Bunch of Bottles in Pontypridd

A THIRST FOR WALES: BUNCH OF GRAPES BOTTLED BEER FESTIVAL

Wales’ first ever bottled beer festival will be held at the Bunch of Grapes gastro pub in Pontypridd on October 14 to 16.

The Otley Brewing Company will welcome over 150 of the World’s best bottled beers to its flagship pub for Wales’ first ever bottled beer extravaganza. The three day event will hold host to beers which have never been served in Wales before and bottled Russian Stouts, German Hefeweizen and American Pale Ales will take over the predominantly cask ale pub.

As this is a first event of its kind in Wales, it is expected to draw in customers from across south Wales and beer writers and enthusiasts from across the UK. The Otleys will also welcome author of ‘Good Bottled Beer Guide’, Jeff Evans, to the pub to talk about the best bottled beers available from around the globe.

Jeff Evans is well known in the UK and USA for his knowledge of quality beer and has hosted beer talks and tasting sessions at public events such as at the Great British Beer Festival and has also shared his expertise on BBC’s Good Food show. Jeff has been writing about beer professionally since the 1980’s.

Nick Otley, managing director of the Bunch of Grapes and Otley Brewing Company said: “We are already known for our Otley bottled beer range, but it is also important that we introduce different flavours and styles to our customers too. It was essential that we could pull together the biggest selection of quality bottled beers from all over the world to the Bunch, to really get our customers excited and to bring them something new.

“We have recently been certified as the official Welsh arm of the Beer Academy and so educating our customers about great beers is an even bigger part of what we believe in now. We’ve hand-picked an amazing selection of beers for the festival and can assure that we will not only bring Wales’ first bottled beer festival to Pontypridd but we will also have the best beer selection on offer too. Quality hops and unusual flavours are really important to us and we can assure that any beers we introduce during this festival will tick those boxes.”

Entry to the Bottled Beer Festival is free and will start from 11am and finish at 11pm daily.

Some of the beers coming on:
American

Anchor Brewing - San Fransisco
Steam Beer – 4.8%
Liberty Ale – 5.9%
Porter – 5.6%

Brooklyn Brewery - NYC
Brown Ale – 5.6%
Black Chocolate Stout – 10.0%
East India Pale Ale – 6.8%

Flying Dog Brewery- Maryland
Doggie Style – 5.5%
Road Dog Porter – 6.0%
Raging Bitch – 8.3%
Tire Bite – 5.1%

Goose Island - Chicago
312 Urban Wheat – 4.4% (as served in the White House!)
Honkers Ale – 4.3%
India Pale Ale – 5.9%

Sierra Nevada
Pale Ale – 5.6%

Belgian

De Koninck – 5.0%
Duvel – 8.5%
Kwak – 8.4%
La Chouffe – 8.0%
Mc Chouffe – 8.0%
Houblon Chouffe - 9.0%
Vedett Blonde – 5.0%
Vedett White - 4.7%
Belgoo Magus – 6.6%
Van Honsebrouke Brigand – 9.0%
Van Honsebrouke Kasteel Blonde 7 – 7.0%
Van Honsebrouke Kasteel Brune 11 – 11.0%
Cantillion Geuze – 5.0%
Cantillon Kriek – 5.0%
Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus – 5.0%
Cuvee Des Trolls – 7.0%
Delirium Tremens – 8.5%
Duchesse de Bourgogne – 6.2%
Mongozo Coconut – 4.5%
Rochefort 8 - 9.2%
Rochefort 10 - 11.3%
Saison Silly – 5.0%
Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Ambre – 12.0%
Urthel Hop It – 9.5%

Abbey & Trappist

monastic or monastic-style beer

Chimay Red Cap – 7.0%
Chimay White Cap – 8.0%
Chimay Blue Cap – 9.0%
Karmeliet Tripel – 8.4%
La Trappe Blonde – 6.5%
La Trappe Tripel – 8.0%
Maredsous Blonde – 6.0%
Maredsous Brune – 8.0%
Maredsous Triple - 10.0%
Orval – 6.2%
Westmalle Dubbel – 7.0%
Westmalle Tripel – 9.5%

German

Erdinger
Hefe Weiss – 5.3%
Urweisse – 5.2%
Hefe Dunkel – 5.6%
Pikantus – 7.3%

Flensburger
Pils – 4.8%

Fruh
Kolsch – 4.8%

Kuppers
Kolsch – 4.8%

Schlenkerla
Rauchbier Marzen – 5.1%
Rauchbier Weizen – 5.2%

Schneider
Aventinus – 8.2%
Original – 5.4%
Grunes – 6.2%

Jever
Pils – 4.9%

Maisels
Weiss – 5.4%

Schlosser
Alt – 4.8%

St. Georgenbrau
Kellerbier 4.9%

Veltins – 4.8%

Fruit Beers



Bacchus
Framboise – 5.0%
Kriek – 5.8%

Liefmans
Cuvee Brut (Kriek) – 6.0%
Fruitesse – 4.2%

Timmermans
Framboise – 4.0%
Kriek – 4.0%

Czech

Bohemia Regent Dark Lager – 4.4%
Bohemia Regent President 6.0%

Eggenberger
Hopfenkonig (Hop King) – 5.1%

Dutch

Budels
Organic Lager – 5.0%

Italian

Menabrea 4.8%

For more information please visit the Bunch of Grapes website or follow the pub on Twitter @BunchGrapesCF37. 

Bunch of Grapes, Ynysangharad Road, Pontypridd, R.C.T., CF37 4DA