We have over 75 different beers. But several breweries are “Featured Breweries” of the festival. These breweries have supplied us with their entire current range. The micro from Downton in Wiltshire providing us with no less than 7 different brews.

Twickenham Fine Ales have provided all their range, as do Ballard’s of Hampshire.

Star of the show and pride of place must go to Meantime London Pale Ale which is the first cask ale from our glass sponsors Meantime of Greenwich.

Please note that the emphasis here will be on dark beers but there are still plenty of pale and golden delights if you find it all too heavy going. Just a word on pricing. Excise duty in the UK is charged on strength the stronger the brew the more duty and in turn the more VAT in effect a tax on a tax. So that’s why the 10% beer is £4 a pint.

Alphabetical listing of Beer Festival Breweries

Adnam’s Southwold Suffolk

Old Ale 4.1% A beautiful cold weather beer only available Oct- Dec

Belgian Abbey Ale 5.0% Full bodied pale gold, fruity & spicy using Belgian yeast strain

Ballards Nyewood Hampshire

Midhurst Mild 3.4%  Dark mild, lightly hopped well malted

Ballards Best Bitter 4.2%  Copper coloured malty but dry

Ballards Wild 4.7%  Dark porter rich in malt

Wassail 6%  Strong full bodied sensational barley wine. Tawny red.

Batemans Wainfleet Lincolnshire

Salem Porter 4.7%  A black and complex mix of chocolate, liquorice and anise

Victory Ale 5.9 Powerful commemorative ale on cask to celebrate Nelson’s connection

Buffy’s Brewery of Tivetshall St.Mary’s Norfolk

Norwich Terrier 3.6%  Amber coloured with grapefruit notes. Styrian, Mount Hood hops

Burton Bridge Burton on Trent

Thomas Sykes 10.0% Rich & warming. Heady & Hoppy. A true barley wine. Dangerous.

Dark Star Haywards Heath, Sussex

Winter Meltdown 5.0% Deep bronze colour, aromatic and warming

Ocktoberfest 5.2% Using German malts and hopped three times

Dark Star Porter 5.5%  Brown & black malts with robust Target hops to give full flavour

Downton Salisbury, Wiltshire

Quadhop 3.9%  A pale session bitter

Elderquad 4.0%  Pale speciality bitter

Honey Blonde 4.3%  Straw coloured honey beer

Pumkin Ale 4.4% Special dark version of Downtrtons Halloween Brew for this festival

Dark Delight 5.5%  Dark, Old ale

Chocolate Orange Delight 5.8%  Dark with chocolate and orange flavours and aromas

I.P.A. 6.8%  Strong, old style export IPA

Exmooor Wivelscombe, Somerset

Exmoor Beast 6.6% Dark beer brewed with chocolate and crystal malts

Exmoor Wild Cat 4.4% Fuggles hopped ale. Sloght sweetness, toffee caramel notes

Holden’s Dudley West Millands

Dragons Blood 4.6% Golden amber colour. Maris Otter malt. Fuggles hops

Hog’s Back Tongham, Surrey

HBB

TEA

Autumn Ale

OTT

A over T 9%  Steady On! Strong winter Ale

Hop Back Wiltshire

Entire Stout 4.5% A rich dark stout with a strong roasted barley flavour.

Odyssey 4.0% Full bodeied malty brew. Rich and smooth

Red Ember 4.6% Autumn deep copper coloured beer for October

Hoskins Leicester

Hoskins Mild 3.5% An almost black beer. Malty and hoppy.

Houston Renfrewshire

Warlock Stout 4.7%  Dark and spellbinding. Strong, smooth with a  long finish

Leeds Brewery West Yorkshire

Gathering Storm 4.4%  Stout with combination of dark roasted malts and subtle hops.

J.W. Lees of Manchester

Lees Bitter 4.0% Amber couloured very malty with citrus notes.

Cock & Bull 4.5% Rich chestnut colour. Spicy aroma, quite hoppy.

Moorhouses Burnley, Lancashire

Black Cat 3.4% A dark mild with delicate chocolate and coffee roasts. Crisp and bitter.

