Save the Ale

If you fancy belting out karaoke classics, Sweet Caroline, Total Eclipse of the Heart or Killing Me Softly, then your luck is in because on the 30th of July, our famous pub karaoke is back! Entrance is free so just turn up and sing away to your heart’s content!

Our other big event starting this month is annual beer festival starting on Thursday 28th July, 2011. We’ll have over 15 beers showcasing the best of Yorkshire breweries, as well as all our regular beers.

Here’s the full line up for the Beer Festival:

From the York Brewery:

• York Terrier 4.2% - a premium bitter with rich, creamy malt and full hop palate finish.
• York Centurion Ghost 5.4% - warming, dark bitter ale, with a roasted malt taste. Very easy to drink for its strength.
• York Guzzler 3.6% – a well balanced, light beer with Pale Malt character. Crisp and refreshing.
• York Longdaze 4.3% - a golden ale with a fruity & hoppy flavour, blackcurrant aroma and dry finish.

From the Ilkley Brewery:

• Illkley Mary Jane 3.5% – a crisp and pale with a refreshing citrus.
• Ilkley Lotus 5.6% – a gold coloured genuine India Pale Ale with hoppy, lemon and citrus aromas. This ale is complex, but well balanced and full of flavour.
• Ilkley Black 3.7% – a dark and velvety mild made with chocolate and roasted malts to give a rich and satisfying flavour.
• Ilkley Best 4% - a hoppy and spicy Yorkshire bitter.

From the Saltaire Brewery:

• Saltaire South Island Pale 3.5% – clean, pale beer, with cool crisp fruitiness from New Zealand hops, grown at Tasman Bay.
• Saltaire Raspberry Blonde 4% – a refreshing blonde ale delicately infused with raspberry flavours.
• Saltaire Blonde 4% - straw coloured light ale with soft malt flavours, delicately hopped with Czech and German hop varieties.
• Saltaire Elderflower Blonde 4% - refreshing blonde ale infused with the delicate flavour of elderflower.
• Saltaire Cascadian Pale Ale 4.8% – an American style pale ale with floral aromas and strong bitterness of cascade and centennial hops.

From Roosters Brewery:

• Roosters Hot Shot 3.9% – a moderately bittered floral and hoppy beer, brewed with a classic mix of Amarillo and cascade hops.
• Roosters Stars N Stripes 4.3% – brewed with American hops for a big bold beer made with golden promise and crystal hops.
• Roosters YPA 4.3% - pale golden colour. Raspberry aroma. Long aromatic finish. Medium bitterness. Golden Promise malt, soft Yorkshire water and Styrian Golding hops.
• Roosters Citra 4.3% – a new interesting hop to come from the USA with passion fruit and tropical flavour.

From misc breweries:

• Leeds Samba 3.7% – a hugely drinkable blonde beer. Using malts more usually associated with lager, this pale brew is delicate and fruity whilst retaining a clean finish.
• Rudgate Nifleheim 4.4% - mid coloured bursting with hoppy flavours.

And if you can’t wait until then, here are the real ales on tap this week:

• Humpty Dumpty Brewery: Nord Atlantic 3.7% -  a dark session bitter with a large crystal malt addition offset by a strong hopping with Target and Challenger hops.
• Green King Brewery: Ale Fresco 4.3% - Smooth and easy drinking, this refreshing golden cask ale is brewed using centennial hops and has a subtle fruit aroma and fresh citrus taste.
• We also have Norfolk Cider back on the list, a 7%…killer!

Don’t forget that the Kings Head is open every day, so you can pop in any time you like. We’re open from 10.30am to 11pm from Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 10.30pm on Sunday, with food served from 12 to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm daily.