We''re organising yet another dMw trip to the Great British Beer Festival which this year is 11th - 15th August 2015 at Olympia London.
Tickets are not yet on sale, but will be shortly so it would be great to get another good list of sign ups for this always popular event!
This is last year's ticket prices: Tickets - £10 (non-member) or £8 (CAMRA member). Includes a free program.
We'll post confirmed ticket prices in this thread once they are announced, but they should be similar to last year.
....and we've announced the meetup this early so that our
international drinkers (you know who you are) can once again take advantage of the cheap beer prices in the UK to save some money by drinking with us in the UK!
We'll probably do the Friday again, meeting at lunchtime and then continuing onwards into the evening. So if you fancy a few pints of fabulous real ale, speciality beers, ciders or perries, then please publicise your interest by posting in this thread your intention to meet up with other dastardly dMw Beer Drinkers!
:cheers::dmw::cheers:
Interested in Attending:- Tealeaf
- Smilodon
- Gortex
- Gandalf
- Sparko
- Chaosphere
....and for those interested in creating a week of it for a European Beer Tour, Gorion passed me details of this one in Malta in the preceding week!
Quote from: GorionWe also have our local beer festival (free entrance, free parking), and the price for alcohol here is dirt cheap (euro 1.32 for a bottle, and some places even sell half a liter for a euro). Perhaps you might consider adding it to the thread for anyone interested in a beer tour, as the dates are really close. The dates in between could be spent licking the sun, swimming, or touring historical locations which there's too many of. Or more drinking.
We get all the local beers, plenty of the commercial foreign ones, and there's even a stand dedicated to UK ones. There's usually a bunch of ciders too, but mostly the commercial bottled ones.
Last year's (http://www.visitmalta.com/en/event-details/2014-07/the-farsons-great-beer-festival-6641)
From the current events page:
The Farsons Great Beer Festival, July 27th - August 5th, 2015At the Farsons Great Beer Festival in the small village of Ta’ Qali, it’s all about good music, good food and, of course, good beer. Several thousand visitors are expected to attend the free 10-day festival. The programme is filled with lots of entertainment and activities, and a large selection of bars offer food and drink. Numerous live performances featuring hot local musicians and bands can be enjoyed at the open-air stage
Plenty to do, eat, drink, and there's two stages, one is family friendly with softy songs, dancing, competitions and the like, and the other is the rock band/disco area with a couple of seconds walking distance from all the beer stalls.
Not sure about Malta, it's a bit far too go for a pint but work allowing I'm up for Olympia.
I will definitely be going to this again, excellent fun and beers to be had.
Last year we managed to try a randomly selected beer from 24 of the 28 beer stands and only stopped at 24 as they had called time. Some really good ales and porters tried with 1 or 2 questionable like the smokey bacon bitter which left a very odd and in my opinion a horrid after taste.
I still claim the black forest style stout we had 2 years ago is possibly the best tried so far.
Friday is also a good call as it means we have Saturday to nurse the hangover and look for fired breakfast rather than rush into the office.
I will try and make this one as I'm a bit closer now!
I wont be able to make it will have too much work on :( enjoy!
Quote from: BrotherTobious;394752I wont be able to make it will have too much work on :( enjoy!
Rubbish, you have 6 months to prepare your gullet for the ritual abuse that is the festival. Sort your diary man, for goodness sake! :doh:
I'd like to go, but won't be able to confirm 100% until a bit closer to the event.
Stick me down as a maybe :)
Quote from: TeaLeaf;394753Rubbish, you have 6 months to prepare your gullet for the ritual abuse that is the festival. Sort your diary man, for goodness sake! :doh:
I wish it was that easy Clearing and Confirmation starts around there and the prep has to be done there is no way out of it, as I am apparently the tech lead (heaven help us) Also the summer is when we rip out everything the students have broken and replace it with new kit.
I'm planning on coming (depending on hollies) :)
Really really tempted, but have a lot going on a few months before so will have to see 'what's in my wallet' closer to the time, so I'm a maybe :)
I'd be up for it again, think that week's okay, but will steer clear of the jellied eels and pickled eggs...
Toby, find some minions to do it. That or notify work you will be ill!
Quote from: Tutonic;394754I'd like to go, but won't be able to confirm 100% until a bit closer to the event.
Stick me down as a maybe :)
What she said.