Pendle Witch 5.1%  Well balanced, full bodied, malty brew with long complex finish.

Broomstick Bitter 4.0% Pale, bittersweet temptress, citrus notes

Black Witch 4.2% Dark beer, smoked chocolate malt, hint of molasses

Witches Cauldron 4.2% Rich golden beer, full bodied and dry

Witchfinder General 4.4% Amber coloured malty brew. Strong hop aftertaste

Witch Hunt 4.8% Golden in colour with honey nose and deep hop finish

Mordue North Sheilds Tyne & Wear

All Hallows Ale 4.4% How could we not have this festive favourite from Geordieland.

Quartz Kings Bromley, Saffordshire

Quartz Crystal 4.2% Pale amber with a continental style hop finish.

Orkney Quoyloo, Orkney

Skullsplitter 8.5% An intense velvet nose with hints of apple, prune and plum. Hoppy but balanced with silky malt and fruity spices. Long dry finish.

Purity Great Alne Warwichshire

Mad Goose 4.2% Light copper colour with zesty citrus overtones. Brewed with Maris Otter Caragold and Wheat malts with Hallertau and Cascade hops. Brewery started in 2005 and may be a future GBG festival winner. One to taste.

UBU 4.5%  Pronounced OO-BOO. Uses 100% English Maris Otter malt with Challenger and Cascade hops. Full flavoured and balanced.

Robinsons Stockport, Lancashire

Old Tom 8.5%  Full bodied and dark. Complex, fruity, chocolate. Bittersweet after taste

St Austell,Cornwall

Dartmoor Best 3.9% Easy drinking session ale. Auburn in colour with a touch of bitterness with smooth malty finish.

Sambrook’s Battersea, London

Wandle Ale 3.8%  Amber coloured. Citrus hints and bitterness that lingers to the finish

Sarah Hughes Sedgely, West Midlands

Dark Ruby 6.0%  Sensationally powerful. In a class of it’s own. Of almost mythical status because it is the beer that always runs out first at festivals. We have 3 barrels.

Shepherd Neame Faversham, Kent

Late Red 4.2% Autumn seasonal ale from Kent. Deep copper colour. A great beer.

Bishops Finger 5.0%  Classic, cask version of famous bottled beer. Strong and complex..

Timothy Taylors Keighly West Yorkshire

Taylors Dark Mild 3.5% Malt and caramel dominate. Bitter finish

Ram Tam  4.3% A well balanced black beer with red hints and a coffee coloured head.

Three Rivers Brewery Reddish, Stockport

Old Disreputable 4.0% Dark malty brew with distinctive coffee & chocolate traits.

Titanic Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire

Last Porter Call 4.9%  Dark, strong and well rounded. Golding hops.

Tring Hertfordshire

Phantom Monk 4.0% Well crafted golden ale (there are some at this festival!)Extremely easy drinking with flowery hoppy taste.

Colley’s Dog 5.2% Dark but not over rich. Strong yet very drinkable. Hint of walnuts

Triple FFF Alton, Hampshire

Pressed Rat and Warthog 3.8% A roasted dark brown malt with good body.

Stairway to Heaven 4.6%  Pale brown ale with aroma of pale & crystal malts. Bitter but with some sweetness.

Moondance 4.2% Pale brown best bitter. Wonderfully balanced with a hint of melancholy sweetness just like the Van Morrison song.

Twickenham Fine Ales Twickenham, London

Twickenham Original 4.2% Ruby coloured, malty best bitter

Naked Ladies 4.4% Hopped with both First Gold and Styrian

Sundancer 3.7% Biscuity edge, pale golden colour

Grandstand 3.8% Brownish amber session bitter.Well hopped easy drinking

Autumn Blaze 4.4%A russet amber colour perfect for autumn.

Strange Brew 4.1% Dark golden ale. Hint of spice. Five different hops

White Bexhill on |Sea Sussex

Wizards Wand Waver 4.5% Never thought I would see a beer emanating from Bexhill !

Wolf Attleborough, Norfolk

Werewolf 4.5% Red-brown with pronounced malty bouquet.

CIDER from Westons

Perry 4.5%

First Quality 4.5%

Old Rosy 7.3%