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THE WANDSWORTH COMMON SUMMER PARTY
A 40th Anniversary Celebration @ Le Gothique Bar & Restaurant
Le Gothique is turning 40 and we’re celebrating in style with a four-day Summer Festival of Beer, English Wine, Cider and London Gin, set across the Secret Garden and Great Hall.
A family-friendly celebration for all ages, with something for everyone across four days on Wandsworth Common.
Wednesday 5th August:
Preview Night (6pm–11pm)
Kick things off in style. One £50 ticket gets you drinks all evening — beer, cider, English wine and gin included (food available separately).
Thursday 6th: Saturday 8th August (1pm–11pm)
The party continues with £15 entry and an all-day BBQ, plus live music on Friday 7th August.
Keep an eye on our socials for event updates, including any extra surprises along the way.
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Opening hours
Wed: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Thu: 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Fri: 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Sat: 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Beer List

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Arbor

Greenwood Friar (6.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

HAZY New England IPA A collab with Northern Monk. According to brewers its an IPA with flavours of gooseberry, mango and passionfruit. So not an IPA at all. .

Producer / Brewery: Arbor
ABV%: 6.0
Category: IPA

Azvex Brewing Co.

Dockers Umbrella (4.8%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

A clean, crisp lager brewed exclusively with German ingredients and inspired by traditional brewing methods. A foundation of Munich malt brings a bready sweetness and subtle biscuit character. Dockers Umbrella is an old Liverpool expression referring to the overhead railway that once ran along the city’s docks. Workers on the docks jokingly called it the “Dockers’ Umbrella” because it provided shelter from the rain as they walked beneath..

Producer / Brewery: Azvex Brewing Co.
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Lager
Immortal Jellyfish (6.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

VEGAN Hop-forward IPA brewed with Mosaic, Citra and Cascade hops.. Named after the immortal jellyfish, a creature known for restarting its life cycle.


Named after the immortal jellyfish, a creature known for restarting its life cycle.Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Azvex Brewing Co.
ABV%: 6.2
Category: IPA

Baynhams Brewery, New Forest

Chorus (12.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Bar

Be the very first to sample this Bottled Sparkling Beer A genuinely new beer. Sparkling, complex, with all the character of a fine sparkling wine. Brewed with wine yeast normally associated with Chardonnay wines to develop fresh vineyard fruit notes and complex flavours, with a blend of light malts fermented longer to create a biscuity finish with persistent bubbles. MUST TRY .

Producer / Brewery: Baynhams Brewery, New Forest
ABV%: 12.0
Category: Sparkling Beer

Braybrooke Beer Co.

Braybrooke Helles (4.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Traditional Bavarian Helles. Malt forward, light and easy drinking, this straw-coloured beer is brewed with Pilsner and Munich malts and gently hopped with Hallertau Tradition hops. Matured for 30 days, unfiltered and unpasteurised, this is a very sessionable lager with plenty of flavour for its strength. . A brewery in the British countryside producing high-quality lagers according to exacting German principles. Importing the malt from Bamberg and the hops directly from a farm in Tettnang. All beers are brewed with local British water that has undergone reverse osmosis to make it perfect for lager brewing. No filtering or fining agents are used, which also ensures the beers are vegan. Brewing techniques include colder, slower fermentation than is standard, and the beers are cold-stored (lagered) for a minimum of 30 days before release. The result is beers that are naturally carbonated, smooth, and bright.


A brewery in the British countryside producing high-quality lagers according to exacting German principles. Importing the malt from Bamberg and the hops directly from a farm in Tettnang. All beers are brewed with local British water that has undergone reverse osmosis to make it perfect for lager brewing. No filtering or fining agents are used, which also ensures the beers are vegan. Brewing techniques include colder, slower fermentation than is standard, and the beers are cold-stored (lagered) for a minimum of 30 days before release. The result is beers that are naturally carbonated, smooth, and bright.Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Braybrooke Beer Co.
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Amber
Braybrooke Keller Lager (4.8%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Kellerbier, meaning cellar beer. This is a proper lager, full bodied, complex and refined. .

Producer / Brewery: Braybrooke Beer Co.
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Lager
Braybrooke Pilsner (4.5%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

With 100% Franconian Pilsner malt base, this beer has a delicate, crisp taste complemented by a fine, grassy and citrusy aroma and flavour, which is given by a generous amount of modern and traditional German hops. These hops are sourced directly from the Locher-Hopfen farm in Tettnang, Germany. .

Producer / Brewery: Braybrooke Beer Co.
ABV%: 4.5
Category: Pilsner

Brew York

Calmer Chameleon (4.1%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Note This new recipe is no longer gluten free. Super juicy and resinous hops Columbus, Mosaic, Simcoe and Idaho 7 unite for a full on APA pint .

