20th Ale & Steam Beer & Cider List

This is our Beer & Cider list, which may be revised and some beers and/or ciders added or relocated before the Festival

Toddington           Theme North & East Midlands

Brewery

Beer

Style

%

Tasting Notes

Abbeydale, Sheffield

Temptation (GF)

Amber Ale

4.5

Lightly coloured amber ale. Fresh pine aroma with citrus notes.

Ashover, Clay Cross, Derbyshire

Rainbows End

Pale Ale

4.5

American hopped pale ale.

Dancing Duck, Derby

22

Bitter

4.3

A wonderfully balanced best bitter with good malty flavour and dark fruit notes.

Derby Brewing

Penny’s Porter

Porter

4.6

A rich, very dark, robust brew with a fine hop balance.

Falstaff, Derby

Good, Bad & Drunk

Copper Strong Ale

6.2

Tawny, full-bodied – bittersweet, hints of caramel & a fruity aftertaste.

Lenton Lane, Nottingham

36 Degrees North

Bitter

3.9

Best bitter showcasing the best of British hops.

Little Critters, Sheffield

Sleepy Badger

Oatmeal Stout

4.5

Brewed with flaked oatmeal, chocolate and crystal malts & roasted barley..

Neepsend, Sheffield

Romolo

Oat Pale

4.6

Soft, full bodied , low bitterness, tropical hops (Sabro, Simcoe and Mosaic)

RBA, Derby

Blackstrap

English Old Ale

5.7

An Old English Ale with Golden Syrup, Blackstrap Molasses and Caramel to give a real winter warmer. Bonfire toffee in a glass.

Shiny Brewery, Little Eaton, Derby

Thunder Bridge (GF)

Session IPA

3.7

Sweet, fruity and juicy hazy IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic, Columbus and El Dorado.

Shiny Brewery, Little Eaton, Derby

Glamour Muscles (GF)

Cloudy Pale

5.3

Sweety, fruity and juicy with Citra, Mosaic, Columbus, and El Dorado hops.

Twisted Barrel, Coventry

Satan Polaroid

Pale Ale

4.2

Juicy pale ale brewed with Amarillo and BRU-1 hops.

Twisted Barrel, Coventry

Out of Routine

NE IPA

4.0

Citra and El Dorado then dry hopped with more Citra.

GF = Gluten free

Toddington           Ciders & Perry

Producer

Cider/Perry

Style

%

Tasting Notes etc

Bushel + Peck

Rich & Mellow

Medium Dry Cider

6

Made from a blend of vintage fruit pressed and fermented in Fossebridge.

Greggs Pit

Perry

Medium Perry

6

Blended medium perry of Aylton, Blakeney & Greggs Pit variety pears from the prolific award winning perry maker. The place where the Greggs Pit variety hails. From Much Marcle.

Old Stag Cider

Somerset Redstreak

Medium Cider

6

A single variety bitter sweet apple. Full flavour with mid tannin levels.

Priors Tipple

Elderflower infusion

Medium Dry Cider

7

Based on the vintage cider blend with added hint of elderflower. Previous winner.

 

 

Winchcombe        Theme North & East Midlands

Brewery

Beer

Style

%

Tasting Notes

Abbeydale, Sheffield

Hopback CF247

Special Ale

3.8

CF247 is a new experimental hop from Ch Faram. Sister hop to Harlequin so expect tropical flavours of red berry & passionfruit

Ashover, Clay Cross, Derbyshire

Zoo

American Pale Ale

5.5

Strong pale ale brewed with Citra and Mosaic hops.

Bang the Elephant, Langley Mill Derbyshire

Merlin’s Thunder

Mild

4.4

A chestnut mild

Dancing Duck, Derby

DCUK

Hoppy Citrus

4.3

A hoppy ale with citrus & pine flavours

Dancing Duck, Derby

Nice Weather

Summer Ale

4.1

Copper coloured session ale packed full of flavour. A refreshing summer thirst quencher.

Derby Brewing

Hop Till You Drop

Blonde Ale

3.9

Fruity ale with a dry finish

Falstaff, Derby

Smiling Assassin

Strong Ale

5.5

Dark amber with a fruity malt nose and hops coming through at the end.

Little Critters, Sheffield

Malty Python

Bitter

5.2

A modern take – hints of caramel and aroma of hedgerow fruits.

Neepsend, Sheffield

Walhalla

West coast IPA

4.2

Hopped with multiple additions of Columbus plus Cascade and Chinook.

RBA, Derby

Gylden Ol

Multi cereal golden

4.3

Spice & citrus. Lager malt for crisp finish, added oats & wheat for more body.

