The 2015 Ales

By Tippler - April 28 2015
The 2015 Ales
Thirty top quality Ales for you to choose from. All come from a traditional handpull and are temperature controlled at the optimum 12 degC for your delight and delictation
  Brewery   Ale Abv  

    Donor Friday   

   Donor Saturday   

 West Best 2014  Festival Ale    WestBest  4.0% This year's West Best is a tribute to a young man  who made a massive contribution to our Colts team before his sudden death earlier this year.

 In Memory

of Ed Hunt

  In Memory

of Ed Hunt 

 Strongarm  Camerons    Strongarm  4.0% Strongarm is now a permanent feature on the bars in the new clubhouse but we simply dare not leave it off our Beer Festival bar. Hartlepool's finest.  Manor Old Boys Manor Old Boys
 Gold Bullion Camerons   Gold Bullion
 3.9% Camerons are noted for their ruby red beers but this is a new, contemporary golden ale with a heavy hoppy citrus bias provided by the outstandingly fruity American Columbus hop. Very refreshing ..

Graham Frankland

Dave Harding

and Graeme Scott

Graham Frankland

Dave Harding

and Graeme Scott

 GalacticoCamerons 150 Camerons   150 5.0% Created to celebrate 150 years of brewing excellence at Camerons. This is a  special 5% version of the brewery’s flagship brand Strongarm. Using the famous ‘Ruby Red’ ale as its base they  have introduced a greater hoppy taste to compliment the malty flavour the original brew is renowned for.  Tony Wilson Tony Wilson
 Nutty Black Thwaites   Nutty Black 5.1% This is last year's World Best Mild thanks to its " hints of chocolate and toffee just about apparent. Molasses, chocolate, roast, cold coffee notes on the palate; a dry grainy finish.  Hazel Windows Hazel Windows
Thwaites Original Thwaites   Original 3.6% A beer that’s as Original today as it was in 1807, when Daniel Thwaites himself began brewing.
A refreshing amber bitter brewed using premium grade Maris Otter malt and a blend of traditional English hops including Goldings and Fuggles for a malty flavour with a delicate dry finish. 
Marstons Marstons
 Hooray Henley  Brakspear    Hooray Henley  4.0% A firm West BeerFest favourite. Styrian Golding’s hops are added three times to this pale golden brew. Aroma and flavour are citric, malty and hoppy with a bitter finish  SportNetwork SportNetwork
Saphir  Revisionist    Saphir  4.0% Suingle hop beers are becoming more and more popular and this one is grown deep in the heart of the Hallertau region, between Munich & Regensberg in Germany. Saphir has spice, fruit and citrus flavours ....  Travis Perkins Travis Perkins
Help for Heroes   Marstons Innovations    Help For Heroes  4.2% Marstons donate 6p for every pint of this special ale. It is brewed at  Burton  by Innovations Brewer Genevieve Upton who was helped by three ex-Servicemen Pete Dunning, Dan ‘Baz’ Whittingham and Simon Brown who were all injured in action whilst serving for the British Forces. West Minis & Juniors West Minis & Juniors
 New World Ale Marstons   New World Ale 3.8% This golden ale made its debut at last year's festival and its keg version is now a permenant fixture on the club bars. Say no more. Gingers & Stashers   Gingers & Stashers 
 Shipyard Independence  Shipyard    Independence  4.2%

Very appropriatee for this weekend Shipyard American Pale Ale was first released in 2013 in the United Kingdom through a unique partnership between Shipyard Brewing Company and Marston’s in the UK. Now Shipyard American Pale Ale is available in the US on draft and in bottlesas well as in the Uk and West Hartlepool.

