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Chesterfield Beer Festival 2007 Once again, the Winding Wheel was the setting for another successful Beer Festival – here is a small selection of images from the event.
Generous Drinkers Boost Mayor's Appeal
Once
again, the Branch was pleased to help support the
Mayor's Charity, collecting unused beer tokens and cash
donations from festgoers - and then adding a 'top-up'. Rail
Ale Revisited
Merv Allcock
CAMRA debuts at the Derbyshire Food and Drink Fair… The 6th
of these annual events, held at Bolsover Castle, had a
new twist - as a few members of Chesterfield & District
CAMRA ran a stall, to see if we could tempt some of the
numerous visitors to try some real ale, and maybe join
the Campaign.
On
Saturday morning, by 11am people were happily trying all
of our free samples and soon we started selling in
earnest. All of the beers were keenly priced at £1 per
1⁄2 pint, to prove that real ale didn’t have to cost an
arm and a leg. Then we hit a spot of bother - word
quickly got round of the source of ‘decent beer’, and
sales were such that our tentative estimate of 4 casks
of beer was dwindling. Luckily, Dave was able to nip
back to the brewery and replenish stocks before the
first beer had disappeared. By closing time at 5pm, we
had sold more than we had dared hope and even signed up
7 new CAMRA members. Pictured are our Press and Publicity Officer, Andrea Waterhouse with Cllrs Geoff Carlile and Joyce Sanders toasting the success of the Festival. Alun Waterhouse This webpage was last updated on Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
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The
official opening took place during the Trade session on
Friday afternoon. The Mayor and Mayoress of
Chesterfield, Cllrs. Trudi Mulcaster and June Brown are
pictured with Branch chairman Rhoda Waygood, dispensing
the first of many samples of Spire Nocturne Porter. This
beer, which was specially brewed for the festival by
members of the committee, went on to top the poll for
‘Home’ Beer of the Festival, pipping Thornbridge Jaipur.
The
most highly rated ‘Away’ beer was Fyne Ales Highlander,
just ahead of Garton’s formidable Chocolate Frog! The
award for Mild of the Festival went to Batemans, and
Woodthorpe Hall gained another certificate in the cider
category for Owd Barker. Visitors from as far afield as
Hampshire, Somerset, Norfolk and North Yorkshire made
the journey to be there. A slightly less daunting trek
from Matlock Bath saw the ‘Temple Tourette's’,
resplendent in their novelty T-shirts, each sporting a
unique comic design!
Live entertainment was provided by the Dogs Bolx–in one
of their final gigs – and Sour Mash’s classic rock
covers helped keep the punters happy as beer stocks
began to diminish on Saturday night!
Half
of Chesterfield Borough Council's 'Civic Team': the
Mayoress, Cllr. June Brown, is pictured accepting (on
behalf of the Mayor, Cllr. Trudi Mulcaster) a cheque for
£300 from Trevor Maris, one of the 2007 Beer Festival
organisers, at the Industry in Newbold.
The
6th annual Barrow Hill Rail Ale festival was a big
success again and thanks go to everyone who attended and
drank all the beer. Thanks also to our event sponsors,
Caledonian, Fullers, Titanic and to the breweries who
kindly supplied festival specials.
That
evening, we re-grouped at the Neglected Shed Beer
Festival at the Blue Bell, the Branch’s Pub of the Year
for 2007. Even though we were dead on our feet, landlord
Kev still managed to get us in stitches! Throughout our
time at the Castle, we were more than happy to point
people in the Shed’s direction - beers were a bargain £1
per 1⁄2 pint there, too.