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Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2007 (CAMRA Beer Festival)
| Beer (sort) | Average Score (sort) | No. Samples (sort) |
|---|---|---|
| Potbelly - Beijing Black |  | 2 |
| Milton - Electra |  | 2 |
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | | 3 |
| Westerham - Summer Perle | | 2 |
| Garton - Chocolate Frog Porter | | 1 |
| Newmans - Wolvers Ale | | 1 |
| Southport - Carousel Best |  | 1 |
| Ballards (now a sub-brand of Greyhound) - Midhurst Mild | | 1 |
| Strathaven - Old Mortality | | 1 |
| Marble - Summer Marble | | 2 |
| RCH - Tender Loving Care | | 1 |
| Rother Valley - Summertime Blues | | 2 |
| Rother Valley - Smild | | 1 |
| Great Orme - Best |  | 1 |
| Hadrian and Border - Centurion Bitter | | 1 |
| Saltaire - XB | | 1 |
| Little Valley - Hebden's Wheat | | 1 |
| Cains - Dark Mild | | 1 |
| Country Life - Golden Pig | | 1 |
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | | 1 |
Visits Details
02 Jun 2007 (Ian)
Went Saturday lunchtime too. Fuller than on Friday and a lot hotter. The sun was really quite strong. Some beers were not as good as the day before. Still a very good relaxed atmosphere.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rother Valley - Smild | 3.80 | | Very deep brown with thin beige head. Some really nice dark fruits and choc/coffee. Easy drinking mild with enough mouthfeel to be interesting, good hop and dryness on end. Bit grainy too. |
| RCH - Tender Loving Care | 4.00 | | Copper, lasting bubbly off white head. Decent standard bitter. Fairly fruity malt aroma. Tasty, good hop finish. Excellent standard bitter. |
| Rother Valley - Summertime Blues | 3.70 | | Copper, thin bubbly off white. Biscuity citrus session bitter. Very quaffable, decent lemon/lime bite on finish. Slight mineral flavour. |
| Great Orme - Best | 3.80 | | Amber, lasting thin tight beige head. Malty bitter, some earthyness. Not a great amount of flavour, finish is not very hoppy. Bit dull |
| Hadrian and Border - Centurion Bitter | 4.50 | | Copper, lasting off white head. This is a decent bitter. Hops are fine, malts are biscuity, decent dryness on finish. OK if unremarkable. |
| Saltaire - XB | 4.30 | | Chestnut red, bubbly beige head. Slightly sharp best bitter. Some malt, some hop, bit too acidic and sharp for me. |
| Marble - Summer Marble | 4.50 | | When Andrew and Martin had it on Friday night, it looked as though it needed another day or so conditioning. Gold, bubbly white head. Golden bitter, decent citrus on finish, which turns slightly spicy. Fine. |
| Country Life - Golden Pig | 4.70 | | Copper/gold with lasting beige head. Earthy golden beer, some citrus hop on dryish finish. Some pukey malt on aroma. Fullish in mouth. Yeah, it’s fine |
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | 4.60 |  | Lacked all of the freshness of the Friday night. Bit thin and acidic. |
01 Jun 2007 (Ian)
Got here for opening at 6 o'clock with Andrew and Jane. We cycled up from Ham Street station which took around 20 minutes. I love this festival, just so unhurried and unpretentious. For the second year in a row, a very good selection of 40 beers. Some Kent micros and then a whole range of beers from Scotland, Isle of Man, Wales, Yorkshire, the Midlands and South West. Good condition all except the Shardlow Golden Hop which Martin had, which I thought was possibly infected. Great evening though.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | 4.60 | | So hoppy it rips your tastebuds off. Fantastic. |
| Potbelly - Beijing Black | 4.40 | | Very good dark bitter choc, blackberry/blackcurrant flavours. |
| Garton - Chocolate Frog Porter | 8.00 | | Black with brown edges, lasting bubbly tan head. Just really intense choc, velvety. Very tasty. Doesn’t taste of 8%. Not like an impy stout, more like a very strong choccy porter. I liked it so much I bottled a half pint and took it home with me. |
| Westerham - Summer Perle | 3.80 | | Tangerine citrus, good citrusy bitter. |
| Southport - Carousel Best | 4.00 | | Golden with lasting white head. Golden, slightly buttery, hoppy beer, bit dusty on finish. Really tasty actually. NIce suppable bitter. Good citrus tangy/zesty finish. |
| Milton - Electra | 4.50 | | Gold with lasting cream coloured head. Lemon/grapefruit citrus aroma. Some dusty dryness on finish, bit of ginger/spice hop too. Like many Milton beers, very well made. Slightly more citrusy than others that I have had. Good enough. |
| Strathaven - Old Mortality | 4.20 | | Chestnut with thick cream head. Some toastyness, little bit thin in mouthfeel. Easy drinking, malty and rather toasty. Tinny thin mouthfeel, but the flavours are good. |
| Cains - Dark Mild | 3.20 | | Lacks intensity of pint in Liverpool but still got the requisite choc/coffee and the distinguishalbe Cains flavour. Bit too smooth and not tight enough. |
| Whitstable - East India Pale Ale (or EIPA) | 4.10 | | Farty yeasty aroma, not enough hop. |
| Little Valley - Hebden's Wheat | 4.50 | | Cloudy orange/gold with lasting bubbly white head. Nice spicy wheat. Bit odd |
01 Jun 2007 (Andrew)
This is the most fun I've had at a beer festival for years. Took a bit of getting to from Hamstreet train station but that added to the fun. The weather was sunny and humid and the festival nice and relaxed as always.
| Beer | ABV | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakham - Bishops Farewell | 4.60 | | Pale gold colour. Big citrus hop signiture. Rich, sharp and extremely drinkable. |
| Potbelly - Beijing Black | 4.40 | | Bitter chocolate and buscuit flavours in this dark mild. Virtually no hops to mention. Fantastic example of a proper mild |
| Westerham - Summer Perle | 3.80 | | Rich gold colour. Lemon and grapefruit with excellent leafy herby hops |
| Newmans - Wolvers Ale | 4.10 | | Caramel brown. Good buscuity malt with dry, leafy, well integrated hops. The kind of beer I'd like to do a session on |
| Milton - Electra | 4.50 | | Pale gold. Excellent hop - mellow herby with some more herbs (my notes were beginning to get a bit vague by this point in the beer festival) |
| Ballards (now a sub-brand of Greyhound) - Midhurst Mild | 3.40 | | Touch of burnt perspex with rich-tea buscuit flavours |
| Marble - Summer Marble | 4.50 | | Light gold colour. Rich with herby hops. |
| Rother Valley - Summertime Blues | 3.70 | | Mid brown beer with a touch of yeast. Really good hops that reminded me of the Kantenbrau lager I used to drink in my youth |
About the Rare Breeds Beer Festival 2007
Summary of Beer Scores
| Total | |
|---|---|
| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| 8 |
| 1 |
The pub is found in Woodchurch, Kent, TN26 3RJ.
The Ashford, Folkestone and Romney Marsh CAMRA Beer Festival 2007 was held at the Rare Breeds Centre near Woodchurch. As usual it consisted of a field, a marquee, a barbeque and a bunch of amiable CAMRA people.
We have visited this pub 3 times, seen 20 different beers and tried them all.
Postcode: TN26 3RJ