The 6th CAMRA Bromsgrove Beer Festival

www.bromsgrovebeerfestival.org.uk

Thursday 10th (CAMRA members only), Friday 11th, Saturday 12th July 2008

Bromsgrove Rugby Football Club,
Finstall Park, Finstall, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3DH

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• 100 real ales plus 24 ciders and perries - List of Beers, Ciders and Perries

• Fruit Wines

• Opening hours:
  Thursday 7 - 11pm (Card carrying CAMRA members only)
  Friday 6-11pm
  Saturday 11am-11pm (or until the beer runs out)

• Food available at most sessions

• CAMRA shop and membership stand

• Separate bar with other drinks

• This is a quiet festival  - no loud music

• Entrance is just £3 (CAMRA members free) includes programme plus a £2 refundable deposit for a commemorative glass

• The event will host the West Midlands Region Bitter of the Year Competition

• Just 10 minutes walk from Bromsgrove Train Station Train Information

• Bus links 143, 141/940.

• Bromsgrove bus station is a 25 minute walk from the venue and offers services to Worcester, Birmingham, Stourbridge, Halesowen and Kidderminster.

• Hotel a few minutes away Ladybird Hotel

• Plenty of good real ale pubs in Bromsgrove

• Organised by Redditch and Bromsgrove branch of CAMRA

• Festival to opened by Harriet Easton

Harriet is the Shropshire-based founder of The Rushing Dolls Company who have teamed up with award-winning local brewery, Hanby Ales of Wem, to create a beer that is both designed for and marketed to women.

Harry’s Beer is the UK's first ever real ale for women launched by young female entrepreneur, Harriet Easton, a  nineteen year-old politics undergraduate at Newcastle University.

 

Report on last year's event... Thanks for a Brilliant Festival - Our Best Yet Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th July 2007 In the Press... Post Festival Report Bromsgrove Standard 20 July Bromsgrove Advertiser 18 July Pre-festival Bromsgrove Standard 22 June Bromsgrove Standard 11 May Bromsgrove Advertiser 4 July Over 6000 pints of real ale sold plus over 950 pints of cider and perry. Beer of the Festival was Thornbridge Jaipur IPA from Derbyshire. Cider/Perry of the Festival was Malvern Magic Cider The West Midlands Golden Ale winner that we judged was Salopian Golden Thread - A bright gold 5% ale, using wheat and lager malt and flavoured with First Gold hops.  The number of visitors was just under 1800 (1793) The Primrose Hospice stand and donated tokens made £696.

Redditch and Bromsgrove CAMRA