Would like to come along but will depend on work.
Scrap that sorry. Just checked with swmbo and we're away in Southwold.
Quote from: Penfold;394776Scrap that sorry. Just checked with swmbo and we're away in Southwold.
Smilo and I will nab a couple of press passes off you then please! :P
Smilo has a press card so he can organise his own. I'll see what I can do for you but I'll need you to grab me a pint glass (which I'll pay for) in recompense :)
Quote from: Penfold;394779Smilo has a press card so he can organise his own. I'll see what I can do for you but I'll need you to grab me a pint glass (which I'll pay for) in recompense :)
Sorted!
We still planning to do the beer festival again? and was the Friday the decided day to attend?
I'm away in holiday from Friday 14th but am going to try to go earlier that week.
Quote from: Penfold;398845I'm away in holiday from Friday 14th but am going to try to go earlier that week.
As long as you lend me the press card! :P
Yes Gortex this is still on :cheers:
2 tickets Me +1 brought for Friday 14th August.
Now to book the Friday off work and make sure very little is planned for the Sat in case of over indulgence happens.
http://gbbf.org.uk/
Yes I'm going along too. I plan to make it a whole day event and will be there from 12.00pm when the doors open to try and grab a table for us. Might need some backup if others can make it?
Edit: my train arrives at 11:21am, so I'll be milling about the doors before they open!
Fri August 14th is not too far away, so if you are interested in meeting up with us please post in this thread!
arrr, I'm not going to be in London from Friday midday...If anyone's going earlier in the week let me know!
It's going to be one of those if I'm working then no, if I'm not then yes. So I'm waiting till the last moment before I snag a ticket.
I can't get the time off work, so I'm out :(
Quote from: TeaLeaf;400728Yes I'm going along too. I plan to make it a whole day event and will be there from 12.00pm when the doors open to try and grab a table for us. Might need some backup if others can make it?
Edit: my train arrives at 11:21am, so I'll be milling about the doors before they open!
Two weeks to the beer festival and looking forward to it! :cheers:
Quote from: suicidal_monkey;401391arrr, I'm not going to be in London from Friday midday...If anyone's going earlier in the week let me know!
I'll be there all day, so just join us when you can!
Just got your PM TL, afraid I can't make it, what with being all employed now and everything, quite a system shock :P
No problem, I'll be there with Smil * Gortex it looks like and we'll still have a damn good time!
Remember we need to locate a preferred real ale for the dMw LAN!
A less citrus one please :)
QuoteRemember we need to locate a preferred real ale for the dMw LAN!
Only those attending the festival should have a say in the matter even after 9 pints and I can't remember my name or the way back to the hotel :woot2:
Quote from: Gortex;402327Only those attending the festival should have a say in the matter even after 9 pints and I can't remember my name or the way back to the hotel :woot2:
Nah I dont think so. I think there should be a paper on each and presented to the community so we can vote on it. :)
Quote from: BrotherTobious;402329Nah I dont think so. I think there should be a paper on each and presented to the community so we can vote on it. :)
Yours will have less of a citrus taste I promise. I just need to remember to eat fewer lemons this week......
Any beers chosen which are brewed by breweries local to Milton Keynes are pure coincidence.
This (http://www.perfectpint.co.uk/real-ale-beers-info/15165/Dorset-Brewing-Co-DBC/Dorset-Knob) was one of the best from the last festival I got to (2013?). I'm expecting our Comrades to come up with something even more glorious this year :)
Popped in today with a client to try a few ciders (well several actually). Good fun as always and loving the new pint glasses.
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Arrived and got a table on 1st floor at the far end on the left.
Now awaiting coconspirators.
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Have fun guys. Wish I could've joined you today :sad:
We're making headway. With a couple of diversions for champion beers we've worked our way through just over half the bars. It's tough, but someone has to do it. Next up is Gyle 59's Mighty Hops Happy Daze, which if close to how we feel at the moment!
Great atmosphere as usual. All the suits are starting to arrive and both halls are buzzing.
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Medic! Man down. Elderly person decided to bail and take the train home. :blush:
Great afternoon, thanks for the fun! :cheers:
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Off home now and had a blast. Lets hope they have not moved the hotel again and it is where I left it.
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So did you find a beer of greatness?
Several! We need to decide what we can get ordered for the LAN now!
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It like you read my mind :)
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