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On behalf of the Organising Committee, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 8th LYTHAM

BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL at the Lowther Pavillion. For anybody who is unfamiliar with our festivals,

please have a look through this programme in which we have provided a number of tips and house rules that will hopefully make your visit smoother. The programme also includes lists of the range of drinks available at each bar, be it cask beer, cider, perry or world beer.

Every year we try to improve the Festival, with this programme itself hopefully being an improvement on the previous offering of a “Fylde Ale” and separately printed beer list. We hope you like it. We will also have one of our members, a keen home brewer, on hand to provide information as to how beer is brewed with a selection of ingredients for you to see and understand.

Every year, CAMRA runs a national competition to fi nd the best beer in the country - the Champion Beer of Britain (CBOB). We were hoping to bring you the newly crowned (2015) CBOB winner, Tiny Rebel “Cwtch”, but, alas, that has not proved possible - just too much in demand ! However, we are already looking ahead to 2016 and will be hosting the judging of the Best Bitter category for the North West in the run-up to next year’s CBOB competition. So, who knows, you might be drinking the ultimate 2016 winner - without knowing it - yet!

Please remember that this Festival is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers. They freely give up their time to run the Festival because of their love of real ale.

So please be patient when things get busy, we’ll serve you as quickly as possible. The Festival is a team effort and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my fellow CAMRA members who have helped to make the Festival possible.

As always at our festivals, we will be supporting a charity - this time, it’s North West Air Ambulance. In addition to money collected in the charity’s own boxes in the hall, we will donate the value of any unused beer tokens you place in the boxes we have on the way out the hall. Please give generously to this worthy cause.

I’d also like to thank our generous sponsors for their support - The Taps, Fifteens of St Annes, Lytham Brewery, Windmill Homes, Lowther Pavilion Café and Blackpool & Fylde Rail Users’ Association.

Many thanks also to the team at the Lowther Pavilion for hosting us.

Finally, our thanks to YOU for coming! Please enjoy yourselves, but remember, it isn’t a race, so please drink responsibly!

Rick PickupFestival Organising Committee Chairman

WELCOMEFROM THE FESTIVAL CHAIR!



Some information to help you enjoy this Festival that bit more. It’s tempting to ignore it, BUT PLEASE

DON’T!You’ve paid your entry fee and got a wristband

on (please don’t remove it until you leave - it proves you are entitled to be here!). Next things now are to get a glass and some beer tokens!

Then you can get drinking!

GLASSESYou can either HIRE a glass or BUY one (as a souvenir

of your visit) from the Hire or Souvenir Glasses Counter. If you decide to hire, you will get a plastic GLASS

TOKEN with your glass. Please don’t lose it - you will need to return it with the glass to get your money back.

The glasses are lined - at a pint, half-pint and third of a pint. You can order drinks in any of these quantities at all the bars except the World Beers Bar, where it comes in bottles - and from bottles (ie. it needs to be poured into the glass and not swigged from the bottle. Apart from anything else, it tastes better that way.)

If you break your glass, DON”T try and pick up the pieces (broken glass is easier for us to handle than a severed blood vessel). Alert a member of staff and leave it to them. Then go to the Glasses Counter for another glass.

When we call Time at the end of the night, there is a set period for drinking up (20 minutes). If you have a hire glass and want your money back, MAKE SURE YOU SUP UP AND RETURN IT IN GOOD TIME. Once the Hire Glasses Counter closes its till, that’s that!

BEER TOKENSWe have NO cash facilities on any of the bars.

Instead, you will need to get beer tokens from our Beer Tokens Counter for ALL the drinks you want to buy.

Tokens come in sheets of £5 or £10. Bar staff simply tick off the cost of your purchases.

If, at the end of your Festival visit, you still have some spare tokens over, you can get a refund at the Beer Tokens Counter. But PLEASE NOTE: the same time limit as for glass hire refunds applies here too - 20 minutes after Time is called.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FESTIVALSOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This festival programme is produced and published under the same editorial control and conditions as “Fylde Ale”, the quarterly magazine of Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA. If you want to compare the two, copies of “Fylde Ale” are freely available on the CAMRA Stall. “Fylde Ale” is also available on-line and in many local pubs (see the Branch website below - click on “News” and then “Fylde Ale”).

Any views expressed in this programme are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily endorsed by CAMRA locally or nationally. All editorial content is the copyright of Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA. Please contact the Editor if you wish to reproduce any of it. Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA accepts no liability in relation to the accuracy of advertisements; readers must rely on their own enquiries. It should also be noted that acceptance of an advertisement in this publication should not be deemed an endorsement of quality by Blackpool Fylde & Wyre CAMRA.

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Alternatively, you can DONATE the tokens to our Festival charity - the North West Air Ambulance - and depart with an added feeling of Goodness inside you !

But there is yet another option: if you fancy coming back to another Festival session, you can put the tokens in your pocket and use them another time!

BARS (4 TO CHOOSE FROM)MAIN BAR - British cask beers only, arranged in alphabetical order of brewery.

YOUNG MEMBERS’ BAR - again, British cask beers only (Young members of CAMRA are aged 18-30, but you don’t need to be one - or even pretend to be one - to get served here. We just want to encourage “the Young Ones” to take part - and, with a bit of luck and persuasion, join CAMRA!)

WORLD BEER BAR - non-UK bottled beers - a very good way to sample some excellent beer from elsewhere in the World.

