THE DRINKS LIST

Please note: Some drinks may not be available at every session. The list may also be subject to minor change since the programme went to print.

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1. Draught beer from around Britain (and a little bit from Ireland)

Milds

Bank Top Lancashire	Dark Mild 4%
Batemans Lincs	Dark Mild 3%	A classic dark mild, nutty with background hops
Brains Glamorgan	Dark 3.5%	Bitter-sweet combination of roast malt and caramel
Brewsters Leics.	Monty’s Mild 4%	Full bodied dark mild
Cains Liverpool	Dark Mild 3.2%	Smooth, dry and roasted; chocolate hints
Cannon Royal Worcs	Fruiterer's Mild 3.7%	A classic dark mild, fruity and full bodied
Castle Rock Notts	Black Gold 3.5%
Crouch Vale Essex	Blackwater Mild 3.7%	Fruity and full bodied
Dark Star Sussex	Over the Moon Mild 3.8%
Fernandes Yorkshire	Maltshovel Mild 3.8%	A rich full-bodied mild with plenty of malt and chocolate flavours
Golcar Yorkshire	Dark Mild 3.2%	Smooth dark mild, roast malt and liquorice taste
Hardy & Hanson Nottinghamshire	Mild 3.1%	A ruby mild dominated by chocolate malt with some fruitiness and caramel
Harvey Sussex	Mild 3%	Dark copper-brown mild with roast malt and caramel
Highwood Lincs	Tom Wood’s Dark Mild 3.5%
Holts Manchester	Mild 3.2%	Fruity malty taste but with strong bitterness
McGuinness Lancashire	Feather Pluckers Mild 3.4%	Dark brown roast malt with hints of chocolate
Mighty Oak Essex	Oscar Wilde Mild 3.5%	Dark mild with a roast character and hints of coffee
Moorhouse Lancashire	Black Cat Mild 3.4%	Fruity chocolate and coffee flavours complemented by bitter roast flavour
Ryburn Yorkshire	Best Mild 3.4%
Taylor Yorkshire	Dark Mild 3.5%	Hops combined with malt and caramel sweetness
Taylor Yorkshire	Golden Best 3.5%	Golden mild, refreshing fruit aroma and hoppy taste
Three B's Lancashire	Stokers Slake Mild 3.6%	Dark mild with roast malt aroma and creamy chocolate notes
Vale Bucks	Black Swan Dark Mild 3.3%	Dark bitterish mild
Whim Derbyshire	Magic Mushroom Mild 3.8%	A well balanced mild with complex mix of flavours

Stouts/Porters/Old Ales

Bank Top Lancashire	Smoke Stack Lightning 5%
Bridge of Allan Stirlingshire	Glencoe Stout 4.5%	Sweetish stout
Carlow Wicklow	O'Hara's Stout 4.3%	A stout from Ireland
Crouch Vale Essex	Anchor Street Porter 4.9%	Strong and substantial dark beer
Grand Union Middx	Honey Porter 4.9%
Grand Union Middx	Old Ale 6.4%
Hepworth Sussex	Old Ale 4.8%
Hook Norton Oxon	Double Stout 4.8%
Hop Back Wiltshire	Entire Stout 4.5%	Rich dark stout with roasted malt flavours. Suitable for vegans
Moor Somerset	Peat Porter 4.5%	Almost black beer, initially fruity then roast malt
Oakleaf Hampshire	Stoker’s Stout 5%	A full bodied stout
Orkney	Dragonhead Stout 4%	Strong dark malt aroma and taste blending with chocolate
Springhead Nottinghamshire	Puritans Porter 4%	Dark but not heavy porter suitable for vegans

