WHICH

WANDSWORTH COMMON 

2015 

FESTIVAL 

CRAFT WHICH 

Which is best? Craft or Cask? 

YOU decide 

100 real ales 

50 craft ales 

25 ciders 

7th Annual Halloween 

Beer festival 

Wednesday Oct 28th (Preview Night) 6pm to 11pm 

Thursday Oct 29th 1pm to 11pm 

Friday Oct 30th 1pm to 11pm 

Saturday Oct 31st 1pm to 11pm 

Live music Friday & Saturday £4 entry (£3 Camra members) 

AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA PATRIOTIC BUILDING OFF JOHN ARCHER WAY, 

LONDON SW18 3SX. 10 MINS BUS RIDE FROM CLAPHAM JUNCTION (219 OR 77), 

GET OFF AT THE WINDMILL OR 15 MINS WALK THROUGH WANDSWORTH COMMON 

FROM WANDSWORTH COMMON STATION 

Please help us with our beer order by pre-registering on 

www.wandsworthbeerfestival.eventbrite.com

Introduction 

Introduction 

Welcome to the 7th Annual 

Halloween Beer Festival, 

14th 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 the new boys on the block 

Wimbledon Brewery. The first three 

brews from this fledgling brewery set 

up by Derek Prentice are here for you 

to sample. Brian O’Kane has sourced at 

least 20 beers from the West Country 

and Wales most of which have never 

been sold in London. And once again all 

of this could not be possible without the 

amazing hard work of Elliot Baker & 

Andrew Justin 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. 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 1950’s the building was bought 

by the London County Council for use 

as a school, but despite it’s 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 1980’s 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 on Friday. And The Jo 

Burt Experience on Saturday night from 

6pm (please note early start) Both the 

rugby 3rd/4th place play off on Friday 

and the final on Saturday will be shown 

on a large screen in Le Gothique’s Gothic 

Bar 

About the beers……. 

Cask v Keg…Which Craft . YOU DECIDE! 

This festival is a beer tickers paradise 

with so many new, obscure and hard to 

source beers. There are just under 100 

cask beers and there will be at least 25 

ciders. This year, there will be for the 

first time, a “Wall of Beer” dispensing up 

to 50 craft keg beers (but only 20 at any 

one time). Please note that the keg beers 

will rotate as and when the previous 

beer is sold. 

It is no secret that I have not been kindly 

disposed to Craft/Keg beers. It’s also 

lamentable that the Camra hierarchy 

have been so piss poor in tackling the 

debate head on. So it’s left to YOU the 

drinkers to vote with your feet. But 

at least we are giving you the choice. 

Unlike at any Camra festival you can 

sample these new brewers with their 

spritzy beers. I know, given my previous 

stated stand point that some will be 

calling me a hypocrite. But at least I am 

prepared to be impressed. 

The ONE and only argument that I feel it 

is difficult to deny or ignore is the.. 

”If its great beer, then I don’t care who 

or how its made” And for that reason 

we have opened the doors to the Craft 

Revolution. 

New breweries and new beers are 

marked in the programme with 3 

asterisks. 

Eg *** NEW BREWERY*** 

or *** NEW BEER*** 

Virtually all the (cask) 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. 

As usual, please drink responsibly. And 

remember 5 pints of Snowflake is NOT 

the way forward however marvellous it 

may sound. 

Lord Battersea (aka Mark Justin) 

***************************** 

Another in our series of articles 

from beer writer Benjamin Nun. His 

Halloween programme piece last year 

was nominated for a Beer Writers Guild 

award. 

Hey bartender, there’s Chocolate 

Orange in my beer! 

There are basically two kinds of beer 

drinker. (OK, I know there are nearinfinite 

varieties of drinker, but for the 

purposes of this point there are only two 

kinds!) 

There’s the drinker who gets all excited 

when confronted with a tangerine 

weizenbock or a salted caramel 

chocolate stout. 

And then there are those who shrug 

wearily and say ‘Chocolate?!? I just 

want my beer to taste of BEER, damn it!’ 

While I have a lot of sympathy for the 

latter and respect for tradition, I have 

to admit that I probably fall into the 

first category. Whatever zany adjuncts 

brewers can chuck in to make beer more 

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Draught beer from around Britain 


interesting are fine with me and some of 

the greatest beers I’ve ever drunk have 

contained things like chillies, popcorn, 

and even bacon. 

But I’ve also endured some pretty ropey 

beers that caused me to question the 

sanity of the brewer. 

