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Provisional beer list - Feb 2007

The 22nd Festival will be held on
8-10 March 2012
at Hove Town Hall, BN3 4AH

2007 Beers of the Festival:

The Beer of the Festival: Palmers Best Bitter IPA.

The Cider of the Festival: Portslade Wildthing.

The Perry of the Festival: Ross-on-Wye Perry.

The Bev Robbins Trophy for the best Sussex Beer: Custom Beers Quality of Life.

The wait is over - here is the provisional beer list (count 'em - there's 209!), divided into Sussex Beers and The Rest. As always, the list is subject to change (right up until the last minute!).

You can also download not one but two versions of the tasting notes from here.

Sussex Beers
Brewery	Beer	ABV
1648 Brewery	Pure Gold	5%
1648 Brewery	Signature	4.4%
1648 Brewery	St George	4.5%
1648 Brewery	Winter Warrant	4.8%
Arundel	ASB	4.5%
Arundel	Castle	3.8%
Arundel	Mild	3.7%
Arundel	Old Knucker	5.5%
Arundel	Stronghold	4.7%
Arundel	Sussex Gold	4.2%
Ballards	Darkly Veiled	9.7%
Ballards	Golden Bine	3.8%
Ballards	Midhurst Mild	3.4%
Ballards	Nyewood Gold	5%
Ballards	Wild	4.7%
Custom Beers	Chinook	4.2%
Custom Beers	Quality of Life	4.5%
Custom Beers	Saaz Demi Wheat	4.5%
Custom Beers	Special Mild	4.8%
Custom Beers	Tomahawk Strong Ale	5.5%
Dark Star	Amsinck Black	4.2%
Dark Star	EPA	4.5%
Dark Star	Hophead	3.8%
Dark Star	Imperial Stout	10.5%
Dark Star	Original	5%
Dark Star	Spring Equinox	4%
Fallen Angel	Caribbean Lime Lager	4.5%
Fallen Angel	Gamekeepers Bitter	4.1%
Fallen Angel	Kama Sumatra	4%
FILO	Cardinal	4.6%
FILO	Crofters	3.8%
FILO	Ginger Tom	4.5%
FILO	Gold	4.8%
Gribble	Porterhouse	4.8%
Gribble	Slurping Stoat	3.8%
Hammerpot	Meteor	3.8%
Hammerpot	New Beer	4.1%
Hammerpot	Red Hunter	4.6%
Hammerpot	Woodcote	4.7%
Harveys	1859 Porter	4.8%
Harveys	Best	4%
Harveys	Old	4.3%
Harveys	Star of Eastbourne	6%
Harveys	Tom Paine	5.5%
Hepworths	Iron Horse	4.8%
Hepworths	Prospect	4.5%
Hepworths	Pullman	4.2%
Kemptown	Moggy Mild	3.8%
Kemptown	SID	5.2%
King	Bullion	4.2%
King	Horsham Best	3.8%
King	Mother In Law	4.1%
King	Red River	4.8%
Rectory	Irish Best Stout	4.5%
Rectory	St Valentines	4.2%
Rother Valley	Blues	5%
Rother Valley	Copper Ale	4.1%
Rother Valley	Level Best	4%
Rother Valley	Sandhurst Traditional	4.3%
Rother Valley	Smiled	3.8%
Weltons	Blind Date	4.6%
Weltons	Horsham Old	4.5%
Weltons	Ice Cold Spice	5.1%
Weltons	Schneider Gold	4.1%
Back to top The Rest
Brewery	Beer	ABV
Abbey Bells	Grease	4.6%
Abbeydale	Absolution	5.3%
Adnams	Explorer	4.3%
Allendale	Golden Plover	4%
Archers	Fannys Your Aunt	4.3%
Archers	Golden	4.7%
Archers	Spirit of the Sea	4.4%
Bank Top	Sam Crompton	4.2%
Barum	Firing Squad	5.2%
Batemans	XXXB	4.8%
Bath	Gem	4.1%
Beer Engine	Piston Bitter	4.3%
Beowulf	Wiglaf	4.3%
Berrow	BBBB	3.8%
Black Hole	Red Dwarf	4.5%
Blakemere	Ptarmigan	3.8%
Blindmans	Golden Spring	4%
Boggarts	Standard Pioneer	4%
Boggarts	Mad Hatters	3.8%
Bottle Brook	Shandy Belly	5.8%
Bowland	Oak	4%
Branscombe Vale	Branoc	3.8%
Brentwood	Honey Bunny	4.1%
Brentwood	Rollaway the Stone	4.5%
Broughton	Brambling Cross	4.3%
Bullmastif	Welsh Red	4.8%
Butcombe	Bitter	4%
Castle Rock	Harvest Pale	3.8%
Clearwater	Village Pride	3.7%
Consett	Steel Town	3.8%
Conwy	Welsh Pride	4.5%
Cotleigh	Golden Eagle	4.2%
Country Life	Golden Pig	4.7%
