Festival Ale (Yarborough Hotel, Grimsby)

Black Sheep Monty Python's Dead Parrot 4.1%

A Speciality (or Red) Ale. Pours hazy amber with an off white head and lacing. Aroma, a little malt and some orange. Taste is orangey and quite earthy. Quite strange!!! I'd have to concede that this beer may be generally better than the pint I've just been served.

Festival Ale (Blue Bell Inn, Shorpe)

Hook Norton Off The Hook 4.3%

A Golden Ale. Pours clear pale golden with virtually no head. Aroma, citrus especially grapefruit. Taste is hoppy and citrusy, again especially grapefruit.

Festival Ale (Blue Bell Inn, Shorpe)

Wolf Brewery Lazy Dog 4.7%

A Premium or Strong Bitter. Pours chestnut coloured with a small white head and very little lacing. Aroma, malt, caramel and some fruit. Taste is malt, a little coffee, caramel and fruit. Nice

Festival Ale (Red Lion, Doncaster)

Thornbridge Shelby 5.0%

An IPA. Pours golden with a thin white head and lacing. Aroma, malt and a little citrus. Taste is malt, a little biscuit & toffee, some citrus and hoppiness.

Festival Ale (Gatehouse, Doncaster)

Exmoor Exile Wicked Wolf 4.2%

A Golden Ale. Pours clear golden with a decent white head and lacing. Aroma, flowery with a little malt and hops. Taste is also a tad flowery, quite bland. Apparently there are some juniper berries in there somewhere.

15 ticked off, 5 still to find.

Festival Ale (Rawson Spring, Hillsborough)

Purity APA 3.9%

A Golden Ale. Pours hazy golden with a white head and lacing. Aroma, tropical fruit. Taste is predominantly hoppy and tropical fruit.

Festival Ale (Rawson Spring, Hillsborough)

Wadworth Sweet Molly 5.5%

A Ruby Ale. Pours ruby with an off white head and lacing. Aroma, smokey malts and caramel. Taste is smokey malts, chocolate, caramel, dark fruit and a hint of spice. Excellent! Unsurprisingly, my favourite festival ale.

Festival Ale (Benjamin Huntsman, Sheffield)

Adnams Old Ale 4.1%

An Old or Traditional Ale. Pours dark brown with an off white head and lacing. Aroma, malt and a little toffee. Taste is malt, toffee and caramel. Slightly on the thin side but pleasant enough. Seems to be part Mild, part Winter Warmer.

Just 2 left to find ...

Festival Ale (Art Picture House, Bury)

Hogs Back Citrus Pale Ale 4.5 %

A Golden Ale. Pours clear deep golden with a small off white head and lacing. Aroma, hops and citrus. Taste is mainly hops and citrus with a little underlying malt.

So ... just the one left ...

Festival Ale (Red Lion, Doncaster)

Lancaster Tales English IPA 5.1%

Pours clear golden with a white head and lacing. Aroma, hops and citrus. Taste is also citrus and hoppy.

Full house