Beer List for Keighley Beer, Cider & Perry Festival 2005
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Breconshire
– Golden Valley (4.2%)
A welcoming aroma of hops, fruit and malt leads to a similar balanced
flavour with a good building bitterness.
Breconshire
– Red Dragon (4.7%)
Hop bitterness balances the biscuity malt characteristics of this easy
drinking beer.
Brown Cow
– Windy Bottom (4.3%)
Pale, hoppy special for a folk festival.
Brown Cow
– Brooklyn Blonde (4.4%)
Brown Cow
– Suddaby’s Coffee Porter (5.0%)
Brewed for Malton brewery.
Cairngorm
– Wildcat (5.1%)
Strong on bitterness. Some malt and fruit but with an accent
on hops and bitterness throughout.
Copper
Dragon – Black Gold (3.7%)
Subtle fruit and dark notes on the nose. Quite bitter with
roast coffee flavours. Long burnt finish.
Copper
Dragon – Best Bitter (3.8%)
Delicate fruity aroma leads to a bitter and hoppy taste. Dry,
bitter finish.
Copper
Dragon – Golden Pippin (3.9%)
Intense citrus aroma and flavour of the Cascade hops. Dry,
bitter astringency in the finish.
Copper
Dragon – Scotts 1816 (4.1%)
Well-balanced, full-bodied pale brown bitter with a fruity, hoppy and
slightly nutty character. Bitterness increases in the finish,
leaving a dry, hoppy fruitiness.
Copper
Dragon – Challenger IPA (4.4%)
Traditional premium ale, full-bodied and fruity with subtle hop
undertones.
Darwin
– Killer Bee (6.0%)
E
& S – Beyond The Pale (4.2%)
Pale, golden bitter with an intense citrus flavour that dominates
underlying biscuity malt and fruit. Finish is long, dry and
hoppy.
E
& S – 1872 Porter (6.5%)
Rich, complex dark porter with old port on the nose and coffee and
bitter chocolate flavours on the palate.
E
& S – Shot In The Dark (7.7%)
Very strong. Beware!
Fernandes
– Festival Special
To be announced.
Fernandes
– Empress of India (6.0%)
Strong, light-coloured malty beer with a complex bitter
palate. Fruit and malt dominate the aftertaste.
Goose Eye
– Barmpot (3.8%)
Hop and citrus flavours dominate this session bitter, balanced by a
malty base. Increasingly dry and bitter finish.
Goose Eye
– Keighley Charter Ale (4.2%)
Chestnut bitter brewed to celebrate the 700th anniversary of
Keighley’s charter.
Goose Eye
– Over & Stout (5.2%)
Dark, strong stout.
Greenwood’s
– Mild Mayhem (3.3%)
New dark mild.
Greenwood’s
– One Hop Drop (4.1%)
Pale and hoppy. Special brew for Cock & Bottle,
Bradford.
High House
Farm – Auld Hemp (3.8%)
Tawny coloured ale with malt and fruit flavours. Good bitter
finish.
Kelburn
– Goldihops (3.8%)
Well-hopped session ale with fruity taste and bittersweet finish.
Kelburn
– Dark Moor (4.5%)
Dark, fruity ale with undertones of liquorice and blackcurrant.
Litton
– Litton Ale (3.8%)
Pale brown bitter.
Litton
– Leading Light (3.8%)
Pale amber, quite hoppy.
Litton
– Litton Dark Star (4.0%)
Deep ruby and malty.
Litton
– Potts Beck Ale (4.2%)
Dark brown. Bramling Cross hops in finish.
Little
Valley – Withens IPA (3.9%)
Pale gold colour, floral aroma.
Little
Valley – Stoodley’s Stout (4.8%)
Rich black colour, roasty flavour.
Little
Valley – Tod’s Blonde (5.0%)
Bright yellow colour. Fruity and spicy.
Milestone
– Crusader (4.4%)
Belgian style blonde beer.
Naylor’s
– Sparky’s Monday Night Mild (3.4%)
Darkish mild.
Naylor’s
– Roger’s Who Sang Challenger (4.8%)
Pale, strong ale.
Naylor’s
– Fred’s Festival F’Tang F’Tang
(4.6%)
To be announced.
O’Hanlon
– Port Stout (4.8%)
Black beer with roast malt aroma giving way to hoppy bitterness in the
aftertaste.
Old Bear
– Original (3.9%)
Balance of malt and hops gives way to a short, dry, bitter aftertaste.
Old Bear
– Paddington’s Pride (4.2%)
Pale and hoppy, brewed for this festival.
Old Bear
– Hibernator (5.0%)
Strong bitter.
Old Bear
– Wotz Bruin (5.2%)
Dark and strong, also brewed for this festival.
Old Spot
– Lift Off (3.7%)
Pale bitter from a very new brewery in Cullingworth.
