36th Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2019

BEER LIST & PROGRAMME Over 200 cask ales, foreign beers and ciders Held at The Round Chapel, Hackney, E5 OLY Sponsored by

www.PigsEar.org.uk

HOWLING HOPS TAP TAKE OVER. 3RD–7TH DECEMBER 2019

ONE OFF CASKS & ONE OFF KEGS FOR THE DURATION OF THE PIGS EAR BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL THE COCK TAVERN 135 MARE ST E8 1EJ

No.36 | WELCOME

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t might be dark outside, but here comes the sun in liquid form as once again we gather in the magnificent surroundings of Hackney’s Round Chapel for a 36th celebration of beer and cider with the East London and City branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). We give thanks to the Trustees and team at the Round Chapel (special thanks go to Philip Lloyd, Laurie Elks & Patrick Hamill) for allowing us to create something magical for our 10th year in residence here.

CARRY THAT WEIGHT… Not all of the casks will fit onto the racking at once, so for those with a season ticket, look out for changes as the week progresses. All beer is sorted alphabetically and you can find the beginning of the alphabet on your right as you enter the hall. Keen, John and Peter work hard to bring us the best of British, with notable specials and beers appearing in cask for the first time, using their master selection skills. For apple-heads, Mick Lewis’s cider and perry bar takes a prominent role in the centre of the room. Gazing towards distant shores, Adam Miller and the overseas bar team have a curious craft selection of draught and bottles. If that doesn’t take your fancy, they also have a limited range of wine and soft drinks.

FREE YOUR ARMS … Our cloakroom is inside the festival hall, opposite the food vendors. Depositing your coats and bags there will help ease crowding inside the hall, meaning you can get to the bar faster; bags and coats won’t block your passage!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, SUPPLIERS AND SUPPORTERS Our thanks and appreciation go to all our sponsors and supporters. Brentwood

Brewery, Colchester Brewery, East London Brewing Co, Five Points Brewing Co, JD Wetherspoon, Husk Brewing Co, Iron Pier Brewing Co, One Mile End Brewery, and Mechanic Brewing Co have provided vital backing, their collaboration helps make this event viable. We also thank The Eleanor Arms (E3), The Denmark Arms (E6) and Ye Olde Rose & Crown (E17) for their support in providing meeting venues and storage throughout the year. Our warm thanks go to Mayor Philip Glanville for his support in our community event, and to Speaker Councillor Kam Adams; both have made time in their busy schedules to open the festival. Further thanks go to Councillor Vincent Stops who always manages to help us organise the Festival on top of his extensive official duties. Our main suppliers Avalon Wholesale, and Kinver Brewery, provide a superb service, as do all the breweries that have supplied direct and are too numerous to individually name - thank you for all your work and for the Festival specials you produce for us. We also acknowledge the special efforts of East London Brewing Co & Redemption Brewery without whose help this event would be so much more difficult. Finally, I would like to add my personal thanks to the festival organising team who work wonders behind the scenes. These are the people who deserve the most credit for all their dedication and hard work, I am extremely grateful to: - Steve Hall, John Pardoe, Andy Kinch, Keen Massey, Peter Gordon, Fletch, Mick Lewis, Nick Cornish, Adam Miller, Dave Gilchrist, Bill Bremner, Pete Giles, Hugh Smith, Clive Troubman, Alexandra Hyde, Peter Needle, Kim Butler, Jamie Segust, Esme Bradbury, Alex Wall and Nigel Tarn. If I have forgotten anyone THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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WELCOME | No.36 please accept my sincere apologies, your contribution is no less appreciated. If you have enjoyed the festival and would like to help us organise future events, please do get in contact via elacbranch@mail.com – there’s always a lot to do!

BEER AND CIDER OF THE FESTIVAL You can take part in voting for the Beer and Cider of the Festival and provide us with valuable feedback. The voting form can be picked up from any of the bars and is something both we and the brewers take very seriously, as it comes from our customers – YOU! Please return your voting form to the front desk on your way home.

VOLUNTEERS Everyone who works at this event is an unpaid volunteer. Do ask for their advice about the beers you want to try, but during busy periods please be patient as they are not professional bar staff. Help us to help you by being honest as to who is next to be served.

We need new volunteers to help with the planning and setting up of future festivals. You will need to be a CAMRA member and by joining our happy band, whilst working at the festival you receive free beer [within reason], subsidised food, and during the year a staff party/outing [to the brewery that wins beer of the festival]. You can also join in our various branch outings and pub crawls. REMEMBER – Without volunteers there may not be a festival to attend in future. Please DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. There is a good public transport system in Hackney, and you can enjoy a few drinks and arrive home safely.

FINALLY FROM ALL OF US AT THE PIGS EAR BEER AND CIDER FESTIVAL, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and all your families. We hope you have enjoyed our festival and we hope you would like to join us in 2020 when there is an epic beer story planned… Q ALAN PERRYMAN FESTIVAL ORGANISER

BEERCARDS We are trialling contactless payment on the bars this year. Please note that not all the servers will process these. Please look for the staff with badges. Otherwise the festival is using Beercards again this year, so please note that most of the bars will not be taking cash. If not using contactless payments you must have a Beercard to buy drinks from the two UK Draught Beer Bars and the Cider Bar. You start with a £10 starter pack which includes your glass and a £7 beer token card. To pay for drinks, simply hand over your Beercard and the volunteer who serves you 4

will cross off the appropriate amount. At the end of your visit to the festival, either keep your glass or exchange it for the £3 returnable deposit at the Glasses counter. Additional Beercards cost £5/£10 and can be purchased at Glasses, Bottled and Overseas bars, Products and Games. You can pay by contactless at these locations. Any credit you do not spend can be donated to the Speaker’s Charities in the boxes provided or refunded at the Glasses counter where you can also obtain a refund on your glass. Refunds are not given at any other bar.

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The Overseas Bar and Bottled Beer bar will be accepting cash payment, or you can use your Beercard if you prefer. When you come to your final drink, if you do not have enough credit left on your Beercard, you may pay the difference in change over all bars. We are using old stock so despite what is printed on the cards they are valid all sessions but PLEASE treat your Beer Card as cash – we cannot replace lost cards any more than lost fivers! Don’t leave your glass or Beer Cards unattended on the bar.

CHESHAM ARMS

Saved by the community after an attempt to turn it into flats, the Chesham Arms is a traditional East London public house with stripped floors, open fires and a leafy beer garden Come inside for a friendly welcome, great beers and bar snacks CAMRA EAST LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2016 CAMRA EAST LONDON CIDER PUB OF THE YEAR 2018 Child Friendly and dog friendly OPENING TIMES: Monday-Thursday 4-11pm Friday/Saturday 12-11pm Sunday 12-10.30pm

15 Mehatabel Rd, Hackney E9 6DU Call us on 0208 986 6717 or email beer@cheshamarms.com

www.cheshamarms.com

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SPEAKER’S CHARITIES Since the festival moved to Hackney in 2005 Pigs Ear has supported the Speaker of Hackney’s charities. In 2018 we raised over £1000 and wish to do even better this year. Councillor Kam Adams, the Speaker of Hackney, has chosen the following as his charities for this year. SPORTING HACKNEY MIND A unique partnership between the local mental health charity, Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest, and Sporting Hackney. It focussed on improving the physical and mental welfare of residents with mental health conditions, who

are some of the most vulnerable and isolated members of our community, through a football programme using the power of sport to enhance wellbeing. See https://www.mindchwf.org.uk/ for further details.

IVY STREET FAMILY CENTRE AND GROWBABY CENTRE

Since 1981, The Ivy Street Family Centre has been offering high quality care & support to families of Hoxton. Their building needs major work to make the space safe and accessible. They are partnering with a local architect on

a redevelopment programme, which means they have relocated to The Florence Bennett Centre to allow the work to take place. Activities include All Day Play for toddlers as well as Growbaby, providing free good quality baby clothing to those who need it. See https://ivystreetfamilycentre.blog for further details.

SISTAH SPACE SANCTUARY Sistah Space is a communitybased initiative that supports African heritage women and girls, working with the local community and services to raise awareness of domestic and sexual abuse. It offers training to practitioners and agencies working with victims 6

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of domestic abuse and runs the Undergarment, providing toiletries and other personal items campaign for those who have to leave their house with short notice. See https://ijelonek.github.io/ Sistah_Space for further details.

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PUB PROTECTION | No.36

PUB PROTECTION

WE ARE NOT YET OUT OF THE WOODS! BY JAMES WATSON, REGIONAL PUB PROTECTION ADVISOR

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ubs need protection as well as punters and pints. CAMRA, councils and the local community have worked hard to protect Hackney pubs. But reviewing latest local pub news reveals that Hackney pubs are still being threatened by developers. So, what’s going on? Intense commercial pressures from alternative land uses, particularly in London, and an historically weak planning system have resulted in developers regarding pubs as easy targets for demolition or conversion for years. Developers want the substantial revenues from residential land use and care much less for the modest returns from renting out a pub. The statistics speak for themselves: Pub numbers halved in the boroughs of Dagenham, Croydon, Newham and Waltham Forest between 2001 and 2016 while a third of 8

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London pubs closed in the same period. The rate of closures has undoubtedly slowed substantially since the dark days of 2009 and the credit crunch when 58 pubs closed every week in England but we are by no means out of the woods. Actually, only one London borough saw an increase in pub numbers between 2001 and 2016… Welcome to Hackney! Now let’s be clear: A pub means different things to different people. CAMRA sensibly and necessarily works with a broad definition including some cocktail bars and restaurants which serve draught beer and allow space for drinkers without the need to purchase food. Crucially, Hackney is a refreshingly pro-pub part of London. Hackney’s pub-friendly reputation is typified by the high-profile cases of the Wenlock Arms and the Chesham Arms

