[Aug 1, 2014] Real Ale Weekend 2014 (North Weald)

The weekend of 1-3 August sees the second Epping Ongar Railway beer festival at North Weald station, complete with 40 real ales and eight ciders, and heritage steam and diesel trains.

In addition, classic Routemaster buses will be providing transport to and from the festival site, travelling from Epping (Underground, Central Line) for those coming from London, and Shenfield (national rail) for those coming from Essex. The transport options mean there’s no need for designated drivers, so everyone can enjoy a pint or two.

This year the festival is running for an extra day, starting on Friday. Heritage trains start running at 9:50am each day, and on Friday and Sunday the bar will be open from 12:00 until 5.30pm. All weekend you’ll be able to enjoy your drinks either in the grounds of the railway or on board. However, on Saturday the bar will be open until 9pm, with live music from 4.00pm until the sun goes down – with the last buses leaving the site shortly after.

As with last year's event, there’ll be real ales from London and Essex, with several produced specially for the occasion. Locally produced London Glider Cider will be one of the real ciders on offer. A full list of both ales and ciders will be published in advance. CAMRA members can buy discounted tickets, including bus and festival train travel, for £11.

 

For those who are interested - the draft draught beer and cider lists are below; all products subject to availability!

BREWERY NAME Style %
Brentwood Chockwork Orange Old Ale 6.5
Brentwood Marvellous Maple Mild Mild 3.7
Brentwood OMG Bitter 3.7
Brentwood Gobbler TBC 4
Buntingford Northern Brewer Single Hop 4
Buntingford 92 Squadron Bitter 4.5
Buntingford Highwayman Bitter 3.6
By The Horns Stiff Upper Lip Pale Ale 3.8
By The Horns Mayor of Garratt Bitter 4.3
Colchester Jack Spitty Bitter 4
Colchester No 88 Bitter 4
Colchester Brazilian Porter 4.6
Dominion Prairie Golden 4.5
Dominion Woodbine Racer Pale Ale 4.2
Dominion / Billericay Mild With No Name Dark Mild 6
East London Brewing Lower Quadrant Stout Stout 5.8
East London Brewing Jamboree Golden 4.8
East London Brewing Cowcatcher American Pale Ale 4.8
Elephant School Brewing Wheat Odyssey Wheat IPA 7
Elephant School Brewing Sunny Delight Wheat Beer 4.2
Elephant School Brewing Oddsnsods Dark Ruby IPA 4.3
Five Points Pale Dry Hopped Simcoe Pale Ale 4.4
Five Points Railway Porter Porter 4.8
Hackney Golden Ale Golden 4
Hackney New Zealand Pale Ale Pale Ale 4.5
Hackney Mosaic TNT Pale Ale Pale Ale TBC
Hope Brewery Strangely Brown Brown Ale 4
Hope Brewery Citra Bitter 4.2
Hope Brewery White Dragon Premium Bitter 5
Hope Brewery Dark Demon Dark Ale 4.4
Mighty Oak Captain Bob Bitter 3.8
Mighty Oak Cockney Rebel Best Bitter 4.4
Pitfields 1850 London Porter Porter 5
Pitfields 1837 India Pale Ale IPA 7
Redemption Fellowship Porter Porter 5.1
Redemption Rock The Kazbek IPA 4
Redemption Redemption Pale Ale Pale Ale 3.8
Ringwood Old Thumper Premium Bitter 5.1
Upstart TBC TBC TBC
Wildcard Queen of Diamonds IPA 5

Cider & Perry

Double Vision Double Vision Medium Sweet 7.4
Gwynt y Ddraig Happy Daze Medium 4.5
London Glider Dry Dry 6
London Glider Medium Dry Medium Dry 6
Lyme Bays Jack Ratt Medium 6
Millwhites Blackberry Blush Fruit Flavoured 6.5
Snailsbank Tumbledown Summer Fruits Cider & Perry 4
Weston Herefordshire Country Perry Perry 4.5