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The theme for this years festival is "The Wars of the Roses",

Between 1455 and 1499, England was torn apart by a series of civil wars, with two branches of the ruling Plantagenet family fighting over the right to wear the crown of England. Dominance switched between both sides regularly as political behaviour broke down, and men and women of either side pursued their own interests alone. In the end, the Plantagenets themselves fell to a new family,the Tudors, the last hope of one of the factions. These civil wars came to be known as the Wars of the Roses, after what were claimed to be emblems used by the two sides :-

The Red Rose of the House of Lancaster

The White Rose of the House of York.

Any modern rivarly between Lancashire and Yorkshire is still often referred to as a War of the Roses

The beer list is subject to change

The Beer List

Counties indicated are from the old palatine of Lancashire and the ridings of Yorkshire (pre-1974).

BREWERY	BEER NAME	ABV	NOTES
MILD/STOUTS	.
Bank. Top Bolton, Lancashire	Dark Mild	4.0
Bowland. Clitheroe, Lancashire	Hunter's Moon	3.7
Cambrinus. Knowsley, Lancashire	Yardstick Mild	4.0
Hopstar. Darwen, Lancashire	Smokey Joe's Black Beer	4.0	Sweet sour bite with fenel, coffee liquorice and milk
Litton. Litton, Yorkshire	Dark Star	4.0
Rudgate. Tockwith, Yorkshire	Ruby Mild	4.4



BITTERS TO 4%
All Gates. Wigan, Lancashire	Bright Blade	4.0
Brysons. Morecambe, Lancashire	Lancashire Bitter	3.8
Caledonian. Edinburgh	Deuchars IPA	3.8
Coniston. Coniston, Lancashire	Bluebird Bitter	3.6
Cumbrian. Hawkshead, Lancashire	Dickie Doodle	3.9
Foxfield. Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire	Brief Encounter	3.8
George Wright. Rainford, Lancashire	Longboat	3.9
Hart. Little Eccleston, Lancashire	Ice Maiden	4.0
Hornbeam. Denton, Lancashire	Bitter	3.8
Leeds. Leeds, Yorkshire	Pale	3.8
Little Valley. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire	Withens IPA	3.9
Millstone. Mossley, Yorkshire	Three Shires Bitter	3.8
Ossett. Ossett, Yorkshire	Black Bull Bitter	3.8
Southport. Southport, Lancashire	Sandgrounder	3.8
Southport. Southport, Lancashire	Carousel	4.0
Southport. Southport, Lancashire	Golden Sands	4.0	Golden coloured triple hopped bitter with citrus flavour
Ulverston. Lindal-in-Furness, Lancashire	Another Fine Mess	4.0
Wapping. Liverpool, Lancashire	Baltic Gold	3.9

BEST BITTERS TO 5%	.	.	.
All Gates. Wigan, Lancashire	IPA	5.0
Betwixt. Birkenhead	Red Rocks	5.0
Betwixt. Birkenhead	Storr Lager	4.8
Bob's. Ossett, Yorkshire	White Lion	4.3
Boggart Hole. Moston, Lancashire	Rum Porter	4.6
Caledonian. Edinburgh	Golden Promise	5.0
Cambrinus. Knowsley, Lancashire	Endurance	4.3
Copper Dragon. Skipton, Yorkshire	Challenger IPA	4.4
Dark Horse. Hetton, Yorkshire	Hetton Pale Ale	4.2
Fallons. Darwen, Lancashire	Dark Prince	4.8
George Wright. Rainford, Lancashire	Pure Blonde	4.6
Great Newsome. South Frodingham, Yorkshire	Frothingham Best	4.3
Greenfield. Greenfield, Yorkshire	Longwood Thump	4.5
Liverpool Organic. Liverpool, Yorkshire	Best Bitter	4.3
Lytham. Lytham, Lancashire	Dark	5.0
Marston Moor. Tockwith, Yorkshire	Merriemaker	4.5
Naylors. Crosshills, Yorkshire	Pinnacle Porter	4.8
North Yorkshire. Pinchinthorpe, Yorkshire	Lord Lee's	4.7
Old Bear. Keighley, Yorkshire	Hibernator	5.0
Redscar. Redcar, Yorkshire	Sands	4.2
Salamander. Bradford, Yorkshire	Golden Salamander	4.5
Sheffield. Sheffield, Yorkshire	Blanco Blonde	4.1
Wold Top. Wold Newton, Yorkshire	Wold Gold	4.8

BEST BITTERS & PORTERS > 5%
3 Rivers. Reddish, Lancashire	Old Disreputable	5.2
Anglo-Dutch. Dewsbury, Yorkshire	Tabatha the Knackered	6.0
Barngates. Hawkshead, Lancashire	Chester's Strong & Ugly	5.2
Bradfield. Sheffield, Yorkshire	Farmer's Sixer	6.0
Cropton. Cropton, Pickering, Yorkshire	Monkman's Slaughter	6.0
Great Heck. Great Heck, Yorkshire	Slaughterhouse Porter	5.4
Kelham Island. Sheffield, Yorkshire	Pale Rider	5.2
Marble. Manchester, Lancashire	Chocolate	5.5
Tigertops. Wakefield, Yorkshire	Big Ginger	6.0












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Southport Arts Centre.

The 2010 Good Beer Guide will be on sale at the festival.