Crouch Vale	Brewers Gold	4.2%
Crouch Vale	Top Sail	4.3%
Cumbrian Legendary	Claife Crier	5%
Derby	Business As Usual	4.4%
Elgoods	Golden Newt	4.1%
Enville	Saaz	4.2%
Everards	Tiger	4.2%
Exe Valley	Spring Beer	4.3%
Facers	Splendid	4.3%
Fallstaff	Billy Connolly	4.2%
Farnham	Sniper	3.8%
Fireball	E&S Elland	4.2%
George Wright	Cheeky Pheasant	4.7%
Glastonbury	Lady Of the Lake	4.2%
Goffs	White Knight	4.7%
Grand Union	Honey Porter	4.9%
Great Orme	Orme IPA	3.8%
Greenfield	Icicle	4.4%
Hampshire	Hampshire Hare	4.8%
Hampshire	Laughing Leprachaun	4.5%
Harviestoun	Schiehallion	4.8%
Hidden	Pint	3.8%
Hogs Back	TEA	4.2%
Hopdaemon	Skrimshander	4.5%
Houston	Blonde Bombshell	4%
Isle of Arran	Arran Ale	3.8%
Itchen Valley	1644 Battle of Cheriton	4.4%
Kelham Island	Pale Rider	5.2%
Keswick	1st Love	4.5%
Keystone	Spiced Gold	4%
Langham	Stairway To Heaven	3.5%
Langham	Sundowner	4.2%
Leyden	Black Pudding	3.8%
Lodden	Hullabaloo	4.2%
Malvern Hills	Priessnitz	4.3%
Mayfield	Auntie Myrtles	5%
Mighty Oak	A Bitter Blarney	4.3%
Mighty Oak	Never Say Never Again	4.1%
Milestone	Deliverance	4.6%
Milestone	Lock Keeper	4.4%
Milestone	North Rock	5%
Milton	Neptune	3.8%
Nelson	Dogwatch Stout	4.5%
Nelson	Loose Cannon	4.4%
Nelson	Trafalgar	4.1%
Nethergate	Bar Fly	3.9%
Newmans	Mendip Mammoth	4.3%
Northern	Landslide	4.2%
Oakham	JHB	3.8%
Oakleaf	Bunnys Delight	Not known
Oakleaf	Can't Believe its not Bitter	4.9%
Oakleaf	Nuptual Ale	4.2%
Oakleaf	Stoker Stout	5%
O'Hanlons	Wheat Beer	4%
Old Mill	Old Curiosity	4.7%
Oldershaw	Ahtanum Gold	4.3%
Ossett	Excelsior	5.2%
Ossett	Pale Gold	3.8%
Otter	Bitter	3.6%
Owl	Snow Owl	4.4%
Palmers	IPA	4.2%
Phoenix	Pale Moonlight	4.2%
Pictish	Alchemist	4.3%
Pilgrim	Excalibur	4.5%
Pilgrim	Progress	4%
Ramsgate	Sandboy	3.8%
Ramsgate	Seasider	4.3%
Ramsgate	Storm Warning	5%
Rebellion	Deserter	4.2%
Rebellion	Roasted Nuts	4.6%
Red Rose	Fuggles	3.8%
Rhymney	Lager	4.1%
Ringwood	Old Thumper	5.6%
Scattor Rock	Teign Valley Tipple	4%
Sharps	Doom Bar	4%
Sheffield Brew. Co	1st Brew	4.7%
Skinners	Cornish Knocker	4.5%
Skinners	Heligan Honey	4%
Spinning Dog	Herefordshire Light Ale	4%
St Georges	Friar Tuck	4%
St Peters	Organic Best	4.1%
Stonehenge	Pigswill	4%
Surrey Hills	Gilt Complex	4.6%
Suthwyk	Liberation	4.2%
Teignworthy	Beachcomber	4.5%
Three Castles	Barbury	3.7%
Timothy Taylor	Landlord	4.3%
Triple FFF	Stairway to Heaven	4.6%
Ulverston	Stout Ollie	4.3%
Vale	Grumpling Premium	4.6%
Vale	Wychert Ale	3.9%
Ventnor	Golden Bitter	4%
Ventnor	Pistol Night	4.4%
Warrior	Golden Wolf	4%
Watermill	Dogs Dinner	4%
Wear Valley	Auckland Glory	4%
Wessex	Merry Mink	4.2%
West Berks	Dr Hexters Healer	5%
West Berks	Farinator's Cup	4.3%
West Berks	Full Circle	4.5%
Whites	1066 Country	4%
Whites	Chilly Willy	5.1%
Whites	Heart of Rother	4.5%
Whites	Whites Dark	4%
Whitstable	Native	3.7%
Whitstable	Oyster Stout	4.5%
Whitstable	Raspberry Wheat	5.2%
Wickwar	Cotswold Way	4.2%
Wickwar	Right Flanker	4.3%
Wickwar	Severn Bore	4.2%
York	Centurion's Ghost	5.4%
Youngs	Bitter	3.7%

2006 Beers of the Festival:

Beer of the Festival is Whitstable Oyster Stout

Cider of the Festival is Portslade Wild Thing

Perry of the Festival is Gwatkins Blakeney Red

You can still see the 2006 Provisional Beer List here

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