Friday 19 December 2008
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Guest Beers for Christmas
Tuesday 2 December 2008
Live Music - December
Friday, 5 December - Busking Sharks
Friday, 12 December - Bof!
Friday, 19 December - Claire & James
Sat, 27 December - Live Ade (Public Bar)
Sunday, 28 December - Darwyn
Sunday, 7 December - Singers' Club
(Acoustic sessions in the Disraeli room
from 3.00pm. £1.00 entry)
Music starts between 8.30-9.00pm in the Saloon Bar unless stated otherwise. Free entrance. All Welcome.
Sunday, 28 December - Live Jazz Music at 12.45 pm in the Disraeli Room. Entrance £3.00 (£5.00 per couple).
Friday 21 November 2008
WINTER BEER FESTIVAL 2008
6-8 beers plus mulled wine and mead
starting 6pm Thursday Eve
MIGHTY OAK
Bingle Jells
5.2%
Dark
wonderfully full bodies, full flavoured beer. Deep copper with well balanced malt & hop, both of which are present in abundance.
Ding Dong
4.4%
Porter
A warming dark winter porter to help you reach the high notes this festive season.
Exe Mas Ale
4.2%
Red
Amber-red festive ale brewed with spices, orange zest, ginger and Brewers Gold hops.
BRENTWOOD BREWERY
Chestnut Stout
3.999%
stout
An easy drinking stout brewed with local chestnuts
Rumpy Pumpy
4.5%
mid brown
New beer for Brentwood, as yet without an official description!! The name comes from the addition of rum to this beer. Fairly malty and easy to drink.
Chocwork Orange
6.5%
dark
Naughty but nice, a dark deep chocolaty beer with those pesky oranges for that extra pzazz, surprisingly easy to down!
CROUCH VALE
Santa’s Revenge
5%
pale
A golden coloured ale with bags of fruity flavour, a delight to behold at xmas time. This beer is very similar to their brewers gold extra.
ST AUSTALL
Black Prince
4%
mild
Faint malt and bubblegum aroma of this black mild leads to a complex taste of roast flavours, toffee and fruit esters balanced by bitterness. Liquorice, fudge and bitterness linger on the palate.
Guest Beers
Marston’s
World's Biggest Liar 4.3%
To coincide with Worlds Biggest Liar Competition A dark golden brown coloured bitter with a chocolate, toffee and roasted malt aroma. A biscuity flavour with a dry hop finish.
Tripple fff Brewery
Alton's Pride 3.8 %
Bronze award at Olympia 2003 & 2004.Golden brown session bitter, full bodied for 3,8%. A forward hoppy aroma with a long bitter finish. “Excellent, clean-tasting, golden brown session bitter, full bodied for it’s strength. A delicious aroma of malt and hops. An initially malty flavour fades as citrus notes and hoppiness take over, leading to a lasting hoppy, bitter finish.” Good Beer Guide 2005.
Woodforde’s
Wherry Bitter 3.8%
Fresh and zesty with crisp floral flavours. A background of sweet malt and a hoppy ‘grapefruit’ bitter finish characterises this champion bitter
Friday 7 November 2008
Guest Beers this week
Sharp’s
Doom Bar 4%
The aroma of Doom Bar is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, lightly roasted malty notes and a subtle tey assertive bitterness, which remains into the finish with dry fruity notes.
Wychwood’s
The Dog’s Bollocks 5.2%
The dark ruby colour of Witch Otter makes it distinctive. It has a well-balanced malty flavour with a bittersweet chocolate edge.
Hop Back’s
Red Ember 4.6%
Red Ember is a red-brown medium bitterness beer with a citrus hoppiness and subtle ginger aftertones.
2008 Winter Beer Festival
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November
Sunday 2 November 2008
Overdue Entry for Beers this Week !
The ruby red coloured Hobgoblin is full-bodied and has a delicious chocolate toffee malt flavour balanced with a rounded moderate bitterness and an overall fruity character.
