This beer list is tentative, please check at the festival for available beers as changes can occur before and during the festival.
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Brewery | Beer | ABV | Description | Bar | Dispense | Comments |
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4T's | S.P.A | 3.8% | S.P.A or super special pale dual hopped with El Dorado & Simcoe hops to deliver gentle bittering with tropical fruit, grapefruit and pine aromas. | Main Bar | Cask | |
4T's | Warrington special bitter | 4.2% | Typical malty rich base, brewed with Pioneer & Bramling Cross hops giving the beer a crisp & refreshing bittering with aromas of blackcurrent and citrus. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Abbeydale Brewery | Absolution | 5.3% | Fruity, premium strength golden ale showcasing hops from around the world. Willamette and Cascade in the American corner with fruity, floral flavours, plus Galaxy from the Southern Hemisphere for a tropical boost, | Main Bar | Cask | |
Acorn Brewery | Gorlovka | 6.0% | Named after the Ukrainian twin town of Barnsley, this brew is a deep ebony coloured imperial stout with bags of malt, spicy hop bitterness and a fruity dry finale. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Allendale Brewery Co Ltd | Stock ale | 6.0% | 2014 brewed stock ale aged to perfection, boasting rich sherry, soft leather, and dried fruit notes. Two fresh seasonal beers blend seamlessly with this complex ale, amplifying its intricate flavor profile. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Allendale Brewery Co Ltd | Wolf | 5.5% | Deep red and full bodied. Rich and complex malts provide depth, complimented by a hedgerow berry aroma. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Almasty Brewing Co. | Chocolate Stout | 5.2% | to give a chocolate flavour boost to this stout we infused it with liquid raw cacao and brewed with heavy amounts chocolate malts and oats. leaves the sesnse filled with the aromas and flavours of dark choclate | Main Bar | Cask | |
Alnwick Brewery | Oatmeal Pale | 4.5% | A refreshing, golden-coloured session ale with added oats for a smooth body and creamy mouthfeel. Smooth, sweet, and floral in taste with underlying oaty maltiness, perfectly balanced with Celeia and Fuggle hops. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Backlash | Chocolate Strawberry stout | 5.6% | Dry trational stout base sweetened by pure coca and strawberries | Main Bar | Cask | |
Backlash | Blistered Molly | 3.7% | Pale ale made to celebrate the rock band of the same name (on sale saturday only) | Main Bar | Cask | |
Barney's | Glory days | 5.0% | Wheat IPA with corriander and orange peel | Main Bar | Cask | |
Beartown Brewery | Creme bearlee | 4.8% | Dark and sweet stout, Toasty malts partner with molasses and Madagascan vanilla | Main Bar | Cask | |
Beartown Brewery | Bluebeary | 4.0% | Clean drinking I.P.A, Delicatley infused with canadian Blueberries | Main Bar | Cask | |
Beer Ink | Vellum | 4.0% | A plethora of Citra (US) and Amarillo (US) hops were used in this simple grist pale ale. Expect all the flavours of Grapefruit and mango that you would usually get from these hops but in abundance! | Main Bar | Cask | |
Beer INK x Carnival | Dubbel stacks | 6.5% | Blueberry and maple pancake Dubbel | Main Bar | Cask | |
Big Hand | Seren | 3.7% | Fresh melon, peach and tangerine flavours run through this soft Welsh pale ale | Main Bar | Cask | |
Big Lamp Brewery | Prince Bishop | 4.8% | A well balanced fruity, light coloured beer. First brewed for the 1987 Durham Beer Festival. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Black Lodge Brewery | Crash on the hill | 3.9% | Galaxy hopped easy drinking pale using Australian malts | Main Bar | Cask | |
Black lodge X Heist | Stones that i throw | 5.8% | Baltic porter with roasted malts with coffee notes, and hints of sweet caramel and molasses. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Boss | Boom | 6.0% | Delicious marmalade + tangerine flavours are elevated by citrus against a backdrop of biscuit and caramel (VE) | Main Bar | Cask | |
Bowland | Bumble | 4.0% | Golden honey flavoured beer | Main Bar | Cask | |
Carnival | We are diamonds | 6.1% | IPA featuring Citra, Amarillo and Eukanot (VE) | Main Bar | Cask | |
Carnival | One O'Clock pale | 5.0% | A hazy, super juicy pale ale dry hopped with Citra, Sabro and Amarillo. The resulting beer is slightly sweet, full of tropical fruit, coconut, lime and papaya flavours, with a lightly carbonated body. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Castle Rock | Preservation ale | 4.4% | mid-brown/reddish easy drinking full flavoured best bitter is well rounded with some residual sweetness which is balanced with a resinous hop character using a house yeast. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Chapter | Kandata | 4.7% | A punchy, fragrant American Pale with a huge Columbus burst that complements the smooth malt bill. (VE) | Main Bar | Cask | |
