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 Dates for Tamworth 2013 Festival:
Assembly Rooms Thursday 5th - Saturday 7th September 
Around
1,300 visitors got stuck into 100 real ales, plus our
selection of ciders, perries and bottled beers. As
usual we had a few exotic beers, like toffee &
ginger, walnut & coffee, but the one causing most
amusement was Church End's carrot beer, each glass
arriving with a free carrot!
We
were blessed this year with a lot of fabulous
contenders for beer of the festival, but the final
winners were:
Gold: Fubar by the
Tiny Rebel Brewing Company
Silver: Meme by Boggart Hole
Clough Brewing
Bronze: Black Smock by
Stocklinch Ales
We also judged the "darkish
real-ale-in-a-bottle" category for West Midlands Beer
of the Year competition. It's a blind tasting
competition, and we're pleased to note that the Gold
& Silver went to Beowulf Brewery for their
splendid Dragon Smoke Stout and Finns Hall Porter.
We're planning to hold our festival-staff-thank-you at
the brewery, so it'll be an ideal opportunity to
present the awards!
 One innovation this year was a gourmet pork
pie stand, hosted by Hartland Pies of Nottingham.
Their offerings went down well with punters, and Ian
& Luke of Hartland are keen to come back, so we
may well see them next year!
One downside of the festival was the soaring
temperature inside the hall. Come 2014 there are plans
for the venue to be air-conditioned, but for next year
we are looking at a hired-in cooling system to make
the venue more comfortable.
A total of £660 was raised at the festival in support of CAMRA and St Giles Hospice. A BIG THANK YOU! To all our Festival sponsors: Polesworth Garage 01827 895125 The Drill Inn, Burntwood Interactive Minds www.boysstuff.co.uk Packaging GB, Swadlincote www.packaginggb. Zero One Designs, Tamworth www.zod.uk.com Wetherspoons The Plaza, Rugeley Cogsdill, Nuneaton www.cogsdill.co.uk Croft Consulting, Silver Street, Tamworth 01827 705359 Coates Butchers, Lower Gungate, Tamworth Jako, Grimsby www.proactiveteamwear. Tamworth Football Club www.thelambs.co.uk Tamworth Taxi's, Bell Corner, Tamworth 01827 55595 The Market Vaults, Market Street, Tamworth The Sir Robert Peel, Lower Gungate, Tamworth Bolehall Swifts Football Club, Rene Road, Tamworth www. Ant Barlow Carpentry Services, 01827 65026 Pizza Hut, Aldergate, Tamworth 01827 310544 The Silk Kite, Church Street, Tamworth Truckles, Lower Gungate, Tamworth Relish Delicatessen, Church Street, Tamworth Recru1tment, Two Gates, Tamworth www.recru1tment.com Solus Coaches, Tamworth 01827 51736 |
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