This years drinks.
Our festival is proud to showcase a mixture of unique and popular beers from local and national breweries. From hoppy IPAs to malty bitters, stouts, porters, milds, lagers and ciders, we have something for everyone to enjoy.
Check out our 2025 selection below!
Please note that whilst we aim to provide all of these, some changes may happen due to availability.
Cask Beers
Acorn Summer Pale
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A clear, straw coloured wheat beer with slight bitterness and a floral aroma.
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Type: Pale
ABV: 4.1%
Bosun's King Neptune​
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The God Liquid Refreshment - A session IPA that’s light golden in colour, has a fruity nose and subtle bursts of citrus and grapefruit flavours – the ultimate booty! shiver me timbers, it’s good.
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Type: IPA
ABV: 4.3%
Bosun's Maiden Voyage​
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A traditional Northern English ale, chestnut brown in colour, gently bittered using Fuggles English hops.
An excellent session beer and received the 2013 SIBA North East Bronze Award for standard bitter.
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Type: Bitter
ABV: 3.9%
Daleside Blonde
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Blonde has the colour and the full flavour of an ale but with a light crispness, Citrus fruit aroma and crisp palate, Dalesides best selling beer!
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Type: Blonde
ABV: 3.9%
Half Moon Astral Waves
Fruity, hoppy IPA brewed with a blend of Golden malts. Expect an initial bitterness with a fruity citrus aroma and a big hoppy finish.This beer is served from a wooden cask.
Beer aged in wooden casks, gains several benefits. It develops complex and nuanced flavours, softens harsh edges, and can impart flavors from the wood itself or from previous liquids the barrel held. Additionally, barrel aging allows for a slow oxidation process, contributing to a more mellow and well-rounded beer.
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Type: IPA
ABV: 5.0%
Half Moon Wilma​
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​Light blonde ale, easy drinking. Expect spicy, blackcurrant notes, a gentle floral aroma and a soft finish, Single hopped pale with Willamette.
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Type: Pale
ABV: 3.9%
Hambleton Stallion​
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Our take on a traditional old fashioned Yorkshire Best Bitter, with a strong malt character and enhanced bitterness, brought bang up to date with a last minute hop addition for extra aroma.
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Gluten Free
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Vegan
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Type: Bitter
ABV: 4.2%
Jolly Boys Citra​
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An easy drinking American Pale Ale, this session beer is Hoppy & Citrusy Very Moorish with a well balanced finish.
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Type: APA
ABV: 4.2%
Kirkstall Black Band Porter​
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In celebration of Kirkstall Forge, the oldest forge in England, and named after the giant press that was at the heart of the operation.
A full bodied yet beautifully smooth dark porter. Perfectly balanced flavours of chocolate and coffee enhanced by the mild herbal hop character. Deliciously dark.
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Type: Porter
ABV: 5.5%
Kirkstall Three Swords
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The name is derived from the coat of arms used by Cisterian monks of Kirkstall Abbey. Three American hop varieties are fused in abundance to deliver a crisp, aromatic pale ale with clean and refreshing citrus fruit flavours. Hops Centennial, Cascade and Chinook.
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Type: Gold/Pale Ale
ABV: 4.5%
Nailmaker Cardinal Sin​
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Brewed with Cardinal hops. A delicious mix of citrus, grapefruit and tropical pineapple flavours and aromas with a hint of bitterness.
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Type: Pale
ABV: 4.4%
Ossett Silver King​
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One of the original Ossett core beers from 1998 and SIBA national champion. This regal beer continues to be a timeless classic. A simple combination of UK grown pale malt and American Cascade hops result in a crisp, dry and refreshing pale ale with aromas of citrus fruit and balanced bitterness.
Gluten Free
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.3%
Roosters Nectar​
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A New Zealand pale ale brewed using two sought-after hops from the other side of the world (Rakau and Nelson Sauvin), that combine to produce a dangerously drinkable beer with aromas of gooseberry and passion fruit.
Suitable for vegans.
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 5.2%
Roosters Old Faithful​
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A blend of Three hops from Three different countries, Old Faithful is a premium pale ale that highlights the berry-fruit qualities that each of the hops (Bramling Cross, Pacific Gem & Cluster) bring to the party. Aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry are followed up by a refreshing level of bitterness.
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.3%
Rudgate Jorvik Blonde​
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Rudgates most popular beer. Blonde ale with a balanced hoppy bitterness and a crisp, fruity finish. Jorvik is a light, smooth, and easy-drinking blonde ale, perfect for those who enjoy a crisp and refreshing pint.
