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ust a reminder that the Banbury Beer Festival is on 8th (evening), 9th & 10th May this year.
I shall be there on all 3 days at some stage. 80+ Real Ales plus the Cider & Perry bar is being masterfully organised by Fin.
The second that the beer & cider list is published you will get to know, its currently in its final stages.
Banbury is easy to get to from many places by public transport, with direct links to London, Oxford & Birmingham.
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Will almost certainly be there either Friday or Saturday.
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It can’t that masterfully done otherwise it might outshine Merton  But I’m hoping that the cider and perry lovers amongst us will be happy, I think I was asked to do it because no one else wanted to 
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This sounds good...
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Abbeydale Invocation 4.20%
Acorn Sovereign 4.40%
Acorn Old Moor Porter 4.40%
Allendale Wolf 5.50%
Allgates Mild at Heart 3.80%
Allgates Napoleon’s Retreat 3.90%
Ascot Anastasia’s Exile stout 5.00%
Beartown Harley 4.10%
Best Mates Vicar’s Daughter 3.70%
Best Mates Alfie 4.20%
Betwixt BeWilder 4.30%
Betwixt Wild Admiral 5.00%
Boggart Waterloo Porter 5.00%
Bottlebrook Midnight Mash 5.10%
Bradfield Ye Olde English Ale 4.60%
Brakspear Oxford Gold 4.00%
Brakspear Triple 7.20%
Bridestone Beastly Bride 4.80%
Brimstage Trappers Hat 3.80%
Brimstage Rhode Island Red 4.00%
Brysons Hurricane Bitter 4.10%
Butts Coper 6.00%
Cairngorm Trade Winds 4.30%
Cambrinus Smoke Screen 4.40%
Provisional Cambrinus Endurance 4.50%
Provisional Cherwell Valley Larkrise 4.00%
Cherwell Valley Cropredy Bridge 4.20%
Conwy Castle Bitter 3.80%
Dark StarOver The Moon 3.80%
Elland Mambo 4.00%
Fox & Newt Cunning Stunt 4.00%
Fugestou Common 3.80%
George Wright Pipe Dream 4.30%
George Wright Roman Black 4.80%
Great Orme Welsh Black 4.00%
Harviestoun Top Dollar 4.00%
Higsons Bitter 4.10%
Higsons Stout 5.00%
Hobsons Mild 3.20%
Hook Norton Dark 3.20%
Hook Norton Cotswold Lion 4.20%
Hook Norton Banbury 400 4.70%
Hornbeam California Steam 4.40%
Kelham Island Reason to Believe 4.00%
Leeds Old Accomplice 3.50%
Little Valley Midgeley Mild 3.80%
Loddon Wowzer! 4.20%
Marble Ginger 4.50%
Millstone Pig & Whistle 4.30%
Millstone True Grit 5.00%
Milton Cyclops 5.30%
Milton Cruel Necessity 6.50%
Naylors Sunset Ale 4.20%
North Cotswold Mayfair 3.70%
North Cotswold Monach IPA 10.00%
Oakham Delirium 5.20%
Ossett Black Bull Bitter 3.90%
Phipps TBC TBC
Provisional Pilgrim Weald Ale 3.60%
Prospect Silver Tally 3.70%
Prospect Blinding Light ??
RCH Hewish IPA 3.60%
Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 6.00%
Southport National Hero 4.00%
Southport Carousel 4.00%
Spitting Feathers Special 4.20%
Spitting Feathers Old Wavertonian 4.40%
Steamin Billy Bitter 4.30%
Stonehouse Station Bitter 3.90%
Storm Silk of Amnesia 4.70%
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.90%
Tunnel Sweet Parsh Ale 4.70%
Vale Gravitas 4.80%
Wapping 3 Sheets 4.00%
Wapping Stout 5.00%
West Berks Maggs Magnificent Mild 3.70%
Woldtop Bitter 3.70%
Woodlands Bitter 4.40%
Wychwood Fiddler’s Elbow 4.50%
Wye Valley Forgeman’s Ale 4.20%
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Some slight updates.
The Phipps beer is Triple XXX at 3.9%
North Cotswold Mayfair at 4.1%
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Bloody hell! Bring on the Monarch!!!
Gonna try to do Friday and Saturday but money is tight so it may have to be just the one day. I really hope the Monarch is still on.
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Sorry for the delay, but here are the Ciders/Perries for Banbury Beer Festival. Loz and I will be working Thurs and all day Friday for those that are able to get along, hope to see you there.
1. Ross on Wye - Whisky Cask Cider (Req: Bowmore) - 6.5 - Ross on Wye Herefordshire
2.West Croft - Janets Jungle Juice - Cider - 6% - Highbridge Somerset
3. Hecks - Kingston Black - Cider(SV) -6.5% -Street Somerset
4. Hecks - Browns Apple Cider(SV) - 6.5% - Street Somerset
5. Broadoak - Kingston Black Cider(SV) - 8.4% - Clutton Somerset
6. Biddenden - Bushell Cider - 6% - Ashford Kent
7. Crossmans - Medium Cider Cider - 6% - Weston Super Mare Somerset
8. Double Vision - Medium Sweet Cider - 7.4% - Maidstone Kent
9. Gwynt Y Ddraig - Black Dragon Kingston Black Cider(SV) - 7.4% Pontypridd, Wales
10. Ralphs - Medium Cider - 7% - Presteigne, Powys, Wales
11. Harechurch - Red Langdon Perry(SV)- ABV ? - Drybrook Glos
12. Holder - Perry(SV?) - 7.5% - Oxenton Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
13. Troggi - Perry - 7.1% - Monmouthshire Wales
14. Gwatkin - Blended Perry - 7% - Abbeydore Herefordshire
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Whilst at the Beer Festival Meeting on Monday night I was informed that this was possibly the first time ever for Brakspear Triple 7.20% in cask? I hope that I heard right, if so it will be quite sought after I’m sure.
Also looking forward to the new beer from Milton 
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Never did get the Brakspear triple in cask, I kept frogetting to try it and then it was gone.
The cider ran out early Saturday afternoon, it was a cracking selection and certainly attracted the girls. You know when to be in the right place Fin
All in all a great Festival, and the weather was brilliant. I left at around 8pm on the Saturday and there was still a crowd, but very little left. Great stuff.
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Really pleased that the cider and perry ran out, I couldn’t do the Saturday owing to a party I had to go to, but to be honest after 7 hours on Thursday and twelve hours on my feet on Friday I was fair knackered anyhow.
My beer of the festival was I’m pleased to say one of my own selection the Gwatkin Oldfield Perry, ok it wasn’t totally my selection as I’d expected a blended Perry from Gwakin but I’m so glad we managed to get the wonderful Oldfield I gave it a 4.1 unsurprisngly it was the first one to sell out as I couldn’t keep my trap shut and everyone got on board this little beauty. You’re right Glen working on the Cider and Perry bar is a sure far way to be in constant conversation with a large number of the fairer sex
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