Dr Gareth John, author of a famous book about beer as well as the "Glimpses of Gwent" series enjoys a half with Les Chittleburgh both from ISCA Morris Men.

The first day of the festival draws to a close and the customers filled the city hall. It just goes to show that Central Cardiff is short of a freehouse to support our National breweries.

Tomorrow we have the Champion Beer of Wales Competition so lots more tasty beers to try.

Great Welsh Opens!

And the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival finally opens its doors to the public today. This is the first time the festval has opened on a Thursday daytime and thirsty Cardiff customers were already queing at 1145 this morning.

Some of the thousands of thirsty customers who will be descending on Cardiff City Hall this weekend.



And the one of the missing Customs and Inland Revenue disc has turned up - being used as a beermat at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival.

Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Beer List

It's that time of year again for the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival and here is the beer list. All subject to availability when the Festival opens its doors on Thursday 22nd November

Welsh Beers

Black Mountain Black Five 4.50%
Black Mountain Seasonal/Red Kite 4%
Brains Dark 3.5
Brains Bitter 3.7
Brains SA 4.2
Brains Reverend James 4.5
Brains SA Gold 4.6
Brains Top Notch 5
Breconshire County 3.80%
Breconshire Welsh Pale Ale 3.4
Breconshire Golden Valley 4.2
Breconshire Ramblers Ruin 5
Breconshire Winter Beacon 5.3
Breconshire Spirit of the Dragon 6.50%
Bryncelyn Holly Hop 3.9
Bryncelyn Buddy Marvellous 4
Bryncelyn Oh Boy 4.5
Bryncelyn That'll be the Sleigh 7.1
Bullmastiff Welsh Gold 3.8
Bullmastiff Son of a Bitch 6
Bullmastiff Welsh Black 4.80%
Blorenge
Coles Roasted Stout 4.40%
Coles Cwrw Llanddarog 4.1
Conwy Cwrw Mel 4.40%
Conwy Cobdens4
Corvedale Seasonal/secret hop 4.5
Cwmbran Blackcurrant Stout4
Cwmbran Crow Valley 4.2
Cwmbran Santa's Tipple 5
Facers This Splendid Ale 4.3
Facers Landslide 4.90%
Ffos Y Ffin Cothi Gold3.80%
Ffos Y Ffin Towy Ale5%
Felinfoel Double Dragon 4.2
Flock Inn Ewe Reeka 4.50%
Great Orme Extravaganza 4.40%
Great Orme 3 feathers 5.00%
Jacobi Light Ale3.80%
Jacobi Original 4.40%
Jolly Brewer Chwerw Cymru 4.50%
Kingstone Classic4.50%
Kingstone 1503 5%?
Miws Piws Stout 5.00%
Miws Piws Snowdonia3.60%
Miws Piws Madog3.80%
Miws Piws Cwrw Glaslyn 4.2
Nags Head Old Emrys 3.8
Neuadd Arms Heart of Wales4.10%
Neuadd Arms Aur Cymru 3.80%
Otley O1 4.10%
Otley O Garden 4.60%
OtleyOG 5%
Otley O8 8%
Paradise Nantwich Ale5.60%
Plassey Border Mild4.5
Plassey Owain Glyndwr 4.3
Plassey Dragon's Breath 6
Rhymney Dark 3.9
Rhymney Export5
Rhymney Rhymney Bitter4.5
Swansea Deep Slade Dark 4%
Swansea 3 Cliffs Gold 4.7
Swansea Original Wood 5.2
Tomos Watkin Merlin's Stout 4.2
Tomos WatkinOSB 4.5
Tomos Watkin Cwrw Haf 4.20%
Vale of Glamorgan Grog y Vog 3.3
Vale of Glamorgan No 1 Best Bitter 4.5
Vale of Glamorgan Cefyl Dwr 5
Warcop Pitprop 3.80%

Not so Welsh beers!


Wye Valley HPA 4
Wye Valley Butty Bach 4.5
Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout 4.6
Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Winter Tipple 4.7
Archers Golden 4.80%
Arkells 2B 3.2
Arkells Moonlight 4.5
Battledown Saxon 3.80%
Battledown Turncoat 4.50%
Butt's Coper 6%
Butt's Barbus Barbus 4.60%
Butt's Jester's Organic 3.50%
Downtown Chimera IPA 6.80%
Flowerpots Bitter3.80%
Hook Norton Old Hooky4.60%
Hook Norton Hooky Dark 3.20%
Lodden Bamboozle 4.80%
Moles Tap 3.50%
Moles Molennium 4.50%
Oakleaf I can't belive its not bitter 4.90%
Pint Size Mild 3.40%
Ringwood Boondoggle 3.90%
Ringwood Old Thumper4.60%
Seven Vale Monumentale 4.60%
Severn Vale Vale Ale 4%
Stonehenge Danish Dynamite 5%
Stonehenge Old Smokey/ Great Bustard 4.80%
Stroud Budding 4.50%
Stroud Five Valleys5%
Triple F Moondance 4.20%
Triple F Comfortably Numb 5.00%
Triple F Pressed Rat & Warthog 3.80%
Uley Old Spot 5%
Uley Pig's Ear5%
Wadworth JCB 4.70%
West Berkshire Old Father Thames 3.40%
West Berkshire Dr Hexter's Healer5%
Wickwar BOB 4%
Wickwar Station Porter 6.10%
Cottage spring Codrington Old Ale 4.80%
Allendale Wolf 5%
Big Lamp Bitter 3.90%
Bull Lane Jacks Flag 4.70%
Camerons Monkey Stout 4%
Camerons Castle Eden 4.20%
Consett Steel Town 3.80%
Darwin Ghost Ale 4.10%
Darwin Hop Drop 5.30%
Durham Bonny Lass 3.80%
Durham White Amarillo 4.10%
Wentworth Best Bitter4.10%
Hadrian Reivers IPA 4.40%
Hexham Old Humbug 5.50%
Hexhan Devil Water4.20%
Hill Island Cathedral Ale 4.20%
Jarrow Bitter 3.80%
Jarrow Joblings swinging Gibbett 4.10%
Mordue 5 Bridges 3.80%
Mordue Workie ticket 4.50%
Northumberland Holy Island 3.80%
Northumberland Newcastle Pride 4.30%
Wear Valley Morning After4.80%
Wentworth Bumble Beer 4.30%
Wylam Bohemia Lager 4.60%
Bathams Bitter4.30%
Copper Dragon Challenger IPA 4.40%
Hop Back GFB 3.50%
Hop Back Entire Stout 4.50%
JohnRoberts Castle steamer 4.30%
Millstone True grit 5%
Moor house Black Cat 3.40%
RCH Old Slug Porter 4.50%
RCH Steaming Santa/Seasonal 4.40%
Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild 5.60%
Six Bells Cloud Nine 4.20%
Spinning Dog Celtic Gold 4.50%
Thornbridge Jaipur 5.50%
Thornbridge Treason 4.60%
Woods Shropshire lass 4.20%
Spitting Feathers Stout 4.50%
Weetwood Cheshire Cat4%
York Guzzler 3.60%
Ascot Ales Alligator 4.60%