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Wandsworth Halloween Beer Festival6th Annual 2014

29th October 1st of November

Tickets here: https://wandsworthbeerfestival.eventbrite.co.ukWelcome to the 6th Annual Halloween Beer Festival, 12th in our series of twice yearly beer festivals. (March and October) There is a massive selection of new, hard to find, and genuinely unique beers this time round. Big thanks go to our sponsors Downton of Salisbury. Once again all of this could not be possible without the amazing hard work of Elliot Baker and his team at Le Gothique. About the building

This stunning building was started in 1857 and completed in 1859. And was officially opened by Queen Victoria just over a 150 years ago. Originally a purpose built orphanage for dependants of servicemen lost in the Crimean war the building was requisitioned in 1914 becoming the 3rd London General Hospital. Exactly one hundred years ago the building swelled with an intake from the first battle of Mons. The walking wounded and shell-shocked victims of the trenches recuperated here disembarking from troop carrying trains at a specially constructed halt in a cutting at the front of the building. (In the main bar inside Le Gothique there is a pillar on the ground floor with some excellent period photographs of the building taken in 1914)

Between the wars the orphanage re-opened before finally closing down on this site in 1938. But as one chapter closed another opened.

The Second World War saw occupation of the building by M.I.5, M.I.6 and M.I.9.and use as a detention and interrogation centre. In all, 20,000 refugees fleeing Northern Europe passed through on their way to a new beginning in Britain. Most were genuine but in amongst them were spies and 5th columnists. Rudolph Hess was kept for several days in the cellars below Le Gothique following his ill-fated attempt at brokering a cease-fire.

In the 1950s the building was bought by the London County Council for use as a school, but despite its grade II (star) listing it fell into disrepair. The present re-birth with mixed use and residential occupancy is entirely the result of entrepreneur Paul Tutton who bought the building in the 1980s and renovated and restored the building after purchasing it for just 1. (Yes, one pound). Today, the building is primarily residential with 25 luxury apartments, a drama school (ALRA) and 29 assorted business lessees of which Le Gothique the long established free house and restaurant is the most well known.About the food..Affordable and very tasty food is available throughout the festival from the kitchens of Le Gothique. Please order your food from the main bar and collect from the table in front of the kitchen.

About Health & Safety.. Please ensure that the corridors (cloisters) surrounding the garden on three sides are clear at all times. Furniture and seating may not be brought in from any part of the premises and placed in the corridors. Please assist staff at all times to keep fire exits and entrances clear. Please remember that the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is mainly residential. Please drink responsibly and leave the building quietly both outside and through the estate all the way along to the main road.

About the entertainment regulars to these festivals will already know about the virtuoso steel dobro playing bluesman John Crampton. He will be playing from 8pm on Friday. And Caf Racers on Saturday night from 6pm (please note early start)About the beers. This festival is a beer tickers paradise with so many new, obscure and hard to source beers. There are just over 100 beers and there will be at least 20 ciders.

Beers to look out for include an unprecedented 7 from Sarah Hughes, including 2 never before available outside the Beacon Hotel where they are brewed. Special thanks to Batemans for providing a cask version of the normally bottled Mocha Amaretto. Two further beers of note are from Litte Beer Corporation who have provided cask versions of Little Snug and Little Rosie. This Guilford based micro brewery has a modern approach and is a joint venture with a remarkable number of local investors.Special thanks are reserved for Martin Strawbridge from Downtons who not only supplied us with 9 different beers from his excellent Downton brewery. But also, travelled all the way up to Birmingham to collect the Sarah Hughes (and my t-shirt). We also sent a van to NW England to pick up beers from Yorkshire & Lancashire. Apologies to those not finding many local London brews but we had a dedicated London festival here in July and it was thought that we would concentrate on beers not normally available in the London area for this festival. Sadly, the promised and advertised U.S. beers did not fully materialise. All the beers are available on the first full day, Thursday. They will all be available throughout Friday. But as Saturday approaches the list will begin to contract as I am sure you will realise and understand. By Saturday night it may prove a better idea to speak to the servers before deciding as they will advise on availability. Le Gothique will be open for Sunday lunch and there may be some beer sold at cost to clear. Phone 0208 870 6567 on Sunday morning.Lord Battersea (aka Mark Justin)************************************************************************Beer Festival Horror Stories Whats the worst beer festival youve ever been to? (Hint: Its not this one this one is brilliant!)