Bitters

Abbey Ales Somerset	Matins 3.6%	Pale, fully flavoured hoppy session beer
Adnams Suffolk	Southwold Bitter 3.7%
Arran isle of Arran	Blonde 5%	A hoppy blonde wheat beer
Arundel Sussex	Castle 3.8%	Pale tawny beer, fruit aroma balanced taste
Arundel Sussex	Stronghold 4.7%	Smooth, full-flavoured premium bitter
Atlas Argyll	Latitude Pale Ale 3.6%	Dry bitter beer, intense hoppiness throughout
Ballards Sussex	Trotton Ale 3.6%	Amber, clean tasting bitter
Balllards Sussex	Wassail 6%	Tawny red strong, full bodied fruity beer
Bank Top Lancashire	Brydge Bitter 3.8%	Light hoppy session beer
Bank Top Lancashire	Samuel Crompton’s Ale 4.2%	Amber beer with citrus aroma. Well balanced with hops and grapefruit taste and hoppy finish
Battersea London	Battersea Bitter 4%	Light drinking bitter with a clean finish
Belvoir Leicestershire	Star 3.9%	Bitter designed to replicate Shipstone’s
Belvoir Leicestershire	Gordon Bennett 4.1%
Black Sheep Yorks.	Emmerdale 5%	Pale malt, Goldings hops and Demerara sugar
Black Sheep Yorks.	Riggwelter 5.9%	Fruity strong bitter with hints of liquorice and pear drops
Black Sheep Yorks	Special 4.4%	Well rounded warming bitter, good hop and fruit in the taste
Blindmans Somerset	Golden Spring 3.8%	Golden beer with flowery aroma
Blindmans Somerset	Mine Beer 4.2%	Copper coloured; full bodied hoppy aroma
Branscombe Vale Devon	Anniversary Ale 4.6%
Branscombe Vale Devon	Hells Belles 4.8%
Brewsters Leics	Vale Pale Ale 4.5%	Golden ale, subtle biscuit malt and citrus hoppiness
Bridge of Allan Stirlingshire	Lomond Gold 5%	Malty bitter-sweet golden ale with plenty of hops
Bridge of Allan Stirlingshire	Stirling Brig	Brewed in1997 to mark 700 years since the battle of Stirling Brig. Dark ruby full bodied rich, malty, slightly sweet with creamy head. A classic 80/-
Cains Liverpool	IPA 3.5%	Refreshing session beer
Caledonian Edinburgh	Deuchars IPA 3.8%	Tasty and refreshing session beer with dominant hops and fruit but backed by malt
Camerons Durham	Castle Eden Ale 4.2%	Light creamy malty sweet ale with fruit notes
Camerons Durham	Winter Knights Ale 5%
Carlow Wicklow RoI	Curim Gold 4.3%
Castle Rock Nottinghamshire	Nottingham Gold 3.5%	Golden beer with distinct hop character
Church End Warwickshire	Without-a-bix 4.2%	Clear malty wheat beer
Cottage Somerset	Champflower 4.2%	Amber beer with fruity hop aroma and full hoppy taste
Cottage Somerset	Southern 3.7%	Golden beer with malt and hops with a bitter finish
Cropton Yorkshire	Honey Gold Bitter 4.2%	Medium bodied beer with honey in the aroma and taste
Crouch Vale Essex	Brewers Gold 4%	Citrus hoppy beer with grapefruit nose
Dark Star Sussex	Hophead 3,8%	Refreshing bitter for those that like hops
Dent Yorkshire	Rambrau 4.2%	Cask-conditioned lager
Durham Durham	Magus 3.8%	Refreshing dry bitter
Durham Durham	White Gold 4%	Pale with a refreshing citrus taste
Elgood Cambs.	Pageant Ale 4.3%	Well balanced bitter-sweet premium beer
Elgood Cambs.	Thin Ice 4.7%	Citrus and hops dominate throughout
Exmoor Somerset	Gold 4.5%	Golden best bitter with malt hops and fruit
Fernandes Yorkshire	Wakefield Pride 4.5%	Light coloured, full bodied malty beer with hops
Frankton Bragby Warwickshire	4.4%	A new beer from this brewery
Frankton Bragby Warwickshire	Old Chestnut 4%	Chestnut coloured bitter
Frankton Bragby Warwickshire	Squires Brew 4.2%	Straw coloured best bitter with hoppy aftertaste
Fullers Chiswick	ESB 5.5%	Full bodied strong pale brown beer dominated by maltiness
Grand Union Middx	Bitter 3.7%	Refreshing session beer
Grand Union Middx	Gold 4.2%	Fruity hoppy nose and flavour with crisp dry finish
Grand Union Middx	One Hop 4.5%
Hadrian & Border Tyne & Wear	Farne Island Pale Ale 4%	Amber/mid-brown with refreshing hop/malt balance
Haggards London	Horny Ale 4.2%	Lightly hopped bitter
Haggards London	Imperial Ale 4.7%	Hoppy fruity, spicy pale ale