No.36 | PUB PROTECTION (see photos). Both were the subjects of successful pub-saving campaigns begun in 2012 in the run up to the Olympic Games and both continue to thrive as archetypal neighbourhood locals. The Chesham Arms is just five minutes walk south from the Round Chapel, with the Wenlock Arms easily accessible via public transport and very worthy of a visit. Both pubs would have been lost to luxury flats had the Council not intervened and pulled out quite a number of planning stops. For this action, pub lovers will remain eternally grateful. CAMRA continues to lead campaigns from local to national level, celebrating and campaigning hard for the Great British Pub. Persuading those in authority why

the owners, Wellington Pub Co, decided not to renew the lease and the majority of the pub is being converted into flats leaving a small bar of an unspecified format which remains to be seen. Currently the internal demolition works are underway (see photos) but, at best, the Windsor Castle will be significantly weakened and, at worst, we will never see a pub return to that site. This scepticism is unfortunately the result of real local experience. The ‘Trojan Horse’ approach used when developers come to destroy or convert our pubs with promises to “provide a new pub in the ground floor of the new development” is best demonstrated by the case of the Hospital Tavern. This pub is a very short walk from the

they need to plan positively to protect and sustain this treasured institution is key and the message is getting through. The Mayor of London’s recently committed publicly to tackling the loss of precious community pubs across the capital and the draft New London Plan is specifically designed to help strengthen and embolden London boroughs to resist pub loss. But let us have a look at what has been happening in the overtly pro-pub borough of Hackney since last year’s Pigs Ear festival… The Round Chapel’s closest pub was the Windsor Castle. Visitors may notice that it has sadly closed since the last festival. This pub changed hands in 2013 when it was refurbished and relaunched by expert operators. It had established itself as a popular stop on the Clapton circuit but alas

Round Chapel on Homerton Row, opposite Homerton University Hospital. Originally known as the Welsh Harp, Hackney Council granted permission way back in 2010 for the pub to be demolished and replaced with a block of flats on the proviso that a new pub would be created in the new development. Almost ten years later the flats have all been sold but there is no sign of any pub (see photos). And there is unlikely to be. Bizarrely, the Council granted THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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permission for this self-evident ‘Trojan Horse’ attack on a thriving community pub when they had very strong grounds to refuse it. And this is precisely why CAMRA and others have been fighting for many years for the adoption and enforcement

of stronger planning policies. Unless there is real intrinsic heritage value, the Council planners regard a modern replacement as equivalent in planning terms to a known and loved historic building. Developers tick boxes and Council planners need to wise

up and see through these scams, which is precisely what they are, as the photograph of the replacement building demonstrates. Trojan Horse attacks on pubs are specifically mentioned in the New London Plan as a developer tactic to destroy pubs and they’re happening here. Further West, in trendy Haggerston, another much 10

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No.36 | PUB PROTECTION loved Wellington Pub Co pub, the Fox, was closed when the freeholder terminated the existing agreement with the operator, who was deeply upset at losing their thriving business, for the purpose of…. yes, you’ve guessed it, more flats! Its a familiar pattern with two examples in the space of a year from the same freeholder in the same borough. What is so alarming is that the Council is granting consent to these schemes, and in all probability sealing the fate of these pubs forever. There was a definite feeling in 2015 around the time of the much-acclaimed relaunch of the Chesham Arms, that Hackney had turned a corner. The Council had come to realise the importance of pubs and they had demonstrated their willingness to save them. Attempts to demolish the former Truman’s Prince Edward on Wick Road were robustly refused on the grounds of saving the pub. However, this tremendous work was recently partially undone by another peculiar Council decision: to allow both the conversion to flats of the upper floors and more flats to replace the back yard. Outdoor space is at such a premium in London that the loss of such an essential feature as the back yard is particularly

Inspectors and other key stakeholders fail to notice until the pub is gone for good and the developer has won. Thankfully, the Council accepted CAMRA’s suggestion to include a planning condition insisting that the Prince Edward is occupied and trading before the flats above can be occupied. We must now ensure that it is enforced. Perhaps the saddest recent pub story in Hackney comes from the ill-fated Acorn in Haggerston (a part of the borough with an under provision of pubs). The Acorn sits neatly between bustling Broadway Market and Hoxton Market, on the junction of Whiston Road and Queensbridge Road. Many pubs have been lost from that area in recent years including the Old King John’s Castle and the Belgrave Arms. The Acorn is a most attractive pub and several of the top operators had expressed an interest in taking it on. Unfortunately, it had fallen into the hands of a development company who have a track record of destroying pubs in London with over thirty conversions or demolitions to its name. Although Hackney Council originally refused planning permission for demolition and granted the pub Asset of Community Value (ACV) status in 2017, the ACV was challenged

regrettable for any aspiring pub operator. It is disappointing that, having drawn a line on demolition and total conversion involving overt loss of the pub, the Council now seems to be acquiescing on Trojan Horse attacks and being far too ready to swallow the familiar developer lines of “we will build a pub, just trust us”. Planning

by vexatious lawyers and overturned on a technicality. To add insult to injury, the Planning Inspector then overturned the Council planning refusal and allowed demolition. And so in spite of solid efforts all round, the Victorian Acorn (see photo) will shortly be knocked down and replaced with more identikit glass and steel flats. Q THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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BEER STYLE & SUBSTANCE | No.36

BEER ST YLE & SUBST ANCE

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ith well over 7,500 different real ales available in the UK, from more than 1,750 breweries, real ale is a very diverse product. There is a beer out there to suit everyone’s palate. Here is a quick guide to some different beer styles.

BITTER

Bitters developed towards the end of the 19th century as beers that could be served after only a few days storage in the pub cellar. Bitters were a successor to pale ale and were usually deep bronze to copper in colour due to the use of slightly darker crystal malts. These are highly hopped ales, ranging from 3% ABV to around 5% or more ABV (ABV means alcohol by volume). Best Bitters and Premium Bitters tend to have higher alcohol content.

MILD

An ale of low gravity and hop rate, hence rounder and distinctly less bitter on the palate and in aroma than more highly hopped bitters. Mild is usually (but not always) darker in colour than bitter, through use of a higher roast malt or caramel. There are considerable variations in mild styles.

PORTER & STOUT

Porter is a dark, slightly sweeter but ‘hoppy’ ale, made with roasted barley. It was the successor of ‘entire’ and the predecessor of stout. Originated in London around 1730, by the end of the 18th century it was the most popular beer in England. The fashion for the pale ales of Burtonupon-Trent ended the popularity of Porter in the mid 19th century. In recent years many brewers have revived Porter. Stout is one of the classic types of ale. Usually a very dark, heavy, well-hopped bitter ale, with dry palate, thick creamy head, and good grainy taste thanks to the use of dark roasted barley in the mash.

GOLDEN ALES

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with a refreshing taste. They may have some malt or fruit flavour but any diacetyl (a butterscotch flavour) should be minimal.

PALE ALE AND IPA

India Pale Ale (IPA) changed the face of brewing early in the 19th century. First brewed in London and Burton-uponTrent for a national market and export, IPAs were strong in alcohol and high in hops, with a significant sulphur nose. They kept well. Beers with less alcohol and hops were developed for the domestic market and were known as Pale Ale.

OLD ALE

Old Ales reflect the beers available before brewing restrictions were introduced in the First World War. Contrary to expectation, they do not have to be especially strong; they can be 4% ABV or more. Old Ale can be full of complex flavours, rich fruity malts, tart fruit and spicy hop notes. Darker versions will have a more profound malt character with powerful hints of roasted grain, dark fruit, polished leather, and fresh tobacco. The hallmark of the style remains a lengthy period of maturation during which complex flavours develop.

BARLEY WINE

Barley Wine is a strong beer, often between 7% and 10% - and requires considerable time to mature and become drinkable. A few family brewers have kept the traditional brew, often as a Christmas Ale, and many small brewers now produce their own interpretation of the style. Expect massive sweet malt, ripe fruit, pear drop, orange and lemon flavours; with darker fruits, chocolate and coffee if darker malts are used. Hop rates are generous and produce bitterness and peppery, grassy and floral notes.

SPECIALITY BEERS

Embrace all types of beer that contain a non-core brewing ingredient intended to impart a distinctive and discernible

No.36 | BEER STYLE & SUBSTANCE flavour or character. Examples could be ginger, honey, various fruits, etc. Also: wheat beers, and traditional lager. A recent trend is to use smoked malt, a distinctive taste, not enjoyed by everyone.

BOTTLE CONDITIONED BEER

This is real ale in a bottle and the bottled equivalent of the draught real ales you enjoy in the pub. The beer is NOT pasteurised and contains yeast and enough fermentable sugars to allow for a slow secondary fermentation in the bottle. To distinguish this from pasteurised bottled ales, many bottle conditioned beers include the logo ‘CAMRA says this is Real Ale’ on the bottle label.

KEYKEG BEER

A KeyKeg is a single use plastic container with the beer “bagged” inside it. The KeyKeg beers we have at the Festival are unpasteurised and unfiltered; and are dispensed using air pressure only. As with bottle conditioned beer, secondary fermentation takes place within the KeyKeg, so from a CAMRA perspective the beer is Real Ale. Our KeyKeg beers are dispensed via Kegerator machines, served chilled and tend to be lively - give them a try - let us know your verdict.

UNFINED BEER

For centuries cask beers have had isinglass finings (made from the swim bladders of fish) added to help clear the beer. Unfined beers do not have this addition, and as a result can be naturally hazy. Not all unfined beers are vegan friendly beers however, some may contain other non-vegan additions: lactose, or honey for example.

LOCALE

This is CAMRA’s environmentally friendly initiative for serving beer brewed within 30 miles of the outlet. Our LocAle breweries are marked LOCALE BREWERY in this programme. All our Hackney & East London breweries are marked EAST LONDON BREWERY Q

A 16th century beamed coaching inn with two bars and a warm welcome. 3-4 changing real ales. CAMRA Good Beer Guide entry since 2004 Fresh homemade food served Monday - Friday 12 to 2:30pm & 5pm to 7:30pm • Sats: pre-match, West Ham home games (except public holidays)

Open 11am to 11pm Monday to Saturday, 12 to 10:30pm Sunday

59 - 61 High Street, Plaistow E13 0AD

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Avalon Wholesale & Brewing Beer fest supplies from Wales and the West Tel : 01458 210050 Mob : 07809 056855 Email : avalonwholesale@gmail.com ‘Proud to supply Pig’s Ear Beer Festival’

THE GLOBE HACKNEY’S LAST PROPER PUB? Under the same management for 30 years (1988-2018)

LATE NIGHT LIVE MUSIC VENUE Jazz • East End • Karaoke Two Cask Ales, Beers, Lagers, Wines & Spirits Served all day, every day

HOT AND COLD FOOD Mon - Sat 12-3pm 20 Morning Lane, Hackney, London E9 6NA • 0208 985 6455

