Organic Festival
Thursday 22nd - Tuesday 27th July
15+ Organic Ales
Organic BBQ Friday PM
BBQ organised by Birmingham Friends of The Earth

Beer Menu to follow

May Festival 2010
Thursday 27th - Tuesday 1st June
Buy any 6 pints of ale and get one pint free
* Denotes a Festival Special beer

Abbeydale Brewery - South Yorkshire
*Brimulation - 4.0% - Brown, biscuity with pleasant hop character. Well balanced.
*Absolute Restoration - 4.5% - Pale with tropical fruits and lingering bitterness.
*Dark Restoration - 4.8% - Complex porter, roast malts, subtle hop character and bitterness.

Acorn Brewery - South Yorkshire
Darkness - 4.2% - Ruby coloured, mildly bitter with roasted malt aromas.
Lightness - 3.6% - Golden mild, light and refreshing with a gentle bitterness

Beowulf Brewery - Staffordshire
*Anchor Rave’n - 4.5% - Dry hopped with fuggles, a traditional, flavourful mild.
Wuffa - 4.5% - Pale golden with flowery bitterness.

Bird Brain Brewery - Yorkshire
Amarillo Warbler - 4.1% - Pale, very hoppy, single hop ale.

Brew Co - South Yorkshire
Hop Ripper IPA - 4.3% - American style IPA, hoppy and citrusy.

Blindman’s Brewery - Somerset
Beer Elbow - 4.3% - Copper coloured, softly bittered ale.

Broughton Ales Brewery – Peebleshire
Coulson’s EPA - 3.4% - Mellow satisfying flavours. Refreshing crisp finish.

Church End Brewery - Warwickshire
Anchor Mild For May - 4.0% - Our own souped up version. Bursting with roasted flavours.
Anchor MMX - 4.6% - Deep gold, slightly citrusy and moderately hopped

Coastal Brewery - Cornwall
*Anchor May Gold - 4.7% - Golden, delicious, dry hopped ale.
*Dangleberry - 3.9% - Mid gold, moderately bitter.
*Gerrymandering - 4.0% - Pale, hoppy and citrusy ale.

Cotleigh Brewery - Somerset
Albatross - 6.5% - Golden, full flavoured. Triple hopped.
Nutcracker - 3.6% - Dark amber with a light fruity taste. Hints of liquorice.
*Nifty At Fifty - 4.0% - Dry hopped version with Cascade hops. Golden fruity ale.

Dark Star Brewery - West Sussex
Hophead - 3.8% - Pale, golden, full bodied ale with strong floral aromas.

The Downton Brewery - Wiltshire
*Forest IPA - 4.6% - Amber coloured with floral aromas and hoppy bitterness.
*Forest IPA Extra - 4.6% - Dry hopped with Styrian hops. Fruity nose and citrusy flavours.

Elland Brewery - West Yorkshire
Station Hotel Bitter - 4.6% - Golden coloured, crisp, citrus hop flavours and aromas.
Gargoyles/Isca Brewery - Devon
Wheat - 5.0% - Orange zest and coriander create this clear wheat beer.

Gidley's Brewery - Devon
Valley - 4.0% - Dark amber, fruity and hoppy ale.

Hammerpot Brewery - West Sussex
HPA - 4.2% - Light, golden, full flavoured and tangy pale ale.

Hobson’s Brewery - Shropshire
Mild 3.2% - Chocolate malt gives plenty of flavour and aroma that belies its strength.
Bitter 3.8% - Amber, medium bodied beer, balanced with strong hop character.
Previous winner Champion Beer of Britain

Hogswood Brewery - Cornwall
Goshen Ale - 4.0% - Rich session bitter with hoppy aromas.
North Shore IPA - 3.8% - Golden, well hopped and aromatic.

Holden’s Brewery - Staffordshire
XB - 4.1% - Golden, fruity palate with a bitter sweet finish.

