Beer and Cider Festival (September 2009)

The Castle Inn's Beer and Cider Festival

UPDATE (25/09/09): Photographs of the Setup and First Day of our beer festival: Flickr Photoset.

This year is highlighted by our first ever Beer and Cider Festival at The Castle Inn!

We are stocking a large range of local Real Ales and Ciders, as well as a few special selections from microbrewers and regional brewers! We are stocking 29 real ales and 18 ciders for the weekend.

We are also be holding a barbecue each day, offering hand-made Dorset Beefburgers and Sausages at a very affordable price! (dependent on weather, if raining the food may be cooked in the kitchen!)

The festival is running from 12pm to 11pm on Friday and Saturday! Sunday will run until we run out of beer!

For local camping, please try the Durdle Door Holiday Park, only a short sobering walk from the pub!

For those using Facebook, please register your interest: Beer Festival Event

Real Ales & Ciders

Below are the beers and ciders/perries we are currently planning on serving at the festival, this list will change as beers are confirmed!

Isle of Purbeck Brewery, Dorset

Best Bitter - 3.6%
Fossil Fuel - 4.1%
Studland Bay Wrecked - 4.3%
Solar Power - 4.5%
Purbeck IPA - 4.8%
Harrys Harvest Pale Ale - 5%

Dorset Piddle Brewery, Dorset

Yogi Beer - 4.9%
Silent Slasher - 5.1%
Leg Warmer - TBC%

Palmers Brewery, Dorset

Dorset Gold - 4.5%
Palmers 200 - 5%
Tally Ho! - 5.5%

Art Brew, Dorset

Art Nouveau - 3.9%
i beer - 4%
Renaissance - 4.5%
Tempest Stout - 4.6%
Monkey I.P.A. - 6.4%

Hop Back Brewery, Wiltshire

Entire Stout - 4.5%
Summer Lightning - 5%

Downton Brewery, Wiltshire

Dark Delight - 5.5%
Chimera I.P.A. - 7.0%

Sharp's Brewery, Cornwall

Cornish Coaster - 3.6%
Honey Spice - 4.2%
Sharp's Special Ale - 5.2%

Cottage Brewing Company, Somerset

Somerset and Dorset Ale - 4.4%
Goldrush - 5.0%

Plus a few specials from other breweries.

Ciders

Mr. Whiteheads Strawberry Cider - 4%
Westons Country Perry - 4.5%
Broadoak Perry - 5%
Westons 1st Quality Cider - 5%
Broadoak "Bristol Port" Cider - 6%
Westons Traditional Scrumpy - 6%
Martin Inwood's Lulworth Skipper Cider - 6%
Orchard Pig Medium Cider - 6%
Hecks "Morgan Sweet" Cider - 6%
Hecks "Blakeney Red" Perry - 6.5%
Hecks "Port Wine Of Glastonbury" Cider - 6.5%
Cider By Rosie's Dorset Cider - 6.5%
Hecks "Kingston Black" Cider - 7%
New Forest "Snakecatcher" Medium Cider - 7%
New Forest Traditional Perry - 7%
Dorset Piddles "Wobbly Willy" - 7%
Westons Old Rosie Scrumpy - 7.3%