Assembly Rooms
Corporation Street, Tamworth, B79 7DN (map)
(10 mins from Railway Station/next to Bus Station)
Thursday 4th - Saturday 6th September 2008
Featuring around 100+
real ales from micro breweries, including festival specials and
one-offs. Cask cooling system. Ciders & perries.
UK & foreign bottled beers.
Open 11am - 11pm every day
Admission Prices for non-CAMRA members:
£3 all sessions except Fri 5-11pm, £4.
CAMRA members:
FREE all day everyday!
Plus is you are a non-member but decide to join CAMRA at the Festival,
then we'll refund your entry fee and give you a free couple of half
pints to boot!
Supervised children permitted until 5pm.
Thu eve and daytimes quiet sessions. Live entertainment Friday evening (Treebeard
c 8pm) and Saturday evening (TBA c 8pm).
Hot & cold food available all sessions; soft drinks available for
drivers. Souvenir tankard glasses and T-shirts available.
Volunteers required!
Especially for setting up Mon 1st to Wed 3rd. Contact
Geoff.Cross@blueyonder.co.uk or 07754 595 988
Our branch flagship event is the Tamworth Beer Festival which
takes place in September every year. Our home for the last twelve years
has been Tamworth Assembly Rooms, right in the middle of the Branch
area.
The Tamworth Beer Festival brings the discerning drinkers from
our branch (and further afield) a choice of about 100 real ales from all
over the country, and sometimes from outside the country too. There are
light and dark milds, bitters - weak and strong, stouts and porters,
fruit beers, real lagers, and many more styles. Some beers each year are
brewed specially for the Festival and will most likely never be
available again!
As well as the real ales there is also a choice of real ciders and
perry plus a fantastic selection of bottled beers from all over the
world. Add to this live music, and a selection of yummy food and there
really is something for everyone at the Festival.
Details of the winners of the Beer of the Festival competitions are
available in the awards section.
Breweries that would like to see their beers on at the Festival are
welcome to send an e-mail to the beer orderer. The order is usually
assembled during July/August every year.
Beers 2007 Festival
The Beers are listed
in order of Brewery and by A.B.V.
Barrel labels are
colour coded to give an indication of the beer colour. This is as
follows:-
White = light
beer
Green = medium
brown beer
Pink = dark
beer
AMBER ALES, Ripley,
Derbys
Blonde 3.9%
Time for a moment
with this?
Original Dark Stout 4%
Current SIBA East
Midlands Silver Medal winner.
Barnes Wallis 4.5%
Ripley’s local hero –
the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb.
Autumn Gold 4.8%
Latest seasonal from
this award winning brewery.
ARBOR ALES, Bristol,
Glos
Hornbeam 5.7%
Deceptively easy
drinking IPA style bitter.
Porter 5.9%
Latest brew from the
Bristol brewhouse.
ASCOT ALES,
Camberley, Surrey
Alligator 4.6%
See you later, at the
bar, for a half or two of this.
Octoberfest 5%
Ja! Sehr gut.
ATLAS MILL,
Brighouse, W. Yorks
Hercules 4.2%
Not as strong as
you’d think.
IPA 5%
Latest brew from this
new brewery.
BAYS, Paignton,
Devon
Gold 4.3%
Always believing…
Best 4.7%
Flagship brew from
this recently opened brewery.
BEOWULF, Chasewater
Country Park, Brownhills, Staffs
Dictator ‘07 4%
New brew launched at
this fest. Made with 4 different summer hops.
Samuel Parkes VC 4.8%
Named after local
Tamworth hero – Private Samuel Parkes.
Apricot Weissbier 5.3%
German style cloudy
wheat beer brewed with apricots.
Raspberry Weizen 5.3%
Raspberry wheat beer,
again in the German style.
BLACK HOLE,
Burton-on-Trent, Staffs
38th (Regiment) 3.8%
Special brewed for
the Mercian Regiment Formation Day.
Super Nova 4.8%
Real cask conditioned
lager.
BLYTHE BREWERY,
Hamstall Ridware, Rugeley, Staffs
Local Hero – John Edden 3%
Tamworth hero who was
awarded the Crimean & Turkish medals.
Staffordshire Light Ale 3.2%
Popular local
‘luncheon ale’. Otherwise known as ‘SLA’.
Ridware Pale 4.3%
Latest summer
offering.
Stafford Knot 5.2%
Rich, dark &
flavoursome, Tia Maria primed brew.
BOGGART HOLE CLOUGH,
Manchester, Gtr. Manchester
Ruby Tuesday 3.8%
It may be ‘goodbye’
after too many of these?!
BOWLAND, Clitheroe,
Lancs
Northern Challenger 4%
Latest brew from this
5 barrel plant.
