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* Due to some beers being more popular than others there may not be the full selection available at all times and towards the end of the Festival we are unable to replenish beers that have run out.

 

This list will update as more beers are confirmed

Beer

Brewery

Strength

Colour

Tasting Notes

ELF Magic

...New...

Mithril Ales

3.9%

Amber

Amber beer, beautifully malty & fruity, well balanced with a great hoppy finish

 

That’s ENTertainment

...New...

Mithril Ales

4.0%

Golden

A crisp, refreshing, satisfying golden beer. A dry bitterness, with a lingering citrus & spicy hop taste & aroma.

 

Black ELF

...New...

Mithril Ales

4.4%

Black

Black stout, rich in roasted & chocolate malts, fruity & sweet with a dry hoppy finish

 

Kick The Hobbit

Tirril

3.8%

Golden Brown

Lightly hopped golden brown session beer

Gandalf’s Knobbly Staff

Tirril

4.0%

Pale gold

Pale golden aromatic and well hopped refreshing ale

Completely Legolas

Tirril

4.2%

Dark & malty

Dark full bodied rich and malty,  traditional English ale

Ent Draught

Tirril

4.4%

Ruby Red

A ruby red light yet strong bitter

Nob 'n' Bob

Bowland

3.7%

Copper

Copper coloured session bitter

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Bag End Pale Ale

Bowland

4.1%

Golden

Bowland golden ale with intense grapefruit flavours

Black Rider

Bowland

4.5%

Dark

Porter

Argonath

Bowland

4.6%

Golden

A hoppy golden ale

Silver King

Ossett

4.3%

Golden

This lager-style beer has a crisp, dry flavour and a fruity, citrus aroma.

Challenger

Fernandes

4.1%

Pale

Pale, smooth bitter with the traditional taste of Challenger hops.

Double 6

Fernandes

6%

Dark

Deep & dark full bodied, smooth & malty. Lightly hopped with English Goldings.

Butterley Bitter

Riverhead

3.8%

Golden

Smooth drinking, soft malt. 3.8%

King Rat  

Rat

5.0%

Golden

Hops! A Nelson Sauvin variety from N/Zealand give a unique white-wine aroma. High bitterness, balanced by a residual malt sweetness.

Jorvik Blonde

Rudgate

3.8%

Blonde

Sweet, smooth and lightly hopped.

Well Blathered

Rudgate

5.0%

Amber

Full bodied, Fruity, Zesty

Bee Thrifty

Three Bees

3.4%

Amber

A light and refreshing amber coloured beer. Singularly hopped and eminently quaffable.

Pinch Noggin

Three Bees

4.6%

Dark

A best bitter with fruity hop flavour. A darker coloured ale with a fascinating blend of hops and malt

Shuttle Ale

Three Bees

5.2%

Pale Ale

Strong pale ale light in colour with a well balanced malt and hop flavour. Superb Fuggles aroma, long dry finish and delicate fruit notes. A rustic coloured traditional strong ale.

Icarus

Blindman’s Brewery

4.5%

Ruby

Fruity, rich mid dark ruby ale.

Buff

Blindman’s Brewery

3.6%

Amber

Amber coloured smooth session beer

Hayloft

Grafton Brewing

3.9%

Pale citrus

A pale, refreshing, citrus flavoured beer with a good balance of malt and hops

Prowler

Grafton Brewing

4.3%

Copper

A classic copper bitter, smooth and with an increasing hoppy finish

Chuffin Ale

Box Steam

4.0%

Chestnut Brown

A full flavoured bitter, chestnut brown in colour with a fruity aroma and rich taste

Tunnel Vision

Box Steam

4.2%

Light amber

A well rounded light amber bitter. Clean tasting, with a slight bitterness on the finish

O2

Otley

Brewing

4.2%

Golden

Light golden ale full of citrus hop aromas. Dry hopped with American hops

Hop Beast

Liverpool

Craft

4.0%

Copper

Hop Beast is made completely with Vienna malt. We use a lot of Cascade Hops to live up to this name

 

Viking Beer

Liverpool

Craft

4.2%

Hoppy Bubblegum... !!!

Target & Columbus hops for bittering, Golding and Willamette for flavour & aroma. It's a great smooth bitter, we think undertones of bubblegum, but everyone interprets it differently!

 

Tane Mahuta

Liverpool

Craft

4.4%

Extreme bitter

Tâne Mahuta or 'Lord of the Forest' in Maori.  The beer is named after the 2,500 year old giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand.  It's brewed with 100% New Zealand hops.  Using the country's most bitter hops, Super Alpha for bittering and Green Bullet for aroma and flavour this is truly an NZ beer. 

 

Exeter Old

Exe Valley

4.8%

Mid Brown

A smooth, well hopped, mid brown strong beer

Triple Blonde

Peerless Brewing

4.1%

Blonde

Blonde in style with three malts and three hops. Wonderful fruity citrus finish from First Gold hops

 

Poseidon

Coastal

4.0%

Pale gold

Pale gold ale packed with citrus hop and fruity flavours rounded off by a fresh citrus blast

 

Bull Ox

Oxfordshire Ale’s

4.5%

Pale copper

Pale copper in colour with a hoppy, citrus aroma. Medium hopped with a bitter aftertaste

 

Brewers Gold

Mallinsons Brewing

3.7%

Golden

Golden in colour with a fruity hop aroma, light citrus taste followed by more of the same

 

Innocence

Plain Ale’s

4.0%

Gold straw

Innocence Plain Ales Golden straw coloured beer with a citrus crispness 4%

American Pale Ale

Bridestone’s Brewing

5.0%

Pale

A strong but easy drinking pale ale 5%

TBC

Phoenix Brewery

 

 

TBC

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Phoenix Brewery

 

 

TBC

TBC

Phoenix Brewery

 

 

TBC

 

Ciders from Gwynt Y Ddraig The Welsh Cider & Perry Company

 

Happy Daze

Gwynt Y Ddraig

4.5%

Light

Fruity, apply aroma, well balanced finish. A light and very easy to drink medium cider

 

Farmhouse Scrumpy

Gwynt Y Ddraig

5.5%

Golden

Golden medium cider with a refreshing apple aroma. Smooth balanced flavour that has a fresh, crisp sharpness

 

Haymaker

Gwynt Y Ddraig

6.5%

Red apples!

A fruity medium cider bursting with the flavour of apples. A true farmhouse cider with a smooth finish

 

Fiery Fox

Gwynt Y Ddraig

6.5%

Golden

Golden medium cider with a refreshing apple aroma. Smooth balanced flavour that has a fresh, crisp sharpness

 

Black Dragon

Gwynt Y Ddraig

7.0%

Dark rich

Matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour, body and

flavour with a fresh fruity aroma

 

Two Trees Perry

Gwynt Y Ddraig

4.5%

Pale

A pale, fruity perry with an aroma of fruit and a hint of honey on the

palate

 

Pyder

Gwynt Y Ddraig

6.0%

Pale

An out of the ordinary blend of apple and pear juice fermented and

matured in wood

 

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