BY FIONA REID, BRIGG DISTRICT LIONS' SECRETARY & P.R. OFFICER
Final preparations are underway for this year’s annual Brigg
beer festival which will be held from 15 to 17 May inclusive on Atherton
Way. This year will mark the 25th
anniversary of the event which is run by Brigg District Lions.
Planning for the event begins in January to
ensure all is in place for the event in May.
The event requires sponsorship from local business and all funds raised
are returned into the local community for worthy causes. The doors will be open Thursday and Friday,
7pm to 11pm and Saturday 12 noon until 11pm.
Entry will be £2 per person, commemorative glasses will be £1.50 (50p
refundable) and beer will be £1.80 per half pint.
We will be offering a wide range of beers
from around the UK which are not routinely available locally. The provisional list of beers appears below.
We will also have a
range of ciders, wines and fruit beer available as well as soft drinks for
those who don’t drink beer or are unfortunate enough to have to drive.
The event is well known amongst people in and around Brigg
and sees regular customers as well as new ones every year. I am regularly asked by local people when is
this year’s beer festival.
Further information can be found on the Brigg District
Lions, Social media pages as well as their website.
Brewery
|
Beer
|
Strength %
|
Description
|
Oldershaws Brewery
|
Granthan Dark
|
3.60
|
Charcoal black smooth, traditional mild. Fruity
with solid malt base
|
Batemans
|
Black & White
|
3.60
|
Dark ,rich, creamy brimming with fruity flavours
& nutty overtones. Full bodied beer.
|
Whale Ale Ltd
|
Pale Ale
|
3.60
|
Very pale in colour with hints of lemon-grass
& honey with a wonderful, dry, citrus, hoppy taste.
|
Wells Youngs
|
Bitter
|
3.70
|
This light drinking amber bitter has citrus
initially on the palate, with sweet malt & a hint of hops that linger
into a slightly dry & bitter finish.
|
Batemans
|
XB
|
3.70
|
A well rounded, smooth malty beer with a
blackcurrant fruity background.
|
Ilkley
|
Black
|
3.70
|
A blend of five malts gives a smooth, easy to
drink, dark session ale.
|
Langman East
|
Long Blonde
|
3.80
|
Light coloured golden ale with a distinctive
hoppy aroma & crisp, clean bitterness on the finish.
|
Oldershaws Brewery
|
Heavenly Blonde
|
3.80
|
Pale blonde-zesty super tropical fruit from the
citra hop. Crisp dry finish.
|
Backyard
|
Joker
|
3.80
|
April fools day special – biscuit malt with a
citrus kick.
|
North Star
|
Sentinel
|
3.80
|
Very pale, fully hopped. American style craft ale
with citrus undertones.
|
Backyard
|
The Hoard
|
3.90
|
Golden bitter, refreshingly dry with a balanced
biscuit malt flavour.
|
Wells Youngs
|
|
4.00
|
A light, golden & full flavoured beer with a
refreshing bite.
|
Grafton
|
Ferris Wheel
|
4.00
|
A pale ale
with crisp bitterness, refreshing tartness & sweeter malt notes,
finishing with a soft hoppiness.
|
Wells Youngs
|
Bombardier Burning Gold
|
4.10
|
A precious blend of finest malts, hops &
natural mineral water. Producing a refreshing beer with zesty aromas, leading
to a dry, crisp flavour with a hint of citrus & a smooth lasting finish.
|
Titanic Stoke on
|
Iceberg
|
4.10
|
A refreshing clear wheat beer with clean, zesty
flavours.
|
Oldershaws Brewery
|
Great Expectations
|
4.20
|
Gorgeous pale gold beer, zingy citrus rich Galaxy
hops. SIBA silver medal. Winner 2013
|
Flipside
|
English Crown
|
4.20
|
A traditional
bitter made with English hops ‘Funggles’ & ‘Goldings’.A beer
brewed for tradition.
|
Sonnet 43
|
Bourbon Milk Stout
|
4.30
|
Bourbon cocoa and outs give this dark brown beer
a rich, full-bodied chocolately bitterness
|
Elland West
|
Nettle Thrasher
|
4.40
|
Traditional copper, strong ale, robust &
complex flavours from six malts & combined with a variety of English
hops.
|
Sonnet 43
|
|
4.40
|
A complex aroma using, Goldings hops. Delicate
fruity flavour. A very palatable slightly
bitter drink.
|
Dancing Duck
|
Dark Drake
|
4.50
|
Smooth drinking velvety, oat meal stout with
freshly roasted coffee, toffee finish.
|
Titanic
|
|
4.90
|
Dark, strong & well-rounded. The richness is
balanced by the late edition of hops & natural plum flavouring.
|
|
Stairway to Heaven
|
5.00
|
A golden hoppy beer with a full smooth flavour
using only the finest English hops.
|
Amber Ales
|
Dambuster
|
5.20
|
Powerfully flavoured golden ale with three hop
varieties from ,
|
Dancing Duck
|
Abduction
|
5.50
|
Tropical fruit flavour with enjoyable hoppy
bitterness. Good malt character & very clean finish.
|
Ossett
|
Silver King
|
4.30
|
A lager with a crisp, dry flavour & citrus
fruity aroma.
|
Woodfordes
|
Craft
|
|
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|
Barngates
|
Tag Lag
|
4.40
|
Lager – A pale amber lager, smooth & sweetly
malty flavour.
|
Westons
|
Old Rosie
|
7.30
|
Mid- golden & straw like in colour. Old Rosie
is a cloudy, medium – bodied fruity cider that has a wonderful aroma of wild
berry- fruits.
|
Broadoak
|
Moonshine
|
7.50
|
A clear coloured cider strong in alcohol &
fruity with an apple flavour & is sweet on the palate.
|
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