CIDER & PERRY BAR - real British ciders and perries. No thudding arrows and Strongbow here, though the staff often wear strange attire (even by Festival standards) and maybe imagine they are participating in some rustic pursuit. Up to you whether you want to join in!

AVAILABILITY & BEING SERVEDWe cannot promise you that ALL of the drinks in this programme will be available throughout the whole of the Festival. Sometimes they don’t arrive as planned. Sometimes we have to get replacements at the last minute. Sometimes they are not in good enough nick to sell to you. But, most often, they just sell out - so don’t leave any of your special favourites till the last or you may be disappointed!

To get served quicker, we suggest you do your research fi rst. Check (using this programme) what you want and where to get it from. Then please be patient and considerate towards staff and other customers whilst waiting to be served. Staff are keen to serve you - as soon as they can!

Once you have been served, please move away from the bar, so others can get in.

GENERAL BEHAVIOURLike any pub, we are bound by licensing law. This

means that:

• It is an offence to buy (or attempt to buy) alcohol if you are under 18, or for another person who is under 18. We therefore operate a Challenge 21 scheme. So, if you look under 21, you may be asked, on entry or at the bars, for ID to prove you are 18 or over. Once we are satisfi ed, you will be given a special Age Verifi ed wrist band.

• Anyone under 18 may enter and stay in the Festival until 7 pm, provided they are in the charge of someone who is 18 or over, but they will probably have to wear a special wristband to show that they cannot be served alcohol. They will have to leave the Festival at 7 pm.

• Alcoholic drink may NOT be taken taken outside the building.

• We can refuse to admit or serve anyone who, in our opinion, is incapacitated by drink or whose behaviour is unacceptable. We don’t want to eject anyone from the Festival, but, if we have to, we will do. So, please DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

ALLERGENS: If you want information about potential allergens in any of our beers, ciders or perries, please ask a member of the relevant bar staff for assistance. If there is any doubt about the suitability of a drink, it may be better to stay safe and not try it.

TOILETS: GENTS & LADIES are in the Admissions area.

SMOKING: Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is NOT ALLOWED in the building.

FIRST AID: We have staff on hand who are trained in FIRST AID. If you need to call on their services, please see any of our staff and they will arrange that for you.

FEEDBACK & COMPLAINTS: Please feel free to tell us what you think of the Festival. Our Festival Chairman, Rick, is keen to know. If you don’t manage to buttonhole him in the hall (with or without his “Ignore Levin” teeshirt), you can email him on [email protected]. And, if you have any COMPLAINTS, please let him or any of us know straightaway.

ENOUGH RULES & REGULATIONS...

Please now just enjoy your visit!



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We are delighted to welcome Merry Berry Chocolates back to the Festival.

Beer and chocolate seem to hit the spot with so many people and they have many excellent offerings for you to try. However, if they’ve got their Scorpion Death Chilli with them again and you decide to give it a go, it might be an idea to wait till you’ve fi nished drinking fi rst... and have a recovery plan in place!

We don’t have other food on sale in the Festival hall itself,

but hot snacks and drinks will be available in the Lowther Pavilion Café throughout the Festival - until 4.45 pm and then from 6.30 pm till 9.30 pm. (Go back into the Admissions area and turn left.)

Food can be brought into the Festival hall.

ENTERTAINMENT !!

One of our home-brewing members Graham Monk will be on hand in certain sessions during the day to discuss the Noble Art of Brewing. Don’t think he’ll have any free samples, but it might give you a better appreciation of how all that delicious beer gets made. Just ask one of the staff when and where he is doing it.

As usual, there’s NO music (or muzak) during the day - just the cheery chink of glasses and the raucous hubbub of human voices (suitably lubricated).

But all change at night! THIS YEAR... for your Delectation... we have -

FULL FAT BOOGIE BAND - Friday Evening (from 8’ish)Pure rock ’n’ soul - highly danceable classics with a slightly rocky edge - from the well known Fylde Coast “boys who never grew up”.

BLACKJACKS - Saturday Evening (from 8’ish)A 4-man Indie rock/Alternative band from Burnley with classic stuff from the likes of Pulp, the Stereophonics and the Killers... and more besides.

Apologies to the “Disenchanted” - we can only suggest you switch off your hearing aids or bring earplugs Then smile, drink more beer and Oh Be Joyful!

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Without the help and support of these excellent folk, we might have struggled to make this Festival happen at all.

So, please raise your glasses with us to give them all A BIG THANK YOU.

In alphabetical order, they are...

• BLACKPOOL & FYLDE RAIL USERS’ ASSOCIATION

• FIFTEENS, St Annes

• LOWTHER PAVILION CAFÉ

• LYTHAM BREWERY, St Annes

• THE TAPS, Lytham

• WINDMILL HOMES, Lytham

OUR GENEROUSSPONSORS

Thank You!

We are very pleased to have the NWAA as our Festival Charity this year. It is not the fi rst time we’ve chosen

them, but they perform such excellent work in the North West (as some of us know at fi rst hand) that it is really good to have them here once again.

The NWAA is a registered charity and was established in 1999. It receives NO government funding and depends almost entirely on public donations. Each year it needs £6.2 million simply to keep it airborne and saving lives.

It operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, across an area of 5,500 square miles with a population of about 8 million. It covers all major motorway incidents and areas that have poor restricted road access. On average, the NWAA is called out 8 times a day and, in 2013-14, attended over 2,000 incidents, 625 of them in Lancashire alone.

