Please see below the list for our forthcoming winter beer festival, featuring a whole host of superb new brews and as usual, a fine selection of much-asked for favourites. So far in 2009 our most complemented ale has been without doubt, Marty's unbelievable Ouseburn Porter (5.2) from Hadrian & Border, but it will certainly have some competition to withstand this coming weekend.

Come along and judge for yourselves from Thu 5th till Sun 8th Feb.

So forget about the credit crunch for one well deserved winter blow out and we hope to see you all at some point. I myself shall not be attending the proceedings and will be in the house with Alastair Darling & Gordon Brown, necking cans of Morrison's own brand lager (2.0%) 4x400ml for 99p.

Regards, Barry


Amber - Scary Dark 3.5
Bank Top - BoltonBrau 4.4
Big Lamp - Prince Bishop 4.8
Boggart - Rum Porter 4.5
Brew Dog -77 Lager 5,0 Old IPA 8.0, Divine Rebel 12.5
Bridestones - Penning Stout 4.1, Winter Pale 4.7
Consett - Stout 4.3
Dark Star - American Pale Ale 4.7
Durham - Archangel 6.8
East Coast - Commodore 4.1, Alfred Moodie's 6.0
Facer - Winter Porter 5.3
Garthela - Barm Cake Bitter 3.8
Great Orme - Welsh Mountain IPA 3.8
H&B - Ouseburn Porter 5.2
Hambleton - Dark Knight 4.0, Sweet Chariot 4.0
Highland - Orkney Porter 9.0
High House - Nell's Best 4.2
Hornbeam - Blackcurrant Wheat 5.4
Jarrow – Westoe I.P.A. 4.6
Lymestone - Stoney Broke 3.2
Marble - Ginger 4.5, Lagonda 5.0
Marston Moor - Matilda 3.9, Tod Hunter 4.3
Peakstone Rock - Dark Mild 3.0
Pictish - Atlas 4.0
Thornbridge - Handel 6.6, St.Petersberg 7.7
Wensleydale - Hardraw Force 5.6, Loggers 6.6, Barley Wine 8.0
Wild Walker - Old Big Ead 4.1, Great Escape 5.0
Wylam - Flannel Hammer 7.2
York Dales - Woodhall Greets 4.2, Great Wegbar 5.5