This weekend sees the return of Western Park Beer Festival on the 9th and 10th September.

Taking place across Friday and Saturday, Western Park Beer Festival has raised an excellent amount for charity over the years. The return this weekend will see an epic beer and cider line-up as well as food options and family fun.

This year the Festival will be raising money for 3 local charities, B-Inspired, Home Start and The Laura Centre. Priced at £5 entry (including a free glass) with the following opening times:

Friday 9 September: 5pm – midnight (adults only)
Saturday 10 September: 12pm – 5pm (family session with additional Letchworth Road closure with family fun)
Saturday 10 September: 6pm – midnight (adults only)

Enjoy pizza from The Pizza Pod and grab your tasty samosas from Narborough Road favourites, Mithaas.

Western Park Beer Festival takes place at St Anne’s Church, Letchworth Road, LE3.

Read on for details for the Beer List and Tasting Notes

Craft Ale Bar

  1. Petite, Marble, 2.8%, Table, VG, Manchester (Westcotes Wills) £3.70 / £1.85

Designed to provide all the punchy hop character of an IPA but at a seriously sessionable strength. Dry and light but with oat, Vienna and Munich malts giving body and a touch of biscuit sweetness.

  1. Juicy Pale, Everards, 3.7%, Pale, Leicester (Everards) £3.80 / £1.90

Juicy Pale is a hop forward hazy golden ale. Brewed with four hop varieties for a full-on fruity passionfruit and orange flavour combining with wheat and barley to create a great body.

  1. Notorious, Bristol Beer Factory, Pale, 3.8%, Bristol (EPG) £3.80 / £1.90

Notorious pays homage to the original US ‘C’ hops that helped the UK fall in love with citrusy, hoppy ales in those early days of the craft beer revolution. Columbus, Chinook, Cascade and Centennial combine to make a legend of a pint.

  1. Bread and Butter, Vocation, Pale, 3.9%, VG, West Yorkshire (Bounce Leicester) £3.90 / £1.95

With layers of US hops combined with British malts, our fresh and easy-drinking dry-hopped pale is a solid staple that delivers every time. Soak up refreshing flavours and aromas of pine, peach, lychee and citrus.

  1. Smash Mittelfrüh, Everards, Pale, 3.9%, Leicestershire (Everards) £3.90 / £1.95

A single malt and hop beer complex in favour, which uses the German Mittelfrüh hop to create a crisp bitterness, a smooth mouth feel and herbal, floral aroma.

  1. Fun Sponge, Furnace, Pale, 4.4%, VG, GF, Derbyshire (Creed Design) £3.80 / £1.90

US Pale ale with Mosaic and Citra gives this beer and tropical and juicy flavour, prefect for easy drinking.

  1. Affinity, Shiny Brewery, 4.6%, Pale, VG, GF, Derbyshire (Property Fox) £3.80 / £1.90

Multi award winning, strong golden bitter with lots and lots of fruity citra hops which we love and combine for a perfect summer beer.

  1. Wreckless, Redwillow, 4.8%, Pale, Cheshire (Dose Design) £4.10 / £2.05

A multi award-winning Pale Ale. Maris Otter malt with a touch of Caramalt, generously hopped with Amarillo, Citra & Simcoe; Aromas of mango, grapefruit & papaya with a clean bitter finish.

  1. Lumina, Siren, 4.2%, IPA, VG, GF, Berkshire (Wheels for All) £4.10 / £2.05

A shining light, glowing with juicy tropical fruit notes. Hoppy aromas of mango and pineapple guide you towards explosive flavour, flashes of delicate citrus.

  1. Lagonda, Marble, 5.0%, IPA, VG, Manchester (Your Space) £4.30 / £2.15

Named after a classic car owned by the boss’s father, this has been our house English Pale since 1997. Pale in colour, the malts provide a sturdy body on which is built a citrus and floral hop character.

  1. My Little Sabrony, Arbor, 5.0%, IPA, VG, Bristol £4.30 / £2.15

Single Hop American Pale Ale, brewed with large quantities of Sabro hops for a big hit of single hop citrus and bitterness.

