Donate a barrel for just £100.
Includes your name on this website, in the West BeerFest Digest [programme], on the pump at the BeerFest and you also get four admission tickets. Each ticket is worth £10 and includes an engraved tankard and four beer vouchers or three wine vouchers. Just click on the link to email Dave Picken.
Brewery | Ale | abv | Donor | |
| West | Our very first West BeerFest Bitter. At 3.4% it's a superb session beer and a perfect way to start your trip round the BeerFest Bar. |
| 3.4% | HodgsonFish |
| Cain's | Finest Bitter Brewed in Liverpool by well known Hartlepool rugby stalwart Jim Kerr [father of flying winger Gareth] this is an award winning bitter - refreshing yet full-bodied bitter. The rich flavours of premium malt and goldings hops are unmistakable in this well balanced, traditionally brewed bitter. |
| 4.0% | |
Marstons | EPA Brewed to be an easy drinking, but flavoursome beer, EPA uses modern brewing methods and a combination of the modern and classic Cascade and Stryian hops. EPA is a refreshing, lighter blonde ale with subtle citrus flavours and a delicate bitter aftertaste. . |  | 3.9% |  |
Wychwood | Ginger Beard This amber ale is infused with fiery root ginger to deliver a spicy finish with a bit of bite. |  | 4.0% | Gingers & Stashers |
Brakspear | Ninety Nine Celebrate with this crisp refreshing beer. An oarsome hoppy beer.
|  | 4.4 | West Minis & Juniors
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Jennings | Cocker Hoop First spotted on Lake Windermere in the early 1900's the Tizzie Wizzie is said to have the body of a hedgehog, the tail of a squirrel and a pair of bee-like wings. This light well balanced ale with its fresh citrus aroma and spicy undertones make for a beast of a beer. |  | 4.6% | |
Brakspear | Oxford Gold English Target hops give this beer a remarkable aroma. Late hopping with Goldings and fermentation by the Brakspear yeast creates a remarkable zesty aroma, a full fruity flavour and a golden colour. Available All Year. |  | 4.0% | West Amateurs |
Ringwood | Boondoggle Boondoggle is an American term first coined in the 1920’s. Boondoggle is a word meaning 'work of little value' which we have interpreted to mean 'Jolly' or ‘any excuse for a pint’. A blonde and luscious ale – the perfect excuse. Brewed with the finest English Pale Malt, First Gold and Fuggles Hops. |  | 4.0% | Seneca Homes |
Jennings | Cocky Blonde Brewed on the banks of the River Cocker; this full bodied cocky blonde is sure to satisfy your thirst. Light and refreshing with a delicate hint of strawberry this beer has plenty to boast about. |  | 4.0% |  |
Jennings | Cumberland Ale Cumberland Ale is a superb deep golden coloured ale, brewed with malt made from specially-selected Maris Otter barley and using only the finest English aromatic hops. Launched in 1991, it is brewed using the traditional brewing style of over 100 years.
|  | 4.0% | CellTech |
Wychwood | Hobgoblin Hobgoblin is strong in roasted malt with a moderate hoppy bitterness and slight fruity character that lasts through to the end. The ruby red coloured Hobgoblin is full-bodied and has a delicious chocolate toffee malt flavour balanced with a rounded moderate bitterness and an overall fruity character.
|  | 4.5% | The Sunday Suppers |
Marstons | Old Empire With it's pale appearance, strong hoppy taste and higher alcoholic strength Marston's Old Empire comprises all the genuine characteristics of a true India Pale Ale, which were necessary to last the 3 month long journey from Burton to Bombay.
|  | 5.7% | Peter Olsen |
Marstons | Burton Bitter Marston's Burton Bitter is one of our oldest beers, amongst the first created by John Marston when he established his brewery in 1834. It is crafted using only the finest barley, hops, yeast and famous Burton spring water to deliver an exceptionally clean tasting beer combining malty biscuit flavours with a delicate hop character and finish. |  | 3.8% | |
Jennings | Sneck Lifter A strong satisfying ale, wonderfully warming and full of complex flavours which create an intriguing beer of great character. First introduced in 1990 as a winter warmer, and has become a firm favourite recently receiving a bronze at the Brewry Industry International Awards held in Munich.
|  | Stuart Bennett | |
Ringwood | Old Thumper Peppery, spicy aroma with a hint of apples. Luscious balance of grain and hop in the mouth, bitter sweet finish with delicate fruit notes. Warm, rounded yet surprisingly delicate pale strong beer. Voted Champion Beer of Britain by CAMRA in 1988. |  | 5.6% | |
Marstons | Pedigree Only using natural Burton spring water and traditional varieties of barley and hops (Maris Otter barley, Fuggles and Goldings hops), rather than less expensive, commercially grown modern hybrids. Unique in the world, it is still brewed in the oak casks of the Burton Unions to preserve its unique character, consistent quality and taste.
|  | 4.5% | |
Camerons | Strongarm Hartlepool's brewing tradition at its finest. The "Ruby Red" is best enjoyed with a foaming head where the sparkler is opened to allow the oxygen to release the rich flavours
|  | 4.0% |  |
Camerons | Trophy Special The cask version of the most popular beer "East of the A19." Originally brewed at Castle Eden Trophy Special is noted for the sweetness it leaves on your top lip and it's deceptively light and moreish . |  | 4.0% |  |
| Camerons | Best Bitter A light session bitter, well balanced with hops and malt. |  | 3.6% | Harry Hart |
| Camerons | First Gold Cameron's Olympic Games special. Light, refreshing and fruity.
|  | 4.2% | Seneca Homes |
| Thornbridge | Jaipur A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish. |  | 5.9% | |
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