https://www.wyverntaunton.co.uk/wyvern-event/wyvern-beer-festival-2025-2531

16 beers and 10 ciders.

Friday 26th September

Bar – 5.00pm till 11.00pm

Food available from 5.30pm till 9.00pm

Saturday 27th September

Bar – Midday till 11.00pm

Food available from 5.30pm till 9.30pm

Sunday 28th September

Bar – Midday till 3.00pm

No Food Service

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Perkin Warbeck Autumn Real Ale Festival runs from 1st to 12th October 2025.

We have been invited to have a preview on Tuesday 30th September at 19.00 hrs. See tasting notes below.

Can you let Phil Emond know who will attend, the last few events specially or Somerset Branch members were badly attended so lets hope we can support as much as possible this time.

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2025 AUTUMN BEER FESTIVAL TASTING NOTES

Hook Norton Pick Me Up 3.4% ABV

Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire. Est. 1849

This deep chestnut mild has a floral aroma, leading to a light spice flavour with a moderate sweetness and balancing dark fruit notes.

Hops: Bramling Cross, Fuggles

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Young Henrys Newtowner 3.5% ABV

Young Henrys Brewery, New South Wales, Australia. Est. 2012

This Australian light copper pale ale delivers citrus, passion fruit and stone fruit notes, balanced by a smooth, full-bodied malt backbone.

Brewed by Richard Adamson at Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire.

Hops: Cascade, Galaxy, Topaz, Vic Secret.

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Batemans Autumn Sun 3.9% ABV

Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire. Est. 1874

This golden session ale has a malt and biscuit aroma, leading to crisp pine and citrus flavours, with hints of caramel, leading to a dry, refreshing finish.

Hops: Centennial

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Adnams Cucumelon Sour 4.0% ABV

Adnams Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1872

This light golden beer is brewed with cucumber combined with hints of melon to deliver a distinctive lightly tart flavour and a long, refreshing finish.

Hops: HBC1019

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JW Lees Born to Brew 4.0% ABV

JW Lees Brewery, Manchester. Est. 1828

This copper ale has a toasty malt backbone, complemented by subtle rye spice, grapefruit and pine hop notes, resulting in a smooth, rich finish.

Hops: Cascade (UK), Centennial, Magnum.

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Nethergate Harvest Stout 4.0% ABV

Nethergate Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1986

This black beer has complex layers of roasted malt and balancing bitterness combined with its hop notes to deliver a rich, satisfying finish. Hops: Boadicea, Fuggles.

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Exmoor Dark 4.2% ABV Exmoor Drinks, Somerset. Est. 2025 This dark ruby beer has a spicy aroma and malty biscuit flavour, with hints of coffee, delivering a powerful, yet balanced, character and a long, fruity finish. Hops: Bramling Cross, Cascade, Fuggles, Goldings, WGV

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Salopian As One Door Closes 4.2% ABV

Salopian Brewery, Shropshire. Est. 1995

This copper beer has a rich and bittersweet character, with ripe fruit flavours balanced by zesty hop notes to deliver a full, refreshing finish.

Hops: Brewer’s Gold, Citra, Idaho 7, Simcoe.

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Effingut Golden Ale 4.3% ABV

Effingut Breweries, Maharashtra, India. Est. 2014

This light golden beer has a clean character with subtle spice and floral notes, balanced by a smooth caramel depth. It is infused with cardamom and coriander.

Brewed by Manu Gulati at Hook Norton Brewery, Oxfordshire.

Hops: Saaz, Styrian Goldings, Target.

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Mauldons Blackberry Porter 4.3% ABV

Mauldons Brewery, Suffolk. Est. 1982

This award-winning black beer has a balanced hop aroma and a rich blend of chocolate and roasted flavours, giving way to a subtle, sweet, fruit finish.

Hops: Brewer’s Gold

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Maxim Cashmere 4.3% ABV

Maxim Brewery, County Durham. Est. 2007

This straw-coloured beer has initial hints of lemon and lime, complemented by coconut, lemongrass and herbal notes, delivering a complex, refreshing character.

Hops: Cashmere.

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Orkney Wave Breaker 4.3% ABV

Orkney Brewery, Orkney. Est. 1988

This blond beer has lively citrus aromas, leading to a balanced blend of stone fruit and biscuit malt flavours, along with a pleasing, creamy finish.

Hops: El Dorado, Motueka

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Evan Evans Storm Runner 4.4% ABV

Evan Evans Brewery, Carmarthenshire. Est. 2004

This new amber beer has a fresh hop and berry fruit aroma, leading to balanced malt and hop flavour and a dry, biscuit malt finish.

Hops: Northdown, Perle, Premiant, Progress

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Hogs Back Key Lime 4.5% ABV

Hogs Back Brewery, Surrey. Est. 1992

This light golden beer is brewed with real limes, resulting in a refreshing lime aroma and flavour, combined with hop notes to deliver a fruity, zesty character.

Hops: Wakatu.

