopped wort is cooled to about 20°C and run into fermentation vessels (8), traditionally of wood, sometimes plastic but now more often stainless steel. Yeast is added, and it begins to convert the natural sugars into alcohol, carbon dioxide and a range of subtle flavours. Historically, all British ales and stouts were fermented with a yeast that rose to the top of the beer, and in many cases this method is still used. These top fermenting beers develop cloud like foaming heads. When the yeast has done its job, the head settles into a thick, creamy crust, protecting the beer from air.These days many ales are fermented in closed fermenters. When fermentation is finished the wort has turned into beer.Finally, before a beer leaves the brewery it must be conditioned. The conditioning process differs according to how the beer is to leave the brewery.For cask conditioned beers (real ales) the beer may go directly into the cask or bottle. Often however it goes to a closed holding tank or conditioning vessel (9) where it may ferment further with carbon dioxide dissolving in the beer, a process called conditioning. By chilling the beer at this stage it is possible to remove excess yeast and proteins that could cause a cloudy beer in a cold pub cellar.From the conditioning tanks the beer is run into casks (10) . More hops may be added to the cask (dry hopping) for extra aroma. Finings also added which help dead yeast and other materials responsible for haze sink to the bottom, clarifying the beer when it is being prepared for sale.The yeast in the beer is still active, and the beer will undergo a second fermentation in the cask, normally in the cellar of a pub. Cask conditioned beer needs to be looked after carefully if it is to be brought to the pub bar in perfect condition, this is the job of the cellarman.Bottled conditioned real ale will also has a secondary fermentation in the bottle, often helped by adding a little unfermented wort. This type of beer has a little yeast which settles in the bottom of the bottle, so you have to be careful when pouring into a glass.Other beers are brought to condition in the brewery, some are fined and filtered and some are pasteurised to guard against deterioration from microbes. Some of chemicals added to make a foaming head, or longer shelf life. They reach the consumer in kegs, bottles or cans having no secondary flavour development.

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I joined CAMRA back in the 1970s because I wanted to ensure the drink I liked would continue to be available. After the Watney takeover in Norwich we had by 1970 only a few pubs selling cask ale. Those were the days of trips diverting to Cromer to visit the Red Lion Hotel and its excellent Adnams Bitter - oh such a distinctive beer it was then. A visit to Letheringsett gave a choice of Adnams Bitter or Mild, and in Winter Old appeared. Then of course the Walpole Arms, Itteringham (missed off the first guide) which had Tolly Old in Winter. The choice was not large, but the beers excellent, full of flavour.

In the 1980s we had the start of the micro brewery movement. Often just one or two guys moved from home brewing to commercial brewing. Some of these breweries have prospered and grown, whilst some sadly have fallen by the wayside.

Micros often started off with brewing a quality traditional style mild and a bitter, then a best bitter. However they had the flexibility to brew small amounts and experiment. So for example I asked Ray Ashworth who had set up Woodfordes with David Crease to brew a Porter for Norwich Beer Festival. At the time the only other Porter available was Timothy Taylor’s. Woodfordes Porter won beer of the Festival, other brewers noticed and within a few years lots of Porters were available from small brewers across Britain.

After some hot summers in the 1980s the demand for a clean tasting refreshing drink was met by new brews using different hops to impart a strong citrus flavour to the beer, and less crystal malt to give a dryer, lighter coloured, less malty character. And so the Golden Beer style was born.

Now all this was good, new beers complementing the traditional styles. Pubs stocking a range of beer styles from different breweries, adding to interest. However we also started to have pubs trying to sell more beers than they could keep in good condition, ideally a cask should be sold in a few days. Some started to use “cask breathers” which lets gas into a beer cask rather than air in. Yes it does keep a beer longer, but it tends to dry out and get bacterial infections which turn the beer sweet with a sort of clawing unpleasant mouthfeel. But by avoiding air contact the beer didn’t turn to vinegar, the “traditional” way one recognised stale beer, but it also didn’t develop the flavours a cask beer can. CAMRA rejected this way of keeping beer because of the adverse effect on quality.

Real ale has avoided the falling sales of national brands of beer. Over the last ten years we have seen an explosion of new breweries setting up, all fighting for space on the bar. This has lead to a proliferation of new breweries and even more beer names, how many are new brews is another question. One can now go into a pub and not recognise any of the beers on sale, or sometimes

not even the breweries making it.We can now add to this keg craft beer, which is

dead beer packaged for a long shelf life, marketed to be associated, even confused, with cask beers. Cask, Craft, sounds similar. Some breweries produce both cask and keg beers with the same names and put into similar containers.

Now some craft beers are just that, small brewers brewing perhaps 500 pints at a time; but we also have so called craft brewers who a making millions of pints a year in large modern breweries. We have successful small brewers who make a name for themselves with quality cask ales being bought by much larger brewers just for the brand name. We have started to see pubs reducing their sales of inconvenient short life cask beers to promote instead dead keg craft beers. Bars with a choice of maybe 20 beers few have heard of, and many originating from the same large brewery.

In the background large brewers see this as the opportunity to get back a share of the premium market, and to develop new brands. They are keen to confuse the public - so now we have “Craft” beer festivals, “Craft” pump clips, and “Craft” promotions to make the insipid appear trendy with Facebook likes and Twitter comments. Wetherspoons have an American “craft beer” brewed for them by Marstons in their huge Wolverhampton Brewery.

Do we as consumers really have a choice if we have no idea where the beers originate from or what they taste like? Do we have choice when the source of a beer is hidden behind a silly name? Do we have choice when the difference between cask and keg is intentionally blurred, the blackboard filled with names of both cask and keg beers, and multiple pump clips adorning unused handpumps.

I like choice but I want to know what I am choosing before parting with my money. I also want to know that the beer is fresh, that it has not been sitting in plastic bags or beerlines for weeks getting worse and worse. I also don’t want to accidentally order a keg beer with excess gas because of the way it is displayed on the bar.

Of course you should be able to drink a Golden beer brewed with organic malt from New Zealand and hops from America, even flavoured with Craster kippers if that’s what you want. But, please, I also want to be able to drink good quality flavoursome traditional cask conditioned English style beers; mild, bitter, best bitter, old. Made with English hops and malt from East Anglian farms. I want to be able to go into a pub and see beers I know and like, and know that another cask is waiting to be put on so that the same good beer will still be on the bar in a weeks time rather than beer No 456 for this year.

Is that too much to ask? PT

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NORFOLK CIDER - PRESENT AND FUTUREAfter a warm and favourable fruit-growing season, this autumn’s crop will be early and bountiful. A

bumper crop of East Anglian apples should lead to the next tranche of Norfolk ciders made from the culinary and dessert apples (the cookers and eaters) that are grown here. The apples result in a cider that is clean and easy on the palate with a light colour and body but with no tannin on the tongue. The fermentation, maturation and blending of these freshly pressed juices will hopefully produce some tantalising ciders for next year. Roll on 2015.

If all has gone according to plan ciders from last autumn’s efforts will be available from every Norfolk producer at East Anglia’s largest cider and perry bar at our 37th Norwich Beer Festival. As an important showcase for all the eastern region’s producers the East Anglian cider of the year competition takes place here during the festival. Last year both winners were from Norfolk: Jonty’s Red Sky Cider and Whin Hill Perry. This year we welcome a new producer, the Harleston Cider Company, to the bar. Their core product is a medium dry cider called Cid’er’oad. The name reflects the source of the apples, gathered from trees that grow along the side of the roads around the south Norfolk border. These trees are presumably the wild legacy of those cores that flew out of car windows decades ago. Isn’t nature wonderfully prolific!

The comprehensive annual survey of all Norwich’s pubs took place in August this year. The findings reinforced the city as a capital of real ale but it also provided information on the availability of cider and perry. The Norwich pubs stocking real Norfolk ciders are listed opposite.

Please take the opportunity to visit the pubs and sample the local wares, and afterwards you might wish to nominate the one that impressed you most for Norfolk Cider Pub of the year 2015. Nomination forms and the post-box are located at the cider bar, or use the form at the back of this programme. Incidentally the National winner in 2013 was the Downham Market Railway, and it was first nominated here! It also won the East Anglian Cider Pub of the Year for 2014. This cafe/bar on the station platform provides a nostalgic and quirky venue to enjoy your favourite tipple (though beware the erratic opening hours).

And so to a couple of points regarding the development of cider:Currently the law states that, to be considered a cider, a minimum of 35% apple product (juice) must

be used. For obvious commercial and financial reasons it is likely that the national producers will use this minimum in their mass production facilities and still be perfectly entitled to sell the end result as bona fide cider. But smaller producers, pressing their locally sourced apples and pears will make their ciders and perries using a much higher proportion of pure apple/pear juice to ensure both quality and authenticity. Thus, by current rules, they are effectively penalised when in competition with the big operators. In order to maintain the availability of traditional cider and perry and support our craft cider makers should CAMRA help to keep them profitable and in business? Should CAMRA take up the baton and lobby for a higher minimum juice content (say 65%) ? After all, the campaign has an excellent recent history of influencing government and this would surely be a worthy cause.

Talking about profitability, in the wider cider world, fruit ciders are a phenomenal success story. They appeal to a wide spectrum of potential customers and even the big brewers (Carling, Stella Artois, Koepeberg, Magners) have jumped on the “fruit-flavoured” bandwagon. Our artisanal adventurers have been experimenting with the traditional drink in a number of ways, for instance adding fresh juice, making shandy, freezing and adding whole fruit like cherries and blueberries. At any pub or parish festival the organisers will tell you that it is the fruit ciders that are most popular and sell out first. But such ciders do not conform to CAMRA’s strict criteria for a “real” cider and cannot be found at this festival. Just as craft beers are now more widespread, popular with the general public and extremely lucrative, is it time CAMRA promoting rather than quashing these innovations in the evolution of our favourite fruit-based beverage?

Doc MartinN&N CAMRA cider rep

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Norwich pubs selling Norfolk Cider

August 2014

Pub Cider Maker Cider name ABV priceBeehive Burnards’ Banham Zing 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Oaky Doky 5% £3.50 Burnards’ Straw Dog 6.5% £3.50Cottage Burnards’ Montys’Double 6% £3.50 Kingfisher Medium 7% £3.50 Kingfisher Sweet 7% £3.50Fat Cat Brewery Tap Burnards’ Banham Zing 6% £3.50 Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £3.50Kings Head Kingfisher 7% £3.50Plasterers Burnards’ Montys’ Double 6% £4 Kingfisher 7% £3.60 Whin Hill Medium Cider 6.4% £4.25Reindeer Burnards’ Oaky Doky 5.5% £3.50Ribs of Beef Kingfisher 7%Take 5 Crones’ Dutchie Original 7.5% £4.00Trafford Kingfisher 7.5% £3.20White Lion Burnards’ Old Hardie 6.4% £3.60 Crones’ Dutchie Original 7.5% £3.60 Crones’ Norfolk Perry 6.4% £3.80 Crones’ Rum Cask 7.5% £4.00 East Norfolk Hawker 6.5% £3.60 Whin Hill Medium Cider 6.4% £3.60 Whin Hill Perry 5.8%

Whilst enjoying East Anglia’s largest Cider Bar, here at Norwich Beer Festival, cast your minds back to the pubs where you have enjoyed your traditional ciders and perry over the past year. Once again we are asking you to nominate your most loved and respected Norfolk local that sells good quality real cider, throughout the year.

You can find a form on the Cider Bar, or use the same form as for voting for Beer of the Festival, found on the back page of this programme.

We will then make sure all pubs nominated are considered equally for the 2015 awards.

The CAMRA National winner for 2013, Downham Market Railway, is a Norfolk pub that was first nominated here.

Norfolk Cider Pub of the Year - 2014

The Eight Cider Makers of NorfolkBurnards’, White Lodge, Grove Road, Banham. NR16 2HGCrones’, Kenninghall. NR16 2DPEast Norfolk Cider Trading Company. Scratby. NR29 3AJGreenwoods’, The Ashes, Carlton Rode. NR16 1NNHarleston Cider Co., Harleston, NorfolkJontys’, Banham Barrel, Banham. NR16 2HBNorfolk Cider Company. Norfolk Cider Shop, Wroxham Barns. NR12 8QUWhin Hill, Stearman’s Yard, Wells-next-the-sea. NR23 1BW

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APPLE COTTAGE Baldock, Hertfordshire

F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice Fred’s Perry T’Orchard

Paul & Gayle Edwards started small, but are growing in both volume and popularity. They are winning awards!

ASHOVER Ashover, Derbyshire

Cider A collective with connections to the Old Poets’ Corner, where cider is sold.

BARBOURNE Worcester, Worcestershire

Perry A family run business who hand pick and press locally grown apples.

BARKERS Hallow, Worcestershire

B.U.R.P Perry Made by John Barker at Moody Cow Cottage.

BERTIE’S Braintree, Essex

Abbots Cider (Oak Matured) Ian Reynolds is a new, small producer, making cider in his back garden.

BUFFOON’S Canewdon, Essex

C-Cider O-Pear Perry

Trevor Buffett is a small scale maker whose range of ciders is growing.

