Beers, Ales and Ciders
Every year we have an incredible choice of craft beers, cask ales and cider from the best breweries in the UK. Expect to see offerings from local breweries, Mad Squirrel, Tring Brewery, Creative Juices and Rebellion.
The list of beers, ales and ciders available will be updated as we get closer to the event but we have included a list of last year's options to give you a taste of what might be on offer.
Our 2026 beer and cider list will be unveiled nearer to the event but below you can see the 2025 list to get a taste of what to expect.
Cask Beers:
(Keep Scrolling down for Craft Beer, Lager, Cider!)
Session Pale, 3.4%
Unassuming and quaffable, our Dark Mild is brewed in our brewpub which sits on grounds where production of mild ale has long been brewed, as far back as 1867. Flavours of dark malt and caramel are met with notes of hedgerow berries, with a mellow and easy drinking finish, in this traditional worker's beer.
Session Pale, 3.4%
A super hoppy pale ale that we've brewed at a super sessionable strength. This wee brute is packed full of Citra, Nelson Sauvin & Strata hops which provide all the juicy citrus and tropical fruit flavours at a fraction of strength. So you can sup away to your heart's content!
Side Pocket for a Toad
Brewery: Tring
Golden Ale, 3.6%
It’s a toad not a frog! Unmistakable citrus and floral notes from only the best American Cascade hops balanced with a crisp dry finish make this straw coloured ale a fantastic session beer. All that flavour in a 3.6%. Oh Yes.
Sonoma
Brewery: Track
Pale Ale, 3.8%
Mosaic and Nelson team up to fill this dry yet fruity pale with baskets of blueberry, tangerine, mango and green grape. Light, chock-full of aroma and endlessly refreshing.
Squadron Scramble
Brewery: Tring
Bitter, 4.0%
Brewed to commemorate the Battle of Britain, this ale is characterised by a debonair medium light colour and a dare-devil maltiness that compliments a courageous hop aroma from the best Mount Hood hops
Best Bitter
Brewery: Three Acre
Bitter, 4.0%, Vegan
Our flagship Cask Bitter is expertly brewed to deliver a well balanced, bright and floral ale. We only use high quality traditional English hops & malts, providing drinkers with a reliable & satisfying pub favourite.
Gatekeeper
Brewery: Buxton Brewery
Porter, 4.1%
Push the gate aside and step into the brooding and shadowy landscapes found on our doorstep in the Peak District. Our deep, dark Porter is inspired by the hidden depths and storied past of where we call home
Admiral
Brewery: Mad Squirrel
NZ Pale Ale, 4.1%
Admiral is a bright, refreshing New Zealand Pale Ale brewed exclusively with Nelson Sauvin hops. Bursting with vibrant notes of gooseberry, white grape, and citrus, this cask ale delivers a smooth, well-balanced bitterness and a clean, crisp finish. Its subtle malt backbone lets the unique hop character shine—perfect for sessionable sipping with bold, aromatic flair. A true taste of NZ craft.
Lightbulb
Brewery: Verdant
Porter, 4.5%
As pale as a 100W light bulb but as juicy as an IPA. Session-able, quenching and totally addictive. Biscuity malt base with a hint of sweetness all drenched in fruity and dank hops. (Only available in Cask vs Keg once a year)
Roasted Nuts
Brewery: Marlow Brewery
Brown Ale, 4.6%
A deep ruby, complex and flavoursome beer, packed with intense and distinctive malt & hop character. Malt: Pale, Crystal, Chocolate. Hop: Goldings, Cascade
The Sky is Crying
Brewery: Wylam x Deya
American Brown Ale, 5.2%
A 5.2% Hoppy American Brown Ale, this brew is a beautiful fusion of tradition and modern flair. A carefully selected blend of malts brings layers of biscuit, nutty, and chocolate notes, creating a rich and satisfying backbone. Balanced against this is a modern hop bill featuring Simcoe and Krush, delivering bright bursts of orange and citrus that lift and complement the malt base perfectly.