For me, it’s not really about adding extra 

stuff – chocolate, orange, coffee, lemon, 

lime or whatever can all be fantastic 

additions – but whether the base beer is 

an appropriate stage for the ingredients. 

Downton’s Chocolate Orange Delight 

is such a fantastic beer because the 

underlying canvas is just perfect: a dark 

old ale, strong enough to stand up to the 

richness of the chocolate and restrained 

enough to let the orange notes zing. 

It’s judiciousness and genius in equal 

measure. 

Likewise the Lambic brewers in Belgium 

who blend soured ales of varying ages 

to create the optimal platform for Kriek 

(sour cherry), Framboise (raspberry) 

and other delicious fruit beers. 

But not all brewers get this. There are 

some very lazy ones out there who think 

they can add pumpkin essence to their 

standard best bitter and pass it off as a 

Halloween special, however much the 

flavours clash. 

A recent fad in the US, which is starting 

to appear over here, is to serve keg beer 

through an ‘infusor’ on the bar, which 

is a large glass tube through which the 

beer passes, that can be filled with, well, 

just about anything. 

I recently saw one filled with apricot 

and pistachios, and while it may have 

added a little something to an otherwise 

fairly bland wheat beer, any benefit was 

negated by the fact that it looked a lot 

like a tube full of sick! 

But traditions change over time. Let’s 

not forget that hops, which substantially 

define the flavours and aromas of 

‘traditional’ beers as we know them, 

were once a new and foreign addition. 

Back in the middle ages, there were 

probably folks saying ‘Hops?!? I just 

want my beer to taste of bog myrtle, 

damn it!’ 

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The A-Z Classic Cask Bar 

Andwell Brewery, Hook, 

Hampshire 

Resolute Bitter 3.8% 

Amber coloured warming malty bitter 

named after a town in the Arctic Circle 

Bateman’s, Wainfleet, 

Lincolnshire 

This family owned brewery is among the 

last to be fully controlled by the founding 

family who also work hands on in the 

brewery. 

XXXB 4.5% 

Five time winner of Camra’s Premium 

Beer of the Year award. This is a classic 

bitter with a complex palate of robust 

hop flavours balanced by malt. 

Big Rabbit Brewery, 

Collompton, Devon 

Orange Elephant IPA 4.5% 

A hazy deep golden colour with a 

thin white head. Aroma is mainly 

strong orange with subtle spicy, 

herbal hops. Taste of orange 

marmalade, subtle grapefruit. 

Bingham’s, Ruscombe, 

Berkshire 

Doodle Stout 5.0% 

Delicious dark malts providing 

complexity and character. Named 

after the brewers dog who is also 

complex and characterful. 

Bluestone, Cligwyn, 

Pembrokeshire 

Crystal Ruby 4.2% 

American Red Ale. A well balanced 

combination of rich malty flavours 

with a touch of caramelised grain on 

top, balanced with a lively quantity of 

both American late addition hops and 

British bittering hops. Hops: Fuggle, 

Motueka, Experimental 256 & Cascade 

Boss, Llansamlet, Swansea 

***NEW BREWERY*** 

Black 5.0% 

Roasted coffee and chocolate 

aromas. With fire roasted nuts, 

toffee and chocolate flavours. 

Bowman’s Brewery, 

Droxford, Hampshire 

Meon Valley Bitter 3.9% 

Ruby coloured, malty with bitter 

aftertaste. 

Brewsters, Grantham, 

Lincolnshire 

Stilton Porter 4.9% 

A rich roast flavoured porter 

with spicy and hop flavours. 

Brains, Cardiff, South Wales 

The Reverend James 

“Original” 4.5% 

The first of the beers brewed in the Rev. 

James range. Rich, malty and mellow. 

Braunton, Braunton, Devon 


Braunton No.2 4.0% 

Well rounded easy drinking bitter 

with malted caramel leading 

to delicate hop aroma. 

Caffle, Narbeth, 

Pembrokeshire, Wales 

Kift Blonde 4.3% 

Straw coloured beer flavoured with 

nettles. Has citrus and floral notes. 

Castle Coombe Brewery, 

Chippenham, Wiltshire 

Dark Street 5.1% 

First available in bottles but now on 

cask throughout this part of the year. 

A rich mahogany coloured milk stout. 

Cerne Abbas Brewery, 

Dorchester, Dorset 

Legless Jester 4.7% 

Beer is based on their flagship Ale, 

but is dry hopped with Jester to 

bring out the best of the hop. Fruity 


ut not citrusy, well rounded and 

deceptively easy to drink. 

