This is the provisional, non-exhaustive list for the 28th Beer Festival. Look out for the ‘Scatchers Sheet’ which will be available for download very soon.

BITTERS UPTO 3.9%
Blue Monkey Original 3.6
Bridgnorth KF4 3.8
Cottage The Thieving Whippet 3.9
Hobson’s Twisted Spire 3.6
Hobson’s Best Bitter 3.8
Hook Norton Jewel in the Crown 3.6
Leyden Samurai 3.7
Lytham Blonde 3.8
Magpie Festival Special 3.9
Magpie Hedgehopper 3.9
Mill Green White Horse Bitter 3.6
Tower Whetmore Ale 3.8
York Guzzler 3.6

BITTERS UPTO 4.1%
Blue Bear Bedazzle 4.0
Falstaff Delphinus 4.0
Falstaff Pegasus 4.1
Hook Norton Hooky Gold 4.1
Lichfield (Tower) Bishopric 4.0
Milk Street Iron Brew 4.1
Northumberland L.o.t.Tyne (Series 3) No. 9 4.0
Tryst Blàthan (11 gallons) 4.0
Wolf Remus 4.1

BITTERS UPTO 4.3%
Anglo-Dutch Patrick Brontё 4.2
Anglo-Dutch Wild Flower 4.2
Blindman’s Yogi Beer 4.2
Brough’s Bitter 4.3
Derventio Celebritas ad Corona 4.2
Falstaff Libra 4.2
Lichfield (Tower) Doctored 4.2
Lichfield (Tower) Johnny Beer Good 4.3
Nottingham Broadway Reel Ale 4.3
Nutbrook Bitlyke 4.2
Okell’s Autumn Dawn Ale 4.2

BITTERS UPTO 4.6%
Brunswick Costmary 4.4
Blue Monkey Organ Grinder Premium Ale 4.6
Burton Bridge Have a Heart 4.5
Ironbridge Hickok Gold 4.5
Lytham Royal 4.4
Magpie Magic Lantern 4.4
Northumberland L.o.t.Wear (Series 3) No. 4 4.4
Nutbrook Responsibly 4.4
Springhead Spooky Juice 4.4
Wem Dünkel Brew (Amber Lager) 4.6

BITTERS 4.7% & OVER
Backyard East India I.P.A. 6.2
Cliff Quay Fitzroy 4.8
Cottage Triumph Stag 4.7
Earl Soham Tumble Home 4.7
Maypole Maibaum Alt 4.8
Nelson Vengeance 4.8
Northumberland Premium 5.0
Tryst Raj India Pale Ale 5.5
Wolf Whistle 4.7

MILDS, STOUTS, PORTERS and Dark Beers
Burton Bridge Mystery Mild M3.8
Burton Bridge Top Dog Stout S5.0
Jarrow McConnell’s Irish Stout S4.6
Mill Green Hedgerows Porter S5.4
Northern/Blakemere Chilli Chocolate Stout S4.6
Saltaire Hazelnut Coffee Porter S4.6
Tryst Brewer’s Swansong M6.9

CIDERS & PERRY
Broad Oak Moonshine Medium Cider 7.5
Broad Oak Premium Perry 7.5
Wilkins Farmhouse Medium Cider 6.0
Weston’s Country Perry (B.I.B.) 4.5
Weston’s First Quality Cider (B.I.B.) 5.0

FOREIGN BEERS
A large range of bottled Belgian, Dutch, Czech & German beers is now available from the front bar, as are the kegged Belgian (Blanche de Bruxelles & Leffe Blonde), Dutch (Amstel)
& Czech ones (Budvar Original (White)).

WINES AND SPIRITS
We sell wine by the full (6 glasses) bottle but did you know we also sell it by the 1.5 and 2 glass-sized bottle?
Also available from the front bar is a full range of spirits, including around 30 single-malts!

FOOD
Snacks are available at all times
Crisps – Seabrook’s, Tyrrell’s Potato and Parsnip Crisps, Quavers
Nuts – Salted, Dry Roasted, Honey Roasted, Cashews
Cheesy Biscuits, Scratchings, Pork Crunch and Peperami
A range of Freshly made Rolls
Sausage Rolls, Pies & Cornish Pasties (Hot or Cold)

Each beer festival we provide a printable beer list with comments and tick boxes to help guide you through the weekend.  Happy Drinking!

