Aposto-Beer Festival-Manchester-21/22 November

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  ISP

  The beer festival comes to Bury on the above date. Does anyone like beer, btw? Is this an opportunity for all apostates to descend on Bury to sample the best in ales and generally have a good time? There is live entertainment laid on, on the Saturday...(22nd November) Admission is £3 and thereafter you can sample for free!

  You can even try the local delicacy.......black puddings....which apparently originated in Bury!

  Best

  ISP
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  ballistic

  Sounds like one for the diary!
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  ISP

  List of Festival Beers 2003 Brewery Beer ABV Notes 3B's Brewery Blackburn Stokers Slake 3.6% Roast malt aroma and creamy Bees Knees 3.8% Tacklers Tipple 4.3% Biscuit tones, blend of hops Pinch Noggin 4.6% Doff Cocker 4.5% Abbeydale Sheffield Abbeydale Bitter 4.0% English beer, powerful hop nose Moonshine 4.3% Beautifully balanced flavours Sanctuary 4.2% Pale Ale & hoppy Dark Side 5.1% Rich dark & mellow beer, coffee hints Absolution 5.3% Strong, sweet with lots of flavour Archers Brewery Warrington Lydham Manor 4.1% Light amber, refreshing crisp ale Madge Wildfire 4.2% Fruity roasted malt finish His Lordships Whisky Beer 5.2% Full bodied with a shot of Scotch Rite Spooky Brew 4.4% Tan coloured, good balance and taste Ghost Train 4.3% Dark silk lime and chocolaty Bank Top Brewery Bolton Brydge Bitter 3.8% Pale session beer Game Set & Match 3.8% Quaffable session bitter, 2002 festival brew Flat Cap 4.0% Pale beer, balance of malt and fruit Gold Digger 4.0% Golden fresh with hoppy cirtus finish Dark Mild 4.0% Excellent - Don?t miss it! Two Crosses 4.0% THIS YEARS FESTIVAL BREW Sam Cromptons Ale 4.2% Fresh citrus - peel aroma with grapefruit flavours Old Slapper 4.2% Quaffable pale and well tasty Boneshaker 4.2% Spitting Feathers 4.2% Volunteer 4.2% Festival brew made with American hops Haka 4.2% New Zealand hops - 1999 festival brew Outback 4.2% 2001 Festival brew Cliff Hanger 4.5% 1996 Festival Brew Smokestack Lightin' 5.0% Pale strong bitter Beartown Brewery Congleton Bear Ass 4.0% Dark ruby red, good hop & fruity flavour Bearskinful 4.2% Tawny malty beer, clean hop finish Blarney Bear 4.8% Black Bear 5.0% Dark brown, mellow sweetish finish Wheat Beer 5.0% Crisp, floral & citrus notes Boggart Hole Manchester Sunlight 3.6% Angel Hill 4.2% Dark Side 4.4% Classic porter, roast finish & aftertaste Boggart Brew 4.3% Steaming Boggart 9.0% Bowland Bowland Oak 4.0% Bowland Bitter 4.2% Celebration 4.8% Branscombe Vale Seaton, Devon Branoc 3.8% Fruit & malt aroma, bitter aftertaste Draymans 4.2% Mild brown beer, smooth chocolate aftertaste Branscombe Best 4.6% Reddy brown beer, fruity aroma & taste Brunswick Triple Hop 4.0% Railway Porter 4.3% Bonny Prince 4.2% Burton Bridge Burton Upon Trent Bridge Bitter 4.2% Autumn Breeze 4.5% Damson Porter 4.5% Top Dog Stout 5.0% Strong roast malt with a fruit mix Stairway to Heaven 5.0% Bushy Brewery Isle of Man Old Busy Tail 4.5% Slightly sweet, orange tones, hint of toffee Classic 4.3% Rich ruby ale, citrus aroma flavours Ruby Mild 3.5% Deep red in colour, popular session beer Cheviot Priors Piddle Old Priory 4.4% Coach House Warrington Cromwell 4.0% Amber well balanced, smooth clean finish Blueberry 5.0% Fruit beer with a natural flavour Cracker Barrel 4.6% Dangerously drinkable & fruity Wizards Wonder 4.2% Full bodied beer, dry & fruity Post Horn Premium Ale 5.0% Golden smooth ale, robust malty palate Copper Dragon Ales Skipton Brewery Best Bitter 3.8% Refreshing amber bitter, well-balanced Pale Ale 4.4% traditional pale ale, full bodied and fruity Golden Pippin 3.9% Refreshing summer ale, citrus flavour Scotts 1816 4.1% Flavoursome rounded ale Corverdale Shropshire Normans Pride 4.3% Secret Hop 4.5% Ruby red bitter with smooth malty taste Cottage Brewery Lovington,Somerset Southern Bitter 3.7% Whippet Crackaway 4.0% Jacko's Thriller 4.5% Golden Arrow 4.5% Normans Conquest MM 5.0% Cropton Brewery Pickering Whoops Wooble 4.0% Honey Gold 4.2% Yorkshire Moors 4.6% Haunting Hank 4.9% Monksmans Slaughter 6.0% Crown Hillsborough Pale Ale 3.9% Loxley Gold 4.5% Stannington Stout 5.0% Derwent Silloth, Cumbria Carlisle State Bitter 3.7% Parsons Pledge 