Swanage Railway Beer Festival & Diesel Gala

2022 Beer Festival 

Festival at Corfe Castle Station Yard
Fri 6 – Sun 8 May 2022
Fri-Sat 11-11; Sun 11-6 or until beer runs out.

The beer festival at Corfe Castle is back, after two years enforced absence. It will take place Fri to Sun, 6th to 8th May at its spiritual home of Corfe Castle station. The festival is being run by an independent company involving many of the team who ran it when it was in the hands of Swanage Railway.
The 24 cask ales are sourced from local breweries, Box Steam, Dorset Brewing Co., Hattie Brown’s, Sixpenny, Southbourne. Cider and perry from Box Steam and Purbeck Cider. The list is provisional as ever, as usual it is hoped they all arrive but some might change and it is unlikely that every beer will last for all three sessions. The organisers hope that as many can make it as possible for an afternoon of Diesel trains, ales and ciders and sunshine.

Beer list

Box Steam Brewery, Holt, Wiltshire
Golden Bolt 3.8% Pale Ale. Ripe peach flavours burst out of this soft and hoppy pale ale. Refreshing, juicy, full flavoured and utterly drinkable.
Soul Train 4.0% White Gold IPA. With a smack of Mosaic hop flavour that particularly brings out bubble gum and tropical fruit notes. Infused to make this WHITE GOLD IPA refreshingly hop forward.
Tunnel Vision 4.2% Amber. A well rounded, light amber bitter, Tunnel Vision is clean tasting with a slight bitterness on the finish. Target, Challenger and Goldings hops at the heart of the recipe give a hoppy, fruity nose with a malty, dry finish.
Piston Broke 4.5% Golden. A robust golden ale, refreshingly hoppy with bittersweet fruity aroma. Piston Broke is a celebration of Goldings and Cascade hops with tropical and citrus notes on the nose and a hint of grapefruit behind a full bodied finish.
New Normal 4.3% Citra IPA. Heavyweight aromas and flavours that are thirst quenching. New Normal gives all the lime and grapefruit you`d expect from this Citra ale.
Spring Loaded 4.3% Copper IPA. The first days of Summer call for a IPA that bursts with fresh, ripe flavours. We use Mandarina Bavaria hops to give a uniquely sweet tangerine note.

Dorset Brewing Company, Crossways, Dorset

Dorset Knob 3.9%. Zesty light amber ale with a malty character and a hoppy floral bouquet.
Jurassic Amber 4.2%. Crisp golden ale with hints of apricot, lasting bitterness and a clean citrus aroma.
Chesil Pilsner Style 4.1%. A crisp Light Pilsner finished with Polish Lubelski hops to create a distinctive lavender and magnolia aroma.
Durdle Door 5.0%. Rusty full bodied ale with a warm caramel flavour and hints of marmalade on the nose.

Hattie Brown’s Brewery, Swanage, Dorset
Moonlight 3.8% Hugely refreshing very light and crisp session strength IPA, packed full of citrisy hops, but still holding a long sweet finish.
HBA 3.8% Well balanced traditional amber session bitter. Very moreish, malty and gently hopped. Swanage Nut 4.8% Brown ale.
Crow Black 5.1% A robust full tasting porter style beer. Very smooth, dark and downable with hints of vanilla and molasses

Sixpenny Brewery, Cranborne, Dorset
Sixpenny IPA 5.2% Multi award winning traditional IPA. Brewed using four hop varieties. Powerful hop character with a long rounded malt finish.
Sixpenny Best 3.8% This is their flagship session ale. A well balanced and moreish ale, with a good rounded malt flavour that leads to a bitter finish.
Sixpenny Gold 4.0% A superb golden ale, slightly citrus, thirst quenching and distinct hoppy floral aroma brewed using American hops.
Cranborne Chaser 3.9% A thirst quenching deep copper coloured ale, distinctly hoppy with a rounded slightly toffee caramel flavour, derived from crystal and pale malts.

Southbourne Ales, Bournemouth, Dorset
Tingay’s Digies 5% American Pale Ale. Golden amber ale with citrus and floral aromas with a hint of passionfruit. This beer is crisp clean and very moreish.
Tingay’s Armed with Flowers 4.5%. Floral Infusion Ale, Hazy jam pink beer with a sweet fruity aroma and a tingly spice finish.
Sunbather Red Ale 4.0%. Its another session ale, bright red when it comes from the wort kettle, this changes to a wonderful ruby red after a few weeks of fermentation. Watch out this one`s moreish!
Headlander Bitter 4.5%. Multi award winning beer. This traditional malty bitter is smoother than a buttered bannister and fresher than any prince.
Grockles Blonde Ale 4.5%. For all you out of towners its blonde and peachy.
Stroller Oatmeal Stout 4.6%. Award winning smooth and dark stout.

Cider List

Box Steam, Wiltshire
Toodle Pip 5.2%. Apple & Pear Cider, Refreshing, crisp, well-balanced flavour, with a delightful natural sweetness and subtle fruity notes.
Core Blimey 4.5% Rounded . Vintage Apple Cider, a well-rounded cider, with real apple freshness and a well-balanced crisp finish.

Purbeck Cider Company, Corfe Castle, Dorset
Dandy Dab 5.0%. Medium Dabinett Cider.
Purbeck Pirate 4.8%. Bittersweet Medium Cider.
Joe`s Farmhouse Dry 5.6%. Authentic Dry Cider.

Please note last minute substitutions may occur and beers/ciders will run out and will not be replaced.