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(Happy People)
(Frog Horn)
Wow! We forecast that one correctly, the 'weather WAS fantastic' and there 'WERE lots of interesting beers to try'. In fact there were even a few extra beers added to our list as clearly the fab weather brought out a few more people than we had anticipated and we were getting close to running out of beer. A special thanks to Sara and Clive from The Royal Oak in Rusper who helped out with a few extra barrels of beer!
As for the entertainment, it was enjoyable with the Buckland Shag Morris Men performing on Friday evening, the Cafe Racers (a Rhythm and Blues band) doing a great set on Saturday evening and the Frog Island Jazz Band playing in the great sunshine of Monday afternoon.
Lots of great food was also served with an excellent Steak, Ale & Mushroom pie being my favourite!
So what were the best beers of the festival? There were of course 42 to choose from and the winner (together with FOUR joint seconds) was...
| POSITION | BREWERY | BEER | FROM | ABV (%) | RATINGS |
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| 1st | Dark Star | Hop Head | Ansty, West Sussex | 3.8% | 6 "A's" |
| Joint 2nd | Bowman | Swift One | Droxford, Hants | 3.8% | 5 "A's" |
| Joint 2nd | Harvey's | Sussex Best | Lewes, East Sussex | 4.0% | 5 "A's" |
| Joint 2nd | Surrey Hills | Shere Drop | Shere, Surrey | 4.2% | 5 "A's" |
| Joint 2nd | Thornbridge Hall | Jaipur IPA | Bakewell, Derbys | 5.9% | 5 "A's" |
Thank you to everyone who took time to mark the beers, we would not have a 'Beer of the Festival' without your efforts. And of course, everyone who did mark the beers was entered into a prize draw for two bottles of wine. And the lucky winner is.... Martyn Mance. Well done!
A big thank must go to everyone who worked so hard collecting glasses, selling beer, serving in the bar and preparing food. Without your help, Beer Festivals like this quite simply would not be possible.
Once again we have a few pictures of the festival. Just click on the Thumbnail to see a larger version.
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| A Purple Moose (GBBF Winner) |
Cafe Racers (R & B Band) |
Alvis is alive! (or the car is..) |
Sunny Garden (Happy People) |
Frog Island Jazz Band (Frog Horn) |
You can also click on the images below for the final beer/cider list (Revision C), the Food Menu and the Official Poster.
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| Beer Festival - Beer List Revision C |
Beer Festival - Food Menu |
Beer Festival - Poster |
| Click here for the better PDF version |
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You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader for the PDF version and if you've not already got it, you can download it here.
BEER LIST CHANGES
Revision A
If you are interested in seeing what our pevious beer festivals have been like, just click on the links below:
So that's it for another nine months... the only person grateful for the break will be Ken who once again made this great Beer Festival happen..... Thanks Ken!
Last updated: 30th Aug 2007