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30th Stoke Beer Festival (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Epicurus Craft Beer (formerly Hornbeam) - Dark Domination |  | 1 |
| Lytham - Stout | | 1 |
| Blue Monkey - Guerrilla Stout | | 1 |
| Marble - Ginger Marble |  | 1 |
| Lytham - Dark | | 1 |
| Toft - Stumped | | 1 |
| Goodall's - Fur Stoat | | 1 |
| Wincle - Bad Bill |  | 1 |
| Derventio - Allegiance | | 1 |
| Winster Valley - Old School | | 1 |
| Arkwright's - Trouble At Mill | | 1 |
Visits Details
23 Oct 2010 (Alenomore)
My first ever visit to Stoke was back in 2003, at the old Kings Hall. I returned today for this new venue, which was welcome indeed. A top class selection of ales on offer and all in good condition. This festival has a reputation for sourcing new ales and new micro breweries, with the best ales selling out very early, but there was still a huge amount available on my visit. Met plenty of familiar fellow Camra members here and we all had a good session. Recommended. (With so many ales here, I will only list what I sampled today).
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lytham - Stout | 4.60 | | Another new brewery for me, and a top class dark type. |
| Blue Monkey - Guerrilla Stout | 4.90 | | A top class stout from this excellent Nottinghamshire brewer. |
| Epicurus Craft Beer (formerly Hornbeam) - Dark Domination | 5.50 | | From Denton, Manchester area. Excellent big dark type. |
| Marble - Ginger Marble | 4.50 | | My final ale for this session at Stoke. An old favourite from this excellent North Manchester brewer. |
| Toft - Stumped | 4.50 | | From Cheadle, Staff's, a new brewery for me. |
| Goodall's - Fur Stoat | 4.50 | | From Alsager, Staff's. Third new brewery today. Another very nice stout type. |
| Lytham - Dark | 5.00 | | Very good. |
| Winster Valley - Old School | 3.90 | | From Cumbria. Not a new "tick" but I thought it was. Ok. |
| Arkwright's - Trouble At Mill | 4.10 | | From Preston. Fourth new brewery today. OK. |
| Wincle - Bad Bill | 3.90 | | From Cheshire and a decent ale. |
| Derventio - Allegiance | 4.30 | | From Derbyshire. My 10th "tick" here and not bad too. |
About the 30th Stoke Beer Festival
Summary of Beer Scores
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| 3 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
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The pub is found in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RR.
A venue change this year, from the old, and smaller, Kings Hall (round the corner from the Wetherspoons) to this capacious venue, the Fenton Manor Sports & Leisure complex, on City Road. A short walk from the station or Stoke centre with regular buses passing by too. A much larger, very modern building. Over 200 real ales, ciders, perrys, foreign ales and wines on offer. Good food and facilities and plenty of tables/chairs. Recommended.
We have visited this pub once, seen 11 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: ST4 2RR