Chapter | Blindfold off | 4.2% | Best Bitter originally brewed with and for the Aigburth Tap in Liverpool to celebrate their birthday and to showcase what English ingredients can do. (VE) | Main Bar | Cask | |
Cheviot | Ravens Knowe | 4.3% | Rich chocolate malty taste with a vanilla hit. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Cloudwater | Talus in the heart | 4.4% | A showcase for Talus a bright and zesty new hop full of grapefruit aroma and soft stone fruit flavours | Main Bar | Cask | |
Coach House | Gunpowder | 3.8% | A very dark mild with a full liquorice and treacle flavour and a slightly bitter aftertaste. Multi award winning | Main Bar | Cask | |
Consett | Red dust | 4.5% | red in colour and beautifully clear with a robust, full-flavoured malt and fruit nature. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Consett | Stahlweizen | 4.6% | German style wheat beer brewed with noble hops and malts for a refreshing taste and dry finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
Conwy | Clogwyn gold | 3.6% | Golden session ale hopped with Galaxy, Cascade & Citra. Beautiful hoppy citrus aroma & flavour. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Darwin Brewery | Chocolate & Vanilla Stout | 5.0% | Chocolate beer with sweet vanila | Main Bar | Cask | |
Dog and Rabbit | Easter stout | 4.8% | An easy drinking chocolate stout with a creamy head with added Oats, Chocolate malt and Chocolate wheat | Main Bar | Cask | |
Dunham Massey | Chocolate Cherry Mild | 3.8% | Chocolate Cherry is a multi-award winning speciality mild. Champion Speciality Beer of Britain 2012. It has all the class of Dunham Dark, with a dry hint of cherry that cuts through the malt flavours. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Electric Bear Brewing Co | Rock the Cask-bar! | 3.8% | Pale ale with flavours of stone fruit and pine from Azacca, Amarillo and Ekuanot | Main Bar | Cask | |
Elland | 1872 porter | 6.5% | Rich, complex and dark Porter from an original 1872 recipe, with an old port nose and coffee and bitter chocolate flavours on the palate. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Exmoor Ales | Wicked wolf | 4.2% | Collaberation with Wicked wolf gin, gin-like botanicals and a gentle spiciness on the palate, which lead to a delicate floral hoppiness and the suggestion of citrus before it finishes dry and lightly fruity. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Firebrick Brewery | Tyneside Irish Red | 5.2% | A malt forward red ale with a subtle caramel sweetness and a touch of roasted dryness in the finish. This easy-drinker beautifully balances sweet malt character with a backbone of biscuit. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Firebrick Brewery | Cushy Butterfield | 5.2% | Fantastic depth of dark chocolate over coffee and very light vanilla. Good body, mocha head. Very pleasing sweet bitter balance. | Main Bar | Cask | |
First & Last | Red handed | 4.5% | Malty and soft deep red ale, brewed with a range of Belgian malts and dry hopped with Mosaic for a full and fruity finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
Fixed Wheel | Wheelie pale | 4.1% | Easy drinking house pale, sweet malts with hints of citrus and melon from a combination of Citra, Blanc, Magnum & Cardinal hops. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Flying Gang | Pieces of (chocol)eight | A grown up, Dark chocolate stout. The antidote to sweet dessert stouts. | Main Bar | Cask | ||
George Samuel | Harvey | 5.2% | Rich and full bodied with lots of coffee and chocolate aroma and flavour. Brewed with British Maris otter, oats and chocolate malts, lightly hopped with British fuggles for subtle bitterness. | Main Bar | Cask | |
George Shaw | Pale | 4.6% | Reborn brewery that dates back to 1800s recreated by enthusiasts | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hadrian Border Brewery | Rise of the reds | 5.0% | Notes of biscuit and caramel and citrus, resinous and a touch of tropical aromas from American hops. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hadrian Border Brewery | Grainger Ale | 4.6% | Brewed using a single malt, and hopped with a selection of three varieties giving a well ballanced finish and pale appearance | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hadrian Border Brewery | Ouseburn porter | 5.2% | This traditional robust and satisfying porter uses the best quality ingredients including rolled oats to produce a smooth, rich and dark creamy drink. