[Thu 2 Aug 2012] 5th Stafford Beer Festival

[StaffordBeerFestival]

5th Stafford CAMRA Beer Festival

Returns to Blessed William Howard High School.

70+ Ales
16+ Ciders and Perrys
Country Wines


Thursday 2nd August: 6pm – 11pm
Admission: £1.00
CAMRA Members: Free

 

[Goldilox]

Nice little plug in Wednesday's Express & Star...oh and it would seem there's a good band playing on Friday night

 

[Gramaisc]

Ah, so it is on for longer than just the Thursday evening, as the details above might suggest..?

Is it the same times on the three days?

 

[Noah]

Thursday 6.pm-11.pm Admission £1.00 CAMRA members free
Friday lunch 11.30am-3.pm Admission £1.00 CAMRA members free
Friday even. 4pm-11pm Admission £3.00 CAMRA members £2.00
Saturday lunch 12noon-6.30pm Admission £2.00 CAMRA members £1.00
Saturday even. 7pm-11pm Admission Free

Don't think you'll be thrown out at 6.30 on Friday, just that there will be no service at the bars. It gives the staff a break and signals the end of the lunchtime family friendly session so that under 18s will have to be off the premises by 7pm.

Don't forget, food this year will be provided by the Swan.

I think that Stafford Beer Festival had the same problem that I've had in not being able to find a way of putting in a finish date.

 

[Withnail]

... not being able to find a way of putting in a finish date.

At the start/end time bit there is a box that says (something like) for [box] hrs.

The most you can put in is 72 hours - to get the exact times you'd have to put up a separate event for each time span. Not massively helpful for an event such as this, but you could edit it with the 72 hour max. which would at least keep it from being an ex-event after Thursday.

 

[Withnail]

Make that 53 hours - major maths meltdown.

 

[Noah]

Provisional beer list. This is what has been ordered, what turns up on the day may be different. It's all at the whim of the breweries. Sarah Hughes Mild may not be available as the brewery is going to be closed for a period for refurbishment


Backyard Brewhouse, beer to be confirmed
Backyard Brewhouse, The Hoard
Bathams, Best Bitter
Beartown, Bear Ass
Beartown, Peach Melbear
Beowulf, Beorma
Beowulf, Dark Raven
Black Country, Endless Summer
Blythe,S taffie
Blythe, Palmers Poison
Blythe, Johnson’s
Burton Bridge, Thomas Sykes
Burton Old Cottage, Cloughy’s Clout
Enville, Czechmate Saaz
Enville, Ginger Beer
Holdens, Black Country Mild
Holdens, Black Country Bitter
Ironbridge, Foundry Gold
Ironbridge, Heritage Mild
Joules, Blonde
Joules, Pale Ale
Joules, Slumbering Monk
Kinver, Crystal
Kinver, Half Centurion
Lymestone,L ymestone Cowboy
Lymestone, Seven Stone Weakling
Lymestone, Einstein
Lymestone, Stone the Crows
Morton, Essington Penkside Pale
Morton, Jelly Roll
Morton, Scottish Maiden
Peakstones Rock, Pugins Gold
Peakstones Rock, Black Hole
Peakstones Rock, Oblivion
Quartz, Blonde
Sarah Hughes, Dark Ruby Mild
Shires, OBJ (O Be Joyful!)
Shires, Severn Gorgeous
Slaters, Queen Bee
Shires, Summer Classic
Slaters, Premium
Slaters, beer to be confirmed
Slaters,T op Totty
Titanic, Cappuccino Stout
Titanic, Plum Porter
Titanic, Pier 54
Townhouse, Cascade
Townhouse, Audley Gold
Worthington, Red Shield
ABC, Goldilocks
Bollington, Bollington Nights
Bewdley, Old School Bitter
Bewdley, William Mucklow's Dark Mild
Cheddar Ales, George Best Bitter
Derby Brewing, Quint Essential
Dowbridge, Acris
Goffs, Jouster
Hop Back, Summer Lightening
Lancaster, Blonde
Lancaster, Red
Liverpool Organic, 24 Carat Gold
Liverpool Organic, William Roscoe
Marble, W90
Marble, Manchester
Navigation, Pale Ale
Oakhams, Endless Summer
Oakhams, Citra
Purple Moose, Snowdonia Ale
Purple Moose, Dark Side of the Moose
Slaughterhouse, Saddleback Best Bitter
Stonehenge, Pig Swill
Thornbridge, Jaipur IPA
Weatheroak, Light Oak

 

[StaffordBeerFestival]

I can confirm that thanks to the foresight of Viv at Lymestone brewery we have two barrels of Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild!

 

[tek-monkey]

So, about these ciders.....

 

[StaffordBeerFestival]

Here they are! May be a few details missing but hope this is what you were looking for.

Cider
Broadoak Moonshine Clutton Hill, Somerset Med Sweet 7.5%
Burrow Hill Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset Med Dry 6.0%
Gwatkins Stoke Red, Abbey Dore, Herefordshire Sweet 7.5%
Gwatkins Foxwhelp, Abbey Dore, Herefordshire Dry 7.5%
Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon Pontypridd, Glamorgan Medium 7.2%
Malvern Magic Swinmore Trumpet, Herefordshire Medium 6.5%
Newton Court Leominster, Herefordshire Med Sweet 7.0%
Parsons Choice West Lyng, Somerset Medium 6.0%
Rich Watchfield, Somerset Sweet 6.0%
Swallowfields Hope Mansell, Herefordshire Medium 6.0%
Three Cats Morley, Derbyshire Sweet 6.7%
Westcroft Janets Jungle Juice Brent Knoll, Somerset Medium 6.0%

Perry:
Broadoak Clutton Hill, Somerset Sweet 7.5%
Hecks Blakeney Red Street, Somerset Med Sweet 6.0%
Olivers Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire Med Dry 6.0%
Ross-on Wye Cider & Perry Co Peterstow, Herefordshire Medium 6.0%

 

[tek-monkey]

Excellent, thanks for that.

 

[Noah]

Volunteers have just started setting up the festival. Most of the stillaging is up already, waiting for the beer to arrive.

 

[tek-monkey]

Will try and get down on the Saturday afternoon to try a couple (will have kids I suspect, so not too many )