Craft Beers
Our Keg beer offering for 2025
Please note that only a selection of these will be poured at any one time.
Scroll down for Beer tasting notes (or view in your copy of the Festival Programme)
| Brewery | Beer | ABV | Origin | Style | GF/AF | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale | Heresy | 4.5% | Sheffield | Lager | GF | 1 |
| Anspach & Hobday x To Ol | 45 Days Later | 7.0% | London x Denmark | Baltic Porter | 2 | |
| Ayinger Privatbrauerei | Kellerbier | 4.9% | Germany | Kellerbier | 3 | |
| Ayinger Privatbrauerei | Lager Hell | 4.9% | Germany | Lager | 4 | |
| Bådin | Myken Whisky | 14.0% | Norway | Norwegian Whisky BA Imperial Stout | 5 | |
| Bang The Elephant | Bazooka Joe | 6.0% | Nottingham | Blue Bubblegum Slushy Sour | 6 | |
| Bang The Elephant | Custard Coloured Super Dream (Amplified Edition) | 8.0% | Nottingham | Blueberry & Lemon Trifle DIPA | 7 | |
| Big Trip | Happy Happy Joy Joy | 5.9% | Manchester | NEIPA | 8 | |
| Binding Brauerei | Schöfferhofer Grapefruit | 2.5% | Germany | Wheat Radler | 9 | |
| Blackedge | Tell ‘Em I’m Surfin’ | 4.5% | Horwich | Hazy Pale | 10 | |
| Blacklodge | Southdown Baxter Street | 6.2% | Liverpool | WC IPA | 11 | |
| Blackout | Jind | 11.0% | Romania | Red Wine BA Old Ale | 12 | |
| Brasserie d’Achouffe | Cherry Chouffe | 8.0% | Belgium | Cherry Fruit Belgian Strong Ale | 13 | |
| Buxton | Wyoming Sheep Ranch | 8.4% | Buxton | DIPA | 14 | |
| Cölner Hofbräu Früh | Früh Kölsch | 4.8% | Germany | Kolsch | 15 | |
| Duration x Lost & Grounded | Tmavé Pivo | 4.4% | King’s Lynn | Czech Dark Lager | 16 | |
| Elusive | Level Up (Level 33) | 5.8% | Wokingham | American Red | 17 | |
| Emporers | Black & Blue (2023) | 10.3% | Nottingham | Imperial Stout | 18 | |
| Emporers | Darksaber | 14.6% | Nottingham | BA Imperial Stout | 19 | |
| Erdinger Weißbräu | Dunkel Weißbier | 5.3% | Germany | Dunkel Weißbier | 20 | |
| Erdinger Weißbräu | Weißbier | 5.3% | Germany | Weißbier | 21 | |
| Flensburger Brauerei | Lager | 4.0% | Germany | Lager | 22 | |
| Full Circle | Water Sucks | 4.0% | Newcastle | Raspberry Wit | 23 | |
| Huyghe | Delirium Red | 8.0% | Belgium | Cherry Fruit Belgian Strong Ale | 24 | |
| Huyghe | Früli | 4.1% | Belgium | Strawberry White Beer | 25 | |
| Huyghe | Früli | 4.1% | Belgium | Strawberry White Beer | 26 | |
| Lakes Brew Co | Cherry Berry Crumble Sour | 5.5% | Cumbria | Sour | 27 | |
| Low Key Barrel x Vault City | Casualty of Society | 12.0% | Faversham x Edinburgh | Vannila, Cardamom, Tonka & Hazelnut Cookie Imperial Stout | 28 | |
| Lune Brew | Dew | 4.0% | Lancaster | DDH NEPA | 29 | |
| McColls | Beet De Garde | 7.5% | Evenwood | Beetroot Biere De Garde | 30 | |
| Neckstamper | Bluffer | 5.0% | London | Gluten Free Hazy Pale | GF | 31 |
| Nightjar | Sonic The Head Jog | 6.0% | Hebden Bridge | Fruited Sour | 32 | |
| Northen Monkey | Suck It And See | 5.0% | Bolton | DDH Pale | 33 | |
| Pomona Island | A Glass Case Of Emotion | 6.3% | Salford | IPA | 34 | |
| Pomona Island | Witchi-Tai-To | 5.5% | Salford | Passionfruit Gose | 35 | |
| Redwillow | Soulless | 5.9% | Macclesfield | BIPA | 36 | |
| Rivington | See You In The Cosmos | 5.0% | Rivington | Tropical Smoothie Sour | 37 | |
| Rivington | Is That Your Chain? | 5.5% | Rivington | DDH Pale | 38 | |
| Rivington | Blood Machines | 8.0% | Rivington | DIPA | 39 | |
| Roosters | Hazy Faced Assassin | 5.7% | Harrogate | Hazy Pale | GF | 40 |
| Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn | Original Tap 7 | 5.4% | Germany | Hefeweizen | 41 | |
