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GBBF Winter

We are really excited to be bringing everyone back together in Burton-upon-Trent in February for the Great British Beer Festival Winter. As the winter counterpart to CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival, visitors will find a fantastic range of not only dark and winter brews but a great selection of light and hoppy ales to sample over the period. The festival will feature hundreds of cask and craft beers, ciders, perries and gin in the beautiful surrounds of Burton Town Hall, where visitors can also enjoy a range of entertainment and food throughout the weekend.

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Opening hours
Thu: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm, 12:00 pm - 11:00 pm Trade session
Fri: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sat: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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3P's

Clanny Lamp (4.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Amber ale, Munich malt forward ale, with a sweet fruity finish lightly dry hopped with Amarillo and Motueka hops. (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: 3P's
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Amber / Red Ale
Rattlejack (4.1%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

An oaty pale ale, smooth creamy tasting session ale, malty, with a dry hopped combination of Ahtanum, and Citra hops with notes of geranium, and grapefruit. (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: 3P's
ABV%: 4.1
Category: Pale Ale

Allsopps

Celebration Ale (7.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A 200th anniversary beer celebrating Allsopp's teapot beer.

Producer / Brewery: Allsopps
ABV%: 7.5
Category: IPA
India Pale Ale (5.6%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Samuel Allsopp was the first to perfect Burton-brewed India Pale Ale. Some 200 years later, Allsopp & Sons invite you to savour this faithful recreation of the complex, beguiling, original Burton IPA (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: Allsopps
ABV%: 5.6
Category: IPA

Ampersand

Bidon (3.9%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A session ale brewed to be light, crisp and easy drinking. Lots of late Citra & El Dorado hops provide a great combination of tropical, peach & citrus notes to balance the crisp malt body. (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: Ampersand
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Golden Ale
Monte Santo (4.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A collaboration brew between ourselves & local roasters Etude Coffee using their Monte Santo de Minas roast. All the classic stout flavours backed up by a dose of ground coffee to the whirlpool & a second charge of whole beans to the fermenter. Expect big hazelnut & dark chocolate coffee notes. (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: Ampersand
ABV%: 4.5
Category: Stout
Sand and Sea ESB (5.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Brewed in collaboration with our good friends at Leigh on Sea Brewery this is our take on an Extra Special Bitter. A combination of crystal malts give big toffee & stone fruit flavours whilst a hit of late Bramling Cross hops packs it out with notes of blackberry & spice

Producer / Brewery: Ampersand
ABV%: 5.2
Category: Bitter

Arbor

Midnight Blue (5.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Full bodied stout with flavours of dark fruits, molasses and roasted malts .

Producer / Brewery: Arbor
ABV%: 5.8
Category: Stout

Ashover

Belma (3.9%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Limited edition pale brewed with American Belma hops

Producer / Brewery: Ashover
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale Ale
Littlemoor Citra (4.1%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Brewed using the ever popular citra hop. Clean, pale, crisp and refreshing.

Producer / Brewery: Ashover
ABV%: 4.1
Category: IPA

Ayr

Rabbies Porter (4.3%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Robust full bodied porter. Flavours of coffee, chocolate, currant fruit and molasses with a long creamy finish.

Producer / Brewery: Ayr
ABV%: 4.3
Category: Porter

Beartown

Créme Bearlee (4.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Chocolate and vanilla aromas with malty, caramel and roasty flavours combine with a sweet body to be followed by a dry finish.

Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Beartown
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Stout

Beerblefish

Infinite Improbability (6.7%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A British take on a Belgian classic Saison - much of the flavour comes from the peppery and citrusy yeast in this farmhouse style favourite.