BREW WHARF, Borough
Market, London
Trader 4.2%
We advise you to BUY,
BUY, BUY, one of these!
BRIDESTONES, Hebden
Bridge, W. Yorks
Golden Drop 4%
Latest brew.
BURTON BRIDGE,
Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs
Private Derby 4.1%
Named after the new
Mercian Regiment’s mascot….a
ram!
Thrales Ale 4.5%
The latest in the
Gold Medal range.
CASTLE ROCK,
Nottingham, Nottss
Bittern 4.1%
Brewed with local
honey.
CHURCH END, Ridge
Lane, Warks
Swift Half 3.6%
Named after the great
lady herself; Mabel Swift.
Chocolate & Banana MIld 3.8%
Wonder what’s in this
one?
Rum Plum 3.8%
This run & plum beer
is a right mouthful!
Napolitana 3.8%
Get a ‘pizza’ the
action with this tomato & basil beer.
Clerical Strife 4%
Nutty brown bitter or
rhyming slang for the vicar’s better half?
Reverend’s End 4.4%
The butt of many a
joke.
Georgeous Elliot 4.5%
Deep golden beer
named after Nuneaton’s ‘George’ Elliot.
Harry Hibbs’ Lemon Porter 4.5%
Named after the
Tamworth hero who played in goal for both
Wilnecote Holy
Trinity and Tamworth Castle FC before going on to
play 400 games for
Birmingham City (appropriately under Billy
Beer) and also won 25
caps for England.
Beryl Billingham’s Orange Stout 4.6%
Majestic brew for a
true local hero.
Carrot Top 5%
Carrot & ginger
flavoured brew.
Jasmine 5%
A fragrant little
number.
Lime & Coconut 5%
Something you can
take to relieve your bellyache?
Raspberry Ripple 5%
A raspberry & vanilla
treat.
Bavarian Weisse 5%
Traditional cloudy
Bavarian style wheat beer.
Marzenpan 6%
Chocolate & almonds
in this one!
Indian Summer Daze 7%
A Double IPA – that
means double-hopped, double the strength and
further
dry hopped in the cask! As dry as Gandhi’s flip-flop and as
hoppy as
hell!
CONCRETE COW,
Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Cock & Bull 4.1%
New brewery. Beer
takes it’s name from the local pub where the
saying
originated.
DISCOVERY ALES,
Little Packington, Warks
Eureka 4.1%
This session beer is
the first brew from this brand new brewery.
DOVE VALLEY, Church
Broughton, Derbys
DVA (Dove Valley Ale) 4.4%
The only brewery to
brew all of it’s beer on a Burton Union system.
DOWNTON, Downton,
Salisbury, Wilts
Red Hop 4.3%
?? No we don’t know
either!
ELMTREE, Snetterton,
Norwich, Norfolk
Elmtree Bitter 4.2%
Flagship brew from
this new brewery.
FESTIVAL,
Cheltenham, Glos
Summer Gold 4.4%
Quick while there’s
still some summer left!
FULL MASH,
Stapleford, Notts
Cornerhouse Best 4.3%
Last brew on the 2
barrel plant before it upgrades to
a 4
barrel.
GARGOYLES, Holcombe
Village, Dawlish, Devon
Summer 4.4%
Seasonal offering.
Best 4.6%
Flagship brew from
the brewery based on Court Farm.
GLASTONBURY,
Somerton, Somerset
Tree Hugger ??%
Show this beer some
love – but it don’t come for free!
‘Ales Of The Unexpected’ Bodecea’s Revenge 4.3%
First brew specially
comissioned for
wholesealer ‘Ales Of The Unexpected’.
‘Ales Of The Unexpected’ Bargees Brew 4.5%
...and the 2nd.
GREENMILL, Rochdale,
Gtr. Manchester
Gold 3.4%
From the tiny brewery
based at the Queensway Snooker Club!
Pearly Gates 5%
A little taste of
heaven?.....
GRINDLETON,
Clitheroes, Lancs
Ribble Rouser 3.8%
Single malt, double
hopped, pale golden bitter.
Gradley 3.8%
Easy drinking ale
with a dry & light bitter finish.
HOBSONS, Cleobury
Mortimer, Shropshire
Town Crier 4.4%
Straw coloured bitter
with a hint of sweetness leading to a dry finish.
KINVER, Kinver,
Staffordshire
Edge 4.2%
Copper coloured ale
with a full hop taste and fruity asides.
Double Eage IPA 7.5%
American style Double
IPA brewed with 6 different hops; Talisade,
Chinook,
Mount Hood, Williamette, Liberty and Cascade in the boil.
Followed
by a late hop of Cascade, Chinook, Mount Hood &
Williamette. One for Hopheads!