| Silent Brew | Must Be Summer Somewhere | 4.9% | Buxton | Mango Ice Cream Pale | 42 | |
| Silent Brew x Pollys | Tesselation | 7.5% | Buxton | DIPA | 43 | |
| Silent Mill | NZ Story | 4.7% | Lytham Saint Annes | NZ Pilsner | 44 | |
| Silent Mill | Point & Click | TBC | Lytham Saint Annes | SIPA | 45 | |
| Siren x Wild West | Panda Goes West | 5.5% | Berkshire x China | NEIPA | 46 | |
| State of Kind | Grannies Apple Crumble | 5.0% | Wigan | Apple Sour | 47 | |
| State of Kind | Kidnapped By Sasquatch | 5.2% | Wigan | Pale | 48 | |
| Thornbridge | Green Mountain Alcohol Free | 0.5% | Bakewell | Alcohol Free IPA | AF | 49 |
| Thornbridge | Jaipur Noir | 5.9% | Bakewell | BIPA | 50 | |
| Time & Tide | Bouncy Bouncy Elephants | 8.2% | Kent | Mango & Passionfruit Imperial Sour | 51 | |
| Timmermans | Kriek Black Pepper | 4.0% | Belgium | Kriek | 52 | |
| Torrside | Maria | 5.6% | New Mills | Smoked Flanders Brown | 53 | |
| Twice Brewed | Blue Raspberry | 5.0% | Hexham | Blue Raspberry Sour | 54 | |
| Twice Brewed | We Are The Weirdos Mister | 5.5% | Hexham | Black NEIPA | 55 | |
| Vault City | Blood & Ink | 4.9% | Edinburgh | Blackberry, Cherry, Plum & Squid Ink Sour | 56 | |
| Vault City | Teacake Sout | 5.0% | Edinburgh | Teacake Sour | 57 | |
| Vocation | Wham-a-geddon | 7.0% | Hebden Bridge | DDH IPA | 58 | |
| Wilde Child | Clique Fiesta | 4.8% | Leeds | Biscoffi Stout | 59 |
Tasting Notes
| Ref | Beer | ABV | Tasting Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heresy | 4.5% | A clean and crisp sessionable lager in the continental style, with a fresh and floral aroma. Noble hops and low bitterness provide an easy drinking beer with a clear and bright presence in the glass |
| 2 | 45 Days Later | 7.0% | A bold and robust Baltic Porter. The beer is fermented at lower temperatures than our usual Porters, allowing for the malts to become even more expressive, bringing notes of dark chocolate and roasted coffee. Despite it’s heft, the beer remains smooth, balanced and easy drinking |
| 3 | Kellerbier | 4.9% | The special feature of the “Kellerbier” is the fine yeasty cloudiness and the pleasantly bitter taste. As it is bottled unfiltered, many of the natural protein, yeast and hop elements remain contained in the beer. It consequently retains its original character and the beer connoisseur can appreciate the fullness of taste that this very drinkable beer offers |
| 4 | Lager Hell | 4.9% | The typical every day drink in Bavaria. Together with wheat beer this style is the most famous beer style in the Bavarian sSouth. It is crisp, smooth and mellow. A perfectly balanced taste and aroma |
| 5 | Myken Whisky | 14.0% | Imperial Stout aged on Myken Whisky Barrels |
| 6 | Bazooka Joe | 6.0% | Blue Bubblegum Slushy Sour. Check out your tongue! |
| 7 | Custard Coloured Super Dream (Amplified Edition) | 8.0% | Hazy blueberry and lemon trifle dipa…fruity dipa without being sour or a milkshake |
| 8 | Happy Happy Joy Joy | 5.9% | Juice Machine Neipa – Galaxy Spectrum Citra & El Dorado Cryo |
| 9 | Schöfferhofer Grapefruit | 2.5% | Now that you’ve discovered the new unique taste of our beer, we salute your ways to keep it fresh. As an original – the first to combine Hefeweizen beer and grapefruit juice, we’d like to introduce you to the “proper” pronunciation of our unusual and challenging name: Chauffeur + ah + (The) Hoff + ah! |
| 10 | Tell ‘Em I’m Surfin’ | 4.5% | This hazy American pale is hopped with Cashmere, Vista and El Dorado, giving it perfectly peachy and tropical hops notes with a soft mouthfeel |
