BEER BEER GOOD FOR THE HEART THE MORE YOU DRINK IT THE MORE YOU... LONG ITCH BREWERY LIGHT RELIEF 3.8% LONG ITCH BREWERY HONEY TRAP 4.1% LONG ITCH BREWERY BACKSCRATCHER 4.5% The long Itch Brewery is very local & very new but already they are knocking out class, balanced beers. Variously a glugging golden ale, a strong old school ale & a cheeky little IPA filled with fruit. If you measure these things in beer miles, L.I.B is a top trump SALOPIAN SHROPSHIRE GOLD 3.8% A proven festival classic, easy gold beer, not too chicken oriental strength wise, so just a session masterclass. SALOPIAN LEMON DREAM 4.5% Well it’s a bit like ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin, lemony, SHrewsbury & dreamy pint. Good kit. HOLDENS GOLDEN GLOW 4.4% Yeah, black country beers. . . just a lovely summer beer, bit of bite at 4.4% but that just adds to the flavour. SKINNERS BETTY STOGS 4% One of my all time favourites. A giant Cornish classic. If I had to only have one beer forever, this would be very close. Nothing weird or surprising flavour wise like but it does everything very well. The Golf GTI of beers maybe? OLD PIE FACTORY BITTER OLD PIE FACTORY PALE OLD PIE FACTORY FESTIVAL Head brewer Josh likes a drop or 2 and his devotion to flavours is clear in his beer. Similar to a lot of micro breweries there’s a pale, a session & a stronger one. But his beers are already winning awards so tuck in. BLACKWATER RAT RACE 4% HOLDENS BUSH’S BREW 4.1% Pale & zingy beers from the yam yams. Sunny day, band playing. That’ll do pig. That’ll do. WOOD STREET HORNBEAM 4.4% STRATHAVEN SUMMER GLOW 3.9% The above 2 beers are from great breweries but are new seasonal ones therefore unknown at the time of, ahem, press…Just dig in. ROOSTERS STARS & STRIPES 4.3% If you all love Roosters clap your hands. This will be *!%$*!? Gorgeous beer! ADNAMS FAT SPRAT 3.8% Southwold, Suffolk. Super place, no nasty chain shops, beer delivered round village by horse & cart, beach huts…..because we’re bloody British. They have a long & proud history making excellent, consistent tasty beers these boys. * FYI. . Beers finish. This list is not legally binding. We want pre nup, we want pre nup!! SCRUMPY CIDERS... THISTLY CROSS STRAWBERRY 4% THISTLY CROSS WHISKY CASK 6.9% THISTLY CROSS GINGER 4% HOGANS HAZY DAISY 3.9% HOGANS PANKING POLE 6.2% GWYNT Y DDRAIG PYDER 6% FARMHOSE SCRUMPY 5.3% LYME BAY JACK RATT VINTAGE 7.4% MOLES BLACK RAT PERRY 7.5% MR WHITEHEADS MIDNIGHT SPECIAL PERRY 5% MR WHITEHEADS CIRRUS MINOR 5% CELTIC MARCHES THUNDERING MOLLY 5.2% SHEPPY’S FARMHOUSE MEDIUM 6% TWISTED MISTY CIDER MEDIUM 6% MR WHITEHEADS DEVILS DEVICE 8.4% HAIRY FERRET TRADITIONAL SCRUMPY 6% As always with the mystery that is scrumpy cider there is a large element of risk & reward. Some of them are bound to be proper bizarre, some of them will make your face screw up like you’ve double dropped fruit pastel sours & some will be so easy to drink that you will never want it to finish. But finish some will I’m afraid mi compadres. We will replace where we can with other alternatives of course, but nothing lasts forever (apart from the long version of American Pie) The skill is to get in while the going is good and watch out for bar staff going mobile from time to time with a camel back full of cider as well!! I would imagine, or more to the point I will imagine until Saturday, that any of the above ciders will go a ripper with one of the hog roast baps, and if I was being pushed a pint of the Black rat perry with a big kahuna burger will be a better marriage than any real marriage. Sip back & enjoy!!
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