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SOUTH DEVON CAMRA AUTUMN BEER FESTIVAL 2005
THURSDAY 22th - SATURDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2005
AT THE RACECOURSE, NEWTON ROAD, NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON, TQ12 3AF
This was the branch's 23rd Beer Festival! Around 120 real ales, lagers & local ciders. Click here for a list of the award wining beers at the festival, and here for the list of beers available at the festival. Another successful festival!

We gratefully acknowledge Sainsbury's in Newton Abbot for allowing us to hang a banner advertising the festival on their perimeter railings and to put up a poster on the in-store Community Board. We also acknowledge them for answering our urgent appeal for plastic bags. We insist that when patrons leave the Festival they put their Commemorative glasses in such bags and because of the numbers attending we found ourselves running out of them!

The festival committee also made a contribution to the FORCE Cancer Charity based at Exeter.

Branch member Peter helps a customer select their perfect pint Phil and Kate manning the main bar
The Girlie Bar Colikn keeping the casks cool
Where's Joan, our festival organiser? Alan, bar manager in mid flow!
The excellent Morris Brothers Band Cheers!
Sherliee serving at the Girlie Bar
Peter with one of our 4-pint take-home bottles



September 2005 Beer Festival Awards
AWARD BREWERY LOCATION BEER NAME ABV
CHAMPION BEER OF FESTIVAL MIGHTY OAK BREWERY Maldon, Essex Maldon Gold 3.80%
RESERVE CHAMPION BEER Messrs McGUIRES Dublin, Ireland Rusty Ale 4.60%
BITTER WINNER SOUTH HAMS BREWERY Stokenham, Devon Plymouth Pride 3.80%
BITTER RUNNER-UP YOUNG'S Wandsworth, London Bitter 3.70%
BEST BITTER WINNER ICENI BREWERY Mundford, Norfolk Fine Soft Day 4.00%
BEST BITTER RUNNER-UP OTTER Honiton, Devon Ale 4.50%
PREMIUM BITTER WINNER Messrs McGUIRES Dublin, Ireland Rusty Ale 4.60%
PREMIUM BITTER RUNNER-UP YOUNG'S Wandsworth, London Ramrod 5.00%
GOLDEN ALE WINNER MIGHTY OAK BREWERY Maldon, Essex Maldon Gold 3.80%
GOLDEN ALE RUNNER UP SOUTH HAMS BREWERY Stokenham, Devon Eddystone Light 4.80%
STRONG ALE WINNER GRAYS BREWERY Cornwall Scuttled 5.50%
STRONG ALE RUNNER UP OTLEY BREWERY Pontypridd, S Wales Experiment O 5.40%
SPECIALITY ALE WINNER BEOWULF BREWING CO. Brownhills, Staffs Wuffa 4.50%
SPECIALITY ALE RUNNER UP COACH HOUSE Warrington, Cheshire Banoffee 4.20%

SOUTH DEVON CAMRA AUTUMN BEER FESTIVAL 2005 BEER LIST
Main Bar

BREWERY LOCATION BEER NAME ABV TASTING  NOTES
ABBEY ALES Bath, Somerset Bellringer 4.2% Well balanced hoppy ale, refreshingly dry with bitter finish
ABBEY ALES Bath, Somerset White Friar 5.0%