4.0% Golden with complex biscuity flavour Harvesters Ale 4.3% Whitwell & Monk Pale Ale 4.4% Eccleshall Stafford Slaters Original 4.0% Distinctive amber beer Top Totty 4.0% Light straw coloured fruit flavoured beer Premium 4.4% Shining Knight 4.5% Oak coloured, smooth creamy hoppy finish Supreme 4.7% Facers Brewery Salford Keats 3.9% Mellow, fruitful, gold in colour Rhapsody 4.0% Malty, hoppy, fruity & bitter, citrus tang Crabtree 4.3% Rich & smooth, orange zest & cherry Landslide 4.9% Full lemon & orange fruitiness, cherry hint Frog Island Showmaker 4.2% Natterjack 4.8% Herritage 4.5% Croak & Stagger 5.8% Glastonbury Ales Glastonbury Hedge Monkey 4.6% Amber bitter, dry with bitter finish Black as yor'at 4.3% Lady of the Lake 4.2% Light fruity & zesty Green Tye Union Jack 3.6% XBF 4.0% St Margaret 4.1% Conkerer 4.7% Hanby Shropshire Drawwell Bitter 3.9% Brewed with Fuggles & Goldings hops. Rainbow Chaser 4.3% Full beer with lager characteristics Green Admiral 4.5% New Beer - no notes as yet All Season 4.2% Light hoppy bitter, well balances ` Cherry Bomb 6.0% Rich & fruity beer with a cherry taste Holdens Black County Mild 3.7% XB 4.1% Golden Glow 4.4% Special 5.1% Moorhouses Burnley Black Panther Mild 4.8% Pendle Witch 5.1% Fruity hops & malt with a dry finish Pride of Pendle 4.1% Fine balance of malt & hops Premier 3.7% Black Cat 3.4% Dark, fruity, chocolate & coffee flavours Nelson Brewing Hardys Kiss 4.2% Crows Nest 4.8% Shipwrecked 5.0% Moby Dick 4.4% Norfolk Elveden Forest Gold 3.8% Celtic Queen 4.0% Winter Lightening 5.0% Oakham Bibiana 5.5% White Dwarf 4.3% Bishops Farewell 4.6% Bartons Gold 4.1% Orkney Raven Northern Lights Red McGregor Dragon Head Stout Dark Island Skull Splitter Picks Brewery Moorgate Mild 3.5% Pale Ale 3.7% Bedlam Bitter 3.9% Lions Main 4.2% Lions Pride 5.4% Quay Weymouth Best 3.9% Old Rott 6.3% Ramsbottom Old Ground 3.8% Strong chocolate flavour, liquorice hints Tower Bitter 4.0% Complex fruit flavours, citrus finish Provident 4.5% Herbal/spice aromas, crisp fruit flavours Rebellion Smuggler 4.1% Blonde 4.3% Red 4.7% Moby Dick 4.3% Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild 6.0% Spinning Dog Freddys Outback 4.5% Mutleys Pit Stop 4.0% Mutleys Dark 4.0% Springer 4.4% Abbey Dore 4.5% Springhead Bitter 4.0% The Leveller 4.8% Roaring Meg 5.5% Sweet Lips 4.6% Sutton Plymouth Pride 3.6% XSB 4.2% Eddystone 4.8% Teignworthy Reel Ale 4.0% Old Moggie 4.4% Wentworth Brewery Bluebell Bitter 4.0% Light, hoppy ale with Fuggles character Wentworth Premium 4.4% Excellent, slight treacle aftertaste Rock Spalt 4.5% Aromatic, dry & Drinkable Gold 5.0% Clean tasting, bittersweet taste Rampant Gryphon 6.2% Deceptively strong, very tasty,hint of fruit Westwood Ales Cheshire Best Bitter 3.8% Malty beer with little aroma, bitter finish Eastgate Ale 4.8% Malty fruit taste, dry finish Old Dog Bitter 4.5% Full bodied, hint of sweetness Ambush Ale 4.8% Fruity flavour, balanced by Styrian Golding hops Oast House Gold 5.0% Sweet, golden beer with light malt & hop flavours Wolf Straw Dogs Wheat Beer 4.0% Wolf Ale Bitter 3.9% Coyote 4.3% Lupiee 4.5%
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  ISP

  Plenty to go at there!

  ISP
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  ballistic

  Steaming Boggart

  9.0%

  OK, I'll guess I'll see you there for about 45 minutes.
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  Simon

  LOL @ Ballistic

  Sounds good ISP ! Hopefully we can round up a few of the 'A-Team' (A for Apostate ) and have a merry time.

  (I'm gonna skip on the black puddings though ... I don't think I would fancy them even without the JW indoctrination)
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  Gadget

  I love beer festivals. Its on my weekend on, but I'll call into the detail office tommorow and see if I can get some leave. Whats the area like for finding somewhere to stay, cheap b&b's etc?
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  dmouse

  I'll have an 'old slapper' please.
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  ISP

  Simon.....not mad on the black pudding stuff myself. Seen people eat it in Bury Market and makes their teeth go black!

  ISP
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  Simon

  I'll give it a miss then (the black puddin' that is)

  "I'm only here for the beer"