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Why Wokingham Festival is music to the ears of beer lovers

by James Hastings
August 18, 2019
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IT WILL be music to the ears of beer lovers to know those good people from the Twyford Beer Festival are once again in charge of the Wokingham Festival Bar.

It was only in June that thousands of people sampled the many delights at the 10th Twyford Beer Festival at the Stanlake Meadow Recreation Ground.

Now, that expertise will see many a glass raised at the music event which draws crowds from all over Berkshire.

They will be able to sample a wide range of specialist craft beers from local and national breweries along with ciders and perries.

These include Seaspray from the Hammerpot brewery. The lovely ruby colour and 3.7 proof Seaspray is a light, refreshing session IPA combining simple sweet malt flavours with crisp citrus and airy floral notes.

Loddon’s Reading Best at 5.5 proof is a deep golden best Bitter with an interesting fruity aroma and a smooth but nutty body.

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For a full list of all the beers on offer, see below. Cheers!

The beers

Ascot Ales

Gold Cup 4%

Golden It’s a smooth drinking dark session beer to savour with a distinctive hop character.

Anastasia’s Imperial Stout 5%

Black Deep and complex stout full of roasted coffee and bitter chocolate flavours with oats to give a smooth mouthfeel.

The bitterness is balanced by a silky smooth finish.

Shadowfax 4.8%

Golden Single Hopped IPA brewed with Chinook Hops

Starting Gate 3.8%

Copper A terrific copper-coloured Session Bitter packed with delicious fruity flavours and a balanced malty backbone. The perfect pint to get you out of the gates.

Loddon

Hoppet Bitter 3.5%

Copper Classic hoppy session beer

Summer Snowflake 4.1%

Golden A pale golden ale with a bright white head, like the flower after which it is named. Generously hopped with ‘brewers gold’ for a fruity and spicy satisfaction.

Hullabaloo Bitter 4.2%

Copper Rich, nutty malt balanced by the dry herby flavour of English Fuggle hops.

Ferrymans Gold 4.4%

Golden A golden, smooth body with masses of zesty, aromatic Styrian Golding hops

Reading Best 5.5%

Golden A deep golden best Bitter with an interesting fruity aroma and a smooth but nutty body. Our thanks to the town of Reading.

Stardust

Easy Pale Citra 3.8%

Golden Take a break, sit down, put your feet up. Need an easy going pale ale to quench your thirst? That’s exactly what this subtle blend of American hops and pale malt body is all about. The only problem is you might want another one!

English Bitter 4%

Amber This beer is blended to bring out the very best of traditional British malt and hop flavours. The raised malt profile unlocks notes of roasted caramel, which mingle with classic hop aromas.

Hop Tub 6.3%

Golden Do you like your fruity hops? This unfined pale packs the fruity flavours like your morning fruit juice. Don’t be fooled though, there is also 6.3% ABV in there.

PK3 5.6%

Golden This beer packs a full hop punch! By adding five hop varieties throughout the brew, the beer carries a complex hop profile. Tropical, fruity, spicy…it’s got them all.

Hammerpot

Seaspray 3.7%

Ruby A light, refreshing session IPA combining simple sweet malt flavours with crisp citrus and airy floral notes.

Hammerpot Pale Ale 4.1%

Golden A light bodied golden, tangy pale ale with a balance of sweet malted barley and full, fresh, verdant English hop flavour.

Red Hunter 4.3%

Ruby A dark ruby ale with a full bodied, rich, sweet, slightly vinous malt character. Lightly balanced with finest English hops.

Bottle Wreck Porter 4.7%

Black A traditional pitch black porter with coffee, chocolate and rich roast malt flavours. Balanced with the bitterness of classic English Goldings hops.

Bonds

Goldi-Hops 3.9%

Golden English style Pale Ale. Brewed using two blends of malted barley and wheat to provide a light golden hue. While two varieties of hop add a moderate bitterness level and a refreshing hint of citrus on the tongue.

Best of British Bitter 4%

Copper Brewed using three blends of malted barley and wheat to provide a full bodied, rich copper coloured, nutty and biscuity session bitter.

Two whole leaf hop varieties are used to provide a good bitter-sweet balance and a subtle fruity aroma, giving way to a lingering chocolate malty finish.

Bengal Tiger IPA 4.3%

Golden English Style India Pale Ale. Brewed with a nod to the original English style IPA with two types of malted barley whilst East Kent Golding hops provides the Bitterness, Goldings for aroma and dry-hopped for good measure.

Rebellion

IPA 3.7%

Copper A copper coloured, easy drinking beer. Well balanced malt and hop flavours continue to a long, refreshing and clean finish

Smuggler 4.2%

Amber An amber coloured, special bitter with a distinctive fruity hop character, and lasting bittersweet finish

Roasted Nuts 4.6%

Ruby A deep ruby, complex and flavoursome drown beer is packed with intense and distinctive malt & hop character.

Zebadee 4.7%

Golden A straw coloured, pale ale with a clean, fresh & uncomplicated taste. The hops add a crisp bitterness, making it very drinkable. Citra hops added in the hopback gives Zebedee a tropical fruit aroma. A good session ale.

Binghams

Twyford Tipple 3.7%

Copper Malty, tawny bitter with a refreshing citrus hop finish.

Space Hoppy 5%

Golden Golden India pale ale with a citrus hop character.

Macchiato Stout 5%

Black Stout infused with Coffee and Vanilla

Viennese Whirl 5%

Copper With a blend of Citra, Centennial & Chinook Hops

SVB

TBA 3.9%

Copper Copper-coloured session bitter brewed with English and New Zealand hops.

Bobek 4.3%

Golden Golden beer brewed with Slovenian Bobek hops. Fruity, with gentle bitterness.

IPA2019 5%

Amber Proper IPA. full-flavoured, firmly bitter, brewed with three English hops

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