Sometimes beerfests can be victims of their own success, and you might turn up towards the end of the final session only to discover that all the beers you want to try have run out.

That doesnt make it a bad festival though if anything its a good one that you just missed out on. (So grab some Sarah Hughes Snowflake before it goes!)

My most disappointing festival experience ever came back in the late 1990s, in a run-down, ramshackle pub in a dank, dark, desolate place. Specifically, Mitcham.

I happened to be travelling past on the bus and couldnt miss the extremely large chalkboard sign proudly proclaiming a BEER FESTIVAL. Id never visited the place before and was surprised to see that they had a festival on, so I had to pop in to investigate. Ah, curiosity.

It was about 6:30 on a Saturday evening but the place was entirely empty, and there was scant evidence of any kind of festival in progress beer or otherwise. I felt like Id walked into a ghost town.

If I remember rightly the range on the pumps consisted of Draught Bass, M&B Brew XI, Hancocks HB and Worthingtons Bitter. (Students of brewing history will recognise that these beers all came from Bass-Charrington who were a massive brewing conglomerate back then.)

A little old lady lurked timidly behind the bar. Ah, the festival must be taking place outside, I concluded. Maybe they have a big marquee or something.

Festival beers on stillage out the back? I enquired cheerfully, to be met with a blank, spooky expression. Or out in the garden, maybe?

Oh... we dont have a garden.

Hmm. Lets try again, shall we?

I asked, determinedly, where the beer festival was taking place and she gestured to the four pumps of Bass beers. Confused, I ordered a Brew XI (unpleasant and slightly vinegary) and considered my next move.

What beers do you have on usually then? I asked the little old lady a few minutes later. Oh, just these that you see here, came the reply, that and Carling. Most people drink Carling here.

So these are exactly the same beers as usual? Yes, thats right.

Slightly bewildered, and convinced I must be missing something somewhere, I asked her as patiently as I could, what, exactly, made this a beer festival.

Well, theres 15p off every pint she explained helpfully. Wow! 15 whole pence.

Oh, and Andy put a big sign outside so that people would know we were having a beer festival, she added, as if her telling me this somehow made it so.

I looked around furtively, waiting for a grinning Jeremy Beadle to emerge from behind a clock. But this was no prank. She genuinely seemed to believe that the sign outside and a discount of 15 new pence constituted a beer festival!

I resisted the temptation to stick around to sample the entire festival range, even though Id have saved myself a whopping 60 new pence, and I never returned to the pub, which has long since closed.

If you think youve had a worse beer festival experience than this, then do share. Maybe poltergeist activity caused you to spill your pint? Perhaps you were trapped in a tiny parish hall with a horde of zombies prowling outside with only Whitbread Trophy to drink?

Fortunately we have no such worries here. Thanks to the hard work from Mark and his team, beer festivals here are always a joy. Now go and have another pint!

@BenViveur

PRICES

3.0% - 3.4% PINT 3.60 Half 1.80

3.5% - 4.5% PINT 3.80 Half 1.90

4.6% - 5.4% PINT 4.00 Half 2.00

5.5% - 6.4% PINT 4.20 Half 2.10

6.5% - 7.4% PINT 4.60 Half 2.30

7.5% - 8.5% PINT 5.40 Half 2.708.6% -10.0% PINT 6.00 and Half 3.00 Unlike any other country in the world, beer in the UK is taxed according to strength. The stronger the beer the higher the tax. At 7% and over the beers attract another tax unfairly penalising traditional brews which may date back over 100 years but just happen to be 7% and over. When paying remember at least 1 of your pint goes to the taxman in excise duty plus a further 20% in Vat. My advice is to drink petrol.its far cheaper. LBAbbeydale Brewery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Dr.Mortons Funny Luck 4.1% Extremely pale ale made with new experimental hop from America. Fresh and citrusy.Full English Breakfast Stout 4.9% Rich dark stout. With added coffee, cocoa & maple syrup. Plus 5 different malts.Arundel Brewery, Autumn Breeze 4.6% A wonderful dark old ale to kick us off with. Roast malt aroma, with berry fruit and chocolate flavours. Smooth and fruity but with a bitter finish. MUST TRYB & T ( Banks & Taylor) Shefford, Bedfordshire

Shefford Plum Porter 4.5% Dark and rich with the addition of natural autumnal plums.Bank Top, Bolton, LancashireGold Digger 4.0% Golden coloured with a citrus aroma. Grapefruit with a touch of spice.

