The Grapevine Beer Festival 2023
The 2023 Grapevine Beer Festival has been and gone, but there are still three beers left, for Sunday at least:
Brew York Fennec
3.4% - Walmgate, York
This super approachable beer uses classic
British hops to produce a well rounded and easily drinkable beer. Vegan and gluten free.
3.5% - Keighley, West Yorkshire
The last of the true Pennine light milds. A crisp, amber coloured beer that makes a refreshing session ale. The smooth and creamy flavour makes it a popular choice close to the
brewery, and increasingly in destination pubs across the country.
Marble Pint
3.9% - Salford, Greater Manchester
A session ale brewed with all pale malts and then hopped with a
blend of New Zealand and US hops. Marble's benchmark beer promises a burst of
zesty aromas, uplifting grapefruit flavours and a subtle lemongrass
finish.
Swannay Dark Munro - ALL GONE
4.0% - Birsay, Orkney
A refreshing dark beer. Dark brown to ruby red in colour with a white
head. Roast malt/coffee notes on the nose lead to chocolate/vanilla and
prickly hops on the palate. Finish is cleansing, refreshing and moreish. A previous CAMRA Champion Beer of Scotland.
Elusive Zoltar the Mystic - ALL GONE
4.0% - Finchampstead, Berkshire
Brewed in
collaboration with Craft Beer Channel as part of their 10th Birthday
Collaboration Series, this delicious
Golden Ale showcases a tasty new English hop variety called Mystic,
which brings notes of citrus, blackcurrant and passion fruit and was
created
by the Charles Faram Hop Development Program.Oakham Chaos Engine - ALL GONE
4.1% - Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
A deep gold coloured ale with delicate blackcurrant and rich fruit aromas, steaming along to a moreish, dry, bitter finish. An old Oakham classic brought back as part of their 30th Anniversary celebrations.
Rooster's Yankee - ALL GONE
4.3% - Harrogate, North Yorkshire
One of the original, new-style pale ales to be brewed in the UK, Yankee is a modern classic. Light and easy-drinking, it’s a beer that showcases the floral and citrus fruit aromas of the Cascade hop, grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington State, USA, projected against a back drop of soft Yorkshire water and Golden Promise pale malt. Vegan friendly.
Twisted Oak Dodger - ALL GONE
4.8% - Wrington, Somerset
A beautiful dark ruby ale with pale, dark crystal and Weyermann speciality malts, and Chinook, Mosaic, Willamette and Simcoe hops. A deceptively sessionable dark ale. Vegan friendly.
Mad Squirrel London Porter - ALL GONE
5.0% - Potten End, Hertfordshire
A dark and foreboding ale, London Porter is a brew of mystery and
intrigue. Hidden within its shadowy depths are lurking notes of coffee,
chocolate and smoke. Just like its namesake city, there is always more
to discover in London Porter's unlit complexity.
Thirsty Farmer Dry Nottinghamshire Cider - ALL GONE
5.5% - Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire
A traditional long fermented, still farmhouse cider, rich amber in
colour and slightly cloudy with a rich, ripe apple scent. Just as it
should be, tasting only of sweet, bitter apples, giving way to a crisp,
sharp and satisfying dry finish.
