Beer Festival and three bars open, one of which was outside and too hot for me despite the sun shades. The inside bars were cool and comfortable and service was quick and friendly.
Fyne - Feast Black Ale | 5.10 | | A true five star. A charity collaboration with eight other brewers, namely Alchemy, Ashover, Buxton, Elixir, Hawkshead, Magic Rock, Siren and Thornbridge. |
Five Points - Railway Porter | 4.80 | | Superb,dark and chocolaty. |
Offbeat - Oddball Red | 4.80 | | |
Cromarty - Happy Chappy | 4.10 | | Citrusy pale ale. |
Alechemy - Rhapsody Pale | 3.80 | | An extremely pale summer ale. |
Dark Star - American Pale Ale (some has also been brewed by Fuller's) | 4.70 | Not Tried | |
Crouch Vale - Brewers Gold | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Crouch Vale - Blackwater Mild | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Acorn - Barnsley Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Red | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Lakeland Gold | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Sunrise | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale (was 3.5%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Pale Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Urban Dusk | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Brodie's Prime | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Liverpool Organic - Honey Blond | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Guardsman | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Jarl | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Southville Hop | 6.50 | Not Tried | |
Offbeat - Outlandish Pale | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Cumbrian Five Hop | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Summer Wine (SWB) - Diablo | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - NZPA | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Magic Rock - Curious | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Magic Rock - Dark Arts | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Summer Wine (SWB) - Zenith Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Big Chief | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Crouch Vale - Summit | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Arbor Ales - Artisan | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Independence | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Tempest - Cresta Black | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - Londinium (Taylors of Harrogate Traditional Coffee Porter) | 5.50 | Not Tried | Just advertised as Londinium, with a hint of coffee, and a nod to the beer of yesteryear made popular by street and river porters in London in the 18th century. No mention of Harrogate. |
Magic Rock - Carnival | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Coniston - Oliver's Light Ale | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Cromarty - Red Rocker | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Coniston - No.9 Barley Wine | 8.50 | Not Tried | |
Redchurch - Shoreditch Blonde | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Alechemy - Cairnpapple IPA | 4.10 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Eton Boatman | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Rune | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Damson & Vanilla Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | Will be on as soon as a pump becomes available. |
Hawkshead - Triple XBP | 8.50 | Not Tried | Will be on as soon as a pump becomes available. |
Harbour - Amber Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Cromarty - Hit The Lip | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Liverpool Organic - Styrian | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Crouch Vale - Essex Boys Best Bitter | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - The Art of Darkness | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Magic Rock - Simpleton | 2.60 | Not Tried | |
Alechemy - Cockleroy Black IPA | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Summer Wine (SWB) - Barista Espresso Stout | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Arbor Ales - Blue Sky Drinking | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Robinsons - Trooper (superseded by 4.7% version) | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Acorn - Perfect 10 | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Red Shift | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Five Points - Five Points Pale | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Freya | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Windsor & Eton - Parklife | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
Arbor Ales - Summer Porter | 5.00 | Not Tried | Described as nice hoppy, premium beer. |
Arbor Ales / Bristol Beer Factory Collaboration - La Trippale | 8.50 | Not Tried | Oops, I have just noticed that this was advertised as keg. A collaboration between Bristol, Arbor, and Harbour breweries. |
Coniston - Infinity IPA | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Five Points - Red Rye | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Harbour - Antipodean Rye | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
Liverpool Organic - Cambrinus Solstice | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Rooster's - Stars and Stripes | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Tempest - Unfermentalist | 3.20 | Not Tried | |
Tempest - Pale Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Day one of their summer beer festival.
Hawkshead - Imperial Stout | 8.30 | | The tasting notes just describe this as a robust Imperial Stout. It was fantastic, the full flavour reminiscent of Courage Imperial Russian Stout. The beer of the day for me. |
Hawkshead - NZPA | 6.00 | | |
Magic Rock - Curious | 3.90 | | Full of American hops, and citrus. Moreish. |
Buxton - Dark Nights | 4.60 | | Described as an American style porter. Deep chestnut brown with superb bitterness from the American hop varieties. |
Ossett - Pale Gold | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Old Freddy Walker | 7.30 | Not Tried | |
Marble - Manchester Bitter | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Lakeland Gold | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Wild Swan (was 3.5%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | Listed as White Swan, I did not check the pump clip. |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Kipling | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
Marble - Summer Marble | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
St Austell - Proper Job | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Hylder Blonde | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Saison | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Sunrise | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Windermere Pale (was 3.5%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Revival (was 3.8%) | 3.40 | Not Tried | |
Thornbridge / Thornbridge Hall - Brother Rabbit | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Ossett - Big Red | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Pale Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Urban Dusk | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Brodie's Prime | 4.90 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Jarl | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Hopspur | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
RedWillow - Headless | 3.90 | Not Tried | |
Redemption - Trinity | 3.00 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Milk Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
RedWillow - Wreckless | 4.80 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Cumbrian Five Hop | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Kirkstall - Kirkstall Pale Ale | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Kirkstall - Three Swords | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Buxton - Moor Top | 3.60 | Not Tried | |
Kirkstall - Black Band Porter | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Magic Rock - Rapture | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
Magic Rock - High Wire | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Bristol Beer Factory - Acer | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Dry Stone Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Dark Star - Revelation | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
RedWillow - Smokeless | 5.70 | Not Tried | |
Marble - Little Evelyn | 7.00 | Not Tried | Available in both cask and key-keg form. |
Bristol Beer Factory - West Coast Red | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Buxton - Buxton Gold | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Rune | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Lismore Blonde | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Fyne - Lismore Red | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Damson & Vanilla Stout | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - USPA | 6.00 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Triple XBP | 8.50 | Not Tried | |
Hawkshead - Brodie's Prime Reserve | 8.50 | Not Tried | |
Moor - Raw | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
Quantum - Pale Ale | 4.50 | Not Tried | |
St Austell - Green Valley IPA | 4.40 | Not Tried | Described in the tasting notes as "Micro brew with Exeter CAMRA. Golden IPA with Citra nd Endeavour hops." |
St Austell - Big Job Double IPA | 9.00 | Not Tried | |
What a great place! Top flight beer is a given. But there's also a genuine friendly atmosphere, interesting live music and tasty taps snacks. Dog friendly too. Full range of Hawkshead beers were available on tap.
A 'must visit' if in the area.
Beer Festival. Two large bars and an outdoor drinking area, there were 71 beers on the list of which I think over 60 were available at the time of my visit. Good service from keen and enthusiastic staff.
Friendly welcome. Lots of locals enjoying the full range of Hawkshead beers. Shame it was 6pm closing!