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Real ales
The finest beers from the best breweries
We reckon we’ve served over 400 different types of beer at Chichester Real Ale and Jazz Festival over the last 30 years.
The beers we’ve chosen have come from just over 200 breweries, ranging from tiny microbreweries to the big beer producers, with a menageire of mid-sized master brewers in between.
By way of marking our birthday with a drink, here’s the full list of the weird and wonderful ales we’ve enjoyed at our summer beer festival:
Adnams Bitter
Adnams Broadside
Adnams Extra
Adnams Mild
Aldercote Ale
Alexandra Beckets Pale
Archers Golden Bitter
Archers Headbanger
Archers Village
Arkells BBB
Arkells Kingsdown
Arundel 1999
Arundel Best
Arundel Gold
Arundel Stronghold
Arundel Summer Daze
Ash Vine Bitter
Badger Golden Champion
Badger K&B
Ballards Best
Ballards Elsted
Ballards Nyewood Gold
Ballards Wassail
Ballards Wild
Banks and Taylor 2XS
Banks and Taylor Black Cat
Banks and Taylor Extra Stout
Banks and Taylor Old Bat
Banks and Taylor Shelford Bitter
Banks and Taylor SOD
Banks and Taylor Special Old Dark
Banks and Taylor Special Pale Ale
Barron Exe Valley
Bass Bitter
Batemans Dark Mild
Batemans Marie Celeste
Batemans Mild
Batemans Salem Porter
Batemans Victory
Batemans XXXB
Bath Gem
Bath SPA
Bath Wild Hare
Bathams Bitter
Beamish Stout
Becks Vier
Belhaven 60/-
Belhaven 80/-
Belhaven 90/-
Bellhaven Fruit Beer
Big Lamp Bitter
Big Lamp Old Genie
Bitburger Pils
Black Sheep Bitter
Black Sheep Riggwelter
Blackawton 44
Blackawton Devon Gold
Blue Anchor Best
Blue Anchor Special
Boddingtons Bitter
Boddingtons Mild
Bourne Valley Andover
Bourne Valley Henchard
Bowman Eldorado
Bowman Swift One
Brains SA
Brakspears Bitter
Brakspears Horay Henley
Brakspears Special
Brewery-on-Sea Buzz
Buckleys Best
Budweiser Budvar
Bunces Benchmark
Bunces Vicebeer
Burts Mild
Burts VPA
Butcombe Bitter
Butcombe Gold
Butterknowle Bitter
Butterknowle Conciliation
Butterknowle High Force
Cains Dark Mild
Cains Doctor Duncan
Cains Triple Hop
Cairngorm Tradewinds
Caledonian Deuchars IPA
Caledonian Nectar
Camerons Strongarm
Castle Eden Nimmo’s XXXX
Cheriton Digger’s Gold
Cheriton Pots
Cheriton Village Elder
Chiltern Beechwood Bitter
Chudley Lords Strong Ale
Concertina Bengal Tiger IPA
Cotleigh Barn Owl
Cotleigh Harrier
Cotleigh Kingfisher
Cotleigh Old Buzzard
Cotleigh Tawney
Cottage Golden Arrow
Cottage GWR
Cottage Norman’s Conquest
Cottage Southern
Courage Best
Courage Directors
Crouch Vale Brewers Gold
Crouch Vale Willy Warmer
Daleside Monkey Wrench
Daniel’s Wheat Beer
Dark Star APA
Dark Star Bitter
Dark Star Brewey Ale
Dark Star Hophead
Dark Star Hylder Blond
Dark Star Old Chestnut
Dark Star Summer Meltdown
Dark Star Sunburst
Dark Star Sussex Extra Stout
Dark Star Wiley 200
Dent Aviator
Dent t’Owd Tup
Donnington BBB
Donnington XXXB
Dorothy Goodbodys Golden
Eldridge Pope Dorchester
Eldridge Pope Royal Oak
Elgoods Double Swan
Enville Simpkiss Ale
