 is pleased to announce our first Beer & Music Festival which will be held at the Marquis of Granby pub in Sompting over the weekend of Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th of September 2010 starting at 12 noon each day.
The Marquis of Granby is under new ownership and has recently undergone a complete refurbishment. Landlords Brian and Stacey have kindly donated the use of their Marquee and beer garden for the festival and we have additional marquees to erect in case our English summer lets us down!
 There will be over 30 real ales and ciders on sale, full details of the exact line-up can be found below and HERE.
There will also be a BBQ, bar food and a full programme of music, comedy and poetry on both days organised by the Floating Fish Cabaret and local band The Logical Hairs.
There are plans for some children's entertainment in the afternoons which, along with the garden's existing play equiment, will help to provide a real family atmosphere.
Full details of all the weekend's activities can be found on the Doctor WatsOn website Listed on the right of this page are the generous sponsors of the 2010 Floating Fish Beer & Music Festival.
Many have each sponsored a barrel of beer so that as much money as possible can be raised. Please give these local companies your full support.
 All proceeds from the festival will go to the Worthing & Adur Fund which supports small local community groups and charities that struggle to raise their own funds. This year the governement grass-roots match funding scheme means that every pound we make is doubled by the government!
For further details of the fund, CLICK HERE
 So please come along Saturday 4th or Sunday 5th (or even both days!), try some of the wonderful beers and ciders, the BBQ and help us raise lots of money for local causes.
Landlord - from the Taylors Brewery - 4.3%
Sponsored by The Marquis of Granby
A
classic, strong pale ale. Refreshingly reliable, nationally renowned,
this full-drinking pale ale has a complex and hoppy aroma.
A over T - from the Hogsback Brewery - 9%
Sponsored by Doctor WatsOn
Aromas over Tongham - Deep tawny colour, complex and powerful yet well balanced with fruity notes, and hints of chocolate & raisins. A distinctive ale from the 'Barley Wine' stable.
Lammas Ale - from the 1648 Brewery - 4.2%
Sponsored by Henry House Hot Pool & Therapy Centre
Amber/brown full bodied great tasting beer with a satisfying balance of malt and hop. A custom brew for the Eastbourne Lammas Festival made to celebrate the first cereal crop harvest of the season.
Oak Ale - from the 1648 Brewery - 4%
Sponsored by HSBC Worthing & Brighton Commercial
An old fashioned style of best, brown bitter with a malty after taste. Originally brewed as a house beer for the Old Oak pub, but now being sold as a permanent beer.
Sussex Gold - from the Arundel Brewery - 4.2%
Sponsored by Carpenter Box LLP
Golden in colour with a smooth, fresh, fruity, floral flavour.
ASB - from the Arundel Brewery - 4.5%
Sponsored by nSure Business Insurance Specialists
A special bitter with a good hop and fruit aroma. The hoppy flavour combined with a little roast malt gives way to a fruity, hoppy, bittersweet finish.
White Wing - from the Hammerpot Brewery - 4%
Sponsored by 1st 4 Uniform
An assertively bitter copper coloured ale. Pleasant fruity hop after-taste.
Brown Cow - from the Bradfield Brewery - 4.2%
Sponsored by Ayres Bright Vickers
A rich deep chestnut coloured ale, with a beautifully smooth creamy head. A citrus aftertaste gives way to a long dry finish.
Harvest Pale - from the Castle Rock Brewery - 3.8%
Sponsored by Private Wealth Management
Using gently kilned malt with a wonderful blend of American hops are added during the brewing process gives this pale beer beautiful poise. The hops are very noticeable and lead to a crisp aftertaste. Champion beer of Great Britain in 2010.
Espresso - from the Dark Star Brewery - 4.2%
Sponsored by A & T Business Associates
Specially blended and ground espresso coffee beans are added to the copper along with the late hops to produce this dark, rich stout.
Hophead - from the Dark Star Brewery - 3.8%
Sponsored by Eucaderm Hair Clinic
Light straw coloured bitter with fully hoppy aroma and clean crisp bitterness from Cascade hops
American Pale Ale - from the Dark Star Brewery - 4.7%
Sponsored by Splash FM
A yeast strain used for the brewing of the pale dry American Ales was specially imported from the USA, along with some Chinook and Centennial hops, to produce this pale ale. The pale Maris Otter malt provides a perfect light colour and dryness to complement the crisp taste and full aroma of the hops.
Exmoor Beast - from the Exmoor Brewery - 6.6%
Sponsored by NLH Solicitors
This dark beer is brewed making liberal use of chocolate and crystal malt. The beer has the characteristics of a strong porter whilst retaining the distinctive Exmoor taste. A superb blend of malt of hops with a complex long aftertaste.
Bear Ass - from the Beartown Brewery - 4%
Sponsored by Barebones Communications
Ruby red, malty bitter with good hop nose, fruity flavour and a dry, bitter aftertaste.