BURNARD Banham, Norfolk

Perry Stray Dog

Ryan Burnard has been making cider since before 1988. He makes his cider just outside Banham.

CAM VALLEY Meldreth, Cambridgeshire

Discovery Punters Pleasure Skinny Dippers Perry

Tim Elbourn is the fifth generation to farm in the area around Melbourn and Meldreth. The first was in 1864. Over 20 varieties of apples are grown and sold in the farm shop.

CAREY ORGANICS Carey, Herefordshire

Cider They started the family farm in 2004, and have over 20 acres of maturing orchards.

CARTER’S Boxted, Essex

Essex Cider A popular cider from Dedham Vale Vinyard.

CASSELS Bourn, Cambridgeshire

Good Elf Perry Sweet April

Now based in Bourn, David Thompson uses unsprayed, hand pressed, West Country, dessert and culinary apples.

CASTLINGS HEATH Boxford, Suffolk

Organic Original John Norton makes his organic cider in old oak casks at Castlings Heath Cottage.

CELTIC MARCHES Bishops Frome, Herefordshire

Tuppy Glossop The family has been growing fruit and hops on their farm for over 100 years.

CROMWELL Hemmingford, Cambridgeshire

Cavalier Perry Oliver’s Sweetheart Oliver’s Choice

Tony Hobbs matures his cider for over a year before you get to taste it! It keeps winning awards!

CIDER AND PERRY

FESTIVAL FACTThe Third Norwich Festival was the first

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CRONES’ Kenninghall, Norfolk

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Cabinet maker Robbie Crone started part time cider making in 1984 before going full time in 1989. A fully organic set-up producing a wide range of apple juices as well as cider.

CROSSMAN Hewish, Somerset

Cider Started in the 1930s and continues with the 5th generation Crossman. The farm has 2 main orchards, one replanted in the late 1960’s, and the other planted in 1987.

DELVIN END Sible Hedingham, Essex

Waltzing Wasp Dawn & Adam Leworthy have been making cider since 2004, and have recently moved their production in to a new barn.

DENGIE Mayland, Essex

Dengie Started in 2012 as a collaboration between a local cider maker and Wibblers Brewery, but now produced by Wibblers. Apples are pressed off-site to prevent cross-contamination of yeasts.

DUNTON Dunton, Bedfordshire

Cider A small community-based producer that is growing in popularity.

EAST NORFOLK Scratby, Norfolk

Norfolk Hawker Norfolk Haymaker Tabernacle Pider

Russell Watson has recently moved into a new barn so that production can increase. They are England’s most easterly cider maker.

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EVERSHED Odell, Bedfordshire

Rill Cottage Elisabeth Evershed makes small batches of cider and perry from whatever apples and pears she can get hold of.

GLEBE FARM Kings Ripton, Cambridgeshire

Side-R “Dry” Side-R “Sweet”

Made entirely from apples grown within Cambridgeshire. The farm has been run by the Rayner Family since 1970.

GREENWOODS Carlton Rode, Norfolk

Orchard Trevor Greenwood uses mainly derssert apples from the family orchards for the bulk of his cider and juice making. He also offers a pressing service for those with no means of pressing.

GWYNT Y DDRAIG Llantwit Fardre, Glamorganshire

Black Dragon They started production in 2001, and have grown considerably.

HARDINGS Luton, Bedfordshire

3 Counties Bounty Lee Harding is a small producer using apples that would normally be going to waste. He has recently moved from Luton to Abbotsley in Cambridgeshire.

HARLESTON Harleston, Norfolk

Ci’der’road A new, boutique producer, Ken and Deb Woolley are using apples from wild roadside trees.

HARROLD Harrold, Bedfordshire

Lambasted Blue Spot The Harrold Calvados Society was set up to revive the art of cider making in Harrold, with proceeds going to charity.

HERTS CIDER Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

Secret Cider A very small producer who started making cider as a result of her love of real cider.

HILL HOLME Great Totham, Essex

Majors A juice pressing company that has just started making cider.

HURST VIEW Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire

Cider Nick and Sue Rowbotham started making cider in 2011 from their home-based cider shed. Their cider is made with locally sourced Staffordshire apples.

JONTY’S Banham, Norfolk

Early Night J Red Sky

Jonty Wright is based at the Banham Barrel pub opposite Banham Zoo. A renowned live music venue.

LONDON CIDER CO. Watford, Greater London

Cider We know little about them!

LONDON GLIDER Woodford Green, Greater London

Cider Perry

London Glider, rhyming slang for cider. They take apples & pears from the gardens of suburbia and turn them into award-winning cider & perry.

MALVERN MAGIC Coddington, Herefordshire

Kingston Black (SV) Made by Rob Uren.

MILLWHITES Boxmore, Hertfordshire

Apples And Pears Hedge Layer Rum Cask

John White uses over 100 years of experience to produce cider in Hertfordshire from apples grown in Somerset.

MOORES Upton St. Leonard’s, Gloucestershire

Perry We know virtually nothing about them!

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NORFOLK CIDER CO. Hoveton, Norfolk

Norfolk Dry Norfolk Sweet

The county’s longest established cider maker. Stephen Fisher uses an ‘Ingenio’ apple mill from the 1870’s and a wooden nineteenth century Norfolk box press.

OLIVER’S Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire

Perry Tom Oliver sources apples and pears from the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

PAGLESHAM PUNCH Canewdon, Essex

Cider Gary Ross and Tony Legget have been making cider for a few of years now, but only make a small amount.

PICKLED PIG Streatham, Cambridgeshire

New Season Porker’s Sweet Little Pig Will’s Perry

Charles Roberts keeps winning awards for his cider, which uses locally sourced apples.

POTTON PRESS Potton, Bedfordshire

Perry Sweet Spot Trip Hazard

Made in his shed, John Weekes won an award for his first ever cider, and continues to win awards.

SPINNEY ABBEY Wicken, Cambridgeshire

Monk and Disorderly Spinney Abbey is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation. Their cider is growing in popularity.

STOCKMOOR Leominster, Herefordshire

Cider Perry

We know vertially nothing about them!

THATCHERS Sandford, Somerset

Traditional One of the larger independent producers. Increasingly available in supermarkets and other outlets nationwide.

THISTLY CROSS Dunbar, East Lothian

Jaggy Thistle Established as a collaboration between farmer, Ian Rennie, and artist-turned-cidermaker, Peter Stuart, in 2008, Thistly Cross has gained a reputation for making ciders that people rave about.

THREE CATS Morley, Derbyshire

Cider Sue and Chris Rogers have planted a new orchard of cider trees and can now make traditional cider from Derbyshire-grown apples.

WADDLEGOOSE LANE Aspall, Suffolk

Spadger Woodsprite

Made by Aspall, one of the larger cider makers in the UK.

WEST CROFT Brent Knoll, Somerset

Morgan Sweet (SV) Established by John Harris over 18 years ago, their award-winning ciders have a reputation that reaches far and wide.

WHIN HILL Wells, Norfolk

“Sweet” Dabinett (SV) Perry

Started in 1994 by Jim Fergusson and Pete Lynn, ownership changed in April 2012 to Mark and Lisa Jarvis. They are the northernmost of the Norfolk producers, with their own orchards and shop.

WHITEGATE FARM Broadland, Norfolk

Whitegate Gold Produced in East Norfolk by a publicity shy co-operative from their own apples, any profits from the enterprise are donated to local charities.

WILKINS Mudgley, Somerset

Morgan Sweet (SV) Started by his grandfather in 1917, Roger Wilkins keeps the family tradition going. Traditional scrumpy style cider is one of Rogers specialties.

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Traditional cask beers such as we have at this festival are not all similar. Different styles have evolved to cater for different tastes. Traditional ale is not brewed, as most national brands are, to be bland and inoffensive. Some beers are soft and gentle, easy drinking, others may be more demanding, an acquired taste, and possibly more interesting.Those who say they don’t like beer, just haven’t found the right beer, a beer to their taste, but when they do life will never be the same again. You will also find that you won’t get that gassy distended feeling in the stomach.So to help you here is a guide to the principal types of cask beer to be found at this festival.

MildMild is one of the most traditional beer

styles, now enjoying a revival in today’s real ale market. Usually dark brown in colour, from the use of well-roasted malts or barley. It is less hopped than bitters and often has a chocolatety character with nutty and burnt flavours.

“Chocolate “, “fruity”, “nutty” and “burnt” are all tastes to be found in the complexity of Milds. Not all milds are dark. In Scotland, 60/- ale is similar to mild.

Until a few years ago milds would have an ABV (alcohol by volume) in the 3.3% to 3.7% range, but now many milds are brewed above 4%ABV. Mild wasn’t always weaker though. This is a return to the latter half of the 19th Century when milds were brewed from 4% to 5.5% ABV, but as a sweeter, very full bodied beer. Bitter

Bitters grew out of pale ale, often deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker crystal malts in addition to pale malt. These beers didn’t require lengthy storage before sale. With more hops, bitters give a full dry flavour.

BRITISH BEER TYPES

Best is a stronger version of Bitter.Before the First World War most Bitters

were between 5% and 6% ABV. Now, Bitter falls into the 3.4% to 3.9% ABV band, with Best Bitter 4% upwards (but a number of brewers label their ordinary Bitters ‘Best’). A further development of Bitter comes in the shape of Extra or Special Strong Bitters of 5% or more. Recent trends have been towards slightly stronger Bitters, full bodied and fruity.

Look for a spicy, peppery and grassy hop character, a powerful bitterness, tangy fruit and juicy and nutty malt. With Best and Strong Bitters, malt and fruit character will tend to dominate, but hop aroma and bitterness are still crucial to the style.Golden Ales

This style of pale, well-hopped and thirst quenching beer developed in the 1980s, an alternative to lager. At the same time new varieties of hops, especially from America and New Zealand became available. Many versions of the style are now made, strengths will range from 3.5% to 5.3%.

The hallmark will be the biscuity and juicy malt character derived from pale malts, underscored by tart citrus fruit and peppery hops, often with the addition of hints of vanilla

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and dry biscuit. Golden ales are pale amber, gold, yellow or straw coloured.

Pale Ale or IPAIndia Pale Ale (IPA) changed the face of

brewing early in the 19th century. Malt duty encouraged the use of pale malts to fashion beers that were genuinely golden or pale bronze in colour.

First brewed in London and Burton-on-Trent for a national market and export, IPAs were strong in alcohol and high in hops, with a significant sulphur nose. They kept well. Beers with less alcohol and hops were developed for the domestic market and were known as Pale Ale.

So-called IPAs with strengths of around 3.5% are not true to style. Look for juicy malt, citrus fruit and a big spicy, peppery bitter hop character, with strengths of 4% upwards, and plenty of body.

Old AleOld Ales reflect the beers available before

the restrictions on brewing introduced in the First World War.

Old Ales, contrary to expectation, do not have to be especially strong: they can be 4% alcohol or more. They can be dark, or brown, or even more like a best bitter in colour. Old Ale can be full of complex flavours, rich fruity malts, , tart fruit and spicy hop notes. Darker versions will have a more profound malt character with powerful hints of roasted grain, dark fruit, polished leather and fresh tobacco.

The hallmark of the style remains a lengthy period of maturation during which complex flavours develop.

Porter & StoutPorter was a London style that turned the

brewing industry upside down early in the 18th century. It was a dark brown beer - 19th-century versions became black as brown malts were replaced by pale malt and chocolate

malts. A generic term for a strong beer was Stout.

The strongest versions of Porter became known as Stout Porter, reduced over the years to simply Stout. Guinness interpreted the style using roasted barley to produce a dryer beer. with a big foaming head. The beers were strong - 6% for Porter, 7% or 8% for Stout. Guinness export is still 6%, but the keg draught beer is much weaker. Revived in recent years, real Porters and Stouts are produced, from 4% to 6% ABV. Look for complex flavours, profound dark and roasted malt character with raisin and sultana fruit, espresso or cappuccino coffee, liquorice and molasses, all underscored by hefty hop bitterness.

Barley WineBarley Wine is a strong beer, often

between 7% and 10% - and requires considerable time to mature and become drinkable.

A few family brewers have kept the traditional brew, often as a Christmas Ale, Old Tom, Old Rodger are familiar names, and locally Adnams Tallyho. Many small brewers now produce their interpretations of the style. Expect massive sweet malt and ripe fruit of the pear drop, orange and lemon type, with darker fruits, chocolate and coffee if darker malts are used. Hop rates are generous and produce bitterness and peppery, grassy and floral notes.

Speciality BeersEmbraces all types of beer that contain

a non-core brewing ingredient at a level intended to impart a distinctive and discernible flavour or character. Examples could be ginger, honey, various fruits etc. Also Wheat beers and traditional lager.

A recent trend to use smoked malt, a distinctive taste, not enjoyed by everyone.

