Campaign for Real Ale

North London Branch

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London Drinker 1998 Beer List

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BATEMAN,Wainfleet, Lincolnshire.

Dark Mild

3%

Complex ruby and black mild with a mild fruity nose and a hoppy finish.

Valiant

4.2%

Gold coloured bitter with a well rounded malty taste.

 

BELVOIR,Old Dalby, Leicestershire.

Star Bitter

3.9%

Designed to replicate the bitter flavour of the old Shipstones bitter.

Beaver Bitter

4.3%

Light brown bitter, with a malty start that turns to a hoppy bitterness.

 

BREWERY ON SEA,Lancing, West Sussex.

Spinnaker Mild

3.5%

Dark in colour and rich in flavour.

Rain Dance

4.4%

Originally a one-off wheat beer now permanently established. Very pale with a cereal aroma.

Spinnaker Ginger

5.5%

Mid to light brown in colour. Contains ginger for a very aromatic beer.

 

BUFFY'S,Tivetshall St Mary, Norfolk.

Bitter

3.9%

Well-balanced session beer.

Polly's Folly

4.3%

Amber beer with a flowery hop character to its aroma and a crisp hoppy bitterness.

 

CHERITON,Alresford, Hampshire.

Pots Ale

3.8%

Pale brown, with a hoppy nose, a well balanced bitter taste with a little fruit.

Diggers Gold

4.6%

Golden beer with a citric hoppy aroma, some fruit and a dry after taste.

 

COTLEIGH,Wiveliscombe, Somerset.

Golden Eagle

4.5%

A regular on their occasional beer list.

 

DARK TRIBE,Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Full Ahead

3.8%

A well balance session bitter with hop and fruit flavours and a dry bitter aftertaste.

Galleon

4.7%

Golden, smooth full-bodied ale with a thirst quenching fruity aftertaste.

 

DEEPING,Deeping, Lincolnshire.

Red

4.1%

 

Gunpowder

5%

 

 

ENVILLE,Stourbridge, W. Midlands.

Ale

4.5%

Pale golden in colour w with a light hoppy and sweet fruit taste.

Gothic Ale

5.2%

Dark stout like beer with a strong roast malt taste and lurking hints of honey.

 

FEATHERSTONE,Enderby, Leicestershire.

Best Bitter

4.2%

 

Stage Ale

4%

 

 

FIRKIN,North London.

Mild

3.4%

Until recently the only mild brewed in North London.

 

FULLER'S,Chiswick, West London.

Honey Dew

4.3%

Seasonal brew, golden coloured with a light sweet taste, honey is used during the brewing process.

1845

6.3%

Brewed to celebrate Fuller's a hundred and fiftieth anniversary, normally only available in bottles.

 

GALE'S,Horndean, Hampshire.

Best Bitter

3.8%

A chestnut coloured beer with a sweet malty taste and some fruitiness.

Winter Brew

4.2%

A rich winter ale containing Prize Old Ale.

Festival Mild

4.8%

Black with a red tinge, a sweet fruity malty taste with some caramel.

Force Nine

5.9%

 

 

HARDY & HANSON'S,Nottingham.

Kimberley Best Mild

3.1%

A deep ruby mild, deliciously dominated by chocolate malt.

Kimberley Best Bitter

3.9%

A beer with a flowery hoppy and fruit nose, although malt is not very far away. Fruity hop is evident in the taste and there is a consistent bitterness.

Kimberley Classic

4.8%

A light golden brown beer within amber hue. Bitter throughout, it has a fruity hop nose, with malt behind the hops in the taste and aftertaste.

 

HOP BACK,Salisbury, Wiltshire.

GFB

3.5%

A golden beer with the sort of light, clean, taste quality which makes it an ideal session ale.

Thunderstorm

5%

A softly bitter, easy drinking wheat beer.

Summer Lightning

5%

A very pleasurable pale bitter with the good, fresh, hoppy aroma and a multi-hoppy flavour.

 

MOORHOUSE'S,Burnley, Lancashire.

Black Cat Mild

3.4%

A superb dark mild, brewed in the traditional way. A justifiably popular session beer.

Premier Bitter

3.7%

Pale brown in colour, this characterful brew has a superb hops flower aroma, with some fruit and malt. Dry, hoppy finish.

Pendle Witches Brew

5.1%

A good hoppy aroma leads through to a full-bodied malty sweetness, with a trace of hop bitterness.

 

O'HANLON'S,Vauxhall, South East London.

Spring Gold

3.6%

An excellent, refreshing, session beer.

Weather Forecast

3.8%

Brewed especially for the festival, this beer will not be available until 9:30pm on Wednesday night, to mark the 75th anniversary of the first ever broadcast weather forecast.

Myrica

4.2%

Brewed with exotic ingredients including bog myrtle and hone.

Dry Stout

4.2%

Black malt and roasted barley give this rich stout a dense black colour. Hop bitterness and a smooth, lingering finish are features.

 

OAKHAM,Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

JHB

3.8%

A golden bitter, with a slightly-fruity hop nose. The taste is mainly hoppy, with some malt and a little fruit that fades into a hoppy, bitter finish.

Bishops Farewell

4.6%

A golden, refreshing, fruity-beer, with wheat and malt in the taste and a bitter, citrus finish.

 

PITFIELD,Hoxton, North London.

Bitter

3.5%

Well rounded session bitter, now dry hopped for a hoppier finish.

Mild

3.6%

Brewed originally to commemorate the death of Norman Bedow, a long serving North London CAMRA member and mild enthusiast. This dark mild has proved verb popular with drinkers.

Jackie Frost

4%

Brewed especially for the festival, not to be confused with Jack Frost also brewed by Pitfield, this beer contains marris otter hops and coriander. Available in bottles at the products stand.

Black Eagle

5%

Roasted barley gives this very dark beer a deep nutty familiar taste.

 

SHARDLOW,Cavendish Bridge, Leicestershire.

Chancellor's Revenge

3.6%

 

New Brewery Bitter

4.1%

 

Whistle Stop

5%

A strong and malt-beer.

 

SPRINGHEAD,Sutton-on-Trent Nottinghamshire.

Bitter

4%

A well balanced blend of malt and hops with a dry finish. Initially fruity, with malt lingering.

Goodrich Castle

4.4%

A pale ale from a 17th century recipe which includes rosemary.

Roaring Meg

5%

A strong bitter in the blonde style. Hops and orange fruitiness dominate the aroma and taste, whilst malt takes equal billing in the dry, lasting finish. Dangerously drinkable.

 

TOWNES,Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

Sunshine

3.6%

A light coloured session beer with a full finish.

Spireite

4%

Formerly Best Lockoford Bitter. A golden coloured bitter with hop character.

 

WOLF,

Granny Wouldn't Like It

4.8%

 

Hare of the Dog

 

 

 

WYCHWOOD,Witney, Oxfordshire.

Special

4.2%

A mid-brown, full flavoured premium bitter. Moderately strong in hop and malt flavours, with pleasing, fruity overtones which last through out to the aftertaste.

The Dog's Bollocks

5.2%

A full-bodied, hoppy, golden brew incorporating Styrian hops and wheat.

 

YOUNG'S,Wandsworth, South West London.

Dirty Dick's

4%

 

Notes by Alison Cox

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