Batemans, Wainfleet, LincolnshireThis family owned brewery is among the last to be fully controlled by the founding family who also work hands on in the brewery. We are thankful to Jaclyn Bateman for personally bringing down the quite sensational Amaretto Mocha.

Amaretto Mocha 6.5% Every now and again I am simply blown away by a new beer. This is it. Massive explosion of coffee, chocolate and Amaretto liqueur flavours. Originally only in bottle. Batemans have graciously supplied us with the only cask version available anywhere. Beer of the Festival? Must try.

Belleville, Wandsworth, London SW18

Spiced Pumpkin Ale 5.4% A special seasonal ale from our nearest operating brewery. This beer was brewed for the first time last year and proved to be very popular.

Blackedge, Horwich, LancashireCascade 4.2% A single hop pale golden ale. Slight hint of lychee & grapefruit.

Revolution Red 4.4% Ruby red ale with a velvety smooth mouthfeel.

Black Hole Brewery of Burton StaffordshireSuper Nova 4.8% Pure gold colour. Like a Marmalade made with Seville oranges. A sweet start but dry lingering finish.

Black Sheep Brewery, Masham North Yorkshire

Reaper 4.1% A three hopped red rye beer. Halloween SpecialBlindmans Brewery, Leighton, Somerset

Eclipse Porter 4.2% Traditional porter, full of chocolate flavours and subtle bitterness.

Brecon Brewing, Brecon, Powys, WalesBusters Broomstick Bitter 4.3% A Halloween special blood red ale.Red Beacons 5.0% A red coloured smooth ale. Full bodied with a balanced variety of hops. Goldings, Sovereign, Pioneer & First Gold.Brightside Brewery of Radcliffe, Manchester

Underworld 4.4% A crisp refreshing Porter made with English hops

Brimstage Brewery, Wirral

Scarecrow 4.2% Orange marmalade in colour Good session brew with citrus fruit flavour and aroma. Winner of numerous awards.

Bursclough Brewery, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Mere Blonde 4.0% Its not all dark ales at this festival weve slipped this one in. Pale but full flavoured. Hoppy, with a massive grapefruit finish.Burton Bridge, Burton on Trent, StaffordshireThomas Sykes 10% A full on barley wine. Deceptively easy drinking so be careful. How can you leave the festival without trying at least a half of this brewing blockbuster. One of my favourites. Chimay Top Belgian beer 6.0% Available on draught from the keg remote bar

Cotleigh Brewery, Wivelscombe, Somerset

Tawny 3.8% Well balanced traditional bitter using only English whole (not pellet) hops and local barley.

Night Owl 4.5% A dark chestnut colour using Bramling Cross hops which tends to impart a slight blackberry/orange flavour.

Downton Salisbury, Wiltshire

Quadhop 3.9% A pale session bitter. Very refreshing

Elderquad 4.0% Pale yellow colour. Addition of elderflower makes for a real thirst quencher.

Honey Blonde 4.3% Light ale made with honeyNelsons Delight 4.5% Lest we not forget the Battle of Trafalgar each October. Here is a mellow amber ale with added rum. Rich and sweet.

Pumpkin Ale 4.2% Flavoured with pumpkin flesh and only brewed in October each year.Dark Delight 5.5% An Old Ale. A style of beer which is disapperaring but which is of exceptional quality. Chocolate Orange 5.8% Consistently one of the most popular beers at every Festival. Each brew benefitting from a bottle of Cointreau and a Terrys chocolate orange. Must try.Chimera IPA 6.8% A genuine British style IPA uninfluenced by the re-imported US style of IPA that is fast replacing this traditional brew originally brewed for export to India. Roman Imperial Stout 9.0% Abundance of chocolate and roasted coffee aromas. Rich, malty flavour balanced by powerful presence of hopsElland Brewery of Elland, West YorkshireWhite Prussian 3.9% This very pale beer is the lightest coloured beer at this festival of predominantly darker ales.