Overcoming obstacles of distance, congestion and access, It often takes just 14 minutes to reach the scene of an incident, where the doctors and paramedics on board can provide timely, life-saving treatment. Then it is little more than 10 minutes’ travelling time to the nearest hospital.

You can donate money to them in various ways: by CASH in the collection buckets and/or by handing over your UNUSED BEER TOKENS at the Beer Tokens Counter.

EVERY amount given can make a DIFFERENCE - for somebody. One day it might be YOU. PLEASE BE GENEROUS.

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To help you with your selection of beers on our Main and Young Members’ Bars, there are tasting notes for

each beer listed below (where we have them!). But the following brief guide on style defi nitions may help you too. The style abbreviations appear against the relevant beers on the list.

MILDS MMilds are generally dark brown to black in colour.

They have a malt and light hop aroma and taste. They are generally lower in alcohol and may be sweeter that expected, often having a toffee/butterscotch taste. They may also be pale and these examples, generally called Pennine Milds, may have a light fruit taste and smell. Darker milds may have a liquorice or chocolate taste.

BITTERS BBitters are generally mid-brown in colour but can

be pale. There should be an evident hop aroma and medium-to-strong bitterness. They may taste fruity, but that should not be the predominant fl avour. There are also light-bodied versions that are low in alcohol and known as “Boys’ Bitters”. Bitters are usually under 4.0% ABV.

BEST BITTERS BBBest Bitters have many of the same characteristics

of Bitters. However, they are higher in alcohol, usually between 4.0 % and 4.6 % ABV.

STRONG BITTERS SBStrong Bitters yet again show many of the same

characteristics but are generally more malty. This category also covers IPAs (India Pale Ales) which should be well-fermented, strong bitters with little residual sweetness and a high level of hop fl avour. American IPAs will generally be made with New World hops that may have an intense, fruity fl avour. There are also Black IPAs; these are just IPAs brewed with a different malt which shouldn’t make a major change to the taste but will make the beer dark brown or black in colour. Strong Bitters are above 4.6% ABV.

GOLDEN ALES GAGolden Ales are pale, amber, gold, yellow or straw-

coloured. They should have a strong hop taste, often with tart citrus fruit notes, creating a refreshing character.

There should be no malt taste or aroma. Golden Beers can be of any strength.

OLD ALES/STRONG MILDS OA/SMThese are generally dark in colour but can be paler.

Old Ales should have a rich maltiness and be full-bodied. Strong Milds are generally quite caramelly and have a roast malt character. They are generally between 4.3% and 6.5% ABV.

PORTERS PPorters are dark in colour and have a robust, often

coffee-like, roast malt taste. They should be quite bitter and may have a raisin/sultana taste. They are normally over 4.0% ABV.

STOUTS STStouts are always black. There should be a dry,

roasted fl avour, from the use of roasted barley, and there is often a dry bitterness in the fi nish. Stouts may also be sweet; a milk stout, for instance, contains lactose, giving it a milky taste. Imperial Russian Stouts are much more intense and have a higher level of alcohol.

BARLEY WINES & STRONG OLD ALES BW/SOAThese are two styles but have a higher alcohol

content, generally 6.5% or higher, They should be full-bodied and may be sweet. Barley Wines are generally mid-coloured and may have a ripe fruit characteristic. Strong Old Ales are generally dark and very malty, and have a dark fruit, chocolate or coffee fl avour.

SPECIALITY BEERS SPECSpeciality beers are real ales that may be produced

with novel ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, honey, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, fl owers other than hops and cereals other than barley. (The last named being in addition to the small amounts of cereal adjuncts commonly used in standard beer styles, e.g. for head retention.) Many styles are brewed with different yeasts. “Saison” or “Sour” beers are in this category, as are lagers.

WHAT STYLE IS MY BEER?A GUIDE TO THE DIFFERENT BEER STYLES



CASK BEER LIST (L) = Local brewery (to the Branch area

(YMB) = Beer on the Young Members’ Bar

ALLGATES (L) Wigan, Greater Manchester HARDYBUTTS GA 4.5%

A light coloured beer with a well-balanced bitterness complemented with lemon and citrus aromas and added stem Ginger to give a distinctive aromatic warmth.

APPLEBY Appleby, Cumbria KNOCK ON! BB 4.0%

A red ale with rich malty overtones and a full body.

ATLAS Quoyloo, Orkney LATITUDE SPEC 3.6%

This straw coloured ale has a light citrus taste with a smack of hops and grapefruit in the light bitter fi nish.

AYR Ayr, Ayrshire FAIR JENNY’S JIG GA 4.5%

A golden ale tasting of tropical fruits and watermelon.

BANK TOP (L) Bolton, Greater Manchester FLAT CAP BB 4.0%

Amber ale with a modest fruit aroma leading to a beer with citrus fruit, malt and hops. Good fi nish of fruit, malt and bitterness.

Sponsored by THE TAPS

BEARTOWN Congleton, Cheshire PEACH MELBEAR SPEC 4.4%

An unusual and distinctive beer with a sweet aroma of peaches and elderfl ower, perfectly balanced by a hoppy bitterness in both the fl avour and fi nish.

BIG HAND Wrexham, Clwyd T-WREX GA 4.5%

A golden bitter with a perfect balance between a solid, sweet malt body and a strong, crisp, clean bitterness.

BLINDMANS Leighton, Somerset BUFF (YMB) B 3.6%

Amber-coloured, smooth session beer.

