BARD'S BREWERY
9 Smallbrook Business Centre, Bidford-on-Avon, ALCESTER. B50 4JE Website: www.shakesbrew.co.uk e-mail: info@shakesbrew.co.uk	Tel: 0845 838 1564

A new 2.5-barrel brewery started by Derek Hawyes in October 2005 as Shakespeare's Brewery: the name was changed in October 2006 after legal threats from an Austrian company that had registered Royal Shakespeare as a trademark! The bottled versions of the beer have won accreditation from CAMRA's Real Ale in a Bottle scheme and will appear in CAMRA's Good Bottled Beer Guide.. The first brew of Tempest (5.5%) won gold at the SIBA Midlands Beer Competition at Nottingham in October 2005, while Tumbledown (5.0%) won silver medal at September's Harbury Beer Festival

3.9%		Noble Fool	A light, copper/amber Pale Ale with a citrus aroma, bitter hop and nutty malt palate.
4.6%		The Scottish Ale	Malty, traditional Scottish 80/- style ale. Dark red with delicate hop finish.
4.3%		Taming Of The Brew	a burnished copper appearance and a slightly smoky nose with firm malt and crisp hop taste throughout.
5.5%		The Tempest	A dark full-bodied entire porter with chocolate and liquorish overtones.
		SEASONAL/OCCASIONAL BEERS
4.6%		Thane of Cawdor	A copper/amber IPA with dry malt and bitter hop flavours.
5.0%		Caesar's Conquers	An autumnal stout with a nut finish.
5.0%		Tumbledown	A pale ale, hoppy and decptively easy to drink. Won silver at 2006 Harbury Beer Festival.
5.0%		Twelfth Night	A chocolate Stout with a nutty roasted malt taste.
5.0%		You're Bard	The final brew in January 2007.

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