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1st K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2009 (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Allendale - Best Bitter |  | 1 |
| B&T (Banks & Taylor's) - Edwin Taylor's Extra Stout | | 1 |
| Bank Top - Blonde | | 2 |
| Breconshire - Red Dragon |  | 1 |
| Cairngorm - Trade Winds | | 1 |
| Castle Rock - Preservation Fine Ale | | 1 |
| Elland - Bora Bora | | 1 |
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale |  | 2 |
| Goose Eye - Chinook Blonde |  | 1 |
| Hidden - Pleasure IPA | | 1 |
| Hobsons - Mild | | 1 |
| Holden's - Midsummer Witch | | 1 |
| Joseph Holt (see also Holt's) - Mild | | 1 |
| Leeds - Midnight Bell | | 1 |
| Mauldons - Black Adder | | 1 |
| Ossett - Silver King | | 1 |
| Purple Moose - Snowdonia Ale (Cwrw Eryri) | | 1 |
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale | | 1 |
| Rebellion - Blonde | | 1 |
| Rother Valley - Northiam IPA | | 1 |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | | 1 |
| Westerham - Sevenoaks Bitter "7X" | | 1 |
| Williams Brothers - Midnight Sun | | 2 |
Visits Details
27 Jun 2009 (Blair)
Arrived on the coach from Thanet at just gone 12. It was a ridiculously hot day and myself and a lot of others took cover in the shelter of the tent. Good little beer festival this one, stayed for around 5 hours which was just the right amount of time I think.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | 6.70 | | Like drinking a glass of toffee, but with raisins thrown in. Really interesting and complex beer. You just keep discovering new flavours. Great stuff. |
| Hidden - Pleasure IPA | 4.90 | | Very full flavoured and fruity for an IPA. Great hops, a really good one. |
| Leeds - Midnight Bell | 4.80 | | Very good mild. Rich with lots of chocolate and roasted malt. |
| Williams Brothers - Midnight Sun | 5.60 | | I like Ian's comparison to chocolate ginger biscuits. First time I'd had this on cask and I really enjoyed it. |
| Westerham - Sevenoaks Bitter "7X" | 4.80 | | Nice malty and hoppy bitter. |
| Joseph Holt (see also Holt's) - Mild | 3.20 | | Dark and fruity mild, quite malty and realy quite drinkable. |
| Castle Rock - Preservation Fine Ale | 4.40 | | Rich and malty, bags of flavour with a nice hint of hops towards the finish. |
| Rother Valley - Northiam IPA | 5.00 | | Pleasant easy drinking IPA. Not terribly exciting, but still a very good beer. |
| Hobsons - Mild | 3.20 | | Had an odd barnyard aroma to it. Flavour was good though, a fairly straight forward mild, other than the aroma. |
| B&T (Banks & Taylor's) - Edwin Taylor's Extra Stout | 4.50 | | I found this a little bland really. Nice complex aroma, but unfortunately not much flavour wise. Little roasted malt and coffee, not bad. |
| Bank Top - Blonde | 5.00 |  | Really not impressed with this one. Overly sweet and cloying, not what you want on a hot day. |
27 Jun 2009 (Ian)
As Tenterden is a good hub for buses, this attracted a lot of people, plus those who wanted to come for the trains and also a coach load from Thanet too. Bakingly hot and it did affect the condition of the beers I think. Ended up drinking a fair bit of cider. Great band on which played All Along the Watchtower and Ramble On as encores. Spent a couple of hours chatting with Eddie Gadd. Great guy and great brewer.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsgate Brewery (Gadds') - Dr Sunshine's Special Friendly English Wheat Ale | 4.20 | | Even Eddie thought this came out better than other years. Really very drinkable blond ale. |
| Rebellion - Blonde | 4.30 | | Can't tell you why, but I found this very drinkable. Very biting hop on finish |
| Breconshire - Red Dragon | 4.70 | | Good fruity malty beer. |
| Williams Brothers - Midnight Sun | 5.60 | | Choc covered ginger biscuits. Need I say more? |
| Allendale - Best Bitter | 3.80 | | Hazy copper colour, lasting thin beige head. A little syrupy and toffeeish. Maybe a little tight and not quite ready yet. It’s alright. It’s a slightly syrupy malty bitter. Some sparkle on the finish. |
| Purple Moose - Snowdonia Ale (Cwrw Eryri) | 3.60 | | All about this hedgerow herb hop flavour with some blackcurrant. Decent |
26 Jun 2009 (Ian)
Friday night was for branch members and other people only. Great to sit inside the tent on a balmy evening with Chris Excell and chat about beer. Good easy to get to location
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goacher's - 1066 Old Ale | 6.70 | | Sour, Stilton cheese, dark fruit, just a little down on condition, but that could have been the warm temp. Great levels of malts. Almost speechless. Just incredbile rollercoaster of a beer. |
| Ossett - Silver King | 4.30 | | Funnily enough probably the most drinkable of the beers I had all evening and it was my last one. |
| Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Jaipur | 5.90 | | It's funny, the more you like a beer, the more you have of it and then the more critical you become of it. Just a little syrupy on the alcohol I guess, but otherwise big hoppy biting and just lovely grapefruit. |
| Goose Eye - Chinook Blonde | 4.20 | | Gold, thin off white head. Really good biting Chinook hopos on end. Great condition. Lovely |
| Mauldons - Black Adder | 5.30 | | Very toffeeish dark syrup, bit of smoke, very full in mouth. Good |
| Bank Top - Blonde | 5.00 | | Clear amber, very lasting off white head. Great condition. Pretty drinkable. Some nuttiness on finish. Not flashy but very good for what it is. |
| Cairngorm - Trade Winds | 4.30 | | Too much diacetyl for me. Some elderflower |
| Elland - Bora Bora | 4.30 | | Gold/copper colour with lasting beige head. Quite a toffeeish aroma. Maybe touch of diacetyl, full in mouth. Very good earthy peppery hop on mouth. Hmmm, pretty tasty, bit too toffeeish maybe, great hop though, hot pepper. |
| Holden's - Midsummer Witch | 4.20 | | Gold, slight haze, thin off white head. Bit of yeast, esters and a bit of cardboard. Made with a Belgian yeast maybe as this is so estery?? Not really my thing. |
About the 1st K&ES Railway Beer Festival 2009
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
| 2 |
| 7 |
| 9 |
| 7 |
| 1 |
The pub is found in Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HE.
Beer festival that used to be at the Rare Breeds Centre in Woodchurch. Same kind of marquee but in the steam railway station grounds. Around 50 real ales on gravity with around 20 ciders and perries and 3 French bottled organic beers. Chance to have a ride on the K&ESR. Music and Morris Men.
We have visited this pub 3 times, seen 21 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: TN30 6HE