Cwm Rhondda Ales, 

Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales 


Boyo 5.0% 

Boyo Pale Ale is the first beer from this 

brewery in the Valleys, made using 

quality natural spring water from the 

family run farm along with Pilgrim and 

Phoenix hops from Herefordshire. 

Downton Salisbury, 

Wiltshire 

New Forrest Ale 3.8% 

Pale brown session bitter 

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 honey 

Nelsons 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. “Every 

man should do his duty”….and drink this 

beer in his honour. 

German Pale Ale 4.2% 

A pale ale brewed with German hops. 

Pumpkin Ale 4.2% 

Flavoured with pumpkin flesh and only 

brewed in October each year. 


Dr Rudi’s Rugby Remedy 4.2% 

We have purposely been light on rugby 

themed beers following England’s early 

exit from the tournament. But don’t 

let that allow you to miss pout on this 

superb beer. Remedy? Yes please, bring 

back Sir Clive Woodward as coach. A real 

world cup winner. 

Chocolate Orange 5.8% 

Consistently one of the most popular 

beers at every Festival. Each brew 

benefitting from a bottle of Cointreau 

and a Terry’s 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 hops 

Endeavour 10% 

Inspector Morse’s middle name. But 

also a blockbuster beer for everyone to 

sample before they leave. 

Dynamite Valley, 

Ponsanooth, Cornwall 


Pioneer 4.2% 

A wheat beer with zesty orange 

overtones 

Electric Bear Brewery, Bath 


Started in August 2015 this is their first 

offering 

Elementale 4.4% 

An American IPA. Debut here 

at the Wandsworth Common 

Halloween festival. 

Elland Brewery of Elland, 

West Yorkshire 

Sanctuary 4.3% 

This is a very pale beer at this festival of 

predominantly darker ales. New Zealand 

hops impart a clean citrus fruit flavour. 

1872 Porter 6.5% 

Creamy full flavoured porter. 

Rich liquorice flavours with 

a hint of chocolate. 

Emsworth Brewery, 

Emsworth, Hampshire 

***NEW BEER*** 

Hollybank Winter Brew 4.3% 

Dark malty ale. The micro brewery 

is located in a shed at the back of an 

antiques shop and is now fully recommissioned 

following a short gap 

in production. This cask personally 

collected by Big Tone “the builder”, 

South London’s No.1 top builder in 

his Merc Estate. Please drink this as 

they need the empty cask back. 


Fuller Smith & Turner, 

Chiswick London 

Oliver’s Island 3.8% 

A superbly refreshing honey blonde 

coloured beer that has been so 

successful since its launch in June 

this year that production of Chiswick 

Bitter has been suspended at The Griffin 

Brewery in order to accommodate 

capacity to this fast selling beer. 

Red Fox 4.3% 

First brewed in 1999. Red Fox is back on 

the bars this year with that same rich, 

red ruby colour and toasted oats flavour 

that make it the perfect pint for autumn. 

London Porter 5.4% 

The real deal. 

Sensational London style of beer from an 

original recipe preserved at the brewery 

and only occasionally brewed 

Vintage 1845 7.5% 

A rare one-off cask from the depths of 

Fullers Chiswick cellars. Dark amber 

malty, fruity aged for 7 years in oak. 

Flying Monk, Hullavington, 

Wiltshire 

Elmers 3.8% 

Pale bitter with a lot of flavour provided 

by the Nelson Sauvignon hops giving it a 

NZ gooseberry palate. 

Gwaun Valley, Pontfaen, 

Wales 

Farmhouse 4.0% 

A malty ale with a smooth finish. 




Devon 

Thirst of Many 4.2% 

Amber coloured, with fruity 

taste and a hint of caramel. 

Green Jack Brewery, 

Lowestoft, Suffolk 

Waxwing 3.9% 

Pale ale with light flowery aroma. 

Slight spice before clean crisp finish. 

Hanlon’s, (formerly 

O’Hanlon’s) Half Moon, 

Devon 

Devon Darkness Stout 4.2% 

Classic Irish stout. Dark chestnut 

with a mocha coffee palate. 

Hattie Brown, Swanage, 

Dorset 


Hopworth 4.2% 

No description available at 

time of going to press. 

Ilkley Brewery, West 

Yorkshire 

Lotus IPA 5.6% 

Classic golden IPA Strong in 

alcohol. Well hopped 

Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery, 

Lancashire 

Devils Bridge 3.7% 

An autumnal brown ale with sweetish 

notes and hints of dark chocolate. 

