Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival - cider list

Wales' biggest pub opens its doors tomorrow and the cider and perry list is now available!
More details on the festival website but doors open at 11am on Thursday


Blackmore Vale Medium Dry Cider 5.5 Devon
Blaengawney Farm Heartbreaker Cider 7.0 Blaenau Gwent
Blaengawney Farm Blindfold Cider 6.0 Blaenau Gwent
Blaengawney Farm National Treasure Cider 5.0 Blaenau Gwent
Blaengawney Farm Blaengawney Perry Perry 6.0 Blaenau Gwent
Border Orchards Medium Cider 7.0 Herefordshire
Border Orchards Medium Dry Cider 7.0 Herefordshire
Bollhayes Medium Cider 7.0 Devon
Bristol Cider Works Very Dry Cider 6.0
Bristol Butford Perry Perry 5.0 Herefordshire
Ciderfect Hadnock Cider 7.0 Gloucestershire
Ciderniks Kingston Black Cider 6.5 Berkshire
CJ's Dry Cider 5.5 Monmouthsire
CJ's Surprise Cider 5.0 Monmouthsire
CJ's Medium Dry Cider 5.5 Monmouthsire
CJ's Medium Cider 5.5 Monmouthsire
Cotswold No Brainer Cider 6.5 Oxfordshire
Cotswold Yellow Hammer Cider 6.5 Oxfordshire
Crossman Sweet Cider 6.0 Somerset
Double Vision Medium Cider 7.4 Somerset
Double Vision Perry Perry 7.4 Somerset
Gethins Hapus Cider 6.0 Pembrokeshire
 Gethins Sych Cider 6.5 Pembrokeshire
Gethins Melys Cider 5.5 Pembrokeshire
Gwatkin Yarlington Mill Cider 7.0 Herefordshire
Gwatkin Stoke Red Cider 7.0 Herefordshire
Gwatkin Perry Perry 6.0 Herefordshire
Gwynt Y Ddraig Two Trees Perry 4.5 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Black Dragon Cider 7.2 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Firey Fox Cider 6.5 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Scrumpy Cider 5.3 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Farmers Pride Cider 5.3 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Dog Dancer Cider 6.5 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Haymaker Cider 6.5 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Happy Daze Cider 4.5 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Pyder Cider 6.0 Mid Glamorgan
Gwynt Y Ddraig Ancient Warrior Cider 6.5 Mid Glamorgan
Hecks Perry Perry 6.0
Somerset Hecks Port Wine of Glastonbury Cider 6.0
Somerset King Brain Sweet Cider 6.0 Somerset
Llanblethian Orchards Kingston / Stoke Blend Cider 7.0 Vale of Glamorgan
Llanblethian Orchards Sider O Powys Cider 6.5 Vale of Glamorgan
Llanblethian Orchards Monmouth Green Mix Cider 7.0 Vale of Glamorgan
Llanblethian Orchards Dry Cider 6.2 Vale of Glamorgan
Llanblethian Orchards Dyffryn Cider 6.2 Vale of Glamorgan
Llanblethian Orchards Mystery Mix Cider 6.4 Vale of Glamorgan
Newton Court Winnal's Longdon Perry 5.3 Herefordshire
Newton Court Yarlington Mill Cider 6.4 Herefordshire
Old Monty Traditional Medium Cider 6.7 Powys
Olivers Dry Cider Cider 6.3 Herefordshire
Olivers Perry Perry 6.0 Herefordshire
Palmers Cheeky Jackdaw Cider 6.5 Gwent
Palmers Rubber Chicken Cider 6.5 Gwent
Palmers Chub Fuddler Cider 6.5 Gwent
Palmers Farmhouse Perry Perry 6.0 Gwent
Palmers Felin Fach Cider 6.5 Gwent
Penallt Dry Cider Cider 5.8 Monmouthshire
Penallt Wendy's Green Cider 6.0 Monmouthshire
Pontymeddyg Doctors' Orders Cider 6.3 Pembrokeshire
Pontymeddyg Shipman's Revenge Cider 6.3 Pembrokeshire
Raglan Cider Mill Boris' Brainbender Cider 5.5 Monmouthshire
Raglan Cider Mill Tiddly Um Tum Cider 6.7 Monmouthshire
Raglan Cider Mill Hanky Panky Cider 6.5 Monmouthshire
Raglan Cider Mill Medium Cider 5.5 Monmouthshire
Raglan Cider Mill Snowy Owl Perry 4.8 Monmouthshire
Raglan Cider Mill Barn Owl Perry 5.0 Monmouthshire
Rosies Triple D Medium Dry Cider 7.2 Wrexham
Rosies Triple D Black Bart Cider 7.2 Wrexham
Ross on Wye Medium Cider Cider 6.5 Herefordshire
Ross on Wye Medium Perry Perry 6.0 Herefordshire
Sarah's Sweet Cider Cider 6.5 Herefordshire
Seidr O Sir Meas Edwy Dry Cider 6.8 Powys
Seidr O Sir Medium Dry Cider 6.8 Powys
Seidr O Sir Betws Medium Cider 6.8 Powys
Springfield Red Dragon Cider 7.6 Monmouthshire
Three Saints St Crispins Twin Cider 5.5 Monmouthshire
Three Saints Scrumpthos Cider 6.2 Monmouthshire
Three Saints Nice Boys Perry 4.5 Monmouthshire
Three Saints Divine Perry 5.0 Monmouthshire
Three Saints Blush Perry 4.0 Monmouthshire
Troggi Dry Cider 7.9 Monmouthshire
Troggi Perry Perry 6.4 Monmouthshire
Westcroft Janets Jungle Juice Cider 6.5 Somerset
WM Watkins Oak Cider Cider 6.5 Monmouthshire
WM Watkins Blakeney Red Perry 6.3 Monmouthshire

