It will spoil the surprise, but if you must know what the 40 beers, 10 ciders and 4 wines are this year, read on:
On the Piano Keg Bar:
Lager
1. Siren Craft Brew (Reading) – Coolsch 5.2%
IPA
2. Brighton Bier (Brighton) – Freshman IPA 4.5%
3. Gun Brewery (Berwick) – How’s the Serenity? 4.4%
4. Siren Craft Brew (Reading) – Pompelmocello 6.0%
On the Main Bar:
Pale Ale/Session IPA
5. Siren Craft Brew (Reading) – Half Mast QIPA 2.8%
6. Downlands (Small Dole, East Sussex) – Green Hopped Root Thirteen 3.6%
7. Holler Boys (Blackboys, East Sussex) – Cheat Mode 3.8%
8. First Chop (Manchester) – HOP 4.1%
9. Oakham Ales (Peterborough) – Velvet Claws 4.2%
10. Tiny Rebel (Newport, Wales) – Beat Box 4.5%
11. Hand Brew Co (Kemptown, Brighton) – High Five 4.6%
Red & Amber Ale
12. Hand Brew Co (Kemptown, Brighton) – Tickler 4.2%
13. Holler Boys (Blackboys, E. Sussex) – Beast of Bevendean 4.2%
14. Tiny Rebel (Newport, Wales) – Cwtch 4.6%
15. Franklins (Ringmer, East Sussex) – Optimist Amber 5.0%
16. Downlands (Small Dole, East Sussex) – Red October 5.2%
Best Bitter and Mild
17. Great Heck (Goole, North Yorkshire) – Dave 3.8%
18. Thornbridge (Bakewell, Sheffield) – Lord Marple 4.0%
19. Franklins (Ringmer, East Sussex) – Mama Knows Best 4.1%
20. Brewster’s (Grantham, Lincolnshire) – Hop A Doodle Doo 4.3%
21. Fyne Ales (Argyll, Scotland) – Dunderave 4.3%
22. Salopian (Hadnall, Shropshire) – Sienna 4.4%
23. Gun (Berwick, East Sussex) – Red Ale 4.4%
Strong Pale and IPA
24. Brighton Bier (Brighton) – South Coast 5.0%
25. Gun (Berwick, East Sussex) S.M.A.S.H. 5.2%
26. Harbour (Bodmin, Cornwall) – Antipodean 5.5%
27. Oakham Ales (Peterborough) – Green Devil 6.0%
28. Dark Star (Partridge Green) – Green Hop 6.5%
29. Dark Star (Partridge Green) – Green Hop 6.5%
Darker Beer
30. Dark Star (Partridge Green) Equinox 4.0%
31. Downlands (Small Dole, East Sussex) – Old 4.4%
32. Rother Valley (Northiam, East Sussex) – Ebulum 4.5%
33. Titanic (Staffordshire) – Plum Porter 4.9%
34. Kissingate (Lower Beeding) – Powder Blue 5.5%
35. Siren (Reading) – Broken Dream 6.5%
36. Kissingate (Lower Beeding) – Six Crows 6.6%
The Misfits (where all the fun is)
37. Dark Star (Partridge Green) – Hylder Blonde 4.2%
38. Franklins (Ringmer, East Sussex) – Rauch N Roller 4.8%
39. Thornbridge (Bakewell, Sheffield) – Puja 6.7%
40. Bartleby’s Brewery (Hollingdean, Brighton) – MYSTERY BEER
CIDERS & PERRIES
1. Ascension (E. Sussex) “Frambwarz” – 4.0%
2. Ascension (E. Sussex) “How Kesar” – 4.0%
3. Ascension (E. Sussex) “Pilot” – 4.8%
4. Butford (Heredfordshire) “Organic Cider” – 6.0%
5. Countryman (Devon) “Farm Scrumpy” – 6.5%
6. Hancocks (Devon) “Cider” – 6.0%
7. Hunts (E. Sussex) “Conquest” – 4.9%
8. Merry Moon (Kent) “Dark Cider The Moon” – 6.0%
9. Oakwood (E. Sussex) “Organic Perry” – 6.0%
10. Sheppys (Somerset) “Cider” – 6.0%
WINES (SUPPLIED BY BUTLERS WINE CELLAR)
1. Bodegas Borsao “Garnacha (2014)” – 13.5%
2. Ca’ di Ponti “Nero d’Avola (2013)” – 13.5%
3. El Tesoro “Verdejo, Castilla León (2014)” – 12.5%
4. Pasquiers “Sauvignon V, Pays d’Oc (2013)” – 12.0%