Kelham Island Brewery - South Yorkshire
Bright Side of Life - 3.8% - A flavoursome cloudy wheat beer

Kingstone Brewery - Monmouthshire
Gold - 4.0% - Straw coloured, smooth with citrus notes and a balanced hoppy finish.

Ludlow Brewery - Shropshire
Black Knight - 4.5% - Luscious and velvety, smooth gentle bitterness.

Lytham Brewery - Lancashire
IPA - 5.6% - Pale with a fresh sweet and hoppy flavour leading to a long, dry finish

Mallinson’s Brewery - West Yorkshire
Coach Station Bitter - 3.8% - Pale with a bitter hoppy taste and finish.

Northumberland Brewery - Northumberland
Spring Gold - 3.9% - Golden, mellow with a slight citric finish.

Oakham Ales Brewery - Cambridgeshire
White Dwarf - 4.3% - Mellow fruitiness with a dry finish. A real thirst quencher.
Previous Champion Beer of Britain

Oxfordshire Ales Brewery - Buckinghamshire
OA Bitter - 3.7% - Easy drinking well hopped session bitter

RCH Brewery - Somerset
Hewish Mild - 3.6% - Dark and full bodied.

Red Squirrel Brewery - Hertfordshire
*Original 50 Not Out - 5.0% - English IPA. Our dry hopped version.
*Springfield Anchor IPA - 5.4% - Dry hopped version. A floral, citrusy, American style IPA.

Rooster’s Brewery - North Yorkshire
Citra - 4.3% - Pale with passion fruit and tropical fruit aromas. Soft bitterness.
YPA - 4.3% - Pale golden, medium bitterness with raspberry aromas.
2010 Silver Medal: ‘Summer Ale’ Category World Beer Cup Chicago

Saltaire Brewery - West Yorkshire
Triple Chocoholic - 4.8% - Real chocolate & chocolate malts make a dark velvety beer.
SIBA Supreme Champion 2010.

Thornbridge Brewery - Derbyshire
Murmansk - 7.4% - Premium full flavoured ale, roasted and hop bitterness.
Lumford - 3.9% - New, pale, dry hopped ale, using a wealth of new world hops.

Thorne Brewery - South Yorkshire
Brunyard - 4.5% - Dark ale with powerful citrus hops and rich fruitcake flavours.

Three Castles Brewery – Wiltshire
Heritage - 4.2% - Traditional English Style bitter. Chestnut colour, very smooth.

Toad Brewery - South Yorkshire
Golden Angel - 4.0% - Pale with subtle grapefruit notes and a dry finish.
Tadpole - 3.8% - Smooth with delicate hints of fruit. Dry finish.

Upham Brewery – Hampshire
Upham Ale - 4.0% - Golden with a hint of chocolate and a pronounced hoppy finish.

Weatheroak Hill Brewery - Worcestershire
EPA - 5.0% - Premium version of their pale ale.
Icknield Pale Ale - 3.8% - Pale, tangy and full tasting.

Welton’s Brewery - West Sussex
White Dragon - 5.2% - Light, crisp and full of flavoured.

Whitstable Brewery - Kent
Faversham Creek - 3.8% - Golden ale, hoppy, a single varietal hop Styrian goldings.

White Brewing - East Sussex
White Gold 4.9% - Pale golden bitter, crisp and refreshing.

White Rose Brewery - South Yorkshire
Hung Parliament - 4.2% - Light gold and with smooth hop flavour.
*George Jumps For Joy - 4.2% - Dry hopped to celebrate George’s big effort in aid of St Mary’s Hospice.

Windsor & Eton - Berkshire
Guardsman Best Bitter - 4.2% - Smooth, fresh hop flavours. Best bitter.

WJ King Brewery & Co - West Sussex
Five Generations - 4.4% - Light amber, full bodied seasonal beer.

Wye Valley Brewery - Herefordshire
HPA - 4.0% - Smooth, balanced with citrus hop aromas.