Pubs join forces with CAMRA Beer Festival to form the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Fringe!

Pubs join forces with CAMRA Beer Festival to form the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Fringe! Wales' largest pub, the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival is joining forces with pubs in the City Centre of Cardiff to bring the Festival Fringe to the City. The three-day event at the Motorpoint Arena now extends to favourite Cardiff watering holes such as the Goat Major and the City Arms as extra events are happening in these pubs and others in and around the City Centre. According to Arfur Daley, Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Organiser, “It makes sense for the pubs to join us in this celebration of beer and cider, we have 6000 thirsty customers coming to the City for our event so why not celebrate some of our great City-Centre pubs as well at the same time? We may be Wales' biggest pub but we are only here for three days and Cardiff has some cracking pubs the rest of the year as well”. A number of City-Centre Brains pubs will be launching the Limited Editions Range from Brains Craft Brewery. All of the beers launched by the pubs will be available at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival but remember they are limited editions so may sell out early at the festival and the pubs! Goat Major – today launches Arfur's Pie, a recipe created by the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival Organiser James 'Arfur' Daley. For inspiration Arfur decided on a breakfast pie – farmhouse sausage, bacon and black pudding, all in a rich tomato sauce and topped off with an omelette as, well, the traditional pastry top did not seem to match. The Goat Major will also be launching a limited edition Brains beer called Low-Hanging Fruit on Saturday. This beer is matured with cherries and slow-fermented for 6 weeks. City Arms - A former Cardiff CAMRA Pub of the Year, the City Arms will be hosting an IPA Festival during the week of the beer festival with a range of hoppy, strong India Pale Ales to suit everyone. On Sunday this pub will be launching Grande Tripel IPA – an 8% beer brewed with yeast from a Trappist Monastery. This beer has been created by Barry-based Simon Martin as his 1000th beer review on You Tube. The Cottage – On Friday this pub will be launching Brain's Coopers Reserve, a 10% oak-aged beer that was matured in Penderyn Whisky barrels. Fire Island – One of Cardiff's newest pubs, based in the former Glamorgan Councils Staff Club on the corner of Westgate Street and Womanby Street, this pub will be hosting a Tiny Rebel Brewery takeover on Saturday night with a full range of their usual beers plus some of their specials.

Brains launches six new beers at Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival

This year Brains will take six brand new beers to the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival.

 Along with four well-loved beers SA Gold, The Rev. James, Dark and Barry Island IPA, Brains will have six new beers on the bar including a beer celebrating this summer’s rugby in Australia and an exclusive limited edition range.

 Touch.Paws.Engage, a 4% golden ale celebrating the summer’s rugby Down Under.Brewed with Australian hops Galaxy, Ella and Summer, this golden coloured ale has aromas of fruit and tropical citrus flavours that make this the perfect light summer ale.