Fool Hardy Ales, Heaton Norris

Rhidonkulous 3.7% Another super pale coloured ale. Extremely pale triple hopped. Big flavour for low gravity beer.Frodsham Brewery, Frodsham, Cheshire

CLG 4.4% Chocolate, lemon and ginger. Its all in the name for this most unusual beer.

Titans Bolt 8.5% A full on barley wine originally only in bottles and brewed for the first time in September 2013.

Fuller Smith & Turner, Chiswick LondonHoney Dew 5.0% Available on the keg bar. Exceptional honey infusion a beer that benefits from being kegged.

Black Cab Stout 4.5% Keg stout that aims to produce a softer less bitter finish than Guinness. If you are a creamy stout drinker try this small batch brew. Available on the bar inside Le Gothique.Frontier Lager 4.5% Another small batch craft brew from Fullers. The only UK brewed lager that I am consistently impressed by. Available on the bar inside Le Gothique. Vintage 8.5% A rare one-off cask from the depths of Fullers Chiswick cellars. Dark amber malty, fruity aged for 7 years in oak. Must try.Grafton Brewery, Worksop, NottinghamshireFramboise Raspberry Beer 4.0% A pale ale made with the addition of raspberry juice. Fruity but with bitter finishLady Ruby Cherry Beer 4.5% Ruby coloured. Initial fruitiness gives way to big cherry finish on the back of the tongueGreat Newsome, Winestead, North HumbersideJems Stout 4.3%. Dark and rich with a slightly liquorice finish. Named after the brewery dog.Gypsy Hill Brewing, Gipsy Hill, London SE27**NEW BREWERY***

Beatnik 3.8% A pale ale made with Amarillo US hops.Southpaw 4.2% An amber ale made with Cascade and Simcoe hops.

Hambleton, Melmerby, North Yorkshire

Ey Up ! 4.0%. An easy drinking pale ale with characteristics of lemon, lime and tropical fruit. Hoppy but not over hopped.Highland Brewing

Orkney Blast 6.0 A barley wine style beer very warming and perfect for an Autumn day. Big on malt while still retaining its hoppiness.Hornbeam, Denton, Manchester

Licence to Spill oo7% A simply stunning complex beer that defies description. Must try.

Irwell Works, Ramsbottom, Lancashire

Mad Dogs & Englishmen 5.5% Easy drinking IPA with lots of flavour.Ilkley, West YorkshireIlkley Black 3.7% Dark and velvety made with chocolate and roasted barley malts. Rich and satisfying while still being low gravity.

Itchen Valley, Alresford, Hampshire

Hampshire Rose 4.2% Brewery situated on the Watercress Line steam railway and often served on board in the buffet carriage. This beer named after Henry V award given to Hampshire archers at the Battle of Agincourt. Made with 4 hop varieties and fit for a King.

Kelham Island, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Radar Men from the Moon 4.0% Excellent name. Excellent beer. Kelham Island continue to produce award winning beers. This is their October special.

JW Lees, Middleton Junction, Manchester

Moonraker 6.5% Reddish brown. Rich and sweet. Was originally 7.5% but reduced ABV to avoid punitive tax on beers of 7% and over. Wonderful barley wine style. One of my favourites. Rarely brewed by JW Lees and not always available in their tied houses. Beer volume sustained by selling to festivals such as this.

Little Beer Corporation, Guildford, Surrey

Little Snug 5.4% A traditional warm, mellow pale ale with a slight tinge of nuts from the chestnuts added in the mash. Special cask version as normally only in in bottle.Little Rosy 5.5% A rosy coloured beer. Colour and flavour coming from the addition of fresh raspberries from Jims allotment. Light fresh, and thirst quenching. Must try.

Mauldons, Sudbury, Suffolk

Black Adder 5.3% Superbly balanced dark, sweet ale. The Brewerys flagship beer.

