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Beer Menu for the upcoming Yankeefest below & attached.

Main Bar cask beers listed are those that will be available at the start of the festival but as they run off, they will be replaced by more American inspired ales from the likes of Bridestones, Red Squirrel, Mallinsons, Great Heck etc.


American food will be served from Road Hogs Diner, a big yellow school bus which will be parked up in the car park. Expect pulled-pork, chilli dogs, burgers and fries, Philadelphia steak sandwich and more. Food will be served from 3 - 9 Fri (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/x-apple-data-detectors://0), Sat, Sun and 3 - 7 Mon. (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/x-apple-data-detectors://1)


Live music will feature 'Backyard Burners', a bluegrass band on Sunday from 7pm (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/x-apple-data-detectors://2) and 'Root 45' playing Rock and Roll on Monday from 5pm (http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/x-apple-data-detectors://3).

Cask Ales
Festival Bar
1. Allgates - California 3.8% £2.60
An extremely clean drinking golden coloured ale with a zesty and fruity aroma. Brewed with gentlykilned malts and an aromatic blend of American hops.
2. Mallinsons - Indulgence 3.7% £2.60
Brewed using four classic "C" hops from the USA this is a blonde with grapefruit and tropical fruit aroma, a bitter tart citrus zest taste and long citrus hop finish. A real indulgence!
3. Salamander - Apache 3.9% £2.60
Pale and hoppy session ale with a refreshing citrus notes.
4. Greene King - Yardbird 4% £2.60
This beer is from Greene King’s new experimental brewery. Full of hops with a lasting fruity flavour, this beer is inspired by bold American pale ales..
5. Phoenix - Arizona 4.1% £2.60
This pale ale is a classic. Dry as a desert, refreshing as an oasis.
6. Deeply Vale - Citra Storm 4% £2.70
Citra is the archetypical American hop and is the base of so many modern pale ales. This pleasant session ale is bursting with the flavours and aromas of lemon and grapefruit.
7. Revolutions - Go Go American Pale4.5% £2.70
U.S influenced pale a brewed using three of the ‘C Hops’ for a citrus finish.
8. Tyne Bank Silver Dollar 4.9% £3.00
Award winning American Pale Ale. Amber in colour with a robust malt base and West Coast American hops.
Main Bar
9. Roosters - Yankee 4.3% £2.60
One of the original newstyle pale ales to be brewed in the UK, Yankee is a modern classic. Light and easydrinking, it showcases the floral and citrus fruit aromas of the Cascade hop, grown in
the Yakima Valley in Washington State.
10. Dark Star - American Pale Ale 4.7% £3.10
The yeast strain used for the brewing of this American style pale ale is specially imported from the USA, along with Cascade, Centennial and Chinook hops.
11. Long Man - American Pale Ale 4.8% £2.90
Made using only the choicest U.S. hops this triplehopped APA has a pleasant citrus fruit aroma and characteristic robust bitterness.
12. Portobello - American Pale Ale 5% £3.10
Brewed to showcase the finest American hops. Cascade and Summit give robust bitterness whilst Citra, Amarillo and Summit bring the aroma of tropical fruits, orange and pink grapefruit.
13. Saltaire - Stateside IPA 6% £3.10
American style IPA with Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo hops providing strong bitterness.
14. XT - XT5 American Amber 5.5% £3.00
Big biscuity malt base with lots of dark fruit flavoured American hops on top.
15. Sonnet 43 - Bourbon Milk Stout 4.3% £2.80
Aromas of bitter chocolate and oak, as well as multiple flavour levels comprising delicate sweet bourbon, silky chocolate and dry oak.
16. Tyne Bank - Heavenly Porter 5.4% £3.10
This porter has been blended with Heaven Hill bourbon from Kentucky. As you drink the beer the slight warmth of the bourbon becomes evident, and adds an extra dimension with hints of vanilla
and a real depth.
Draft Beer
1. Brooklyn, New York - Brooklyn Lager 5.2% £3.80
Brooklyn Lager has won numerous awards, beginning with first place at the Great American Beer Tasting in 1989. A superb balance of sweet malt and crisp bitter hops. Dry hopped for more flavour.
2. Anchor, San Francisco - California Lager 4.9% £4.50
California’s first true lager was brewed in 1876. Anchor have recreated that original recipe to brew a lager that is smooth and full of depth.
3. Anchor, San Francisco - Anchor Steam 4.8% £4.50
'The classic of American brewing tradition since 1896', Anchor Steam has a bronze colour with a thick creamy head. The palate is full and malty with a beautiful bitter hop aroma a unique beer
