Chorlton Beer Festival

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This year's beers on offer are:

 Brewery                   Beer                            ABV (%) Tasting notes 
AbbeydaleRestoration4.2 The finest yellow beer to come out of Abbeydalein years – serious amounts of Chinook make this a must have for hop lovers!
AmberBarnes Wallis4.1      

Copper-coloured bitter hopped with Styrian Goldings and Northern Brewer. Amber’s best selling beer for a reason.

AmberOriginal Stout 4.0 

Easy drinking, light stout but made with a complex blend of 5 different malts

Bank TopGold Digger4.0 

A golden ale, grapefruity and citrus flavours to the fore.

Bank TopOld Slapper4.2

A true blonde! Made with dwarf Hillary hops, the initial fruitiness is complemented by a pronounced hoppiness.

Black Beck

Belle3.8

Dark mahogany coloured beer with a great malty aroma

Black Beck

Trial3.8

Fantastic first effort Golden Ale with a solid European lager hop taste

Boggart

Rum Porter

4.6

A classic porter with a smooth roast finish, enhanced by a sweet spicy hop taste, complemented with a hint of dark rum.

Boggart

Cascade4

Brand new single hopped beer using the well-known beloved US hop.

Brampton

Jerusalem4.6

A traditional bitter-style ale, the pale colour defies a rich maltiness normally associated with a darker ale.

Castle Rock

Harvest Pale

3.8

This golden ale from Nottingham just keeps getting better! Citrus fruit and flowers dominate the aroma and flavour. A former Champion beer of Britain too!

CrownBrooklyn Height3.2 

American Pale Ale, with loads of hops and a bit of coloured malts for balance. This is the best beer to come from Sheffield’s Crown brewery to date!

Dunham MasseyHoney Beer4.3

Made with lashings of Duerr’s Blossom Honey, this brew is very refreshing and bitter-sweet.

Dunham MasseyLandlady4.3

A one-off beer made in celebration of a local landlady!

Dunham MasseyDark Mild3.8

Dunham Dark is a smooth, easy drinking, dark mild, based on the traditional North Western milds of old.

Elland1872 Porter6.5

Current Champion Winter Beer of Britain, this is very dark and rich with a complex bitter-sweet palate and luscious malt flavours with warming rich port notes that combine into the subtle hoppy finish.

EllandBest Bitter4

A dry and aromatic beer made with Maris Otter malt and English and American hops.

EllandBeyond the Pale4.2

A pale golden bitter made with loads of US Cascade and a touch of Amber malt.

FalstaffSmiling AssassinTBA

A traditional bitter-style ale, the pale colour defies a rich maltiness normally associated with a darker ale.

Falstaff3 Faze3.8

Light gold in colour with a malt and honey nose. Smooth malt flavours leading to clean balanced malt and hop finish. An, ahem, electric beer (Sorry).

HawksheadWindermere Pale3.5

Low gravity summer that just slips down, but containing lots of fruity hop flavours.

HawksheadLakeland Gold4.4

Hoppy golden ale with loads of Cascade and oft soughtout in the Lakes due to it’s timeless popularity

HawksheadRed4.2

Bitter sweet red ale, plenty of dark crystal, for those who like their beer with a little colour!

HydesJekyll's Gold4.3

A mid range ale with good maltiness in the mouth and a soft bitter after taste

Hydes18633.5Brand new summer beer with plenty of hops!
KeswickFlight4

Single hopped light citrus yellow beer

KeswickCelebration IPA7

Strong, malty IPA containing plenty of citrus hops and a bready sweetness.

Keswick

Adventure

4

A brand new beer from Keswick – no advance tasting notes!

Kirkby LonsdaleMonumentale4.5

A wonderfully golden coloured ale, brewed with the finest Maris Otter barley, blended with English and Slovenian Goldings hops, offering a distinct floral mouthfeel.

Kirkby LonsdaleJubilee Stout5.5

Smooth, strong stout with a hint of liquorice and roast barley.

MarbleSummer Marble 3.9

Summer beer made with an extremely large amount of hops from America, balanced with a touch of caramalt and smattering of wheat.

MarbleBeer 574.5

Brewed to celebrate the opening of the new Marble cafe bar at 57 Thomas Street in the city, this strong pale ale is heavily hopped with Amarillo and the new Summit hop from the US.

MarbleChocolate5.7

The timeless classic from the Marble stable, this is a rich, stoutish beer made with far too much Chocolate malt.

MillstoneTrue Grit5

A super straw-coloured ale using only Chinook hops from the US.

MillstoneThree Shire4

A pale bitter with a crisp fruity taste and great hoppy finish.

PhoenixWobbly Bob6

The red-brown, malty Chorlton festival favourite which is adept at making people unsteady on their feet.

PhoenixWhite Tornado4.3

A crisp hoppy golden ale, deserving of its praise as the Heywood brewery’s finest beer.

PictishAlchemist4.3

A refreshing, straw coloured ale with crisp malt flavours and a robust hoppy finish.

PictishSummer Solstice4.7

A crisp refreshing blonde ale. Rounded pale malt flavours in the mouth are balanced by a subtle bitterness which leads to a dry finish with a delicate floral hop aroma.

Stringer

Sunbird

4

Rich gold, tangeriney summer beer

StringerWest Coast Pale Ale4.4

Lemony blonde ale. Don’t think West Coast USA, these guys hail from the West Coast of Cumbria!

StringerPaint it Black IPA5.5

Excellent roasty black IPA (YES, IPA – think plenty of flowery hops!)

ThornbridgeSt Petersburg

7.7

An immense imperial stout, full-bodied with lots of chocolate malt flavours and a subtle peatiness.

ThornbridgeKipling5.2

South Pacific pale ale with papaya, grapefruit and citrus notes.

UlverstonBrahms and Liszt3.8Rhyming with a popular slang word used for describing someone tired and emotional, this beer is a one off for Ulverston’s International music festival. And Chorlton as well.
UlverstonLonesome Pine3.9A pale honey beer with a tangy fruit hop character
WinsterOld School 3.8Amber coloured bitter with plenty of grassy hops. Very easy-drinking and refreshing.