Whitehaven Beer Festival
Countdown - 30 days approx to the next one!

Friday November 20th / Saturday November 21st

Last year's was a great event - But this year's will be even better!

Opening hours: 12 - 4.30pm, £2.50
6 - 11pm £3.50
Free to CAMRA members

New feature:

BEER TASTING TUITION 2.00-3.00 & 3.30-4.30 Saturday £3.00
Linda Johnston of the Prince of Wales, Foxfield,(Leader of the local CAMRA Tasting Panel producing Tasting Notes in the GBG2010) will help you understand the principles & pleasures of tasting beer. Tasting samples provided. Numbers limited. Tickets at the door.

Ciders:


MILLWHITES-RUM MATURED 7.5%, HECKS-BLAKENEY RSD PERRY 6.0%, HECKS-PORT WINE OF GLASTONBURY 6.0%, WM WATKINS-PERRY 6.0%, WESTCROFT-JANETS JUNGLE JUICE 6.0%

Beers



Beckstones (Leat 3.6% and Rev Rob 4.6%);
Yates- Westnewton (Fever Pitch Golden Ale 3.9%, IPA 4.9%);
Cumbrian Legendary Ales (Langdale Bitter 4%, Loweswater Gold 4.3%);
Foxfield (Blackberry and Nettle 4% and Foxfield Mild 3.5%);
Stringers - Ulverston (Bitter 4.2%);
Geltsdale (Cold Fell 3.9%);
Ulverston - Lindal in Furness (Flying Elephants 3.7%);
Great Gable,Wasdale Head (Smokey How 4.5%, Yewbarrow 5.5%);
Strands Nether Wasdale (Tete a tete 3.7%, Red Screes 4.6%);
Great Heck (White Rabbit 3.8%);
Rudgate (Champion Beer of Britain - Ruby Mild 4.4%, Cuckoo 4.1%);
Marston Moor (Merrie Maker 4.5%);
WC- Chester (regional winner - Gipsy's Kiss 4.2%);
Tigertops - Wakefield (Mount Cook 3.7%, Das Alt 4.9%);
Wapping- Liverpool (Golden Ale 3.9%);
Keswick, (Thirst Ascent 4%);
Bitter End (Festive Ale 4%);
Marston's Jennings (Cumberland Ale 4%, World's Biggest Liar 4.3%);
Blackbeck (Blackbeck Belle 4%);
Whitehaven (Ennerdale Bitter 3.7%, Ennerdale Blonde 3.9%);
Hardknott (Stout Baaaa 4.6%);
Robinsons (Dizzy Blonde 3.8%, Double Hop 5%);


Several of these are being specially brewed for the festival, and many are not widely available, and there is a great selection.

Thanks



The Festival organisers would like to express their thanks to the following for their sponsorship in the form of Festival glasses, T-shirts and CD music;
Bitter End Brewery Cumbria Legendary Ales Jennings Brewery
Great Gable Brewery Hardknott Brewery Strands Brewery
Whitehaven Brewery Yates Brewery Fellside Records
and to The Candlestick, Jennings Brewery, & Strands Brewery for donating beers
CTN: Tasting notes by a CAMRA team & printed in the Good Beer Guide 2010
GBG Tasting notes from other sources, also in the GBG10
THU; Tasting notes by our local CAMRA group on Thursday afternoon.
Other tasting notes are from other sources but not in GBG10


Poster here