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10 Storey Malt BoMB, alecheMy

1845, Fuller’S1914, Mr Grundy’S1914, opa hay’S2%, FelStar

20 not out, BuFFyS

3 Faze, FalStaFF

92 Sqdn, BuntinGFord

9X, BuFFyS

aBinGdon BridGe, looSe cannon

acorn, otter

adMiralS reServe, WoodForde’SaFter the StorM, dancinG Men

aFternoon deliGht, BeeSton

aK pale, colcheSter

ale de coloGne, opa hay’Sale de coloGne, opa hay’Salt, oKellS

aMarillo, crouch vale

aMBer, harBour

apollo, crouch vale

arMaGeddon, tydd SteaM

art oF darKneSS, darK Star

aScendancy, Mordue

athena, elGood’Saudit, WeSterhaM

audit ale, laconS

aziMuth, hardKnott

BarBaStelle, old chiMneyS

Barn ale, tydd SteaM

BattleaXe, rudGate

BeaSt oF the eaSt ipa, panther

BeaSt oF the eaSt ipa, panther

BeSt, KinGS head

BeSt Bitter, BraSS caStle

BeSt Bitter, copper draGon

BeSt Bitter, elMtree

BeSt Bitter, St peter’SBiBBle, Wild Beer

Bitter, BlacK hole

Bitter, portoBello

Bitter, raMSBury

Bitter Bully, cheddar aleS

Bitter old BuStard, Joc’S

BlacK, panther

BlacK & White, BateManS

BlacK adder, MauldonS

BlacK Gold, copper draGon

BlacK hole, caMBridGe MoonShine

BlacK hopS iBa, Golden trianGle

BlacK i, Brandon

BlacK ipa, norFolK BreWhouSe

BlacK KniGht, ludloW

BlacK Wit, poppyland

BlacKBerry porter, MauldonS

Blonde, haStinGS

Blonde, SaFFron

Blue top, old dairy

BoltMaKer, tiMothy taylor

BridGe Street, Green draGon

Bronze adder, MauldonS

BuMBleBeer, WentWorth

BurStonS cucKoo, elMtree

caBarruS Gold, ole SleWFoot

capel pale, tonBridGe

captain BoB, MiGhty oaK

cardinale WolSey, BriarBanK

cart noir, KelBurn

chaucer, Green draGon

cherry darK, titanic

chinooK, tWo roSeS

chiSWicK, Fuller’Schocolate, MarBle

chocolate SluG porter, rchchocWorK oranGe, BrentWood

chriStMaS ale, St peter’Scitra, raW

cliFFhanGer, BraSS caStle

cloudBurSt, Winter’ScontinuuM, hardKnott

couGar, Fat cat BreWery

croWn & Glory, cheddar aleS

daily Bread, aBBeydale

darK BelGian SaiSon, ole SleWFoot

darK Moor, KelBurn

darKeSt hour, S&p

deception, aBBeydale

deMeter, elGood’SdenGie darK, WiBBlerS

deWhopper, norFolK BreWhouSe

diaMond, phippS

doBBer, MarBle

dr FoX’S cunninG linctuS, tydd SteaM

ducKS Folly, Goddard’Searl Grey, MarBle

edGe, raW

edith cavell, WolF

enGliSh oaK, MiGhty oaK

entire, olde SWan

eriMuS pale, trueFitt

eveS drop, S&pFalcon, laconS

FeStival Special, adnaMS

FiSt Full oF hopS, FalStaFF

FlaGShip, hooK norton

FlyinG Serpent, SaFFron

FreSh hop, FoX

Friend oF the devil, ole SleWFoot

Full nelSon, tWo roSeS

GaleS hSB, Fuller’SGhoSt Ship, adnaMS

GinGer, MarBle

GinGer puSS, Fat cat BreWery

Glory, yeovil

Gold, ludloW

Gold Star, phippS

Golden, panther

Golden BeSt, Green JacK

Golden Bud, BraMpton

Good KinG henry, old chiMneyS

GraSShopper, WeSterhaM

Green hop ipa, darK Star

GunSlinGer, toMBStone

halF Bore, hunter’ShareS hoppinG, tWo riverS

havercaKe, tiMothy taylor

head, otter

heavenly Matter, caMBridGe MoonShine

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heritaGe ipa, StuMptail

heWiSh Mild, rchhiGhliGht, laconS

hiphopopotuMuS, ayr

hooK iSland red, Five pointS

hooKy Mild, hooK norton

hop BaBy, KinGS head

hop harveSt Gold, WiBBlerS

hop loBSter, Golden trianGle

hoppyneSS, loch neSS

iMperial Stout, Fuller’Sindependence, BriStol Beer

Factory

indian inK, FaKir

indian SuMMer, elGood’Sipa, Fat cat BreWery

ipa, harBour

ipa, WiBBlerS

ipl, redWell

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Jpa, SadlerS

KeeperS Gold, Wall’SKnot another ipa, Joc’SlaSt run, opa hay’SleMon & GinGer, huMpty duMpty

levitation, teiGnWorthy

london porter, Fuller’Slondon pride, Fuller’SlonGevity, Wall’SMadneSS ipa, Wild Beer

MahSeer, Green JacK

MancheSter, MarBle

ManX pale ale, oKellS

MetropoliS, colcheSter

Mild, BraMpton

Mild, BuFFyS

Mild, Winter’SMilK Stout, BriStol Beer Factory

Minerva, Milton

Minotaur, Milton

Moor top, BuXton

MoSaic city, Golden trianGle

naKed ladieS, tWicKenhaM

no eScape, BlacK hole

nord atlantic, huMpty duMpty

norFolK 80/-, elMtree

norFolK Green hop, S&p

norFolK KiWi, Joc’SnorFolK nip, WoodForde’SnorFolK Stoat, tWo riverS

oatMeal Stout, BuntinGFord

oBSidian, hop Studio

old KinG coel, colcheSter

old MoGGie, teiGnWorthy

old oriGinal, everardS

old StoatWoBBler, BeeSton

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pale, looSe cannon

pale, redWell

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pale & Bitter, Gyle 59phoeniX ipa, WoodForde’Spint, MarBle

pluM porter, elGood’SpluM porter, titanic

poppy ale, WolF

porter, haStinGS

porter, hop Studio

preMiuM, BattledoWn

prince oF denMarK, harveyS

proper porter, FelStar

puMpKin, everardS

raBBieS porter, ayr

raiSin d’etre, norFolK Square

rapture, MaGic rocK

red draGon, Great orMe

red i, Brandon

red top, old dairy

redWood, Grain

revenGe, Winter’SrinGMaSter, MaGic rocK

ripper, Green JacK

riSinG Sun, Green JacK

royal hunt, hunter’SruBy, yeovil

ruBy Mild, rudGate

ruBy Spice, norFolK BreWhouSe

ruStic, tonBridGe

rye, StuMptail

Salle ale, all day BreWinG

SantaS nutS, FoX

Scarlet tiGer, old chiMneyS

Second coMinG, taylor’SSlate, Grain

SleepytiMe Girl, huMpty duMpty

SMoGGy MoGGy, Fat cat BreWery

SMoKe BoMB, anarchy BreW co.SMoKed Beer, adnaMS

Spa, BuXton

Spice the Main Brace, BriarBanK

St richardS ale, harveyS

StaGecoach, toMBStone

StarlaW, alecheMy

Starr WortS, SaFFron

SteaM laGer, redWell

Stitched up, taylor’SStranGe BreW, tWicKenhaM

Stunner, cotSWold SprinG

SuBliMe chaoS, anarchy BreW co.SunBeaM SteaM, BattledoWn

SundeW, WoodForde’Stally ho, adnaMS

teXaS JacK, toMBStone

that old cheStnut, raMSBury

the dry road, BeeSton

tipple tattle, BriarBanK

touJourS, Gyle 59victory, BateManS

vintaGe, Fuller’Svpa, portoBello

WelSh BlacK, Great orMe

WereWolF, WolF

WiGht Squirrel, Goddard’SWild hop, adnaMS

Wild river, Fuller’SWilderneSS, loch neSS

WoodBine racer, doMinion

WorKie ticKet, Mordue

Wpa, WentWorth

year oF hopS, Grain

yella Belly Gold, BateManS

yuKon Gold, doMinion

FESTIVAL FACT

The Second Norwich Festival had

just 42 beers available.

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ABBEYDALESheffield, South Yorkshire

Daily Bread

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

A classic copper coloured English bitter. Well-balanced, copper coloured beer with malty flavours and a smooth bitter finish.

Deception

a4.1% aBv - Golden

A pale beer, made with fabulous Nelson Sauvin hops. Aromas of elderflower and grapes. Strong citrus flavours, especially grapefruit. Long lasting bitter finish. Very refreshing and packed full of flavour.

ADNAMSSouthwold, Suffolk

Ghost Ship

a4.5% aBv - Golden

Inspired by one of Adnams’ most haunted pubs in one of the UK’s most haunted villages, the Bell at Walberswick, this Pale Ale has a good assertive pithy bitterness and a malty backbone plus plenty of citrus flavour.

Smoked Beer

a4.7% aBv - Spice

Rauchbier style, aged in cherry wood.Wild Hop

a4.8% aBv - Golden

A brew full of fresh, grassy, citrus and pine flavours and aromas – a true taste of East Anglia.

Tally Ho

a7.0% aBv - Barley Wine

Tally-Ho is a limited edition Barley wine style beer, brewed at Adnams since 1880. Dark mahogany red in colour with a rich, fruity aroma and a heart warming sweet raisin and biscuit palate.

Festival Special

a7.9% aBv - Fruit

Whiskey aged Broadside aged 3 yrs on cherries (fruit).

ALECHEMYLivingston, West Lothian

Starlaw

a3.5% aBv - Golden

A juicy session ale bursting with citrus and tropical fruit character, in an IPA style.

10 Storey Malt Bomb

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

A modern take on a Scottish 80/- made with ten varieties of malt.

ALL DAY BREWINGSalle, Norfolk

Salle Ale

a3.4% aBv - Bitter

A classic English bitter, pale malt, a bit of crystal, lots of Fuggles and Goldings, and dry hopped with more Fuggles.

ANARCHY BREW CO.Morpeth, Northumberland

Smoke Bomb

a3.9% aBv - Spice

Think Bavarian smoked ham and smooth toffee and you’ve got Smoke Bomb.

Sublime Chaos

a7.0% aBv - Stout

A dark, voluptuous stout infused with Ethiopian Guji natural coffee beans, balanced delicately with New Zealand hops.

The Beers

Norfolk Beers are usually found in Blackfriars’ Hall on the Norfolk

Beer Bar

a Golden Ales

a Bitters & Barley Wines

a Milds & Olds

a Stouts & Porters

a IPAs

a Speciality

Key to Beer Styles

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AYRAyr, Ayrshire

Hiphopopotumus

a4.0% aBv - Golden

Golden ale with a slightly bitter orange quality.

Rabbies Porter

a4.3% aBv - Porter

Brewed using Challenger & Pioneer hops with Crystal and Chocolate malts to produce a robust full bodied ale

BATEMANSWainfleet, Lincolnshire

Black & White

a3.6% aBv - Dark Mild

A full bodied beer which is dark, rich and creamy, with fruity flavours and nutty overtones from the charred black Yorkshire malt.

Yella Belly Gold

a3.9% aBv - Golden

A golden colour, refreshing beer brewed with lager malt and Chinook and Cascade hops.

Victory

a5.9% aBv - Bitter

Dark amber, strong English ale brimming with biscuity roasted malt and succulent raisin and sultana fruits.

BATTLEDOWNCheltenham, Gloucestershire

Sunbeam Steam

a3.8% aBv - Golden

An ale brewed in the American post-prohibition way using lager yeast (at ale temperatures) and Northern Brewer hops.

Premium

a4.6% aBv - Bitter

A medium bodied deep amber beer, with malt and fruit overtones and a balancing bitterness from the hops.

BEESTONBeeston, Norfolk

Afternoon Delight

a3.7% aBv - Golden

An easy drinking blonde ale.The Dry Road

a4.8% aBv - IPA

An IPA style bitter, crafted with single variety hops. Robust & refreshing.

Old Stoatwobbler

a6.0% aBv - Stout

Legendary stout returns, Strong, dark, luscious & notorious, rather like me apart from the strong and dark bit.

BLACK HOLEBurton upon Trent, Staffordshire

Bitter

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Almost golden with a strong hop aroma. A fine session beer.

No Escape

a5.2% aBv - Porter

A combination of chocolate and damsons with a hint of vanilla supported by underlying roast malt flavour.

BRAMPTONChesterfield, Derbyshire

Golden Bud

a3.8% aBv - Golden

Grapefruit nose and citrus flavours give way to a mellow, slightly sweet after-taste, well bodied for its abv.

Mild

a4.9% aBv - Dark Mild

Coffee, toffee and caramel tones in this award winning mild.

BRANDONBrandon, Suffolk

Red i

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

A deep red, old style English Style Brew.BRASS CASTLE

Malton, North YorkshireCliffhanger

a3.8% aBv - Golden

A refreshing hop-laden golden ale, brewed in honour of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Teams.

Best Bitter

a4.1% aBv - Bitter

A brass-hued traditional special bitter, designed as a malt showcase and crammed with Goldings hops.

BRIARBANKIpswich, Suffolk

Cardinale Wolsey

a4.0% aBv - Old

A dark traditional brew, made in the style of a 14th Century old ale.