 
 Charles Dickens Charles Dickens
 WhiteWych  Ringwood    Boondoggle  4.2% A blonde and luscious ale brewed with the finest English Pale Malt, First Gold and Fuggles Hops.  A firm favouritee with the discerning palates of the West club regulars  Waltons Clark Whitehill Waltons Clark Whitehill
 Cumberland Ale  Jennings    Cumberland Ale  4.0% One of the mpst reliable and popular ales in the North. A superb golden coloured ale, brewed with English pale ale malt and using only the finest English aromatic hops. Brewed in the supoerby traditional surroundings of the Cockermouth brewery. Bianco's Deli Bianco's Deli
 Sneck Lifter  Jennings    Sneck Lifter  5.1% Originally brewed as a winter warmer in 1990 we make no apologies for offering it in the middle of summer.  An award winning beer, a strong, satisfying ale full of complex flavours.  Stasha De Stelle
Stasha De Stelle
 Marstons Pedigree  Marstons    Pedigree  4.5% There are some ales which are so ubiquitous thet barely register on the critical scale. Pedigree isn't one of them. It's widely available and widely promoted through sport  promoted but it has never lost its character and its ability to please.  Hart Biologicals Hart Biologicals
 Hobgoblin  Wychwood    Hobgoblin  4.5% This is one of the finest traditional English ales. Brewed in Oxfordshire it has assumed legendary status thanks to traditionally craft brewing which has produced a full-bodied, Ruby beer that delivers a delicious chocolate
toffee malt flavour.
 Peter Olsen FCA Peter Olsen FCA
 Hobgoblin Gold Wychwood   Hobgoblin Gold 4.2% Hobgoblin Gold is the latest beer carrying the famopus name. A combination of six hop varieties and an infusion of wheat and malted barley has resulted in the perfect golden beer – with a huge hop punch.  Wise Financial Wise Financial
 Ringwood FortyNiner  Ringwood    FortyNiner  4.9% Fortyniner is named after the 1849 gold rush which, as far as we are aware didn't take palce anywhere near the Hampshire brewery. Golden in colour and brewed to 4.9%, Ringwood has been brewing this classic beer since 1978’.  Hodgsonfish Hodgsonfish
 Old Empire  Marstons    Old Empire  5.7% We can gaurantee that this is one of the most enjoyable ales at the BeerFest.  With its pale appearance, strong hoppy taste and higher alcoholic strength it comprises all the genuine characteristics of a true India Pale Ale, which were necessary to survive the three month long journey from Burton to Bombay.  Atkinson Print
Atkinson Print
 Oxford Gold  Brakspear    Oxford Gold  4.0%  A perfect summer ale. Oxford Gold is a remarkably zesty brew, with fresh, citrussy aromas and a firm, fruity flavour. Pale ale malts provide the beer with its gold-gilt shimmer..  MKM Hartlepool
 MKM Hartlepool
 Piledriver  Wychwood    Piledriver 4.3%
 Named after Status Quo's first album this is a classic English amber ale with a satisfying fruity flavour. Dave Stubbs & Peter Wilkinson
Dave Stubb & Peter Wilkinson
 White Stout  Durham    White Stout  7.2%  Be very careful with this one. Stout. At 7.2% it is the strongest ale by far at this year's BeerFest and the word from the Brewery is this is one of their best ever brews. It was actually brewed last October and thanks to its high alcohol content has matured beautifully. Drink responsibly. Fred Corbett & Keith Parkinson
 Fred Corbett & Keith Parkinson
 Evensong  Durham   Evensong  5.5%

A traditional English ruby bitter and a champion Gold winner of Great British Beer Festival 2005. Smooth, balanced toffee and caramel combine with English goldings, fuggles and challenger hops to make a superb early 20th century malty bitter.

 West Spartans West Spartans
 White Amarillo  Durham    White Amarillo  4.1% A true session beer.  Easy drinking, clean and satisfying with American Amarillo hops. A golden colour with a creamy white head and lace. Aroma is nice citrus/floral hops with a nice balance of caramel malt.   Raffertys Raffertys
 King Swing Marstons    King Swing  3.8% England's record breaking fast bowler James Anderson was involved in helping craft this beer and more than happy to give his nickname to it.  It is a 3.8% abv refreshing pale ale full of appetising malt and hop character.  The Buffet Kings & Queens
The Buffet Kings & Queens
Wainwright   Thwaites   Wainwright  4.1%  Alfred Wainwright is a legend to all hill walkers and the beer named after him is a fitting tribute. A golden thirst quenching morish ale brewed in Blackburn and specially popular in the Lake District - for obvious reasons.  Black Bull Trimdon   Black Bull Trimdon
 Lancaster Bomber Thwaites    Lancaster Bomber  4.4%

An award winning full-bodied chestnut coloured ale with
an inviting malty aroma and warming aftertaste. Two Times Gold Medal Winner in the European Beer Star Awards (2007 & 2011) Silver medallist in the International Beer Challenge 2012.

  Murray Highnam  Murray Highnam
 Apus American Navigation   Apus American IPA  5.5%  A refreshing American style IPA brewed with lager malts. Well balanced with a full American hop flavour, deceptively drinkable with a lasting aftertaste. Metcalfe Roofing   Metcalfe Roofing
 Blonde Bombshell  Old Mill   Blonde Bombshell 4.0% Brewed in Snaith this is  pale barley malt, with wheat and Bohemian hops makes this a fruity beer with a sweet finish. Focus Cladding Focus Cladding
 Wizard Robinson's   Wizard 3.7% Inspired by a local Cheshire legend ‘The Wizard of Alderley Edge’, this ale combines five English hops, pale, wheat & crystal malts to produce  sessionable  amber ale.    West Platinum Club West Platinum Club