| 11 | Southdown Baxter Street | 6.2% | Expect powerful vibrant flavours of grapefruit and pine. Aromas of juicy, citrus fruit and the Columbus hops give the beer a hint of black pepper on the finish |
| 12 | Jind | 11.0% | Brewed with black grapes, Earl Grey tea and mahleb. Aged for 18 months in a Romanian strong red wine barrel from crama Ferdi |
| 13 | Cherry Chouffe | 8.0% | The gnomes love Achouffe beers and the juicy cherries which grow in their magical land. Every year they gather and store them in the attics at the brewery. One day, after an abundant season, the floor gave way under the weight of the harvest, and some cherries fell into the Mc CHOUFFE brewing below. Impish as ever, the gnomes kept quiet about the incident. Surprised to discover a glowing, ruby-tinted beer with a fruity taste, the master brewer decided to bottle it up |
| 14 | Wyoming Sheep Ranch | 8.4% | Some follow the herd. Not us. There’s nothing sheepish about this big, bold double IPA. Fresh and piney, with a bitterness that’ll butt you into the next valley |
| 15 | Früh Kölsch | 4.8% | From the recipe by Peter Josef Früh of the family brewery, this top-fermented speciality beer features the best ingredients and is brewed according to the German Purity Law. A favourite beer of Cologne. |
| 16 | Tmavé Pivo | 4.4% | Pouring a beautiful mahogany colour with rich, dark malts bringing deep notes of toast and coffee, finishing crisp and clean with that snappy pop of bitterness that we love |
| 17 | Level Up (Level 33) | 5.8% | An American Red brewed with Centennial, Citra and Simcoe hops |
| 18 | Black & Blue (2023) | 10.3% | Blackcurrant & Blueberry imperial stout |
| 19 | Darksaber | 14.6% | Penderyn madeira single malt barrel aged imperial stout |
| 20 | Dunkel Weißbier | 5.3% | Selected dark malts with a fine roasted aroma make ERDINGER Dunkel a full-bodied treat with a strong character. With the first sip, a harmonious multiplicity of selected dark wheat and barley malts with first-class Hallertau aroma hops inspires. Notes of caramel, hints of nuts and fresh bread can be tasted |
| 21 | Weißbier | 5.3% | The Premium Weissbier at the top of its class. It is brewed with fine yeast after a delivered prescription and naturally strictly after the Bavarian purity requirement. Experience of many years and constant quality controls guarantees the unmistakable taste. |
| 22 | Lager | 4.0% | Unlike its stronger pilsener brother, this is a much softer beer – pale golden in colour, almost reminiscent of a ‘Dortmund’ style beer but with a Northern twist |
| 23 | Water Sucks | 4.0% | Water Sucks, Raspberry Wit is better. Named after the classic Sandler flick The Waterboy, we present this brand new beer. Packed full of fresh raspberry and orange zest, the fruity flavours are prevalent and backed up by the addition of Cryo Pop Berry. Amarillo hops are added to round this beer off with some extra citrus notes, way better than water |
| 24 | Delirium Red | 8.0% | Deep dark red colour, soft fruity aroma, with hints of almond and mildly sour cherries. Sweet and fruity, with a nice balance between sweet and sour. An excellent dessert beer |
| 25 | Früli | 4.1% | Früli is a high quality Belgian white beer blended with pure fruit juice. The strawberry juice complements the zesty fruitiness of the wheat beer and the result is a natural, soft and refreshing drink that is simply delicious! |
