FirkinList
Voted FirkinBeer 2009 - Crouch Vale, Brewers Gold
Voted FirkinCider 2009 - Thatchers, Cheddar Valley
FirkinWinner 2009 - Kirsty Anderson wins two tickets to FirkinFest 2010
FirkinType FirkinBrewery FirkinName ABV FirkinSponsor FirkinNotes
Beer
ANGLO DUTCH Tabatha the Knackered 6.0% Kaighin & Daughter Very pale, Belgian style tripel beer with a hint of coriander. As the brewer, Paul, has two beers named after his kids, Mike, the other partner in the brewery, wanted a beer named after his cat.
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BATEMANS XXXB 4.8% Visual Assets Superb strong bitter with a complex palate, consisting of a delicate aroma of hops delightfully balanced by a prominent malty character. 5 times 'Premium Beer of the Year' at CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival.
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CRONDALL Best 4.0% Crondall Brewing Co Ltd A straw gold hoppy beer, well balanced with some sweetness and a rising bitter finish, makes this an excellent session beer.
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CROUCH  VALE Brewers Gold 4.0% Maine Scaffolding Voted FirkinBeer of the Year 2009 Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival 2005 AND 2006, this is a pale, refreshing and hoppy beer with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits.
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DARK STAR Espresso Stout 4.2% Video Dynamics A black beer brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops, BUT with freshly ground espresso coffee beans also added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma.
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DARK STAR Hophead 3.8% The Claire Phoenix Band An extremely clean-drinking pale gold-coloured ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes. This beer is full bodied despite its very quaffable strength and dryness.
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FROG ISLAND BREWERY Fire-Bellied Toad 5.0% The Bordon Post Fire-Bellied Toad is a 5.0% pale ale that exhibits the full aroma, flavour and bitterness characteristics of a single variety of English hop, Phoenix. This golden-brown beer has a sweet, floral aroma and a slightly sweet initial flavour that is followed by a lasting hop flavour and bitterness.
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FULLER'S Red Fox 4.3% The Fox & Pelican A rich, smooth and wonderfully balanced beer, brewed at the historic Griffin brewery in Chiswick, it has a distinctive malty base complemented by well developed hop character, from adding Target, Challenger and Northdown varieties to the brew.
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HARVIESTOUN Schiehallion 4.8% Grayshott Village Hall A unique cask conditioned lager beer, named for one of Scotland’s best loved and most recognisable mountains. The finest lager malt and Hersbrücker hops are fermented at a very low temperature with lager yeast, then served‘on the yeast’ without filtering or extra fizz.
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HESKET  NEWMARK Great Cockup Porter 3.0% GP Accountants Crisp chocolate malt flavour, smoothed with liberal crystal malt and carefully controlled fermentation to give a full stout-like palate with balanced bitterness from Fuggles, and Goldings and just a hint of Herzbrücker Hallertau.
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JARROW Joblings Swinging Gibbet 4.1% Movies in Grayshott A copper coloured, evenly balanced beer with a good hop aroma and fruity finish. The story of Jobling and the swinging gibbet is well worth looking up on the internet.
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KELHAM ISLAND Pale Rider 5.2% Party in Grayshott This popular pale ale is a well balanced, strong and fruity ale flavoured with North American hops. Its sweetness and bitterness continue to the finish. Camra Supreme Champion Beer Of Britain 2004
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MOORHOUSES Black Cat 3.4% Grayshott Pottery Dark, refreshing beer with a distinct chocolate malt flavour, and a smooth hoppy finish.
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RCH Pitchfork 4.3% Binky's Dixie Demons The name comes from the Pitchfork rebellion of 1685 the last battle to be fought on English soil of the Civil War. A golden bitter with floral citric hop aroma. It has a hoppy predominate taste which is slightly sweet and fruity and leaves you wanting more.
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SKINNERS Betty Stogs 4.0% Festival Glass Ltd Classic pale amber mid strength bitter with distinct hoppy overtones. A beautifully balanced quaffing ale. Contains Cornish malted barley and wheat.
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SKINNERS Cornish Knocker 4.5% The Upbeat Beatles A strong, clean tasting golden Ale, not too sweet with a fresh flowery aroma.
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SPRINGHEAD Roaring Meg 5.5% Grayshott Books Spirited nose with hints of ripe peach skins, some banana. Bitter dry finish, fruity surge mid palate; citrusy, soft ripe fruit: almost like a British tripel in flavour terms. Very dry beer— also a dry grainy Weetabix finish. A luscious spirited summer’s day ale.
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THORNBRIDGE Jaipur IPA 5.9% grayshott.com  FirkinUnavailable -  The immediate impression of this wonderful award winning India Pale Ale is soft and smooth,but this builds around the mouth to a crescendo of massive hoppiness, accentuated by honey.
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TIMOTHY TAYLORS Dark Mild 3.5% Wristbands.co.uk Rich, creamy and malty with caramel and a dry finish.
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TITANIC Captain Smiths 5.2% Phil O'Connor Photography A red/brown, full bodied beer hoppy and bitter with a sweetness and roast malt flavour and a good strong finish.
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TRIPLE FFF Alton's Pride 3.8% The Triple fff Brewing Company Clean-tasting, golden brown session bitter, full bodied for its strength. A delicious aroma of malt and hops. An initially malty flavour fades as citrus notes and hoppiness take over, leading to a lasting hoppy, bitter finish.
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TRIPLE FFF Moondance 4.2% Haslemere Beer Festival An amber coloured best bitter, wonderfully hopped, with a huge aromatic, citrus hop nose, balanced by a biting bitterness and dryness in the mouth. Bitterness increases in the finish as the fruit declines.
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WICKWAR Station Porter 6.1% Grayshott Social Club A smooth, dark ruby brown ale with an aroma of roast malt, coffee and rich fruit. It has a similar, complex and spicy, rich bittersweet taste, and a long, smooth warming roast finish. A multi-award winning Porter
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WYLAM Rocket 5.0% Flying Firkin Distribution Real Ale Ltd A pale copper traditional best bitter. Deceptively easy drinking with a fresh citrus and aromatic character from the centennial hops. Good bitter finish.
Cider
BIDDENDEN Bushells 6.0% Just Tickets Pale, medium cider made with Kentish apples
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BIDDENDEN Kentish Dry 8.0% Applegarth Farm Made from the juice of farm pressed Kentish Culinary and Dessert apples
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MOLES Black Rat 6.0% Trusted PC Man Traditional scrumpy. Produced in a family Somerset cider farmhouse using a blend of locally grown apples.
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THATCHERS Cheddar Valley 6.0% Gurkha Durbar Nepalese Restaurant Voted FirkinCider of the Year 2009 The colour of this unique cider gives it a vibrant character all of its own for those who want an alternative refreshing drink with a touch of natural sparkle. Naturally fermented, Cheddar Valley is matured in oak vats to ensure the distinctive full flavour is retained.
Perry
WESTONS Herefordshire Country Perry 4.5% The Temperance Seven Made from perry pears and fully matured in old oak vats to develop its strength and traditional character. Free from all artificial colouring, flavouring and sweetening it retains its natural pale colour.
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WESTONS Old Rosie 7.3% The Chocolate Frog Furniture Company Ltd A truly old fashioned, full flavoured, appley, cloudy scrumpy; with a well balanced medium dry character.
Beers and Ciders are subject to availability

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