Producer / Brewery: Brew York
ABV%: 4.1
Category: APA
Hop Cat (3.9%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A pale ale with a subtle haze and a whole lot of flavour. Brewed exclusively with Citra hops. Aromas of grapefruit zest, ripe mango, and hints of passion fruit. On the palate, juicy citrus and tropical fruit lead the way, balanced by a clean, refreshing bitterness.

Producer / Brewery: Brew York
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale

Bristol Beer Factory

Laser Juice (4.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

IPA Gluten free and vegan .An easy drinking IPA for everyone.Supercharged with new wave hop energy. A Tangerine and orange Cryo Pop tropical blend. MUST TRY .

Dietary Info: Vegan, Gluten Free
Producer / Brewery: Bristol Beer Factory
ABV%: 4.2
Category: IPA

Burnt Mill

Pintle (4.3%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Pale ale brewed with wheat, oats and Vienna in the grist. Whirlpooled and dry hopped with Cascade, Citra and a touch of Kazbek. Has a restrained bitterness and dry finish. .

Producer / Brewery: Burnt Mill
ABV%: 4.3
Category: Pale

Deya Brewing

Magazine Cover (4.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Gluten free and Vegan. Crisp IPA yet soft hoppy session ale with Idaho-7, Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic hops. .

Dietary Info: Vegan, Gluten Free
Producer / Brewery: Deya Brewing
ABV%: 4.2
Category: IPA

Downton

Chimera Strong Ale (6.8%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Strong Golden IPA .

Producer / Brewery: Downton
ABV%: 6.8
Category: IPA
Chocolate Orange (5.8%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

The ONLY beer that has been at all 34 Wandsworth Common beer festivals. A long time festival favourite and previous winner of “Best in Wandsworth” Enriched with a bottle of Cointreau in every brew. (Special).

Producer / Brewery: Downton
ABV%: 5.8
Category: Special
Elderquad (4.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A pale, generously-hopped beer with hints of sweetness and a subtle elderflower aroma..

Producer / Brewery: Downton
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Pale
Honey Blonde (4.3%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Straw coloured golden ale. Fresh and fruity infused with real honey .

Producer / Brewery: Downton
ABV%: 4.3
Category: Golden
Quadhop (3.9%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Downtons most popular bitter. Pale in colour, now with five varieties of hops! Great summer pint with Challenger, East Kent Goldings, Pioneer, Citra and Styrian Goldings hops providing a full range of floral and citrus aromas and bitterness . Long time supplier to the Wandsworth Common Festival Martin Strawbridge is at the forefront of modern cask brewing and has stayed loyal to cask preferring not to go down the route of keg like so many other brewers. Instead, his ever changing seasonal range, plus core favourites, remain faithful to traditional beer production methods and techniques.


Long time supplier to the Wandsworth Common Festival Martin Strawbridge is at the forefront of modern cask brewing and has stayed loyal to cask preferring not to go down the route of keg like so many other brewers. Instead, his ever changing seasonal range, plus core favourites, remain faithful to traditional beer production methods and techniques.Producer / Brewery: Downton
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale

Drop Project

??? (tbc%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Unknown. Special


SpecialProducer / Brewery: Drop Project
Category: Special
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Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

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SpecialProducer / Brewery: Drop Project
Category: Special
Crush (4.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Bar

K38 Crush 4.2% HAZY This beer is on the bar inside Le Gothique. Crush is Drop Projects take on the New England session style of beer. Big on flavour but only 4.2%. Brewed with a combination of Barley, Wheat and three types of Oats it pours a hazy pale straw colour. The hops. Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic, Ekuanot and Azacca collectively deliver an explosion of orange peel, mango, melon and pine. K39 ????.

Producer / Brewery: Drop Project
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Pale

Duration

Daisy Chains (4.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Easy drinking Extra pale ale stays light on its feet, with notes of grapefruit, hints of pineapple and a clean citrus finish. Fresh, juicy.Hops: Nectaron, Citra, Simcoe .

Producer / Brewery: Duration
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Pale

Floc

??? (tbc%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Unknown. Special


SpecialProducer / Brewery: Floc
Category: Special

Harveys

Prince of Denmark (7.5%)Gone
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

One of the Great beers of the World. A complex beer with aromas of leather, chocolate and liquorice, with a lingering taste. MUST TRY Imperial.