Spice the Main Brace

a4.1% aBv - Golden

A light golden ale, with a twist. Brewed with a selection of spices to accompany the hops and malt.

Tipple Tattle

a5.0% aBv - Golden

A rich golden ale, brewed with Tipple malt and American hops, to make an assertive beer with hints of orange.

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BRISTOL BEER FACTORYBristol, Avon

Milk Stout

a4.5% aBv - Stout

Multi Award winning smooth Stout. Smooth chocolatey sweetness and balancing coffee bitterness with hints of dark fruits.

BRISTOL BEER FACTORYBristol, Avon

Independence

a4.6% aBv - Golden

US Style pale ale.Distinctive ale that is well hopped.

BUFFYSTivetshall St Mary, Norfolk

It’s a Mystery

a 3.9% aBv - Golden

A new beer , Golden and with plenty of zesty citrus notes. Look out for the flyers to name it

20 Not Out

a4.4% aBv - Bitter

A new best bitter to celebrate Buffy’s 20th anniversary. Coper coloured, malty with plenty of body.

 BUNTINGFORD

Royston, HertfordshireOatmeal Stout

a4.4% aBv - Stout

Brewed with malted oats, and malted rye, this is a traditional beer style without the roasted flavours normally associated with modern stouts.

92 Sqdn

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Rich citrus bitterness overlies a sweet malty character. Brewed with Maris Otter pale malt, crystal & wheat malts, plus hops from England & the USA.

BUXTONBuxton, Derbyshire

Moor Top

a3.6% aBv - Golden

Hopped with American Chinook hops, citrus flavoured, a touch of sweetness balanced with a bitter finish.

SPA

a4.1% aBv - Golden

Citra style ale with all the aroma expected and juicy fruit flavours.

CAMBRIDGE MOONSHINEFulbourn, Cambridgeshire

Heavenly Matter

a4.0% aBv - Golden

A crisp, clean, straw coloured light bodied beer. Citra hops are prominent throughout.

Black Hole

a5.0% aBv - Stout

Full bodied stout with a complex malt profile. The roasted flavours are rich, smooth and long-lasting.

CHEDDAR ALESCheddar, Somerset

Bitter Bully

a3.8% aBv - Golden

Hopped with a blend of American Amarillo, Cascade and Simcoe whole hops, a pale ale in the new world style.don’t forget to Vote for the

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Crown & Glory

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Medium bodied with a hint of sweetness give the hops(Simcoe, Cascade, Bramling Cross and Savinjski Golding) a nice balance that also allow the malt flavours to shine through.

COLCHESTERWakes Colne, Essex

AK Pale

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

1900s pale ale, mildly hopped. Fresh and fruity.

Old King Coel

a5.0% aBv - Porter

Rich dark ale, with roasted nuts and charred coffee flavours.

COPPER DRAGONSkipton, North Yorkshire

Black Gold

a3.7% aBv - Dark Mild

A recipe recreated from restored brewing records from the 1800s. Rich and luscious.

Best Bitter

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

A refreshing amber coloured Best Bitter with a well-balanced malty and hoppy flavour.

COTSWOLD SPRINGCodrington, Gloucestershire

OSM

a3.9% aBv - Dark Mild

Old Sodbury Mild, dry with a bitter sweetness, chocolatey notes and a long finish.

Stunner

a4.0% aBv - Golden

A straw coloured ale with a tropical fruitiness on the nose and palate, and a long refreshing finish.

CROUCH VALESouth Woodham Ferrers, Essex

Apollo

a4.3% aBv - Golden

Pale amber, hoppy beer made with US Apollo hops from Oregon , bitter.

Amarillo

a5.0% aBv - Golden

Golden ale with wonderful aroma and a lasting spicy flavour

DANCING MENHappisburgh, Norfolk

After the Storm

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Session bitter from Happisburgh, slightly peaty.

DARK STARHorsham, West Sussex

Art 0f Darkness

a3.5% aBv - Dark Mild

A range of dark malts bring classic roasted flavours along with a hint of sweetness but with a spicy fruit balance from Warrior bittering hops.

Green Hop IPA

a6.5% aBv - IPA

Made with the very aromatic Simcoe hops then by using fresh ‘green’ Target hops infused into the brew, hop monster!

DOMINIONMoreton, Essex

Woodbine Racer

a4.2% aBv - Golden

American Pale Ale, refreshing and thirst quenching with citrus flavours from all american hops.

Yukon Gold

a9.7% aBv - Barley Wine

The beer has been matured in cognac casks and has acquired a lovely aroma of oranges and cream. The taste is of sweet malt with a rounded bitterness.

ELGOOD’SWisbech, Cambridgeshire

Athena

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

New Bitter.Plum Porter

a4.5% aBv - Porter

An enticing fruit aroma, leads to a full-bodied, rich and fruity flavour with a dryish finish.

Demeter

a6.0% aBv - Golden

New Golden ale.ELMTREE

Snetterton, NorfolkBest Bitter

a4.2% aBv - Bitter

Well balanced copper coloured crisp beer, malt notes give way to a complex finish.

Norfolk 80/-

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

An easy drinking ale with a clean bitter quality and a generous malt aroma.

EVERARDSEnderby, Leicestershire

Pumpkin

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

A burnt, smoky character is balanced with light citrus flavours from Styrian Dana hops.

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Old Original

a5.2% aBv - Bitter

Tawny, copper colored ale with burnt-roasted, flavours and a hint of port and fruit.

FAKIRNorwich, Norfolk

Indian Ink

a4.5% aBv - IPA

A light bodied black beer crafted with blend of four malts infused with fruity hops.

FALSTAFFDerby, Derbyshire

3 Faze

a3.8% aBv - Golden

Slightly bitter golden ale, 3 Faze was a name suggested by one of the Falstaff pub regulars after a struggle o get the three-phase electricity supply re-connected to the brewery.

Fist Full of Hops

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Brewed with three varieties of hop and dry hopped with a fourth. It has a long hoppy and fruity aftertaste.

FAT CAT BREWERYNorwich, Norfolk

Ginger Puss

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

A light golden ale, with a sweet spice balance. Infused with root ginger for a pleasant warm afterglow.

Smoggy Moggy

a4.6% aBv - Stout

A rich, flavoursome stout, with a waft of black cherry pipe tobacco about it.

Cougar

a4.7% aBv - Golden

Pale beer brewed using American hops, citrus aromas and a crisp bitter finish.

IPA

a6.4% aBv - IPA

Big pale-malt flavours of honeyed biscuit combine beautifully with powerful citrus hops.

FELSTARCrix Green, Essex

2%

a2.0% aBv - Dark Mild

Full flavoured for its abv, dark and tangy.Proper Porter

a4.5% aBv - Porter

Dry and roasty with a hint of spicy tart fruitiness.

FIVE POINTSHackney, Gt London

Pale

a4.4% aBv - Golden

A fresh, zesty, aromatic pale ale brewed with malted barley, a little wheat, and Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops.

Hook Island Red

a6.0% aBv - Bitter

A full bodied, aromatic Red Rye ale brewed with malted barley, the addition of 20% Rye to the recipe, and with Chinook, Columbus and Simcoe hops.

FOXHeacham, Norfolk

Fresh Hop

a3.9% aBv - Bitter

 Santas Nuts

a4.8% aBv - Old

A dark brown coloured beer with reddish tints, a Christmas beer made with hazelnuts.

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FULLER’SChiswick, London

Chiswick

a3.5% aBv - Bitter

A refreshing, highly drinkable flavour, flowery and fresh, with very well developed hop characteristics.

London Pride

a4.1% aBv - Bitter

An astonishingly complex ale for its strength; rich, smooth and balanced.

Wild River

a4.5% aBv - Golden

Wild River is a double-hopped pale ale made with Liberty, Willamette, Cascade and Chinook hops, light and refreshing.

London Porter

a5.4% aBv - Porter

This historic style of beer derives its rich, chocolatey character from a blend of Brown and Chocolate malts in the brew.

1845

a6.3% aBv - Bitter

A rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish.

Vintage

a8.5% aBv - Barley Wine

Deep nutty toffee on nose, soft herbals, sweet roast flavours, different each year.

Imperial Stout

a10.8% aBv - Stout

A rich, dark appearance with strong chocolate and deep cherry notes which lead to a lighter, bitter finish.

GODDARD’SRyde, Isle of Wight

Wight Squirrel

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

A rich, russet-coloured full-flavoured, easy drinking Best Bitter. Inspired by the Island’s red squirrels, hopped with Boadicea.

Ducks Folly

a5.2% aBv - Bitter

A dark amber, traditionally brewed strong English Ale, slightly spicy yet sweet.

GOLDEN TRIANGLEBarford, Norfolk

Mosaic City

a3.8% aBv - Golden

Light and refreshing with the distinctive hop note of Mosaic.

Black Hops IBA

a4.6% aBv - IPA

Brewed with East Anglian Malt and 3 types of American hops, hints of cocoa, dark chocolate with a citrus background.

Hop Lobster

a5.5% aBv - IPA

Brewed with three local malts and five American Hops all beginning with “C” but no matching towels.

GRAINHarleston, Norfolk

Year of Hops

a4.4% aBv - Bitter

Pale ale - heavy on the hops.Redwood

a4.8% aBv - Bitter

A rich red premium bitter that balances roasted malts with sherbet grapefruit hoppiness.

GREAT ORMEGlan Conwy, Denbighshire

Welsh Black

a4.0% aBv - Dark Mild

Rich, dark and full of malt flavours, seven types of grain are used to develop the flavour.

Red Dragon

a4.9% aBv - Bitter

A dry malty bitter, some vegetable notes with a fruity note.

Slate

a6.0% aBv - Porter

A new smoked PorterGREEN DRAGON

Bungay, SuffolkChaucer

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Pale malt flavour, without a lot of hop presence, copper in colour.

Bridge Street

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Well balanced bitter, chocolate notes with a drying bitterness and peppery hops.

GREEN JACKLowestoft, Suffolk

Golden Best

a3.8% aBv - Golden

A golden bitter ale with good aroma, crisp bitterness, balanced malt and a hoppy finish.

Mahseer

a5.8% aBv - IPA

Named after the legendary Golden Mahseer, which is the most highly prized fish a freshwater angler can catch, beer is not bad either.

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GYLE 59Thorncombe, Dorset

Pale & Bitter

a4.0% aBv - Golden

Pacific Gem and Centennial hops give a refreshing lemon citrus flavour and aroma. Unfined so might appear cloudy.

Toujours

a4.0% aBv - Spice

The mixture of Pale and Vienna malts combine with three different English and German hops in this saison style beer.

HARBOURBodmin, Cornwall

Amber

a4.9% aBv - Bitter

A malt driven ale with caramel and toffee flavour. Finished with mild floral hops.

IPA

a5.0% aBv - Golden

This golden ale has citrus characters and robust yet balanced bitterness.

HARDKNOTTMillom, Cumbria

Continuum

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

Citrus and dark berries on the nose with lots of lemon and blackcurrant flavours with a large and long lasting bitter finish.

Azimuth

a5.8% aBv - IPA

Uses a blend of Cascade, Centennial, Galaxy, Citra, Pacific Jade and Wakatu hops,giving bitter tropical fruit flavours.

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HARVEYSLewes, East Sussex

St Richards Ale

a5.0% aBv - Bitter

Combines six different varieties of hops from Bodiam, Burwash, Northiam, Salehurst, Udimore and Wadhurst, in a brew that champions the hop growers of Sussex.

Prince of Denmark

a7.5% aBv - Stout

Roasted/burned malt, dried dark fruit, plums, molasses. In this award winning imperial stout.

HASTINGSSt Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex

Blonde

a3.9% aBv - Golden

American Cascade hops meet European elderflowers in this floral, subtly sweet, bitter.

Porter

a4.5% aBv - Porter

A dark beer that’s on the lighter side of the porter style, SIBA award winner.

HOOK NORTONHook Norton, Oxfordshire

Hooky Mild

a2.8% aBv - Dark Mild

A dark chestnut coloured ale, full of roast malt flavours for its strength.

Flagship

a5.3% aBv - IPA

Flagship is an India Pale Ale style of beer, Admiral hops contribute to a full fruity mouth feel, and a sweet fruity aroma.

HOP STUDIOElvington, East Yorkshire

Porter

a4.3% aBv - Porter

Strong notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla dominate this silky smooth porter.

Obsidian

a5.0% aBv - IPA

A well-structured black IPA with notes of treacle and coffee, balanced by powerful hops that make it rich and palatable, defintely not flumpy.

HUMPTY DUMPTYReedham, Norfolk

Nord Atlantic

a3.7% aBv - Bitter

A darkish session bitter with a slight fruity feel.

Lemon & Ginger

a4.0% aBv - Fruit

Pale amber crisp ale, finished with a refreshing ginger and lemon tang.

Sleepytime Girl

a5.0% aBv - IPA

An american style IPA, named after a B17 bomber which crashed into the marshes near Reedham after a collision with another B17 returning from a raid into Germany.

HUNTER’SIpplepen, Devon

Half Bore

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

Crisp bitter with a little honey, toffee and lemon feel.