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hadrian Border Brewery | Nothern pale | 4.1% | A crisp, light pale using Amarillo hops to deliver mellow citrus and grapefruit tones in aroma and on the palate, with a pleasant lingering bitterness on the way down. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hanlons | Firefly Bitter | 3.7% | Fantastic, crisp amber session bitter whose rich character belies the low abv | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hawkshead Brewery | Moasaic pale | 4.0% | Mosaic Pale Ale, developed to showcase the amazing aromas and flavour of the Mosaic Hop. You should be able to pick up blueberry, tangerine and papaya, with the addition of bittering hop Hallertau Blanc bringing lemongrass and passionfruit to the beer. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hawkshead Brewery | Rookie's turn | 5.6% | Pale malt with oats for texture allowing the hops to take the reigns, A blend of 6 hops create waves of tropical fruit and a spiced pine finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hexhamshire | Whapweasel | 4.8% | A smooth strong golden beer, with hints of soft fruit. Brewed to the original recipe for the last thirty years, the name comes from a burn that drains out of Hexhamshire Common | Main Bar | Cask | |
Hexhamshire | Rusting angel | 5.0% | Red rye crystal and red caramalt. Endeavour and chinook hops | Main Bar | Cask | |
Kirkstall Brewery | Three swords | 4.5% | Named after the Kirkstall Abbey's coat of arms, this pale ale boasts abundant use of three American hop varieties, providing a refreshing citrus taste and aroma. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Kirkstall Brewery | Black band | 5.5% | A full bodied yet beautifully smooth dark porter. Perfectly balanced. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Lincoln Green | Archer | 4.0% | Blonde and packed with three of the biggest hitting USA hops, this one punches above it's ABV with a surprising amount of body | Main Bar | Cask | |
LORD'S | Extra Stoned Crow Bitter | 5.0% | Extra special bitter brewed in collaberation with Real ale guide youtube channel. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Maxim | Double Maxim | 4.7% | Maxim Ale, introduced in 1901 in the North East, was later rebranded as Double Maxim after its strength increased in 1938. This premium ale is renowned for its well-rounded flavour | Main Bar | Cask | |
METALHEAD | Rock the choc | 5.0% | Chocolate stout with hints of coffee and liquorice. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Milestone | Loxley | 4.2% | Golden ale with challenger and progress hops providing hints of lemongrass and honey | Main Bar | Cask | |
MOBBERLEY | 1924 | 4.0% | Amber, powerful & fruity. Celebrating the 90th anniversary of George Mallory’s summit attempt on Everest June 1924 | Main Bar | Cask | |
Muckle | Muckle Buster | 4.5% | A one off dry hopped version of Muckle buster ruby red ale with notes of rich dark fruit and a hint of liquorice | Main Bar | Cask | |
Neptune Brewery | Hells canyon | 5.8% | American brown ale boasts robust flavours of toasted malt, with hints of milk chocolate and hazelnut, leading to a soft warm finish. An intense yet subtle beer, full of complexity, and infinitely drinkable. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Neptune Brewery | Aqwe | 4.6% | This soft pale ale is abundant in juicy tropical fruit flavours, enhanced with a citrus bite, and balanced with gentle notes of coconut. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Newbarns | Pale | 4.5% | A classic American style Pale Ale. Full bodied, the beer has a nice balance between malt and hops, with the Simcoe and Amarillo giving a light hoppy bitterness on the finish. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Newbarns x Verdant | Equivalent I.P.A | 4.5% | Cask only I.P.A brewed with a hybrid lager / ale yeast light floral hoppy flavours and clean finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
North Pier | Wearside blonde | 4.0% | Light, refreshing golden ale, with hints of orange and citrus. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Oakham Ales | Bishops Farewell | 4.6% | Easy drinking, creamy, medium-bodied, clean, smooth beer - dominated by fruity hop flavours and grainy background. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Orkney Brewery | Man o' Hoy | 4.2% | Man O' Hoy is a deep golden ale brewed with Mosaic and Amarillo hops for flavours of citrus and mango. It is creamy and hoppy with a long bitter fruity finish. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Orkney Brewery | Cliff Edge | 4.7% | Cliff Edge is a brilliant bronze beer with a tantalising trio of American hops. Pushing you to the edge of your senses, with an intense impact of piney and spicy fruit flavours before dropping to a crash of bitter zestiness. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Ossett Brewery | Silver king | 4.3% | Session pale combining U.K malts and American Cascade hops SIBA national award winner | Main Bar | Cask | |
