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CAMRA LocAle is a new initiative promoting pubs that sell locally-brewed Real Ale, reducing the number of 'beer miles' and supporting your local breweries. The scheme builds on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce and an increased awareness of 'green' issues which for our beer festival includes beers from breweries up to thirty five miles away.

BREWERY	BEER NAME	ABV	Notes
MILD/STOUTS
Bank Top, Bolton	Dark Mild	4.0	Dark brown roast malt and toffee taste with bitter finish
Boggart Hole, Moston	Dark Mild	4.0	A classic dark mild
Cambrinus, Liverpool	Yardstick Mild	4.0	A malty mild, lightly hopped
Leyden, Bury	Black Pudding	3.8	Dark brown and creamy with malty flavour
Moonstone, Burnley	Black Star Mild	3.4	Amber coloured, light, dry bitter, with slight malt
Moorhouse	Black Cat	3.4	Delicate chocolate and coffee roast flavours a crisp bitter finish
George Wright, Rainford	Mild	3.8	Dark creamy mild with a light Liquorish aftertaste
Tetley, Leeds	Dark Mild	3.2	Reddish brown colour with malt and caramel taste and aroma
Three Bs, Blackburn	Stoker's Slake	3.6	Lightly roasted coffee flavours well rounded with fruity finish
BITTERS
All Gates, Wigan	Mary Hoppins	3.8	Hoppy refreshing thirst quenching beer
Bowland, Clitheroe	Chipping Steamer	3.9	Mid gold bitter with hints of orange and a floral finish
Brimstage, Wirral	Trappers Hat	3.8	Gold colour, complex bouquet with fruit zest
Caledonian, Edinburgh	Deuchars IPA	3.8	Tasty and refreshing with bitter hoppy aftertaste
Cambrinus, Liverpool	Honey Wheat	3.7	A wheat beer with a hint of honey in the aftertaste
Derwent, Silloth	Carlisle State Bitter	3.7	Light hoppy beer with underlying malt and fruit and dry finish
Foxfield, Broughton in Furness	Sand Beck Light	3.4	A light hoppy beer
Fuzzy Duck, Poulton-le-Fylde	Thumbducker	3.9	Copper colured session beer with fuggles and goldings hops
Hart, Little Eccleston	Gold Beach	3.8	light golden with a grapefruit citrus flavor
Hesketh Newmarket, Hesketh Newmarket	Haystacks Refreshing Ale	3.7	A light pale beer with a zesty hop and grapefruit finish
Higsons, Liverpool	Bitter	4.1	A dark straw colored bitter with a well hopped palette
Moorhouse, Burnley	Premier Bitter	3.7	A clean satisfying bitter with well balanced hoppy finish
Red Rose, Gt Harwood	Bowley Bitter	3.7	A well hopped strong ale with a mellow bitterness Darkish Northern bitter malty yet sharp with hoppy citrus finish
Southport, Southport	Cyclone	3.8	Bronze colour, fruity with a hint of blackcurrant
Southport, Southport	Swordlock	3.9	Amber colour, bitter with hoppy flavour
Southport, Southport	Carousel	4.0	A refreshing floral hoppy best bitter
Spitting Feathers, Chester	Honey Trap	4.0	Pale amber beer with honey used in the mash from snappy bite local hives
Tetley, Leeds	Cask Bitter	3.7	Amber coloured, light, dry bitter, with slight malt and hop aroma, hint of fruit, and dry bitter finish
Wapping, Liverpool	Baltic Gold	3.9	Golden ale with citrus hop flavour refreshing with good body.
BEST BITTERS
Bank Top, Bolton	Samual Cromptons Ale	4.2	Amber coloured beer with citrus peel aroma, hops and grapefruit flavour and hoppy citrus finish
Boggart Hole, Moston	Boggart Brew	4.3	A quaffable ruby red beer
Brimstage, Wirral	Scarecrow	4.2	Marmalade colour with a citrus flavour
Caledonian, Edinburgh	Marching Orders	4.4	Lingering malt & hoppy flavour with a spicy fragrance
Conwy, Conwy	Honey Fayre (Cwrw Mel)	4.5	Amber colour with hints of honey sweetness hoppy bitter finish
Greenfield, Saddleworth	Dobcross Bitter	4.2	Golden coloured cascade hops used
Grindleton, Clitheroe	Old Fecker	4.0	Chestnut\Rubycolour, malt character from dark crystal\amber malts medium bitterness and aroma
George Wright, Rainford	Lazy Day	4.2	Light coloured bitter with a floral spicy aroma
George Wright, Rainford	Pipe Dream	4.3	Refreshing hoppy with fruity aroma dry bitter finish
George Wright, Rainford	Cheeky Pheasant	4.7	Golden amber balance of fruity hops and malt
Great Orme, Conwy	Celtic Dragon (Draig Celtaidd)	4.5	Pale coloured with citrus malt and hoppy aroma and taste
Hart, Little Eccleston	Nemesis	4.5	Golden premier ale using traditional English Hops and Goldings late hopped with American Liberty.