  1. Disco Balls, Shiny, 5.3%, IPA, VG, GF, Derbyshire £4.00 / £2.00

Ballsy, punchy golden IPA, packed with US aroma hops. Made with malted barley, wheat hops, more hops & yeast.

  1. Mr Logistics, Vibrant Forest, 5.2%, Bitter, VG, Hampshire £4.50 / £2.25

A classic style, based on a pilot brew we cooked up with local home-grown hops. Spiked a bready, biscuity base with fresh ginger and vanilla beans to add spicy notes and a smooth finish.

  1. Mocha Porter, North Riding, 4.5%, Porter, VG, North Yorkshire £4.00 / £2.00

Super easy drinking Porter created using five different malts, with demerara sugar and English Bramling hops, infused post fermentation with Mocha flavouring.

  1. Into the Void, Liquid Light, 5.6%, Porter, VG, Nottingham £4.20 / £2.10

Rich chocolatey coffee porter is back! This batch was brewed with coffee from Stewarts coffee roasters on Sneinton Market.

  1. Cinnabun Swirl, Shiny, 4.5%, Stout, Derbyshire £3.80 / £1.90

Cinnamon, vanilla milk porter. Brewed with crystal malts, lighter chocolate malts and brown malt. We added lactose for body and sweetness alongside natural vanilla and cinnamon.

Craft Keg Bar

  1. Summer Pils, Braybrooke, 4.5%, Lager, VG, Leicestershire (Paragon Sales) £4.10 / £2.05

A summer-long special with grassy and citrusy flavour makes this beer extremely thirst quenching and moreish in character, with a dry yet refreshing bitterness.

  1. Vienna Waits for You, Mill Hill, 5.4%, Lager, VG, Leicestershire (Mill Hill) £4.50 / £2.25

An amber lager which is brewed in a Vienna style creating a medium bodied, crisp and dry lager with a caramel malty finish! Perfect for those looking for big flavour in a refreshing beer.

  1. Simcoe and Idaho 7, Left Handed Giant, Pale, 5.0%, VG, GF, Bristol (Turner Insurance) £4.70 / £2.35

Simcoe aligns with Idaho 7 for a rounded and harmonious pale ale. Notes of fresh nectarines, delicate pine, and blood orange, with a bitter-sweet finish which will keep you coming back for more.

  1. Mosaic, Amarillo, Wakatu and Simcoe, Kernel, 5.5%, Pale, VG, London (Sign Specialists) £4.40 / £2.20

Dry and light-bodied to better showcase the individuality of the hops in both aroma and flavour. A basic recipe is followed, with each batch utilising different hop varieties from around the world based on seasonality, availability, and the whims of the brewer.

  1. Cold IPA, Braybrooke, 5.5%, IPA, VG, Leicestershire £4.70 / £2.35

Cold IPA was fermented with our house lager yeast at high temperatures and then dry hopped with cryo Citra and cryo Tallus hops. The result is an explosion of tropical fruit, with a bone dry, bitter finish.

  1. Strung Out on Lasers, Liquid Light, 5.0%, Sour, VG, Nottingham £4.60 / £2.30

A fruit sour beer with over 200g per litre of cherry puree added to the fermenter creates a bitting summer bitter which is both sour and refreshing.

Cider Bar

  1. Orchard Medley, Charnwood Cider, 6.5%, VG, GF, Dry Cider, Leicestershire (Fu Media) £3.80 / £1.90

This is a smooth and fruity dry cider made with 14 different varieties of apple from Charnwood Cider’s own orchard.

  1. Pure Charnwood, Charnwood Cider, 5.7%, VG, GF, Medium Cider, Leicestershire £3.70 / £1.85

This is a medium cider made with a blend of locally collected apples from orchards around the Charnwood area.

  1. Mango, Thirsty Farmer, 4.0%, VG, GF, Fruit Cider, Leicestershire (Native American) £3.70 / £1.85

The exotic taste of mango is fused with our traditional cider to produce the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity.

  1. Strawberry, Thirsty Farmer, 4.0%, VG, GF, Fruit Cider, Leicestershire £3.70 / £1.85

Thirsty Farmer has been combined with delicious strawberries to create a craft cider with a hint of summer. Golden in colour with a slight red hue, this cider has a gentle soft fruit aroma.

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