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DRAUGHT BEER

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eer gurus Peter Gordon, John Pardoe & Keen Massey have again tried to keep the interest in new beers and breweries going strong. We know you like to try something different each year, so we look across the length and breadth of Britain to showcase the smaller micro-breweries, as well as our wonderful breweries in East London. Our thanks to suppliers Avalon Wholesale and Kinver; they help us source the beers from further afield and are an essential part of our team. Our thanks also to those breweries that don’t usually produce cask ale, but who have agreed to do so for this festival. To help you decide, we have a colour coding scheme and the breweries descriptions of their beers. We aim to give you the widest choice by having just 1 cask of each beer. If you prefer to read the beer list on your phone, please visit http://bit.ly/PigEar2019Beer. Our draught UK cask beers are arranged alphabetically by brewery name from the right-hand side of the venue (near Glasses), around to the left-hand side (by the Food stalls). For fans of the “Dark Side”, have no fear! We have ordered just as many dark

and delicious beers as always, but you will find them located by their brewery name. All our UK KeyKeg beers are located on one bar (next to the Foreign Beer bar). Not all beers can be on together due to limited stillage space, so please refer to the labels on the casks for what is available when you visit. Our Cellar Team and Bar Managers will ensure that as soon as a beer is in best condition it will be on sale, and of course replace beers that have sold out with new beers as quickly as possible. A suggestion for anyone new to the festival: the strength (ABV%) of the beers varies considerably. If you are in for a session, we suggest you start with the lower strength beers first. That way you can appreciate their subtle flavours more, starting with the strongest beers could have quite an impact on your ability to walk, or even think! Enjoy yourselves and the beers on offer, have a safe journey home, and do please return another day to enjoy yourselves all over again. Q Cheers KEEN MASSEY & ROBIN COOPER BAR MANAGERS THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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KEYKEG BEERS

ORBIT Walworth, London LOCALE BREWERY

BREW YORK Walmgate, York, North Yorkshire MOCHA MAN RANDY SAVAGE 14.0%

UNFINED. This beer brings to the ring enough coffee, luscious chocolate, creamy vanilla and 80s wrestling madness to have anyone up off the canvas!

HACKNEY Haggerston, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

MILLIONS OF CHERRIES

5.0%

UNFINED. A red Berliner Weisse with real cherries. A perfect winter sour.

SPIRIT OF THE WOOD

8.5%

UNFINED. Jim Beam Barrel Aged Old Fashioned Cocktail Inspired American Strong Ale. Vanilla and oranges. Dangerously smooth and drinkable.

EAST LONDON BREWERY

NIGHTOWLS

14.0%

UNFINED. Big and viscous with big cold brew coffee flavours.

6.0%

UNFINED. A hazy pale ale with blueberries and raspberries.

DEEP

5.0%

UNFINED Dry Irish Stout . First non Guinness beer to be poured at St. James’s Gate, Dublin.

SLEEP DEEPRIVATION

8.0%

UNFINED Export coffee stout brewed with single origin Ethiopian coffee in collaboration with Ozone Coffee Roasters.

KERNEL Bermondsey, London LOCALE BREWERY

4.6%

UNFINED. Dry, bitter, belgian esters, fruity hops.

BIERE DE SAISON APRICOT

4.3%

A fruity and floral California Common style beer brewed with Northern Brewer and Hallertau hops both from Germany. EAST LONDON BREWERY

EAST LONDON BREWERY

40FT Dalston, London

HACKNEY/POLLY`S Hackney Wick

FOEDER BEER - CHINOOK MANDARINA BAVARIA

WE EXPECTED TO HAVE TWO LAST MINUTE KEYKEG ADDITIONS - CHECK AT THE BAR FOR DETAILS OF THESE.

3D West Hewish, Somerset CISCO STEAM

Haggerston, London

6%

CASK BEERS

HACKNEY/EVIL TWIN (USA)

PARTIZAN 01 SAISON – PASSION BERRY & CITRA

No tasting notes available.

EAST LONDON BREWERY

WONDERMARE

4.8%

UNFINED. Cuvee de Bruxelles is a Belgian Pale Ale Peel aged for 14 months in three barrels: two formerly holding red wine and one white wine. The complexity comes from wild yeasts and bacteria added or present in the barrels - The first barrel was pitched with brett C, the second brett B, with both strains being pitched into the third. Cuvee de Bruxelles is blended from all three barrels to create a complex, slighty fruity and satisfying tart pale beer. LOCALE BREWERY

Haggerston, London

CUVEE DE BRUXELLES

PARTIZAN Bermondsey, London

HACKNEY/AGAINST THE GRAIN (USA)

5.5%

No tasting notes available.

9 LIVES Ystradgynlais, Powys AMBER

4.0%

An amber ale with hoppy aroma. Biscuit and toffee malt flavours with subtle bitterness. A beer full of flavour for its gravity.

KEY TO SYMBOLS

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Bitter Mild

Porter/Stout Golden/Pale

IPA Barley Wine/Old Ale

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GOLD

SPECIAL

4.5%

A golden best bitter with zesty hops and fruity malt aroma. A good bitterness and long hoppy, dry finish.

5.0%

Pale straw coloured bitter brewed to celebrate the movie of the 00’s. A blend of German and USA hops create a floral, fruity tangerine and citrus aroma.

3.9%

UNFINED A Golden Ale dry hopped with Cashmere leaf in the cask, and Whitbread Golding Variety in the kettle.

4.2%

UNFINED American Pale Ale hopped with Simcoe throughout the boil and dry hopped, with Simcoe leaf in the cask for extra tropical potency.

AJ’S Walsall, West Midlands BEETRICE

4.8%

4.3%

A smooth Golden celebration ale brewed with Cara Gold malts and East Kent Goldings hops. Capel - Le - Ferne, Kent

TROUBADOUR

4.5%

Made with East Kent Goldings hops is dark amber in colour. It brings malty sweetness and smooth bitter finish with hints of spices and honey.

ANSPACH & HOBDAY Bermondsey, London LOCALE BREWERY

THE CHOCOLATE BROWN

5.5%

UNFINED. A brown ale brewed with cocoa husks in the grain bill and “dry nibbed” with cocoa nibs. It’s smooth and decadent. It’s also Dan’s Birthday Day beer!

THE CHOCOLATE & RASPBERRY STOUT 5.5%

UNFINED A classic stout brewed with the addition of raspberry juice. Smooth, roasted and fruity. 18

4.2%

The brewer does not believe in tasting notes. He wants you to decide.

FRESH TRACKS

LONDON PORTER

SANTA BY THE SURF

4.6%

Who says winter beers have to be dark and heavy? This is a light hoppy IPA that delivers a huge citrus aroma and moreish notes of biscuity malt and juicy stone fruits.

5.4%

Regularly voted the worlds finest porter, this award - winner is rich and complex with an outstanding depth of complex.

BAREFACED Bournemouth, Dorset HEARTBREAK STOUT

4.3%

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5.4%

We use Bad Hand Coffee roasters espresso, paired with chocolate to make our stout ever so bittersweet.

ANGELS & DEMONS

PA02

Golden in colour, light and refreshing ale inspired by Christmas down under. A malty biscuit base is balanced by a combination of Aussie hops.

A hoppy pale ale brewed with American Citra & Azacca hops.

GOLD

5.2%

LOCALE BREWERY

LOCALE BREWERY

SIMCOE PALE

DB01

ASAHI FULLERS Chiswick, London

AFFINITY Bermondsey, London

3.7%

The brewer does not believe in tasting notes. He wants you to decide.

ACORN Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire DODGEBALL 4.2%

CASHMERE GOLD

The brewer does not believe in tasting notes. He wants you to decide.

A premium chestnut coloured extra special bitter with fruity aroma. Full bodied with balanced hop bitterness.

ARTISAN Minchinhampton, Gloucs BB01

YOU RED MY MIND

4.4%

Red ale hopped with Citra, Cascade, Chinook, Centennial and Styrian Cardinal. Fresh orange peel added to the boil for marmalade aromas.

BATH BREWHOUSE (BP) Bath, Somerset TBC TBC

No tasting notes available

TBC

TBC

No tasting notes available

BEATNIKZ REPUBLIC Green Quarter, Manchester

CAPTAIN PLANET

3.8%

UNFINED Hoppy hazy low strength Extra Pale Ale.

COMEBACK TOUR

UNFINED Hazy Pale Ale brewed from three different hops.

4.5%

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MIDTOWN

4.9%

UNFINED Full bodied porter with beautiful malty chocolate and coffee flavours.

BEXLEY Erith, Kent LOCALE BREWERY

HOWBURY 25

3.1%

A juicy, hoppy Table Beer, dry - hopped with Kazbek, Motuka and El Dorado. Light, sessionable and refreshing with lychee and subtle citrus aromas.

HOWBURY 26

4.1%

A hoppy, punchy New Zealand Pale, dry - hopped with fresh Rakau and Southern Cross. Citrus, subtle grapefruit and stonefruit hoppiness, finished with floral aromas.

SHERRY RED

5.5%

Red Ale infused with sherry.

LOCALE BREWERY

AUTUMN RYE

4.7%

Rich red rye ale with Chinook and Cascade hops.

BLOCK Hoxton, London LOCALE BREWERY

WENLOCK IMPERIAL STOUT

8.8%

UNFINED A complex mix of dark malts give flavours of chocolate, raisin and liquorice with a hint of tobacco.

BOUTILLERS Faversham, Kent DAMMIT, MARIE!

5.0%

5.3%

LOCALE BREWERY

MARVELLOUS MAPLE & PECAN MILD 3.7%

GLUTEN FREE. Delicate dark brown mild with hints of maple syrup and pecan nuts.

4.0%

GLUTEN FREE. Lightly spiced, session bitter.

BRYTHONIC St Briavels, Gloucs STORM

UNFINED A traditional British malt base in this strong brown ale is lifted by new world hops. Full bodied, rich and fruity.

LOCALE BREWERY

LEVITATE WEST COAST PALE ALE

STRONG BELGIUM RED TRIPLE

5.0%

A deep copper colour with off white head. Sweet caramel, toffee and biscuity flavours balanced with some big west coast hops.

9.0%

Pours a light red with off white head. Sweet malted notes from Red X and Special X, Stewed fruit and spicy coriander notes.

BY THE HORNS/JOHN HATCH

RUMBULL ON

7.0%

Brewed in collaboration with the legendary John Hatch of ex - Young’s fame and keeping brewing going on the site in Wandsworth since 2006. Full bodied, rich, dark and decadent. Expect chocolate, roasted malts and notes of nuts and dark berries.

CHAPEAU Horsham, West Sussex TRING - A - LING

4.7%

This cranberry and orange wheat beer is cloudy and full bodied and is packed with Christmas flavours. Heaps of cranberries and fresh oranges have been added to give it a real tring - a - ling zing!