| 26 | Früli | 4.1% | Früli is a high quality Belgian white beer blended with pure fruit juice. The strawberry juice compliments the zesty fruitiness of the wheat beer and the result is a natural, soft and refreshing drink that is simply delicious! |
| 27 | Cherry Berry Crumble Sour | 5.5% | Bursting all over the place with berry goodness. Bringing cherries, berries and all the good stuff together to tantalise your taste buds. 100’s Kilos of Cherry & Blackberry Puree |
| 28 | Casualty of Society | 12.0% | Aromas of freshly baked hazelnut cookies are complemented by the rich blend of chocolate malts in our full-bodied imperial stout. Smooth vanilla and aromatic cardamom round out the flavour in each sip |
| 29 | Dew | 4.0% | Double Dry Hopped New England Pale Ale inspired by that fresh feeling of a crisp clear British morning that puts a legendary hop centre stage! Bursting with juicy, tropical vibes and a zesty citrus crunch, this soft hazy New England Pale is a true game-changer. Get ready for a flavour-packed experience that celebrates the hop that revolutionised modern craft brewing, Citra |
| 30 | Beet De Garde | 7.5% | A special continental style beer with beetroot. ‘Beets’ is a complex and boozy beer but surprisingly easy drinking. Bright, with a crimson hue, ‘Beets’ gives you earthy and sweet notes of beetroot, while its high carbonation, malt character and 6 weeks of maturation make it velvety smooth to drink |
| 31 | Bluffer | 5.0% | Hazy Pale Ale with Krush and Citra hops |
| 32 | Sonic The Head Jog | 6.0% | This sharp & strong sour hits all the high notes. Mouth watering but pleasant sourness from tangy rhubarb pulp & fresh raspberry, with pink Himalayan saltiness & a light fruity sweetness for balance. With a smooth mouth feel and a pink hue, this fruity sour is sure to give your head a jog |
| 33 | Suck It And See | 5.0% | DDH with Krush hitting out big flavours of stone fruits, citrus, tropical fruits and berries! |
| 34 | A Glass Case Of Emotion | 6.3% | Notes of tinned pineapple, guava and zesty lime |
| 35 | Witchi-Tai-To | 5.5% | Sweet and sour with sharp passionfruit and a hint of Halen Mon sea salt on the finish |
| 36 | Soulless | 5.9% | A black IPA with an aroma of roasted caramel. Roasted malt flavour with fruity and bitter hoppiness at the finish |
| 37 | See You In The Cosmos | 5.0% | A Tropical Smoothie Sour brewed with over 1,000kg of Mango, Apricot & Passionfruit |
| 38 | Is That Your Chain? | 5.5% | A DDH Pale hopped with Cashmere, Vic Secret, Simcoe, Simcoe Cryo & Cashmere CGX |
| 39 | Blood Machines | 8.0% | A Double IPA brewed with Citra, Idaho 7, Galaxy, Azacca Cryo & Citra Cryo |
| 40 | Hazy Faced Assassin | 5.7% | A beautiful, deceptively drinkable, fruity, strong, Hazy IPA. Brewed with low colour Maris Otter malt and Oats. Loaded with Citra & Galaxy hops and fermented with an East Coast yeast for flavours of peach, citrus and tropical fruit |
| 41 | Original Tap 7 | 5.4% | The traditional wheat beer brewed unaltered in accordance with the original recipe of Georg I. Schneider since 1872 – and since then simply marquee. Of a deep amber colour, harmonically balanced and strong. That’s what Bavaria tastes like |
| 42 | Must Be Summer Somewhere | 4.9% | Sweet and creamy mango ice cream pale, brewed with mango and apricot for a big fruity hit, plus Sabro for a touch of bitterness to add drinkability. The weather’s rough out there, but this summer pint will remind you it must be summer somewhere. Australia probably. Provide your own flakes |
| 43 | Tesselation | 7.5% | Our first ever double IPA is brewed with our pals from Polly’s Brew Co. Pithy, tropical, and dangerously smooth |