Moorhouse, Burnley, Lancashire

Black Cat Mild 3.4% A Halloween favourite. A dark mild with chocolate and coffee roast flavours. Crisp bitter finish.Mr. Grundys, Derby, Derbyshire

Olive Branch 3.9% Brewery started in 2010 principally to supply Mr.Grundys bar. Smooth & hoppy. Made with 4 different hops.

Old Bear Brewery, Keithley, West Yorkshire

Enchanter 4.4% Light amber US hop influenced beer. Rich and flavoursome with citrus, pineapple and tropical fruit. Perfect for Halloween.

Partners Brewery, Dewsbury, West YorkshireJustins Brew 3.5% A good beer to start the festival with. Easy drinking session bitter with 4 different malts. Festival organiser Mark Justin would keep sober if he only drank this one all night instead of the Snowflake.

Peerless, Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Kiwi Gold 4.0% Time to get some Scouse beer down yer neck with this New Zealand hopped special. Fruity, passion fruit and citrus flavours.Problem Child Brewing, Parbold, Wigan

***NEW BREWERY***

Scallywag 3.7% A golden hoppy ale. First brewed for customers at the Wayfarer Inn.

Rapscallion 4.2% Deep gold in colour. Hint od background liquorice. Chinook and galaxy hops.

Scoundrel 4.4% Straw coloured hoppy ale.

Good Spankin 4.4% Gols colour. Made using lager malts. Magnum and Brewers Gold hops. Big flavour. Winner at local S & M Festival.Ringway, Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire

***NEW BREWERY***

Session 3.8% Light hoppy pale ale with citrus hop character.

Reedley Hallows, Burnley, LancashireMonkholme Premium 4.2% Brewery started in 2012. A golden ale. Smooth with a great hoppy taste.

Robinsons, Stockport, Cheshire

Old Tom 8.5% A full on dark beer. Malty, dark chocolate and port flavours. An absolute classic.

Rudgate Brewery, Tockwith, North Yorkshire.Asgard Legend 3.8% A dry golden session ale with floral aromas and zesty mouthfeel.Rudgate IPA 5.2% Amber coloured premium ale with a fruity, malty, flavour and a spicy, hop character. Not all IPAs are the same.Saddleworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester

Hopsmacker 4.1% As name would suggest big hoppy ale.

St. Georges Brewery, Callow End, Worcestershire

Dragons Blood 4.8% Ruby red with a hint of chocolate. Hops give a slightlt spicy aroma.Sarah Hughes Brewery Sedgley, DudleyThis Black Country brewery is of traditional tower construction. The unique character of the beers is derived from the use of a rare Victorian open topped copper. Unable to fully supply its own brewery tap, the legendary Beacon Hotel, the beers are hard to come by and unavailable to source through the usual wholesalers. The ONLY way to get some is to go up there and collect it yourself. And take back the empties!Pale Amber 4.0% Initially slightly sweet but getting hoppier all the timeJester 4.6% First of two new medium gravity beers from festival favourite Sarah HughesPhoenix 4.6% Beer on its way from Sedgely at time of writing programme notes and so you will have to tell me about this one as you will be the first in London to try it.Sedgeley Surprise 5.0% Bitter sweet and medium bodied. Nice to have all 3 beers from Sarah Hughes for you to sampleSarah Hughes IPA 5.3% Traditional IPA style. Big on hops big on flavour. Dark Ruby Mild 6.0% Regulars at this and other festivals will be aware of this wonderfully eccentric extremely drinkable 6% mild . Uniquely flavoured due to use of a Victorian open topped copper. Has acquired an almost mythical status as its either never arrived or just run out. Dont worry we have several firkins put by. Enjoy.

Snowflake 8.0% Snowflake is the ultra rare seasonal ale from the Beacon Hotel in Sedgley. Rarely sold outside the homebrew pub. Barley wine style with a hint of coconut. Matured in cask for one year. Sierra Nevada U.S. Beeravailable on the keg barShepherd Neame Faversham, Kent

Green Hop 4.2% Sheps are the largest brewer by volume to be featured at this festival of otherwise entirely micro breweries. But never under estimate what great beers they can produce from their Faversham base in the heart of English hop country. Made with new season green (undried) whole hops.Sam Adams Boston Lager 5.0% Brewed by Sheps at their Faversham facility. An amber style lager that looks and tastes like a bitter. Brewed to an exacting US recipe. Available on bar inside Le Gothique. Southwark Brewery, Southwark, London SE.1.

