CAMRA Forth Valley Spring Real Ale Festival

Following a successful festival last year CAMRA Forth Valley return to the Dobbie Hall, Larbert for another festival.

• Friday : 5pm - 11pm

• Saturday : Noon - 11pm

Bands booked for entertainment both nights with an 8pm start.

• Friday : The Tonkerers

• Saturday : Lieutenant Stardust

Beer List

FORTH VALLEY BEERS…

Castlecary House Hotel (Brewed at Tryst)

Bottleneck 4%

Devon, Sauchie, Clackmannanshire

Pride 4.8%

Devon’s strong beer!

Original 3.7%

A Bittersweet beer

Harviestoun, Alva, Stirlingshire

Bitter & Twisted 3.8%

A mix of maltiness hops and a slight flowery flavour together with a mild fruitiness and a caramel sweetness. A finish with a bitter lemon kick and sharp dry aftertaste.

Old Engine Oil 4.5%

Thick black ale with rich chocolate flavours and a bittersweet aftertaste to savour.

Schiehallion 4.8%

Cask lager with hoppy aroma.

Lade Inn, Kilmahog (Brewed by TSA)

LadeOut 5.1%

A robust and satisfying dark ale with a complex flavour of liquorice and dark chocolate, that is rewarding on the palate.

Traditional Scottish Ales (TSA), Stirling

Bannockburn 4.2%

A satisfying & complex light coloured beer. Delightfully refreshing with complex hoppy and fruity aroma.

Ginger Explosion 5.0%

A smooth blonde full bodied Ale with a rich ginger flavour. Hand brewed with root ginger in the mash and infused with more root ginger in the cask to reinforce the explosion of ginger on the palate.

GlenCoe Stout 4.5%

Traditional Scottish stout with a creamy, toasted oatmeal flavour. Lightly hopped with a complex roast malt aroma and a smooth silky aftertaste.

Lomond Gold 5.0%

Clean, sharp and fresh flavoured taste. A fruity organic hop gives a hint of citrus on the palette and a very satisfying aftertaste.

Tryst, Larbert, Stirlingshire

Blathan 4.2%

A rich golden ale with a hint of elderflower

Brockville Dark 3.8%

A dark, ruby coloured, full tasting session ale with hints of liquorice and roasted grains. An edge of bitterness gives additional character to this award winning ale.

Carronade Pale Ale 4.1%

Bursting with citrus flavours. A combination of choice malted barley, Washington State hops give a very distinctive tasting ale.

Carron Oatmalt Stout 6.1%

The taste sensation of Sweet Oats and malt gives way to roasted grain flavours with a coffee and liquorish background, recreate a stunning ale from Scotland's brewing past.

Dobbie Shuffle 4.5%

A pale malted best bitter with a pleasant nose and balanced finish. Subtle citrus flavours are complimented with a gentle wash of bitterness.

Raj IPA 5.5%

A traditional full bodied IPA, resonant with three British hop varieties giving a smooth enduring bittersweet taste. Named by Craig Laurie for last year’s Larbert Beerfest!

Zetland Wheatbier 4.5%

A toffee coloured German Wheatbier brewed with malted wheat, munich and pale malts. German malt & hops are fermented in hefeweizen yeast to create the distinctive banana nose for which it is known. A refreshing drink that offers something a little different to lovers of ale.

Williams Brothers, Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Birds ‘n Bees 4.0%

Bright, golden summer ale brewed with a blend of Belgian pale malt, Cascade and Bobek hops with a late infusion of fresh elderflowers and lemon zest. Fruity, aromatic and deliciously refreshing.

Fraoch 4.1%

A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt character, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish.

Ginger Kyte <1.0%

Tayberry Kyte <1.0%

OTHER SELECTED DELIGHTFUL SCOTTISH BREWS…

Fowlers, Prestonpans, East Lothian

Gothenburg Porter 4.4%

Pronounced roast barley character and a long, dark chocolate and espresso coffee finish.

Prestonpans 80/- 4.2%

Complex malt with marked caramel notes solid bitterness with pleasant green hoppy finish.

Highland, Birsay, Orkney

Orkney IPA 4.8%

A modern IPA, not overly bitter but still nicely ‘hoppy’ and at 4.8%, just about a session IPA for a sensible night’s drinking. The hop profile is nothing short of stunning.

Orkney Porter 9%

Dark mahogany in color, with ruby highlights, this porter has a lovely roasted grain aroma and some dark berry fruit. After a slight tartness, coffee and chocolate dominate the palate, with a hint of smoke lending complexity. Nutty bitter chocolate pervades the persistent finish.

Scapa Special 4.2%

A satisfying world class pale ale, made with maris otter pale ale malt & a blend of four hops from America, Germany, New Zealand & Slovakia.

Inveralmond, Perth

Lia Fail 4.7%

A dark robust, full bodied beer with a deep malty taste.

Perth 800 4.0%

Deep amber ale with a rich malty palette and a gentle bittering finish, celebrating 800 years of Perth’s status as a Royal Burgh.

XXX 4.4%

A traditional and full bodied satisfying 80/-.

Loch Leven, Fife

Cock Robin 4.1%

A copper coloured ale, easy drinking with pleasant blackcurrant notes.

Golden Goose 3.7%

A light golden ale with a good malt body. Chinook and Liberty American hops give a tangy citrus finish.

Luckie Ales, Auchtermuchty, Fife

70/- 3.6%

Lovely Lucky Ale with a dark copper colour, malt sweetness and slight hop bitterness.

