A site for real ale lovers (and other drinkers) to share experiences.
Brewery | Beer | % |
Ballard’s | Midhurst Mild | 3.5 |
Burts | Nipper Bitter | 3.8 |
Bushys | Best Bitter | 3.7 |
Concertina Band Club | K W Special Pride | 4.5 |
Elgoods | Pageant | 4.3 |
Enville | Simpkiss | 3.8 |
Harviestoun | Original | 4.1 |
Hogs Back | A Pint-a Bitter | 3.7 |
Hook Norton | Mild | 3.0 |
Juwards | Bitter | 3.9 |
Juwards | Premium | 4.9 |
Kelham Island | Golden Eagle | 4.2 |
Little Avenham | Clog Dancer | 4.0 |
Little Avenham | Pickled Priest | 4.3 |
Timothy Taylor | Golden Best | 4.3 |
Brewery | Beer | % |
Batemans | Dark Mild | 3.0 |
Bathams | Mild | 3.5 |
Brains | Dark | 3.5 |
Bushys | Best Bitter | 3.7 |
Donnington | Best Bitter | 3.5 |
Dyffryn | Druid | 3.9 |
Enville | Simpkiss | 3.8 |
Hardy’s & Hanson’s | Mild | 3.1 |
Hogs Back | Traditional English Ale | 4.2 |
Kelham Island | Pale Rider | 3.8 |
Morrell’s | Mild | 3.7 |
Reindeer | Moild | 3.5 |
St. Austell | Mild | 3.4 |
Attended by:-
PV, MG & ROC plus many others
Dave John had established ‘The Red’ as Aldershot’s premier real ale pub and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of VE Day put on a celebratory beer festival featuring some of the special commemorative brews produced.
We were very fortunate as this was one of the few such beer festivals held despite the importance of the anniversary; a point highlighted by the distance some of the other drinkers had travelled to attend. One group from Lancashire had travelled on to Aldershot after attending a festival in East Anglia on the Friday. The only real surprise was that there were so few there, probably less than 20 all Saturday afternoon.
It was a very pleasant weekend and with no cooling in the garden marquee the beers were a little warm.
Brewery | Beer | % |
Hogs Back | Victorious English Ale | 4.5 |
Coach House | VE Commemorative Ale | 4.5 |
Burts | Freedom Ale | 5.2 |
New Ale | Valediction Exodus | 4.1 |
Banks & Taylor | Victory Gold | 5.0 |
Eldridge Pope | Liberation Bitter | 4.6 |
Pilgrim Ales | VE Mild | 3.8 |
Brewery on Sea | Dive Bomber | 4.4 |
Gales | VE Ale | 4.5 |
Cheriton | Vera Lynn | 4.0 |
Lastingham | National Pride | 3.8 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC, MG & KOC
Pleased with the success of the first Woking beer festival, the council and SHB CAMRA again joined forces to good effect.
Brewery | Beer | % |
Caledonian | 80/- Ale | 4.1 |
Enville | Mild | 4.0 |
Gales | Festival Mild | 4.8 |
Goff’s | Jouster Ale | 4.0 |
Hogs Back | Yes | 4.2 |
Iceni | Bodicea | 3.8 |
Pilgrim | Surrey Pale Ale | 3.7 |
RCH | Pitchfork | 4.3 |
Suttons | Sutton Gold | 4.4 |
Teignworthy | Reel Ale | 4.0 |
Weetwood | Best Cask Bitter | 3.8 |
Attended by:-
PV, ROC & MG plus others