BLOOMFIELD BREWHOUSE Blackpool, Lancashire ANSDELL 47 B 3.8%

A blonde ale with gentle bitterness. PLUS another beer still to be confi rmed

BOROUGH Lancaster, Lancashire BITTER BB 4.0%

Sweet malty bitter with caramel fl avours and light hop balance.

BOWLAND (L) (Clitheroe, Lancashire) GOLD GA 3.8%

A hoppy, golden bitter with intense grapefruit fl avours.


BOX SOCIAL Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear KAFFIR B 3.9%

A session IPA with added lime leaves.

BRADFORD Bradford, West Yorkshire NORTHERN SOUL GA 3.8%

An easy-drinking session beer with pleasant fl oral aroma and fruity taste.

BRASS CASTLE Malton, North Yorkshire HAZELNUT MILD M 4.2%

A luscious 5-malt nut brown mild with a delicate hazelnut aroma.

BRENTWOOD South Weald, Essex CHOCKWORK ORANGE SPEC 6.5%

A deep chocolate malty beer brewed with oranges and matured to provide a classic old ale style beer.

CANOPY Herne Hill, Surrey BROCKWELL IPA SB 5.6%

A hoppy, heady, easy-drinking pale ale.

CASTLE ROCK (YMB) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire SHERWOOD RESERVE COFFEE ST 4.5%

An earthy, yet smooth tasting dark stout with a smoked roastness through to a roast bitter fi nish enhanced with coffee.

CHAPEL STREETBREWHOUSE (L) Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire

STRAWBERRY BLONDE B 3.8%Blonde session ale with added strawberry.

VANILLA STOUT ST 4.1%A full bodied and dry stout with added vanilla.

AMERICAN PALE ALE GA 4.8%A light refreshing pale ale with strong fl oral aromas.

CONISTON Coniston, Cumbria INFINITY IPA SB 6.0%

High-impact strong bitter. Fruity aromas persist in the powerful but well-balanced hoppiness and sweetness with nothing being lost in the fi nish.

CROUCH VALE South Woodham Ferres, Essex BREWERS GOLD GA 4.0%

Pale golden ale with a striking citrus nose. Sweet fruit and bitter hops are well-matched throughout.



CRYPTIC Stockport, Greater Manchester 1049 DEAD M 4.9%

A dark mild with a vibrant fruity aroma and mellow chocolate taste.

CUMBRIAN LEGENDARY Hawkshead, Cumbria LOWESWATER GOLD GA 4.3%

A dominant, fruity body develops into a light bitter fi nish. A beer that belies its strength.

DARK STAR Partridge Green, West Sussex AMERICAN PALE ALE GA 4.7%

American-style Pale Ale crafted with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops. Full hops aroma.

DORSET Crossways, Dorset CARMEN (YMB) BB 4.4%

Dark berry fl avours with a rich malty base and just a whiff of port.

FAT Crook, Co Durham CRIMSON SB 4.8%

A full-bodied beer with an intense fl avour and hue of roasted malt.

FUZZY DUCK (L) Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire MUCKY DUCK ST 4.0%

Dark stout, slightly sweet with chocolate and coffee notes from the roasted malt.

TANGERINE DUCK BB 4.4%Copper coloured beer with a hint of tangerine from the late addition of Crystal hops.

CITRA GA 3.9%Golden-coloured with a pleasant citrus fl avour.

GEORGE WRIGHT Rainford, Merseyside PIPE DREAM BB 4.3%

Refreshing hoppy Best Bitter with a fruity nose and grapefruit to the fore in the taste. A lasting, dry, bitter fi nish.


GREAT HECK Great Heck, North Yorkshire CLEVELAND BROWN SB 6.5%

A sweet and malty brown ale.

GREEN MILL Broadbottom, Greater Manchester ON THE TILES SB 4.8%

An IPA with a big, fruity taste.

HART (L) Preston, Lancashire LORD OF GLEN BB 4.2%

A light, smooth, citric-fl avoured ale with a nice,

malt aftertaste. COBBLESTONE STOUT ST 5.0%

A rich, deep stout.

HAWKSHEAD Staveley, Cumbria WINDERMERE PALE GA 3.5%

Crisp and fruity yellow beer with hints of melon and grapefruit and a strong, bitter aftertaste.

LAKELAND GOLD BB 4.4%Fresh, well-balanced, fruity, hoppy beer with a clean, bitter aftertaste.

Both sponsored by FIFTEENS

HEALEY’S Loppergarth, Cumbria BLONDE BB 4.0%

Aromatic bitter, sweet and tasty from the start with increasing hops and a dry, bitter fi nish.

HOLDEN’S Woodsetton, West Midlands GOLDEN SUNSET GA 4.7%

A deep golden beer with a spicy aroma and a clean, bitter taste.

HOPSTAR (L) Darwen, Lancashire BLACKBERRY STOUT ST 4.0%

A rich, dark, full-bodied stout infused with blackberries.

HOWARD TOWN Glossop, Derbyshire GREEN BINE GOLD GA 4.0%

A golden ale brewed with green hops.

ILKLEY Ilkley, West Yorkshire DERBY DAY SPEC 7.0%

This unusual beer combines rich chocolate malt fl avours with a lingering hit of fresh mint.

KIRKBY LONSDALE Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire JUBILEE STOUT ST 5.5%

Rich, well-balanced stout with malt. A long aftertaste retains this complexity and is surprisingly refreshing.

LITTLE VALLEY (YMB) Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire VANILLA PORTER SPEC 4.5%

Dark and complex with a fresh taste of vanilla dominating both the aroma and taste.