Producer / Brewery: Harveys
ABV%: 7.5
Category: Imperial
Sussex Stronghold (6.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Special barley wine produced in June as part of the Sussex Day celebrations. A warming pale barley wine, with ripe stonefruit flavours, luscious malt character, and a balanced hop bitterness, Sussex Stronghold showcases the very best of Sussex-grown ingredients. The barley is grown at in West Sussex, while the hops are sourced from growers all over Sussex. They combine to create a beer that is unmistakably local in character. Could easily be the Beer of the Festival MUST TRY.

Producer / Brewery: Harveys
ABV%: 6.0
Category: Pale
Tom Paine (5.5%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A dry hopped, robust Pale Ale that launched the concept of seasonal brews ‘for one month only’ and celebrated independent brewers. Named after the author of ‘Rights of Man’, who was an Excise Officer in Lewes between 1768-1774. Originally released for Independence Day, twenty-five years ago. MUST TRY . The oldest independent brewery in Sussex. A family business, the brewery has been in the guardianship of seven generations of John Harvey's descendants since 1790, with five family members from the seventh and eighth generations currently working here. Still a privately-owned limited company, Harvey's remarkably has no shares marketed for external investment.


The oldest independent brewery in Sussex. A family business, the brewery has been in the guardianship of seven generations of John Harvey's descendants since 1790, with five family members from the seventh and eighth generations currently working here. Still a privately-owned limited company, Harvey's remarkably has no shares marketed for external investment.Producer / Brewery: Harveys
ABV%: 5.5
Category: Pale

Hogsback

Tongham Tea (4.2%)On
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

The top selling, award winning, classic Traditional English Ale. Amber in colour, a malt-forward taste with the hops providing balance. A lingering malt sweetness leads to a long, satisfying finish. Small-batch brewed with English malted barley, Surrey-grown classic bittering hop, Fuggles, and water drawn from the chalk aquifers under the Hogs Back ridge. Named after the village of Tongham, .

Producer / Brewery: Hogsback
ABV%: 4.2
Category: Amber

London Brewing

London Lush (3.4%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Extra pale ale. The lightest ale in our selection of cask beers at this festival. Lush is an easy-drinking pale ale with a light malt sweetness balanced with gentle bitterness and a bright citrus aroma from classic American hops .

Producer / Brewery: London Brewing
ABV%: 3.4
Category: Pale

Ossett

Blonde (3.9%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A blonde ale. The warm golden hue of this pale ale captures Hops aare dded late in the boil creating fruity aromas and contributing to a fuller flavour. .

Producer / Brewery: Ossett
ABV%: 3.9
Category: Pale

Otherworld Brewing

Baleen (5.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

A bright hazy pale ale. White grape and gooseberry flavours from Nelson Sauvin, Idaho 7 & Riwaka. A juicy session beer with a bright and refreshing finish. .

Producer / Brewery: Otherworld Brewing
ABV%: 5.2
Category: Pale

Pentrich

Clown College (4.5%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

HAZY Pale Ale. A naturally hazy pale ale brewed with Citra & Galaxy hops. Bright fruit flavours of mango and passion fruit combine with grapefruit notes. .

Producer / Brewery: Pentrich
ABV%: 4.5
Category: Pale

Polly’S

Moon Mountains (5.7%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Polly’s are all about the latest and newest hop technology. Prysma was first used in 2025. Utilising the Citra variety of this liquid hop, this pale ale absolutely sings with fresh orange, pink grapefruit and lime notes, before a pellet addition of Australian in-house favourite Enigma brings white grape, raspberry and cantaloupe flavours, balanced with addition of hot-side Citra BBC to impart a subtle bitterness for balance .

Producer / Brewery: Polly’S
ABV%: 5.7
Category: Pale
Surealistic (5.3%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

We are big fans of Polly’s. The brewery has really come on in the 8 years since it started in North Wales. An absolutely insane amount of punchy grapefruit, fresh orange, and muddled limes in this pale..

Producer / Brewery: Polly’S
ABV%: 5.3
Category: Pale

Pressure Drop

Ja! (3.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

HAZY IPA Vegan friendly session beer which is fruity & spritzy.

Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Pressure Drop
ABV%: 3.2
Category: IPA
Little Squueze (2.5%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

A vegan Lemon Raddler with fresh cloudy Sicilian lemon juice and touch of zest.

Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Pressure Drop
ABV%: 2.5
Category: Raddler
Pale Fire (4.8%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

HAZY Pale Ale Brewed every week since the birth of the brewery. Mosaic and Citra hops bring tropical aromas,. .

Producer / Brewery: Pressure Drop
ABV%: 4.8
Category: Pale

Renegade

Brewski Peach Lager (tbc%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Tremendously refreshing lager. Try a half of this if you are all beefed out in order to reset your palate. .

Producer / Brewery: Renegade
Category: Lager
Renegade Lager (4.1%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

A bit of a crossover beer that may attract bitter drinkers. This lager has considerably more flavour than most lagers.