Woodcote Bitter - from the Hammerpot Brewery - 4.5%
Sponsored by The Best Of Worthing
A tangy amber bitter with a pleasant dry finish. Brewed with English Northdown hops.
Schiehallion - from the Harviestoun Brewery - 4.8%
Sponsored by Bennett Griffin LLP
The original cask conditioned lager beer Schiehallion is crisp, dry and airy with a beautifully fresh, grapefruity taste. Delicately crafted using Hersbrucker lager hops; it is fermented at a very low temperature with lager yeast.
Ginger Tosser - from the Skinners Brewery - 3.8%
Sponsored by Utility Warehouse
A lovely hoppy golden ale fused with Cornish Honey to give this session beer a superb round finish with a hint of ginger. Designed for red-headed pancake tossers (of course! What did you think the name was referencing…. for shame!). It was originally created to aid the celebration of Pancake Day, now a permanent fixture among the Skinner’s stable
Summer Lightning - from the Hopback Brewery - 5%
Sponsored by BrightLaw
Straw coloured with an extremely pleasant bitter, straw coloured beer with a terrific fresh, hoppy aroma. This, coupled with an intense bitterness, leads to an excellent long, dry finish.
Auld Hemp - from the High House Brewery - 3.8%
Sponsored by Face Media Group
An amber coloured traditional ale, single hopped with Fuggles. This, together with the malt produces a most rewarding session bitter with a slight hint of malt in the finish.
Midnight Bell - from the Leeds Brewery - 4.8%
Sponsored by Whyte Financial
A premium dark mild. Roast and chocolate malts combine to give a full bodied, complex character to this rich and robust ale.
Moor Matchlock Mild - from the Marston Brewery - 4.0%
Sponsored by Spofforths
Traditional, full flavoured dark mild.
Hoppit - from the Loddon Brewery - 3.5%
Sponsored by The Herald
Moderate in strength, but packed with flavour. Smooth malty body, quite bitter.
Progress SVH - from the Westerham Brewery - 4.0%
Sponsored by etc Magazine
A golden ale made only with Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and Progress hops from the National Trust’s only hop garden at Scotney Castle. The Progress hop gives a smooth sweet hoppiness and gentle bitterness to this beer.
Adur Surprise! - from the Adur Brewery - ?%
Sponsored by Adur Brewery
And it will be a right surprise, not only to you and us, but the brewery itself! Adur Brewery will be providing three different ales for the festival, two are listed below, but being a micro-brewery it’s difficult to know what the third will be at this stage, but it’ll be good!
Velocity Bitter - from the Adur Brewery - 4.4%
Sponsored by Phillips Scaffolding
A traditional English bitter with a fresh flavour at the lower end of the bitterness scale, Adur Brewery adds a handful of the ruinously expensive German Hallertauer hops just before the beer is fermented and the result has excellent aroma and just a hint of an old fashioned marmalade.
Hoptoken - from the Adur Brewery - 4%
Sponsored by W. Worthing MP Peter Bottomley
An amber-coloured bitter showcasing the Amarillo hop, which was discovered and introduced by Virgil Gamache Farms Inc in Washington State. It is a versatile hop, giving both flavour and aroma. The aroma is described as flowery, spicy and citrus-like, more specifically you can detect hints of peach and grapefruit. The hoppiness carries over into the taste, together with notes of toffee, malt and grapefruit. There is a good bitterness, and a long dry finish.
Village Idiot - from the White Horse Brewery - 4.1%
Sponsored by Worthing and Adur Chamber of Commerce
In every pub, and allegedly within every Chamber of Commerce, throughout the land, there resides a village idiot, sometimes we are really lucky and have more than one!
Even the most foolish will recognise this distinctively golden beer, only the finest hops are in the White Horse Brewery’s dry store but some maniac has tipped them all in, creating an explosion for the senses.
A golden beer with an abundance of hops, finely balanced by the finest Yorkshire malt and a little wheat malt, which smooth the path to real Village Idiot serenity.
Westons - Bounds Brand - 4.8%
A crisp, dry, fruity, traditional, cloudy Scrumpy cider. Suitable for
vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs!
Westons - Hereford Perry - 4.5%
A still, medium Perry fully matured in old oak vats to develop its strength and traditional character.
Thatchers - Cheddar Valley - 6.0%
The colour of this unique cider gives it a vibrant character all of its own for those who want an alternative refreshing drink with a touch of natural sparkle.
Naturally fermented, Cheddar Valley is matured in oak vats to ensure the distinctive full flavour is retained.
Moles - Black Rat - 6.0%
A dry, award winning, premium English cider. Unpasteurised, maintaining the
apple's full flavour, Black Rat Cider has a fresh apple aroma, a smooth taste and a
crisp clean finish.
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