LIVERPOOL CRAFT Liverpool, Merseyside HINNOMAKI WHEAT SPEC 4.5%

A Belgian-style wheat beer brewed with gooseberries.





LYTHAM (L) St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire RADLER PILSNER GA 3.8%

A pale ale brewed using only light lager malt to give a smile-refreshing ale, subtly combined with a fruity twist, strawberry and lime for a fruity fi nish.

TWIT TWOO ST 4.6%Chocolate and caramel malts are combined with vanilla to produce a rich, smooth, dark beer that is satisfyingly indulgent.

STOUT ST 4.8%Smooth, velvety stout with a wonderful rich dark colour. A smooth, full-bodied beer with subtle bitterness, giving way to late sweetness and underlying roast barley hints.

Sponsored by BLACKPOOL & FYLDE RAIL USERS ASSOCIATION

MARBLE Manchester, Greater Manchester MANCHESTER BITTER BB 4.2%

Yellow beer with a fruity and hoppy aroma. Hops, fruit and bitterness on the palate and in the fi nish.

GINGER (YMB) SPEC 4.5%This full-bodied, copper-coloured beer displays a delicate blend of cloves, coriander and heaps of fi ery ginger.

MAXIM Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear LAMBTONS (YMB) GA 3.8%

A smooth Golden Ale, with citrus and hoppy fl avours.

MOORHOUSE’S Burnley, Lancashire BLACK CAT (YMB) M 3.4%

A dark mild-style beer with delicate chocolate and coffee roast fl avours and a crisp, bitter fi nish.

RUBY WITCH (YMB) BB 4.6%Dark, ruby-coloured, full-bodied ale with subtle roast fl avours, hints of spice and tangerine notes.

MOUSELOW FARM Dinting, Derbyshire MAYBE FRANK GA 3.7%

An easy drinking, golden ale.

NEPTUNE Maghull, Merseyside RIPTIDE B 3.6%

A robust British beer. TRITON GA 4.8%

A pale, hoppy beer brewed with American hops.

OUTSTANDING Bury, Greater Manchester IMPERIAL IPA SB 7.4%

Golden, strong and implausibly hopped.PEERLESS Birkenhead, Merseyside

OATMEAL STOUT ST 5%Full-bodied black stout. The use of oats gives a good mouthfeel and dark malts provide lots of backbone with toffee and caramel tones.

PHOENIX Heywood, Greater Manchester ARIZONA (YMB) GA 4.1%

Yellow in colour with a fruity and hoppy aroma. A refreshing beer with citrus, hops and good bitterness, and a shortish, dry aftertaste.


PORTOBELLO London, Greater London SUMMER BLONDE GA 4.2%

A refreshing, crisp beer giving soft fruit and citrus undertones.

RAMSGATE Broadstairs, Kent GADD’S SEASIDER BB 4.3%

A mellow, easy drinking ale.

RAN Fenton, Staffordshire STOUT ST 5.3%

Rich, fl avoursome dark ale with hints of coffee and chocolate.

REDWILLOW Macclesfi eld, Cheshire DIRECTIONLESS BB 4.2%

A balanced and easy drinking session ale, warm amber in colour with a subtle, candied orange fruitiness.

ROBINSON’S Stockport, Greater Manchester TROOPER 666 (YMB) SB 6.6%

Packed with malt and slightly sweet with a dry, fruity hop fi nish and caramel notes.

ROCK THE BOAT Formby, Merseyside MUSSEL WRECK B 3.9%

An easy-drinking smooth ale with fruity fl avours and a short, bitter fi nish.

ROUSTABOUT Greater Manchester SEVEN ELEVEN GA 4.0%

A pale ale with a big, fruity taste.

RUDGATE Tockwith, North Yorkshire SPECTRALE (YMB) B 4.0%

A pale beer with a fresh, zesty, hoppy fi nish.

SALOPIAN Hadnall, Shropshire SHROPSHIRE GOLD B 3.8%

A light, copper-coloured ale with an unusual blend of body and dryness.

SALTAIRE Shipley, West Yorkshire TRIPLE CHOCOHOLIC SPEC 4.8%

A creamy, dark brown, roast, chocolate stout with a dry bitter fi nish and a rich chocolate aroma.

SONNET 43 Coxhoe, County Durham BOURBON MILK STOUT SPEC 4.3%

Bourbon, cocoa and oats give this dark beer a rich, full-bodied, chocolatey bitterness.



SOUTHPORT (L) Southport, Merseyside DARK KNIGHT M 3.9%

A dark traditional mild.

STAMPS Liverpool, Merseyside GALAXY B 3.9%

Pale malt is used with a blend of Galaxy and Centennial hops to produce a refreshingly hoppy beer.

STOCKPORT Stockport, Greater Manchester GINGER TINGE SPEC 4.2%

Crisply hopped with a ginger bite.

THREE Bs (L) Darwen, Lancashire SHUTTLE ALE GA 5.2%

A rustic-coloured traditional strong pale ale.Sponsored by LOWTHER PAVILION CAFÉ

THREE DAGGERS Edington, Wiltshire DAGGERS EDGE SB 4.7%

A strong bitter with enjoyable, fruity fi nish.

TITANIC Burslem, Staffordshire PLUM PORTER SPEC 4.9%

Dark brown with a powerful fruity aroma. A sweet plum fruitiness gives way to a gentle bitter fi nish.