6.0%

This porter has amazing depth of flavour with a luscious rich malt finish.

ALSO KNOWN AS

3.7%

This pale light refreshing ale has the added flavour of lemon and honey which enhances the brew to the pallet.

BRENTWOOD Brentwood, Essex

XMAS LEGACY

BY THE HORNS Summerstown, London

COLCHESTER Wakes Colne, Essex 16/884 PORTER NO3

Classic ESB recipe with twist. This beer is brewed with a touch of Tonka to add a hint of vanilla and marzipan.

5.0%

A hoppy Festive Ale with hints of sweetness and spice, specially brewed to bring cheer and good times to the Christmas Season.

A traditional German style Kellerbier with a light golden body giving a crisp, malty base and soft honeyed notes.

MEET A MEGA - BEAR

Summerstown, London

BILLERICAY Billericay, Essex

BUSTERS Barnstaple, Devon JINGLE ALL THE WAY

5.7%

AMBASSADOR

STOUT MONKEYS

3.7%

Especially brewed for the unofficial Yorkshire embassy in Colchester. Traditional full flavoured brown English session bitter.

5.1%

Guinness this isn’t this is a genuine strong London style stout.

YORKSHIRE BLONDE

4.0%

Fruity pale best bitter with the addition of Bramling Cross hops. THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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BEER LIST | No.36 COLD BLACK LABEL Bridgend, Glamorgan MINER’S ALE 4.5%

A luscious milk stout, hopped with Junga and Kazbec.

PIRATE BAY

5.0%

A deep golden IPA with low colour Maris Otter and CaraGold Malt, Summit, Citra & Mosaic hops. In the great taste awards for bottled beers this beer won 3 stars which is the top award.

SINGING SWORD

4.2%

LOCALE BREWERY

3.8%

UNFINED A modern take on a traditional style. Hints of chocolate, caramel and coffee from a rich mix of malts combine with Kentish hops to deliver a drinkable dark beer.

5.0%

A deep red malty, chocolatey porter with a roast coffee finish.

PENGUIN

4.7%

A rich fruity chestnut coloured ale bursting with festive flavours.

EAST LONDON Leyton, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

BEYOND THE TOWER

CHERRY ORCHID

ELB IMPERIAL STOUT

3.8%

UNFINED Chinook, Citra and Mandarina Bavaria hops give this pale, slightly hazy session beer it’s citrus, tropical and resinous flavours.

3.6%

Dark Vanilla Mild with a cherry flavoured twist.

9.0%

4.8%

American Pale Ale, usually flavoured with fruity aromatic hops. More fruity aromatic hops added to the cask for good measure. 20

4.2%

A classic pale ale, brewed with English hops and malts. The aromas of hedgerows and ripe, dark fruits lead into a smooth caramel body and silky refreshing finish.

LOCALE BREWERY

MILK & COFFEE STOUT BRINGS MY ALL THE BULLS TO THE YARD

4.5%

GLUTEN FREE. UNFINED Smooth espresso stout brewed with real coffee beans

SLEIGH RIDE WOMBO

1.5%

GLUTEN FREE. Light brown bitter brewed with tropical hop flavours.

5.9%

GLUTEN FREE. UNFINED Dark rich and fruity porter brewed with plums.

FENGATE Aylsham, Norfolk GREEN HOP HARVEST PALE

4.5%

NIGHTJAR

3.6%

Made with fresh hops grown on the brewers premises along with some wild hops that grow on the banks of the River Bure. Extra pale in colour with tropical flavours from English Cascade & Centennial hops. Jet black, full bodied with a smooth texture & rich coffee aroma. The chocolate rye, naked oats & lactose sugar combine to create a rich palate of flavours.

FISHPONDS (BP) Fishponds, Bristol OISIN’S 11

THE OLD MAHONY THE RED OCTOBER

4.4%

A traditional best bitter.

4.1%

No tasting notes available

UNFINED Darkly fruity with citrus hop notes, this sumptuous Imperial Stout is wonderful on it’s own an excellent after - dinner digestif.

FOLLOW THE HERD

3.6%

Brentwood, Essex

Swanley, Kent

DOWNLANDS Small Dole, West Sussex DEVIL’S DYKE PORTER

ORCHID PEACOCK

ELEPHANT SCHOOL (BREWED BY BRENTWOOD)

COMMON RIOTERS/BREW BUDDIES (BREWED AT BREW BUDDIES)

STICKY STICK

5.5%

Normally a smooth, dark chocolatey oatmeal stout with a silky mouthfeel, rich dark fruit flavour and hints of coffee. Then some coconut was added to make it even more interesting! An award - winning dark mild, lightly spiced with Madagascan vanilla.

A lime infused dry hopped, pale straw yellow coloured beer delivering a crisp finish with bitter notes.

FOUR SIDED COCONUT

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5.0%

A full bodied red ale.

FIVE POINTS Hackney London EAST LONDON BREWERY

BEST (FUGGLES)

Single hopped Best Bitter, brewed with Fuggles hops sourced from Kent. Smooth, balanced and drinkable with a lovely herbal freshness.

4.1%

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BRICK FIELD BROWN

5.4%

This robust English brown ale is brewed with all - English barley and Golden Naked oats. Earthy aromas and flavours of demerara, oak and hazelnuts.

GREEN HOP (ERNEST)

EAST LONDON BREWERY

3.7%

Only brewed and released once a year. Green hop beers use fresh hops straight from the bines, and brewed within 24 hours of hop picking. This beer showcases Ernest hops.

PALE ALE

4.8%

Fresh, aromatic and zesty pale ale that’s packed with citrusy hops and resinour aromatics.

RAILWAY PORTER

4.8%

An award - winning classic London style Porter. Smooth and full - bodied, bursting with aromas of dark, bitter chocolate and roasted coffee.

FLYING MONK Hullavington, Wilts CIRCUIT BITTER

4.3%

4.3%

6.2%

4.1%

Silky citrus Pale Ale with floral aromas.

RED DIMON

3.8%

A robust malty red using UK hops.

HOP & STAGGER Norton, Shropshire SHROPSHIRE PALE

3.8%

TRIPLE HOP IPA

5.0%

Combining three hop varieties, this IPA delivers a depth of flavour that gives a rewarding and well rounded taste to the pallet.

HOUSE IPA

PALE XX

6.9%

UNFINED Fantastically juicy and hoppy with great tropical and pineapple flavour, dank to the nose and bitter on the finish.

4.1%

TROPICAL DELUXE

3.8%

HUSK Silvertown, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

DERELICT IPA

PEACH & LEMON WEISS

RASPBERRY MARMALADE WHEAT

5.1%

UNFINED Tropical fruit flavours over a dry bitter finish.

GRAVITY WELL Leyton, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

6.5%

UNFINED A complex and fragrant Rye IPA. An initial sweet and spicy malt hit followed by characteristic IPA bitterness. Aroma of orange, grapefruit and a light spicy finish.

3.8%

UNFINED Double dry hopped with Mosaic and backed up by Enigma, this low ABV beer punches well above it’s weight. Tropical fruit aroma and surprisingly full body. 22

HINKS Ruckinge, Kent HOPSESSION

UNFINED Pine and Orange to the nose with a light grassy taste; helped by flavours of peach, papaya and lemon thyme.

Light and refreshing pale session ale with Junga and Fusion hops

COSMIC DUST

4.0%

UNFINED Tropical fruit nose. Hazy, golden malt base with drying, melon fruit hop finish.

INTERFACE XPA

EAST LONDON BREWERY

GENTLEWOOD Gentleshaw, Staffordshire NOTHING 4.0%

ABOVE THE ECLIPTIC

5.5%

UNFINED A robust stout with added coconut.

HOWLING HOPS Hackney Wick, London

An American style IPA with spice and pine characteristics brewed with Vienna malt and 6 different hops including Mosaic, Simcoe, Ekuanot, Columbus & Centennial

INFINITE VACUUM

UNFINED A hop forward extra pale ale. Tropical, juicy and fruity.

Perfectly balanced with blends of Citra and Pioneer hops, this crisp summer blonde will turn the heads of even the hardiest lager drinkers.

FOWEY Lostwithiel, Cornwall GOLITHA

A subtly sharp fruity pale ale, with a medium bitterness and a long lingering citrus hop character.

This rich chestnut ale is brewed with a complex combination of malts and hops, which gives rise to an intriguing beer full of body and drama.

MIGHTY MONK

HACKNEY Haggerston, London

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PALE ALE

4.6%

UNFINED An American Pale giving tropical fruit and grapefruit flavours over a biscuit malt base leading to a crisp bitter finish.

4.7%

UNFINED German style weisse beer Paring peach and lemon with the clove and banana notes from the yeast. UNFINED Based on an American style wheat beer, which tend to be hoppier than it’s German Cousin. This beer also has an added twist with some flavours added.

4.5%

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SAISON

6.2%

UNFINED A traditional Saison brewed only using noble European hops but spiced up with ginger, juniper and citrus hints to compliment the Saison yeast notes.

WELL OILED MACHINE

SPEYSIDE BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT

7.3%

9.0%

Warming Imperial Stout aged in Speyside Whisky Barrels.

LOCALE BREWERY

SOUTH OF THE RIVER

SPEYSIDE BARREL AGED EXPORT PORTER

Smooth rich porter aged in Speyside Whisky barrels.

IGNITION Sydenham, London

4.2%

Full bodied session ale with fruity citrus notes with a light crisp hoppy aftertaste.

3.5%

Flavours of chocolate, coffeee and subtle ashen notes that give it a mellow but ultimately satisfying finish.

IZAKK WALTON Cold Norton, Staffordshire GRAYLING 3.9%

A light blonde, citrusy beer that uses Extra Pale Malt and Saaz hops.

GUDGEON

4.5%

Easy drinking amber ale brewed with Fuggles hops

INDIGENOUS Chaddleworth, Berkshire BALDRICK 3.4%

A smooth mild ale with plenty of malty flavours.

JEFFERSONS Barnes, London LOCALE BREWERY

YOU CAN DO IT BRUCE!

4.2%

Lots of chocolate and coffee notes, complemented by a subtle bitterness and finish .

UNFINED A velvety stout that comes with a sweet hit from the lactose and some indulgent light chocolate notes from the addition of chocolate malt and Cocoa nibs.