 Terry’s, a chocolate and orange porter brewed with Premium, Crystal, Brown and Chocolate malts. The addition of cacao nibs in the boil gives a luxurious and intense chocolate flavour with a bittersweet finish and zesty aroma from sweet orange peel and organic orange zest.

 Stars and Stripes, a 5% naturally hazy golden coloured ale brewed with wheat malt and Californian Ale Yeast. An all-American hop line-up of Chinook, Centennial, Citra and Amarillo gives aromas of grapefruit and tropical fruit on the nose, citrus flavours and a crisp bitterness making Stars and Stripes a deliciously drinkable and refreshing beer.

In addition to these, the Brains bar will have recent favourites from the Craft Brewery – Farmer Walloon and Bragging Rights.

 There will also be a limited edition range of three exclusive beers that the Brains brewers have been working on for the past few months.

 Only one barrel of each will be tapped on each day of the three-day festival, followed by a second barrel launched in a Brains pub.

 Cooper’s Reserve, a 10% Penderyn whisky-aged beer launched on Thursday at the festival then in the Cardiff Cottage.

 Low-Hanging Fruit, a 4.8% sour cherry dark launched on Friday at the festival then in the Goat Major.

 Grande Tripel IPA, a 8% Tripel IPA launched on Saturday at the festival then in the City Arms on Sunday.Grande Tripel IPA was brewed with Simon Martin, aka Mr Real Ale Guide on You Tube, and will be reviewed as his 1000th beer on his channel.

 Ian Beattie, Brand Manager says “The Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival is a great festival for us to introduce new beers especially as it’s on the Brewery’s doorstep. The Brains Craft Brewery has allowed us to trial a variety of different beers and with such a variety of styles there’ll be a beer for everybody on our bar at the GWBCF.”

 The GWBCF runs from Thursday 6th - Saturday 8th of June in the Motopoint arena, from 11am to 11pm.

 Visit the GWBCF website for more information and to buy tickets for the festival -  You can also find them Facebook (Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival) and Twitter @GWBCF  

Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival - Beer list

The Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival 2013 is only a few weeks away, held in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Full details from the Festival website here