TOTALLY BREWED Nottingham, Nottinghamshire CAPTAIN HOPBEARD (YMB) SB 5.5%

Amber coloured ale with citrus hops aplenty with a strong bitter fi nish.

TRYST Larbert, Stirlingshire HOP TRIAL EKG GA 3.0%

A pale golden beer with a herbal aroma and slightly peppery taste.

ULVERSTON Ulverston, Cumbria LAUGHING GRAVY BB 4.0%

Smooth and grainy brown bitter with a good mix of fl avours.

VOCATION Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire BREAD & BUTTER GA 3.9%

Fresh fl avours and aromas of pine, peach, lychee and citrus fruits, tempered by a smoothly rounded bitterness.

WALL’S Northallerton, North Yorkshire GUN DOG BITTER B 3.8%

A traditional bitter, amber in colour and with a hoppy fl avour.

WATERMILL Ings, Cumbria WINDERMERE BLONDE BB 4.2%

Light and creamy, fruity and sweet with good hop balance to form a very satisfying beer.

WHALEY BRIDGE Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire RAPA NUI SB 4.9%

A pale amber ale, subtly spiced with a hint of orange.

WOLF Besthorpe, Norfolk LAVENDER HONEY SPEC 3.7%

Malty caramel aroma leads into a bitter-sweet beginning with background honey notes. A long drying fi nish.

WOODFORDE’S Woodbastwick, Norfolk WHERRY B 3.8%

Amber-coloured with an orange citrus nose. A swirling mix of malt, hops, citrus and bitterness combines to provide a tangy, marmalade dryness.

YORKSHIRE HEART Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire GET PITHED (YMB) SPEC 4.2%

An orange fruit beer with a refreshing taste perfect for any time of the day.



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Here at the Cider and Perry Bar, we have varying styles

of real cider and perry for your delectation - sweet, medium and dry, with at least one that’s

cloudy, and some pale and clear.

The ciders and perries are available in half-pint and third-of-a-pint

measures, as well as pint measures - to make it easier to sample them responsibly.

When we talk about “real” cider and perry, we refer to traditional products that have been neither pasteurised nor carbonated and are ideally made from specially designated cider apples or perry pears. The more heavily processed products generally found in pubs are far less complex and satisfying than the more traditional styles. Unfortunately, these traditional styles are under serious threat, even in their heartland, the south-west of England. CAMRA supports the production of real cider and perry, and campaigns to protect smaller producers and to promote the wide choice of styles available.

For more information about cider and perry, visit CAMRA’s national website www.camra.org.uk/cider. For a snapshot of what’s going on locally with cider and perry in our branch area pubs, why not take a look at the “Apple Press” article in the latest Fylde Ale (copies are available on the CAMRA stall)?

Listed below are the ciders and perries we expect to have available. BUT please note – we cannot promise that all products will be available at every session. When it’s gone, it’s gone!

If you want to discuss any of our offerings, we’d be delighted to talk to you. So, come on over!

Vanessa Gledhill, Cider Bar Manager

CIDERS & PERRIESAT THE CIDER & PERRY BAR

CIDERSASHOVER, Derbyshire POETS’ PIPPINBARKERS, Worcestershire CIDERBIDDENDENS, Kent STRONG DRY CIDERCELTIC MARCHES, Herefordshire LILY THE PINKCOUNTRYMAN, Devon SWEET CIDERFOXFIELD, Cumbria CIDERPERRYS, Somerset MEDIUM SWEET CIDERROSS-ON-WYE, Herefordshire DRY CIDERWESTONS, Somerset JANET’S JUNGLE JUICEWINKLEIGHS, Devon AUTUMN SCRUMPY

PERRIES BARBOURNE, Worcestershire PERRYBROADOAK, Somerset PREMIUM PERRYDOUBLE VISION, Kent IMPEARED VISIONROSS-ON-WYE, Herefordshire PERRY



As usual, we have tried to bring you a fi ne selection from the vast variety of fl avours that make up the

great World of Beer outside the UK. There are a number of beers we have not seen

before at Lytham, starting with one from Norwegian craft brewers, Nøgne Ø (pronounced “NOEG-neh OEH”), who send us a hoppy refreshing Pale Ale (6%). I am told their beers are served at the Norwegian Embassy!

From Germany we have Leipziger Gose – a speciality of the Leipzig region - a pale, top-fermented, slightly tart and refreshing ale. Since we coincide with this year’s Oktoberfest, we thought we’d save you the effort and expense of actually going there and bring you instead a good range of Bavarian beers - from traditional Oktoberfest Märzen beers (still to be arranged) to Weissbiers from Erdinger (the luscious Dunkel) and Paulaner.

No world selection could be complete without examples of the extraordinary brewing habits of Trappist monks – and this is no exception. Some still actually

brew, and few fi ner than those at Rochefort’s Abbey of Saint-Rémy in Belgium, whose superb Dubbel-style 8 we feature. Others have subcontracted their brewing to commercial brewers but still monitor their output – the so called “abbey “ beers, of which our Maredsous Tripel is a fi ne example. However, the sheer variety of Belgian brewing is its greatest strength – from sour reds, such as Duchesse de Bourgogne and Rodenbach, to classic pales such as De Koninck and powerful blondes such as Omer.

Our popular selection of Belgian fruit beers returns this year, with a welcome reappearance of Liefmans Cuvée Brut – a rich 6% Kriek (cherry-fl avoured). There are other connoisseur fruit beers too - Boon Kriek (4%) - and the rare Drie Fonteinen Geuze. For the uninitiated, “geuze” is an extremely sour, naturally fermented beer that forms the base for many of the fruit beers but, on its own, has a unique fl avour - defi nitely an acquired taste !