Old Spot
– Dog’s In’t Barrel (4.5%)
Also a pale bitter from the Cullingworth enterprise.
Pictish
– Brewer’s Gold (3.8%)
Yellow, with a fruity, hoppy nose. Soft maltiness and a strong
hop/citrus flavour lead to a dry, bitter finish.
Pictish
– Aztec Gold (3.8%)
Pale and hoppy beer.
Rebellion
– Mild (3.5%)
Normally exclusive to the Three Horseshoes brewery tap.
St.
Austell – Tinners (3.7%)
Golden beer with appetising malt aroma and good balance of malt and
hop. Lasting finish.
Salamander
– Holy Roller (3.8%)
A new, pale and hoppy bitter.
Salamander
– Hotrod (4.0%)
A new, pale and hoppy bitter.
Salamander
– Holy Cow (4.8%)
A new, pale and hoppy bitter.
Shaws
– Autumn Daze (4.0%)
Deep gold, brewed using Williamette hops.
Shaws
– Golden Globe (4.3%)
Pale and hoppy, brewed using First Gold Goldings hops.
Shugborough
– Gardener’s Retreat (4.7%)
Brewed under guidance by Titanic brewery.
Spectrum
– 42 (4.2%)
Hoppy and easy-drinking best bitter.
Spectrum
– Black Buffle (4.5%)
A stout, named after the brewer’s cat.
Taylor’s
– Dark Mild (3.5%)
Hops combine with a malt and caramel sweetness to lead to a dry,
bittersweet finish.
Taylor’s
– Best Bitter (4.0%)
Hops and citrus combine with a nutty malt character.
Bitterness increases in the aftertaste.
Taylor’s
– Landlord (4.3%)
Spicy, citrus character with complex fruitiness in this well-balanced,
full-flavoured amber beer. Increasingly dry, hoppy bitter
finish.
Taylor’s
– Ram Tam (4.3%)
Dark ale, now brewed all year round, based on Landlord with caramel.
Thwaites
– Dark Mild (3.3%)
Tasty, traditional dark mild with malty flavour. Caramel
notes and slightly bitter finish.
Tigertops
– Blanche de Newland (4.5%)
A Belgian-style wheat beer.
Tigertops
– Big Ginger (6.2%)
A new ginger beer from Barry.
Titanic
– Captain Smith’s (5.2%)
Full-bodied, dark red/brown beer. Hoppy and bitter with malt
and roast malt flavours. Long, bittersweet finish.
Tring
– Hayabout’s First (4.1%)
To be announced.
Turkey
– Bitter (3.9%)
Brewed at the Turkey Inn, Goose Eye, near Keighley.
Wensleydale
– Rowley Mild (3.2%)
Chocolate and toffee aromas lead into an impressively rich and
flavoursome ale. Bittersweet finish.
Wensleydale
– Semerwater (4.1%)
New bitter.
Wensleydale
– Hardraw Force (5.6%)
New strong beer.
Wharfedale
– Folly Ale (3.8%)
Malty, copper-coloured bitter, very lightly hopped. Fruity
and hoppy notes last into the dry, bitter finish.
Wharfedale
– Wharfemeister (4.1%)
A new cask lager.
Wharfedale
– Executioner (4.5%)
Brewed using pale, crystal and amber malts giving a distinctive rich
mahogany colour and smooth, complex roasted malt flavour.
Wickwar
– Mr. Perrett’s Traditional Stout (5.9%)
Aroma and taste of smoky chocolate malts and peppery hops.
Black cherry and blackcurrant give hints of sweetness to dry, spicy
well-balanced taste.
Willams
Bros. – Williams Black (4.2%)
Dark beer from Alloa.
Woods
– Holy Cow (4.5%)
To be announced.
Beers to be Confirmed
Bazens
– Black Pig Mild (3.6%)
Dark brown with malt and fruit aromas. Dark roast and
chocolate flavours, with underlying bitterness, lead to dry, malty
aftertaste.
Bazens
– Pacific Bitter (3.8%)
Gold-coloured with a fruity nose. Hops and citrus dominate
the taste. Bitter, hoppy finish.
Black
Country – Pig On The Wall (4.3%)
Facers
– Dave’s Hoppy Beer (4.3%)
Nottingham
– Rock Mild (3.8%)
St.
Georges – Paragon Steam (4.0%)
Green hop beer.
Sarah
Hughes – Dark Ruby (6.0%)
Dark, ruby strong ale with good balance of fruit and hops.
Pleasant, lingering malt and hops finish.
Toll End
– William Perry (4.3%)
Toll End
– Tipton Pride (4.6%)
Windsor
Castle – Jack’s Ale (3.8%)
Light, hoppy beer with crisp and zesty lemon overtone.