Gold winner - SIBA beer awards 2022
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Type: Blonde
ABV: 3.8%
Rudgate Valkyrie​
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American West Coast pale ale, gold in colour with a triple helping of American hops give this an explosion of flavour, with notes of passionfruit, citrus and tropical fruit.
Gold award winner - International beer Challenge 2022
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Type: APA
ABV: 5.0%
Trig Crest​
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A hoppy pale ale utilising Cascade and Strata hops which bring zesty tropical fruits backed with subtle piney resinous, layered on a base of sweet Maris Otter malts.
A first time appearance here at CCBF for this brewery based in Sutton upon Derwent.
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.7%
Turning Point Wavelength​
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Incredibly light in colour, and glistening with Mosaic, Mosaic and more Mosaic. A juicy and piney showcase of our absolute favourite hop.
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 4.5%
Wensleydale Gamekeeper​
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Gamekeeper has all the traditional traits of a Yorkshire Best Bitter with a modern edge. Rich copper in colour with malty and slightly biscuity flavours; Magnum hops give a subtle hoppy finish. After a long day on the moors, this is just the job!
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Type: Bitter
ABV: 4.3%
Wensleydale Semer Water​
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Sema’ is a light, blonde easy drinking ale. Hopped with Cascade to infuse a balanced and delicate floral undertone. The lake hides a legendary sunken village; A hungry beggar was refused alms in all but one cottage and damned the village thus: ''Semer Water rise, Semer Water sink, and cover all save this lile house, that gave me meat and drink''
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Type: Blonde
ABV: 4.1%
Wetherby Brewco Draughtsmans Final Draught​
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Easy drinking citrusy IPA with hop and fruit flavours, brewed using Simcoe , Chinook and Citra hops. A must try beer from this local company.
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Type: IPA
ABV: 4.3%
Wharfdale Blonde​
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A golden straw coloured blonde session ale. English malts combine with a blend of New Zealand and American hops to create lingering citrus/grapefruit flavours and a fresh satisfying bitter finish.
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Type: Blonde
ABV: 3.9%
Yorkshire Heart Blackheart Stout​
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Traditional Stout with roasted Coffee & Molasses flavours. Made with 4 Malts & First Gold Hop, a true Yorkshire Stout.
Gluten free.
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Type: Stout
ABV: 4.8%
Yorkshire Heart Scarbados
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This beautiful pale ale made an appearance last summer. It proved so popular that it is back again. Scarbados is an East Coast pale ale with a Yorkshire twist, brewed with Simcoe and Mosaic hops to produce a juicy, fruity thirst quenching beer.
Gluten free.
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Type: Pale Ale
ABV: 5.5%
Keg Beers
Bosun's Wetherby Pilsner​
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A new brew from this popular Wetherby brewery.
A crisp, refreshing craft alternative for lager drinkers, brewed using pilsner malt and Czech and German hops. With its honey notes, this pilsner is guaranteed to give you your sea legs.
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Type: Lager
ABV: 4.0%
Harrogate Wavey Marms​
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A fruity, funky session IPA made using Mosaic and Citra hops. Tropical notes with hints of marmalade, Paddington would approve!
Silver - SIBA regional awards winner 2022
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Type: IPA
ABV: 3.8%
Kirkstall Virtuous
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Gluten-free and vegan, our flagship session IPA is a crisp, bright, west coast style session.
All of that grapefruit peel, lemon and lime on the nose. Tropical and citrus fruits dominate, with hints of pine and a touch of blueberry, balanced by its complex malt base and a solid carbonation.
Gluten free.
Vegan.
Details
Type: IPA
ABV: 4.5%
SALT Jute​
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Sharing its name with a highly versatile natural fabric, this beer packs just the right punch. Jute puts a spin on the classic hazy style, with a seamless blend of Australian and American hops to create a seriously juicy Session IPA.
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Type: IPA
ABV: 4.2%
Lagers
SALT Hell Rat​
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Defiant and untamed, Hell Rat is a crisp, fresh Helles lager forged in the unrelenting fires of the underworld. Reserved for sinners, not saints. A refreshing Helles style lager brewed with extra pale malt.
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Type: Lager
ABV: 4.0%
Birra Moretti​
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Birra Moretti is a low fermentation beer, made from a blend of fine hops, giving it a pleasant taste that is finely bitter and balanced, with floral notes and initial aromas of barley malt.
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Type: Lager
ABV: 4.6%
Ciders