JW Lees, Middleton 

Junction, Manchester 

Lees Bitter 4.0% 

An all malt brew. Amber coloured. A 

classic Manchester session ale beer. 

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 & Often, 3.0% 

Absolutely brand new is Rye pale ale the 

first commercial brew of this beer was 

casked in early October. 

The sort of ‘first’this festival is known for. 

Little Smooth, 4.5% 

Milk Stout on cask. It is perfect for the 

time of year and as far as I am aware not 

been seen at London beer festivals yet. 

(first brewed in the spring this year). 

Loddon, Dunsden, 

Oxfordshire. 

Russet 4.5% 

A multi grained red beer made with 

Barley, Wheat, Oats and Crystal Rye. 

Packed with flavor and aroma. 

Mad Dog Brewery, 

Penperleni, Monmouthshire, 

Wales 


Submissable Anarchy 6.4% 

Ask servers for taste characteristics as 

none available at time of going to press 

Madrigal, Combe Martin, 

Devon 


Severed Hand 4.1% 

A velvety porter. Spot on for Halloween. 

Mantle Brewery, Cardigan, 

Wales 

Moho 4.3% 

Robust and aromatic full 

flavoured pale ale. 

Maxim’s Brewery, Houghton 

le Springs, 

County Durham 

Lambtons 3.8% 

Light golden yellow beer made with 

Williamette and US citra hops. 

Moorhouse, Burnley 

White Witch 3.9% 

Blond bitter with refreshing 

lemon overtones 

Occasional, Silverton, Devon 


Beer tbc. Ask servers. 

Ordinance City Brewery 

Company 

Dark Mild 4.0% 

Peerless, Birkenhead, 

Merseyside. 

Waimea 3.7% 

Time to get some Scouse beer down 

‘yer neck with this New Zealand 

Waimea hopped special. Fruity, citrus 

flavours with spicy overtones. 

Penlon Cottage Brewery, 

New Quay, Wales 

Started as a farmhouse brewery 

concentrating on sustainable vegan 

unpasteurised beers for past 10 

years. Now sold and moved to new 

nearby purpose built installation. Test 

production started only recently. 

Test Beer No1 4.0% 

Ask servers if 

a) its arrived 

b) What it is. 

And try to make sure you’re not 

wearing leather shoes and eating a 

pork pie when sampling this one. 

Reedley Hallows, Burnley, 

Lancashire 

Nook of Pendle 5.0% 

Dark amber with a fruity 

taste and malty aroma. 

Robinson’s, Stockport, 

Cheshire 

Dizzy Blonde 3.8% 

Straw coloured with an almost 

perfumed hop nose. Clean and zesty 




Salopian Brewery, Hadnall, 

Shropshire. 

Shropshire Gold 3.8% 

Gold coloured thirst quenching, fruity 

and hoppy. 

Blackwater Voodoo 4.5% 

Straw coloured, dry and light. 

Quaffable and satisfying if you’re 

blown out by too many heavy beers. 

Sarah Hughes Brewery 

Sedgley, Dudley 

This 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! 

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 it’s either never 

arrived or just run out. Don’t 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. 

Shepherd Neame 

Faversham, Kent 

Green Hop Tallymans 

Special Series 4.2% 

Shep’s 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. 

Late Red 4.5% 

This is Sheps regular Autumnal 

beer and for me it is always 

the best of their seasonals. 

Skinners Truro, 

Cornish Scream 4.3% 

Copper coloured seasonal special from 

this multi award winning brewery. 

Springhead Brewery, 

Retford, Nottinghamshire 

Barebones 4.7% 

Amber coloured and hoppy with a spice 

aroma. 

Roaring Meg 5.5% 

Classic IPA style but golden 

in colour. Must try 

Tally Ho, Hatherleigh, Devon 


Ukulele 4.2% 

Fanatical ukulele bashers at the Tally 

Ho! in Hatherleigh make this beer for 

the pub only. Hopefully we are able to 

prise one away for the festival. Ask 

servers if it’s arrived before ordering. 

“When I’m cleaning windows….” 

Titanic, Burslem on Trent, 

Staffordshire 

Anniversary 4.5% 

A beer to celebrate 30 years of Titanic 

Brewery. Brewed with English malts and 

US hops (Cascade & Yakima Galena) But 

with some genuine bitterness provided 

by the UL Challenger hop addition late 

in the brew. 

