This year im vowing to try more dark beers and milds so have included a few in the mix. Thornbridge Kipling is my favorite for best beer this year after having 3 consistantly great pints of it so far this year.

Main Tent:

2 ELSIE MO (CASTLE ROCK Nottingham) 4.7% SIBA – Pale single malt premium bitter with floral hop
5 SCREECH OWL (CASTLE ROCK Nottingham) 5.5% SIBA – Highly hopped export strength India Pale Ale
17 NEW DAWN (ALCAZAR Old Basford, Nottingham) 4.5% SIBA – A golden ale with American hops & fruity taste
20 WINDJAMMER (ALCAZAR Old Basford, Nottingham) 6.0% SIBA – Full flavoured India pale Ale smooth to taste
25 CHOCOLATE ORANGE (AMBER Ripley, Derbys.) 4.0% SIBA – CAMRA champion speciality beer 2010
53 BLACK HOLE BITTER (BLACK HOLE Burton on Trent) 3.8% SIBA – Beautifully crafted straw coloured bitter

BAR “B”

118 WILD HOP (CROUCH VALE South Woodham Ferrers, Essex) 4.1% – Pale and hoppy brewed with wild hops
159 AMERICAN I.P.A. (FLOWERPOTS Cheriton, Hampshire) 6.0% – American Simcoe hops give a strong fruity hop flavour
241 FRUIT BEER (ISLE OF SKYE Uig, Isle Of Skye) 4.5% – Brewed with rowan berries
196 WOT’S OCCURRING (GREAT NEWSOME Winestead, East Yorks.) 3.9% SIBA – Amber gold with a grapefruit hop finish

BAR “C”

260 BAMBOOZLE (LODDON Dunsden, Oxfordshire) 4.8% SIBA – Crisp, Clean and Hoppy Pale Ale
264 RUSSET (LODDON Dunsden, Oxfordshire) 4.5% SIBA – Multigrain beer 11 malts, oats and crystal rye
230 DINTING ARCHES (HOWARD TOWN Glossop, Derbyshire) 4.6% SIBA – Light copper colour, blackcurrant notes

BAR “D”

409 OLD JAMAICA (SPIRE Staveley, Derbys.) 4.8% – Porter with added rum soaked raisins
433 KIPLING 5.2% (THORNBRIDGE Bakewell, Derbyshire) SIBA – South Pacific Pale Ale
441 TITANIC MILD (TITANIC Stoke-on-Trent) 3.5% SIBA – Full of roast malt & balanced by delicate hops
461 BOOZY FLOOZY (TWO TOWERS Birmingham) 4.5% – A lighter, nutty beer
476 AMBER (WAINSTONES Stokesley, North Yorkshire) 3.8% – Light, golden and fruity

Bandstand

720 BLONDE (RAW Staveley, Derbyshire) 3.9% – Pale ale with German hops for a dry lager style
755 OLD SCHOOL (WINSTER VALLEY Winster, Cumbria) 3.9% – Pale Ale with floral aromas on the finish.
746 BLACKBERRY STOUT (WAEN Caersws, Powys) 3.8% – Rich, dark & hoppy with a flavour of autumn fruit.
911 TRIPLE CHOCOHOLIC (SALTAIRE Shipley, W. Yorks) 4.8% – Stout with added real chocolate & chocolate syrups