*** NEW BREWERY*** OPENED OCTOBER 2014***

The new brewery stands in the shadow of the Shard, Londons tallest building.

Southwark LPA (London Pale Ale) 4.0% Modern style of easy drinking pale ale. Bitterness and subtle hints of citrus/tropical flavours. Big powerful aftertaste.

Bermondsey Best 4.4% Traditional English style best bitter with Marris otter and East golding hops. Chestnut coloured with spice, honey and shortbread overtones.Strathaven Brewery, Strathaven, Lanarkshire

Festival Ale 4.5% Amber/brown with toffee, spice and fruit overtones.

Tickety Brew, Stalybridge Manchester*** NEW BREWERY***

Manchester Hop 4.5% ??? A husband & wife brewing partnership initially making beer for bottles only. Hopefully we have two cask versions for the festival. Website offers little in the way of information, on ABV or descriptions. Ask servers for more details.

Dubbel 6.5% Belgian style beer with dark malt, fig and raisin flavours.

Titanic, Burslem on TrentNew World 4.4% Made with American hops, deep amber colour. New World hops. Old World hopsChocolate and Vanilla Stout 4.5% Titanic always produce excellent beers. This is another. Cocoa, sherry, almonds. Must try. The best of the stouts at the festival.Three Rivers Brewery, Stockport, CheshireGMT 3.8% A golden session ale which doesnt stand for Greenwich Meantime. Its the eponymous 3 rivers of Goyt, Mersey and Tame.

Wilson Potter, Middleton, ManchesterIn Shreds 4.7% Award winning beer made by two women with brewery itself named after their grandmother. Pine and lemony notes made with Motueka and Green bullet hops.

Windsor and Eton Windsor, Berkshire

Conqueror Black IPA 5.0%. Complex black IPA with a full roasted taste and intense hop aroma. Now showing unbelievable concentration of flavours. Even Paddy the brewer amazed at its staying power. Wolf, Attleborough, Norfolk

Poppy Ale 4.2% Pale golden ale infused with honey giving a delicate fruitiness. Very moreish. Must tryTHE CIDER BAR

Mr Whiteheads, Selborne from the Heart of Hampshire

*****All Ciders priced at 4.00/pint 2.00 half****

Blackberry 4.0%

Strawberry 4.2%

Plum 4.0%

Rum 7.0%

Toffee Apple 4.0%

Boxing Dog 7.5%

Cirrus Minor 5.0%%

The Devils Device 8.4%

Equinox 4.5%

Apples & Pears 5.0%

Midnight Special Perry 5.0%

Novo Pyrus (new season pear) 7.0%

Single Variety Katy 5.0%

Single Variety Dabinette 6.8%

Single Variety Russet 7.5%

more ciders will be added throughout the festival.

FESTIVAL FOOD

(Please order and wait to receive all food from inside main bar.)

Gothique chilli and garlic Cheese Burger

8.95Lamb burger

8.95

BBQ Pulled pork and apple Bap

6.95Cumberland sausage and onion Bap

6.95

Chilli & Rice

6.95

Chicken Korma Curry, Rice, Nam and pickle6.95

Pumpkin Carrot and Coriander soup with 3.95

crusty baguette

Melton Mowbray pork pie + coleslaw

2.95

English farmhouse cheese plate

4.95

Colston Bassett Stilton + Oxford Farmhouse Brie + Mature Cheddar Plate of thick cut chips With cheese +50p

3.00 Filled Baguette, various fillings (in box on bar)3.95Pickled Eggs/ Pork scratchings/ Crisps

1.00

John 3 extra items1.VOTING FORM half page from last programme 2013 it was on the back page of Oct 20132. Find full page advert for Le Gothique Christmas Menus from Oct 2013 programme and re use.

3. BACK PAGE use full page ad from Downton7:17