Royal Hunt

a5.5% aBv - Bitter

Amber-coloured bitter originally brewed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Malty notes and a refreshing citrus finish.

JOC’SBarsham, Norfolk

Norfolk Kiwi

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Easy drinking session bitter, blended with English and New Zealand hops, giving it that unique Kiwi flavour and aroma.

Bitter Old Bustard

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

A russet coloured ale with warm nutty biscuit flavours coming through a smooth malt body.

Knot another IPA

a5.0% aBv - IPA

A golden, hoppy, true-to-style IPA, brewed using Norfolk-grown Maris Otter barley with a good blast of British Boudicca hops.

KELBURNBarrhead, Renfrewshire

Dark Moor

a4.5% aBv - Old

Dark fruity ale with undertones of liquorice and blackcurrant.

Cart Noir

a4.8% aBv - Porter

Named after the Black Cart Water that flows through Renfrewshire. A combination of 5 malts and 3 hops produces a smooth, dark, spicy porter with hints of chocolate and blackcurrant.

KINGS HEADBildeston, Suffolk

Best

a3.6% aBv - Bitter

Balanced malt and hops give a rich and fruity taste for a beer of this strength.

Hop Baby

a4.4% aBv - Golden

Late hopped using the wild hops growing in their beer garden giving a refreshing but subtle citrus lemon fravour and aroma.

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LACONSGt Yarmouth, Norfolk

Falcon

a4.2% aBv - Bitter

A modern expression of a historic recipe from 1926. A well baalnce d classic English Ale.

Highlight

a4.8% aBv - Golden

Introduced in 1957 and named after the popular TV programme of this time. Highlight was launched with a major press advertising campaign, asking the drinker to “sip it, savour it, then drink with relish - the best of Pale Ales!”

Audit Ale

a8.0% aBv - Barley Wine

This strong dark copper barley wine has a prominent flavour of berry fruit, laced with pronounced spice. The finish is warming, smooth and sweet.

LOCH NESSDrumnadrochit, Inverness-shire

Wilderness

a3.9% aBv - Bitter

A fruity bitter with a large passionfruit nose and dry sweet finish.

Hoppyness

a5.0% aBv - Golden

Hopped with Admiral, Columbus, Citra and Williamette, giving a hugely hoppy beer with a little sweetness in the background.

LOOSE CANNONAbingdon, Oxfordshire

Pale

a3.7% aBv - Golden

A light, thirst-quenching English Pale Ale, with a satisfyingly bitter finish.

Abingdon Bridge

a4.1% aBv - Bitter

Copper coloured, traditional ‘bitter’. It kicks off with a good bitter bite, followed by plenty of flavour.

LUDLOWLudlow, Shropshire

Gold

a4.2% aBv - Golden

Thisber has a golden ale complexion with a papaya, pineapple and lemon aroma.

Black Knight

a4.5% aBv - Stout

This stout has a ruby black complexion, with a smokey, liquorice aroma and a sweet, roasted nutty flavour, absolutely nothing to do with a certain Deep Purple song whatsoever.

MAGIC ROCKOakes, West Yorkshire

Ringmaster

a3.9% aBv - Golden

A beer with a floral/grassy aroma and citrus flavours which combine with a defined malty character.

Rapture

a4.6% aBv - Bitter

Uplifting aromas of grapefruit and pine, combine with a pithy orange and pronounced citrus flavour which is balanced against a deeply rich and malty body.

MARBLEManchester, Gt Manchester

Pint

a3.9% aBv - Bitter

This dry session bitter has a light malt base, and notes of citrus and grapefruit.

Manchester

a4.2% aBv - Bitter

“Would you like a flake in that love?”Ginger

a4.5% aBv - Spice

Aroma of ginger. Flavour of ginger. Ginger in the palate. A long ginger finish.

Chocolate

a5.5% aBv - Stout

Brewed with an emphasis on chocolate malts, this le beer tastes of coffee, cocoa and licorice with a quenching bitter finish.

Dobber

a5.9% aBv - IPA

Ale with pronounced New Zealand hop character and smooth biscuit base offset by fruit aroma.

Earl Grey

a6.8% aBv - IPA

An IPA with a citrus fruit aroma , smooth sleek texture, hop notes are complemented by bergamot and a light tannic finish.

MAULDONSSudbury, Suffolk

Blackberry Porter

a4.8% aBv - Fruit

A full bodied, black porter, with a balanced hop aroma & rich blend of chocolate & roast flavours, giving way to a subtle sweet fruit finish.

Black Adder

a5.3% aBv - Stout

A dark bitter stout. Roast and nut aromas with a fruity balance of hops and dark malt provide an excellent lingering finish.

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MIGHTY OAKMaldon, Essex

Captain Bob

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Hints of gooseberry, elderflower and grape in the finish of this traditional deep amber coloured bitter. One for you Mr Didwell.

English Oak

a4.8% aBv - Bitter

An amber ale with full malt flavours balanced by a strong hop finish from First Gold and Willamette hops.

MILTONMilton, Cambridgeshire

Minotaur

a3.3% aBv - Dark Mild

A rich dark mild with character from the lavish use of chocolate malt.

Minerva

a4.6% aBv - Golden

Golden ale. Brewed with US, NZ and British hops for a powerful hop punch.

MORDUENorth Shields, Tyne & Wear

Workie Ticket

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

A tasty, complex beer with malt and hops throughout and a long, satisfying bitter finish. CBOB winner.

Ascendancy

a7.4% aBv - IPA

A Belgian Double IPA Weizen Hybrid.MR GRUNDY’S

Derby, DerbyshireOlive Branch

a3.9% aBv - Golden

Smooth but hoppy light amber session ale combining four different hops producing a unique taste.

1914

a5.0% aBv - Stout

A dark stout style beer with a hint of blackcurrant This beer has a balance of dark malts and the hint of sweetness.

Innovatively modernised by our multi award winning Brewer and exclusively available at The Norwich Beer Festival prior to general release.

First brewed in 1957 and named after the eponymous BBC Television programme, it was introduced with a major press advertising campaign.

This modern expression is light blonde with intense tropical fruit aromas. Citrus remains long intothe finish with fresh floral notes.

Highlight Ale is the latest to join our Heritage Range and will debut throughout the 37th Norwich Beer Festival alongside Audit Ale and the award winning Falcon Ale.

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NORFOLK BREWHOUSEHindringham, Norfolk

Dewhopper

a3.8% aBv - Real Lager

Brewed with chalk-filtered water from the brewery’s own well, malt from Maris Otter barley and three hops; Hallertau, Saaz and Styrian Goldings.

Ruby Spice

a4.0% aBv - Spice

A ruby-coloured bitter with a rich, spicy, roasted aroma with extra spices of orange,cinamon and star anise.

Black IPA

a5.0% aBv - IPA

Very hoppy, fruity with a taste of liquorice and chocolate – a collaborative brew with Jon, from Gadds Brewery, Kent.

NORFOLK SQUAREStokesby, Norfolk

Raisin D’etre

a4.8% aBv - Fruit

Belgian style beer mashed with a small amount of smoked malt and then infused with a good portion of raisins in the copper. Deep red with a wine note to the aroma. Caramel and definitely a sharpish raisin flavour on the palate.

OKELLSDouglas, Isle of Man

Manx Pale Ale

a3.6% aBv - Golden

A very light Gold Colour. Aromas of tropical fruit, mango, passion fruit and papaya. Initially sweet flavours of passion fruit and peach leading to an intense dry hop finish.

ALT

a5.0% aBv - Bitter

A beer brewed in the true Altbier manner, a burnished copper colour, and with a cooler fermentation and 2 weeks cold storage that leads to a crisp elegant and fresh flavour.

OLD CHIMNEYSMarket Weston, Suffolk

Scarlet Tiger

a4.9% aBv - Bitter

A premium bitter with nutty flavours plus a hint of dark berry fruits.

Good King Henry

a9.6% aBv - Stout

Don’t need to say anything about this beer except its all mine. A floccinaucinihilipilification not.

OLD DAIRYRolvenden, Kent

Red Top

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Toffee flavours with a hint of coffee, perfectly balanced against the fruitiness, spice and hints of citrus, No milk today though.

Blue Top

a4.8% aBv - IPA

Satisfying bitterness smoothly balanced with caramel flavours in this IPA style beer.

OLDE SWANDudley, West Midlands

Original

a3.5% aBv - Light Mild

A straw coloured light mild, smooth but tangy, and sweetly refreshing with a faint hoppiness.

Entire

a4.4% aBv - Bitter

Faintly hoppy, amber premium bitter, with sweetness persistent throughout.

OLE SLEWFOOTNorth Walsham, Norfolk

Cabarrus Gold

a3.6% aBv - Golden

This beer has a good body to it considering the low ABV. It has Sterling and Apollo Hops added for aroma, giving a slight lemony feel.

Dark Belgian Saison

a8.5% aBv - Spice

A new brew that has turned out a little stronger than planned.

OPA HAY’SAldeby, Norfolk

Last Run

a3.7% aBv - Bitter

No Tasting notes.Ale de Cologne

a4.8% aBv - Golden

This beer is inspired by Koelsch, a light drinkable ale from the Rhineland.

1914

a7.2% aBv - Bitter

Includes hops from England, Germany, Poland, France and America in this dark copper coloured strong ale, brewed to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War.

FESTIVAL FACTBatemans Victory Ale was originally

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OTTERHoniton, Devon

Acorn

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

A mid-strength chestnut coloured beer, carefully blended with Pacific Gem and English hops to deliver a hint of blackberry in the flavour as well as on the nose.

Head

a5.8% aBv - Bitter

A malty beer, with sweet fruit flavour which gives way to a long bittersweet aftertaste.

PANTHERReepham, Norfolk

Golden

a3.7% aBv - Golden

A hoppy and refreshing golden ale with a hint of orange and grassy green hops.

Black

a4.5% aBv - Stout

A smooth and rich stout with a complex full flavour of chocolate, toffee and dark fruits.

Beast of the East IPA

a5.5% aBv - IPA

New beer from Panther. An amber IPA brewed with New Zealand Hops

PHIPPSNorthampton, Northamptonshire

Diamond

a3.7% aBv - Bitter

A light amber harvest ale brought back to life from Phipps’ 19th century, leather bound brewer’s books, well balanced and clean.

Gold Star

a5.2% aBv - Bitter

A strong export pale ale, sort of like an IPA but not as hoppy.

POPPYLANDCromer, Norfolk

Black Wit

a5.0% aBv - Wheat

A whiff of banana ester and black malts. Fruitiness coming from the sour fermentation in this gluten free black wheat beer.

PORTOBELLONorth Kensington, Gt London

Bitter

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Well rounded session bitter, slightly malty and hint of fruitiness.

VPA

a4.0% aBv - Golden

Light, hoppy pale ale with hints of elderflower and pineapple.

RAMSBURYAxford, Wiltshire

Bitter

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

An amber coloured beer using traditionally malted Optic spring barley from the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire.

That Old Chestnut

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

Ruby-coloured winter ale, with some fruit cake sweet and nuttiness.

RAWStaveley, Derbyshire

Citra

a4.4% aBv - Golden

A strong fruity hop aroma and flavour with a hint of pine and marmalade.

Edge

a4.5% aBv - Golden

Crisp, hoppy fruity beer with a distinct orange note to it.

RCHWest Hewish, Somerset

Hewish Mild

a3.6% aBv - Dark Mild

Mocha, toffee and berry fruit hints in the dark black mild.

Chocolate Slug Porter

a4.5% aBv - Porter

Old Slug Porter with a chocolate twist, slightly bittersweet.

REDWELLNorwich, Norfolk

Pale

a4.0% aBv - Golden

American style pale ale, with good combo of malt and fruit tastes.

Steam Lager

a4.6% aBv - Real Lager

Some citrus hop and sweet oranges in the aroma give way to a flavour of grassy hop and malt.

IPL

a5.5% aBv - Real Lager

A hoppy light lager style beer with touch of lemon and /or grapefruit.

RUDGATETockwith, North Yorkshire

Battleaxe

a4.2% aBv - Bitter

A robust and smooth drinking premium bitter with a hint of red fruits and apple.

Ruby Mild

a4.4% aBv - Dark Mild

A slightly spicy dark mild with hints of dark fruit.

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S&PHorsford, Norfolk

Norfolk Green Hop

a3.9% aBv - Bitter

New brew using “green” or fresh hops.Eves Drop

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

Golden brown English style ale with a slight peppery mouth feel and fruity aroma.

SADLERSLye, West Midlands

JPA

a3.8% aBv - Golden

Jack’s Pale Ale, is a pale, hoppy ale with a crisp and zesty character.

SAFFRONHenham, Essex

Blonde

a4.3% aBv - Golden

Light golden ale brewed with Maris Otter barley and torrefied wheat.

Flying Serpent

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Copper red beer, with a sweet chocolate taste and citrus fruitiness.

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ST PETER’SSouth Elmham, Suffolk

Best Bitter

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

A full-bodied ale with distinctive fruity caramel notes.

Christmas Ale

a7.0% aBv - Bitter

A smooth, fruity, full-bodied ale with aroma of cinnamon, liquorice, raisins and red berries.