No tasting notes avaiable
ADNAMS  Southwold, Suffolk Broadside 4.7% Mid-brown beer, fruity aroma underlying malt and hops.
ADNAMS  Southwold, Suffolk Regatta 4.3%  
BAKEHOUSE BREWERY Warwick Born & Bread 4.1% No tasting notes available
BAKEHOUSE BREWERY Warwick Fired Up 4.2% No tasting notes available
BATH ALES Warmley, Bristol Gem 4.1% Pale and crystal with hint of chocolate, Fruity and hoppy throughout.
BATH ALES Warmley, Bristol Wild Hare 5.0% New organic offering from this fine brewery.
BEARTOWN Congleton, Bear Ass 4.0% Dark, ruby red malty bitter, fruity with dry bitter aftertaste.
BEOWULF BREWING CO. Brownhills, Staffordshire Wuffa 4.5%  
BEOWULF BREWING CO. Brownhills, Staffordshire Heroes 4.7% Gold colour, malt aroma, hoppy taste but sweetish finish.
BEOWULF BREWING CO. Brownhills, Staffordshire Mercian Shine 5.0% Pale gold colour, citrus flavour with a full body and hoppy, dry finish
BOX STEAM BREWERY Chippenham, Wiltshire Blind Summit 4.6% New beer
BRANSCOMBE Branscombe, Devon. Branoc 3.8% Light fruity/malt taste and aroma with a well rounded bitter finish.
BRANSCOMBE Branscombe, Devon. Summa That 5.0% A light golden summer brew, refreshingly hoppy and smooth on the palete.
CANNON ROYALL Ombersley, Worcestershire Kings Shilling 3.8% A golden bitter that packs a citrus hoppy punch throughout.
CANNON ROYALL Ombersley, Worcestershire Arrowhead 3.9% Pale golden bitter. From the aroma to the finish, this is for the lover of bitter bitters
CHURCH END Nuneaton, Warks Arthurs Wit 6.0%  
CLARKS Wakefield, West Yorks Classic Blonde 3.9% Light blond ale with citrus and hoppy flavour.
COTLEIGH Wiveliscombe, Somerset Harrier 3.5%  
COTLEIGH Wiveliscombe, Somerset New Harvest 4.0% Pale in colour with a predominantly hop flavour and fresh character.
COTSWOLD SPRING BREWERY Wiltshire Old English Rose 3.8% No tasting notes available
COTSWOLD SPRING BREWERY Wiltshire Old Codger 4.2% No tasting notes available
COTSWOLD SPRING BREWERY Wiltshire Royal 4.6% No tasting notes available
COUNTRY LIFE Abbotsham, Devon Old Appledore 3.7%  
COUNTRY LIFE Abbotsham, Devon Wallop 4.4%  
CWMBRAN BREWERY Torfaen,South Wales Draymans Gold 4.2% No tasting notes available
CWMBRAN BREWERY Torfaen,South Wales Pure Welsh 4.8% No tasting notes available
DENT Sedburgh, Cumbria Rambrau 4.5% A cask - conditioned lager
DOGHOUSE Scorrier, Cornwall Snoozy Suzie 4.3%  
DOGHOUSE Scorrier, Cornwall Trafalgar IPA 4.6%  
EVAN EVANS Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire Summer Ale 4.3% No tasting notes available
EVAN EVANS Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire Warrior 4.4% No tasting notes available
EXMOOR Wiveliscombe, Somerset Silver stallion 4.3% Pale and chocolate malts create a malty taste with citrus and spice overtones
EXMOOR Wiveliscombe, Somerset Wildcat 4.4% Mid-brown beer with hoppy nose, malty flavour and dry hoppy finish.
FRANKTON BAGBY BREWERY Rugby, Warwickshire Bushwacker 4.5% No tasting notes available
GLASTONBURY Somerton, Somerset Lady of the Lake 4.2% Amber bitter with plenty of hops, balanced by a fruity malt flavour with a hint of vanilla.
GLASTONBURY Somerton, Somerset Porter 4.5%  
GOOSE EYE Keighly, West Yorks No Eye Deer 4.0% Copper coloured beer faint fruity and malty aroma. Strong hoppy flavours.
GRAYS BREWERY Cornwall Scuttled 5.5% No tasting notes available
GREEN TYE BREWERY Much Hadham, Hertfordshire Green Tiger 4.2%  
GREEN TYE BREWERY Much Hadham, Hertfordshire Autumn Rose 4.2%  
GREEN TYE BREWERY Much Hadham, Hertfordshire Conkerer 4.7%  
HARVIESTOUN Dollar, Clacks Schiehallion 4.8% Award winning cask lager.
HIDDEN BREWERY Salisbury, Wiltshire Pint 3.8% Tangy, mid-brown beer with good ho content, citrus fruit and malt balance
HIDDEN BREWERY Salisbury, Wiltshire Fantasy 4.4%  
HOBDENS BREWERY Warminster, Wiltshire Crockerton Classic 4.5% Full bodied, tawny bitter fruity and malty.
HOBDENS BREWERY Warminster, Wiltshire Warminster Warrior 4.5% No tasting notes available
HOP BACK Salisbury, Wiltshire Admirale 4.0% Full bodied bitter brewed to celebrate Trafalgar 200.
HOP BACK Salisbury, Wiltshire Entire Stout 4.5% Rich stout with strong roast malt flavour and long, smooth aftertaste.
HOP BACK Salisbury, Wiltshire Thunderstorm 4.7% Hop,lemony and orangy aromas with a dry finish.
ICENI BREWERY Mundford, Norfolk Fine Soft Day 4.0% Hoppy amber ale with lingering aftertaste of hops and malt.
ICENI BREWERY Mundford, Norfolk Four Summer 4.0%  
