Well time flies when you’re busy they say and we can’t believe it’s over a month since we posted here!!
Some news to tell you! We are having a bit of a beer festival with our friends down at the Liverpool Guild of Students this weekend 15th-17th May! Melwood Beer Co has sourced a lot of the beers that will be appearing at the festival and of course you will be able to get the very fine Sphinx Pale Ale there too. Indeed, making it’s launch this festival weekend will be Sphinx Pale Ale in BOTTLES! So both the fabulously discerning students of the University of Liverpool and all other lovely people will be able to buy your SPA to drink in your very own homes!
Back to the festival… the bar is ready and the beers are stillaged and being cooled for your utmost delectation and festival glasses are stacked for sampling…

Liverpool Guild Beer Festival Bar

Liverpool Guild of Students 2015 Beer Festival Glass
The event is taking place in the CELLAR bar next to the Sphinx Bar within Liverpool Guild on 15th, 16th & 17th May. Hope you can come down and enjoy the beers and there’s some excellent ciders on too!
Here’s the beer & cider list…
Barlow Brewery
1. Betty’s Blonde
4.0% – Pale Ale / Blonde
Brewed with a blend of pale malts
to give it a light golden colour
hopped for subtle citrus and
passion fruit flavours with a clean
crisp finish.
Cambrinus Craft
2. Deliverence
4.2% – Pale Ale / Golden
A malt, toffee and earthy initial
palate leading to a slightly hoppy
bite on the finish.
Cross Bay Brewery
3. Zenith
5.0% – IPA / Golden
Light and refreshing in colour with
a distinct tropical aroma. Zesty
fruit flavours from a triple blend of
hops.
4. Sunset
4.2% – Pale Ale / Blonde
Bursts onto the palate with a crisp
and refreshing star, followed by an
orange and lemon rind aftertaste.
Dancing Duck Brewery
5. DCUK
4.3% – Pale Ale / Golden
A great aroma and powerful
upfront hoppy bitterness give way
to an explosion of citrus and pine
flavours. A full on hop attack not
for the faint hearted!
6. Abduction
5.5% – IPA / Golden
Intense tropical fruit flavours are
matched with a hoppy bitterness
to make this a dangerously
drinkable 5.5% IPA.
Dukeries Brewery
7. Pale Ale
4.0% – Pale Ale / Golden
Pale ale brewed in the heart of the
Dukeries
Empire Brewing
8. Colony 13
5.1% – Pale Ale / Amber
Amber in colour. A well balanced
ale, heavily hopped with Galaxy
and Citra.
9. Strikes Back
4.0% – Pale Ale / Golden
Back-Stabbingly brilliant pale ale,
hopped with eye-watering U.S.
Cascade hops.
Guild Festival Beer List
Great Heck Brewing
10. Chopper
3.8% – Pale Ale / Golden
Golden session ale with a
surprisingly full body considering
the strength, and a decent amount
of hops.
Hopstar Brewery
11. Off T’ Mill
3.9% – Bitter / Amber
Leyden Brewing
12. Nanny Flyer
3.8% – Bitter / Golden
A light bodied bitter with an initial
dryness, a hint of citrus, followed
by a strong malty finish.
Liverpool Craft Beer Co.
13. Toast
4.2% – American / Amber
Bursts onto the palate with a crisp
and refreshing star, followed by an
orange and lemon rind aftertaste.
14. Quokka
3.9% – IPA / Golden
Session IPA brewed with juicy
Australian hops.
Liverpool Organic Brewery
15. Last Man Standing
3.9% – Pale Ale / Golden
A hoppy golden ale made with
Riwaka hops.
16. Liverpool Pilsner
4.7% – Pilsner / Golden
A well rounded golden larger
style beer with floral and spicy
notes which come from the use of
traditional noble European hops.
Melwood Beer Co.
17. Sphinx Pale Ale
4.3% – Pale Ale / Golden
A crisp, refreshing pale ale brewed
exclusively for Liverpool Guild of
Students. This beer has a fresh
hoppy aroma with a pleasant
bitter taste.
18. 1000 Up
5.7% – Pale Ale / Chestnut
Stan Shaw’s 1000th brew has a
mix of Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo and
Nelson Sauvin hops. A special
blend of malts and hops give this
delicious beer a crisp biscuity
taste.