Hampshire Hampshire	Pride of Romsey 5%	Strong hoppy aroma with citrus hints and malt
Harveys Sussex	Sussex Pale Ale 3.5%	Light brown bitter with malt giving way to hops
Harviestoun Clacks	Bitter & Twisted 3.8%	Refreshing hoppy beer
Hepworth Sussex	Iron Horse 4.8%
Hepworth Sussex	Pullman First Class Ale 4.2%
Hepworth Sussex	Traditional Sussex 3.6%
Hop Back Wiltshire	GFB 3.5%	A refreshing session beer with plenty of hops
Hop Back Wiltshire	Summer Lightning 5%	Pale bitter with good hoppy aroma and taste. Tastes like a session beer despite its strength
Houston Renfrewshire	Blonde Bombshell 4%	Gold coloured ale with fresh hop aroma and rounded maltiness
Houston Renfrewshire	Killellan 3.7%	Light session ale with floral hop and fruity taste
Iceni Norfolk	Deirdre of the Sorrows 4.4%	Suitable for vegans
Iceni Norfolk	Fine Soft Day 4%	Full bodied and hoppy amber ale
Iceni Norfolk	Norfolk Lager 5%	A cask conditioned lager
Inveralmond Perth	Independence 3.8%	Well balanced Scottish ale with fruit and malt
Inveralmond Perth	Lia Fail 4.7%	Dark robust full bodied beer with deep malty taste
Isle of Skye	Hebridean Gold 4.3%	Golden beer brewed with oats; hops and fruit dominate taste
Isle of Skye	Red Cuillin 4.2%	Deep red beer with strong malt and hops with some fruit combine in a beer that is both bitter and sweet
Leek Staffordshire	Staffordshire Gold 4%
Malton Yorkshire	Double Chance 3.8%	Amber bitter with hops dominant
Mordue Tyne & Wear	Five Bridge Bitter 3.8%	Crisp golden beer with good hint of hops
Mordue Tyne & Wear	Geordie Pride 4.2%	Well balanced medium bodied amber beer
Mordue Tyne & Wear	Winter Tyne	Seasonal beer
Oakham Cambridgeshire	Bishops Farewell 4.6%	More full bodied than JHB but still with hops and fruitiness
Oakham Cambs	JHB 3.8%	Excellent straw coloured bitter, hoppy with supporting grapefruit and bitter finish
Oakleaf Hampshire	Oakleaf Bitter 3.8%	A very hoppy but refreshing bitter beer
Oakleaf Hampshire	Squirrel’s Delight 4.4%	Stronger sweeter and more fruity than the bitter
Oldershaw Lincs	Regal Blonde 4.4%	Lager style beer with good balance of malt and hops
Ossett Yorkshire	Pale Gold 3.8%	Light refreshing pale ale with floral/spicy aroma
Ossett Yorkshire	Silver King 4.3%	Lager style beer; crisp flavour and citrus aroma
Otter Devon	Bright 4.3%	Straw coloured with fruit and hops
Pictish Lancashire	Brewer’s Gold 3.8%	Strong hop fruit aroma and taste in yellow beer
Pictish Lancashire	Celtic Warrior 4.2%	Tawny beer with malt and hops
Quay Dorset	Weymouth JD1742 4.2%	Clean tasting easy drinking bitter
Rebellion Bucks	IPA 3.7%	Copper coloured, sweet and malty with a bitter finish
Sulwath Galloway	Cuil Hill 3.6%	Fruity session ale with malt and hop undertones
Sulwath Galloway	Galloway Gold 5%	Lager - Unusual: sweet but heavily hopped
Thwaites Lancashire	Lancaster Bomber 4.4%	Prominent hop balanced by malt
Triple fff Hampshire	Alton’s Pride 3.8%	Clean tasting hoppy golden brown session bitter
Triple fff Hampshire	Dazed & Confused 4.6%	Strongish, pale yellow beer, hints of elderflower and not very bitter
Triple fff Hampshire	Stupidly Happy 4.9%
Ventnor Isle of Wight	Golden Bitter 4%	A golden refreshing hoppy beer
Wickwar Gloucestershire	Coopers WPA 3.5%	Light refreshing golden coloured ale with hops citrus and apple/pear flavour
Wolf Norfolk	Granny Wouldn’t Like It 4.8%	Dark red mixture of malt and hoppiness with a slight smokiness
Woodforde Norfolk	Nelson’s Revenge 4.5%	Fruity notes mix with a sweet maltiness and bitter background
Woodforde Norfolk	Wherry 3.8%	Award winning hoppy bitter with citrus and spice hints
Wye Valley Herefordshire	Hereford Pale Ale 4%	Pale hoppy malty brew
Young’s Wandsworth	Bitter 3.7%	A classic pale hoppy session beer
Young’s Wandsworth	Special 4.5%	The new, drier recipe
Young’s Wandsworth	Old Nick 8%	Barley wine, seldom supplied on draught
Young’s Wandsworth	Winter Warmer 5%	Roast malt, fruity flavour with caramel

