ANTROBUS CASK BEER LISTING

Coniston Brewing Olivers Light Ale 3.4% ABV Light straw coloured mild

Coniston Brewing Special Oatmeal Stout 4.5% ABV Dark chocolate and coffee flavour

Coniston Brewing Bluebird Bitter 3.6% ABV Pale with a orange fruit aroma

Watermill Brewery Wruff Night 5.0% ABV Pale bitter with a clean dry after taste

Holts Touchwood 3.8% ABV No tasting notes available

Hawkshead Bitter 3.7% ABV A pale hoppy and bitter ale

Hawkshead Red 4.2% ABV A red bitter sweet ale

Beartown Brewery Black Bear 5.0% ABV Dark ruby colour Strong mild

Beartown Brewery Ginger Bear 4.0% ABV A superbly ginger blonde ale

Beartown Brewery Kodiak Gold 4.0% ABV Straw coloured with citrus aroma

Beartown Brewery Octobear Beer Fest 5.0% ABV A rich golden beer using german hops

Sams Chop House Sams Special Best Bitter 4.2% ABV Brewed by the coach house
brewey warrington cheshire

Fentons Old Slapper 4.2% ABV A true blond brewed with dwarf hilary hops

3RD ANTROBUS BEER FESTIVAL 2010

Antrobus beer festival takes part in october each year in the local village hall which is set in a part of the cheshire counrtyside. There was a choice of 13 cask beers available as well as a couple of ciders, some of these coming from local brewers and others from further a field. The beer festival has two bars to choose from along with the main hall bar and plenty of room for people to sample the beers that were on offer.

CASK BEERS FROM THE 17TH NORTHWICH BEER FESTIVAL

Below is a list of the beers, that were on offer at the 17th Northwich beer festival in Cheshire just in case anybody has lost, or did not have the chance to pick up a programme.

4T'S Old School Dark mild 4.0% ABV Full flavoured dark mild

4T'S Gold 2 hops 4.5% ABV Golden best bitter

Abbey Grange No 1 3.8% ABV No tasting notes available

Abbeydale Fascination 3.9% ABV Hopped to give a light spicy berry fruitiness

Allendale Black Grouse 4.0% ABV Dark beer with hints of coffee and chocolate

Allgates Nelson Sauvin Pale 4.3% ABV Pale bitter with a citrusy flavour

Backyard D&B Porter 4.3% ABV Porter with chocolate, spice and nutty flavour

Beartown Peach Melbear 4.4% ABV Pale bitter with a hint of peach

Beartown Polar Eclipse 4.8% ABV Classic black stout,dry and bitter roast flavours

Blue Monkey Amarillo 3.9% ABV A single malt,single hop golden bitter

Bollington Bollington Nights 3.9% ABV Smooth dark beer, light flavour aroma

Bollington Long Hop 3.9% ABV A pale lager style bitter with fruity hops

Bridestones Groomstone 3.7% ABV No tasting notes available

Coach House Farriers Best 3.9% ABV Well balanced hoppy fruity best bitter

Coach House Posthorn 5.0% ABV Dry golden bitter with blackcurrant hop flavours

Croglin Loki 3.9% ABV Amber ale sweet with bitter notes, dry bitter finish

Cuerden Mild 3.9% ABV No tasting notes available

Dark Star Hophead 3.8% ABV A golden bitter with a citrus bitter taste

Dunham Massey Damson 4.2% ABV Amber damson beer brewed with fresh damsons

Dunham Massey Green Hop 4.1% ABV Pale beer brewed with new hops from the brewey garden

Fernandes Lime Lite 3.8% ABV Very pale bitter with a hint of lime

Frodsham Iron Man 4.5% ABV Chestnut brown ale, nutty with a full hop flavour

Frodsham Frodsham 800 4.7% ABV Golden bitter single hopped,floral,late wine flavours

George Wright Black Swan 3.8% ABV Dark distinctive beer,very creamy,full flavour

Harviestoun Schiehallion 4.8% ABV A cask lager using lager yeast and german hops

Hornbeam Lemon Blossom 3.7% ABV Refreshing pale ale session bitter with lemon

J W Lees Fools Gold 4.1% ABV Rich golden bitter,zeus and first golden hops,pale and crystal malt

J W Lees Scorcher 4.2% ABV Golden bitter,fruity aroma and fresh hop finish

Jarrow Mc Connells Irish Stout 4.6% ABV Rich creamy stout,liquorice and pale chocolate finish

Mallinsons Edgeley 4.0% ABV Blonde bitter,light citrus hop aroma

Naylors Pinnacle Mild 3.4 ABV Dark mild,malty roast,chocolate friut flavours

Northern BIG 50 5.0% ABV Citrusy bitter brewed with sauvin hops

Northern Deep Dark Secret 5.0% ABV A black liquorice porter

Northern Summer Breeze 4.1% ABV Straw coloured bitter with a citrus flavour

Ossett Madeleine Lily 4.0% ABV A pale bitter

Peerless Hilbre Gold 4.5% ABV A refreshing golden ale named after an island in the dee estuary

Phoenix Wobbly Bob 6.0% ABV Malty fruity red/brown coloured strong beer

Raw Dark Peak 4.5% ABV Easy drinking stout with malt flavours

Reality No Escape 4.2% ABV No tasting notes available

Redemption Pale Ale 3.8% ABV First brewed in january 2010

Ridgeside IPA 5.2% ABV Strong pale and hoppy just like a ipa should be

Riverhead Black Moss Stout 4.3% ABV Black stout from this brewpub in marsden

Robinsons Dizzy Blonde 3.8% ABV Straw coloured summer ale,herbal hop aroma

Sandstone Edge 3.8% ABV A light aromatic session bitter

Shepherd Neame Spitfire 4.2% ABV A amber coloured bitter

Spitting Feathers Old Wavertonian 4.4% ABV Dark stout coffee aroma

Spitting Feathers Thirstquencher 3.9% ABV Sharp clean golden bitter

Storm Bosley Cloud 4.1% ABV Dry golden bitter,peppery hop notes

Storm Silk Of Amnesia 4.7% ABV Premium bitter fruit and hop taste

Stringers West Coast Blond 4.4% ABV Rich gold pale ale

Tatton Best 4.2% ABV Light amber bitter, clean malt flavour

Tatton Gold 4.7% ABV Deep golden special ale,generous maltiness

Taylor Landlord 4.3% ABV Well balanced amber bitter

Thwaites Lancaster Bomber 4.4% ABV Copper coloured best bitter

WC Drew Peacocks Double IPA 8.3% ABV very strong IPA

WC Windward Passage 3.8% ABV Very pale Ale packed with exotic hop flavours

Weetwood Cheshire Cat 4.0% ABV Pale dry bitter with a lemon zest,grapey aroma

Weetwood Mad Hatter 3.9% ABV Classic IPA with citrus and fruit flavours

Weetwood Oasthouse Gold 5.0% ABV Full bodied bitter,good dry finish

Windsor & Eton Guardsman 4.2% ABV Copper coloured best bitter with a tangy taste

Woodlands Ash Blonde 4.1% ABV Blonde fruity bitter with a crisp aftertaste

Woodlands New Leaf 4.6% ABV Deep rich malty flavoured refreshing beer