The Beers
Real Ales, Lagers and Ciders diligently selected by our team of dedicated beer tasters!
Our team of dedicated beer tasters have been very busy attending other beer festivals, visiting breweries and slipping down more than a pint or two a week to bring you the finest selection for Pocktoberfest 2011.
The taps are now opening and the 2011 beers are starting to pour in. Here is the list, including the now infamous Bad Kitty (winner of Best Beer at the York Beer Festival in September) from Brass Castle Brewery right here in Pocklington.
Beers 2011
Real Ale
Big River Brewery - Big Red () A rich ruby red ale with a complex taste including malt and autumn berries with a full and satisfying aftertaste. |
Wells & Youngs - Eagle IPA (3.60%) Water is the most important ingredient in beer - and Wells Eagle has an enviable advantage over other beers because it is brewed with pure, natural mineral water from the brewery's very own well. |
Adnams - South Wold Bitter (3.70%) A refreshing beer of real flavour - distinctively hoppy and dry with malt aromas. Delicious served cool. |
Harviestoun - Bitter & Twisted (3.80%) A sharp blonde beed with a superb fresh hop profile. |
Brass Castle Brewery - Cliffhanger (3.80%) A refreshing hop-laden golden ale, infused with a wave of citrus notes. Brewed in honour of volunteer Coastguard Rescue Teams - 10p from every pint goes to the Coastguard Association. |
Mordue - Five Bridges (3.80%) A fruity amber beer with more than a hint of hops. The bitterness carries on in the aftertaste. A superb session beer. |
Oakham Ales - JHB (3.80%) A golden beer whose aroma is dominated by hops that give characteristic citrus notes. Hops and fruit on the palate are balanced by malt and a bitter base. Dry hoppy finish with soft fruit flavours. |
Big River Brewery - Pocktoberfest IPA (3.80%) A robust IPA brewed specially for this year's festival. |
Woodforde's - Wherry (3.80%) Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. A background of sweet malt and a hoppy ‘grapefruit’ bitter finish characterises this champion bitter. Supreme Champion Beer of Britain (Bronze) 2005 & Supreme Champion Beer of Britain (Gold) 1996 and numerous Champion Bitter of Britain awards. |
Black Sheep - Golden Sheep (3.90%) Characteristic Black Sheep dry palate with marked grapefruit-hop and very long refreshing finish. Golden Sheep is a beautifully balanced blonde beer that develops with zesty flavours and finishes with a clean and wickedly moreish finish. |
Blue Monkey Brewery - BG Sips (4.00%) A pale and intensely hoppy beer. Enticing tropical fruit aromas, finished with a good level of thirst quenching, almost peppery bitterness. |
Mauldons - Broomstick (4.00%) A traditional dark bitter brewed using Pearl & Maris Otter malted barley and styrian Goldings hops giving it a distinctive hoppy aroma and balanced bitterness |
Sharp's - Doom Bar (4.00%) The aroma of Doom Bar combines an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, lightly roasted malty notes and a subtle yet assertive bitterness. The bitterness remains into the finish with dry fruity notes which implore the drinker to go back for more. |
Holdens - Septimus Sid (4.00%) Polished brass in colour this strapping malty brew is fresh, fruity and sweet on the nose and vacillates between a malty sweetness and a dry hoppy palate. In a league of it's own! |
Idle Brewery - Tongue (4.30%) A blonde ale, crisp with citrus notes. |
Caledonian - Autumn Red (4.40%) After the Gold comes the Red. Russet red of autumn leaves. The noble aroma of the Hersbrucker provides a light hoppiness and fresh spice. Sweet caramel from the rye crystal malt and soft mellow fruitfulness in the finish |
Brass Castle Brewery - Best Bitter (4.40%)
Our brass-hued premium bitter, designed as a malt showcase and crammed with Goldings hops. |
Moorhouse's Brewery - Black Witch (4.40%) A smooth dark beer it has a touch of chocolate malt with just a squidge of molasses, no frogs but neverthless a hoppy finish. |
Magpie Brewery - Magic Lantern (4.40%) Copper with a thin cream head; restrained aroma of lightly roasted malts; soft, milky mouthfeel with a light grainy body; and a clean biscuity finish. Unusual. |
Rudgate Brewery - Surl's Special (4.40%) |
St Austell - Bucket of Blood (4.50%) A spooky red ale, ideal for the Halloween celebrations. Named after one of St Austell Brewery's most famous and unusually named pubs, Bucket of Blood is a tasty rye beer brewed with both English and Polish hops |
Skinners Brewery - Cornish Knocker (4.50%) One of the original trailblazing golden ales and still one of the most popular, consistent and best selling. Often copied but never equalled. Refreshing, golden beer full of life with hops all the way through. Flowery & fruity hops in the mouth and malt undertones,with clean and lasting bittersweet finish. |
Derventio - Vampire (4.50%) Traditional autumn bitter with subtle malt flavours. |
Grafters Brewery - Harvest Moon (4.60%) A full bodied spicy premium beer with a fruity floral aroma. |
Saltaire - Blackberry Cascade (4.80%) American style pale ale, hopped with Cascade and Centennial hops. Infused with a hint of Blackberries. |
Poachers - Jock's Trap (5.00%) A strong pale brown bitter with a wonderful flavour and aroma from the Cascade and Mounthood hop. A hoppy well balanced beer with a slightly dry fruit finish. |
Mileston - Harry Porter (5.20%) Rich porter with with subtle blackberry notes |
Brass Castle Brewery - Bad Kitty (5.50%) A robust vanilla porter with chocolate undertones, mischievously brewed for hallowe'en. Winner of 'Beer of the Festival' at York Beer Festival 2011. |
Thornbridge - Jaipur (5.90%) 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. |
Lager
Bernard - Svetly light pilsner (3.80%) An unpasteurized light beer with a pleasing bitterness, distinct pungency, with hop aroma and rich foam. |
Timmermans - Strawberry Fruit Beer (4.00%) Timmermans Strawberry aroma evokes the perfumes of a lovely summer. The strawberry flavour confirms the nose's impression without sweetened saturation. Moreover, it's even enhanced by a real feeling of freshness, recalling those tiny green granules that found around ripened strawberries. |
Weihenstephaner - Ocktoberfest Festival Lager (5.90%) A full rich, hoppy, seasonal lager. Especially brewed for the Festbier season. This beer truly represents the Bavarian way of celebrating. Deep gold colour, great mouthful and lots of flavour. |
Cider
Gwynt y Ddraig - Happy Daze (4.50%) A new cider in our range, fruity, apply aroma, well balanced finish. A light and very easy to drink medium cider. |
Moorlands Farm - Medium Dry (6.40%) |
Moorlands Farm - Medium Sweet (6.40%) |
Gwynt y Ddraig - Dog Dancer (6.50%) Produced from bittersweet cider apples blended with a true sharp cider apple, it is a light straw coloured cider with a medium dry, smooth, crisp, slightly sharp characteristic. |
Gwynt y Ddraig - Fiery Fox (6.50%) Golden medium cider with a refreshing apple aroma. Smooth balanced flavour that has a fresh, crisp sharpness. |
Gwynt y Ddraig - Black Dragon (7.20%) Matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour, body and flavour with a fresh fruity aroma. |
