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East Midlands Bar
featuring beers mainly from East Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire
This is the beer list as it will be shown in the festival programme. It is subject to the condition of the product and also a popular beer may sell out rapidly. Any substitutions/cancellations, which have had to be made, will be posted at the festival.
| Brewery | Location | Beer | abv | Description |
| Amber Ales | Ripley, Derbyshire | Original Black Stout | 4.0 | roast malt dominates a sweetish but not heavy stout, lightly hopped with Saaz and Fuggles |
| Amber Ales | Ripley, Derbyshire | Autumn Gold | 4.8 | a robust best bitter hopped with Challenger |
| Ashover | Ashover, Derbyshire | Light Rale | 3.7 | a lighter ale with excellent hop character, good balance and aftertaste |
| Ashover | Ashover, Derbyshire | Poets Tipple | 4.0 | amber to brown session bitter, dry with a lingering maltiness and a fragrant lasting bitter finish. |
| Batemans | Wainfleet, Lincolnshire | Salem Porter | 4.7 | ruby black with liquorice aroma and a hint of dandelion & burdock, hopped with Challenger, Goldings and Liberty |
| Batemans | Wainfleet, Lincolnshire | XXXB | 4.8 | strong bitter with a complex palate, hopped with Challenger and aromatic Liberty hops delightfully balanced by a prominent malty character |
| Black Hole | Burton-upon-Trent | Red Dwarf | 4.5 | a ruby red beer with a good balance of caramel, malt and hop flavours |
| Dark Tribe | East Butterwick, Lincolnshire | Red Rock | 4.2 | a deep red, easy drinking bitter |
| Dark Tribe | East Butterwick, Lincolnshire | Stern Wheeler | 4.2 | a very pale golden bitter |
| Derventio | Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbyshire | Centurion | 4.3 | traditional amber ale with a flavoursome malt character and lively hoppy finish |
| Fugelestou | Louth | Northway IPA | 4.2 | a clean crisp hoppy IPA with a citrus-y aroma and a classic dry finish |
| Fugelestou | Louth | Pride of Fulstow | 4.5 | a deep coloured beer with ripe malt in the mouth, a good hop balance and a dry finish with blackcurrant fruit notes |
| Holland | Kimberley, Nottingham | Lipsmacker | 4.0 | a light amber colour easy drinking session bitter, malt and hoppy flavour |
| Idle | West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire | Idle Chef | 4.0 | biscuity malt with apple hints, easily drinkable |
| Idle | West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire | Idle Brewer | 5.0 | a robust, hoppy golden brown ale, not for those who prefer a gentle palate |
| Magpie | Nottingham | Trent Bridge Bitter | 4.0 | a dark copper coloured bitter |
| Milestone | Cromwell, Newark, Nottinghamshire | Black Pearl | 4.3 | stout brewed to an authentic Irish recipe, roast and malt aroma and flavours with some caramel and hop, a moderately bitter finish |
| Oakham | Peterborough | Bishops Farewell | 4.6 | a golden, refreshing, fruity-beer, with wheat and malt in the taste and a bitter, citrus finish |
| Old Cottage | Burton-upon-Trent | Oak Ale | 4.0 | traditional ale colour, brewed with traditional hops, a good session ale with plenty of character |
| Oldershaw | Harrowby, Grantham, Lincolnshire | OSB | 4.0 | a very pale easy drinking hoppy session beer |
| Peak Ales | Chatsworth, Derbyshire | Derbyshire Pale Ale | 4.6 | dark, golden beer with a malty nose, spicy bitter sweet malt and fruit taste, then a dry, spicy hop finish |
| Poachers | Witham St Hughs, Lincoln | Poachers Pride | 4.0 | a copper coloured traditional bitter |
| Potbelly | Kettering, Northamptonshire | Pigs Do Fly | 4.4 | a pale bitter- fruity and quite hoppy with a medium dry finish |
| Spire | Staveley, Derbyshire | Whiter Shade of Pale | 4.0 | a pale straw-coloured session bitter |
| Thornbridge | Ashford-in-the Water, Bakewell | Ashford | 4.2 | a malty red style ale with good balance and finish |
| Thornbridge | Ashford-in-the Water, Bakewell | Jaywick | 4.8 | an American Pale Ale, golden in colour with honey, gooseberry and passion fruit on the nose, medium bodied with a malty biscuity finish |
| Tollgate | Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire | Wooden Box Bitter | 4.3 | a reddish amber session beer, very hoppy |
| Tollgate | Woodville, Swadlincote, Derbyshire | Red McAdy | 5.0 | a ruby red beer with hints of whisky |
| Tower | Burton-upon-Trent | Golden Bullet | 4.7 | a golden coloured single hop ale brewed with Green Bullet hops to give a strong bitterness and subtle citrus notes |
| Tower | Burton-upon-Trent | October Brew | 5.4 | the brewery's seasonal special, a deep chestnut coloured strong ale originally brewed by Salts Brewery, founders of Walsitch maltings, the home of Tower Brewery |