Amber Ale 3.7%

Aromatic Amber Ale! Spicy hop follows caramel and biscuit flavours.

Wheatbier 5.0%

Wicked wheat bier - pale hazy gold with soft grain flavour and fruity aroma, with no hop bitterness.

Tempest , Kelso, Borders

???? (a surprise! – even we don’t know!)

This beer will be one the first brews from this new Borders Brewery, have a go!!

FOREIGN BEERS (Well English & Welsh ones....)

Abbey Ales, Bath, Somerset

Bellringer 4.2%

notably hoppy ale, light to medium-bodied, clean-tasting, refreshingly dry, with a balancing sweetness. Citrus, pale malt aroma and dry, bitter finish.

Atomic, Rugby,

Meltdown 4.2%

Breconshire, Powys

Red Dragon 4.7%

An unusually red coloured beer, blending the red ale traditions of the NE and Ireland with a hint of Welsh flair. A selection of hops, including pioneer, provide the bite to compliment the biscuit malt characteristics of this exceptionally smooth & easy drinking beer.

Burton Bridge, Staffordshire

XL Bitter 4.0%

Cliff Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk

Tolly Roger 4.2%

A warming golden yellow coloured ale, brewed using no coloured malt just pale ale malt. Intensely fragrant aroma of citrus fruit and floral notes, this beer has complex flavours of malt, sweetness, bitter oranges, and honey suckle.

Crouch Vale, S.Woodham Ferrers, Essex

Essex Boys Bitter 3.5%

A pale brown beer with plenty of pleasing malt and hop flavour despite the low gravity. Unputdownable!

Crouch Best 4.0%

This mid-brown beer is wonderfully full bodied and malty. A classic 'best' and an established local favourite which aims to please and succeeds time and time again. Definitely moreish!

Brewers Gold 4.0%

Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival 2005 AND 2006, this is a pale, refreshing and hoppy beer with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits.

Snowdrop 4.2%

Pale brown, crisp, dry and full-bodied.

Dark Star, Brighton, Sussex

Hophead 3.8%

An extremely clean drinking pale gold coloured ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the Cascade hops. This beer is fullbodied despite its very quaffable strength and dryness.

Earl Soham, Earl Soham, Essex

Victoria 3.6%

Light, hoppy and bitter. Brewed using a standard pale malt and crystal malt mix with Goldings and Fuggles hops.

Farmers Ales (Maldon), Essex

Pucks Folly 4.2%

A golden beer to rival any other on the bar. Light and refreshing with a citrus (some say grapefruit!) note. We use a true English hop, the East Kent Golding, and in great abundance too.

Fat Cat, Norwich

Fat Cat Honey Ale 4.3%

A mid-brown coloured ale, combining the full flavour of English pale and crystal malts with Norfolk honey, giving a sweetish, yet full-flavoured ale. The spicy notes of Cascade hops combine well with the honey to give a smooth finish, with a notable, hoppy bite.

Goffs, Winchcombe, Glos.

Jouster 4.0%

A drinkable, tawny coloured ale, with a light hoppiness in the aroma. It has a good balance of malt and bitterness in the mouth, underscored by fruitiness, with a clean, hoppy aftertaste.

Mauldons, Sudbury, Suffolk

Silver Adder 4.2%

A light coloured bitter with fine hop and malt combinations giving a refreshing finish.

Nethergate, Sudbury, Suffolk

Bar Fly 3.9%

Oakham, Peterborough, Cambs.

JHB 3.8%

A golden beer whose aroma is dominated by hops that give characteristic citrus notes. Hops and fruit on the palate are balanced by malt and a bitter base. Dry hoppy finish with soft fruit flavours

Roosters, Knaresborough, Yorks.

Leghorn 4.3%

Prize winning premium aromatic bitter. Made with 3 aromatic hops. Chinook, crystal and Cascade. Tropical fruit/floral aromas. Full tasting, well balanced. Golden Promise malt.

Hot food avalable all sessions

Dobbie Hall, Main Street, Larbert, FK5 4BL.
(or click here for a map).

Carron Works, Bank Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NB

Wetherspoon's Real Ale Festival

• Guest Brewers

• Award Winning Ales from Across the United Kingdom

• Imported Ales

• Exclusive Brews For J D Wetherspoon

Carron Works, Bank Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NB.
(or click here for a map).

Earl of Zetland, Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8AN

Wetherspoon's Real Ale Festival

• Guest Brewers

• Award Winning Ales from Across the United Kingdom

• Imported Ales

• Exclusive Brews For J D Wetherspoon

Earl of Zetland, Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8AN.
(or click here for a map).

James Young, 36-40 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EU

Wetherspoon's Real Ale Festival

• Guest Brewers

• Award Winning Ales from Across the United Kingdom

• Imported Ales

• Exclusive Brews For J D Wetherspoon

James Young, 36-40 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EU.
(or click here for a map).

Williams Brothers Brewery Beer Festival, Alloa Town Hall

Further details as soon as they are available.

• Friday :

• Saturday :

Alloa Town Hall, Marshill, Alloa, FK10 1AB.
(or click here for a map).

Tappit Hen, Kirk Street, Dunblane

Further details as soon as they are available.

Tappit Hen, Kirk Street, Dunblane, FK15 9EP.
(or click here for a map).

Four Marys, 65/67 High Street, Linlithgow

The first of the Four Marys' biannual Cask Ale Festivals for 2010.

• Friday : 4pm - 11.45pm

• Saturday : Noon - 11.45pm

Further details as soon as they are available.

Four Marys,High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED.
(or click here for a map).