The Beers

The Beers (subject to availability)

Badger – Blandford St Mary, Dorset

Tanglefoot – ABV 4.9%
A full-bodied beer, pale straw in colour with a characteristic fruitiness, medium bitterness and a slightly spicy finish. 

Brakspear Brewing Company – Witney, Oxfordshire

Bitter – ABV 3.4%
A superb session beer. Amber in colour with a good fruit, hop and malt nose. The initial taste of malt and the well hopped bitterness quickly dissolves into a predominantly bitter-sweet and fruity finish* 

Butlers – Goring Heath, Oxfordshire

Oxford Bitter – ABV 3.6%
A pale coloured traditional bitter, moderate in strength, but full flavoured with lots of hop aroma.*  

Chiltern – Terrick, Buckinghamshire

Beechwood Bitter – ABV 4.3%
This pale brown beer has a balanced butterscotch/ toffee aroma, with a slight hop note. The taste balances bitterness and sweetness, leading to a long bitter finish.

Crouch Vale – South Woodham Ferrers, Essex

Brewers Gold – ABV 4.0%
A pale, refreshing and hoppy beer with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits. Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival 2005 and 2006, 

Hook Norton – Hook Norton, Oxfordshire

Hooky Bitter – ABV 3.6%
A classic golden session bitter. Hoppy and fruity  aroma followed by a malt and hops taste and a continuing hoppy finish. 

Hop Back – Salisbury, Wiltshire

Summer Lightning – ABV 5.0%
A pleasurable pale bitter with a good, fresh hoppy aroma and a malty, hoppy flavour. Finely balanced, it has an intense bitterness leading to a long dry finish. Though strong it tastes like a session ale.

Loddon – Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire

Hoppit – ABV 3.5%
Moderate in strength, but packed with flavour. Smooth malty body, quite bitter with the aroma and taste of east Kent Golding hops.*

Hullabaloo – ABV 4.2%
A copper-coloured best bitter with rich, nutty malt balanced by the dry, herbal flavour of English Fuggles hops.*

Rebellion – Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire

Smuggler - ABV 4.1%
A red-brown beer, well-bodied and bitter with an uncompromisingly dry, bitter finish.

Blonde – ABV 4.3%
Brewed using only pale and lager malts, giving the beer a very light golden colour. A thirst quenching alternative to lager, whilst maintaining the

quality of real ale.*

Ridgeway – South Stoke, Oxfordshire

IPA – ABV 5.5%
An authentic IPA made with pale malts with no sugar or syrups added. Hopping is distinctive and potent using unprocessed whole leaf hops with modest bittering power but pungent aromas of spice and resin.

Shepherd Neame – Faversham, Kent

Spitfire Premium Kentish Strong Ale – ABV 4.5%
A commemorative Battle of Britain brew for the RAF Benevolent Fund’s appeal, now the brewery’s flagship ale.

Timothy Taylor – Keighley, West Yorkshire

Landlord – ABV 4.3%
An increasingly dry, hoppy, bitter finish complements the spicy, citrus character of this full-flavoured and well-balanced amber beer.

Tring Brewery – Tring, Hertfordshire

Colley’s Dog – ABV 5.2%
Dark but not over rich, strong yet drinkable, this premium ale has a long dry finish with overtones of malt and walnuts.

Vale Brewery – Brill, Buckinghamshire

Vale Best – ABV 3.7%
This pale amber beer starts with a slight fruit aroma, which leads to a clean, bitter taste where hops and fruit dominate. The finish is long and bitter with a slight hop note

West Berkshire Brewery – Yattendon, Berkshire

Old Father Thames – ABV 3.4%
A low-gravity yet full-flavoured beer in the classic pale ale style.*

Maggs Magnificent Mild – ABV 3.8%
An easy to drink southern mild with a good balance of malt and hops for the style. This dark red-brown beer has a short, dry finish.

Full Circle – ABV 4.5%

Originally brewed to commemorate West Berkshire’s 1000th brew and made from single variety hops from the only remaining old Berkshire hop garden at Kingston Bagpuize. Medium in colour with a distinctive hoppy flavour.*

Beer descriptions (except those marked *) reproduced from the Good Beer Guide, courtesy of Campaign for Real Ale Ltd ã

Also on sale lager, cider, wine and a selection of soft drinks. Our barbecue is also available throughout the festival.