Fool's Gold
Brewery: Triple fff Brewery
Golden Ale, 5.4%
Brewed with all British ingredients and showing with a stunning golden hue. Complex hop flavours that you appreciate more and more as the pint goes down and a bitterness that rises to give real length. Needs a whole pint to really "get it" with this lovely smooth beer
Attack the Choc
Brewery: Pentrich
Choc Brownie Stout, 5.5%
A rich and decadent chocolate brownie flavoured stout at a borderline sessionable ABV! Expect the smooth mouthfeel and amplified sweet chocolate flavours that you would expect from a stout at double the strength.
Soundwave
Brewery: Siren
IPA, 5.6%
Welcome to tropical hop heaven. Soundwave is eminently drinkable, full of flavour and subtle with bitterness. Our most famous beer pours with an inviting haze, while big-hitting American hops deliver fruit notes in abundance and a trademark resinous finish
Searching
Brewery: Stardust
Pale Ale, 6%
Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Citra. The tropical fruits found in both hops combine with beautiful piney and citrus notes to deliver a wonderful, refreshingly dank taste that is expertly measured with a soft bitterness for an absolutely moreish pint
Broken Dream
Brewery: Siren
Stout, 6.5%
An indulgence of chocolate and speciality malts, Broken Dream is smooth, unctuous and moreish. It's brewed with milk sugar for balance and mouthfeel, along with carefully selected espresso from London's Climpson & Sons. Awarded CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 2018.
Death or Glory
Brewery: Tring
Barleywine, 7.2%
Don’t be fooled by the strength, this is one easy drinking beer. A rich, sweet barley wine with a heady, alcoholic nose and incredibly complex flavour profile. Brewed since 1994 by appointment to the Queens Royal Lancers. They’re tough enough to sink a few….are you?
Craft Beers & Lager
Hazy Session Pale, 3.4%, Vegan
A relatively light hazy pale with a flavoursome punch. The delightful Pacifica and Sabro hop combo offer notes of orange, pineapple and coconut - and a totally tropical aroma.
People, Money, Space, Time
Brewery: Verdant
NE Session Pale, 3.4%, V LF
A soft and sluggable Session IPA that has oodles of Citra and Mosaic seeping from all directions. It drinks way above its meagre ABV and is crammed full of tropical indulgences and citric sharpness
Hazy Pale
Brewery: Rebellion
Hazy Pale Ale, 4.3%
A fruity and refreshing hop-forward hazy pale, golden in colour with a soft, opaque haze and a fluffy white head. Tantalising aromas of mango, pineapple and coconut with flavours of tropical fruit and pine; all wrapped up with a smooth and balanced finish.
Social Club
Brewery: Round Corner Brewing
Nitro Stout, 4.3%
Its eleven different malts are blended harmoniously, imparting subtle aromas of dried fruits, dates and chocolate. With a velvet like mouthfeel, pacific jade and fuggles hops add a sublime bitter finish.
Chromaticity
Brewery: Verdant
Pale Ale, 5.2%, V LF
A sessionable showcase of some amazing hops! Nectaron is so punchy and coupled with Citra and Idaho 7 results in a sessionable pale that's drenched in fruit and funky character.
Slinky Vagabond
Brewery: Creative Juices
West Coast IPA, 5.6%, Vegan, GF
Award-winning beer, brewed with a generous variety of hops, including Cascade, Citra, Simcoe and El Dorado. It has a depth of flavour which you can lose yourself in and a true-to-style lovely long finish. Each sip offers your senses a new fruity layer to discover; you’ll get delicious grapefruit, orange, passionfruit and citrus. Enjoy this brew - it’s like drinking Californian sun!
Corporate Conference
Brewery: Left Handed Giant
Pastry Sour, 6.5%, V, LF
Pastry Sour with Mango & Passionfruit. Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Gerald McDonald A small bump of Pacific Sunrise gives an early wave of bright citrus, leaning into the signature sweetness of Alphonso Mango & the aromatic ripeness of Passionfruit. These beautiful fruits have been given the full dessert treatment with a healthy dose of milk sugar & Jersey soft serve ice cream. Rich, Sweet & Aromatic
Fluff
Brewery: Beak
IPA, 6.5%,
We love New Zealand hops for their bold but balanced flavours and the beautiful opalescent haze they bring to our IPAs. Here we pack in tons of the freshest crop of Rakau, Motueka, and Nelson Sauvin selected from early and late in the harvest for extra complexity.