STUMPTAILGreat Dunham, Norfolk

Rye

a5.2% aBv - Bitter

Nut brown bitter, classically dry with hints of citrus.

Heritage IPA

a5.7% aBv - IPA

Is full bodied, traditional Victorian style IPA with honey notes and a classic bitter finish. Simply made with Chevallier malt and Golding hops.

TAYLOR’SAttleborough, Norfolk

Second Coming

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

A single hop beer using East Kent Goldings, a well balanced traditional English session bitter.

Stitched Up

a4.7% aBv - Golden

Not quite the latest beer from Attleborough.

TEIGNWORTHYNewton Abbot, Devon

Levitation

a4.3% aBv - Bitter

Fruity rich beer with a slight strawberry note.

Old Moggie

a4.4% aBv - Golden

Fruity and floral with a slight grapefruit feel.

TIMOTHY TAYLORKeighley, West Yorkshire

Boltmaker

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

Yorkshire Bitter with a full measure of maltiness and hoppy aroma. CBOB 2014.

Havercake

a4.7% aBv - Bitter

Havercake has a dry malty flavour with caramel and biscuits with citrus grassy finish.

TITANICBurslem, Staffordshire

Cherry Dark

a4.4% aBv - Fruit

Cherry flavour and raisins predominate in this dark brown beer. Hints of marzipan, vanilla and hop follow.

Plum Porter

a4.9% aBv - Fruit

A strong dark porter made fruity with the generous addition of plum and late hopped with Goldings to give a slight bitter sweetness.

TOMBSTONEGt Yarmouth, Norfolk

Gunslinger

a4.3% aBv - Golden

Golden with a caramel/nutty flavour.Stagecoach

a4.4% aBv - Dark Mild

Smooth dark malty ale with a hit of liquorice.

TONBRIDGEEast Peckham, Kent

Rustic

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

Hop flavours from hedgerow fruits and a healthy dollop of English earthiness using the scarce and slightly unknown Epic hop.

Capel Pale

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

A zesty Pale Ale single hopped with Pilgrim Hops. Distinctive grapefruit notes with a light honey background taste.

TRUEFITTMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Erimus Pale

a3.9% aBv - Bitter

Pale bitter, brewed with Cascade, Saaz and Riwaka hops and then dry hopped with Riwaka.

Ironopolis

a4.7% aBv - Stout

A tasty stout with a nice balance of coffee, chocolate, liquorice and burnt toast. Light enough to be easy drinking.

TWICKENHAMTwickenham, Middlesex

Strange Brew

a4.1% aBv - Bitter

A well-balanced ale, with a hint of spiciness from the five hops used, no pumpkins are used though.

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Naked Ladies

a4.4% aBv - Golden

Inspired by the statues of water nymphs in York House gardens in Twickenham, known locally as the “Naked Ladies”. Hoppy citrus aroma, bitter finish.

TWO RIVERSDenver, Norfolk

Hares Hopping

a4.0% aBv - Bitter

Refreshing clean flavoured beer a slight floral aroma and late bitterness.

Norfolk Stoat

a5.8% aBv - Stout

An oatmeal stoutTWO ROSES

Darton, South YorkshireFull Nelson

a3.8% aBv - Golden

A light hoppy session ale, with hints of mandarin from the Nelson Sauvin hops used.

Chinook

a4.0% aBv - Golden

A single hop variety beer using Chinook to give a grapefruit finish.

TYDD STEAMTydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire

Barn Ale

a3.9% aBv - Golden

Refreshing pale session bitter, with a zesty bitterness and a lingering citrus finish.

Armageddon

a5.0% aBv - Bitter

Sweet malt flavours combine with a complex blend of fruity hops leading to a satisfying sweet finish.

WALL’SNorthallerton, North Yorkshire

Keepers Gold

a3.9% aBv - Golden

Brewed from Summit and Cascade hops. A citrus, grapefruit flavour and a golden colour.

Longevity

a5.0% aBv - Stout

A milk stout, lightly roasted to give a sweet creamy taste with a bitter and roasted finish.

WENTWORTHWentworth, South Yorkshire

WPA

a4.0% aBv - Golden

Moderate malty and hoppy aroma with honey notes. Moderate bitter flavour and finish.

Bumblebeer

a4.3% aBv - Golden

Golden honey beer from seasonal honey.

WESTERHAMCrockham Hill, Kent

Grasshopper

a3.6% aBv - Bitter

A dark, malty bitter with nutty, roasted notes from the Chocolate malt.

Audit

a6.2% aBv - Bitter

It’s based on a 1938 recipe from the old Westerham brewery for an audit ale, based on the strong ales served at Oxbridge colleges on the day students took final oral exams and grades were announced.

WIBBLERSMayland, Essex

Dengie Dark

a3.8% aBv - Dark Mild

A smooth light malty bodied beer with low bitterness.

Hop Harvest Gold

a4.1% aBv - Golden

Brewed using hops collected from three local pubs, the taste profile changes yearly.

WILD BEERWestcombe, Somerset

Bibble

a4.2% aBv - Golden

Bibble apparently means to drink regularly down in Somerset! A moreish bitterness is complemented by tropical fruit tastiness.

Madness IPA

a6.8% aBv - IPA

A fresh and fruity IPA in the American style with lots of orange, mango and citrus flavours.

WINTER’SNorwich, Norfolk

Mild

a3.6% aBv - Dark Mild

Mild in strength but strong in flavour. Roast tones come through.

On the Beer, City

a4.4% aBv - Bitter

Crisp lemon, marmalade & grapefruit citrus overtones with a balancing biscuity malt base.

Revenge

a4.7% aBv - Bitter

Golden coloured and well-hopped, for a distinct bitterness with a sweetish finish that makes this a warmer beer.

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WOLFAttleborough, Norfolk

Edith Cavell

a3.7% aBv - Bitter

A Dry, smooth, hoppy beer with good depth and slight nutty flavours.

Poppy Ale

a4.2% aBv - Golden

A hoppy golden ale with added honey to give a delicate yet moreish flavour.

Werewolf

a4.4% aBv - Bitter

Copper coloured bitter with a biscuity base and hint of fruit.

WOODFORDE’SWoodbastwick, Norfolk

Sundew

a4.1% aBv - Golden

Pale in colour and light on the palate with the distinctive hoppy Woodforde’s finish.

Admirals Reserve

a5.0% aBv - Bitter

Solid and generous sweet fruit flavour create a complex and satisfying dark chestnut-coloured beer.

Phoenix IPA

a5.5% aBv - Bitter

Strong full bodied beer with added Amarillo hops to give a citrus feel.

Norfolk Nip

a8.0% aBv - Barley Wine

Based on the oWriginal Steward & Patteson recipe of 1929, only brewed once a year, flavours of chocolate cake, plums, and almonds.

YEOVILLufton, Somerset

Glory

a3.8% aBv - Bitter

Well balanced bitterness with slightly spicy citrus notes.

Ruby

a4.5% aBv - Bitter

Ruby is a premium red bitter with rich malt depth.

FESTIVAL FACTMidway through the Second Norwich Beer Festival the scaffolding supporting the beer

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S&PHorsford, Norfolk

Darkest Hour

a 4.4% aBv - Stout

A stout in the irish style with coffee hints, very dark in colour but extremely drinkable.

SAFFRONHenham, Essex

Starr Worts

a 4.2% aBv - Bitter

Autumn sunset gold in colour with refreshing hoppy aromas of citrus and passion fruits.

ST PETER’SSouth Elmham, Suffolk

Organic Ale

a 4.5% aBv - Bitter

A refreshingly wholesome flavoured ale with a delicate character.

TOMBSTONEGt Yarmouth, Norfolk

Texas Jack

a 4.0% aBv - Bitter

Ruby with Full-On flavour and a twist of plums.

TYDD STEAMTydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire

Dr Fox’s Cunning Linctus

a 4.1% aBv - Golden

Mid golden beer with orange and lemon flavours.

WIBBLERSMayland, Essex

IPA

a 3.6% aBv - Bitter

Previously known as Dengie Best this has been ’tweaked’ to give a cleaner hop flavour. Not an IPA really.

WINTER’SNorwich, Norfolk

Cloudburst

a 3.7% aBv - Bitter

Chestnut coloured Ale, a full flavoured easy drinking session beer.

GREEN JACKLowestoft, Suffolk

Ripper

a 8.5% aBv - Barley Wine

Rich amber in colour, Ripper is sweet and fruity with a warming finish.

BRANDONBrandon, Suffolk

Black i

a 5.0% aBv - Porter

A fruity, nutty porter full of character.

BRENTWOODBrentwood, Essex

Chocwork Orange

a 6.5% aBv - Old

A deep chocolate, malty beer brewed with oranges to give it that extra pizzazz.

BUFFYSTivetshall St Mary, Norfolk

Mild

a 4.2% aBv - Dark Mild

Marris Otter and Chocolate malts are blended to produce this rich easy drinking ale.

9X

a 9.0% aBv - Barley Wine

Robust ale overflowing with malt and fruit, but is never sweet or cloying like most beers of this strength.

COLCHESTERWakes Colne, Essex

Metropolis

a 3.9% aBv - Golden

A golden session beer, with enormous balance and depth of flavour and a long floral, spicy finish

ELGOOD’SWisbech, Cam

Indian Summer

a 4.8% aBv - Golden

A mid-golden ale with a sweet malty background and a prominent hoppy flavour.

ELMTREESnetterton, Norfolk

Burstons Cuckoo

a 3.8% aBv - Golden

Citrus style pale ale, rounding off into a long dry finish.

FAT CAT BREWERYNorwich, Norfolk

Hell Cat

a 4.1% aBv - Golden

A light, fruity ale with bright, citrus flavours, not that bitter.

FULLER’SChiswick, London

Gales HSB

a 4.8% aBv - Bitter

Horndean Special Bitter is a dark red/brown beer with rich malty notes, and a hint of bread and caramel.

GREEN JACKLowestoft, Suffolk

Rising Sun

a 5% aBv - Golden

Rising Sun is a clean refreshing pint of beer with more than a hint of continental sophistication, brewed with Brewers Gold hops for both bitterness and aroma.

MAULDONSSudbury, Suffolk

Bronze Adder

a 4.1% aBv - Bitter

A ruby ale with a soft sweetness leading into a balanced bitter finish.

OLD CHIMNEYSMarket Weston, Suffolk

Barbastelle

a 6.4% aBv - Porter

Rye and Oatmeal Porter, with aromas of rich dark chocolate and light spice.

OLE SLEWFOOTNorth Walsham, Norfolk

Friend of the Devil

a 7.7% aBv - Spice

Rich in the flavours of pears & apples it has analmost champagne like texture, with flavours hinting at brandy & calvados further down.

OPA HAY’SAldeby, Norfolk

Ale de Cologne

a 4.8% aBv - Golden

This beer is inspired by Koelsch, a light drinkable ale from the Rhineland.

PANTHERReepham, Norfolk

Beast of the East IPA

a 5.5% aBv - IPA

New beer from Panther.

REDWELLNorwich, Norfolk

Pale

a 4.0% aBv - Golden

American style pale ale, with good combo of malt and fruit tastes.

EXTRA - SPECIAL BEERSWe have only very limited amounts of the beers in this section, they may appear anywhere, and once sold are unlikely to appear again this year.

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Don’t Mention the “C” WordNo, I do not mean Christmas, or Cask, or CAMRA. Not even that “C” word, but the one

that seems to be upsetting a lot of normally sensible people who claim to like beer without really seeming to know much about it. The word in question is Craft, which in normal circumstances should mean “skill, cunning, a skilled trade or art”. Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case any more when describing beer.

A lot has appeared recently in print and in the blogosphere that seems to be redefining the word to mean “American” or “Filtered, pasteurised, fizzy keg”. Nothing could be further from the truth. The original definition should still apply. In the food world, the word is used, along with “Artisanal” to describe products from small, hands-on producers who make high quality products. There is no obvious reason that the terms should not be applied just as accurately to breweries.

Many cask ale producers have, over the years either been described or described themselves as “Craft Brewers”, Timothy Taylors and Batemans to name just two. Equally, many brewers, old and new, have pushed boundaries in terms of beer styles, flavours and characters and even different forms of packaging. Many of them choose to either bottle or keg their products, but in the Craft Beer world, pasteurisation and filtering are seen as detrimental to the end result.

The advent of new containers such as KeyKegs has blurred the line between cask and keg, which has caused its own confusion. These work by having a bag containing the beer enclosed within a pressure container. Gas, which could be carbon dioxide or air, is used to push the beer out of the bag to the tap. The beer inside the bag is usually exactly the same as you would expect of a cask or bottle conditioned ale, refermented in the container from which it is served, without coming into contact with any extraneous gas. Even the Craft keg ales tend to be unfiltered & unpasteurised.

At the Foreign and Bottled Beers Bar, we try to present a wide range of such ales. Most of these are genuine craft products, made with love and attention to give distinctive aromas and flavours, as are the vast array of real ales, ciders and perries served elsewhere at the festival. Some may be served from bottles, some from KeyKegs and some from kegs, but do not be afraid of trying something different, whether from the UK, Belgium, Germany or elsewhere. You might discover your perfect tipple. Just think of the craft and love that went into it!