Another old festival favourite making a welcome return this year is St Sylvestre’s Trois Monts, a 750ml 8.5% “bière de garde” – a “bière to share!” - an easy drinking, blonde beer which packs a punch!

Whatever your tastes, come on over and see us at the World Beers Bar. We’ll be happy to help you with your choice!

Rob Wheatley, World Beers Bar Manager

WORLD BEERSWELCOME TO THE WORLD BEERS BAR

COOPERS Australia PALE ALE (375ML) 4.5%

Fruity and robust. Naturally fermented in the “Burton” style, secondary fermentation creating trademark sediment that gives a fi ne cloudy appearance.

LITTLE CREATURES Australia PALE ALE (330ML) 5.2%

Back at Lytham, the beer wasn’t being exported at all for a while. Citrussy, but well balanced.

ACHOUFFE Belgium HOUBLON (330ML) 9.0%

World-class “tripel” that tastes like a real IPA should, with three types of hops and a natural maltiness that is not overpowered by them.

MCCHOUFFE (330ML) 8.0%Dark and full-fl avoured, it is sometimes called “the Scotch of the Ardennes”.

BRASSERIE DE LA SENNE Belgium TARAS BOULBA (330ML) 4.5%

Originally an experimental beer trying to reproduce a traditional big Belgian blond beer with lower alcohol content. Succeeded well enough to continue.

DE KONINCK Belgium DE KONINCK (330ML) 5.2%

“The King”, Antwerp’s best. Probably the fi nest pale ale on the market with a true classic “biscuit” feel.

DRIE FONTEINEN Belgium OUDE GEUZE (375ML) 6.0%

A true Geuze blended from 1, 2, and 3 year-old lambic, unfi ltered and unpasteurized and aged in the bottle for at least a year.

MOORTGAT Belgium MAREDSOUS TRIPEL (330ML) 10.0%

An authentic Abbey tripel, its brewing is still closely monitored by the abbey’s monks. Golden, creamy, luscious and smooth.

OMER Belgium OMER (330ML) 8.0%

Brewed by the Vander Ghinste family since 1892 (the eldest son of each generation is named Omer and heads the company). A big, blond beer with fruity aroma and subtle bitterness.

ROCHEFORT Belgium ROCHEFORT 8 (330ML) 9.2%

A dry but rich beer from the Abbey of Saint-Rémy.



RODENBACH Belgium RODENBACH (250ML) 5.2%

Blend of 75% young beer and 25% old beer, aged two years in large oak casks. Bears the proud title of “the most refreshing beer in the world”.

VERHAEGHE Belgium DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE (330ML) 6.2%

Sour beers are very fashionable, this is how they should really taste. Top-fermented, reddish-brown ale from a blend of 8 and 18 months old beers matured in oak casks.

BUDWEISER BUDVAR Czech Republic BUDVAR (500ML) 5.0%

Universally regarded as one of the world’s greatest lager-conditioned beers. Way superior to the heavily advertised “euro-fi zz “ you see on TV.

ST SYLVESTRE France TROIS MONTS (750ML) 8.5%

Star of the show! A large bottle to share with a friend. A powerful, blond “bière de garde” brewed with strong Flemish hops.

AUGUSTINER Germany HELLES (500ML) 5.2%

Classic Munich beer. A pale lager, crisp and soft with citrus hops with a slightly sweet fi nish.

BAYERISCHER BAHNHOF Germany LEIPZIGER GOSE (330ML) 4.6%

This brewery brews mainly for the US market. A refreshing, slightly sour beer, very quenching with a distinct taste of coriander leaf.

ERDINGER Germany DUNKEL (500ML) 5.3%

A dark, rich, smooth wheat beer. Slightly spicy fl avour and a fi ne, yeast mouth - seemingly the sign of a good Weiss bier!

FRÜH Germany KÖLSCH (500ML) 4.8%

Only beers brewed in Cologne can be called “Kölsch”. Blond, crisp and refreshing with fl owery, vanilla hops.

HOFBRÄU Germany ORIGINAL (500ML) 5.1%

A refreshing Munich beer of world renown.

PAULANER Germany WEISS (500ML) 5.5%

A classic with a mild banana aroma, a trace of mango and pineapple, and a sweet/bitter balance. Beer buffs appreciate the fi ne note of yeast.

AMA Italy BIONDA (355ML) 6.0%

Very stylish table beer designed by Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery but brewed in Italy. A golden beer, soft, fl oral and fruity.

NØGNE Norway PALE ALE (500ML) 6.0%

A rich, malty, and very bitter ale. Cascade hops provide a long, fruity and spicy aftertaste. Norway is producing some exceptional beers such as this.

ANCHOR USA LIBERTY (355ML) 5.9%

A “best bitter” style beer, beautifully hopped with aromatic Cascade hops. First brewed in 1975 for the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride.

STEAM BEER (355ML) 4.8%The taste of San Francisco. Californian law states that a brew must be less than 5% to be called beer; anything over that can be called ale or any other word except beer.

BOULEVARD USA SINGLE WIDE IPA (355ML) 5.7%

A golden-coloured beer with a prominent fl owery, grapefruit hop aroma, a moderate caramel malt fl avour and a dominant hop bitterness and fl avour.

