Great British Beer Festival: The Beers

Here is a list of the beer I sampled during my two days at the Campaign for Real Ale’s Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. My personal favourites are marked with an asterisk.


Wednesday
1. Marble: (Organic) Ginger Marble (P2 – UnusuALE) (*)
2. Potbelly: Beijing Black (P5 – Mid East England)
3. West Berkshire: Dr. Hexter’s Healer (B6 – Central Southern)
4. White Horse: Village Idiot (B6 – Central Southern)
5. North Cotswold: Vanilla Bumble Beer (B6 – Central Southern)
6. Little Valley: Organic Fairtrade Ginger Pale Ale (P2 – UnusuALE) (*)
7. Dark Star: Espresso (B1 – Brewery Bar) (*)
8. Chocolate Cherry (B1 – Brewery Bar)
9. Leatherbritches: Ginger Helmet (P1) (*)
10. Milestones: Raspberry Wheat Beer (P5 – Mid East England) (*)
11. Wolf: Granny Wouldn’t Like It (P6 – East Coast England)
12. Iceni: Raspberry Wheat (P6 – East Coast England) (*)
13. Wolf: Coyote (P6 – East Coast England)
14. Wentworth: Bumble Beer (P7 – North East England)
15. Nethergate: Bumbel Magna (P4 – South East England)
16. Nethergate: Mary’s Ruby Mild (P4 – South East England)

Thursday
1. Montegioco: Mummi (Bières Sans Frontières- Italy)
2. Verhaege: Echte Kriek (Bières Sans Frontières- Belgium) (*)
3. De Ranke: XX Bitter (Bières Sans Frontières- Belgium)
4. Portsmouth Brewery: Wild Thang (Bières Sans Frontières – USA)
5. Schlenkerla: Rauchbier Urbock (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany) (*)
6. Amber: Chocolate Orange Stout (B2 – Bar Nouveau)
7. Dent: Rambrau (B3 – North West)
8. Wild Shield Brewery: Czar’s Imperial Stout (B5 – Mid West)
9. Woodforde’s: Headcracker (P6 – East Coast)
10. Iceni: Elvedon Forest Gold (P6 – East Coast)
11. Humpty Dumpty: Little Sharpie (P6 – East Coast)
12. Fat Cat: Honey Cat (P6 – East Coast)
13. Keesmann: Herren Pils (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany) (*)
14. Braustelle: Kölsch (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany)
15. Braustelle: Alt (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany)
16. Augustiner: Edelstoff (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany) (*)
17. Mahrs: Ungespundet Kellerbier (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany)
18. Tegernsee: Spezial (Bières Sans Frontières – Germany)