INFERNO Tewkesbury, Gloucs TOWERING INFERNO

JELLAINI (BREWED FOR JELLAINI BY BRENTWOOD)

MOONSTUCK

4.8%

5.6%

Brentwood, Essex

An oatmeal stout with Cranberries and Paddies whisky

IRON PIER Gravesend, Kent BITTER

LOCALE BREWERY

4.0%

Easy drinking traditional bitter made with English hops.

CRUMBLE

5.4%

Blackberry and apple fruited sour beer.

HELLERTAU BLANC SAISON

4.2%

Spicy yeast phenolics blend with gooseberry and grape from the Hellertau Blanc hops.

JOINED AT THE HOP BRAMLING CROSS AND BREWERS GOLD 3.8%

Dark berry fruits and soft spiciness from English Bramling Cross and German Brewers Gold hops.

MILK STOUT

MILK STOUT CHRISTMAS EDITION

PERRY ST PALE

4.4%

A chocolatey Milk Stout, with just a touch of bitterness.

4.4%

A special spiced version of Iron Pier’s Milk Stout.

BAOBAB & BLACK TEA

0.5%

UNFINED GLUTEN FREE. Zesty, superfruit beverage brewed with Black Tea, Lime Zest & Baobab.

KEPPELS Rochford, Essex HOME TO ROOST FOR CHRISTMAS

4.2%

An amber ale exclusively spiced for this festival.

LIONS DEN

10.0%

A deep golden coloured, slightly hazy Belgium style ale that doesn’t taste it’s strength.

KINVER Kinver, Staffordshire QUINDECIM

5.0%

15th Anniversary special commemorative premium pale ale, ‘Quindecim’ mix of English and American hops.

KISSINGATE Lower Beeding, West Sussex LITTLE UTTER UTTER NUTTER 4.8%

UNFINED Rich, dark stout with praline hazelnut notes.

3.7%

A refreshing American session pale brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, and Simcoe.

MOON

4.5%

UNFINED Golden - coloured ale, with a fresh hoppy character. Subtle peach fruit undertones. THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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RIPPLE RASPBERRY STOUT EN PLUS

7.0%

UNFINED A bold and fulsome fruity strong stout with hints of raspberry on the nose.

TELLTALE RAVEN

7.0%

UNFINED A dark complex stout with hints of oak & smoke and a rich malty mouth feel.

YAYA IPA

5.0%

UNFINED Fruit, citrus and mango beginnings with a bold hoppy finish.

KROW Redruth, Cornwall KOBER

4.6%

A copper coloured beer with a malty backbone and subtle citrus aroma.

SIPPA

3.7%

A session Pale, dry hopped with 8 different varieties to impart floral and citrus notes.

LAKEHOUSE Malvern, Worcestershire AMBER SESSION

3.9%

Light, sweet and refreshing. An award - winning moreish, malty sessionable ale.

LARKINS Chiddingstone, Kent PORTER

5.2%

IS CITRA WAY TO AMARILLO

3.2%

MISTY MORNING DEW

4.2%

5.0%

4.0%

A copper coloured traditional ale with caramel and orange tones. Hopped with Admiral and Pearle.

LITTLE EARTH PROJECT Edwardstone, Suffolk

BRETTED BELGIAN PALE

7.4%

Strong Pale Ale brewed with Belgian yeast strain. 24

BLOOD ORANGE RED ALE

4.6%

Supremely dark with an off - white head, full of oats for a smooth mouthfeel that is enhanced by the addition of 100 oysters to the boil. The traditional roast flavours are counterbalanced by mineral tanginess provided by the fresh oysters.

5.0%

Brewed with exclusively German Malts, this Sweet American Red packs a citrus punch with a hefty dose of orange peel through the conditioning process.

LONGDOG Basingstoke, Hamps LAMPLIGHT PORTER

5.0%

A smoky and dry porter with strong roast flavours giving way to a blackberry taste and slightly vinous finish.

4.7%

A Christmas cake brown ale. Rich and full bodied and packed with caramelised forest fruits and malt character.

BITTER SPRING

MAN OVERBOARD

OPAL FRUITSHAKE IPA

SNAKE IN THE GRASS

3.8%

UNFINED. Easy drinking bright, crisp, refreshing session bitter.

FEMINIST GRANDPA

11.0%

UNFINED. A light barley wine that is naturally sour and dry hopped.

A complex malty amber winter warmer using no fewer than 7 different malts and Magum, Centennial, Cluster and Liberty hops.

100 OYSTER STOUT

EAST LONDON BREWERY

UNFINED A juicy US style pale ale from a limited one off brew (just a handful of kegs and 2 casks). Generously hopped and dry hopped with the hops in the title!

LINCOLN GREEN Hucknall, Notts BRRR!

MECHANIC Bethnal Green, London

UNFINED, GLUTEN FREE. Experimental foray into gluten free brewing, with a malt bill of millet, quinoa and rice! Hopped and dry hopped with noble Saaz and Hallertauer Mittelfrau for aroma and spice.

LOCALE BREWERY

MAGPIE Nottingham, Notts TEN FOR A TIME OF JOYOUS BLISS

A rich satisfying porter that has an intense aroma of roasted grain, pungent hop resins and bitter chocolate. Dark fruits and vinous fruits coat the palate.

LEIGH ON SEA Leigh On Sea, Essex GRAIN DEAD

LONDON North Finchley, London

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GREEN DIESEL

4.9%

UNFINED. Wow is this beer wonderful. It’s a dark and velvety stout loaded with roasted malts with a dash of lime that cuts through the beer giving you a zesty, aromatic experience.

5.4%

UNFINED. A West Coast style IPA with candied orange peel. It’s a total orange experience.

6.0%

UNFINED. Hazy light bodied IPA packed with a lot of hoppy flavour and aroma coming from the American hops. A touch of lactose makes it even more creamy the usual.

4.5%

UNFINED. A thirst quenching, crisp, refreshing lemongrass Pilsner. Made with the addition of lemongrass, lemon peel and lemon juice.

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THE LITTLE GREEN DRAGON ALE HOUSE North London’s first cask ale micropub

WINNER OF CAMRA GREATER LONDON PUB OF THE YEAR 2018 At least 4 cask ales served by gravity from our cool room, plus ciders, perry, wine and gin. Buses 329 and 125 stop outside. Nearest station: Winchmore Hill or Piccadilly line to Wood Green then 329 bus to Green Dragon Lane.

THE LITTLE GREEN DRAGON ALE HOUSE 928 Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, London N21 2AD

littlegreendragonenfield.com

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NORTHDOWN Margate, Kent HANCOCK SHAKR

LOCALE BREWERY

BLUEPRINT MALLET MAN

4.5%

A medium - bodied pale ale, with a citrus aroma and a refreshing herbal hop character balanced by malty caramel and light bitter finish. A revised pale recipe with more complexity and slightly higher bitterness.

BLUEPRINT MANDARINA

4.2%

An easy drinking straw coloured golden ale, with a thin white head and a light sparkling body. Notes of malty biscuit give way to delightful mandarin and citrus peel flavours.

MR SHEEN

MRS GREEN

4.4%

Brewed with Junga, a new variety of hop from Poland that gives this beer a gentle blackcurrant spiced aroma. Primed with dark Polish honey.

4.3%

5.0%

MOONSHINE Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire CASCADIAN BLACK 7.2%

Dark roasted malt flavours of a stout, with bitterness & fresh hoppy aromas of an IPA

CHALLENGER

4.1%

Copper coloured best bitter brewed with Challenger hops.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE MILK STOUT

4.5%

Rich dark soft Chocolate and Orange Milk Stout.

HARVEST MOON MILD

3.9%

Distinctive dark mild. Smooth fruit notes combine with coffee and chocolate flavours, lightly hopped. Well balanced, slightly sweet with plenty of character.

SUNDOWNER AUTUMN EQUINOX

5.5%

Amber coloured medium bodied seasonal special beer. Hopped with New Zealand Motueka and Wai-iti hops.

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4.0%

A golden coloured double hopped IPA.

MORETON MILD

BOOM BOOM

MANGO PALE

ROCK RIDGE NIGHT ROCKET

4.1%

UNFINED. Sessionable, drinkable and loaded with Mosaic, Citra and Amarillo hops.

JUICY PALE

4.9%

UNFINED. Hazy New England pale that’s loaded with juicy hop flavour of citrus and mango. Expect low bitterness and easy drinking.

5.0%

4.5%

UNFINED. Slightly sweet sessionable stout, well balanced roasted malts with a smooth finish.

ORA Tottenham, London

BALSAMIC MILK STOUT

PANARO

6.0%

UNFINED. Milk Stout brewed with a 10 year old Wooden Barrel Aged Balsamic Vinegar and Vanilla. Perfect balance between balsamic profile, roasted character, dry herbal finish and milky sweetness.

4.5%

UNFINED. Panaro is inspired by the original pale ales of America’s West Coast. Expect mango, stone fruit, resin and pine, with a smooth malt base for a solid drinkability.

PENLON COTTAGE Maenygroes, Ceredigion CARDI BAY BEST 4.0%

UNFINED. A classic ‘Best’- has a well balanced malt flavour and great bitter finish. Suitable for Vegans.

RAMNESIA STRONG ALE

6.2%

UNFINED. Classic strong ale with a well balanced flavour and aroma. Amber coloured. Unfiltered and unfined. Suitable for Vegans. LOCALE BREWERY

Stretton - On - Fosse, Warwickshire

GREEN MAN

LOCALE BREWERY

PERSHORE Pershore, Worcestershire

NORTH COTSWOLD

ONE MILE END Tottenham, London

LOCALE BREWERY

Full - Bodied cinnamon stout, medium thick creamy head, aromas of cinnamon, coffee, fruity liquorice, toast and lingering bitter dark chocolate.

6.0%

UNFINED. Big juicy tropical, smooth tasting NEIPA with a slight bitterness.

UNFINED. A New England Pale with tropical and citrus tasting hops, this time with a little mango added for the fruit lovers.

A take on of a traditional English ale. Pale in colour and well balanced.

NOTTING HILL CINNAMON STOUT

3.8%

A rich smooth dark mild with a nutty taste. THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

CROFT

4.2%

A bitter pale ale, mashed with pale and crystal malts, and three varieties of hops.

PALE ALE

4.5%

A classic India Pale Ale, using English pale and crystal malts and is amber in colour.

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RED ALE

4.2%

This delicious seasonal red ale is made up of 5 different grain varieties which give a smooth & mild caramel base. It’s complimented by 3 UK hop varieties, Bramling Cross, Cascade & Jester.

PILLARS Walthamstow, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

WINTER MARZEN

5.8%

UNFINED. Oktoberfest style lager. Lagered for 8 weeks before racking.