25th Telford Beer Festival Beer Guide

Note: This guide is in PDF format, to open this file you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. Most computers will already have this however you can download and install by clicking here.

Well, 25 Festivals! Who’d have thought it possible when we started here in 1995. We were told then that we couldn’t sell Real Ale in Oakengates – a good thing we ignored that advice! Some 9,000 beers later, I’m satisfied that we proved the “experts” wrong. In fact, thanks to a great team here and lots of supportive customers, we have just been awarded “Cask Ale Pub of the Year 2008 East & West Midlands”, as well as being the only pub in the area to be listed in the Good Beer Guide and by Cask Marque.

John Ellis, Crown Inn Landlord

It’s certainly no thanks to our political leaders that we’re still going and I find myself, yet again, ranting and railing at more mad Government interference. It was announced on Wednesday at 10 Downing Street, there is to be a Drinks Industry Committee (DIC). This august body is to be made up of “The Great & The Good” of the do-gooding industry and, apparently, there will be “some industry involvement”. You can bet your bottom dollar that, following “industry involvement”, pubs will be rail-roaded into yet more bureaucracy and interference, just like we were with the Licensing Act and Smoking.

So, who will steer this body to try to subdue the alcohol industry again? I was struggling to find a more likely candidate to be DIC Head than Sir Ian Gilmour, head of the Royal College of
Surgeons. But now there’s a Metropolitan Police Commissioner who needs to be found a well-paid job at public expense. Whoever gets the job, we can be sure that a Government-appointed DIC Head will be poking his nose into our industry before long. The Bill is to be debated in Parliament on 17th October – yes, it really is coming round that fast!

Meanwhile, it’s the beers that you’ve come for and we hope to be serving them for many years to come! Cheers!
John Ellis

BITTERS UPTO 3.9%
Acorn Yorkshire Pride 3.7
Back Yard Shire Oak 3.5
Falstaff Cassandra 3.9
Full Mash Monty’s Whistle 3.8
Hobson’s Best Bitter 3.8
Hook Norton The Jewel in the Crown 3.4
Leyden Gold Top 3.7
Rudgate Top Tipple 3.8
Rudgate Marston Moor’s Fox Hound 3.9
Rudgate Sword Blow 3.9

BITTERS UPTO 4.1%
Bowland Illumination 4.0
Cotleigh Goshawk 4.1
Cottage JT 4.0
Lichfield Silver Jubilee 4.0
Lichfield Saint John the Builder 4.0
Mayfields Trooper’s Gold 4.0
Millstone Royal Oak 4.0
Northumberland Legends of the Wear (2) No.3 Len Ashurst 4.0
Weetwood Cheshire Cat 4.0

BITTERS UPTO 4.3%
Dowbridge Morgan’s B5000 4.3
Falstaff Gallifrey 4.3
Hanby Fruit Fall 4.2
Idle Coopers 4.3
Lichfield Brickdust 4.2
Magpie Best 4.2
Morrissey Fox Blonde Ale 4.2
Morton Essington Ale 4.2
Northumberland Legends of the Tyne (2) No.8 Dave Hilley 4.3
Rudgate Three Card Brag 4.2
Sawbridgeworth Andrew’s Last Case 4.2
Wood Wild Edric 4.3
Wyre Piddle Piddle All Over 4.2
York MM 4.3

BITTERS UPTO 4.6%
Back Yard XXV Celebration Ale 4.4
Back Yard Big Red 4.5
Burton Bridge Captain Kiwi 4.5
Dowbridge Morgan’s Cruel Summer 4.5
Ironbridge Autumn 4.6
Lichfield Saint Giles 4.4
Magpie Monty’s Firkin 4.6
Morton Gregory’s Gold 4.4
Ossett Turning Leaves 4.5
Spinning Dog Autumn Gold 4.4
Teme Valley Amber Export Ale 4.5
Townhouse William Dodd’s Ale 4.4