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Otter OPA 4.5% ABV

Otter Brewery, Devon. Est. 1990

This golden beer has aromas of peach, pear and orange. These then continue into the flavour, complemented by a malty balance and bitter finish.

Hops: Amarillo, Calypso, El Dorado, Summit

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Purity Free Rein 4.5% ABV

Purity Brewing, Warwickshire. Est. 2005

This golden session IPA is bursting with citrus, pineapple and mango aromas, followed by tropical fruit flavours, delivering a clean, smooth, resinous finish.

Hops: Eureka, Mosaic, Simcoe.

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Rudgate Grapefruit Paradisi 4.5% ABV

Rudgate Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1992

This naturally hazy straw-coloured beer has a grapefruit flavour, balanced by hop notes to deliver a delicate, yet distinctive, character and refreshing finish.

Hops: Amarillo, Cascade, Challenger.

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Blue Coast Ambrée 4.8% ABV

Blue Coast Brewing, Nice, France. Est. 2017

This amber beer has citrusy notes and delicious hints of caramel, resulting in a harmony of malty complexity and fruity accents, with its hazelnut flavour providing a warming finish. Brewed by Paul Reilly at Batemans Brewery, Lincolnshire.

Hops: Mandarina Bavaria, Mosaic, Nectaron, Simcoe.

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Conwy Chestnut Brown 4.8% ABV

Conwy Brewery, Conwy. Est. 2003

This deep chestnut beer has a subtle spicy hop aroma, leading to a balance of caramel, biscuit and chocolate flavours, along with a moderate bitterness.

Hops: Challenger, Kazbek.

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Lancaster Atlas 4.8% ABV

Lancaster Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 2005

This blond beer is brewed with a blend of hops which delivers a complex mix of fruit notes, resulting in a refreshing, easy-drinking character and a citrus finish.

Hops: Amarillo (UK), Citra, Jester.

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Moorhouse’s Quintessent 4.8% ABV

Moorhouse’s Brewery, Lancashire. Est. 1865

This golden IPA delivers bright aromas of mango and peach, followed by a flavour bursting with tropical fruit, leading to a refreshing, dry finish.

Hops: Harlequin

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Creature Comforts Automatic 5.0% ABV

Creature Comforts Brewing, Georgia, USA. Est. 2014

This refreshing straw-coloured IPA has a delicate, balanced hop aroma and flavour, with notes of berries, citrus and pine.

Brewed by Adam Beauchamp at Adnams Brewery, Suffolk.

Hops: Crystal, Mosaic.

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Oakham Root and Branch 5.0% ABV

Oakham Ales, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1993

This black IPA has tropical and stone fruit hop aromas, followed by smooth, aromatic dark malt flavours, balanced by distinctive hop notes.

Hops: Citra, Ernest, Mystic, Simcoe.

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Titanic Velvet Curtain 5.0% ABV

Titanic Brewery, Staffordshire. Est. 1985

This black stout has chocolate and marshmallow aromas, leading to a rich chocolate flavour with hints of vanilla, resulting in a balanced, full-flavoured character.

Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings, Northdown.

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Theakston Peculier IPA 5.1% ABV

Theakston Brewery, North Yorkshire. Est. 1827

This golden beer is brewed using solely British ingredients, delivering a hoppy flavour packed with fruit notes and complemented by a subtle bitterness.

Hops: Harlequin, Jester, Olicana.

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Burning Sky Clear Spot 5.2% ABV

Burning Sky Brewery, Firle, East Sussex. Est. 2013

This deep amber beer is a modern version of the classic ESB style, with its citrus and hedgerow fruit aromas leading to a pleasing bitterness and a long, clean finish.

Hops: Challenger, Jester.

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Innis & Gunn Spiced Rum Cask 5.5% ABV

Innis & Gunn Brewery, Perthshire. Est. 2003

This golden ale has been matured in seasoned spiced rum casks, resulting in spicy rum notes and vanilla hints, balanced by a rich fruit flavour.

Hops: Goldings.

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Cairngorm Bothy 5.6% ABV

Cairngorm Brewery, Highlands. Est. 1997

This is a new cask version of this deep amber bottled beer, with fruity hints of summer berries balanced by its toasted malt flavour and biscuit finish.

Hops: Challenger, Fuggles.

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AleSmith IPA 6.0% ABV

AleSmith Brewing, California, USA. Est. 1995

This deep golden beer is a classic west coast IPA, with its citrus, pine and tropical fruit notes balanced by a light caramel flavour and pleasing bitterness. Brewed by Ryan Crisp at Oakham Ales, Cambridgeshire.

Hops: Amarillo, Chinook, Citra, Columbus, Mosaic.

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Elgood’s Double Dog 6.5% ABV

Elgood’s Brewery, Cambridgeshire. Est. 1795

This strong black mild has aromas of liquorice and espresso, leading to a balance of subtle hop notes and dark malt flavours, along with a smooth, lingering finish.

Hops: Fuggles.

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Real Ale available too.

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