Out There | Lanquidity | 4.5% | A chocolate stout where liquorice, chocolate and hints of coffee leave sparkling tails across the black night sky | Main Bar | Cask | |
Phoenix Brewery | Double gold | 5.0% | This light golden premium bitter has a delicate hop aroma and a soft (yet full-bodied) hop flavour on the palate, leading to a smooth taste and a lasting, dry, rounded finish. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Reedley Hallows | Old Laund Bitter | 3.8% | Session bitter smooth and creamy with a hoppy aftertaste International brewing awards silver medal winner | Main Bar | Cask | |
Rigg & Furrow | Red Barn | 4.5% | Elderberry mild Ruby Mild brewed with Elderberries & English Hops. Full of malty depth & dark berry flavours. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Robinsons Brewery | Unicorn | 4.2% | Unicorn, an exceptionally light, agile and complex ale, has remained unchanged for over a century. Originally brewed by Frederic for his father William at the Unicorn Inn, the beer was named after the pub, which still stands today as Robinsons Brewery | Main Bar | Cask | |
Roosters Brewing Co. | Y.P.A | 4.1% | Pale golden colour. Raspberry aroma. Long aromatic finish. Medium bitterness. Golden Promise malt, soft Yorkshire water and Styrian Golding hops | Main Bar | Cask | |
Rudgate | Ruby mild | 4.4% | Multi award winner. Ruby Red colour with complex and smoky flavours and a rich velvet finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
Salopian | Golden Thread | 5.0% | A bright gold ale, using wheat and lager malt and flavoured with an infusion of aroma hops. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Settle Brewing Company | Epic IPA | 4.4% | Crisp and fruity full, brewed American Citra and New Zealand Hops to give this refreshing Pale Ale an Epic hop hit | Main Bar | Cask | |
Siren | Yu Lu | 3.6% | Refreshing and exciting in equal measure, Yu Lu is brewed with Earl Grey tea and lemon zest for taste that belies its strength. Distinct peach and apricot notes are complemented by zesty bergamot flavours | Main Bar | Cask | |
Siren | Lumna | 4.2% | Juicy tropical session I.P.A aromas of mango and pineapple and flavours of citrus and balanced bitterness | Main Bar | Cask | |
Snowdon Craft | Sumit | 5.2% | A more complex pale ale allowing for added depth due to the higher ABV yet still perfectly in harmony | Main Bar | Cask | |
Spitting Feathers | Empire IPA | 5.2% | The powerful & hoppy pale ale brewed to quench thirsts around the British Empire. SIBA gold winner. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Stu Brew x Vaux | Long time coming | 5.0% | Our extra special brew. A long awaited collab with our friends at Vaux, Sunderland. Generously hopped with Goldings and fermented with Cameron's house yeast. Deep copper in colour. A true trad bitter that we are very proud of! Our extra special brew. A long awaited collab with our friends at Vaux, Sunderland. Generously hopped with Goldings and fermented with Cameron's house yeast. Deep copper in colour. A true trad bitter that we are very proud of! | Main Bar | Cask | |
Stu Brew | Cask Vegas | 5.4% | Our Rye IPA brewed with Red Crystal malt from Castleford's Thomas Fawcett. Generous use of new world hops creates stone fruit aroma, dry bitterness & caramel flavor, with medium-light body. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Swannay Brewery | Banyan | 3.9% | Session IPA. Banyan is navy-speak for a holiday or a party, usually on a beach. Banyan is a beer for a Banyan. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Tempest Brewing Co. | White Light | 4.7% | Hazy pale with Citra and Chinook | Main Bar | Cask | |
Tempest Brewing Co. | Golden hour | 4.2% | Gold tones provided by the honey sweetness of the malt and rounded fruity yeast character | Main Bar | Cask | |
Theakston | Old Peculier | 5.6% | Old Peculier is possibly one of the country’s most well-known and loved ales. This unique, beautiful brew is often imitated but never matched and is sold literally all over the world. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Thirsty Moose | Canny Canuck | 4.5% | A fusion of Canadian staple and the North-East's beloved beer style, this modern twist on a classic ale features rich, malty flavours of biscuit, nuts, caramel, chocolate and fermented maple syrup, producing a woody smoky aroma | Main Bar | Cask | |