YOU’VE BEEN MANGO’D

4.5%

UNFINED. Pilsner style lager infused with mango. Lagered for 6 weeks before racking.

PRESSURE DROP Tottenham Hale, London LOCALE BREWERY

HOLIDAY RULES

ONE GOOD REASON

10.0%

UNFINED. Dark, sweet chocolate and bright, fruity raspberry, brought together with smooth vanilla.

5.2%

UNFINED. Hoppy, hazy pale ale brewed with a touch of spicy rye and honey.

PALE FIRE

4.8%

UNFINED. Modern pale ale with Mosaic and Amarillo hops. Aromas of peach, mango and citrus. EAST LONDON BREWERY

AMERICAN IPA

5.5%

UNFINED. Deceptively easy drinking.

RED CAT Winchester, Hamps MR M’S PORTER

4.5%

Rich and fruity porter with a good roast aroma and taste. Well balanced with fruit flavours throughout.

4.0% 4.6%

Chestnut coloured with Xmas flavours of cinnamon and nutmeg along with treacle and red berry fruits.

ROUGHACRE RED

5.0%

UNFINED. A warming festive ale brewed with a select mix of Christmas spices. A blend of barley and wheat malts layered with traditional English hops imparts a subtly sweet, dried fruits flavour and a distinctive nose of sherry and cinnamon.

3.8%

UNFINED. Brewed with a blend of six wheat and barley malts for a deliciously chocolaty, malty flavour. Northdown and W.G .V. hops provide a light bitterness with Bramling Cross hops for a spicy yet fruity aroma.

SALCOMBE Ledstone, Devon CHRISTMAS TIDE

4.9%

A well structured, malt driven beer that can be enjoyed throughout the festive season. The plethora of hops build on the chocolaty malt base and add a bittersweet finish.

Golden in colour, buttered with UK hops and finished with Celeia for a floral note.

OLD MO

4.8%

Old Mo is a darker style IPA, buttered with El Dorado and finished with Simcoe hops for the unmistakeable US taste.

AUTUMN

5.8%

GIVE THREE PEACE

8.2%

UNFINED. Rich, semi - sweet with flavours of red apple and cinnamon.

SPARTAN Bermondsey, London

Awarding winning Fellowship Porter rested on a bed of raspberries.

URBAN XMAS DUST

CAMPS COMFORT

UNFINED. A spicy, biscuity saison with a zesty aroma.

Pale ale with added citrus zest.

FELLOWSHIP RASPBERRY PORTER

LOCALE BREWERY

LOCALE BREWERY

CITRUS PALE

UNFINED. A tawny beer full of rich malty flavours. Brewed with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings with a late addition of fragrant Slovenian Aurora for a delicious spiciness and subtle hop aroma.

SOLVAY SOCIETY Newbury Park, Essex

REDEMPTION Tottenham, London

SEVERN VALLEY Bridgnorth, Shropshire CARTWAY GOLD 4.2%

PRETTY DECENT Forest Gate, London

ROUGHACRE Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire ALL SAINTS 4.8%

LOCALE BREWERY

4.6%

TRADE WINDS

5.0%

UNFINED. Focussing on Ekuanot, this light pale ale is full of citrus and tropical aroma and flavours followed up with hints of honey. THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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DARK MAGUS CHRISTMAS EDITION 2019

MAELSTORM IPA

4.0%

TANKLEYS (BREWED AT BEERBLEFISH)

ROOIKABOUTER

4.8%

ST PETER’S South Elmham,Suffolk BAD ELF

Malty, spicy tasting amber ale with a light citrus and floral aromas.

Edmonton, London LOCALE BREWERY

GOLDEN ALE

4.5%

A golden coloured ale brewed with Magnum, Cascade and Vic Secret hops.

3.5%

UNFINED. Dark mild with roasted and fruit flavours.

SMALL SMOKESTACK

4.4%

UNFINED. A session strength version of Smokestack Porter. Dark malts bring flavours and aromas of chocolate and well cooked pasty while the smoked malt and Lapsang Souchong tea provide a complex smoked character that lingers into the finish.

A refreshing pale ale with hints of tropical fruit. Exclusively hopped with a new experimental hop grown on the farm where the brewery is.

SEABRIGHT WORCESTERSHIRE GOLDEN ALE

3.8%

A straw - coloured ale with fruity hop aromas and flavours from Endeavour and First Gold hops. A quenching beer.

SULTAN WORCESTERSHIRE GOLD

4.2%

EAST LONDON BREWERY

5.2%

A roasty, chocolatey beer with a big hit of Beechwood Smoke on the aroma.

DARK MAGUS

4.7%

UNFINED. Rich, thick and smooth milk stout with notes of chocolate and roasted grains. 28

DAFEN IPA

MARSHFIELD RED

OLD CASTLE PALE

6.2%

This IPA has richness from caramel malts and a big punch from the hops. Crisp citrus and pine flavours followed by rugged bitterness.

4.7%

4.6%

A simple malt bill combines with selected hops that gives it a piney bitterness followed by a hit of grapefruit and citrus fruits. Light in colour.

TRUMAN’S Hackney Wick EAST LONDON BREWERY

ROSEHIP RUNNER

4.0%

Traditional style bitter with a added rosehip.

UPRISING (BREWED BY WINDSOR & ETON) LOCALE BREWERY

THREE SODS Bethnal Green, London

4.6%

Windsor, Berkshire

A rich, well rounded golden beer with apricot and gentle citrus aromas and flavours from local Ernest and Bramling Cross hops.

SMOKED BROWN ALE

TINWORKS Llanelli, Carmarthenshire ASHBURNHAM PORTER

A complex hoppy red ale which comes from the caramel malt. Selected US and NZ hops provide a restrained bitterness.

THE HOP SHED Suckley, Worcestershire PERKIN WORCESTERSHIRE PALE 4.0%

4.9%

A rich, full bodied red ale with sweetness from the malts and a floral kick from some big European hops.

A lightly hopped dark porter with six different malts bring a textured feel. Think dark chocolate, roasted coffee and black treacle.

EAST LONDON BREWERY

EAST END MILD

5.3%

Jam packed with Mosaic and Simcoe, this is a powerful, aromatic IPA. It’s crisp dry, and extremely moreish.

TAP EAST Stratford, London

4.7%

UNFINED. A special spiced version of Dark Magus spiced with Star Anise and cloves.

Amber pale ale with some big hop bitterness.

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DIABLO ROJO

MARULA MATATA

8.4%

Windsor & Eton run an experimental brewery that trials new recipes and exclusively puts very special beers into it’s Tap Bar at the brewery. A rare opportunity therefore to try this Belgian Pale Ale that uses beetroot to produce a reddish hue. Classic Belgian character and very drinkable. UNFINED. New England IPA brewed with Marula fruit. This is the fruit that grows in such abundance in Africa that when it ferments and the wild-life get drunk on it! It has a tropical/passion fruit flavour with a tart finish - ideal for a beer!

5.0%

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No. 1 Ely Court, between Ely Place and Hatton Garden London EC1N 6SJ Tel: 020 7405 4751 CAMRA GOOD BEER GUIDE 2019 • Four Time Winner of East London & City Pub of the Year • SPBW London Pub of the Year 2013

HISTORIC AND TRADITIONAL ALE-HOUSE London Pride, Dark Star plus FIVE ROTATING GUEST ALES Now serving BEERS FROM THE WOOD from local breweries (1st & 2nd Monday of each month) Plus changing CRAFT KEG plus a TRADITIONAL CRAFT CIDER

Wishing East London & City CAMRA Branch, a sell-out at the 2019 Pig’s Ear Beer Festival Open 11am-11pm Monday to Friday Snacks available 11.30am - 10pm (try our famous toasties and now our Vegan suasage rolls) Nearest tubes: Chancery Lane/Farringdon

Check out what’s on at: yeoldmitreholborn.co.uk

Keppels Brewery

Proud to be associated with the Rochford Beer Festival Originally a collaboration with Billericay Brewery, and winning ‘Best Beer’ at the Epping Ongar Beer Festival in 2016, we moved to our own place in 2018 and won ‘Best in Show’ at Rochford with ‘Christmas Crow!’

Home of the Tipsy Crow Keppels Brewery, The Workshops, Little Stambridge Hall Lane, Rochford SS4 1EW

www.keppelsbrewery.co.uk

Keppels now has a range of around 10 different beers Bottles and polypins available for Christmas and throughout the year For details drop us a message through Twitter @keppelsbrewery, or email us: keppelsbrewery@yahoo.co.uk

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ADDRESS 73 White Lion Street, N1 9PF 30

WEBSITE three-johns.com

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No.36 | BEER LIST

WOOD FOR THE TREASON

7.5%

Especially blended for Pig’s Ear this beer is a carefully balanced blend of Treason & Wasteland IPA’s including wood ageing. Whiskey; Peat; Oloroso notes are all there along with the punchy character of the IPA’s themselves.

VALE Brill, Bucks BLACK BEAUTY PORTER

4.4%

4.8%

Brewed with Magnum, Summit & Chinook hops, which give this beer a massive tropical punch!

RUBY MILD

5.5%

Deep red in colour, this ruby mild is nutty, rich and well balanced.

VANILLA PORTER

4.5%

American style brown ale.

WEIRD BEARD Hanwell, London LOCALE BREWERY

MUTINY ON THE BUNTY

5.7%

UNFINED. A big coconut and vanilla stout Hopped with Perle and Sorachi Ace, lashings of toasted coconut and a little vanilla. This beer is not sweet, artificial coconut porter you often see. But it’s darker, more bitter distant cousin

WEIRD BEARD/TRIPOINT Hanwell, London LOCALE BREWERY

KNIGHT IN SOUR ARMOUR

6.4%

UNFINED. A sour Black IPA brewed in Collaboration with Tripoint Brewing.

WIBBLERS Southminster, Essex CHOCOLATE PORTER

4.5%

Easy drinking session strength porter.

WILD CARD Walthamstow, London EAST LONDON BREWERY

BARREL AGED RIOJA SAISON

UNFINED. Wild fermented, mixed fermentation saison, which has been aged for 18 months in a Rioja barrel on white grape skins grown locally in E17.

EAST COAST IPA

RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE DONUT STOUT

WAIMEA IPA

8.1%

6.1%

UNFINED. Double dry hopped with loads of Galaxy & Citra. It’s a juicy cloudy IPA. A balance of tropical and citrus fruit flavours with a piney resinous finish.