2. British bottle-conditioned beer

Fullers 1845 Celebration Ale (6.3%)
Young’s Special London Ale (6.4%)

3. Draught cider and perry

Dry Cider

Brain

Lambourn Valley

Lyne Down

Naish

Rathay’s Old Goat

Tilley

Medium Cider

Edgar Harding

Newton Court

Summers

Sweet Cider

Crossman

Rich

Thatchers

Perry

Coombes

Day’s Cottage

Hartland Dry

Hecks Perry

4. Foreign beer

Bottled Belgian/Dutch Beer

BLOND BEERS

SCHANS BLOND 6% The lighest of blond ales, unfiltered, unpasteurised, crisp and hoppy. 33CL

IJ PLZEN 5.5% A beer which has had some ups and downs recently. Currently brewed with ale yeast. 33cl

LAMME GOEDZAAK 6.5% The rather overlooked Schelde brewery consistantly puts out good quality tasty beers. 33cl

WITCAP STIMILO 6% Blond ale with an element of wheat. 33cl

XX BITTER 6.2% Blond beer full of crunchy fresh hop whallop. 33cl

SEREFIJN BLOND 6.5% Belgian micro Achilles, 33cl

SAISON DUPONT 6.5% Brewery Dupont's Wallonian 'Saison' is the apogee of this beer style! 33cl

QUINTINE 8% Excellent Chouffe-like spiced strong saison beer. 33cl

DUPONT BIOLOGERE 3.5% Great light hoppy beer from one of the last Belgian breweries untouched by compromise. 25cl

OLIVIER'S NEANDER ALE 8.5% Brewed by beer expert Menno Olivier at Amsterdam's Prael brewery, this has the highest EBU (bitterness) of any Dutch beer (80 units). 33cl

KWELCHOUFFE 8.5% Blond, Duvel-style ale from Achouffe. 33cl

MOERENBERY VERVOLG 6.5% Mrs. Moerenberg makes her beers in tiny quantities in the shed at the back of her garden. 30cl

AMBER / DARK BEERS

DE RYCK ROCHUS 5.3% De Ryck make singularly different beers to everyone else, but have something in common with this Oud Bruin. 75cl

HAERLEMSCH OLD ALE 10% A class apart from anything else brewed in Holland. A huge brown-black export stout type of beer. 75cl

KLEIN DUIMPJE PORTER 5% Very fine effort from Mr Eric Bouwman and his little brewery. 33cl

