Blandford Beer Festival

5th Blandford Beer Festival - Friday May 1st to Monday May 4th 2009

The Beer Festival is now over for another year. It featured 56 Real Ales, 14 Real Ciders, 6 Local Wines, and 14 Entertainers sourced from Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Guernsey, and Jersey. The Cider of the festival was Damory Down - CONGRATULATIONS to Steve White !!

Beer of the Festival was Silent Slasher from Dorset Piddle Brewery - CONGRATULATIONS to Rob & Paul !

The 6th Blandford Beer Festival will run from April 30th to May 3rd 2010 and feature beers from Hampshire, Wilstshire, IOW, Jesey, Guernsey, and Dorset.

The primary sponsors, without whom the event would not be possible, are Coors Brewers, WaverleyTBS, and Dorset Piddle Brewery.

Thank-you to Midwest Radio, Tacon Taxis, Gold Radio, S D Coad Underfloor Heating, Tacon Taxi, CG House Accountant, and Alan Hayward Stocktaking for their cask sponsorships.

The Beers

Brewery	Town	County	Beer	ABV
Abbey Ales	Bath	Somerset	Bellringer	4.2%
Art Brew	Chideock	Dorset	Art Nouveau	3.9%
Art Brew	Chideock	Dorset	Dark Brut	5.2%
Barum	Barnstable	Devon	Breakfast	5.0%
Beer Engine	Newton St Cyres	Somerset	Heavy Sleeper	5.4%
Berrow	Burnham-on-Sea	Devon	BBBB	4.7%
Branscombe Vale	Branscombe	Devon	Drayman's Bitter	4.2%
Cheddar Ales	Cheddar	Somerset	Mild Cheddar	3.6%
Clearwater	Great Torrington	Devon	High Tide	4.5%
Coastal	Redruth	Cornwall	Erosion	8.0%
Cottage	Lovington	Somerset	Somerset & Dorset	4.4%
Country Life	Bideford	Somerset	Gold Pig	4.7%
Dartmoor	Princetown	Devon	Dartmoor IPA	4.0%
Devon	Havington	Devon	Lost in the Woods	4.7%
Dorset Brewing Company	Weymouth	Dorset	Chesil	4.1%
Dorset Piddle	Piddletrenthide	Dorset	Jimmy Riddle	3.7%
Dorset Piddle	Piddletrenthide	Dorset	Piddle	4.0%
Dorset Piddle	Piddletrenthide	Dorset	Cocky Hop	4.5%
Dorset Piddle	Piddletrenthide	Dorset	Yogi Beer	4.9%
Dorset Piddle	Piddletrenthide	Dorset	Silent Slasher	5.1%
Exmoor	Wiveliscombe	Devon	Hound Dog	4.0%
Glastonbury	Somerton	Somerset	Lady of the Lake	4.2%
Goldfinch	Weymouth	Dorset	Flashman's Clout	4.5%
Hall & Woodhouse	Blandford Forum	Dorset	Hopping Hare	4.5%
Isle of Purbeck	Studland	Dorset	Solar Power	4.3%
Jersey	St Helier	Channel Isles	Guernsey Sunbeam	4.0%
Jersey	St Helier	Channel Isles	Liberation Ale	4.2%
Jersey	St Helier	Channel Isles	Jimmy's Bitter	4.2%
Jersey	St Helier	Channel Isles	Mary Ann Best	4.5%
Jollyboat	Bideford	Devon	Mainbrace	4.2%
Keltek	Redruth	Cornwall	King	5.1%
Lizard	Coverack	Cornwall	Helford River	3.6%
Milk Street	Frome	Somerset	The Usual	4.4%
Moor	Ashcott	Somerset	Millys	3.9%
O'Hanlon's	Whimple	Devon	Yellow Hammer	4.0%
Organic	Helston	Cornwall	Black Rock	4.7%
Otter	Honiton	Devon	Ale	4.5%
Palmers	Bridport	Dorset	Dorset Gold	4.5%
Penzance	Penzance	Cornwall	Lodestar	4.3%
Quercus	Kingsbridge	Devon	Shingle Bay	4.2%
RCH	Weston-Super-Mare	Somerset	PG Steam	3.9%
RW Randall	St Peter Port	Channel Isles	Patois	4.4%
Red Rock	Bishopsteignton	Devon	Red Rock	4.2%
Sherborne	Sherborne	Dorset	Cheap Street	4.4%
St. Austell	St. Austell	Cornwall	Black Prince	4.0%
St. Austell	St. Austell	Cornwall	Proper Job IPA	4.5%
Sharp's	Rock	Cornwall	Own	4.4%
Sharp's	Rock	Cornwall	Special	5.2%
Skinners	Truro	Cornwall	Ginger Tosser	3.8%
Skinners	Truro	Cornwall	Cornish Blonde	5.0%
Small Paul's	Gillingham	Dorset	Wyvern	4.4%
South Hams	Kingsbridge	Devon	XSB	4.2%
Taunton	Taunton	Somerset	Ale	3.9%
Wizard	Ilfracombe	Devon	Lundy Gold	4.2%
Wooden Hand	Truro	Cornwall	Pirate's Gold	4.0%
Yeovil Ales	Yeovil	Somerset	Stargazer	4.0%

Beer List as at 1st May 2009

The Music

Friday 1st : Midwest Radio (8am)

: Jinder (2pm)

: Colt 45 (6pm)

: 5th Avenue (9.30pm)

Saturday 2nd : PBS (1.30pm)

: Powercut (6pm)

: The Wishbones (9.30pm)

Sunday 3rd : The Jillie Tregarth Jazz Quartet (12noon)

: 5th Avenue (3pm)

: Men's Dissipated Washboard Ensemble (6.30pm)

: Phoenix (9.30pm)

Monday 4th : The Mangledwurzels (12noon)

: Dave Griffiths (2.45pm)

: Freak Circus (5.45pm)

: Owen & Darren (8.30pm)

The Ciders

Press	Cider	ABV
Bridge Farm	Conference Pear	6.0%
Bridge Farm	Debonette	6.0%
Bridge Farm	Porters Perfection	6.0%
Burrow Hill	Farmhouse Medium	6.0%
Chucklehead	Sweet	7.0%
Chucklehead	Medium	7.0%
Damory Down	Medium-Dry	7.0%
La Mare	Branchage	8.0%
Perry's Cider Mills	Scrumpy Medium	6.0%
Perry's Cider Mills	Vintage Medium	6.0%
Rose's Cider	Cider By Rosie	6.5%
Rose's Cider	Bulbarrow Blend	6.5%
Westons	Perry	4.5%
Wilkins	Medium	6.0%

The Wines

Vineyard	Wine	ABV
Horton Vineyard	Dry White	11.5%
Horton Vineyard	Medium Dry White	11.5%
La Mare	Clos	11.5%
La Mare	Baliwick	12.0%
La Mare	Jersey Grapple	8.0%
Parhams	Melbury Gold	11.5%

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