Party: 6th Annual Beer & Cider Festival

Party: 6th Annual Beer & Cider Festival

Join us for some great beers and ciders

Thursday 5th March from 7pm**FREE ENTRY***
Friday 6th March from 6pm***FREE ENTRY***

Continues Saturday 7th March from 12 noon

1st XV vs. Nuneaton on Peel Croft, kick off 3pm
(Normal entry fees apply for the game, £5 per adult)

Live music from Annabelle Bartram on Saturday evening from 6.30pm.

and then again on Sunday 8th March from 12 noon***FREE ENTRY***

Details of beers and ciders on offer -

Thwaites - “Lancaster Bomber” - ABV: 4.4%
Award winning full-bodied chestnut coloured ale with an inviting malty aroma and warming aftertaste.
Two Times Gold Medal Winner in the European Beer Star Awards (2007 & 2011) Silver medallist in the International Beer Challenge 2012

XT Animal Brewing “Simples” - ABV 4.6%
Golden ale, soft, fruity and refreshing. Made with flaked barley and a mix of North American and New Zealand hops.

Burton Bridge “Sovereign Gold” - A.B.V. 4.0%
One of the newer style 'citrusy' beers, light and thirst quenching. The clean hoppy palate works with most foods but ideal with a curry.

Banks & Taylor’s - “Dragon Slayer” - A.B.V 4.5%
A straw coloured beer, dry, malty and lightly hopped.
Originally brewed for St George's Day.

Titanic - “Cherry Dark” - ABV 4.4%
This black bitter uses US and Slovenian hops and is infused with cherries that subtly come through on the aftertaste.

Tower Brewery - Gone for a Burton - ABV 4.6%
An amber coloured beer with a malt hop aroma. Bitterness is provided by Fuggles Northdown hop and aroma is given from the classic hop Styrian Goldings.

Burton Bridge Brewery - “Stairway to Heaven” - ABV 5%
Pale, distinctive hoppy aroma, smooth easy drinking beer, but be careful of its strength.

Quartz Brewery - “Phoenix” - ABV 4.8%
Our winter special this year is a 4.8% abv dark beer brewed with Phoenix hops. Reports from trade sing its praises!

Jack Spitty's “Smuggler's Ale” - ABV 4.0%
Hoppy golden ale.

Broadoak Original Draught Cider “Moonshine” - ABV 7.5%
Strong and very drinkable with a crisp refreshing taste and little evidence of alcoholic content.

Milton Brewery - “Milton Minerva” - 4.6% ABV
Golden ale. Brewed with US, NZ and British hops for a powerful hop punch and satisfying bitterness.
First brewed in collaboration with Prof. Mary Beard when it was felt that a some feminine wisdom could usefully be added to the range.

Lillies Brewery - “Merry Monkey” - ABV: 4.5%
A medium scrumpy made with unfiltered bittersweet apple, full of character with a rich appley flavour.

Tower Brewery - Imperial IPA - ABV 5.0%
A Premium IPA, light golden in colour with a rich citrus fruity flavour and a floral hoppy aroma. Distinctive and Deceptively Quaffable!

St Austell - “Tribute”
The South West's favourite beer. Customers and publicans love Tribute as it's light, hoppy, zesty, easy to drink and consistently delicious.

Everards - “Tiger Beer” - ABV: 4.2%
A true award winning best bitter with universal appeal. Tiger Best Bitter is a classic example of getting the perfect balance between sweetness and bitterness. Crystal malt gives the beer its rounded toffee character.

Many thanks to Burton Bridge Brewery for their help with this event and to those who provided beers; Steve Harris of Burton Bridge, John Mills of Tower Brewery, Steve Gould of Everards, Keith Bott of Titanic Brewery, Earl Baker of Thwaites and to all who sponsored a barrel. It is greatly appreciated.

Invited: Tom Murphy, Will Brooks, Sarah Salter, Alistair Eastwood, Tom Mayne, Ian Cartwright, James Moxon Hamilton, Christopher Harley, Damon Varney, Jonny Evans, Helen Eccleshall, Nathan Taylor, Liam Hucknall, Tom Poynton, Alexander Gray, Rikki 'didier' Hooper, Dan Eastwood, Rory Alexander Peverell, Tom Atherton, Adam Foster, Jonathon Parkinson, Phillip Harris, James Dobson, James Burrough, Jack Sharkey, Daniel Smith, Darryl Banton, Russ Banton, James Davies, Tom Moose, Sadie Lawrence, Sam Smith, Tris Gill, John Porter, Katie Atherton, George Wright, Adam Lenihan, Josh BigRed Cartwright, Robert Beddard, Henry Clarke, Ollie Varney, Harry Titley, Sean Shuttleworth, Sam Benjamin, Jack Bartram, Andrew Griffiths, Katrina Dipple, James Morris, John Cartwright, Andy Betteridge, John Philly, Aaron Hunt, Ben Peach, Amelia Clark, Andy Collins, Richard Lewis, Ben Marshall, Ed Saunders, Joe Newton-Taylor, Colin Draycott, Nick Oxley, Sam Henstock, Rich Wilton, Emily Bartram, Simon Miller, John Clark, John Widdowson, Steve Harris, Owen Shand, Mark Cheeseman, Joe Briggs, Dave Henry, Anna Roebuck, Sarah Langford, Sam Heptonstall, Ben Burchell, Ellie Mellor, Charlie Insley, Joe Gazzard, Mel Eyley, Nick Dermott, Paul Mclaughlin, Kevin Wrathall, William Roach, Dan Elliot, John Widdowson, Will Smith, Keith Riley, Owen Beardsmore, Jack Barry Neal, Ian Cartwright, Claire Bradley, Adam Wright, Angelo Nel, Steve Smith, Michelle Wakelin, Ian Neal, Mark Anthony Hucker, Gavin Cole, Kenneth Archer show more »