BROOKLYN USA LAGER (355ML) 5.2%

A “Vienna” style lager, a little darker and maltier than modern lagers. The style that New Yorkers drank early in the 19th century.

FLYING DOG USA SNAKE DOG (355ML) 7.1%

A powerful, dry, East Coast IPA from a brewery in Maryland that has a fi ne reputation. Founded in the Rockies in 1990, it moved to Maryland in 1994.

BELGIAN FRUIT FLAVOURED BEERS BOON: KRIEK (Cherry) (375ML) 4.0%

FLORIS:FRAISE (Strawberry) (330ML) 3.6%FRAMBOISE (Raspberry) (330ML) 3.6%MANGO (Mango-fl avour) (330ML) 3.6%

FRÜLI: STRAWBERRY (Strawberry) (330ML) 4.1%

KASTEEL: ROUGE (Cherry) (330ML) 8.0%

LIEFMANS: CUVÉE BRUT (Cherry) (375ML) 6.0%



Do you ever stop to wonder why we put on these beer festivals? No? I don’t really blame you. I’d probably

prefer myself to simply settle back, sample some beers and enjoy it all. But, if I may, I’d like to draw your attention to the actual benefi ts of joining CAMRA.

Firstly, you are eligible to work at a CAMRA festival (sometimes other branches’ ones as well, including the Great British Beer Festival in London), where you can learn more about beer (and cider) and then offer your expertise to other drinkers and help them with their choices.

Secondly you can be ‘active’ at committee and branch meetings and join in our many social and pub ‘survey’ trips. Check out “Events for Your Diary” in this programme or on our Branch website www.blackpool.camra.org.uk (where you can also fi nd the latest copy of Fylde Ale). You can have a voice on key issues too, such as pub closures, beer taxation and the price of a pint, to name a just a few. More importantly, you can vote every month on the quality of beer and cider in your favourite pubs and help decide which of them goes into The Good Beer Guide; and also help decide our Branch awards (pub of the season and pub/club/cider pub of the year). These awards are often fi ercely contested, with only a few votes in it, so if you really think your local is the best (and after all, you’re drinking their wares), why not support them!

On the subject of beer, several local hostelries offer a beer discount to CAMRA members (again check Fylde Ale for details), potentially offering you huge savings over a year. A case in point was a young person who attended every day of both Fleetwood and Lytham festivals with two friends who were CAMRA members. I tried to convince him to join, but he was slightly apathetic ‘Hmm, yeah well...’ I pointed out that he had paid £12 more than his friends over the two festivals, simply to get in, and how much more beer that could have bought. I then asked him which pub was his local and was able to tell him it offered a discount. “How often do you go there?” I asked. “About three times a week” he replied. “How much do you have each time?” “Usually three to four pints” “Thirty pence a pint, twelve times a week is £3.60. Fifty two weeks a year saves you... £187.20! Still not worth joining?” Needless to say, once that was pointed out, he joined straight away!

Members also save money on various CAMRA products such as clothing and publications, including the Good Beer Guide (usually saving around £6) and various other guides to cities, countries and beer styles. You also receive the monthly CAMRA newspaper ‘What’s

Brewing’ and a quarterly magazine simply called ‘Beer’ (usually around £4 to buy).

Discounts are not only alcohol-related; the following leisure and entertainment offers are also available: Beer Hawk (10%); Cotswold Outdoor (10%); Cottages For You (10%); Hoseasons Holidays (10%); National Express (15%); Red Letter Days (Brewery & Tasting Days) (10%); Sea Life Centre/Alton Towers/’Dungeons’ (Merlin Group) upto 52%; Top rooms.com (10%); Weird Fish (on-line) (15%) • All details are available www.camra.org.uk.

Finally, of course, all CAMRA members receive £20 worth of Wetherspoon vouchers (giving you 50p off a pint of real ale or cider at any of their pubs - and, at present, there are nine in this area).

Still not convinced? As our pesky, tea-throwing colonial cousins might say: ‘Go do the maths’.

If you’re persuaded, you can join here and now - at the festival - and get some of the benefi t straightaway with a reduced entry charge.

Mark Kirkland

JOINING CAMRAWHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARYTo give you an idea what else is going on in this Branch of CAMRA, here are some details of our future events. You don’t always have to be a CAMRA member to join in. All are welcome unless we say otherwise below. See website for fuller details - www.blackpool.camra.org.uk

BRANCH MEETINGS: [8pm start unless otherwise stated]

• Tues 27th October St Annes Cricket Club• Tues 24th November Clarence, Blackpool

REGIONAL MEETINGS: [13.00 start unless otherwise stated]

• Sat 21st West Pennine Regional November Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley• Sat 16th January Lancashire Branches, TBC

SOCIALS:

We organise GREAT trips to all sorts of places - usually by coach. There are various set pick-up points around the Fylde for coach trips - St Annes, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Thornton and Poulton-Le-Fylde. Times vary from to trip to trip, so check our website for full details.

The trips tend to be very popular, so it’s important to make a RESERVATION. If you’re a Branch member, you can do this on our website, under “Trip Bookings” (you’ll need to log in fi rst). Alternatively email our Social Offi cer, Lorna at socialoffi [email protected]).• Sat 10th October Aire Valley & Bradford• Sat 7th November Leek & Macclesfi eld

BRANCH BEER & CIDER FESTIVALS

When’s the NEXT FESTIVAL! Get it in your diary NOW!• Fleetwood Beer & Cider Festival: Thurs 11th - Sat 13th Feb 2016 - Marine Hall, Fleetwood.

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