Stafford Beer Festival 2012

StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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It seems like only yesterday that the last beer was drunk at the 4th Stafford Beer Festival but planning for this years Stafford Beer Festival gets underway this week.

I know many forum members visited last year and hope you all had a great time. A huge amount of time and effort goes into planning the festival. From the fun bit deciding which beers to order, we take this very seriously and sample hundreds, to the more mundane like ordering the portable toilets. The first planning meeting is this Thursday 8pm at the Vine Hotel, Stafford. After that we meet monthly up until the festival, whether you can spare a few hours or a bit more it would be great if you could get involved. If you can’t make the meetings but would like to get involved just drop me a message on here.

Also we’re always looking for feedback and suggestions on how we can make the festival even better, if you’ve got any ideas please let me know.

Cheers,

David.
 
Kingy

Kingy

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Broadoak and Gwatkin Medium Perry, efficient catering and an Irish band this year please......or the two gentlemen that played in the beer festival tent at The Sun.
 
Timeflies

Timeflies

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Brilliant cant wait for this! Cant remember its name but the one that tasted like chocolate was good last year... more of that please!

T
 
StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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Thanks for the replies I will pass them onto our orderers and entertainment guy. Catering will definetly be sorted this year!

I think we had a few chocolatey beers last year, Titanic Chocolate and Vanilla Stout,
Holden's Blackcountry Mild, Allgates All Black, Moorhouses Black Cat.

Anymore suggestions for beers/ ciders or ways that we can improve on last year?

Don't forget first planning meeting tonight at 8pm Vine Hotel, Stafford. Please come along if you can.
 
Scoot Doggy Dogg

Scoot Doggy Dogg

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StaffordBeerFestival said:
Anymore suggestions for beers/ ciders or ways that we can improve on last year?
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Sent you a PM with contact details for Rowton [micro] Brewery in Shropshire.

"Rowton Bitter- A Pale Ale with a Crisp Hoppy Flavour ABV 3.9%". A good session ale and I've certainly enjoyed it a time or two.

Thought it may be worth an inclusion in LocAle section?
 
StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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Thanks again for the PMs will pass them all on.

Pleased to say that the first planning meeting went really well, was great to see some new faces. Things have just got underway and I am already excited! Watch this space for more details in the next couple of months.

There are still some roles to be filled and we never say no to some help, if you want to get involved please let mw know!

As always any ideas for how we can improve/ develop the festival please let me know.
 
StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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For those that use Twitter you can follow the festival @StaffsBeerFest Mel is posting regular updates to do with the festival and beer in general.
 
basil

basil

don't mention the blinds
Tiggys in the market might be up for providing pork pies & sausage rolls........
 
K

Kelp

A few posts under my belt
Breweries to consider for the festival.....

Summer Wine Brewery (Holmfirth, Yorkshire)
Magic Rock Brewery (Huddersfield)
Happy Valley (Macclesfield)
Marble (Manchester)
Darkstar (Sussex)
Bodies (London)
Quantum (Stockport)
 
Noah

Noah

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The dates for the Beer Festival have been confirmed as Thursday to Saturday 2nd-4th August, at Blessed William Howard.
School. Details will appear on the festival website http://www.hoscbeerfestival.org.uk as they become available. lots of good beer, cider & country wines planned and the food will be much better this year.
 
StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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It's been a while but I've now updated the Events section to include the Friday and Saturday.


For more information either of these websites will direct you to the festival website:
www.staffordbeerfestival.org.uk or www.staffordbeerfestival.co.uk

You can find us on Facebook (Search for Stafford Beer Festival) and Twitter (@StaffsBeerFest) we plan to include up to date beer lists and other news on both of these.

As posted elsewhere it's the same venue as last year: Blessed William Howard School, Rowley Avenue, ST17 9AB
Opening times and admission charges (should all be in the Events section)
Thursday Evening 18.00 - 23.00 £1.00 (non member) Free (CAMRA member)
Friday Afternoon 11.30 - 15.00 £1.00 (non member) Free (CAMRA member)
Friday Evening 16.00 - 23.00 £3.00 (non member) £2.00 (CAMRA member)
Saturday Afternoon noon - 18.30 £2.00 (non member) £1.00 (CAMRA member)
Saturday Evening 19.00 - 23.00 Free (non member) Free (CAMRA member)

Saturday afternoon from 12.00pm till 18.30 is a family friendly session the rest of the time it is over 18’s only.
 
StaffordBeerFestival

StaffordBeerFestival

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A few more things:

Food this year is being provided for us by the Lewis Partnership (The Swan, Bear Grill etc) so should be fewer problems than last year.

Entertainment for the Friday is .44 Pistol and Dan Walsh so we expect it will be very busy, best to arrive early and eat at the beer festival :)

Sponsorship: If anyone is interested in sponsoring a barrel end for the beer festival let me know! Cost is £20 per barrel, the size of the sponsorship display is A4 and the wording will be “ Barrel Sponsored by (Sponsors Name) and we will accept the sponsors own designed barrel end.

Volunteering: If anyone is interested in helping out at the beer fest there is a link on the website (www.staffordbeerfestival.org.uk), you dont need to be a CAMRA member to volunteer and you will be rewarded with beer tokens, food and a lovely festival t shirt. We especially need people for Friday evening.

Look out for us at Stafford Farmers Market this Saturday (14th July) you'll be able to pick up a flyer, the latest issue of Beer at Heart (complete with Festival Beer List) and have a sample of a Lymestone beer (either Ein Stein or Stone Dead).

Cheers
 
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