Jolley Brewer, Wrexham	Chwerw Cymreig (Welsh Bitter)	4.0	Characterful and intensely hoppy
Jolley Brewer, Wrexham	Y Ddraig Goch (Red Dragon)	4.5	Very full bodied
Marble, Manchester	Ginger Marble	4.5	Intense and complex full bodied with fiery sharp snappy bite
McGiverns, Wrexham	No 17 Pale (Talm 17 glas)	4.5	Golden ale with hoppy taste
Moorhouse, Burnley	Blond Witch	4.5	Pale coloured crisp delicate fruit flavour refreshing smooth hop finish
Moorhouse, Burnley	Pride of Pendle	4.1	Well balanced amber coloured with mellow malt driven body
Okells, Douglas I.O.M.	Autumn Dawn	4.3	A full bodied light golden brown beer
Okells, Douglas I.O.M.	Dr Okells Eastern Spice	4.5	Light coloured bitter with a floral spicy aroma
Plassey, Wrexham	Offa's Dyke Ale (Tablen Clawdd Offa)	4.3	Sweetish fruity with caramel undertones slight bitter finish
Purple Moose, Porthmadog	Cwrw Glaslyn (Blue Lake Beer)	4.2	Refreshing light and malty with hop aroma and taste
Red Rose, Gt Harwood	Lancashire & Yorks Aleway	4.5	Copper coloured sweet and malty with good hop aroma and fruity finish
Shaws, Dunkinfield	Golden Globe	4.3	Citrussy bitterness
Southport, Southport	Natterjack	4.3	Premium bitter with fruit notes and hint of coffee
Southport, Southport	Golden Sands	4.0	golden coloured triple hopped bitter with citrus flavour
Spitting Feathers	Old Wavertonian	4.4	Creamy smooth stout with roast nut flavours and hoppy bitter finish
Ulverston, Lindal-in-Furness	Lonesome Pine	4.2	Pale and hoppy with sweet malt and tangy citrus fruits
Woodlands, Wrenbury	Oak Beauty	4.2	Malty sweetish copper coloured with toffee and caramel flavours long lasting finish
STRONG BEERS & PORTERS
All Gates, Wigan	Reverend Ray	4.6	Amber/red scottish style beer very hoppy
Bazens, Salford	Knoll St. Porter	5.2	Dark brown with chocolate and malt aroma and taste with a satisfying finish
Boggart Hole, Moston	Waterloo Sunset	5.0	Traditional porter with an oak roast finish
Facers, Flint	Landslide (Tirlithriad)	4.9	Full flavoured complex beer with tangy orange fruitiness and long lasting hop finish
Grindleton, Clitheroe	Farley's Dusk	5.5	A blend of five different malts and two hops, dark full bodied Porter.
Higsons	Stout	4.5	Dark traditional stout with a full roast flavour
Hopstar, Darwen	Smokey Joe Black Beer	4.0	Sweet sour bite with fenel, coffee liquorice and milk
Bradfield, Sheffield	Farmer's Pale Ale	5.0	Full bodied with powerful floral bouquet leaving a dry aftertaste
Jolly Brewer, Wrexham	Tommy's Dark Larger (Cwrw Golau Tywyll)	6.0	German style dark lager with a malt and dark chocolate aroma & flavour.
Lancaster, Lancaster	Red	4.9	Robust ale with a malt dominated body
Leyden, Bury	Raglan Sleeve	4.6	Dark red/brown colour with hoppy aroma and dry roasty hoppy taste and finish
McGiverns, Wrexham	Stout (Praff)	4.2	Traditional stout with a dry flavour
Millstone, Mossley	True Grit	5.0	A well hopped strong ale with a mellow bitterness
Moorhouse, Burnley	Pendle Witches Brew	5.1	Well balanced full bodied malty beer with long complex finish
Spitting Feathers, Chester	Old Wavertonian	4.4	Creamy smooth stout with roast nut flavours and hoppy bitter finish
Teltley, Leeds	Burton Ale	4.8	Hoppy fruity and malty with a lingering complex aftertaste
Wapping, Liverpool	Brigantine Lager	4.0	Lager style
CIDERS
Crossmans Somerset	Tremlett’s Bitter	6.0
Dewchurch Herefordshire	Stoke Red	6.2
Potters Wirral	Stretcher Case	7.5
Rathays Herefordshire	Yarlington Mill	7.4
Rich's, Somerset	Legbender Sweet	6.0
Rosies Denbighshire	Wicked Wasp	8.1
Sarahs Herefordshire	Medium	6.0
Upper House Farm Herefordshire	Whisky Flavour	6.5
Westcroft, Somerset	Janet's Jungle Juice	6.5
PERRIES/PIDER
Clives Worcestershire	Wobble Juice	6.5
Newton, Herfordshire	Sweet	7.0
Olivers Herefordshire	Dry	6.3
Watkin Monmouthshirev	Blakeney Red	6.3
Gwynt-y-Ddraig	Glamorganshire Medium	6.5
FRUIT WINES {Subject to Availability}
	Elderberry, Malt & Raisin, Peach, Cherry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Apricot, Mead, Mulled Wine, Damson.

The 9th Sandgrounder Beer Festival this year will feature 1/3rd pint measures to allow you to try a greater variety of beers.

The 2009 Good Beer Guide will be available at the festival at a special price.