Three Kings Brewery | Dark Sky | 4.2% | 0 | Main Bar | Cask | |
Timothy Taylor & Co. Ltd | Landlord dark | 4.3% | mellow dark beer has body and depth. It has a fruity, toasted aroma with hints of chocolate, citrus and roasted malts on the tongue. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Tiny Rebel Brewing Co | Rocket air I.P.A | 4.0% | Crisp hazy I.P.A with mild fruity flavours and a fresh grassy nose showcasing the Toyomidori hop | Main Bar | Cask | |
Tiny Rebel Brewing Co | Very cherry stout | 4.5% | Cherry Amaretto red stout, Velvety cherry with a malty caramel finish | Main Bar | Cask | |
Titanic Brewery | Captain smiths | 5.2% | A deep, softly hopped, strong ruby ale. The malty flavours and aromas are twinned with a gentle sweetness in this traditional bitter. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Top Rope | Lager than life | 4.5% | A crisp and refreshing lager brewed using all British ingredients and lagered for 8 weeks for the ultimate flavour. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Top Rope | Pog Form - Chinook | 5.0% | Remember Simcoe? It's back, in POG form! This version of our rotating hop pale pairs Citra with Simcoe to bring a touch of citrus and a whole heap of stone fruit directly to your face. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Top Rope | Blobbymania | 4.1% | A zingy base beer packed with tart raspberry and juicy mango to bring you a fruit packed, sour explosion of flavours. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Twice Brewed | Cassius | 5.4% | This Red IPA boasts a malty base with Amarillo, Citra and Azacca hops, and orange zest. Caramel and brown bread notes complement the citrusy bitterness from hops and orange peel, making it a brew that you'll crave for more. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Two By Two Brewing | Snake eyes | 4.7% | hazy, soft and very drinkable. Low bitter tropical hop juice, Mosaic single hopped. | Main Bar | Cask | |
Two By Two Brewing | Crunchie Porter | 5.0% | 0 | Main Bar | Cask | |
Vocation Brewery | Heart and soul | 4.4% | full-bodied fruity beer has all the hoppy goodness of an IPA , but with a seriously sessionable strength | Main Bar | Cask | |
Vocation Brewery | Pride and joy | 4.8% | This classic American-style pale ale is refreshingly crisp, clean and hoppy. Beaming with bold flavours and aromas, it’s a true reflection of our passion for brewing and a total joy to drink | Main Bar | Cask | |
Ampersand Brew Co | Cocoa Chocolate Milk IPA | 4.8% | A rich decadent stout with big flavours of bitter chocolate tempered by milk sugars. Subtle undertones of dark caramel & coffee give a great depth of flavour & keep the sweetness balanced whilst the cocoa nibs provide that unmistakable dark chocolate finish. | Thursday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Otherworld | Amalfi lemon meringue | 6.8% | Freshly zested Amalfi lemons form the base of this decadent dessert beer. Bright lemon acidity contrasts with a vanilla marshmallow meringue sweetness. Toasted green cardamom adds its own unique floral notes and hints of orange and spice. | Thursday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Tempest Brewing Co. | Modern Helles | 4.1% | A modern lager that actually tastes of something. A cold fermented German lager made in Scotland with local malted barley, Bavarian hops, wheat, oats, water, yeast and nothing else. Respect tradition. Embrace modernity. | Thursday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Top Rope | One winged Angel NE-IPA | 6.0% | A soft, hazy NEIPA packed with some of our very favourite hops; El Dorado and Idaho 7 give you buckets of tropical fruit, mango and pineapple flavours on top of a smooth, oaty body. | Thursday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Beer Ink | Starbeer | 8.5% | Chocolate peanut caramel stout inspired by Star bar sells out quickly every year | Friday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Exale | Chrono | 2.5% | A Pineapple and Mango Radler. A style loved by craft beer veterans and sensible types alike. Light, tropical and super easy drinking for days in the sun. | Friday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Fierce x NZBC | Down in splendour | 5.0% | New Zealand pilsner, a crisp bitterness, light spice and piney aroma, with juicy tropical fruit and citrus notes - creating a perfect harmony between old and new. | Friday Reds Popup | Keykeg | |
Top Rope | I Scream Cheesecake pale | 4.6% | ice cream pale infused with zesty lemon and smooth vanilla flavors with a soft oaty body, a wonderful combination of sweet and tart. | Friday Reds Popup | Keykeg |
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