This is the beer list for the West Riding Refreshment Rooms beer festival in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, next weekend, from Thursday 29th May to Sunday 1st June, 12.00 lunchtime to 12.00 midnight daily.
I expect to be working some of the shifts on the bar, so do come along and say hello:
Abbeydale -embalming prep - 5.0% - £2.30 A pale beer, hoppy aromas with grassy and fruity flavours, beautifully balanced with a lingering finish
Anglo dutch - sarah barnes (stark raven wild) - 6.0% £2.40 A black brew, midly hopped with target, surprisingly light on the tongue.
Atomic - bomb - 5.2% -£2.30 A golden ale with a well hopped fruity finish, brewed with maris otter malt and 3 aromatic hops
Barstormer - wild hare - 5.0% - £2.30 A pale organic bitter, toasted grapefruit aroma with a hoppy & fruity taste. Refreshing & clean on the palate
Blythe - chase bitter - 4.4% - £2.20 Copper to tawny coloured with a fruit & hop start with a caramel sweetness developing sweetness developing
Bradfield - olympic special - 4.5% - £2.20 A fruity full bodied pale beer with bursts of citrus and summer fruits aromas, refreshing drink with a sharp dry aftertaste
Breconshire - ramblers ruin - 5.0% - £2.30 Dark amber, full bodied with rich biscuity malt & fruit flavours. Background hops and bitterness round off the beer
Caledonian - xpa - 4.3% - 2.20 A golden beer with a citric hop aroma, a full, malty flavour & clean, bittersweet finish
derventio - roman pale ale - 3.6% - £2.10 Light, fragrant & deliciously hoppy
dogs life - gone to the dogs - 4.5% - £2.20 A light brown beer with a well balanced malt & hop flavour
Durham - beer-jing bitter - 4.4% - £2.20 A golden ale, fruity & rich with orange & honey with a touch of corriander, balanced by centennial hops
Elland - sunshine day - 4.8% - £2.20 A debut beer, pale copper coloured and a full flavoured bitter with a hoppy aroma and a long bitter aftertaste
Enville - ginger - 4.6% - £2.20 Golden bright with gentle ginger twangs. A drinkable beer with no accute flavour but a satidfying aftertaste of sweet hoppiness
Fernandes - pickled pecker - 5.5% - £2.30 A smooth strong black stout, easy drinking for it's strength
Grafton - summer bliss - 4.5% - £2.20
Greenfield - brewery mill - 4.2% - £2.20 Golden bitter with a slightly dry hoppy taste
Holdens - golden glow - 4.4% - £2.20 A golden ale with a subtle yet fragrant hop aroma. A thirst quenching refreshing beer
Hornbeam - west riding steam ale - 4.8% - £2.20 Red-copper in colour witha deep hoppiness, floral & fruity with citrus mellow to a pleasing sweetness
Harviestoun - mae best - 4.2% - £2.20 A darker beer with blackcurrant overtones further hop additions produce a pleasing floral aroma. - very moreish!
Harviestoun - ptarmigan - 4.5% - £2.20 A well balanced bittersweet beer. The dominant malt & hops together with fruit produces a clean hoppy aftertaste
Leeds - yorkshire gold - 4.2% - £2.20 a full golden ale. Specially selected English Northdown hops give this well balanced bitter a rich and satisfying finish.
Moorhouses - ale-lymics ale - 4.2% - £2.20 A smooth, satisfying dark ale with a full round distinct chocolate malt body and a pleasant hop aftertaste
Nethergate - stour valley - 6.5 - £2.50 A strong entire butt brewed using a blend of dark chocolate and amber malts. A fine dark garnet ale
Oakham - jhb - 3.8% - £2.10 A straw coloured ale with an aromatic citrus hop. A hoppy, fruity and bottersweet palate with a dry bitter aftertaste
Oldershaw - decacdence - 6.3% - £2.50 Strong, amber & full of flavour witha fruity, spicy aroma from 1st gold and willamette hops
Olde swan - dark swan - 4.2% - £2.20 Smooth & sweet dark mild with a late roast malt in the finish
Salopian - hop twister - 4.5% - £2.20 A golden pale ale with a fine citrusy flavour leading to a complex, refreshing hop finish
Saltaire - olympia - 4.0% - £2.10 Greek honey is infused with this classic blonde beer for a refreshing taste
White horse - saracen ipa - 4.5% - £2.20 A medium body with a crisp bitterness from fuggles and east kent goldings hops. Vienna & amber malts balance the bitterness
woods - shropshire lass - 4.2% - £2.20 Fruity, golden bitter with good hop and dry aftertaste, blonde and well flavoured
Yorkshire dales - silver - 4.1% - £2.20 Crisp and dry with lots of golding hops