HERCULE 9% A truly original beer with a growing following. 33cl

SCHANZ SCHWARZ 6% Dry, smooth black beer.33cl

HOEKSCH BOKBIER 6.5% Dutch autunm beer. 30cl

SEASONAL BEERS

ST SYLVESTRE BIERE NOEL 8%

DE RANKE PERE NOEL 7%

VOLENDAM OSTER 9%

DE RYCK CHRISTMAS 4.7%

WINTERKUNNINSKE 8.7%

FRUIT/ HONEY BEERS

GIRARDIN FRAMBOZEN 5% The largest of the traditional lambic breweries produces this sweet raspberry juice and lambic beer 375ml

DRUPKE 7.0% Brown beer with liquorice. Hold on! This combination really works here - delicate liquorice overtones on a smooth, warming ale. 33cl

GRAAL GEMBER 8.0% An instant success on its launch in 2001. Blond ale with a hint of ginger. 33cl

SMISJE HONEY BEER 8.5% Bruges' finest blond honey ale. 33cl

ROSE DE RAMPARTS 4.5% Something new from Bras. Binchoise. Raspberry juice is involved. Too scared to try it myself. 33cl

ECHTE KRIEK 6.8% Fine uncompromised cherry ale. 25cl

TRAPPIST BEERS

ACHEL BLOND 8% Improving blond-tripel from the youngest Trappist brewery. 33cl

ROCHEFORT 10 11.2% Massive beer of unchanged greatness. 33cl

ORVAL 6..2% Great, but differently great than the others. 33cl

WHEAT BEERS

BLANCHE DES HONNELLES 6% Abbaye des Rocs' excellent smooth Belgian wheat beer. 33cl

WITTE WIEVEN 5.5% Excellent full wheaty beer from the Maasland brewery in Oss. 33cl

WAASE WOLF 6% Wheat and spices from Boelens brewery. 33cl

ESQUELBECQ BLANCHE 5.0% A new beer, delicate and fragrant, from Bras. Thierez near Cassell. 75cl

LAMBIC BEERS

3 FONTEINEN GUEUZE 5% Perhaps the classic of the gueuze style. 375ml

DE CAM KRIEK 5% 375ml

HANSSENS KRIEK 6% 375ml

CANTILLON GUEUZE 5% 75cl

GIRARDIN BLACK LABEL 5% 375ml

BOON FARO 5% Lambic sweetened with sugar, they way the Belgians used to like it. 25cl

Draught Belgian/Dutch Beer

LA CHOUFFE 8%

GIRARDIN KRIEK 5%

DE RANKE XX BITTER 6.2%

ECHTE KRIEK 6.8%

La GAULOISE BLOND 6%

Bottled German Beer

Andechs Weiss

Augustiner Dunkel

Augustiner Weiss

Diebels Alt

Dom Kolsch

Fischer Helles

Fischer Spezial

Fruh Kolsch

Greif Weiss

Jever Pils

Karg Dunkle Weiss

Keesman Pils

Keesman Weiss

Mahrs Pils

Mahrs Weiss

Pyraser Landbier

Pyraser Pils

Schlenkerla Lagerbier

Schlenkerla Rauchbier

Schneider Aventinus

Schneider Weiss

Special Rauchbier

St Georgen Pils

Tergensee Helles

Tergensee Spezial

Draught German Beer

Augustiner Helles

Fischer Helles

Fruh Kolsch

Hartmann Schwarzer Bock

Keesman Bock

Mahrs Pilsner

Schlenkerla Lagerbier

Schlenkerla Rauchbier

Schumacher Alt

St Georgen Pils

Tegernsee Spezial Hell

Uerige Alt

This is the preliminary list of beers we hope to try to obtain for Battersea 2004, obviously not all of these can be guaranteed but we will certainly try our hardest. We will endeavour to keep this list up to date as well as we can up to the final  ordering and delivery. When the list should then be accurate.

Beer of the Festival

Each year, drinkers at Battersea Beer Festival vote for the beer they have enjoyed the most at the event - the Beer of the Festival. The last winner in 2003 was St Peter’s Honey Porter. Don't forget to vote for your favourite beer of the 2004 festival!