Sunfest 2018… The Beer List!
With one week to go, the car park closed and the beer tent ready to go up, here is your official Sunfest 2018 beer list! With 72 casks and 31 kegs we hope we’ve covered all bases and there’s a beer for everyone. Expect plenty of sessionable pales for summer quaffing, alongside some weird and wonderful (occasionally bordering on outrageous) specials! Read on, and see you at the bar…
Cask List:
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield:
Brewbell Wood (4.1%) – Our charity collaboration for this year! Pale and hoppy. 10p from every pint goes straight to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice
Birdhouse Tea Beer (4.2%) – Jasmine and hibiscus infused pinkish pale
Black Lurcher (7.0%) – Strong stout
Citrus Saison (VG) (7.2%) – *Festival exclusive* *Funk Dungeon release*
Deliverance 2 (VG) (9.0%) – DIPA
Don’t Go Bacon My Heart (7.1%) – Bacon and ice cream porter (Collaboration with Ass Clown Brewing)
Mangoes Into A Beer Tent (5.6%) – *Festival exclusive*, cryo-hopped mango pale
Piracy (4.3%) – Classic pale ale
Salvation 9 (VG) (7.0%) – Espresso martini stout
Tramlines (VG) (3.8%) – Session IPA brewed in celebration of the tenth year of Tramlines
Voyager 10 (VG) (5.6%) – IPA
Wanderer 3 (VG) (4.5%) – Bergamot and grapefruit pale
Acorn Brewery, Barnsley – Itchycoo Dark (4.5%) – Hoppy dark ale
Aire Heads Brewery, Goole – Airelequin (3.5%) – Amber session ale
All Day Brewing, Salle, Norfolk – Norfolk Green Hop Saaz (VG) (4.5%) – Kolsch style ale
Animal Brewing, Oxford – Hop-kitty IPA (3.9%) – Hoppy pale ale
Arbor Ales, Bristol – Mosaic Pale (GF) (4.0%) – Gluten free pale
Ashover Brewery, Clay Cross – Elderflower (4.0%) – Pale infused with freshly picked elderflowers
Bad Seed Brewery, Malton – Code Blue (VG) (5.0%) – Blueberry witbier (Collaboration with the Rook & Gaskill pub)
Baker’s Dozen Brewing Co., Stamford:
Magic Potion #10 (VG) (3.8%) – Single hopped Amarillo pale
System of a Brown (VG) (4.1%) – American brown ale
Beer Ink Brew Co., Huddersfield – Peppa Peach (4.9%) – Peach & pink peppercorn saison
Bexar County Brewery, Peterborough – Burn The Lines (VG) (4.2%) – Beetroot gose
Blackjack Beers, Manchester – King of the Car Park (4.5%) – Belgian style pale (Collaboration with Framework Brewery)
Black Lodge Brewing, Liverpool – Taking Liberties (4.9%) – Raspberry and lactose pale
Blue Bee Brewery, Sheffield – Enigma 500 (5.5%) – Single hopped pale, Blue Bee’s 500th brew!