19. Citradelic
5.1% – Pale Ale / Golden
A light pale ale single hopped
with American Citra hops giving
the classic grapefruit, lychee and
gooseberry aromas this hop is
famous for.
Melwood Beer Co.
20. Stanley Gold
4.3% – Pale Ale / Golden
Triple American hopped with
Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo
giving this beer a crisp hoppy
flavour and a beautiful citrus
aroma. A well balanced but
complex and refreshing beer.
Milestone Brewing Co.
21. Fletcher’s Ale
5.2% – Pale Ale / Golden / Blonde
Golden in colour with a floral and
citrus aroma. The taste is citrus
and sweet fruits with a slightly
toasted floral aftertaste.
Milk Street
22. Beer
5.0% – Pale Ale / Blonde
The use of Mount Hood as the
aroma hop gives this beer a
pungent hoppy fruitiness. A bitter,
hoppy and dry finish, enlivened
by lasting citrus and grain malt
making a late surge. A delicious
blonde beer to be taken with care.
Off Beat Brewery
23. Wild Blackberry Mild
3.8%, Mild / Black
We couldn’t make a conventional
mild, it needed the offbeat
twist hence the addition of
blackberries.
Peerless Brewing Co.
24. Oatmeal Stout
5.0% – Stout / Black
The use of oats gives a good
mouthfeel and dark malts provide
lots of backbone with toffee and
caramel tones.
25. Jinja Ninja
4.0%, Ginger Ale, Amber
Fiery ginger beer made with fresh
root ginger, chili and lemon.
26. Dark Matter
3.6% – Porter / Black
Deep, dark, delicious. Brewed
from a mix of 8 different malts
including oats, Munich, Crystal,
Special B, Abbey, Wheat, Pale and
Roast. Bitterness coming from
the roast malt but tempered with
residual sweetness. Hints of toffee
and caramel.
Raw Brewing Company
27. Galaxy
5.4% – Pale Ale / Golden
Late & dry hopped with Galaxy.
A refreshing pale with a tropical
fruit aroma.
28. Baby Ghost IPA
3.9% – IPA / Golden
Session version of Grey Ghost
IPA, powerful grapefruit citrus
aroma.
Stamps Brewery
29. Refreshing Stout
5.0% – Stout / Black
A special stout infused with fresh
mint and chocolate.
30. The Russian
4.2% – Bitter / Ruby
Ruby in colour using Fuggles and
Goldings hops for a traditional
English bitter.
31. Inverted Jenny
4.6% – Pale Ale / Golden
Light and refreshing in colour
with a distinct tropical aroma.
Zesty Golden in colour, using
Challenger, Fuggles and Goldings
hops, a grassy and floral bouquet,
with a noticeable tinge of caramel.
of hops.
Stockport Brewing Co.
32. Stock Porter
4.8% – Porter / Black
Subtle hints of liquorice with dark
chocolate and coffee notes.
33. Crown Best Bitter
4.2% – Bitter / Amber
Double hopped with a dry finish.
Tiny Rebel Brewing Co.
34. Fubar
4.4% – American Pale Ale / Amber
Floral hoppy flavours up front,
leading into a dry spicy bitterness
on the back.
Townhouse
35. Flowerdew
4.0% – Pale Ale / Golden / Blonde
Strong lemon citrus start with a
well-balanced hoppy finish.
Barbourne Cider
36. Strawberry
4.0% – Medium Dry / Clear
Brewed with a blend of pale malts
to give it a light golden colour
hopped for subtle citrus and
passion fruit flavours with a clean
crisp finish.
Lilley’s Cider
37. Bee Sting Perry
7.5% – Sweet / Clear
Sweet but incredibly refreshing
with a glorious fresh tasting pear
flavour and wonderful pear aroma.
Orchard Pig
38. Explorer
4.5% – Medium Dry / Cloudy
A bittersweet aroma and taste of
cider country with a lingering ripe
fruit sweetness.
Purbeck Cider Co.
39. Joe’s Sweet
4.5% – Sweet / Clear
This cider is made up from a
blend of fruity cider and crisp
eating apples giving you the
fresh clean taste of the sweeter
ciderlife.
Thistly Cross Cider
40. Whisky Cask
6.9% – Medium Dry / Clear
Matured in an ex-Glenglassaugh
cask for six months to nurture
the natural characteristics of
the cider, this rarefied, medium
dry cider develops, as you might
anticipate.
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