Everards Beacon
Everards Mild
Everards Original
Everards Sunchaser
Exmoor Ale
Exmoor Gold
Federation Buchanan Best Bitter
Federation Special
Felinfoel Double Dragon
Flowerpots Ale
Foundation Special
Fullers Chiswick
Fullers ESB
Fullers London Pride
Fullers Summer Ale
Funck Pils Lager
Gales Anniversary Ale
Gales BBB
Gales HSB
Gales XXXD
GFB Hop Back
Gibbs Mew Bishops Tipple
Glenny Hobgoblin
Glenny Whitney Bitter
Goachers Dark Maidstone
Goachers Gold Star
Goddards Fuggle-Dee-Dum
Goddards Special
Golden Hill Dark
Golden Hill Export
Goldfinch Flashman’s Clout
Goodwood Organic Ale
Greene King Abbot Ale
Greenwoods Gold Prospector
Greenwoods Hop Pocket
Gribble Bashful Beaver
Gribble Fursty Ferret
Gribble Pigs Ear
Gribble Plucking Pheasant
Guinness Harwoods Porter
Guinness Stout
H&W Badger Best
H&W Tanglefoot
Hacker-Pschorr Braumeister Pils
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell export
Hadrian Centurion
Hampshire King Alfreds
Hampshire Pride of Romsey
Hampshire William the Conqueror
Hanby Cascade
Hanby Drawell Bitter
Hanby Ginger Beer
Hanby Nutcracker
Hardington Somerset Special
Hardy & Hanson Kimberley Best
Hardy & Hanson Olde Trip
Harveys Armada
Harveys Pale Ale
Harveys Sussex Best
Harveys Sussex Pale
Harveys Tom Paine Ale
Harveys XX
Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted
Harviestoun Schiehallion
Hepworth K&B
Hermitage Best
Hermitage Bitter
Highwood Golden Evenings
Higsons Bitter
Hobsons Best
Hoegaarden Witbier
Hogs Back TEA
Holdens Golden Glow
Holts Bitter
Hook Norton Best
Hook Norton Mild
Hook Norton Old Hookey
Hop Back Summer Lightning
Hopback Entire Stout
Hopback GFB
Hopback Thunderstorm
Hoskins & Oldfield Cristmas Noggin
Hoskins & Oldfield Old Navigation
Humpty Dumpty Reedcutter
Hydes Anvil Bitter
Ind Coope Burton Ale
Itchen Valley Godfathers
Itchen Valley Hambledon Bitter
Jennings Bitter
Jennings Cocker Hoop
Jennings Crag Rat
Jennings Cumberland Ale
Kelham Island Pale Rider
King and Barnes Festive
King and Barnes Sussex
King’s Summer Ale
Konig Pilsener
Krombacher Pilsener
Lancaster Bomber
Lancing Special Dark Mild
Langham FBS
Langham HipHop
Leeds Pale
Lees Bitter
Lees Moonraker
Lees Scorcher
Linfit Enoch’s Hammer
Lundy Pale Ale
Marstons Merrie Monk
Marstons Owd Rodger
Marstons Pedigree
Matthew Brown Lion Bitter
Mauldons Dickens
Mauldons Silver Adder
Mauldons Special
Mauldons Suffolk Comfort
Mauldons White Adder
McMullens AK Original
McMullens County Bitter
Miners Arms Own Ale
Mitchells Lancaster Bomber
Moles 97
Moles Cask Bitter
Moorhouses Blond Witch
Moorlands Best
Mordue Five Bridges
Mordue Workie Ticket
Morland Old Speckled Hen
Morrells Varsity
Morrissey Fox Blond Witch
Murphys Stout
Nethergate Bitter
Nethergate IPA
Nethergate Suffolk Pride
Nethergate Umbel Magna
Newquay Steam Pils
Nix-Wincott That
Oakham Bishop’s Farewell
Oakham JHB
Oakham White Dwarf
Oakhill Farmers Ale
Oakleaf I Can’t Believe It’s Not Bitter
Oakleaf IPA
Oakleaf Pompey Royal
O’Hanlons Firefly