ISLE OF PURBECK BREWERY Studland, Dorset Fossil Fuel 4.2% No tasting notes available
ISLE OF PURBECK BREWERY Studland, Dorset I.P.A. 4.8% No tasting notes available
JARROW Jarrow, Tyne & Wear Red Ellen 4.4% No tasting notes available
JUWARDS Wellington, Somerset Amber 4.1%  
JUWARDS Wellington, Somerset Premium 4.3%  
LIZARD Helston, Cornwall Kernow Gold 3.7% Golden Bitter
LIZARD Helston, Cornwall An Goff 5.2% Black beer named after a famous blacksmith
Messrs McGUIRES Dublin, Ireland Rusty Ale 4.6% No tasting notes available
Messrs McGUIRES Dublin, Ireland Porter 5.2% No tasting notes available
MARSTON MOOR York, Yorkshire Brewers Droop 5.0% Pale, robust ale with hops and fruit notes. Long bitter aftertaste.
MIGHTY OAK BREWERY Maldon, Essex Maldon Gold 3.8% Honey and bubblegum dominate the aroma of this fruity golden beer pineapple in the taste yields to a drier finish.
MIGHTY OAK BREWERY Maldon, Essex Sticky Wicket 4.4% No tasting notes available.
MOOR Ashcott, Somerset Clwyd Borderer 4.5%  
MOOR Ashcott, Somerset Summerland Gold 5.0% A light, flavoured golden summer ale.
NEWMANS BREWERY Banwell, Somerset Wolvers Ale 4.1% Initial sweetness with a fine malt flavour is balanced by a slightly astringent, hoppy finish
NEWMANS BREWERY Banwell, Somerset Bite IPA 4.6% No tasting notes available
OAKLEAF Gosport, Hampshire Mild 3.8% Gorgeous full aroma, a lasting mix of roast and toffee. Roast, bitter finish.
OAKLEAF Gosport, Hampshire Eclabath Wheat Beer 5.4% Cloudy wheat beer
O'HANLON Whimple, Devon Yellowhammer 4.0% Pale yellow beer with hop and fruit nose. Dry, bitter aftertaste.
O'HANLON Whimple, Devon Port Stout 4.8% Black beer with roast malt in the aroma and taste. Hoppy bitterness in the aftertaste.
O'HANLON Whimple, Devon Royal Oak 5.0% Copper coloured beer with a strong fruit and malt aroma and taste and bitter aftertaste.
OTLEY BREWERY Pontypridd, South Wales CO2 4.0% New beer from a new brewery
OTLEY BREWERY Pontypridd, South Wales Experiment O 5.4% New beer a this new brewery
OTTER Honiton, Devon Bright 4.3% Fruit and hop aroma in a straw coloured beer. With a strong bitter aftertaste.
OTTER Honiton, Devon Ale 4.5% Full bodied best bitter, malty aroma with fruity taste and finish.
PALMERS Bridport, Dorset Dorset Gold 4.5% Golden ale, full and fruity. Refreshing and thirst quenching.
PALMERS Bridport, Dorset 200 5.0% Caramel sweetness and fruity aroma balanced by a dry finish.
PRINCETOWN Princetown, Devon Dartmoor IPA 4.0% Amber coloured with flowery hop aroma and taste. Bitter aftertaste.
PRINCETOWN Princetown, Devon Jail Ale 4.8% Hops and fruit in the flavour, slightly sweet aftertste.
RCH Weston super Mare, Someset East Street Cream 5.0% Brown in colour it tastes malty with chocolate hints, hoppy , fruity and bitter-sweet
RCH Weston super Mare, Someset Sante Fe 7.3%  
RING O' BELLS Launceston, Cornwall Bucket and Spade 4.5% No tasting notes available
ST AUSTELL St. Austell, Cornwall Tribute 4.2% Pale brown  with a good balance of malt and hoppy bitterness.
ST AUSTELL St. Austell, Cornwall HSD 5.0% Full bodied palete with toffee maltiness in the finish.
SCATTOR ROCK Christow, Devon Guzzler 3.9% No tasting notes available.
SCATTOR ROCK Christow, Devon Ansom 4.8% No tasting notes available.
SHARPS Rock, Cornwall Own 4.4% Complex malt base highlighted with subtle roasted undertones with a dryhop finish.
SHARPS Rock, Cornwall Atlantic IPA 4.8% No tasting notes available.
SKINNERS Truro, Cornwall Keel Over 4.2% Amber in colour, beautifully balanced with a smooth finish.
SKINNERS Truro, Cornwall Davey Jones Knocker 5.0%  
SOUTH HAMS BREWERY Stokenham, Devon Plymouth Pride 3.8%  
SOUTH HAMS BREWERY Stokenham, Devon Eddystone Light 4.8%  
STONEHENGE Netheravon,Wiltshire Spire Ale 3.8% A golden hoppy beer.
STONEHENGE Netheravon,Wiltshire Great Bustard 4.8% Deep amber beer the taste is fruity and malty with lingering bitter aftertaste.
STONEHENGE Netheravon,Wiltshire Danish Dynamite 5.0% Light golden, dry strong ale.
TEIGNWORTHY Newton Abbot, Devon Golden Sands. 4.2%  
TEIGNWORTHY Newton Abbot, Devon Harvester 5.5%  
WEST BERKSHIRE BREWERY Yattendon, Berkshire Mr Chubbs Lunchtime Bitter 3.6% A traditional beer with all english hops and a good balanced bitterness.
WEST BERKSHIRE BREWERY Yattendon, Berkshire Decadence 4.5% New beer from the brewery.
WOLF BREWERY Attleborough, Norfolk It's a Peach 4.1%  
WOLF BREWERY Attleborough, Norfolk Straw Dogs 4.5%  

