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White Cliffs Beer Festival 2008 (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeydale - Black Mass |  | 1 |
| Acorn - Target IPA |  | 1 |
| Amber Ales - IPA |  | 1 |
| Darwin - Cauldron Snout | | 1 |
| Derwent - Auld Kendal | | 1 |
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | | 1 |
| Hampshire - Pink Elephant | | 1 |
| Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Royal Oak | | 1 |
| Hopdaemon - Dominator | | 2 |
| Iceni - Winter Lightning | | 1 |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Bête Noire | | 1 |
| Kinver - Khyber | | 1 |
| Larkins - Porter | | 1 |
| Matthew's - Hayeswood XA | | 1 |
| Moor - JJJ IPA |  | 2 |
| Oakham - Oblivion | | 1 |
| Oulton Ales - Roaring Boy | | 1 |
| Shardlow - Frostbite |  | 1 |
| Spire - Nocturne Porter | | 1 |
| Summerskills - Indiana's Bones | | 1 |
| Swannay (formerly Highland) - Orkney Blast | | 1 |
| Teignworthy - Winter Daze | | 1 |
| Tring - Colley's Dog | | 1 |
| Wapping - Winter | | 1 |
| Wickwar - Station Porter | | 1 |
Visits Details
02 Feb 2008 (Ian)
I had 6 tokens left over from Friday night, so even though I wasn't in the best of conditon, I went back for Saturday to see Brian. Got there about 11.15 and it was already pretty busy. By 1ish the main hall was full. Music was excellent with flute and piano. Left at 2.30 to get home to see the rugby.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moor - JJJ IPA | 9.00 | | Still unbelievably hoppy. Just so much my kind of beer. |
| Abbeydale - Black Mass | 6.70 | | Very very dark ruby, thin beige head. Rich toasty aroma, nice malts, choc, bitter espresso. But this is all about the lovely bitter choc in mouth. Rich dark bitter choc, with some hop on finish. Some dark fruits and strawberry jam. |
| Kinver - Khyber | 5.80 | | Amber colour with lasting beige head. Good hoppy aroma, grapefruit, and a bit of toffee. Hey, this is pretty tasty. Decent hop, decent toffee, bit of sherbert on finish. Not a lot of depth, but pretty nice. |
| Swannay (formerly Highland) - Orkney Blast | 6.00 | | Gold/copper colour, thin beige head. Several people had this over the 2 days and said it was good. Some fruit. Quite a decent flinty type of beer. |
| Kelham Island (probably brewed by Thornbridge now) - Bête Noire | 5.50 | | Black with dark brown edges. Tan head. Coffee powdery aroma with some dark fruits. Fruit is really good. Very fine powder in mouth. Black cherry and plums. Decent. |
| Teignworthy - Winter Daze | 5.40 | | Chestnut colour with thin beige head. Fruity malty ESB. That's alright. Does what you want an ESBto do, malt fruit is well balanced. Drying hop on end could be more prominent, but fine. |
01 Feb 2008 (Ian)
Last year really was so good that it was going to be difficult to live up to it. Fairly quiet afternoon, but once the band started Andrew, Phil and myself moved into the hall with all the beer and this is where the fun started. Andrew spent nearly an hour with Tonie Prins from Hopdaemon discussing beer, and I ended up chatting with Eddie Gadd from the Gadd's breweery in Ramsgate, who I could listen to for hours. Meant to leave at 8pm, finally went at 10pm. Most beers in cracking condition. Efficiently run beer festival.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - Oblivion | 5.70 | | It was brilliant last year and it was again this year. Typical Oakhams fantastic grapefruit aroma. Just my perfect beer. |
| Moor - JJJ IPA | 9.00 | | Even though the Oakham's was good, this was beer of the festival for me. A genuine English IIPA. Reddy russet colour with very lasting dark beige head. Big PNW grapefruit aroma. Raspberry/strawberry too. Stunningly well balanced. Malts are syrupy, but not too much so. Then this big hit of hop kicks in. Stunning grapefruit hop. I've not had an English beer like it. |
| Acorn - Target IPA | 5.00 | | In memory of Steve Callacher. Gold colour with thin off white head. Herby hop aroma. Decent in mouth and then this lovely herby hop finish. Excellent, really drinkable. Very decent herby hop, decent strong bitter. |
| Darwin - Cauldron Snout | 5.60 | | OK Stout. |
| Wickwar - Station Porter | 6.10 | | Black, brown edges with lasting deep beige head. Lovely roasty aroma, bit of smoke maybe, little bit syrupy maybe. Some choc and bit of ashtray. Finish has some syrup, dry malt. some spice from the alcohol. Reasonably nice, but National Winter Beer of the Year? |
| Hopdaemon - Dominator | 5.10 | | Drinkable beer, but not as exceptional as 2 years ago. |
| Derwent - Auld Kendal | 5.70 | | Decent strong beer, good malts. Phenolic according to Phil. Acidity. But I quite liked it. |
| Oulton Ales - Roaring Boy | 8.50 | | Copper colour with lasting bubbly beige head. Some raspberry/strawberry aroma. Decent strong ale. Syrupy. Slightly minty from the alcohol. Drinkable, even at 8.5% |
| Summerskills - Indiana's Bones | 5.60 | | Ruby colour with a little head. Syrupy malty beer with decent hop. But the fruity syrupy malt dominates. I do like the peppery hop on the finish though. |
| Matthew's - Hayeswood XA | 5.30 | | Ruby colour with lasting dark beige head. Spicey aroma. It's got some dry malt. Not fantastic flavour. But good chewy version of a spiced beer. |
| Spire - Nocturne Porter | 5.70 | | Deep ruby, lasting beige head. Fairly decent porter. Some dry, slightly roasted malts. Funny little porter. Does everything right, but no real distinctive character. |
| Amber Ales - IPA | 6.50 | | Orangey brown copper colour with bubbly beige head. Strange IPA, allegedly dry hopped. Gingerish hop, quite toffee/yeasty/bit farty. It's got some candy sugar too. Fine. |
| Shardlow - Frostbite | 5.50 | | Pale copper colour with lasting off white head. Toasty aroma. Some fruit. Bit of butter/caramel, bit meaty/pate. Bit of sulphur. Not wonderful. |
01 Feb 2008 (Andrew)
Got there for opening and found the hall filled up quite quickly this year. Spent a while at the end chatting with people in the main hall. Good beer festival but I should have left earlier.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | 6.70 | | Engine oil with no sourness to it. Powerfull stuff |
| Larkins - Porter | 5.20 | | Slightly sweet and sour. Milky with a pleasant roastyness. Had this twice |
| Hopdaemon - Dominator | 5.10 | | Strawberry, hint of hay and a touch of lemon. Had this twice |
| Tring - Colley's Dog | 5.20 | | Brown bitter, soft complex malt with well balanced earthy hops. |
| Iceni - Winter Lightning | 5.00 | | Pale gold. Doughy grape flavours |
| Hanlons (formerly O'Hanlon's) - Royal Oak | 5.00 | | Brown beer with oakyness and alchol |
| Wapping - Winter | 6.50 | | No condition on this. Cinemon, clove and orange peel. |
| Hampshire - Pink Elephant | 5.40 | | Orange Gold colour. Sherbert, candifloss and alcohol flavours |
About the White Cliffs Beer Festival 2008
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| 8 |
| 1 |
The pub is found in Dover, Kent, CT16 1DL.
The 15th White Cliffs Festival of Winter Ales.
We have visited this pub 3 times, seen 25 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: CT16 1DL