Beer Festival

THE BEER FESTIVAL WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!

LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT ONE IN 2012…!

FEILDEN’S BEER FESTIVAL 27TH-31ST OCTOBER 2011

Come along & join us for our 1st annual beer festival & sample some of the UK’s best cask ales.

Real ale & cider related menus will be available throughout, plus a

comprehensive range of bar snacks.

The following beers will be available during the festival:

Moorehouse’s – Pendle Witch Brew 5.1%. A full malty flavoured beer with a strong fruity hop aftertaste. Runner up Champion Beer of Britain 1990 & 1995. International Brewing Awards – Silver Medal 1996

York  – Guzzler 3.6%. A well balanced, light golden beer with well balanced hops and malt, crisp dry and refreshing, Guzzler is a perfect beer for drinking all year round.

Jenning’s – Sneck Lifter 5.1%. An award winning beer, a strong, satisfying ale, wonderfully warming and full of fruit, malt and roast flavours right through to the finish.

Timothy Taylor – Ram Tam 4.3%. A dark, strong beer that has a reputation as a ‘Winter Warmer’. Wholesome and satisfying, this mellow beer has body and depth, leaving a pleasant fruity afterglow. Caramel combines well with malt and hops to produce a well-balanced black beer with red hints and a coffee-coloured head.

Black Sheep – Riggwelter 5.9%. A fruity bitter, with complex underlying tastes and hints of liquorice and pear drops leading to a long dry bitter finish.

Bateman’s – Salem Porter 4.7%. A black and complex mix of chocolate, liquorice, fruit, hazelnuts, almonds, liquorice and spicy hops, gently fused with roasted grains to create a flavour explosion of warm buttered toast and crunchy nut biscuits.

Mordue – Five Bridge’s Bitter 3.8%. A fruity, crisp, amber beer with a good hint of hops, the bitterness carries on in the finish. A superb session bitter.

Thwaites – Lancaster Bomber 4.4%. Well balanced, copper coloured best bitter with firm malt flavours, a fruity background and a long dry finish.

North Yorkshire – Dizzy Dick 5.0%. A strong smooth dark ale with plenty of hops and the bitterness carries on into the finish.

Rudgate – Ruby Mild 4.4%. Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2009. Nutty, rich ruby ale, stronger than usual for a mild.

Daleside – Blonde 3.9%. Smooth, creamy and subtly fruity, medium dryness. Light transparent ginger blonde. Cascading surges of various different tastes giving way to a suprising dry finish. A pale golden beer with a predominantly hoppy aroma and taste, leading to a refreshing hoppy bitter but short finish.

St. Austells – Trelawny 3.8%. Trelawny Ale invokes the best Cornish traditions, heritage and innovation. Locally grown barley is gently roasted to give this beer a classic burnished copper colour and a robust full body which belies its modest strength. Peach and apricot notes dominate the aroma, with hints of butterscotch and toffee apple. The taste is full, with toasted biscuit and jam being balanced by the mellow, yet assertive bitterness of tangy hops.

Roosters – Yankee 4.3%. A straw-coloured premium aromatic bitter. Soft bitterness. Aromas of lychees and tropical fruit with a delicate aroma leading to a well-balanced taste of malt and hops with a slight evidence of sweetness, followed by a refreshing, fruity/bitter finish.

Thornbridge – Jaipur IPA 5.8%. Flavoursome IPA packed with citrus hoppiness that’s nicely counterbalanced by maltand underlying sweetness and robust fruit flavours.

Lancaster – Amber 3.7%. A high quality, session beer. Punching above its weight in flavour, Amber, is a low strength bitter that is dark gold in colour and complements its flavour profile with an abundantly hoppy bouquet allowing the drinker to relish subtle floral and citrus aromas. This is a classic session bitter that is both aromatic and bursting with flavour.

Beer Festival Menu

STARTERS

Smoked haddock, chive and Real Ale rarebit, served on ciabatta croutons

with balsamic dressing £5.25

Queen scallops, bacon and spring onions in a light and creamy ale and mustard sauce £6.25

Slow roasted meaty ribs, in a tangy honey and Roosters Yankee sauce £5.95

MAIN DISHES

Slow braised Irish stew, in a rich stout and vegetable gravy, Irish soda bread and pickled red cabbage £9.75

Duo of Real Ale battered hake goujons and crispy calamari, with tartare sauce,

seasoned chips and crisp side salad £9.50

Braised pork belly in a vintage cider, apple and shallot sauce, with sage and onion dumplings £10.75

Ale marinated rabbit and wild mushroom pie, with roasted root vegetables and crispy baked potato £10.95

DESSERTS

Bread and butter pudding, with ale soaked fruits and double cream £4.25

Apple, cider and date sponge with custard £4.25