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Breweries

Below are the breweries supplying the beers for this year’s Festival of Ale.

Crafty Brewing

CRafty Brewing

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Heineken

Heineken

Hogs Back

Hogs Back

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Loddon Brewery

Loddon Brewery

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Loose Cannon Brewery

Loose Cannon Brewery

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Tilford Brewery

Tilford Brewery

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Tutts Clump

Tutts Clump

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Provisional Beer List

Below are the provisional beer, cider, and lager lists for this year’s Festival of Ale. There are still some TBCs which will hopefully be added soon.

* This list is subject to change without notice

Beer

NameBreweryStyleABVTasting Notes
Blind SideCrafty BreweryAmber Ale4.0Well balanced malt and hops combine to deliver a distinctive malty bitterness and a crips refreshing finish.
Hot TippleCrafty BreweryPale Ale4.2Maris Otter and Munich malts from Britain and Germany provide a platform from which the Cascade and Chinook hops shine out.
Loxhill BiscuitCrafty BreweryGolden3.6Maris Otter, Munich, and Belgian Biscuit malts give this beer its wonderfully toasty finish and beautiful golden hue.
Hog IPAHogs BackPale Ale4.5A light and hoppy IPA with a blend of floral and fresh citrus notes upfront.
Surrey NirvanaHogs BackPale Ale4.0A well-balanced IPA with citrus and tropical notes.
T.E.AHogs BackGolden4.2Refreshing, hoppy, and well-balanced.
Ferryman’s GoldLoddonGolden4.4Golden coloured with a strong hoppy character throughout, accompanied by fruit in the taste and aftertaste.
HoppitLoddonAmber (Std Bitter)3.5Hops dominate the aroma of this drinkable, light-coloured session beer with a balanced taste and a pleasant bitterness that carries through to the aftertaste.
Abingdon BridgeLoose CannonAmber (Best Bitter)4.1Copper coloured, traditional ‘bitter’. It kicks off with a good bitter bite, followed by plenty of flavour. A full and satisfying roundness.
BombshellLoose CannonTraditional Ale4.2Crafted with a blend of lager and ale malt, delivering the perfect balance of refreshing crispiness of a lager, harmoniously combined with the depth of flavour found in a traditional ale.
Rushmore RipperTilford BreweryDark (Bitter)4.4Spicy orange toffee and caramel sweetness with a citrus finish.

Lager

NameBreweryStyleABVTasting Notes
HogstarHogs BackLager4.5A refreshing premium lager with a delicious initial crispiness and a rich hop finish.
Foster'sHeinekenLager4.0An easy drinking lager that is perfectly balanced with vanilla tasting notes.

Cider

NameBreweryStyleABVTasting Notes
Hazy DogHogs BackCloudy5.0Full flavoured cider made traditionally by adding back the bittersweet apple juice after fermentation and part maturation in large oak vats.
Dark FruitTutt's ClumpMedium/Sweet4.0A medium/sweet cider produced from a blend of apples infused with real juice
from fruits of the forest.
MangoTutt's ClumpMedium/Sweet4.0A medium/sweet cider produced from a blend of apples infused with real mango
juice.
RidgewayTutt's ClumpMedium/Sweet4.0A medium/sweet cider lovingly crafted in West Berkshire from a blend of the
finest English Apples named after the ancient trackway.
Royal BerkshireTutt's ClumpMedium/Sweet7.0Award-winning Eastern counties style cider originally produced to celebrate the
wedding of local lady Kate Middleton to Prince William in 2011.
StrawberryTutt's ClumpMedium/Sweet4.0A medium/sweet cider produced from a blend of apples infused with real
strawberry juice.
Traditional FarmhouseTutt's ClumpMedium/Dry6.0Award-winning crisp Eastern Counties style real cider handmade from a variety
of eating, cooking and crab apples mainly from within West Berkshire.
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