5.8%

UNFINED. A rich stout infused with cocoa nibs and with a sharp hit of fresh raspberries.

5.2%

UNFINED. A hoppy IPA that puts Waimea hops front and centre - piney and resinous with big citrus flavours.

WINDSOR & ETON Windsor, Berkshire 4.5%

UNFINED. This is a scaled up version of the first ever beer brewed at The Vine Inn. Smooth porter with notes of vanilla.

VOG Barry, Glamorgan FLYING HELLFISH

DIPA

UNFINED. This bold, juicy DDH IPA is extensively dry hopped with Mosaic & Citra for a beer bursting with grapefruit, mango & pineapple notes.

Full bodied porter with intense roasted flavours that give way to a wonderful finish.

VINE INN Rugeley, Staffordshire GRAPEFRUIT IPA

6.4%

LOCALE BREWERY

CONQUEROR 1075 WOOD CASK AGED BLACK IPA

JAM SANDWICH

7.4%

Opportunity to try this rare brew - the big brother of thee award winning cask Conqueror. This beer is special in that it has been wood aged as well !

4.0%

UNFINED. This red bitter is brewed using recovered bread from the World Beer awards and uses huge quantities of strawberry, raspberry and cherry whole fruit to create a sensational memory of childhood tea-time.

ZULU ALPHA Caldicot, Monmouthshire ENIGMA

0.0%

UNFINED. A hazy version of Evolution which has been dry hopped with Citra & Amarillo hops for a week giving a DIPA taste without the strength.

EVOLUTION

OUT OF OFFICE IPA

VOYAGER

5.2%

UNFINED. An American pale ale with Citra and Amarillo hops with stone and tropical fruits (peach, mango, apricot, passion fruit) dominating the aroma and flavour.

4.3%

UNFINED. A golden hazy citrus medium bitterness pale ale, with Ekanot, Azacca, Summit Atenham hops.

4.8%

UNFINED. A hazy New England style Pale Ale with tropical grapefruit flavours giving low bitterness. THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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The Southampton Arms Celebrating 10 years of ALE CIDER MEAT

No.36 | FOREIGN BOTTLED & DRAUGHT BEERS

FOREIGN BOT T LED & DRAUGHT BEERS

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he foreign or overseas beer bar will feature bottled beers (and some cans) from some of the smaller breweries of America, Austria, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, alongside draught key kegs. Styles represented include: Trappist, Blond, Dark, Lambic, Wild, Saison, Sour, Fruit, Kolsch, Aged and Wheat.

FOREIGN KEY KEG

Please bring a pint glass to our bar as we need the extra room to serve the beer properly. Our beer order was not final at the time of printing: other bottles, cans and draught beer will be available – See bar lists at the Festival. ADAM MILLER FOREIGN BEER BAR MANAGER

WINE & OTHER

Not all the foreign draught beers will be on at any one time. Look out for some special surprises!

Wine will also be available at the Foreign Beer Bar, please feel free to SLURP up.

BLOND & GOLDEN

DE MOLEN (NL) HAVIK & FEEDSTDAGEN

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

BAD HAIR (NL) HITSUG BLONDJE

6%

Amber Belgian Ale.

HIP HOPS IPA

6%

IPA.

MINI FRESH - MICRO IPA

3.5%

AVEC LES BONS VOEUX 375ML

9.5%

FRAU GRUBER (D)

VIEILLE VILLE

6%

Hazy blonde saison with a citrus taste.

HIDDEN BEAUTY 440ML CAN

8.2%

Double IPA

DE LA SENNE (B)

FRONTAAL / DE NATTE GIJT (NL) 6.5%

Fruity blond with a long dry finish.

ONLY GOAT CAN JUDGE ME

5.9%

Saison with pink pepper and hibiscus.

DE LA SENNE (B)

HEAPS OF HOPS (NL) 5.2%

Cloudy yellow wheat beer with a citrus taste.

BJØRNINGMAN

3.5%

Session IPA.

DE LEITE (B) Triple

DUGGES (SWE)

A triple with stacks of flavour.

DE DUCATO (ITA)

FILS A PAPA VIII

6.0%

DUPONT (B) 5.6%

IPA.

PIER DEN DROL

HOP HARVEST 2014 750ML

Session IPA.

BREWSKI (SWE)

BRUSSELS CALLING

DE RANKE (B) Saison

BEERBLIOTEK (SWE)

HERR HEMLICH 2.0

4.5%

American Style Pale Ale

KEES (NL) 8%

SERA SERA CAN

7%

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FOREIGN BOTTLED & DRAUGHT BEERS | No.36 VERZET (B) SUPER NOAH

HANSENS FRAMBOIS (B) 4.9%

HANSENS SCHAERBEEKSE KRIEK (B)

Bitter Blond.

TOON VAN DEN BROEK - WATERGEUS

ACHEL (B) 9.5%

Trappist quadruppel.

6.2%

Dark amber IPA with a fruity spicy and yes, carrot taste.

17.2%

10%

Imperial stout with orange and coffee.

ST BERNADUS CHRISTMAS ALE (B)

10%

Quadruple with a fruity spicy Christmas taste.

7.2%

Baltic Porter.

18.6%

Eisbok.

NEVEL / FRONTAAL (NL) WAAN 375ML

5.3%

SPECIALITIES 7%

Belgian sour ale fermented with cherries with added lambic.

7%

Barrel aged vinous wild saison.

5%

Blend of old and new lambic.

GERMAN (ALL BOTTLES 500ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

BOON (B) %

Lambic with cherries.

BLOND FRÜH - KÖLSCH

LAMBIEK FABRIEK (B)

4.8%

Clear golden beer from Cologne.

5.5%

Sour gueuze from new lambic blender.

KAISERDOM - PILS

4.8%

Clear golden pilsner.

7%

Blend of old and new lambic.

NIKL-BRÄU - LAGERBIER

5.1%

Clear golden keller bier

6%

Lambic with cherries. 34

4%

Hazy golden gose with a tart salty taste.

AVANT GARDE RESERVE SAISON 375ML

(ALL BOTTLES 375ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

HANSENS OUDBEITJE (B)

SAND DIVER - ISOTONE ALE/GOSE

LA SIRÈN (AUS)

GUEUZE & LAMBIC

MORTE SUBITE OUDE GUEUZE (B)

7%

KROMME HARING (NL)

DE RANKE KRIEK DE RANKE 750ML 15%

Imperial stout matured in whiskey barrels.

BRETT ELLE 750ML

DE RANKE (B)

Barrel aged golden sour.

HET UILTJE (NL)

OUDE SCHAARBEEKSE KRIEK

7%

Sour Flanders Red.

Sour beer blended with lambic.

F**K THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS ON FIRE

3 FONTEININ GUEUZE (B)

4%

Intense sour, very tart raspberry.

CUVEE DE RANKE 750ML

HET UILTJE (NL)

NØGNE Ø AT GALE FORCE (NOR)

BERLINER FRAMBOOS

FILS A PAPA VI

Huge Imperial stout.

STAFF SERGEANT CAN

(ALL BOTTLES 375ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

DE LEITE (B)

WESTBROOK BREWING (USA)

APYNYS KOSMOSAS (LIT)

SOURS ALVINNE (B)

DE MOLEN (NL)

EVIL TWIN BOZO BEER 473ML CAN

6.4%

Fruit lambic with a fruity plum taste.

(ALL BOTTLES 330ML EXCEPT WHERE STATED)

CARROT CAKE

6.5%

Lambic with cherries.

DARK AND AMBER EXTRA BRUIN 750ML

6%

Lambic with raspberries.

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KEESMAN - HERREN PILS Clear golden pilsner from Bamberg.

4.6%

No.36 | FOREIGN BOTTLED & DRAUGHT BEERS JEVER - PILSNER

4.9%

Pale gold with a dry finish.

ZEHENDNER - MÖNCHSAMBACHER EXPORT NATURTRÜB

5.2%

Clear golden keller bier

DARK SMOKED SCHLENKERLA - RAUCHBIER MÄRZEN

5.1%

Highly smoked liquid bacon.

SPEZIAL - RAUCHBIER MÄRZEN

5.3%

Dark amber with a smokey taste.

WHEAT AUGUSTINER - WEISSBIER

5.4%

Cloudy amber wheat beer with a banana taste.

GUTMANN - HEFEWEIZEN

5.2%

Cloudy light amber wheat beer.

NIKL-BRÄU - WEISSE

5.5%

Hazy golden wheat beer with a banana taste.

KEY KEG BEER NOT ALL THE FOREIGN DRAUGHT BEERS WILL BE ON AT ANY ONE TIME. LOOK OUT FOR SOME SPECIAL SURPRISES!

DE MOLEN (NL) FLYING DOG WIGGLE & TURN

7.4%

IPA.

FUERST WIACEK (D) MOW

5.5%

American Pale Ale.

HARDYWOOD PARK (USA) CHRISTMAS MORNING

9.2%

Gingerbread Imperial Stout.

GOOD BEER GUIDE 2020 WE ARE IN IT!

KEES (NL) CARAMEL FUDGE STOUT

11.5%

Imperial stout tasting of caramel fudge.

KEES (NL) GETTIN’ HOPPY WIT IT

CAMRA DISCOUNT ALL DAY TUESDAY

5.5%

THE WENLOCK ARMS, WENLOCK ROAD, LONDON N1 7TA TEL. 020.7608.3406

Wild sour beer

CLOSED MONDAY OPEN FROM 12 NOON TUESDAY-SUNDAY

OUD BEERSEL (B) ROZENLAMBIC

10 CASK ALES - 15 KEG BEERS 6 REAL CIDERS

4.8%

Very hoppy wheat beer.