Tring Brewery, 

Hertfordshire. 

Thunderdell 4.2% 

Rich mahogany colour and a suggestion 

of nuttiness from addition of oats. But 

balanced by pine characteristics of the 

Waimea NZ hop. 

Tea Kettle Stout 4.7% 

Roasted malt predominates. 

But it’s a complex beer with 

liquorice and nutty notes. 

Truman’s 

Project X 5.4%. 

Brewed with hops from Germany, 

the U.S and Britain, Project X is light 

gold in colour with plenty of hop 

presence with a Maris Otter Pale 

malt base. It contains complex and 

refreshing flavours of orange and 

lemon with a balanced bitterness. 

Wimbledon Brewery, 

London SW19 

At last a brewing tradition is back. A 

brewery in Wimbledon once again. 

Master Brewer Derek Prentice is ex 

Youngs & ex Fullers and knows what 

he’s doing. So these are 3 wonderful 

beers. 

Common Pale Ale 3.7% 

A pale ale 

Tower Special Pale Ale 4.5% 

A special pale ale 

***Quartermaine IPA***5.6% 

First brewed on October 7th and 

available here at this festival for the 

first time anywhere in London. 

Windsor and Eton Windsor, 

Berkshire 

ZinZans Drop 3.7% 

A red beer first brewed 4 years ago and 

resurrected for the years rugby world 

cup finals. 

***Sloe Canberra *** 4.2% 

A special one–off for this festival only. 

Wonderful sloe gin version of the 

Australian hopped Canberra. 

Conqueror Black IPA 5.2% 

A black IPA style beer, 

perfect for this festival 

Wychwood, Witney, 

Oxfordshire 

Hobgoblin 4.5% 

THE Halloween beer. Ruby coloured 

rich and full bodied. Made with 

chocolate and Centenial hops 



Draught beer from around Britain & the Cider Bar 

The A- Z “Wall of Beer” 

Keg/Craft Bar 

Wandsworth Common 

Oct 28th -31st 

And Union, Germany 

BRRGRR 5.5% 

Pronounced “burger” Was produced 

for the Burgers and Hip Hop Festival 

in Berlin earlier this year. 

Bison Beer Craft House, 

Brighton, East Sussex 

Beast Street 5.0% 

Hop forward beer with insane volume 

of hops. Unfined and unpasteurised 

and naturally conditioned. 

Fourpure, London 

Oktoberfest 5.3% 

Deep golden colour. German hop aroma 

with a malt componenet. Rich and malty 

but bright with hoppiness. 

Beartooth 5.5% 

Chestnut brown, malty aroma of sweet 

caramel and chocolate. Upfront citrus 

lemon & orange after taste. 

Pumpkin Ale 

TBC 

Oatmeal Stout 5.1% 

Dark, smooth beer that really benefits 

from the spritzy cold dispense. 

Island Records Brewery, 

London 

India Pale Ale 4.5% 

A laid back session beer bursting with 

hop aroma and tropical flavour. Very 

limited supply. 

Mad Hatter, Liverpool 

Nightmare on Bold Street 5.3% 

A luxury smooth milk stout cold infused 

with coffee beans 

Absence of Melon 6.0% 

A Belgian style saison dry hopped with 

Amarillo. Contains no melon. But does 

it?? 

Penny Lane 3.9% 

Easy drinking pale ale with tropical fruit 

aroma hops. 

Toxteth IPA 6.5% 

Huge citrus nose from this 

blockbuster IPA. 

Monacus 

Kiwi Pale Ale 4.5% 

An NZ hopped pale ale boosted 

by the addition of Oats. Peach 

and Passion fruit flavours. 

Mikkeller, Denmark 

Swindle Pale Ale 5.6% 

Magnum, Centennial and Simcoe 

hops gives this fresh Pale ale a 

bubblegum and lemongrass aroma 

and tropical citrus flavour 

Naked Beer Co 

Indecent Exposure 5.5% 

Porter style beer. Hop lead 

with chocolate backbone. 

Nene Valley Brewery. 

Collision IPA 5.6% 

Powerfully hopped with a blend of 

Simcoe, Mosaic and Galaxy hops. 

Pine & passion fruit flavours. 

Northern Monk Brew Co, 

Leeds 

Lust 6.8% 

Combines strawberries, hisbicus and 

rose petals. Sampling is believing. 

Strannik Imperial Stout 9.0% 

Super strength from pale malted barley 

and character through four roasted 

malts. British hops giving bitterness. 