BITTERS 4.7% and OVER
Ashover All Saint’s (Wheat Beer) 5.5
Cottage H.M.S. Victory 4.7
Full Mash Samhain (Lager) 5.0
Hambleton Yorkshire Lager 5.0
Maypole Buzz Lightbeer 4.7
Slater’s Voortrekker Laager 5.0

MILDS, STOUTS, PORTERS and Dark Beers
Archer’s Black Arrow 5.5
Cambrinus Yardstick 4.0
Coastal Bodmin Beast 5.5
Derventio Barbarian 5.5
Hanby Scorpio Porter S4.4
Hobson’s Mild M3.2
Leeds Gathering Storm 4.4
Spire Winter’s T’Ale 6.6

CIDERS & PERRY
Broad Oak Moonshine Medium Cider 7.5
Broad Oak Perry 7.5
Hecks Medium Cider 6.5
Hecks Kingston Black 7.0

Below is an provisional list of some of the beers that will be available at the 25th Telford Beer Festival starting Thursday 2nd October. We will announce the final list later this week and provide our usual ‘Scratchers Sheets’ for those of you who enjoy trying every beer we have to offer.

PROVISIONAL List as at Noon, Monday

BITTERS UPTO 3.9%
Acorn Yorkshire Pride 3.7%
Falstaff Cassandra 3.9%
Full Mash Monty’s Whistle 3.8%
Hobson’s Best Bitter 3.8%
Hook Norton Jewel in the Crown 3.4%
Leyden Gold Top 3.7%
Lichfield Silver Jubilee 3.8%
Rudgate Top Tipple 3.8%
Rudgate Marston Moor’s Fox Hound 3.9%
Rudgate Sword Blow 3.9%

BITTERS UPTO 4.1%
Bowland Illumination 4.0%
Cotleigh Goshawk 4.1%
Cottage JT 4.0%
Lichfield St. John the Builder 4.0%
Mayfields Trooper’s Gold 4.0%
Millstone The Royal Oak 4.0%
Northumberland Legends of the Wear (Series 2) No.3 4.0%

BITTERS UPTO 4.3%
Dowbridge Morgan’s B5000 4.3%
Falstaff Gallifrey 4.3%
Hanby Fruit Fall 4.2%
Idle Coopers 4.3%
Lichfield Brick Duster 4.2%
Morrissey Fox Blonde Ale 4.2%
Morton Essington Ale 4.2%
Northumberland Legends of the Tyne (Series 2) No.8 4.3%
Rudgate Three Card Brag 4.2%
Sawbridgeworth Andrew’s Last Case 4.2%
Wood Wild Edric 4.3%
Wyre Piddle Piddle All Over 4.2%
York MM 4.3%

BITTERS UPTO 4.6%
Back Yard XXV 4.4%
Back Yard Big Red 4.6%
Burton Bridge Captain Kiwi 4.5%
Dowbridge Morgan’s Cruel Summer 4.5%
Ironbridge Autumn 4.6%
Lichfield Saint Giles 4.4%
Magpie Monty’s Firkin 4.6%
Morton Gregory’s Gold 4.4%
Ossett Turning Leaves 4.5%
Teme Valley Amber Export Ale 4.5%
Townhouse William Dodd’s Ale 4.4%

BITTERS 4.7% and OVER
Ashover All Saint’s (Wheat Beer) 5.5%
Cottage H.M.S. Victory 4.7%
Full Mash Samhain (Lager) 5.0%
Hambleton Yorkshire Lager 5.0%
Maypole Buzz Lightbeer 4.7%
Slater’s Voortrekker Laager 5.0%
Spinning Dog Autumn Gold 4.7%

MILDS, STOUTS, PORTERS and Dark Beers
Coastal Bodmin Beast 5.5%
Derventio Barbarian (Oatmeal Stout) 5.5%
Leeds Gathering Storm (Stout) 4.4%
Spire Winters T’ Ale 6.6%

CIDERS & PERRY
Broad Oak Moonshine Medium Cider 7.5%
Broad Oak Perry 7.5%
Hecks Medium Cider 6.0%
Hecks Kingston Black 7.5%

Beer Fesitval Bar

Beer Festival Bar

Outdoor Area

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