NEVEL ERVE (NL)

“NOTED ALES & STOUT”

6.0%

EMAIL: BEER@WENLOCKARMS.COM TWITTER: @WENLOCKARMS

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UK BOTTLED & CANNED BEER BAR | No.36

UK BOT TLED & CANNED BEER BAR

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ink! Oink! Take home a bottled or canned beer from Pig’s Ear - have a Christmas treat. Welcome to the British Bottled & Canned Bar. This year we’re proud to offer an attractive range of beers brewed in the UK. We have a choice of the finest IPA’s, Stouts and even foreign style beers amongst others. Most of the beers are stonkingly strong, in the hallowed Pig’s Ear tradition of stocking imperial stouts and barley wines. All of them are bottle or can conditioned - the equivalent of Real Ale. 36

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The beers are unpasteurised and with enough yeast to give a flavour enhancing secondary fermentation regardless of whether presented in a bottle or can. As our Christmas gift to you buy any 6 bottles or cans to take away and there is a discount. Please note that the list shown here is liable to change, and not all beers will be available at every session – once they are gone, they are gone! KEEN MASSEY BOTTLED BEER BAR MANAGER

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UK BOTTLED & CANNED BEER BAR | No.36 BELGIAN BREWER Bishops Stortford, Essex CHERRY 330ML 7.5% Blonde Ale with cherries

DUBBEL 330ML

7.5%

Strong Dark Ale

TRIPEL 330ML

9.5%

Strong Golden Ale

BOUTILLERS Faversham, Kent DING DUNG LANDLORD HERE 300ML

10.8%

Barley Wine

GHOST OF XMAS FUTURE `16 330ML

10.8%

Barley Wine

GHOST OF XMAS FUTURE `19 300ML

11.0%

Barley Wine

LEIA CAKE 330ML

10.8%

Imperial Stout

CANOPY Herne Hill, London LOCALE BREWERY

INTO THE COLD NIGHT 330ML SEE AT THE BAR FOR FURTHER SELECTIONS.

AFFINITY Bermondsey, London

CAT ASYLUM Collingham, Notts B A DOUBLE BROWN STOUT 330ML

LOCALE BREWERY

SOCIAL SEDUCTION 440ML CAN

6.4%

IPA

AMPERSAND Earsham, Norfolk TORPOR 330ML

COASTAL Redruth, Cornwall CORNISH XMAS 500ML 8.1%

EROSION 500ML Old Ale

11.2%

KERNOW IMPERIAL STOUT 500ML FIVE POINTS Hackney, London

ANSPACH & HOBDAY/AGAINST THE GRAIN Bermondsey, London

GRAND STOUT 660ML

11.0%

Imperial Stout

9.1%

B A GRAND STOUT

12.0%

Barrel aged imperial stout.

Imperial Stout

8.6%

B A Imperial Stout

THE FLEMISH BLACK 750ML

9.0%

EAST LONDON BREWERY

LOCALE BREWERY

IT DOESN`T MATTER WHAT THE NAME IS 330ML

7.5%

Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

BROTHER SEAN 750ML

5.6%

Ruby Ale

ANSPACH & HOBDAY Bermondsey, London LOCALE BREWERY

8.0%

B A Stout

B A Bretted Baltic Porter

THE BIGGER STOUT 750ML

7.1%

Spiced Stout

7.9%

FULLERS Chiswick, London LOCALE BREWERY

170TH ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION ALE 500ML

7.0%

Stout

Strong Ale

BEER NOUVEAU Ardwick, Manchester BLACK IPA 500ML 5.8%

WINTER BREW 500ML

Black IPA

GLOUCESTER Gloucester, Gloucestershire IMPERIAL STOUT 330ML 9.0%

STOCK ALE 500ML

7.6%

Stock Ale 38

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6.3%

Strong Ale

Imperial Stout

No.36 | UK BOTTLED & CANNED BEER BAR HUMPTY DUMPTY Reedham, Norfolk 21ST ANNIVERSARY BARLEY WINE 300ML

9.0%

SAMUEL SMITH Tadcaster, North Yorkshire STINGO 550ML 8.0% Oak Aged Strong Ale

Barley Wine

CHRISTMAS CRACK 500ML

7.0%

SOLVAY SOCIETY Newbury Park, London LOCALE BREWERY

Strong Brown Ale

AURUM 330ML

KEPPELS Rochford, Essex LIONS KINDOM 500ML

12.0%

B A Strong Golden Ale

10.0%

Strong Golden Ale

ST BOTOLPHS Colchester, Essex DONKEL 330ML

LONDON North Finchley

Dark Lager

LOCALE BREWERY

TRIPEL 330ML

SAMSON`S RIDDLE 330ML

9.5%

6.5%

Strong Golden Ale

TYNT MEADOW Coalville, Leicestershire ENGLISH TRAPPIST ALE 330ML 7.4%

B A Imperial Stout

ONE MILE END Tottenham, London

Trappist Ale

LOCALE BREWERY

B A Imperial Stout

WIBBLERS Southminster, Essex IMPERIAL STOAT 330ML

ORBIT Walworth, London

PORTY IMPERIAL STOAT 300ML

DIRECTORATE 300ML

6.0%

10.0%

9.0%

Imperial Stout

LOCALE BREWERY

9.4%

Port B A Imperial Stout

IMPERIAL STOUT 330ML

11.7%

Imperial Stout

SANTA`S NIGHT OFF 500ML

4.2%

Bitter

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No.36 | CIDER & PERRY

CIDER & PERRY BAR

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elcome to the cider bar. Here you will find what is probably the largest selection of unpasteurised real ciders and perries in east London. Real cider is one of the easiest drinks to produce. In the West Country and Wales cider apples are used. They are grown specifically for making cider. The apples are pulped, and then the juice is pressed out. Wild yeast that is on the skins and in the flesh starts fermenting the liquid and sometime later it’s turned into cider. At this point it will be very dry, so a sweetener is added if you want to make a medium or sweet drink. In the east of England and other areas of the UK, cider is normally made using a mixture of eating and cooking apples, giving a different style of drink altogether. The majority of the fizzy, keg ciders still found in pubs are often made with apple concentrate, lots of water, flavouring and colouring, then pasteurised and gas added. They have no similarity to real cider whatsoever! Perry, the sister drink to cider, is made in exactly the same way, using specific

perry pears, grown just for this purpose. Pear cider, a marketing name only, is quite often only cider with pear flavouring added. In my opinion, a complete con and nothing like perry at all. Unfortunately, a lot of producers now supply their cider in bag in boxes and their ciders are usually pasteurised. There are now pubs in London that have a big range of cider, and even cider bars who only sell cider. But most, if not all of the ciders sold at these venues are pasteurised and it is impossible for the customer to know whether they are pasteurised or not. Even asking the staff will often not help, as a lot of the time they don’t know either. So, if you have not tried real, unpasteurised cider or perry, why not give it a try. You will be pleasantly surprised. If you prefer to look at the cider & perry list via your smartphone, please go to http://bit.ly/PigsEar2019Cider. MICK LEWIS CIDER BAR MANAGER THE THIRTY SIXTH PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL

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CIDER & PERRY | No.36 WE HOPE TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING CIDERS AND PERRIES AVAILABLE, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT ALL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SAME TIME

CIDERS BEACONS Bwlch, Powys Producing for about six years, we hope to have a cider called Beauty of the Beacons. CIDERNIKS Kintbury, Berkshire Small producer using mainly local apples.

DOUBLE VISION Boughton Minchelsea, Kent Cider produced using local Kent apples.

ROSIE’S TRIPLE D Llandegla, Wrexham Producing since 2011, Rosie was their Jack Russell.

SEIDR O SIR Betwys Diserth, Radnorshire Producer who started in 2000.

UPPER HOUSE Wormlow Tump, Herefordshire Local producer.

VENTON Clyst St Lawrence, Devon Producer whose cider was made by pressing through straw, but less is done like this now. We will have a cider called Sweet Maid of Devon.

VILLAGE GREEN Turners Hill, W. Sussex

DUCKCHICKEN Furzedown, London, SW16 Small south London producer, we will have a cider called Gigglejuice made from Bramley and Russet apples.

Local producer normally using eaters and cookers. Unusual for this area, this cider has been made from cider apples.

GREYFIELDS High Littleton, Somerset

Started in 2000 with an orchard they rented for their horses.

A last chance to try this cider, as the producer died earlier this year.

HARTLAND Tirley, Gloucestershire Started by Derek Hartland’s father, their cider has won many CAMRA awards.

WEST MILTON West Milton, Dorset

WILKINS Mudgley, Somerset. Very well-known producer, we hope to have a single variety cider made from Morgan Sweet cider apples.

HECKS Street, Somerset

PERRIES

Producer unusually in the centre of a town. We should have a single variety cider made with Kingston Black cider apples.

HECKS Street, Somerset

KING BRAIN Little Weston, Somerset Cider has been made at the farm for at least five generations. We hope to have a single variety cider made from Chisel Jersey cider apples.

A rare producer of perry in Somerset. We will have a single variety perry.

MONNOW VALLEY nr Monmouth, Monmouthshire Small, local producer.

MILL LANE Stebbing, Essex Very small producer who only started just over a year ago.

NEWTON COURT Newton, Herefordshire

NEMPHNETT Chilcompton, Somerset

ROSS-ON-WYE Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Starting in 2010, we will have a cider called Piglets.

Contract fruit growers who also run their own pub.

ORCHARD REVIVAL

SEVERN Awre, Gloucestershire

North Nibley, Gloucestershire Small producer who uses forgotten orchards.

ORCHARD PROJECT Walthamstow, London, E17 The only commercial producer in East London CAMRA Branch area. Apples are donated and the cider is made by volunteers. We will have a cider called Local Fox. 42

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Started in 2000. We hope to have a single variety perry made from Winnals Longdon perry pears.

Producing for three generations.

TROGGI Earlswood, Gwent Founded in 1986, their permanent cider house was opened in 1995.

W.M. WATKINS Grosmont, Gwent Started in 2003, we hope to have a single variety perry made from Blakeney Red perry pears.

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PIGS EAR WILL BE BACK

HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY HOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT NEXT YEAR’S PIGS EAR FESTIVAL! EAST LONDON AND CITY CAMRA BRANCH Pigs Ear Beer Festival is run by unpaid volunteers. Interested in giving us a hand? Contact the ELAC Branch: elacbranch@mail.com Tel: 07757 772564 FESTIVAL ORGANISER: Alan Perryman PROGRAMME TEAM: Steve Richardson, Keen Massey, Peter Gordon, John Pardoe, Mick Lewis, Adam Miller, Steve Hall

BRANCH SECRETARY: Andy Kinch PRESS OFFICER: Nigel Tarn ELAC WEBPAGE: www.pigsear.org.uk Published by the East London & City Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale. Any views expressed are not necessarily those of CAMRA Ltd or its branches.

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If you’ve enjoyed beer from the East London Brewing Company at this year’s Pig’s Ear Festival, why not pick some up direct from the brewery to enjoy at home or for your event? We can supply all our ales in handy 20lt (35 pint) bag-in-boxes or you can choose from our range of bottles and cans. Call us on 020 8539 0805 to discuss or email info@eastlondonbrewing.com Unit 45, Fairways Business Centre, Lammas Road, London E10 7QB eastlondonbrewing.com @eastlondonbrew

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