Festival Ciders and Perry
The Hecks family have made traditional Somerset farmhouse cider since 1840.
They blend locally grown apple juices in fermented wooden barrels.

Hecks Farmhouse Cider - 6.5%

Hecks Single Variety (Port Wine of Glastonbury) - 6.5%

Perry:  Hecks Blakeney Red - 6.5%

St.Patrick's Festival
Thursday 11th March to Wednesday 17th March
Beers from Irish Microbreweries - Very Rare!!
Beer Menu to follow

Burn’s Festival
Thursday 21st - Tuesday 26th January

Angus Ales Brewery - Angus
Gowfer’s Gold - 3.8%
Golden, refreshing ale

Mashie Niblick - 4.2%
Full flavoured, malty ale.

Ayr Brewing Co Ltd - Ayrshire
Jolly Beggars Best Bitter - 4.2%
Full fruit palate, sweet maltiness with hints of spice

Broughton Brewery - Peeblesshire
Champion Double Ale - 5.5%
Dark velvety with rich roasted flavours

Cairngorm Brewing Co Ltd - Morayshire
Winter Flurry - 3.8%
Delicate malt flavour, with hints of caramel and a spicy finish

Caledonian Brewing Co Ltd - Midlothian
Deuchars IPA - 3.8%
Golden, well balanced and citrusy with hints of grapefruit

Auld Acquaintance - 4.4%
Amber with flavours of sweet nutty chocolate and a hint of malt in the finish

Deeside Brewery - Aberdeenshire
Lulach - 4.0%
Pale amber, well balanced with a touch of nuttiness

Nechtain - 4.1%
American style pale ale. Lots of citrusy bitterness

Talorcan - 4.5%
A velvety smooth and creamy porter

Fyne Ales Brewery - Argyllshire
Hurricane Jack - 4.4%
Smooth, golden ale with dry citrus flavours.
Avalanche - 4.5%
Straw coloured, deliciously dry with a hint of grapefruit in the finish.

Harviestoun Brewery - Clackmannanshire
Haggis Hunter - 4.3%
Floral, hoppy and spicy.

Highland Brewing Co Ltd - Orkney Islands
Auld Anchor - 4.0%
A well rounded spicy dry hopped ale.
Lang May Yer Lum Reek! - 4.0%
A citrusy and biscuity well balanced bitter.

Strong Northerly - 5.5%
Subtle, well balanced, premium and hoppy ale.

Inveralmond Brewery -Perthshire
Perth 800 Ale - 4.0%

Santa’s Swallie - 4.3%
Dark copper coloured ale with a hint of nutmeg and cinnamon.
Burn’s Fuggles Fail - 4.7%
Smooth, dark, full bodied beer with a deep malty taste and hints of chocolate. Dry hopped.

Loch Leven Brewery - Fife
Golden Goose - 3.7% - Golden, well balanced session ale.

Anchor Autumn Festival
Thursday 29th October - Tuesday 3rd November
60+ Beers * New Breweries * New Beers * Old Favourites
PLUS Live Music P.J.'s Band on Saturday Night
Click here for a Full Beer Menu
 

Our 10th Organic Beer Festival
Thursday 23rd - Tuesday 28th July
15+ Ales, Organic BBQ Saturday PM
PLUS Live Music P.J.'s Band

Butts Brewery - Berkshire
Coper - 6.0% - Classic strong English Ale.
Mudskipper - 4.5% - Rich, floral and slightly malty.

Little Valley Brewery - Yorkshire
Six Pence - 3.7% - Smooth and dry bitter with a slight caramel taste.
Stoodley Stout - 4.8% - Rich, roasted, creamy flavours with citrus notes.
*2 Men in The Anchor - 3.5% - Well hopped with floral aromas and a long, smooth, dry finish.

Marble Beers Ltd - Lancashire
Ginger Marble - 4.5% - Fiery and dry with ginger and citrus hop aromas.
Chocolate - 5.5% - Strong, rich stout- like beer.
J.P. Best - 4.3% - Traditional best bitter with big hop character, well balanced with bags of flavour.