Dietary Info: Gluten (Barley)
Producer / Brewery: Beerblefish
ABV%: 6.7
Category: Farmhouse Ale
Pan Galactic Ale (4.6%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Pan Galactic Pale Ale is a bright, smooth and fruity pale named partly for the gargleblaster of Douglas Adams fame, but also in honour of the Galaxy hops that make up a large part of its hop bill. (GF)

Producer / Brewery: Beerblefish
ABV%: 4.6
Category: Pale Ale
Viking Gruit Ale (5.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Complex winter gruit ale with juniper at the fore and with background herbal notes. Inspired by ancient recipes and featuring Norwegian farmhouse yeast, wild yeast, juniper, heather, yarrow and myrtle.

Producer / Brewery: Beerblefish
ABV%: 5.0
Category: Gruit Ale

Black Hole

Cosmic (4.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Cosmic beer has an amber glow with an initial malt aroma. The complex balance of malt and English hops give lingering tastes of nuts, fruit and a dry hoppy bitterness.

Producer / Brewery: Black Hole
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Bitter

Black Rat

Perry (6.7%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & Perries

Medium traditional farmhouse perry using locally sourced pears

Producer / Brewery: Black Rat
ABV%: 6.7
Category: Cider Medium

Blue Monkey

4AM (4.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Modern bitter, brewed with oats for a full body, along with all British hops of Olicana, UK Cascade & Bramling Cross, then dry hopped with Olicana T45`s.

Producer / Brewery: Blue Monkey
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Bitter
BG Sips (3.9%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

We stuff 20 kilograms of the legendary ‘Brewers Gold’ hops into every small scale batch we brew, to create this beautifully pale and intensely hoppy beer. These wonderful hops impart enticing tropical fruit aromas and a lovely thirst quenching bitterness.

Producer / Brewery: Blue Monkey
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale Ale

Blythe

Barley Wine (7.4%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A traditional dark barley wine matured with oak

Producer / Brewery: Blythe
ABV%: 7.4
Category: Barley Wine
Staffie (4.4%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Sweet Hoppy and Citrus Aroma. Gentle bitter start expands to a fresh fruit tang before the hops demand attention to the long bitter finish.

Producer / Brewery: Blythe
ABV%: 4.4
Category: Bitter

Bottle Kicking

Pineapple, Peach & P.F. (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Bottle Kicking
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Fruit Sweet
Rhubarb & Strawberry (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Bottle Kicking
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Fruit Sweet

Brampton

Golden Bud (3.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A well balanced light, golden, hoppy bitter. Grapefruit nose and citrus flavours give way to a mellow, slightly sweet after-taste. Complex malt character ensures it drinks well beyond its abv. Easy to drink and annoyingly moreish.

Producer / Brewery: Brampton
ABV%: 3.8
Category: Pale Ale
Monocled Mutineer (4.7%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A premium ale packing a hoppy punch

Producer / Brewery: Brampton
ABV%: 4.7
Category: Pale Ale

Brewhouse & Kitchen

Doggy In The Woods (10.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Big and beautiful, like uncooked liquidised Christmas pudding. Smooth and dangerous!

Producer / Brewery: Brewhouse & Kitchen
ABV%: 10.2
Category: Stout

Briarbank Brewery

Bitter (3.7%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A traditional English bitter made with quality English malt and British Hops (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: Briarbank Brewery
ABV%: 3.7
Category: Bitter
Cobnut (4.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Full bodied, sweet finish, with the subtle use of English bittering hops

Producer / Brewery: Briarbank Brewery
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Brown Ale
Perpendicular (4.4%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A brilliantly golden yellow ale. Packed with Cascade hops for a great floral and citrus flavour.

Producer / Brewery: Briarbank Brewery
ABV%: 4.4
Category: Golden Ale
Samuel Harvey (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A light hoppy ale, full of hop flavours with a grapefruit and orange finish

Producer / Brewery: Briarbank Brewery
ABV%: 4.0
Category: IPA

Broadoak

Rum & Raisin (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Broadoak
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Fruit Sweet
Sloe Gin (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Broadoak
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Fruit Sweet

Bruha

Session Pale (3.9%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A session strength pale ale using the very best East Anglian malted barley combined with Citra and Centennial hops. This gives a wonderful full flavoured beer with fantastic citrus notes for every day drinking