Shiny Brewery, Little Eaton, Derby

4 Wood (GF)

Bitter

4.5

A full bodied best bitter

Shiny Brewery, Little Eaton, Derby

Wrench (GF)

Stout

4.4

Brewed with six different malts for a complex and rich flavour profile.

Shiny Brewery, Little Eaton, Derby

Disco Balls

West coast IPA

5.5

Hopped to the max with Ekuanot, Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Zeus & Columbus.

Twisted Barrel, Coventry

No Emotion

Pale Ale

4.0

Soft and juicy pale hopped with El Dorado and Galaxy.

GF = Gluten free

Winchcombe        Local Beers

Brewery

Beer

Style

%

Tasting Notes

Corinium Ales

Centurion

Stout

4.7

Light bodied stout with toasty chocolate undertones

Corinium Ales

Mosaic

Pale Ale

4.5

An aromatic pale ale packed with floral fruity hoppy notes and sunshine

Cotswold Lion

Best in Show

Bitter

4.2

Tawny best bitter with satisfying autumn fruit flavours

Donningtons

Cotswold Gold

Gold Ale

4.0

Golden colour with a citrus flavour followed by a rounded malt finish

Gloucester Brewery

Session

IPA

4.5

Huge aroma of juicy tropical fruits, easy drinking, well rounded session IPA

Gloucester Brewery

Dockside Dark

Porter

5.2

Velvety smooth, subtly sweet aroma of coffee, chocolate & dark fruits.

Goffs

White Night

Pale Ale

4.7

A well hopped ale with gentle bitterness

Goffs

Jester 18

American IPA

5.0

Double dry Cryo Citra hopped, grapefruit flavour. Pilsen malt sweetness

Hopkettle

Element (GF)

Session IPA

4.2

Triple hopped. Late and dry hop Mandarina Bavaria, Mosaic & Cascade hops

North Cotswolds Brewery

Hung Drawn & Portered

Porter

5.0

Strong, dark, treacle coloured porter

North Cotswolds Brewery

Freedom

IPA

5.2

Golden double IPA, bursting with IDAH07 hops.

Stroud Brewery

OPA (Organic, GF)

Pale Ale

4.0

Popular pale ale brewed with organic hops.

Stroud Brewery

Tom Long (Organic)

Bitter

3.8

Amber session beer

 

Winchcombe        Other Beers

Brewery

Beer

Style

%

Tasting Notes

Pitchfork (Epic Beers), West Hewish, Somerset

East Street Cream

Deep Golden

5.0

Deep golden complex bitter with a fruity finish.

 

Winchcombe        Ciders & Perry

Producer

Cider/Perry

Style

%

Tasting Notes etc

Bushel + Peck

Rich & Mellow

Medium Dry Cider

6

Made from a blend of vintage fruit pressed and fermented in Fossebridge. Maker from Winchcombe

Greggs Pit

Perry

Sweet Perry

5

Blakeney Red, Butt and Oldfield vintage variety pears from the prolific award winning perry maker, from Much Marcle.

Jolter Press

Squeal

Medium Cider

6

Made mainly from the Dabinett vintage variety apple. Very appley and mid tannin flavour profile. Maker is in Mitcheldean.

McCrindles Cider

Cider

Medium Cider

6

A blended cider by this award winning maker from Blakeney in the Forest of Dean. Often seen display making at “Kate Humbles” (BBC Country File) farm exhibitions.

McCrindles Cider

Blakeney Red Perry

Medium Perry

6.5

A single variety perry hailed from the village of Blakeney, James home village, and is reputed to be a 400 years old variety.

Old Stag Cider

Discovery

Sweet Cider

6.1

A single variety desert apple that has made a fantastic cider. A previous winner.

Old Stage Cider

Whiskey Cider

Medium Sweet Cider

6

Dabinett cider matured in ex whiskey oak casks to create that distinctive and glorious oaky smoky flavour. A previous winner.

Priors Tipple

De-railed.

Medium Dry Cider

7

A new blend from this maker who has made this specifically for this event. The most local maker to Toddington at Stanway.

Ragged Stone Cider

Ghandi’s Flip Flop

Dry Cider

6

A blended coder and very dry.  Has won here once. Maker is in Hartpury.

Ragged Stone Cider

Fat Bottom Girls

Sweet Perry

6

Won last year’s Moreton festival. Named after the pear’s shape.

 

Revision 1 list, 14th May 2022. Revisions: Cider & Perry lists sorted according to station and some additions.

Derby Brewing Beer added to Toddington.

Revision 2 list. 15th May 2022. RBA Blackstrap beer deleted from Winchcombe, as it is at Toddington

Revision 3 List 17th May 2022. Beer descriptions uipdated