| 44 | NZ Story | 4.7% | Our generously dry hopped New Zealand Pilsner is all about Nelson Sauvin. An amazing hop that delivers a distinctive white wine character with fruity flavours of crushed gooseberry and grape. It still maintains the crisp, clean base of a traditional Pilsner with a light body and moderate bitterness. Perfect for Pilsner drinkers and fans of more hop forward beers |
| 45 | Point & Click | TBC | A Citra/Cascade session pale |
| 46 | Panda Goes West | 5.5% | This modern hazy IPA showcases New Zealand’s popular new hop Nectaron, which delivers peach, pineapple and tropical flavours. Citra and Columbus add a stone fruit and citrus profile, guaranteed to make you cherish every sip |
| 47 | Grannies Apple Crumble | 5.0% | Fruited sour is based on your nans favourite recipe! It’s tart but sweet like an apple pie should be…and it’s bright green! |
| 48 | Kidnapped By Sasquatch | 5.2% | DDH pale crammed full of Citra 702, Motueka and Nelson Super Sauvin, super hazy, super juicy! |
| 49 | Green Mountain Alcohol Free | 0.5% | ALCOHOL FREE – A beautiful hazy Vermont Session IPA. We generously dry hop with Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra and Amarillo hops, creating a hugely aromatic and juicy fruit bomb |
| 50 | Jaipur Noir | 5.9% | Our flagship beer has had a makeover to celebrate its 19th birthday! For this special batch we have added an array of dark malts to the brew to give this version it’s unique look alongside the classic Jaipur flavours. It has been hugely fun to make and we hope everyone enjoys drinking it |
| 51 | Bouncy Bouncy Elephants | 8.2% | Imperial Sour with Mango and Passion Fruit |
| 52 | Kriek Black Pepper | 4.0% | This beer has a delicate, fino sherry acidity, before the emergence of the cherry flavours and and almond like dryness on the clean, refreshing finish with a touch of pepperiness |
| 53 | Maria | 5.6% | Another classic from the Big Torrside Book Of Made-Up Beer Styles – all the smoky goodness of a German rauchbier meets the tart fruitiness of a Belgian oud bruin |
| 54 | Blue Raspberry | 5.0% | Blue, zingy, tangy and sweet. This modern sour beer is like a melted slush mixed with pick and mix. A non subtle bonkers sour beer |
| 55 | We Are The Weirdos Mister | 5.5% | Expect the hoppy tropical flavours of a NEIPA and creamy oat malt base with a low bitterness. Malt sweetness and a very subtle touch of roasted malt |
| 56 | Blood & Ink | 4.9% | Introducing Blood & Ink, a bold collaboration with the exceptionally talented tattoo artist Freddie Albrighton, bringing his art to life in a unique concept combining sweet, jammy fruit with the subtle salty flavour of deep, black squid ink |
| 57 | Teacake Sout | 5.0% | We’re paying homage to a beloved Scottish favourite, blending the soft sweetness of fluffy marshmallow with creamy milk chocolate, rich biscuit and a surprise burst of jammy goodness from juicy Scottish strawberries. Our teacake sour oozes with delight, one sip at a time |
| 58 | Wham-a-geddon | 7.0% | A juicy, hop-forward Double Dry-Hopped IPA that’s jam packed with a medlet of tropical fruit flavours, balanced by a smooth bitterness and earthy pine finish. It’s sure to be a hit! |
| 59 | Clique Fiesta | 4.8% | This contains 6 malts, has a medium body on the palate and lactose for a creamy mouthfeel. All that combined with some mega tasty Biscoffi flavouring means you can kick back and enjoy the Autumnal months with a hit to the senses |