Producer / Brewery: Bruha
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale Ale
Sunrise Blonde (4.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A fresh, bright beer with tropical fruit flavours, made with the very best East Anglian barley with El Dorado, Sabro and Citra Hops

Producer / Brewery: Bruha
ABV%: 4.5
Category: Blonde Ale

Burton Bridge

Old Expensive (6.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Smooth & bitter with a barley wine taste

Producer / Brewery: Burton Bridge
ABV%: 6.5
Category: Barley Wine
XL Bitter (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A bitter beer with malty aroma and a pleasant lingering aftertaste

Producer / Brewery: Burton Bridge
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Bitter

Cairngorm

Trade Winds (4.3%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Light golden in colour, with a high proportion of wheat giving a clean, fresh taste. The mash blends together with Perle hops and elderflower providing a bouquet of fruit and citrus flavours. (Ve)

Producer / Brewery: Cairngorm
ABV%: 4.3
Category: Golden Ale

Colchester Brewery

Brazilian Coffee And Vanilla Porter (4.6%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Our multiple award winning coffee and vanilla porter. Not at all shy on flavour.

Producer / Brewery: Colchester Brewery
ABV%: 4.6
Category: Porter

Cwrw Iâl

Kia Kaha! (4.3%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

New Zealand Pale Ale, more late hops than you can shake a stick at and because we felt like it we dry hopped it as well. Made with pale malt and a touch of wheat to give it a creamy head, then hopped using New Zealand’s finest to give a tropical fruit and lime peel aroma.

Producer / Brewery: Cwrw Iâl
ABV%: 4.3
Category: Pale Ale
Pocket Rocket (4.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Yellow in colour with citrus fruit prominent in the aroma and sharp, hoppy taste.

Producer / Brewery: Cwrw Iâl
ABV%: 4.0
Category: IPA

Dancing Duck

Abduction (5.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

A myriad of tropical fruit flavours in harmonious balance with an enjoyable level of hoppy bitterness, a good malt character and a very clean finish

Producer / Brewery: Dancing Duck
ABV%: 5.5
Category: IPA
Wet February (4.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

An easy drinking pale ale with citrus flavours and a hint of spice. The perfect antidote to Dry January!

Producer / Brewery: Dancing Duck
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Pale Ale

Darley Abbey

Funky Fruit (5.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Darley Abbey
ABV%: 5.0
Category: Fruit Medium Sweet
Mango (5.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Darley Abbey
ABV%: 5.0
Category: Fruit Medium Sweet

Dorset Nectar

Hunny Bubble (3.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & Perries

Cider from organic apples with a jazzy twist of real honey

Producer / Brewery: Dorset Nectar
ABV%: 3.8
Category: Fruit Medium Sweet
Wild Cat (5.5%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & PerriesProducer / Brewery: Dorset Nectar
ABV%: 5.5
Category: Cider Medium

Dunkertons

Black Fox Organic (6.0%)
Bar / Serving location: Ciders & Perries

A carefully blended, deliciously rounded cider with a lively, tangy finish

Producer / Brewery: Dunkertons
ABV%: 6.0
Category: Cider Medium Dry

Elgoods Brewery

Cambridge Gold (3.9%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Brewed using Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and hopped with Sovereign and Cascade hops, with the late addition of Mosaic hops, creating a beautifully balanced, hoppy, and refreshing beer

Producer / Brewery: Elgoods Brewery
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale Ale
Greyhound Strong (5.2%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Chestnut coloured ale with rich malty character and a hint of raisin, this is a well balanced premium strength ale

Producer / Brewery: Elgoods Brewery
ABV%: 5.2
Category: Bitter

Gates Burton

GBA (4.8%)
Bar / Serving location: Cask

Flavoured with a blend of premium hops. Dry hopped in the cask. Floral aroma. Sweet finish. Based on the original Ind Coope DBA recipe.

Producer / Brewery: Gates Burton
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Historical Beer/Golden Ale

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