Turf Tavern Beer Festival
UPDATED: The 2007 Beer Festival runs 25th-27th of October!
Join us from 5.30pm on Thursday 25th! The beer festival will be open all day Friday and Saturday.
We're glad to be able to show you a list of the beers we expect to have at the Turf Tavern Beer Festival. If you'd like to be kept up-to-date on the latest Turf happenings, you can subscribe to our newsletter.
Allendale Allendale Best Bitter (3.80%) A traditional amber coloured session beer with a difference. The strong flavour belies the relatively low alcohol content. A slightly spicy aroma comes from Goldings and Fuggles hops, with the bitterness from English Target. Wolf (5.50%) A beautiful red coloured, full bodied beer taking its name from the famous wolf of Allendale. With bitterness coming from Challenger hops and a fruity blackcurrant aroma coming from Williamette hops. At 5.5% abv. this really is beer with bite! AllGates Wigan Pride (4.20%) A golden ale with hints of fruit in the taste and aroma. Specially brewed for the Wigan Food & Drink Festival. Young Pretender (3.80%) A very pale beer, very crisp with an aroma of citrus fruit leading to a dry and hoppy finish. Bank Top Beavers Droop (3.90%) A pale coloured bitter brewed with English hops. Black Hole Red Dwarf (4.20%) A distinctive dry taste and a ruby red colour form the basis of this bitter. Challenger hops provide a fruity finish and the malt combination give an underlying toffee flavour. Super Nova (4.80%) Super Nova is premium pale ale brewed using lager malts with a top fermenting ale yeast.A variety of hops from Europe and America combine to provide a floral taste. Bowland Octo-Beer (4.20%) A very pale golden bitter. Crisp clean germanic hop flavours combined with lemon/citrusy flavours throughout. Brew Dog Peroxide Punk (4.00%) A Blonde beer. Delicate summer fruit nose on a light refreshing malt bed. The Physics (5.00%) Amber beer. Complex malty beer with a dry fruity finish. Punk IPA (6.00%) Contemporary IPA. Smooth, light, sweet malt base. Get ready for the massive tropical fruit hoppy finish. Brysons John McGuiness Bitter (4.20%) Dark straw/light copper coloured, with an aroma of fresh fruit and honey. An Initial taste of fruit and honey with a soft hop bitterness,leading to a lingering hop bitterness with honey sweetness. Bushys Hop Tu Naa (4.40%) Castle Rock Preservation Fine Ale (4.40%) Derventio Et Tu Brutus (4.50%) Dark ale experiencing a surprising smoothness but with a long bitter finish. Fernandes Explorer (3.80%) A pale beer. Williamette (4.10%) A pale and hoppy beer. Festival Festival Bitter (3.80%) A well balanced and refreshing beer with an appetizing crisp hoppy aftertaste. Copper in colour and made with German Northern Brewer hops for bittering and Styrian Golding and Willamette for aroma, giving a subtle fruity flavour. Festival Gold (4.40%) A golden ale with an overall balanced flavour, distinguished by a light malt body and a light aroma flavour profile with a distinctive bitter finish. Designed to be thirst quenching! Grafton Lady Julia (4.20%) Smooth and sweet with a glorius bitter finish and citrus aroma. Hayloft Bitter (3.80%) Robust session bitter with a good malty refreshing character and fruity undertones. Grindleton Ribble Rouser (3.80%) A single malt, double hopped pale golden bitter with plenty of character and a citrus grapefruit finish. Old Fecker (4.00%) A traditional real ale using a blend of Marris Otter pale ale malt, amber malt and dark crystal malt. Chestnut in colour with a hint of ruby and a malty aroma. Lancashire Pale Ale (4.50%) Amber coloured pale ale with a delicate fruity aroma and pleasant mouthfeel. | Harveys of Lewes Star of Eastbourne (5.50%) An East Indian Pale ale, with a distinctive sweet character and caramel notes on the palate. Hoggleys Nene Bitter (5.00%) Mid-gold bitter with crisp, sharp taste and spicy finish. Reservoir Hogs (4.30%) Full on flavour from this light copper coloured ale. Deep dryness and strong bitterness followed by a sweetening aftertaste of dark malt. A lively exciting beer with a hoppy ending. Holdens Octavia (4.30%) A surprisingly big and complex golden goddess with a forceful malty nose, a full bodied delicious fruity sweetness, which, results in a satisfying symphony of fruit and hops. Perfect for whetting your whistle! Hornbeam Top Hop Best (4.20%) This superb, palatable ale is full bodied with malt appeal and ample bitterness. An excellent bright premium bitter. Hornbeam Bitter (3.80%) The flagship beer is medium bodied with a gentle sparkle which delivers a rich hop flavour to give a refreshing and characterful pint. Smooth and easy drinking. Howards Town Devil's Elbow (4.70%) A special Halloween brew, dark and mysterious with hints of licorice. Leeds Leeds Pale Ale (3.80%) An easy drinking pale ale. Light and hoppy with delicate foral notes and a well balanced finish. Eager Owl (4.00%) An amber brown session ale. Subtle malt and hops give clean apple and caramel flavgours with a smooth and satisfying finish. Midnight Bell (4.80%) A premium dark mild. Roast and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this rich and robust ale. Moles Sunrise Celebration (4.30%) Tawny brown in colour. Brewerd with organic pale and crystal malts and a complex blend of organic hops giving an ale of underlyinh malty character with a bitter-sweet long lasting taste. Nethergate Pub Boar (4.30%) A deeply mature and complex beer, auburn in colour with tight refreshing malt flavours followed by a long lingering finish. North Cotswold Autumn Ale (4.00%) Single hop classic bitter brewed with crystal malt to give a pale autumn colour. Ditchford Farm Ale (5.30%) Chestnut coloured tradiional strong bitter made with English hops. Northern The Duke (4.10%) Named in honour of the soul legend Gene Chandler. A pale straw coloured beer with citrus fruit character. Ossett War Horse (5.00%) A powerful dark bitter, brewed using the cascade hop. Citrussy and robust. Pictish TBC (?%) Quartz Leofric (4.70%) A fruity tasting light tan coloured ale with a distinctive continental hop aroma. Southport Cyclone (3.80%) A bronze coloured malty bitter, with fruity taste and aroma and blackcurrant notes. Springhead Spooky Juice (4.40%) A blood red beer for Halloween, but much tastier with a fruity flavour and aroma and a finish that would satisfy even Dracula. Wadworth Horizon (4.00%) Easy drinking all year round and robust enough to accompany most foods, Horizon is light in colour, but full flavoured and best enjoyed cool. |
Note: We try and keep our list accurate and while there will certainly be more beers than this available, it is possible that we may not be able to provide every beer on this list. Rest assured we will have plenty to please your palate.
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