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The theme for this years festival is West Country Beers.
Festival Beers.
| BREWERY | BEER NAME | ABV | Notes |
| MILD/STOUTS | |||
| Cain’s (Liverpool) | Dark Mild | 3.2 | Smooth dry and roasted with coffee and chocolate notes |
| Hop Back (Salisbury) | Entire Stout | 4.5 | Rich and dark with long dry aftertaste |
| Canavan (Aintree) | Liverpool Dublin Stout | ? | |
| George Wright (Rainford) | Blackbeard Stout | 5.0 | Smooth and creamy with long dry aftertaste |
| Archers (Swindon) | Dark Mild | 3.4 | Malty roast flavour with rich aftertaste |
| Bushys (Braddan IOM) | Ruby (1874) Mild | 3.5 | Deep red colour with malty aroma |
| Castle Rock (Nottingham) | Black Gold | 3.5 | Dark with a slight bitterness |
| BITTER (to 3.9%) | |||
| Downton (Salisbury) | Quad Hop | 3.9 | |
| Wickwar (Gloucs) | WPA | 3.5 | Golden light and refreshing |
| Wye Valley (Stoke Lacy) | Bitter | 3.7 | Light aroma with bitter hoppiness |
| Newmans (Banwell) | Red Stag | 3.6 | Amber red dry bitter with floral aroma |
| Glastonbury (Somerton) | Mystery Tor | 3.8 | Golden flowery hoppy and full bodied |
| Southport | Sandgrounder | 3.8 | Light hoppy session bitter |
| Cain’s (Liverpool) | IPA | 3.5 | Refreshing full flavoured with subtle hop aroma |
| Battledown (Cheltenham) | To be Announced | 3.? | |
| Nailsworth | To be Announced | 3.? | |
| Caledonian (Edinburgh) | Deuchars IPA | 3.8 | Amber coloured with fruity hoppy finish |
| Tring (Herts) | Side Pocket for a Toad | 3.6 | Citrus dry taste with floral aroma |
| Hobsons (Kidderminster) | Best Bitter | 3.8 | Amber coloured hoppy and bitter |
| BEST BITTER (to 4.9%) | |||
| Newmans (Banwell) | Mendip Mammoth | 4.3 | |
| Ring O' Bells (Launceston) | One and All | 4.4 | |
| Ring O' Bells (Launceston) | Dreckley | 4.8 | Warm strong ale fortified with gorse and heather |
| Wye Valley (Stoke Lacy) | Dorothy Goodbody | 4.2 | Light golden coloured with hint of malty sweetness |
| Sharps (Wadebridge) | Doom Bar Bitter | 4.0 | Smooth and drinkable with pleasant bitter aftertaste |
| Cotleigh (Wiveliscombe) | Golden Eagle | 4.2 | Fruity and hoppy with dry finish |
| Cotleigh (Wiveliscombe) | Kookaburra Premium | 4.4 | Australian hops give clean dry finish |
| O'Hanlons (Whimple) | DoubleChampion Wheat | 4.0 | Wheat beer with fine citrus taste |
| Stroud (Gloucs) | Budding | 4.5 | Late hopped for a floral aroma |
| Westbury (Bristol) | Early Daze | 4.1 | Crisp citrus flavour |
| Westbury (Bristol) | Bitham Blonde | 4.5 | Refreshing combination of 3 hop varieties |
| Butcombe (Bristol) | Gold | 4.7 | Medium bodied well balanced malt and hops |
| Box Steam (Wiltshire) | Tunnel Vision | 4.2 | |
| Whittington (Newent) | Cat's Whiskers | 4.2 | Tawny coloured refreshing medium bodied ale |
| Southport | Golden Sands | 4.0 | |
| Southport | Carousel | 4.0 | Refreshingly hoppy ale |
| Cain’s (Liverpool) | Trad. Bitter | 4.0 | Dark full bodied well balanced malt and hops |
| Yeovil (Somerset) | Unknown | 4.? | |
| Southport | Natterjack | 4.3 | Dark and malty |
| Mauldons (Sudbury) | Ploughman (Seasonal) | 4.2 | Ruby coloured with fruity aroma and smooth finish |
| Mauldons (Sudbury) | Dickens (Seasonal) | 4.0 | Fine hop nose with refreshing dry finish |
| Loddon (Dunsden, Oxon.) | Hullabaloo | 4.2 | Nutty malt flavour balanced by dry hops |
| Loddon (Dunsden, Oxon) | Checkmate Lager | 4.8 | Czech. style pilsner using saaz hops |
| Tring (Herts) | Jack O' Legs | 4.2 | Full of fruit with distinctive hoppy bitterness |
| Hampshire (Romsey) | Ironside | 4.2 | Fruity hoppy aroma with long dry finish |
| Beer Factory (Bristol) | No. 7 | 4.2 | |
| Severn Vale (Bristol) | Dursley Steam Bitter | 4.2 | Sparkling summer ale full of flowery hops |
| Severn Vale (Bristol) | Dance | 4.5 | Straw coloured with refreshing ‘Zingy’ hop flavour |
| Cotswold Spring (Chipping Sodbury) | Codrington Codger | 4.2 | Dry crisp amber coloured with hoppy finish |
| Cotswold Spring (Chipping Sodbury) | Olde English Rose | 4.0 | Bursting with flowery hops and dry finish |
| White Horse (Stanford, Oxon) | Wayland Smithy | 4.4 | Deep red with buckets of aromatic hops |
| Sherbourne (Dorset) | To be announced | 4.? | |
| Teme Valley (Knightwick) | The Hops Nouvelle | 4.1 | Local green hops added within an hour of picking |
| Caledonian (Edinburgh) | Full Monty | 4.7 | Citrus fruity aroma bittersweet finish |
| George Wright (Rainford) | Cheeky Pheasant | 4.7 | Well balanced fruity hoppy premium bitter |
| George Wright (Rainford) | Special Ale | ? | |
| Wapping (Liverpool) | Summer Ale | 4.2 | Golden thirst quenching with a bite in the finish |
| Archers (Swindon) | Ginger Snap | 4.5 | Amber coloured with hoppiness and hint of ginger |
| LAGERS & STRONG BEERS (5%+) | |||
| Wickwar (Wotton under Edge Glos) | Station Porter | 6.1 | Rich and smooth with complex spicy taste |
| St Austell (Cornwall) | HSD | 5.0 | Aromatic fruit with pronounced bitterness |
| Sharps (Wadebridge) | Special Ale | 5.2 | Deep golden with malty dry finish |
| O'Hanlons (Whimple) | Royal Oak | 5.0 | Copper coloured with strong fruit and malt aroma |
| Cain’s (Liverpool) | FA | 5.0 | Bitter and hoppy with dry sharp aftertaste |
| Cain’s (Liverpool) | 2008 Ale | 5.0 | Hints of malt and fruit are well rounded and balanced |
| Canavan (Aintree) | Lager | ? | |
| Hampshire (Romsey) | Fallover | 6.0 | |
| Connoisseur's Choice | Aurora | 5.1 |
