Blandford Beer Festival

6th Blandford Beer Festival - Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May 2010

Another successful beer festival with more people than ever braving the elements for the four day event. It featured 68 locally sourced real ales (with up to 59 on at once!) plus local real ciders and local wines. We had 12 live performances by musicians and bands as well as a up-close magician, a face painter, and Morris Dancers keeping them entertained over the weekend.

THE BEER OF THE FESTIVAL, by a significant margin, is LIBERATION IPA from JERSEY BREWERY................CONGRATULATIONS TO PAUL HURLEY AND HIS TEAM.

The primary sponsors, without whom the event would not have been possible, were Molson Coors Brewers and Dorset Piddle Brewery.

The Beers

County	Location	Brewery	Ale	ABV
Dorset	R01	Art Brew	Mild Peril	3.6%
Dorset	R02	DBC	Ammonite	4.5%
Dorset	R03	DBC	Portland Porter	4.7%
Dorset	Rotation	Dorset Piddle	Jimmy Riddle	3.9%
Dorset	Rotation	Dorset Piddle	Piddle	4.1%
Dorset	R04	Dorset Piddle	Pointing Percy	4.5%
Dorset	R05	Dorset Piddle	Thunderbox Vintage	4.5%
Dorset	R06	Dorset Piddle	Cocky Hop	4.7%
Dorset	R07	Dorset Piddle	Yogi Beer	4.9%
Dorset	R08	Dorset Piddle	Silent Slasher	5.1%
Dorset	R09	Goldfinch (DBC)	Tom Brown's	4.0%
Dorset	R10	Isle of Purbeck	Solar Power	4.3%
Dorset	R11	Isle of Purbeck	Purbeck IPA	4.8%
Dorset	Rotation	Palmers	Dorset Best	4.2%
Dorset	R12	Palmers	Dorset Gold	4.5%
Dorset	R13	Palmers	200	5.0%
Dorset	R14	Small Pauls	Gylla's Gold	3.8%
Dorset	R15	Small Pauls	Challenger II	4.3%
Dorset	R16	Waylands Sixpenny	6d Mild	3.4%
Dorset	Rotation	Waylands Sixpenny	6d Bitter	3.6%
Dorset	Rotation	Waylands Sixpenny	6d Best	4.0%
Dorset	R17	Waylands Sixpenny	6d Gold	4.2%
Dorset	R18	Waylands Sixpenny	6d Special	5.0%
Jersey	R19	Jersey	Ambree	3.8%
Jersey	Rotation	Jersey	Mary Ann Best	4.0%
Jersey	R20	Jersey	Liberation IPA	4.0%
Jersey	R21	Jersey	Summer Blonde	4.2%
Jersey	Rotation	Jersey	Mary Ann Special	4.5%
Guernsey	R22	Randalls	Patois	4.5%
Isle of Wight	Rotation	Goddards	Scrumdiggity	4.0%
Isle of Wight	R23	Goddards	Inspiration	5.0%
Isle of Wight	R24	Stumpy's	Dog Daze	3.8%
Isle of Wight	R25	Yates	Wight Old Ale	6.0%
Hampshire	R26	Andwell	Golden Muddler	3.9%
Hampshire	R27	Bowman	Wallops Wood	4.0%
Hampshire	Rotation	Bowman	Quiver	4.5%
Hampshire	R28	Flowerpots	IPA	6.0%
Hampshire	R29	Havant	Havant Finished	5.0%
Hampshire	R30	Irving	Type 42	4.2%
Hampshire	Rotation	Irving	Admiral Stout	4.3%
Hampshire	R31	Itchen Valley	Green Jackets	4.3%
Hampshire	R32	Oakleaf	Blake's Gosport Bitter	5.2%
Hampshire	Rotation	Oakleaf	Quercus Folium	4.0%
Hampshire	Rotation	Ringwood	Best	3.8%
Hampshire	R33	Ringwood	Old Thumper	5.6%
Hampshire	R34	Suthwyk Ales	Old Dick	3.8%
Hampshire	R35	Suthwyk Ales	Skew	4.6%
Hampshire	R36	Triple FFF	Rock Lobster	4.5%
Wiltshire	R37	Box Steam	Dark & Handsome	5.0%
Wiltshire	R38	Braydon	Pot Walloper	4.4%
Wiltshire	R39	Downton	Dark Delight	5.5%
Wiltshire	R40	Downton	Honey Blonde	4.3%
Wiltshire	R41	Hopback	Taiphoon	4.2%
Wiltshire	R42	Hopback	Entire Stout	4.5%
Wiltshire	R43	Keystone	Gold Spice	4.0%
Wiltshire	R44	Keystone	VPA	4.6%
Wiltshire	Rotation	Moles	Moles Mild	3.6%
Wiltshire	R45	Moles	Elmo's Fire	4.4%
Wiltshire	R46	Moles	Molecatcher	5.0%
Wiltshire	R47	Plain Ales	Innspiration	4.0%
Wiltshire	R48	Plain Ales	Innocence	4.0%
Wiltshire	R49	Ramsbury	Gold	4.5%
Wiltshire	R50	Stonehenge	Danish Dynamite	5.0%
Wiltshire	R51	Three Castles	Knights Porter	4.6%
Wiltshire	Rotation	Wadworth	6X	4.2%
Wiltshire	R52	Wadworth	Pint Size Mild	3.3%
Wiltshire	R53	Wadworth	The Bishop's Tipple	5.0%
Wiltshire	Rotation	Wessex	Truth Decay	4.0%
Wiltshire	R54	Wessex	Russian Stoat	9.0%

Beer List as at 27th April 2010

The Ciders

Press	Cider	ABV
Damory Down	Damory Down	6.0%
Rose Grant	Cider By Rosie Original	6.5%
Rose Grant	Cider By Rosie Medium-Sweet	6.5%
Rose Grant	Bullbarrow Blend	6.5%
New Forest	Traditional Sweet	7.0%
New Forest	Traditional Medium	7.0%
New Forest	Traditional Dry	7.0%
New Forest	Kingston Black	8.0%
New Forest	Traditional Perry	7.0%
La Mare	Branchage	6.5%
Moles	Black Rat	6.0%

The Music

Friday 30th : Midwest Radio (8am)

: Jinder (2pm)

: The Bay 102.8 Live (4pm)

: Colt 45 (6pm)

: Armitage Shanks (9pm)

Saturday 1st : OGRI & The cafe racers (2pm)

: Matt Black (6pm)

: Under Fire (9pm)

Sunday 2nd : The Relays (1:30pm)

: The Dissipated Mens'

Washboard Ensemble (5:30pm)

: Black Orchid (9pm)

Monday 3rd : Firebird (11am)

: Sarum Morris (timed around BGF appearance)

: 5th Avenue (2.30pm)

: Owen & Darren (5.30pm)

Opening Times

Friday: Beer Festival 10am-12midnight

Main Bar 9am-1am

Saturday: Beer Festival 11am-12midnight

Main Bar 10am-1am

Sunday: Beer Festival 11:30am-12midnight

Main Bar 10am - 1am

Monday: Beer Festival 10am - 8pm

Main Bar 9am - 5pm

The Wines

County	Vineyard	Wine
Dorset	Horton	Dry
Dorset	Horton	Medium Dry
Dorset	Melbury Abbas	Melbury Gold
Jersey	La Mare	Baliwick

Bottled Ales

Brewery	Ale	ABV
Hall & Woodhouse	Stinger	4.5%
Hall & Woodhouse	Champion	5.0%
Hall & Woodhouse	Blandford Fly	5.3%
Hall & Woodhouse	England's Gold	4.5%

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