Understanding Whole Systems
Brewery: Pressure Drop
NEIPA, 7.4%, V LF
Methodically blow your mind. Understanding Whole Systems is an IPA of substance and curiosity, an exploration of taste through the prism of Citra hops and a complete presentation London Fog yeast. Soft and hazy, complex and full. We enjoy drinking whilst reading entries from Pressure Drop’s own catalog, printed on the label. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Lilac Roller
Brewery: Deya
DIPA, 8.0%
It's a bold DIPA made with Vermont Yeast and Freestyle Mega Terps, giving it flavors and aromas of passionfruit, mango, lime, orange, and notes of sticky lime, caramelized peach, and breakfast OJ. It has low bitterness. Extra Info: Mega Terps is a custom blend of hops designed for tropical aromas, and it's combined with Phantasm's thiol precursors.
Native
Brewery: Mad Squirrel (Exclusive Lager Supplier to the festival)
Helles Lager, 4.8%, V
A long way from Munich, our German brewers have taken inspiration from their homeland to produce this true to style Helles; golden, full-bodied and malty, with a delicate hop bite. Germany has a rich brewing heritage and this is the Mad Squirrel take on a native taste
Zealous
Brewery: Mad Squirrel (Exclusive lager supplier to the festival)
Pilsner Lager, V
Cold matured, crisp, complex and undeniably crushable, Zealous is an authentic pilsner style lager, brewed by our resident German Master Brewer and lagered for 65 days in tank for a nuanced flavour experience. One gulp drives another, and another, and another.
FestBier
Brewery: Mad Squirrel (Exclusive lager supplier to the festival)
FestBier, 5.2%
Raise your stein to our Festbier, a classic Oktoberfest lager brewed with Herkules and Hallertauer Tradition hops. This amber lager offers a perfect balance of subtle bitterness, floral notes, and a rich malty backbone. Crisp, smooth, and endlessly drinkable, it’s the ideal brew for festivities and toasting with friends. Prost!
Ciders
Mothership
Brewery: Ascension Cider
Medium Still Cider, 6%, V LF GF
This cider was our second blend. We had a great run of sales with Pilot, but we had some folks asking for something a little drier, a little stronger and with more wild bite, thus, Mothership was born. Made using the same techniques as Pilot, but with a reduced amount of apple juice, we were able to both increase the dryness, strength and hit of wild cider that was being asked for by our fans. The name comes from a song by Enter Shikari. This was the song Matt listened to constantly in his Mum’s shed when making cider for personal consumption, so it seemed fitting to honour it in this way.
Dance Commander
Brewery: Ascension Cider
Sour Cherry & Cider, 3.4%
Sour cherries, wild cider and fresh braeburn juice. What’s not to like?! This tangy and fruity beast was blended and packaged without a name in May 2019. Loved the flavour and the battle between sharpness and fruity sweetness, but just couldn’t think of a name. That evening we headed to Lewes, to see Electric Six at the Con Club. After thoroughly enjoying the smooth rock n roll, it was decided that the cider had to be named Dance Commander. A pump clip was designed upon my return home, the edits were done the next morning (with a bit of a sore head) and the design was at the printers by noon.
Mess with the Honk
Brewery: Ascension Cider
Gooseberry & Cider, 3.4%
Over a third of a ton of Gooseberries gave up their classic tart and tangy juice, before being blended with soft and sweet Golden Delicious apple juice, and vinous and rich Bramley and Russet cider, an absolute delight for the summer.
Six in the Mix
Brewery: Ross on Wye Cider & Perry
Dry Still Cider, 5.8%, V LF, GF
Complex, full bodied cider. Harry Masters Jersey, Ashton Brown Jersey, Somerset Redstreak, Ashton Bitter, Sweet Coppin and Reinette d'Obry. Made from cider blended across three vintages, this luscious cider invites you to sip after sip with it's juicy, yellow fruit acidity and firm tannic finish. Intense and yet smooth, playful and yet sophisticated. A real delight!