universally recognised as a world classic that traces back to the Gold Rush era.
4. Founders, Michigan - All Day IPA 4.7% £4.50
A great IPA for drinking all day! Lower gravity than most American IPA’s but still packed with flavour. A great introduction to modern American beers.
5. Oskar Blues, Colorado - Dales Pale Ale6.5% £3.00/half pint
This voluminously hopped mutha delivers a hoppy nose and assertivebutbalanced flavors of pale malts and citrusy floral hops from start to finish.
6. Flying Dog, Maryland - Mango Habanero 7% £3.00/half pint
This is what American brewers do best; take a traditional ale and morph it into something totally new. Two pounds of habanero pepper and ten pounds of fresh mango are added to each batch
of this IPA. It’s unfiltered to retain as much flavor as possible and also mimic the look of fresh mango juice.
Bottled Beer
1. Flying Dog - Underdog 4.7% £3.20 Lager
A light and refreshing lager with crisp hop character.
2. Goose Island - 312 4.2% £3.20 Wheat Beer
A hazy wheat beer with the spicy aroma of Cascade hops is followed by a crisp, fruity ale flavour delivered in a smooth, creamy body that's immensely refreshing.
3. Flying Dog - Doggy Style 5.5% £3.40 Pale Ale
A classic American pale ale with hoppy citrus notes.
4. Sly Fox - Phoenix 5.1% £3.60 Pale Ale
A bold American Pale Ale brewed with Pale and Crystal malts and hopped with Centennial and Cascade hops from the Pacific Northwest. Copper in color, mediumbodied and spicy.
5. Anchor - Liberty Ale 5.9% £3.60 IPA
First brewed in 1975, Liberty Ale was one of the first of the new wave of modern American IPAs. More balanced than some of the more recent IPAs on the market.
6. Brooklyn - EIPA 6.9% £3.60 IPA
East India Pale Ale is a deep golden beer brewed from British malt and a blend of hops. It is dryhopped for a bright aroma of hops, lemongrass, pine and citrus fruit, and has a robust
bitterness, a warming malt palate and a clean hoppy finish.
7. Founders - Centennial 7.2% £3.85 IPA
Relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry hopping. This one’s sweet, yet balanced. Malty undertones shake hands with the hop character for a finish that never turns too bitter.
8. Ska - Euphoria 6.2% £3.85 Pale Ale
A big backbone of malt with plenty of caramel sweetness and just a touch of chocolate and toast. But it's the epic grapefruit hop aroma and flavor, provided by a huge dry hop addition at the
end of fermentation, that really make this beer shine.
9. Odell - Levity 5.1% £4.20 Amber Ale
A lighter take on the amber ale. Munich and honey malts give it a fullbodied flavor then the finishing hops shine, for a beer that’s crisp instead of bitter.
10. Sierra Nevada- Beer Camp #93 6.9% £4.20 IPA
Cascade and Citra hops give pine/citrus and tropical fruit flavours.
11. Stone IPA 6.9% £4.20 IPA
One of the most well respected IPAs in America, this golden beauty explodes with citrusy flavour and hop aromas, all perfectly balanced by a subtle malt character
12. Maui - Big Swell 6.8% £4.25 IPA
Ahandcrafted India Pale Ale brewed with four different kinds of Northwestern hops and malted barley…dryhopped to perfection.. Its flavor begins smooth and malty and is followed with a big
burst of hop flavour.
13. Oskar Blues - Mama’s Little Yella Pils 5.3% £4.50 Lager
An uncompromising smallbach pilsner brewed using German malts and Saaz hops.
14. Goose Island - Pepe Nero 6.4% £4.95 Black Saison
With an aroma of roasted chestnuts and a mysteriously dark, mahogany hue, Pepe Nero is a farmhouse ale brewed with black peppercorns. His roasty sweetness melds into a lingering,
earthy, black pepper finish.
15. Odell - Lugene 8.5% £5.95 Chocolate Milk Stout
Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout is brewed with milk sugar and milk chocolate. The rich and creamy brew reminds us of a cold glass of chocolate milk.
Cider
1. Original Sin Hard Cider 5.5% £3.50 Cider
Dry Traditional cider from New York, fermented with two types of Champagne yeast
Bourbon
1. Jack Daniels 40% £2.50
2. Jim Beam 40% £2.50
3. Makers Mark 45% £2.75
This smallbatch bourbon is aged for 6 years to develop it’s trademark smooth flavour.
4. Bulleit 45% £3.25
Bulleit Bourbon is made with smallbatch techniques inspired by those pioneered by Augustus Bulleit over 150 years ago.
5. Evan Williams Single Barrel 43.3% £3.25
A smooth easy drinking bourbon distilled using an original recipe from 1783.
6. Rowan’s Creek 50.05% £3.25
A rare smallbatch bourbon. The bourbon equivalent of a fine malt whisky.
Flavoured Bourbon
7. Jim Beam Red Stag (Black Cherry) £2.70
8. Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey £2.70









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