Keith Loney, Foreign and Bottled Beers Manager

FESTIVAL FACTDuring the Festival volunteers have to

wash up over 12,000 glasses

Right:Dawn, one of our volunteers washing glasses, one of the many tasks that have to be carried out behind the scenes in order for the Festival to run. We would be lost without members willing to do these jobs, including our drivers and other who cannot enjoy a drink all week.

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AUSTRALIACOOPERS

Sparkling Ale 5.8% abv - 37.5clSpritzy golden ale balancing fruity malt with lasting hops

LITTLE CREATURESLittle Creatures Pale Ale 5.2% abv - 37.5cl

Hop-laden golden ale with loads of character. A gem from down under

AUSTRIASTIFT ENGELSZELL

Gregorius 9.7% abv - 33clSweet with honey but caramel liquorice & roast flavours mix with dry fruit notes to a warming alcohol finish

BELGIUM3 FOURQUETS

Lupulus 8.5% abv - 75cl/DraughtSweetish triple well rounded by gently spicy hopping

Lupulus Brune 8.5% abv - 75clSmooth & spritzy brown with gentle caramel notes blended with a hint of aniseed

ABBAYE DES ROCSAbbaye des Rocs 9.0% abv - 33cl

Deep amber brew balancing dryish malt, spice and hopsBlanche des Honnelles 6.0% abv - 33cl/Draught

Wallonian slant on the cloudy wheat beer, stronger and fuller bodied than usual, with malted oats in the mash

Montagnarde 9.0% abv - 33clLuscious Wallonian spiced amber triple

Spéciale Noel 9.0% abv - 33clSweeter, richer and spicier than the regular brew. Drink by itself in front of the fire or serve with roast duck or goose

ACHELAchel Blonde 8.0% abv - 33cl

Well-made, tasty blonde triple from the newest of the Belgian Trappist breweries

Achel Bruin 8.0% abv - 33clFirm, balanced Trappist brown of distinction

ACHOUFFEChouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel 9.0% abv - 33cl

Straw gold and ultra-hoppy in the modern US style. Classy with a massive hop punch

Chouffe Soleil 6.0% abv - Draught Gently fruity refreshing summer ale

La Chouffe 8.0% abv - 33clInitial orange citrus on the nose passes over the tongue, caressing the palate to leave a glorious lingering aftertaste

McChouffe 8.5% abv - 33clStrong dark ale from well respected village brewery in the Ardennes

ANKERGouden Carolus Ambrio 8.0% abv - Draught

Fruity but well-hopped amber with a sweetish malt finish

Gouden Carolus Classic 8.5% abv - DraughtFull sweet and port-like chestnut-coloured ale with warming raisin finish

Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor 8.0% abv - Draught

Extremely dry strong blonde with good hop presence without being excessively bitter

Gouden Carolus Triple 9.0% abv - 33clDrier than the colour and aroma of golden syrup would suggest, with a hint of spicy hops

BAVIKPetrus Aged Red 8.5% abv - Draught

Full on cherry aroma with controlled sweet & sour fruit flavours

BOONKriek Boon 5.0% abv - Draught

Lambic based cherry beer lightly sweetened to enhance strong fruit flavours

BOSTEELSTripel Karmeliet 8.0% abv - 33cl/Draught

Spritzy three grain triple which develops distinctly pleasant apricot notes

CANTILLONGueuze Lambic 5.0% abv - 37.5cl

Dry, slightly bitter traditional gueuze with delicate lemon juice character

CHIMAYChimay Grande Reserve 9.0% abv - 75cl

Soft, dark Trappist ale which gains complexity with ageChimay Triple 8.0% abv - 33cl/Draught

Golden Trappist tripel. Initial candy notes lead to final bitterness

Mont des Cats 7.6% abv - 33clNew Trappist amber brewed for a monastary in Northern France which balances malt fruitiness with noticeable hopping

DE RANKEGuldenburg 8.5% abv - Draught

The honey and herb aroma does not prepare you for the massive peppery hop assault on the tongue. Stylish but uncompromising

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For health and safety reasons, bottles are not allowed over the bar. All drinks MUST be served in glasses.Large bottles are to share – They will only be served if 2 or more glasses are presented (See above).Some beers due to volume, or lively head, must be served in pint glasses. We will gladly exchange glasses as required.Bottle conditioned beers have a yeast sediment. They may be poured clear or cloudy according to style or personal taste. Please feel free to state a preference.Not all beers in the programme will be available at any one time, and there may be others that are not listed here. Please consult the lists at the bar for the current selection.Some of these beers are very strong, both in alcohol content and flavour. Please treat them with respect.Alcohol content and bottle size is as advertised at the time of ordering from our suppliers. CAMRA cannot be held responsible for any subsequent change in stated strength or packagingWe will have some gluten free beer (less than 20ppm) available. Please feel free to ask for adviceIf in doubt, ask. If not too busy, our knowledgeable staff will try and help you. They like talking about beer.

Enjoy yourselves

Foreign & Bottled Beer Bar Rules

Kriek de Ranke 7.0% abv - 75clClever but uncompromising blend of old Flemish beer & lambic with 25% cherries added. Nicely balances strong tart fruitiness with a dryish finish

XX Bitter 6.2% abv - 33cl/DraughtHops, hops and more hops, on the nose, the palate and in the afterburn

DE RYCKSpecial De Ryck 5.5% abv - 33cl

Pale amber ale, dry but malty with pleasantly bitter hopping

DOLLE BROUWERSArabier 8.0% abv - 33cl

Pale and dry-hopped, giving a strong aromatic nose and spicy hops on the palate with a dry but almost honeyed finish

Dulle Teve 10.0% abv - 33cl“Mad Bitch” is a complex, intense, bittersweet golden tripel with distinct honey notes. The brewer’s mother is a lovely lady

Oerbier 9.0% abv - 33cl

Mad brewer, artist and architect Kris Herteleer’s original mid-brown vinous brew he describes as wet and strong with taste evolution

Special Extra Export Stout 9.0% abv - 33cl

Even the rich rum molasses nose does not prepare you for the onslaught of Java coffee and more molasses on the palate. A dark taste sensation

DUBUISSONBush Pêche Mel 8.5% abv - 33cl/Draught

Strong peach aroma and flavour but dry and very robust

DUPONTBons Voeux 9.5% abv - 75cl

With the best wishes of the brewery. Powerful golden seasonal brew with characteristic strong hopping and dry but fulsome malt

Saison Dupont 6.5% abv - DraughtGolden, smelling of hay meadows with intense hop flavour, this is a classic saison

ECAUSSINNESCookie Beer 8.0% abv - 33cl

Sweet Speculoos biscuit flavours with a touch of ginger and a predominating full maltiness

La Penneffoise 8.0% abv - 75clLuscious amber plum beer with stewed prune flavours, any initial sweetness dries to leave rich fruit. A fruit beer to be taken seriously

GLAZEN TORENJan de Lichte 7.0% abv - Draught

All the usual Belgian wheat beer flavours of grain coriander and Curacao orange but concentrated & intensified

Ondineke 8.5% abv - DraughtPowerfully flavoured golden triple with enough sweetness to balance a double addition of Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops from Aalst

Saison d’Erpe-Mere 6.9% abv - DraughtFlemish ale inspired by the Hainaut saison style. Lively golden ale with generous spicy hopping balanced by peachy malt with a delicate hint of apricot

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Saison d’Erpe-Mere Lentebier 9.0% abv - Draught

Beefed up version to welcome Spring with a double dose of local Aalst hops

GRUUTGruut Amber 6.6% abv - 33cl

Interestingly spicy but smooth and malty refreshing aleGruut Blond 5.5% abv - 33cl

Malt sweetness is offset by clever spicing with the final bitterness coming from spices rather than hops

Gruut Inferno 8.5% abv - 33clInterestingly aromatic golden triple flavoured with both hops and the ancient Gruut spices giving a refreshing yet characterful aftertaste

Gruut Wit 5.0% abv - DraughtRefreshing balance of slight grainy sweetness and subtle spicing

HALVE MAANBrugse Zot 6.0% abv - 33cl

Bruges Fool. Easy drinking blonde with subtle peardrop flavours and gentle hops at the end

Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel 11.0% abv - 33clRich dark & sweet warmer with a slightly nutty finish

Straffe Hendrik Tripel 9.0% abv - 33clStarts soft & sweet with pronounced pear-drop notes but with a lingering hop finish

HANSSENSOudbeitje 6.0% abv - 37.5cl

Unusual, traditionally blended, delicate and refreshing strawberry lambic

Oude Kriek 6.0% abv - 37.5clCherry fruit and lambic sourness that dry with age

HUYGHEAverbode Abbey Blonde 7.5% abv - Draught

Malty sweet with a pleasant hop character containing oats & spelt

Oud Beersel Bersalis Tripel 9.5% abv - Draught

Smooth tripel that slips down altogether too easily leaving spice rather than hop aftertastes

KERKOMBink Blond 5.5% abv - Draught

Incredibly intense for a beer of this modest gravity with hops predominating

Bink Bruin 5.5% abv - DraughtDry but malty full-flavoured reddish brown ale

Kerkomse Tripel 9.0% abv - DraughtFull, rich well hopped golden nectar

LEFÈBVREBarbar 8.0% abv - 33cl

Honeyed strong paleLÉGENDES (GÉANTS)

Saison Voisin 5.0% abv - DraughtDry and hoppy with a touch of yeast driven sourness characteristic of the style

LIEFMANSCuvée Brut Kriek 6.0% abv - 37.5cl

Fruity sourness from aged brown ale baseLINDEMANS

Pecheresse 2.5% abv - DraughtFresh and fruity with a hint of lambic sourness to back the peach sweetness

MALHEURMalheur 6 6.0% abv - Draught

Hazy blond with strong hop presence giving greater character than its strength implies

MILLEVERTUSBlanchette de Gaume 5.0% abv - 33cl

Dry and spicy wheat beer with a full flavour and long aromatic aftertaste

La Bella Mère 6.5% abv - 33clHazy blond broadly in the saison style with generous hopping

La Douce Vertus 7.0% abv - 33clFirst impression is of sweet malt but drys to a nutty finish

La Mac Vertus 4.8% abv - 33clVery tasty dark that drinks well above its modest gravity with fruity malt and hop flavours described bty the brewer as the most Belgian British style stout

La Mère Vertus 9.0% abv - 33clTriple brewed with 5 malts and 5 hop varieties giving a fine balance between aroma sweetness & bitterness

La Vertus OSE 6.0% abv - 33clWell rounded amber brewed with 30% spelt with Amarillo hops lending spicy citrus notes to balance the grain

Zanzi 8.0% abv - 33clCharacterful cross between a tripel & an IPA with spelt in the mash balancing grain with 3 hop varieties

ORVALOrval 6.2% abv - 33cl

Massively hop-laden, deep golden Trappist ale of immense style

PALMPalm Hop Select 6.0% abv - 33cl/Draught

Three stage hopping gives a noticeable aroma & flavour supported by sweetish malt

PROEFReinaert Grand Cru 9.5% abv - 33cl

Packed with full sweet malt caressing the tongue with just the right amount of hops to prevent it becoming cloying. Reminiscent of Cuvée de l’Ermitage as it used to be

ROCHEFORTRochefort 10 11.3% abv - 33cl

Possibly the richest of all beers. Perfect to finish the evening, or try with chocolate or Christmas pudding

Rochefort 6 7.5% abv - 33clMid-brown dryish Trappist ale. A more delicate version of its big brothers that slips down very easily

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ROCHEFORTRochefort 8 9.2% abv - 33cl

The vinous aroma leads to a smooth, rich palate with the reddish brown ale hinting at dark chocolate and raisins

RODENBACHRodenbach Grand Cru 6.0% abv - 33cl

Oaky, sour but rounded brown ale aged for up to 2 years

ROMANSeef 6.5% abv - Draught

Recreation of an ancient Antwerp style brewed with wheat, malted barley, buckwheat and oats but unspiced

SENNEJambe de Bois 8.0% abv - 33cl

Full malt triple with peppery hops and a classy bitter herbal finish

Taras Boulba 4.5% abv - 33clPowerful hop punch dominates this light but classy blond with a surprisingly long bitter finish

Zinnebir 5.5% abv - 33clFlavour packed golden ale which drinks well above its strength due to the forceful yet interesting hop blend

ST BERNARDUSAbt 12 10.0% abv - 33cl

Luscious, dark barley wine packed with rich fruit flavours

Prior 8 8.0% abv - DraughtExcellent sweet, dark, ester-laden abbey beer

Triple 7.5% abv - 33cl/DraughtOne of the best “abbey” triples - sweet, bitter and coriander laced

Witbier 5.5% abv - DraughtDeveloped under the supervision of Pierre Celis, the man who single-handedly reinvented the Belgian wheat beer style with Hoegarden. A fine example of the style

STRUISEPannepeut 10.0% abv - Draught

Rich and malty with flavours of dried fruits and a palate refreshing hop presence