Redchurch Brewery, London 

Great Eastern IPA 7.4% 

A blend of English pale malts provides 

a caramel character with Centennial, 

Chinook and Columbus hops providing 

the tropical outlook and punchy 

bitterness. 

Petite Mort 4.9% 

Hazy golden colour. Lemony, 

floral soft finish. 

Two Tribes 

City Lights Pearl Grey Pale 5.0% 

Totally experimental out of the box 

eclectic brew from Two tribes using wild 

Atlantic sea vegetables and Earl Grey tea. 

Nitro Coffee Stout 6.5% 

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Tbc 

The A-Z Craft Cider Bar 

All ciders provided by South 

England’s premier wholesaler of 

craft ciders, Fetch the Drinks 

DRY 

Twisted Cider 5.5% 

Thistly Cross Whisky Cask 6.9% 

Mr. Whitehead’s Devil’s Device 8.3% 

MEDIUM 

Gwynt Y Ddraig Happy Daze 4.5% 

Burrow Hill Cider 6% 

Ernie Boys Scrumpy 6% 

Celtic Marches Lily The Pink 6.5% 

MEDIUM FLAVOURED 

Orchard Pig Maverick 

(ginger and chilli) 4% 

Sandford’s Fanny’s Bramble 

(blackberries) 4% 

MEDIUM SWEET 

Hecks Farmhouse Sweet 6% 

Sheppy’s Raspberry med sweet 4% 

Oliver’s Strawberry Thatch 

Med Sweet 4.5% 

Mr .Whitehead’s 

Toffee Apple Cider 4.0%

Festival food and voting form 


FESTIVAL FOOD 

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

Gothique Cheese Burger 

(with hint of chill and garlic) £6.95 

BBQ Pulled pork and apple Bap £6.95 

Cumberland sausage and onion Bap £6.95 

Chilli & Rice £6.95 

Chicken Korma Curry, Rice, Nam and pickle £6.95 

Pumpkin Carrot and Coriander soup with 

crusty baguette £3.95 

Melton Mowbray pork pie + coleslaw £2.95 

English farmhouse cheese plate 

Colston Bassett Stilton + Oxford Farmhouse Brie 

+ Mature Cheddar £4.95 

Plate of thick cut chips (with cheese +50p £3.00 

Filled Baguette, various fillings (in box on bar) £3.95 

Pickled Eggs/ Pork scratchings/ Crisps £1.00 

THE BREWMASTERS 

CHAMPION BEER OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD! 

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Who are the Brewmasters?. The Brewmasters are an industry panel of experts who 

have tasted all the beers at the Festival this week. But 50% of their decision will be 

swayed by your votes so please do vote for your favourite beers using this form. 

The results will be announced at 9.00pm on Friday. All voters will be entered into a 

prize draw for a free case of beer. 

These awards count as all the brewers involved want your views and feedback via 

the votes So vote vote vote ! 


PROUD Draught beer SPONSORS from around Britain OF 

THE WANDSWORTH COMMON 

WHICH CRAFT FESTIVAL 2015 

Our Heritage 

Wimbledon has a long and illustrious brewing history. The new brewery stands on the site of 

Merton Priory which was brewing throughout the middle ages until its dissolution in 1538. 

More recently, the brewery was re-opened in 1832 by William Cook and was brewing until 

an all-consuming fire in 1889. 125 years on, the brewery is once more in production. 

Craftsmanship 

Our philosophy at the Wimbledon Brewery is to utilise the best English brewing traditions and 

ingredients. Our brew house has been built using modern materials and construction methods, 

but is built for traditional brewing methods and includes a number of features unique to us. 

Our Brewer 

Our Head Brewer, Derek Prentice, has enjoyed a long career in brewing and has brewed great 

beers with a number of famous London breweries including Truman’s, Young’s and Fuller’s. 

Derek recently received the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) lifetime achievement 

award and was awarded the British Guild of Beer Writers ‘Brewer of the Year’ for 2013. Derek 

is a Diploma Master Brewer and a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. 

Our Brewery 

We have a focus on brewing a range of traditional English beers, but we will also be brewing 

seasonal and other innovative beers, including a blond beer, porter, stout and elderflower beer. 

Brewery tours, tastings, private hire and sporting events are also available and we will shortly 

have our own brewery tap and shop, offering panoramic views of the working brewery below. 

For more information on us please contact Richard Coltart richard@wimbledonbrewery.com 

or visit our website Wandsworth www.wimbledonbrewery.com 

Common Beer Festival October 2015

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