North Yorkshire Brewery - North Yorkshire
Norfolk & Chemicals - 3.8% - Clean tasting well hopped pale ale.
Top Tipple - 4.3% - Northern style, full bodied and rounded ale.
*Anchor Organic Blond - 4.6% - Bags of hops with a bitter-sweet aftertaste.

Spectrum Brewery - Norfolk
Yule Fuel - 7.0% - Golden and hoppy.
43 - 4.3% - Well balanced best bitter.
*Anchor Deca Ale - 3.7% - Golden, hoppy and softly bittered.

Stroud Brewery - Gloucestershire
Organic Ale (Silver @ Champion beers of Gloucestershire 2008) - 4.0%
Refreshing golden ale with delicate apple aroma.
Budding Organic Version (Champion beer of Gloucestershire 2006 & 2008) - 4.5%
Popular pale ale, hoppy and very floral with a grassy bitterness.
Woolsack Porter - 5.0% - Rich, ruby porter with hints of liquorice.

Traditional Scottish Ales- Stirlingshire
Lomond Gold Blonde Ale (SIBA award-winner) - 5.0% - Pale, fruity and hoppy with hints of citrus flavours.

Organic Keg Lager
Freedom Brewery - Staffordshire
Freedom Organic Lager - 4.8% - Rounded, malty flavour with subtle bitterness.
Other Freedom bottled beers available.

* Denotes a festival special beer.

Please note: Due to the non use of isinglass finings,
these beers sometimes have a slight haze. However this is
part of the beers’ makeup and in no way affects the taste or quality of the beer.


Organic Ciders & Perry

Butford Farm - Herefordshire
Butford Perry (med) 5.5%

Millwhites - Somerset
Single Orchard Cider (med) - 6.7%

Butford Farm - Herefordshire
Butford Farm Cider (dry) - 7.3%
 

Yorkshire Breweries Weekend 2009
Friday 17th - Monday 20th July
Beers from Ossett, Riverhead, Mallinson's, Empire,
Elland, Abbeydale, Fernandes

Best of the May Festival 2009
Thursday 25th - Tuesday 30th June
The Top 10 ales as voted by our customers
back on tap plus some new brews
Scroll down to view the Beer Menu for the May Festival

Roosters Weekend 2009
Thursday 19th - Monday 22nd June

Boneshaker 5.0%
 I.P.A with grapefruity bitterness and huge new world hop aromas.

Oakey Cream 4.7%
 Made with toasted French oak chips to add a touch of smoky vanilla
to the creamy US Liberty hop aroma. Moderately bitter.

Leghorn 4.3%
Gold Medal: Cask conditioned ale 3.8-4.5% ABV
Brewing Industry International Awards 2005 Munich.
 Pale, premium aromatic bitter. Tropical fruit/floral aromas. Full tasting and well balanced.

Roosters Yankee 4.3%
Pale coloured premium aromatic bitter. Their best-selling beer.
Aromas of Turkish delight, lychees and sometimes Muscat grapes. Softly bitter.

Buckeye 3.7%
Light chestnut colour with rich toffee and fruit aromas.
Lightly bitter. Long aromatic finish.

Special 3.9%
Pale aromatic bitter with grapefruity and floral aromas.

Oaked Mild 3.7%
Dark red beer with vanilla and toasted oak flavours.

Wild Mule 3.9%
Pale coloured beer with grape aromas. Moderately bittered. Long finish.

Y.P.A. 4.3%
Gold Medal: ‘Summer Ale’ Category World Beer Cup 2006 Seattle & San Diego 2008
Pale golden colour. Raspberry aroma. Long aromatic finish. Moderately bitter.

Elderflower Ale 3.7%
Fresh picked Yorkshire Elderflower blooms added to the wort
with Cascade hops from The Yakima Valley.

Wrangler 3.7%
Pale coloured beer with floral and tropical fruit aromas.