Okells MacLir
Okells Summerstorm
Old Bosham Bitter
Old Mill Bitter
Orkney Dark Island
Orkney Northern Lights
Orkney Red McGregor
Orkney Skullsplitter
Ossett Silver King
Otter Bitt
Otter Bright
Phoenix White Monk
Pilgrim Crusaders
Pilgrim Great Crusader
Pilgrim Porter
Pitfield Bitter
Pitfield Dark Star
Priory Hoppy Best
Priory Pride
Priory Quaffing Ale
Priory Raspberry Special
Priory Strong Wheat Beer
Pump Bottom Farm Cider
RCH Old Slug Porter
RCH PG Steam
RCH Pitchfork
Rebellion IPA
Redruth Cornish Rebellion
Ridleys Witchcraft Porter
Ridleys Witchfinder Porter
Ringwood Boondoggle
Ringwood Fortyniner
Ringwood Old Thumper
Riva Blanche
Robinsons Frederics
Robinsons Northern Glory
Robinsons Old Tom
Robinsons Olympic Gold
Robinsons Sunny Jim
Robinsons Whistling Willie
Roosters Leghorn
Roosters Special
Roosters Star & Stripes
Roosters Yankee
Ruddles Best
Sam Smiths Tadcaster Bitter
Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild
Shepherd Neame Goldings
Shepherd Neame Master Brew
Shepherd Neame Spitfire
Skinners Betty Stoggs
Skinners Ginger Tosser
Smiles Best
Smiles Exhibition
Smiles Legover
South Yorkshire Barnsley
Southwyk Skew Ale
Spinnaker Rip Tide
Springhead Roaring Meg
St Arnold Passageway
St Austell Hicks Special Draft
St Austell HSD
St Peters Organic best
Strathalbyn Stout
Strongs Hampshire Bitter
Swale Copperwinkle
Thatchers Cider
Theakstons Best
Theakstons Old Peculier
Theakstons XB
Thompsons Bitter
Thornbridge Jaipur IPA
Thornbridge Wild Swan
Thwaites Bitter
Thwaites Double Century
Thwaites Mild
Thwaites Original
Thwaites Reward
Thwaites Thoroughbred
Timothy Taylor Best
Timothy Taylor Golden Best
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Timothy Taylor Ram Tam
Titanic Best
Tolly Cobbold Mild
Tolly Cobbold Original Bitter
Triple fff After Glow
Triple fff Altons Pride
Triple fff Moondance
Triple fff Pressed Rat & Warthog
Uley Hogs Head Bitter
Uley Old Spot
Uley Pigormortis
Urquell Pilsener
Ventnor Wight Spirit
Wadworth 6X
Wadworth Devizes
Wadworth Old Timer
Wards Sheffield Best
Warsteiner Lager
Warsteiner Weisse Beer
Warwickshire Lady Godiva
Wells Bombardier
Wells Eagle IPA
Wells Fargo
Welton Old Cocky
Westons 1st Quality Cider
Westons Cider
Westons Herefordshire Country Perry
Whitstable Oyster Stout
Wickwar BOB
Wickwar WPA
Wiltshire Old Devil
WJ Kings Mallard Ale
Woodfordes Baldric
Woodfordes Headcracker
Woodfordes Norfolk Nog
Woodfordes Wherry
Woods Parish
Woods Wonderful
Wychwood Fiddlers Elbow
Yates Bitter
York Centurion’s Ghost
York Stonewall
Youngers No 3
Youngers Scotch Ale
Youngs Bitter
Youngs Golden Zest
Youngs Oregon Amber
Youngs PA
Youngs Ramrod
Youngs Special
There are bound to be a few beers which have slipped through the net – beers we enjoyed drinking so much we can’t remember the next morning – let alone a quarter of a century later.
Hopefully you’ll find a few of your own favourite real ales in our beer list too.
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