...introducing “The Battle of the Beers” Challenge.
If you went to last year’s Market Festival in the Market Hall in Chesterfield, you will no doubt have enjoyed and appreciated this intimate setting which shadows the historic Market Place, as well as EVERY beer being on handpump.
Not content with hosting a very successful annual beer festival at The Winding Wheel every February, we have now made the Market Beer Festival part of our annual calendar, which this year is sponsored by Brampton Brewery. We also have a slight twist...
“The Battle of the Beers” Challenge.
Instead of awarding a Beer of the Festival award to the most voted for beer, we have decided to spice things up a little with a little bit of friendly rivalry between our excellent local brewers...
The rules are simple...
Each of our local brewers will create a brand new brew, they will choose the style and strength of the beer, but it cannot have been brewed previously. All of the beers will not be made available to the public until the festival opens.
This is where, you - the expert gets involved...
As real ale connoisseurs, you are the best people to decide which of the brand new beers is the best - so at the festival, there will be voting slips available, and all that we ask you to do is to try a minimum of three of the competition beers and rate each one out of 10. Hand your slip in at the CAMRA Members Stall and you will be entered into a free draw to win one of 4 pairs of tickets to any session of our February Beer Festival.
If you are REALLY up for the challenge...
Try X number of the beers (amount to be decided) in the competition and hand your fully completed slip in at the CAMRA Members Stall, not only will you be entered into our free draw, you will also receive a FREE half pint token as a thank you - this can be redeemed for any real ale at the festival.
The 2nd Annual Market Beer Festival takes place on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October and will feature around 35 Real Ales from Derbyshire & South Yorkshire as well as Ciders and Perries, Country Wines & Free Soft Drinks. There will be two sessions each day: 11am - 4pm and 6:30pm - 11pm. For more info, please download the poster -in pdf format from here.
Tickets go on sale on Monday 1st June 2009 and will be available from: The Pomegranate Theatre Box Office [01246 345222] & Chesterfield Tourist Information Centre [01246 345777] - tickets are limited due to the size of the venue, so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. |