Box Social Brewing, Newcastle – West Coast Pale (5.0%) – Bitter and juicy pale
Brew York, York – Nuba (VG) (6.6%) – Vermont IPA
Burning Sky Brewery, Firle, East Sussex – Plateau (3.5%) – Zesty, refreshing session beer
Electric Bear Brewing Co., Bath – Werrrd (4.2%) – Crisp and dry NZ pale
Fernandes Brewery, Wakefield – Mandarin (4.5%) – Straw coloured beer with hints of tangerine
Five Towns Brewery, Wakefield – Always Crashing in the Same Car (8.6%) – Rhubarb infused Belgian Tripel
Fixed Wheel Brewery, Birmingham – N+1 (4.7%) – Juicy session IPA
Flagship Beer, Liverpool – Jar (VG) (4.7%) – Sessionable porter
Grain Brewery, Harleston, Norfolk – Slate (6.0%) – Complex smoked porter
Great Heck Brewery, Goole – Zeus (4.5%) – Peppery golden ale
Half Moon Brewery, York – Oat to Joy (6.2%) – Robust oatmeal stout
Harbour Brewing Co., Bodmin, Cornwall – Little Wave (3.1%) – Fruity session IPA
Hopcraft Brewing, Pontyclun, Wales:
Bumper to Bumper (VG) (4.8%) – Spring gorse pale
See With Your Eyes… (5.0%) – Blueberry cheesecake pale
Hopjacker Brewery, Dronfield – Roobarb and Custard (VG) (6.0%) – Oatmeal pale with rhubarb and vanilla
Imperial Club & Brewery, Mexborough – Stout wi Nowt Tekkn Owt (VG) (6.0%) – Classic, full bodied stout
Kelham Island, Sheffield – Kingston (4.2%) – Sweet ginger stout
Lost Industry Brewing, Sheffield – Cinnamon Mochachino Stout (6.3%) – Milk stout with coffee, cinnamon and cacao nibs
Loxley Brewery, Sheffield – Wisewood Two (4.3%) – Balanced golden ale
Mallinsons Brewing Co., Huddersfield – Pilsner Centennial (3.8%) – Single hopped beer with Pilsner malt
Mile Tree Brewery, Wisbech, Cambs – Meadowgold (3.8%) – Summery session ale
Milk Street Brewery, Frome, Somerset – Morello Bordello (5.2%) – Cherry porter
Moncada Brewery, London – Ruby Rye (5.2%) – Robust ruby ale
Neptune Brewery, Liverpool – Shifting Sands (4.3%) – Hoppy session IPA
North Riding Brewery, Scarborough – Pale Ale v10 (4.5%) – Pale and hoppy
On the Edge Brewery, Sheffield – Klinkhammer (5.0%) – Dry hopped strong pale
Ossett Brewery, Ossett – Ambrosia (5.5%) – American style IPA
Rat Brewery, Huddersfield – Frat Cocktail (4.0%) – Raspberry and mint pale
Raw Brewing Co., Chesterfield – Kiwi Donkey (VG) (5.0%) – New Zealand hopped NEIPA
Redwillow Brewery, Macclesfield – Wreckless (4.8%) – Balanced hoppy pale
Revolutions Brewing, Castleford – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (4.5%) – Blonde ale
Riverhead Brewery, Huddersfield – Happy Valley (4.0%) – Pale and hoppy
Rock Mill Brewery, New Mills – Back to the Future (4.0%) – Classic ruby bitter
Steel City Brewing, Sheffield – MAHIBUDDHNZNEIPA (6.0%) – *Festival exclusive* Mango and apricot hazy IPA
Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell, Derbyshire – Strawberry Lucaria (4.5%) – Strawberry ice cream porter
Three Blind Mice Brewery, Ely – Little Boo (VG) (4.6%) – Cryo-hopped pale
Top Rope Brewing, Liverpool – Turning Heel (5.1%) *Cask exclusive* Dry hopped hibiscus saison (Collaboration with Turning Point Brew Co)
Torrside Brewing, New Mills:
Bothered By Persistence (3.8%) – Well-hopped pale (Collaboration with Abbeydale Brewery)
Space Cadet (5.8%) – Dank red IPA
Totally Brewed, Nottingham – Monkey Gone To Heaven (6.0%) – Banana and coconut cream ale (Collaboration with Hopcraft Brewing and Waen Brewery)
