Hello and welcome to The Edgar Wallace Summer Beer Festival 2008.

It's been a long time since we had an actual beer festival, we thought that having 8 ale pumps would be enough to keep us entertained, but I have missed the fun of sourcing (and tasting) a new selection of beers. We decided to run a summer festival as the golden, hoppy beers always are the most popular, and what better time to quaff them than during the glorious English summer!!

I make no apologies for including some of my own personal favourites, as I know my taste is impeccable (just ask my missus).

All the beers have been chosen for their thirst-quenching properties, as this is what we are looking for in a summer ale. Most are well-hopped, all are refreshing, and we even have included a Scottish fruit beer. All the beers are priced at £3.00 apart from the Williams Roisin, Vale Hadda's Summer Glory and Dent Summer Wether which are £3.20.

We would love to know what your favourite beer of the festival was, so if you would scribble it on a festival leaflet, tear off and hand it over the bar, it would be appreciated. We may even give out a prize to a random entrant by way of encouragement (it will be a gallon of ale plus whatever t-shirts etc we have lying around).

Don't forget to check out our menu, we do excellent, fresh, homemade food which will accompany your beer with style.

You can download a copy of the festival leaflet by clicking on the link below.

A straw coloured quaffing ale for the hot (?) summer weather.

Well balanced, straw coloured and very drinkable with citrus fruit and hops aroma and sharper, bitter, clean aftertaste.

A single malt ale, hopped to give a clean aftertaste. A great Summer drink.

Using gently kilned malt with a wonderful blend of American hops are added during the brewing process gives this pale beer beautiful poise. The hops are very noticeable and lead to a crisp aftertaste.

Mid strength, full flavoured bitter with fruity notes on the palate with a smack of hops on the finish.

'Dawns Haul' in Welsh. A refreshing summer ale with strong citrus notes.

Light straw coloured bitter with fully hoppy aroma and clean crisp bitterness from Cascade hops.

A delicate and lightly hopped beer with the fresh fruitiness of elderflowers.

Brewed solely with Cluster hops, which give this light coloured bitter a spicy and aromatic aroma, and a distinctive bitterness.

As the name implies, this is a beer brewed using four varieties of hops :- East Kent Goldings, Pioneer, Challenger, Styrian Goldings. A golden coloured beer with the full range of hop flavours and aromas.

A refreshing straw coloured bitter brewed with Devon malt and English hops.

A light golden thirst quenching beer for the those long hot summer days. Named after High House Farm's piebald pony Sunny!

This gold coloured ale is smooth and easy drinking with a fresh hop aroma, well rounded maltiness and a delicate fruit aftertaste.

A hugely drinkable blonde beer. Using malts more usually associated with lager this pale brew is delicate and fruity whilst retaining a clean finish.

Light and bright this IPA uses refreshing floral hops and hints of spice, orange and citrus giving a smooth finish.

A very pale, lager style beer, to be drunk on hot nights. Complex hop aroma. Be warned, easy to drink!

This light igniting ale flickers complex fruits across your tongue leaving a dry fruity bitter finish smothering your thirst.

A refreshing, thirst quenching pale golden session beer. Malty undertones and a powerful spicy hop aroma combine to produce a dangerously moreish beer.

A very pale beer with citrus aromas and a full hop flavour.

Straw coloured Summer ale with distinctive herbbal or perfume like hop aroma.This light refreshing beer has a clean zesty hop dominated palate complimented by a crisp dry finish.

A light refreshing bitter with citrus hops and a hint of orange.

Amber coloured - excellent hop aroma.

A light pink coloured beer, brewed with barley and rye malts, and European hops. At the final stage of our process we Infuse the beer with fresh Tayberries (a cross between raspberries and brambles) to give a subtle fruit flavour, and a refreshing, fruity, aroma.