Page 3 - Armistice Centenary Beer Festival Programme

BEER NAME BREWERY ABV Colour/Type Score

Edith Cavell** Wolf Brewery (Norfolk) 3.7% Blonde /5
A hoppy thirst quenching beer with a fruity finish.
Edith Cavell was a British nurse and patriot from Swardeston, Norfolk she is celebrated for
saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200
Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for
which she was arrested.

Heroes Beowulf Brewing Co Golden /5
(Brownhills, Staffs) 4.7%
First produced in 1996, this golden ale is nutty and hoppy with a slight hint of sweetness.

Green Duck Brewery /5
Invincible (Stourbridge) 4.5% D.Gold
Notes of bold mandarin, lime juice, fresh pine needles and juicy tropical fruit fuse in an all
out taste explosion
The Battlecruiser HMS Invincible was Flagship of the 3rd Battlecruiser squadron at the
Battle of Jutland. At 18:34 on 31 May 1916 she was hit by a shell which penetrated Q turret
magazine and the ship exploded. There were only 6 survivors.
Lincoln Tank Ale Pheasantry Brewery (Newark) 4.2% Amber /5

A well hopped, classic English beer with full rounded flavour and low to medium
bitterness.
Created in 2013 to help raise funds to create a memorial to the engineers that worked
together to invent the tank in Lincoln in 1915 - a machine that is said to have cut short
World War 1 and saved millions of lives.

Lest We Forget Brampton Brewery (Chesterfield) 4.3% D.Ruby /5
A dark-ruby coloured Best Bitter brewed in association with Marlow Royal British Legion

McInnes Littleover Brewery (Derby) 4.3% Tawny /5
An old school malty bitter but packed with hoppy aromas and flavours to give a modern
feel to a traditional pint
In recognition of the contribution of Lieutenant John McInnes of Littleover who was killed
in the Battle of the Somme in 1916
Belgian
Menin Gate** Brampton Brewery (Chesterfield) 7.4% Dubbel /5
A dark Belgian dubbel ale brewed with a Belgian Abbaye yeast and true to the style, candi
sugars.
The Menin Gate is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and
Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of WW1 and whose graves
are unknown.
** BEERS LOCATED ON FESTIVAL RACKING