Doom Bar 4%
The aroma of Doom Bar is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, lightly roasted malty notes and a subtle tey assertive bitterness, which remains into the finish with dry fruity notes.
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November
Saturday 1 November 2008
Live Music - November
Friday, 7 November - Acousticky
Friday, 14 November - Too Late To Die Young
Friday, 21 November - The Diggers (back bar)
Thursday, 27 November - Darwyn
Friday, 28 November - Apricot Jam
Saturday, 29 November - Disraeli Band
Music starts between 8.30-9.00pm in the Saloon Bar unless stated otherwise. Free Entrance. All welcome.
Sunday, 30 November - Live Jazz Music at 12.45pm in the Disraeli Room. Entrance £3.00 (£5.00 per couple)
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Guest Beers
Dizzy Blonde 3.8%
Butcombe’s
Gold 4.4%
Yellow/gold in colour, rounded malt in the mouth, with a full bittersweet finish of Fuggles hops.
Sharp’s
Doom Bar 4%
The aroma of Doom Bar is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, lightly roasted malty notes and a subtle tey assertive bitterness, which remains into the finish with dry fruity notes.
2008 Winter Beer Festival
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November
Please feel free to blog any suggestions.
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Guest Beers This Week
Guest beers due (in no particular order ) from this weekend are:-
Woodforde’s SOLD OUT
Wherry 3.8%
With afresh zesty aroma this is everything you could wish for from a 3.8% beer. A crisp and clean floral flavouor developing into a hoppy citrus bitterness.
Best Bitter 3.8%
Well-hopped light golden session beer. Dry and refreshing, enjoyed through a rich creamy head.
Wyre Piddle’s
Piddle All Over 4.2%
A smooth well-balanced mid-brown beer with a lot of character and flavours. An exciting new ale not to be missed!
2008 Winter Beer Festival
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November
Please feel free to blog requests.
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Guest Beers this Week
Doom Bar 4%
The aroma of Doom Bar is an accomplished balance of spicy resinous hop, inviting sweet malt and delicate roasted notes. The mouth feel is a perfectly balanced and complex blend of succulent dried fruit, lightly roasted malty notes and a subtle tey assertive bitterness, which remains into the finish with dry fruity notes.
Mighty Oak’s SOLD OUT
Wye Me 4.2%
Jet black, creamy stout, brewed with roast barley for colour and bite, and malted oats to give a satisfying mouthfeel. Espresso coffee, chocolate and liquorice notes are obvious.
Best Bitter 3.8%
Well-hopped light golden session beer. Dry and refreshing, enjoyed through a rich creamy head.
Woodforde’s
Wherry 3.8%
With afresh zesty aroma this is everything you could wish for from a 3.8% beer. A crisp and clean floral flavouor developing into a hoppy citrus bitterness.
2008 Winter Beer Festival
Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th November
Friday 3 October 2008
Thursday 2 October 2008
Live Music - October
Sunday, 26 October - Live Jazz Music at 12.45 pm in the Disraeli Room. Entrance £3.00 (£5.00 per couple)
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Guest Beers this Week
Rich roasted and malty notes are key to the aroma of Own with some light hop tones. The mouthfeel is one full of malty sweetness complimented by a good measure of hop bitterness. The finish which is sweet and malty is lingering but not satiating. This is a product packed with flavour.
Fun Night at The Smokay Corral!
Local resident and renowned octogenarian, Mr Bramley Buckley-Saxon cut the ribbon before enjoying a pint of ale and a cigar in the early evening sunshine. The Corral has been finished to the highest standard and furnished with several items of tobbaciana including a vintage cigarette vending machine which originally stood at Tills V Smith Garage (now closed) in Castle Hedingham.
Those attending the launch were served barbecued king prawns and spicy chicken wings from the vine-covered patio, courtesy of Turkish chef, Murat.
With easy access to the bar via the ("looks like they've always been there") new patio doors, customers continued to enjoy the mild evening and Mediterranean vibe until closing time.