Producer / Brewery: Renegade
ABV%: 4.1
Category: Lager

Rothaus

Pilsner (5.1%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

The brewery's most successful product, a Pilsner-style beer, "Rothaus Tannenzäpfle" or simply "Zäpfle", Baden-Württemberg. It is well known as a "cult beer" throughout Germany Tannenzäpfle literally means "little fir cone" and is a reference to the shape of the bottled version. .

Producer / Brewery: Rothaus
ABV%: 5.1
Category: Pilsner

Sambrook’S

Blonde on Blonde (5.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A special one off from John Hatch at Sambrooks commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Bob Dylan Album..

Producer / Brewery: Sambrook’S
ABV%: 5.0
Category: Special
Export Stout (7.4%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Completing a trio of one off special brews from Sambrooks. .

Producer / Brewery: Sambrook’S
ABV%: 7.4
Category: Special
Valour English IPA (5.5%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Traditional IPA brewed on the micro set up inside the Old Ram brewery especially for Lord Battersea..

Producer / Brewery: Sambrook’S
ABV%: 5.5
Category: IPA

Sarah Hughes

Dark Ruby Mild (6.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

This Mild combines a balance of intense colour and flavour, making it an award winning festival favourite here and everywhere.. My favourite beer in the World (Lord Battersea) At most Festivals it either never arrived or has already gone. We have 2 barrels. This has almost always won Best in Festival in Wandsworth. Having been to the brewery I know the everyday secret ingredient that makes this beer so special. An ingredient shared with Carolus, in Mechelen Belgium which is my 2nd favourite beer in the World


My favourite beer in the World (Lord Battersea) At most Festivals it either never arrived or has already gone. We have 2 barrels. This has almost always won Best in Festival in Wandsworth. Having been to the brewery I know the everyday secret ingredient that makes this beer so special. An ingredient shared with Carolus, in Mechelen Belgium which is my 2nd favourite beer in the WorldProducer / Brewery: Sarah Hughes
ABV%: 6.0
Category: Mild
Pale Amber (4.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A well balanced straw coloured bitter which is initially sweet but with a hoppy aftertaste close behind. Makes this a good session beer..

Producer / Brewery: Sarah Hughes
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Session
Sedgley Surprise (5.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

A golden premium ale brewed with Maris Otter and hopped with goldings to give the beer a hoppy bitter taste with a malty body and sweet finish..

Producer / Brewery: Sarah Hughes
ABV%: 5.0
Category: Golden

Shindigger

Shindigger IPA (tbc%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

Big American hopped beer with malty backbone. Flagship IPA, very popular and with good reason! .

Producer / Brewery: Shindigger
Category: IPA

Signature Brewing

Backstage (5.2%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

IPA Winner of SIBA SE's Gold Award for Best IPA. Tropical flavours including passion fruit, tangerines and berries. Vegan Friendly. .

Dietary Info: Vegan
Producer / Brewery: Signature Brewing
ABV%: 5.2
Category: IPA
Studio Lager (4.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

4.0% Crisp and classic lager from a musically themed brewery .

Producer / Brewery: Signature Brewing
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Lager

Stone & Wood.

Pacific Ale (4.4%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Great Hall

A hazy golden Pacific ale made with Australian barley wheat and hops. .

Producer / Brewery: Stone & Wood.
ABV%: 4.4
Category: Golden

Theakston’S

Old Peculier (5.6%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Possibly one of the country’s most well-known and loved ales. This unique, beautiful brew is often imitated but never matched and is sold literally all over the world. With countless awards to its credit. The name pays tribute to the unique ecclesiastical status of Masham as a ‘Court of the Peculier’ and is also a reference to the strong characteristic of the beer! Old Peculier is a beautiful, yet very simple beer, brewed using a very generous blend of finest pale, crystal, and roasted barley with two bitter hops combined with the majestic and noble Fuggle’ hop to produce a beer of awesome full-bodied flavour with subtle cherry and banana fruit overtones. .

Producer / Brewery: Theakston’S
ABV%: 5.6
Category: Pale

Thornbridge

Brother Rabbit (4.0%)Coming
Bar / Serving location: Courtyard

Golden Ale A long-time favourite from Thornbridge and one of their earliest recipes, Brother Rabbit is a Golden Ale often in cask but usually bottle only. The beer features a Norfolk malt which gives a great base to the beer and a lightly resinous character, the hops give a more punchy, lemon flavour with grassy hints. Brother Rabbit pours lemon zest in colour with a clean, hoppy aroma..

Producer / Brewery: Thornbridge
ABV%: 4.0
Category: Golden

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