Extra Wild Mule 3.9%
Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin.

Green Hop Beer 3.7%
Dry hopped with Riwoka hops.

Black Mamba 3.7%
Complex malt aromas of chocolate, roast and liquorice.
Full bodied and full flavoured.

June Buggy 4.3%
Pale beer made with malted wheat and Chinook hops.
Grapefruity bitterness. Light and dry and easy to drink

May Festival 2009
Thursday 21st - Tuesday 26th May
* Denotes a Festival Special beer

Abbeydale Brewery - South Yorkshire
Mule Storm - 4.5% - Elderflower aromas, citrusy and well hopped *
Absolute Mule - 4.7% - Pale and hoppy beer with tropical fruit tastes *

Anglo Dutch Brewery - West Yorkshire
Summer Time - 4.1% - Pale and well balanced

Beowulf Brewery - Staffordshire
Honeyed Wuffa - 4.5% - Pale, gently fruity with hints of honey *
Digbeth Diamond Drinker - 4.8% - Pale, aromatic, bursting with wheat flavours *

Bewdley Brewery - Worcestershire
Middle School - 3.7% - Dry hopped. Thirst quenching session ale *
William Mucklow’s Dark Mild - 6.0% - Dark, robust and slightly sweet.

Birmingham Brewery - West Midlands.
BMA - 3.4%% - New mild from this local brewery
Birmingham Premiership Ale - 4.1% - Dry hopped version of this ale *

Brown Cow Brewery - North Yorkshire
Simcoe Triple Dry Hopped - 4.4% - Very pale with hops, hops and more hops!

Castle Rock Brewery - Nottingham
Harvest Pale - 3.8% - Distinct hop flavours with a crisp finish
Black Tailed Skimmer - 4.0% - Dark, smooth and moreish ale

Coastal Brewery - Cornwall
Seafarer - 5.0% - Golden, well hopped, premium ale

Country Life Brewery - Devon
60 Is The Magic Number - 5.0% - Mid gold, citrusy and refreshing *
Cuckoo‘s Song - 5.5% - Copper coloured. Malty, nutty premium, strong ale *

Dark Star Brewery - West Sussex
Hophead - 3.8% - Pale golden ale with strong floral aromas

Dent Brewery - Cumbria
Golden Fleece - 3.7% - Light and hoppy, blonde session beer

Downton Brewery - Wiltshire
Honey Blonde - 4.3% - Award winning, straw coloured, spicy and floral with hints of honey

East Coast Brewery - North Yorkshire
Ginger Nut - 4.1% - Golden beer with subtle ginger notes
One Good Tarn Deserves Another - 4.3% - Golden, luscious and well hopped

Elland Brewery - West Yorkshire
7th Anniversary Ale - 4.5% Malt flavours and hoppiness, well balanced best bitter

Empire Brewery - West Yorkshire
May The Fest Be With You - 4.0% - Pale and well hopped with slight blackcurrant aromas *

Everard’s Brewery - Leicestershire
Sun chaser - 4.0% - Continental lager style, subtle fruity flavours
Old Original - 5.0% - Gold Medal winning. Smooth Premium ale

Globe Brewery - Derbyshire
Single Malt IPA - 5.7% - Pale, strong and hoppy

Golden Valley Ales - Herefordshire
Hay Bluff - 3.7% - Light, refreshing session ale
4.10 - 4.1% - Traditional English style bitter
Hopstock and Barrel - 4.6% - Premium well balanced ale

Griffin Brewery - Warwickshire
Tipperary - 4.9% - Light, well bittered premium ale

Grafton Brewery - Nottingham
Vintage Gold - 4.8% - Pale with citrus flavours. Dry hopped

Hobson’s Brewery - Shropshire
Mild - 3.2% - Smooth, plenty of flavour and aroma.
Twisted Spire - 3.6% - Refreshing with a burst of hop flavours

Hoggleys Brewery - Northamptonshire
Anchor Slum Hogg - 4.1% - Dry hopped version ,golden and full bittered *