Pannepot 10.0% abv - 33clRich sweet and spicy molasses flavours which linger warmingly

Weltmerz Blond Sour Ale 3.0% abv - Draught

Remarkably full flavoured for its modest gravity with lemon and green apple flavours and earthy yeast notes

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TER DOLENArmand 7.0% abv - Draught

Huge aroma of US hops with grapefruit and citrus peel notes balanced by a slight fruity sweetness that offsets the final bitterness from dry-hopping

Ter Dolen Blond 6.1% abv - DraughtSmooth but bitter stylish blonde

Ter Dolen Kriek 4.5% abv - DraughtRich, sweet & classy, with strong aroma and flavour of morello cherries and bitter almond

Ter Dolen Tripel 8.1% abv - DraughtFulsome bittersweet & fruity with generous hopping

Ter Dolen Winter 9.1% abv - DraughtRobust ruby red seasonal brew given a festive twist with cinnamon and honey lending both sweetness and spice

TILQUINGueuze Tilquin 6.0% abv - 37.5cl

Staunchly tragitional gueuze with hints of lemon but a creamy texture and just a touch of sweetness blended from Boon Lindemans Giradin and Cantillon lambics

TIMMERMANSTimmermans Framboise 4.0% abv - Draught

Real raspberry taste and some sweetnessTimmermans Peche 4.0% abv - Draught

Sweet and peachyVAN EECKE

Kapittel Abt 10.0% abv - 33cl/DraughtFlavour packed strong golden triple

Kapittel Blonde 6.2% abv - 33clRounded, easy drinking blonde with some sweetness

Kapittel Pater 6.5% abv - 33clRefreshing brown ale

Poperings Hommelbier 7.5% abv - 33cl/Draught

Packed to the brim with the harvest of the Flanders hop gardens around Poperinge

Watou Wit Bier 5.0% abv - DraughtDry but refreshing cloudy wheat beer with distinct citrus peel notes

VAN HONSEBROUCKKasteel Rouge 8.0% abv - Draught

Robust yet satisfying balance between sweet and sour cherry fruit and a bitter almond aftertaste

Kasteel Winter 11.0% abv - DraughtStrong winter warmer with figs coffee nuts cocoa & a hint of spice putting in an appearance

VAN STEENBERGECelis White 5.0% abv - Draught

Recipe from the originator of the Belgian wheat beer revival, Piere Celis, founder of Hoegarden. Characterful sweet refreshing wheat beer with lashings of orange peel & coriander

VERHAEGHEDuchesse de Bourgogne 6.2% abv - 33cl/Draught

Well-respected sweet and sour aged brown ale

Echte Kriek 6.8% abv - DraughtDistinctive cherry beer with dry, woody aftertaste from eight months barrel maturation

Vichtenaar 5.1% abv - 33clRefreshing easy drinking old brown ale with good mouth feel and enough oak character from eight months in the vat to keep it interesting

WESTMALLEWestmalle Tripel 9.5% abv - 33cl

The original golden triple and still the standard against which others are judged

CZECH REPUBLICREGENT

Bohemia Regent Dark 4.4% abv - 50clLightly carbonated full on malt flavours with coffee and dark chocolate notes

Bohemia Regent Prezident 6.0% abv - 50clWell hopped premium lager, full biscuity malt flavours

FRANCEST. SYLVESTRE

Trois Monts 8.5% abv - 75clPossibly the finest French beer. Pale, dry and vinous, good head and fresh bread aromas

GERMANYANDECHS

Andechser Bergbock Hell 6.9% abv - 50clAt first look and taste this strong pale lager seems innocuous enough. It ‘s only later that the full malt, subtle hopping & noticeably drying alcohol creep up on you

Andechser Hell 4.8% abv - 50clBiscuit malt aroma and slight sweetness give way to lingering hops in this straw pale Monastic brew

Andechser Weissbier Hell 5.5% abv - 50clClove aromas with grain joining in the flavour

BERLINER KINDLBerliner Weiss 3.0% abv - 33cl

Refreshing fruity sourness gives remarkably full flavour for this gravity

FÄSSLAGold Pils 5.5% abv - 50cl

Malty aroma and flavour but crisp and dry with herbal hops

Lagerbier 5.5% abv - 50clDeep golden with any sweetness balanced by slightly astringent but perfumed hops

Weizla Hell 5.0% abv - 50clBanana flavours and aromas with a sweet grainy finish

Zwergla 6.0% abv - 50clReddish-brown Marzen oozes sweet toffee malt with some roastiness and a touch of herbal hops.

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GÖLLERGöller Kellerbier 4.9% abv - 50cl

Unfiltered golden-amber with initial full sweet malt but a long generous hop finish

Göller Original 4.9% abv - 50clQuality Pils with a touch of malt sweetness supporting herbal hops

Göller Rauchbier 5.2% abv - 50clPale amber with aromas of wood smoke and honey. On the tongue the restrained smokiness is well balanced by soft malt and hops, leaving a pleasant lingering aftertaste

Steinhauer Weisse 4.9% abv - 50clBanana and butterscotch aromas are continued in the taste with any sweetness balanced by subtle hopping

HELLERAecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen 5.1% abv - 50cl/Draught

Intense smokiness from malt kilned over smouldering beechwood

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen 5.2% abv - 50cl

Smoke, vanilla and bananas. Traditional wheat beer with the Bamberg smoked slant. An unusual, but wonderful combination

Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier 4.3% abv - 50cl/Draught

Without smoked malt but picking up a slight smokiness from the house yeast to support pale malt flavours

HERZOGLICH BAYERISCHES BRAUHAUS TEGERNSEE

Tegernseer Spezial 5.6% abv - 50clCreamy aroma and texture with slightly sweet malt meeting gently peppery hops

KEESMANNHerren Pils 4.6% abv - Draught

Crisp and dry with fruity citrus hops and slightly honeyed pale malt

Keesmann Hell 4.5% abv - 50clRefreshing with perfumed hops

Sternla Lager 5.0% abv - 50clMalty with a touch of caramel and resinous hops

KUNDMÜLLERWeiherer Bock 6.6% abv - 50cl/Draught

Sweet with herbal and fruity flavours and a slight alcohol warmness

Weiherer Kellerbier 4.9% abv - 50clGrainy malts and herbal citric hops

Weiherer Lager 4.7% abv - 50clMalty with honey notes and spicy hops

Weiherer Pils 4.7% abv - 50clClean and crisp with herbal grassy hopping

Weiherer Rauchbier 5.3% abv - 50clGentle smokiness offset by bready and banana flavours

MAHR’SMahr’s Hell 4.9% abv - 50cl

Sweet malt backed by grassy hopsMahr’s Pils 4.9% abv - 50cl

Crisp malt and herbal hopsMahr’s Ungespundet 5.2% abv - 50cl

Fresh perfumed hops and malty palate but ending dryMahr’s Weisse 5.2% abv - 50cl

Banana with a touch of spice leads the grainSCHNEIDER

Aventinus 8.2% abv - 50clStrong fruity malt flavour marks this original dark weizenbock

SPEZIALRauchbier Lager 4.5% abv - Draught

Golden with a mild smokiness and crisp maltST GEORGEN BRÄU

St Georgen Helles 4.6% abv - 50clGrassy hops, soft malt and a bitter finish

St Georgen Kellerbier 4.9% abv - DraughtChestnut coloured, well attenuated fruity malt, rounded hops and gentle carbonation from bottle conditioning give a character reminiscent of an English cask premium bitter

St Georgen Pilsener 4.9% abv - DraughtPale gold with dry lemony hops

WELTENBURGERKloster Asam-Bock 6.5% abv - 50cl

Full malty aroma and flavour leads to a surprisingly dry finish. From the one of the world’s oldest breweries

NETHERLANDSEMELISSE

Emelisse Dubbel 7.5% abv - 33clFull malt flavours brewed with Westmalle yeast and Belgian candy sugar lending a light sweetness

KONINGSHOEVENLa Trappe Blonde 6.5% abv - 33cl

Unpretentious smooth Trappist blonde aleLa Trappe Witte 5.5% abv - Draught

Unspiced Trappist wheat beer with citrus notes provided by Saphir hops

NORWAYNØGNE Ø

Ø Blonde 4.5% abv - 50clCrisp dry and refreshing with citrus aromas that linger in the mouth

Ø India Pale Ale 7.5% abv - 50clPowerful grapefruit and pine aromas from lashings of US Pacific Coast hops on a solid base of barley wheat and oat malts allowing some sweetness

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Ø Saison 6.5% abv - 50clFlavourful yet refreshing take on the style with a citric and pepper finish

Ø Wit 4.5% abv - 50clTasty full-flavoured Belgian style wheat beer heavily laced with orange peel and coriander

Tindved 7.0% abv - 25clDry wheaty ale with a long warm spicy finish lent refreshing tartness by the addition of sea buckthorn berries

UKNORFOLK SQUARE

Barmy IPA 6.5% abv - 33clNorfolk malts plus English hops and yeast but still managing citrus notes

Bisquit 7.0% abv - 33clAlmond and ginger blended with a touch of honey on an oat base warm fermented for a light sweetness

Black Widow Imperial Stout 9.0% abv - 33cl

Aged in oak steeped in vintage Port giving a full bodied beer with loads of coffee cocoa and subtle port notes with Belgian yeast lending a sweet yet spicy background

Black Widow Reserve 12.0% abv - 33clAll of the power of the original taken to a new level with oaky vanilla notes and warming alcohol

Crazy Horse American IPA 8.0% abv - 33clSmooth sweet caramelised flavour with a hint of bitterness plus a notable tangerine hoppy aroma

Twisted Porter 10.0% abv - 33clRich dark ale brewed with coffee and cocoa nibs for a complex flavour plus a touch of chilli which warms at the end

POPPYLANDBlack Wit 5.0% abv - 50cl

Soured black wheat beer that has an interesting mild lactic character with gentle bready and roasty notes (Gluten Free)

Crab Saison 6.0% abv - 37.5clClear pale amber with excellent yeast character and pleasing late hopping (Gluten Free)

East Coast IPA 7.0% abv - 66clAmerican hops are prominent yet do not dominate lucious Branthill Farm Maris Otter malt (Gluten Free)

Freshes Creek 5.2% abv - 50clMouth-watering and very different sour mash beer with low hopping yet amazing grapefruit flavour (Gluten Free)

SAMUEL SMITHSamuel Smith Organic Apricot 5.1% abv - 35.5cl

Packed with sweet apricot flavours balanced by a gentle lactic sourness

Samuel Smith Organic Cherry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl

Cherry fruit richness backed by marzipanSamuel Smith Organic Raspberry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl

Massive fresh fruit aroma and flavour without excessive sweetness

Samuel Smith Organic Strawberry 5.1% abv - 35.5cl

Strawberry jam in the glass, sweet but with acidity to balance

USAFLYING DOG

Doggie Style Pale Ale 4.7% abv - 35.5clClassic amber ale with creamy head, malty aroma and grapefruit hop flavours

Gonzo Imperial Porter 8.7% abv - 35.5clActually in the Imperial Stout style, aromatic rich and fruity with toasty liquorice flavours with a good hop bitterness

Snake Dog India Pale Ale 7.1% abv - 35.5clThe classic hop smack of an IPA offset with sweet malt and citric touches

Woody Creek 4.7% abv - 35.5clFull flavoured yet refreshing Belgian style white

ODELL5 Barrel Pale Ale 5.2% abv - 35.5cl

Perfect example of how to use hops for great aroma and flavour without bitterness taking over

Cutthroat Porter 5.0% abv - 35.5clSmooth robust dark with notes of raisin chocolate and coffee

Odell IPA 7.0% abv - 35.5clPacked with aromatic American hops creating a great balance between citrus resin and peppery spice

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As editor I try to bring you an informative programme, with clear listing of beers and ciders available and of the entertainment. I also try to include some features of interest and perhaps to encourage discussion. My thanks to all who have contributed, not least to Martin, Chris and Keith for the descriptions of the beers and ciders we are having.

All this would not be possible without the support of our advertisers, so I hope you will give them your support. By advertising in the programme they show both their support for CAMRA and the Beer Festival, but also the importance of you, the potential or returning, customer.

This Christmas will be the last for Bernie and Dougie at the Duke of Wellington, and of Michaela and Rik at the Kings Arms. Running a pub is hard work, running a successful pub even more so. Of course the choice of beers is important to us when we visit a pub, but so is the welcome and management. These two pubs have supported the CAMRA cause in spades, and also this programme over many years. They deserve out thanks for their contribution to the Norwich Real Ale scene.

Too many pubs have closed for good because pub companies fail to get the right people to run them by charging a fair rent, so depriving their communities of a valuable facility. We have lost far too many rural pubs, not because they are unviable but because the owning companies can make more money selling them for housing or shops. The need for a proper change in the law to protect pubs from conversion to houses, shops or restaurants is clear. Before next May’s General Election we should ask all candidates what their position is - and what they will do. We don’t want bland words of support, but proper promises of real action to save part of our national culture and history. Play your part and when they knock on your door asking for your vote ask them what they will do to save our pubs.

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