LEYDEN, Nangreaves,
Bury, Gtr. Manchester
Anniversary 4.2%
Brewed to celebrate
the birthday of the Trackside bar on the ELR.
MALVERN HILLS,
Malvern, Worcs
West Fest 3.8%
Specially brewed for
the recent eponymous festival.
Black Pear 4.4%
Don’t expect this to
be a dark brew. It is a golden brew with citrus
hoppiness and a long, dry, aftertaste.
MASTERS, Wellington,
Somerset
Spy Post 4%
Session bitter, with
a hoppy, bitter finish.
Rockwell Tower 4.3%
An exceptional russet
ale with a generous bitter finish.
Thunderbridge 4.7%
Chesnut coloured,
malty brew wich a chocolate malt finish.
MORTON, Coven,
Wolverhampton, W. Mids
Best Bitter 4.4%
Latest brew from this
hard to come by brewery.
NEWBY WYKE, Little
Bytham, Lincs
Atlantic Class 75 4.3%
Special brewed for
the RNLI.
NUTBROOK, West
Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbys
More Dark 4%
A mild from this tiny
micro (1 barrel plant).
Bitlyke 4.2%
It’s a bit like beer,
or something.
Mongrel 4.5%
Just be thankful it’s
not a Pedigree!
OLD SPOT,
Cullingworth, Bradford, W. Yorks
Not 4 Girls 5.7%
Probably just as well
ladies. This potent brew might put hairs on
one’s
chest!
PROSPECT, Standish,
Wigan, Gtr. Manchester
Bitter 4%
First beer from this
brand new brewery.
Gold Rush 4.5%
Don’t ‘pan’ this,
it’s too precious!
QUARTZ, Kings
Bromley, Staffs
Leofric 4.7%
The former of Earl Of
Mercia and ‘self-appointed’ army leader.
QUERCUS, Churchstow,
Kingsbridge, Devon
Prospect 4%
An exciting one we’re
sure. “A Fine Devon Quaffing Ale”.
Shingle Bay 4.2%
A light, easy
drinking summer ale with a fruity citrus aroma.
QPA 5.8%
Quercus Pale Ale –
handle with care!
SARAH HUGHES,
Sedgley, West Mids
Special MkI 4%
New brewer Mark’s
first brew.
Dark Ruby Mild 6%
This potent festival
fave needs no introduction.
STONEHOUSE,
Oswestry, Shropshire
Cambrian Gold 4.2%
Latest brew.
SWATON, Swaton,
Sleaford, Lincs
Happy Jack 4.2% …isn’t
old, but is a beer. A Quick One anyone?
TADDINGTON,
Blackwell, Buxton, Derbys
Moravka 5%
Filtered but
unpasteurised Czech style lager brewed in the heart of
Derbyshire! It is available from the bar in the supper
room.
TAUNTON BREWING Co.,
Halse, Somerset
Taunton Ale 3.9%
Flagship
brew.
Taunton Castle 4.3%
Latest brew from this
tiny brewery based at the New Inn.
Gold 4.5%
Always believing.
There I go again!
TOLLGATE, Woodville,
Swadlincote, Derbys
Red McAdy 4.5%
Whiskey primed brew.
Regimentale 4.6%
Copper coloured malty
brew done for the Merican Regiment.
TOWER,
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Flying So-Low 5.2%
Golden,
well balanced beer, with good hop & malt flavours.
Coltman’s Ale 5.5%
Named
after Burton’s VC hero; William Harold Coltman.
TUNNEL, Ansley,
Warwickshire
Captain William Peel
VC 4.3%
Another
Tamworth hero, son of a famous father, Sir Robert Peel.
Vienna
Lager 5.2%
Traditional Viennese style lager. Sorry, ‘this means nothing to me”
WYE VALLEY, Stoke
Lacy, Herefordshire
HPA
(Hereford Pale Ale) 4.0%
A
wonderfully pale and hoppy brew with a dry finish.
Butty Bach 4.5%
A
burnished gold, full-bodied premium ale.
YEOVIL, Lufton,
Yeovil, Somerset
Star Gazer 4.0%
Latest
addition to the range. A hoppy session beer.
Summerset 4.1%
Flagship
brew from…you’ve guessed it!
CIDERS AND
PERRYS
CROSSMAN’S BROOK
FARM
Sweet 6.0%
Blakeney Red 6.0%
GWATKINS
HARTLAND’S PERRY
Stoke Red 7.5%
Medium Sweet 6.0%
HARECHURCH
Medium Dry 7.2%
NEWTON COURT
Sweet 7.2%
ROSS CIDER Co.
Rum Cask 7.4%
THREE CATS
CIDER
Medium Dry (Eastern
Style) 6.7%
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