Ironbridge Brewery - Shropshire
Wyldiwoods Henge - 4.5% - A citrusy , well balanced bitter

Julian Church Brewery - Northamptonshire
Martyr - 4.1% - Golden, smooth and refreshing bitter
Wonky Spire - 4.7% - Crisp, fruity, golden bitter

Joseph Holt Brewery - Greater Manchester
Mild - 3.2% - Bursting with roast malt aromas and flavours
Humdinger - 4.1% -Refreshing bitter, infused with honey and citrus flavours

Kelham Island Brewery - South Yorkshire
Pale Rider - 5.2% - Multi award winner. Pale fruity and hoppy

Kinver Brewery - Staffordshire
Rail Buggy - 4.3% - Floral hoppy flavours and lager malts *
Diamond Festival Ale - 4.3% - Dry hopped golden ale *

Morgan Ales - Leicestershire
Space Monkeys - 4.6% - Pale, hoppy, full flavoured with a smooth finish *
Swift Walker - 5.5% - Ruby coloured premium ale with slight bitterness *

Mallinson’s Brewery - West Yorkshire
Now That’s What I call Hops (Volume 1) - 3.5% - Single variety beers - this one Amarillo

Penpont Brewery - Cornwall
Cornish Arvor - 4.0% - Golden red , hoppy ale with malty undertones

Phoenix Brewery - Greater Manchester
Black Shadow - 4.0% - Full bodied, lightly bittered with a fruity aroma

Prescott Ales - Gloucestershire
Hill Climb - 3.8% - Thirst quenching, golden, pale ale
Track Record - 4.4% - Full flavoured best bitter

Ramsbury Brewery - Wiltshire
Golden Oscar - 4.5% - Pale with distinctive hoppy aromas and taste

Rooster’s Brewery - North Yorkshire
Buckeye - 3.7% - Complex aromas, toffee and red fruits. Lightly bitter

Saltaire Brewery - West Yorkshire
Blackberry Cascade - 4.8% - Pale ale infused with hints of blackberries
Flanders Amber - 5.0% - Rich malt flavours and spicy French hops

Salopian Brewery - Shropshire
Aztec - 4.5% - Smooth, well balanced , honeyed ale

Skinners Brewery - Cornwall
Penny Come Quickly - 4.5% - Full bodied stout , surprisingly light and crisp

Stirling Brewery - Stirlingshire
Dark Mild - 3.2% Chocolate and roasted flavours , moorish , lightly hopped

Thorne Brewery - Doncaster
Test Brew -TBA % hoping to have their first beer available

Titanic Brewery - Staffordshire
Anchor Chocolate & Vanilla Stout - 4.5% - Dry hopped version of this festival winning ale *

Tring Brewery - Hertfordshire
Little Tinker - 4.2% - Golden, moderately bitter with peppery Czech hops
Tea Kettle Stout - 4.7% - Roasted malts, rich and complex with hints of liquorice

Weatheroak Brewery - Worcestershire
Victorian Anchor - 4.3% - Dry hopped. Citrusy, pale and full flavoured *

Westerham Brewery - Kent
Summer Perle - 3.8% - Spicy and refreshing
Northdown - 4.0% - Single hop variety beer

White Rose Brewery - Derbyshire
Dizzy Blonde - 3.6% - Light with English and Polish hops
In the Geko - 4.1% - Light and hoppy

Wiltshire Brewery - Wiltshire
Moles Double MM Mild - 3.6% - Smooth, fruity & roasted toffee flavours

Festival Cider and Perry

Cider
Chant - Somerset
Badgers Spit - 6.0% - Medium
　
Bollhayes - Devon
Bollhayes - 6.5% - Dry

Perry
Orchards - Gloucestershire
Blakeney Red - 6.0 % - Single variety, dry
　
Rathays Old Goat - Herefordshire
Painted Lady - 7.5% - Single variety, medium