Young's Bar

BREWERY LOCATION BEER NAME ABV TASTING  NOTES
Young's Wandsworth, London Bitter 3.7% Refreshing cask ale with a fruity aroma and long bitter finish
Young's Wandsworth, London Special 4.5% Amber ale with fruity nose, hop aroma and full round finish.
Young's Wandsworth, London Waggle Dance 5.0% Fine balance of honey and hops provide bitterness with a delicate honey aroma.
Young's Wandsworth, London Special London Ale 6.4% Aromatic, dry & fruity, its malt richness is countered by a large infusion of hops.

Girlie Bar

BREWERY LOCATION BEER NAME ABV TASTING  NOTES
ARUNDEL Arundel, West Sussex Hard Willie ?% No tasting notes available
CHURCH END Nuneaton, Warks Cor' its Coffee 3.5% Light brown subtle hop then coffee aftertaste
CHURCH END Nuneaton, Warks Lovely  Lemon & Lime 4.1% Light golden yellow citrus beer with lime aftertaste
CHURCH END Nuneaton, Warks So Mango 4.2% Thick yellow, soft hazy mango, mango, mango
CHURCH END Nuneaton, Warks Gratefully Grapefruit 5.0% Pale yellow citrus with light haze.
COACH HOUSE Warrington, Cheshire Banoffee 4.2% Medium coloured golden brew with banana and toffee
DALESIDE Harrogate, Yorkshire Old Legover 4.1% Mid-brown beer, fruity and bitter afteraste
HEATHER ALES Alloa, Scotland Roisan 4.2% New raspberry beer.
OLD BEAR Keighley, West Yorkshire Honeypot 4.4% Refreshing honey beer
RANDELS St. Peters Port, Guensey Wicked 4.2% Soft cherry aroma, butterscotch and banana in the aftertaste
St. GEORGES BREWERY Callow End, Worcester Maiden Vale 3.7% No tasting notes available
THORNBRIDGE Bakewell, Derbysire Foxglove 3.5% No tasting notes available

Cider Bar

Producer From Cider Name Style A.B.V.
Countyman Devon Sweet Sweet 6.5
Double Vision Kent Double Vision Medium 7.5
Gwatkins Hereford Perry Perry 7.5
Hecks Somerset Vintage Sweet Sweet 6.5
Westcroft Somerset Janet's Jungle Juice Medium 6
Kennford Devon Kennford Dry Dry 6
Minchews Gloucestershire Perry Perry 7
Moorcroft New Forest Perry Perry 7
Perry Bros. Somerset Red Streak Dry 6
Hecks Somerset Late Dunkerton Sweet 6.5
Westons Herefordshire Perry Perry 4.5
 

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