The Great American Beer Festival in er Cardiff, 1 - 10 July

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The Great American Beer Festival in er Cardiff, 1 - 10 July

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Whilst at the Great Welsh Beer Festival I came across a flyer for this, this is what they say:

'The Great American Beer Festival

The City Arms NEEDS YOU (with graphic of Uncle Sam pointing) 1st July to 10th July

13 tasty Beers from the good old USofA!

Draught
Brooklyn Lager (5.2%)
Anchor Steam (4.8%)

Packaged
Anchor porter (5.6%)
Dixie Beer (4.5%)
Anchor Summer (4.5%)
Sierra Nevada pale Ale (5.6%)
Black Chocolate Stout (10%)
Brooklyn Summer Ale (4.5%)
Raging Bitch (8.3%)
Snake Dog (7.1%)
312 Urban Wheat (4.2%)
Honkers Ale (4.2%)
Goose Island IPA (5.9%)

These beers are limited edition only so make sure you get to enjoy them before they're gone '

The city arms is on Quay Street in Cardiff, just a two minute walk from Cardiff Central station.

Their website: http://www.thecityarmscardiff.com/index

I was thinking of attending on Saturday 2nd July, Anyone interested?
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Sounds like it could be fun, and I'd love to go, but 2nd July is also St Pauls Carnival.

There is one point that needs some clarification, I feel...

These beers are limited edition only so make sure you get to enjoy them before they're gone


They might want us to believe that, but it's not true. A few of these are seasonal, but most are produced in large volume year round. Many of these can be bought in Corks of Cotham, Brewer's Droop, or even the supermarket, so if you can't make it to Cardiff you can still try some of these.

There are some good beers here (some of them very good), but they aren't all that rare. I'll annotate the list....

Draught
Brooklyn Lager (5.2%) - available year-round. Available in bottles over here. Rare on draught in the UK. Does not travel well.
Anchor Steam (4.8%) - available year-round. Available in bottles in UK.

Packaged
Anchor porter (5.6%) - available year-round. Available in bottles from Corks of Cotham.
Dixie Beer (4.5%) - available year-round.
Anchor Summer (4.5%) - seasonal. Corks of Cotham have had it in the past.
Sierra Nevada pale Ale (5.6%) - available year-round Available in Tescos, Morrisons....
Black Chocolate Stout (10%) - Available year round, although more common in winter.
Brooklyn Summer Ale (4.5%) - Brooklyn Seasonal. Don't know UK availability.
Raging Bitch (8.3%) - Flying Dog. Available year round. Brewers Droop have it.
Snake Dog (7.1%) - Flying Dog. Available year round. Brewers Droop have it.
312 Urban Wheat (4.2%) - Goose Island. Available year-round. Corks of Cotham sometimes have it. Goose Island now-belong to Anhauser Busch
Honkers Ale (4.2%) - Goose Island. As above.
Goose Island IPA (5.9%) - As above.
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Hmmm,

how about a trip to Cotham to score some beers then have a sampling session somewhere?
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Ali

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Nice Idea!

It is the Foodies Festival at the harbour-side this weekend. We could be naughty and score some beers from Corks to drink with food from the festival!

... And then round it off with a a pint or two at the Three Tuns!

I must admit it's a shame that none of the American bottled Beers from Corks are bottle conditioned, is this normal practice for American Craft Brewers, am I missing something or am I a BC snob?

Or maybe an outdoors Beer 'Picnic' another time on a sunny day, what's Mina Road Park like these days?
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SteveW wrote:

I must admit it's a shame that none of the American bottled Beers from Corks are bottle conditioned, is this normal practice for American Craft Brewers, am I missing something or am I a BC snob?
There's a certain issue that some US craft beer is force, filtered and pasteurised in bottles (although as a point of reference Fullers do the same for ESB and LP, Brewdog filter). But Corks don't give accurate info. Sierra Nevada bottle condition, some of Brooklyn's is bottle conditioned, Dogfish Head bottle condition, Victory bottle condition......

I feel a big BCB American Craft Beer tasting event coming on. And we'll get to many of these during the BJCP course.
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I'm either brewing it going to the foodie event on Saturday. Slightly erring towards food at the moment.

I'd be up for getting some beers from corks, not just American ones though! Beer in a park though - I don't fancy that!
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