Provisional Beer list below:
Artisan Alt 5.0


Big Bog Swampy 4.7

Big Hand

Brains Dark 3.5

Brains SA Gold 4.7

Brains Rev James 4.5

Brains Craft Brewery Bragging Rights 5.0

Brains Craft Brewery Touch paws Engage

Brains Craft Brewery Terry's

Brains Craft Brewery Stars and Stripes

Brains Craft Brewery Low-Hanging Fruit

Brains Craft Brewery Farmer Walloon 4.5

Brains Craft Brewery Simon’s 1000th Beer

Brecon Three Beacons 3.0

Brecon Welsh Beacons 3.7

Brecon Red Beacons 5.0

Brecon Gold Beacons 4.2

Brecon Twilight Brecon 4.0

Brecon Orange Beacons 4.1

Brecon Prophet's Porter 5.6

Brecon Imperious Beacons 7.5

Breconshire Ramblers Ruin 5.0

Bryncelyn Buddy Marvellous 4.0

Bryncelyn Oh Boy 4.5

Bryncelyn Holly Hop 3.9

Bullmastiff Son of a Bitch 6.0

Bullmastiff Welsh Black 4.8

Castle Rock Harvest Pale Ale 3.8

Celt Experience Bleddyn 5.6

Celt Experience Dark Age 4.0

Celt Experience Golden 4.2

Celt Experience Native Storm 4.4

Celt Experience Danish Monster 6.2

Celt Experience Cat Scratched Celt 5.8

Celt Experience Silures 4.6

Cerddin Solar 4.1

Cerddin Cascade 4.8

Coniston Bluebird Bitter 3.6

Conwy Mulberry Mild 3.8

Conwy Shipwreaked 5.0

Cwrw Cader Red Bandit 4.1

Cwrw llyn Cochyn 4.5

Dark Star APA 4.7

Denbigh Black Denbeer 4.1

Evan Evans Warrior 4.6

Facer's Dave's Hoppy Beer 4.3

Facer's North Star 4.0

Gower Best Bitter 3.8

Gower Gold 4.5

Great Orme Celtica 4.5

Great Orme Welsh Black 4.0

Grey Trees Rechabites Bitter 4.0

Gwaun Valley Bitter Ale 4.0

Hafod Moel Famau 4.1

Hapax Ruby 4.2

Harveys Sussex Bitter 4.0

Heart of Wales High as a Kite 10.5

Heart of Wales Welsh Black 4.4

Henllan

Hobsons Mild 3.2

Hobsons Town Crier 4.5

Hopback Entire Stout 4.5

Jacobi Light Ale 3.8

Jacobi Red Squirrel 4.0

Kingstone 1503 4.8

Kingstone Stout 4.4

Kite Cwrw Haf 4.1

Kite Gold Wing 4.2

Kite Gorslas 4.0

Kite Thunderbird 4.5

Llangollen Llangollen Bitter 4.2

Llangollen Welsh Black Bitter 5.5

McGivern Porter 4.5

McGivern

Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Mild 3.7

Monty's Midnight Stout 4.0

Monty's Mischief 5.0

Monty's Sunshine 4.2

Mumbles Gold 4.0

Nant Mwnci Nell 5.5

Neath Black 5.5

Neath Gold 5.0

Nethergate Umbel Magna 5.0

New Plassey Porter 4.5

Oakham JHB 3.8

Otley Croeso 4.2

Otley Motley Brew 7.5

Otley O9 4.8

Otley O1 4.0

Otley O3 Boss 4.4

Otley O4 Columbo 4.1

Otley Hop Angeles 4.8

Otley O6 Porter 6.6

Otley Odessa Stout 7.4

Otley O7 Weissen 5.0

Otley A.P.A.

Otley Oxymoron Black IPA 5.5

Otley Thai Bo 4.6

Pixie Spring Deliverance APA 4.5

Pixie Spring Black Army Stout 4.3

Pixie Spring Golden Pixie 3.8

Pixie Spring Special/Seaonsal

Pixie Spring Special/Seaonsal

Pixie Spring Prince of Bengal IPA 5.5

Preseli Baggywrinkle 4.5

Preseli Rocky Bottom 4.5

Purple Moose Dark Side of the Moose 4.6

Purple Moose Glaslyn 4.2

Purple Moose Snowdonia 3.6

Purple Moose Cwrw Madog 3.7

Radnorshire Whimble Gold 3.8

RCH Pitchfork 4.3

Red Stone

Rhymney Dark 4.0

Rhymney Export 5.0

Rotters Whipping Tree 3.6

Sandstone Onyx 4.0

Sandstone Edge 3.8

Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby 6.0

Skinners Betty Stogs Bitter 4.0

Snowdonia Carmen Sutra 4.4

St Austell Proper Job 4.5

Swansea Deep Slade Dark 4.0

Thornbridge Jaipur IPA 5.9

Tiny Rebel Cwtch 4.6

Tiny Rebel Dirty Stop Out 5.0

Tiny Rebel Fubar 4.4

Tiny Rebel Full Nelson 4.8

Tiny Rebel Billabong 4.6

Tiny Rebel Hadouken IPA 7.4

Tiny Rebel Urban IPA 5.5

Tomos Watkin Cwrw Haf 4.2

Tomos Watkin Cwrw Braf 4.2

Tudor Blorenge Pale Ale 3.8

Untapped Tripple S Milk Stout 4.9

Untapped Crystal 6.0

Violet Cottage Shine On 4.0

Violet Cottage Zigzag 5.0

VoG Cwrw Dewi 5.0

VoG Summer Daze 4.2

Waen Blackberry Stout 3.8

Waen Chilli Plum Porter 6.1

Waen Festival Gold 4.2

Wickwar Station Porter 6.1

York Centurion's Ghost 5.4

Zero Degrees Wheat 4.2

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Vote for your favourite Welsh real ale

Although the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival is not until June next year (6th-8th June, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff) the process for choosing the Champion Beer of Wales has begun and CAMRA Members have until the end of January 2013 to nominate their favourite beers.
In order to vote for your favourite Welsh ales go to here and log in with your membership number and use the same password that you use to login to the member's area of the CAMRA national web site.

The list of beers that appear on the site are the ones reported to CAMRA by the Brewery Liasion Officer for each individual brewery. Beers also have to conform to CAMRA rules etc etc to be in the running for the competition.