Turning Point Brew Co., York – Vision Quest (VG) (7.0%) – Bold IPA
Twisted Barrel Ale Brewery, Coventry:
Table Beer (VG) (2.7%) – *Cask exclusive* Dry hopped sessionable pale (Collaboration with Ridgeside Brewery)
Oblivion (VG) (5.0%) – Export India porter
Vale of Glamorgan Brewery, Barry, Wales – Speakeasy (4.6%) – American IPA
Weird Beard Brew Co., London – Fade to Black (VG) (6.5%) – Black IPA
Wild Beer Co., Shepton Mallet, Somerset – River of Darkness (3.9%) – Smoked dark beer with maple syrup and chillies
Keg List:
Abbeydale Brewery, Sheffield:
BA American Brown (VG) (9.0%) – *Funk Dungeon release* Barrel aged brown ale with Brettanomyces
Elvish for Friend (VG) (5.5%) – *Festival exclusive* Melon IPA
Heathen (4.1%) – American pale ale
Imperial Brett Saison (VG) (9.5%) – *Funk Dungeon release* Liquorice and anise farmhouse saison with Brettanomyces
Kid Ryenamite (VG) (6.5%) – Rye Baltic porter (Collaboration with Alphabet Brew Co)
Last Rites (11.0%) – Barley Wine
Lost Souls (VG) (10.0%) – Russian Imperial stout
Lost Souls – Bourbon Barrel Aged (VG) (10.0%) – Russian Imperial stout aged in bourbon for 6 months
Nelson Sauvin DIPA (VG) (9.0%) – Double IPA (Collaboration with Vibrant Forest)
Serenity 3 (VG) (3.8%) – Session IPA
Unbeliever 6 (VG) (5.2%) – Dry hopped sour IPA
Voyager 10 (VG) (5.6%) – IPA
Alphabet Brewing, Manchester – Juice Springsteen (VG) (4.5%) – Tropical IPA
Anspach & Hobday, London – The Sour Dry Hop (4.9%) – Dry hopped Berliner Weisse
Bexar County Brewery, Peterborough – Death of Tomorrow (3.6%) – Dark and stormy inspired brown ale with kombucha (Collaboration with Abbeydale Brewery)
Brew By Numbers, London – 07|07 Witbier Orange (VG) (4.5%) – Orange juice and zest infused wit
Cloudwater Brew Co., Manchester – Helles Tettnanger (4.8%) – Light, crisp Helles style lager
Fierce Beer, Aberdeen – Café Racer (6.5%) – Coffee and vanilla porter
Fourpure Brewing Co., London – Juicebox (5.9%) – Citrus IPA
Hanging Bat Brew Co., Edinburgh – All Bucked Up (9.0%) – *Festival exclusive* – the only chance to try this outside the brew pub! Blackberry and Buckfast imperial Baltic porter (Collaboration with Abbeydale Brewery)
HopJacker Brewery, Dronfield – Flaven (VG) (4.0%) – Elderflower and lemon pale
The Kernel Brewery, London – Biere de Saison – Damson (4.4%) – Saison blend with 350g/l of damsons
Loka Polly, Mold, Wales – Kaffir Lime Leaf Saison (VG) (6.1%) – Fragrant, floral saison
Cervesa Lo Vilot, Lleida, Spain – La Repera (4.5%) – Lactobacillus and pear pale (Collaboration with Black Jack Beers)
Mad Hatter Brewing Co., Liverpool – Jammy Dodger (6.0%) – Raspberry, oat and lactose pale
Odyssey Brew Co., Herefordshire – Show Me A Hero (VG) (7.0%) – Citra IPA
The Runaway Brewery, Manchester – Shandy Penache (2.7%) – Gose blended with kaffir lime lemonade (Collaboration with Steep Soda)
Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell, Derbyshire – Loket (5.0%) – Czech style Pilsner
Torrside Brewery, New Mills – Bury Me In Smoke (5.5%) – Smoked American brown ale (Collaboration with Black Iris Brewery)
Wild Beer Co., Evercreech, Somerset – Tori’s Secret (4.8%) – Golden session IPA
Wiper & True, Bristol – Kaleidoscope (4.2%) – Refreshing pale ale
*Sunfest takes place at the Rising Sun Inn, Fulwood Road, from the 5th to the 8th of July*
Cheers!
Laura, on behalf of Team Abbeydale
