I’ll add a rider here and say favourite medium to large beer festival, because my favourite small festival has got to be Clifford Champion Beer Festival the tenth edition of which is […]
People & Politics? GBBF 2018
I thought this should have been two separate posts – People & Politics. They are, for me, what makes GBBF such a fascinating event and they seem to be the driving force […]
‘Five Beers, Three Ways’ at the Mended Drum, Huby
Man walks into a pub in a small North Yorkshire village. Nice village, nice little pub, but beyond being in GBG2018 it doesn’t offer much hope. Maybe a York Brewery beer if […]
Woodfest2018
I’ll sum Woodfest 2018 up in a sentence: A superb festival that is an excellent celebration of the place where the Brewers art meets that of the Cooper. To be fair, it’s […]
The Malt Shovel Tavern, Northampton
I know things were starting to get a bit jumbled by the ninth pub of the day but I couldn’t believe it when Retired Martin thrust a Wetherspoons ‘CAMRA 50p off a […]
Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018
The old Central Station is reminiscent of Olympia without the balcony and the fancy bits. A bit smaller, and only one hall, but quite a large impressive space nevertheless, set out with […]
Beer Festivals Are Killing Pubs!
I recently read that beer festivals are killing pubs which is a long held theory of Martin Taylor’s. To be fair, Martin’s viewpoint might be a little tongue in cheek, but I’ve […]
Calderdale Beer (and Cider) Festival 2017
I guess it’s sods law? After being sat in the garden the day before, it’s raining on the day you decide to go somewhere. It got worse, just as the bus turned […]
York Beer Festival – The Big One on the Racecourse!
York Beer and Cider Festival is the largest beer festival in the North of England and I’m guessing, probably third biggest in the UK, behind GBBF and Peterborough, in terms of size […]
The Great British Beer Festival?
As I queued up with the hundreds? maybe going on a thousand or slightly more in the long queue, I was reassured by the volunteer who repeatedly addressed us. Nice touch that. […]