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  Great British Beer Festival 2011 blogGBBF 2011 breakdown statsThu, 18 Aug 2011 A highly successful last year at Earls Court for the Festival, and a well earned rest now for the volunteers who made the event one of the biggest to date. Read the full story Comments (2) Ale to the Chief!Thu, 04 Aug 2011 With over 100 cask beers from 18 different states, plus one from DC-based Capitol City, the Blackwell/W2 bar at GBBF has one of the largest ions of US real ale in the world. Read the full story Comments (0) A taste of history comes home to LondonThu, 04 Aug 2011 Doing good business on the US cask bar (W2) today was something that originated just a few miles from Earls Court: Virginia brewery Devil's Backbone's re-creation of a 1930's London Dark Lager, using a recipe from long-gone Southwark brewer Barclay Perkins. Read the full story Comments (0) Beer for all seasonsThu, 04 Aug 2011 Given the general soggyness of this grey day, it wouldn't be too surprising to find that sales of darker and stronger beers were picking up today as visitors veered away from the golden ales and summer bitters that went down so well yesterday- and the GBBF Twitter feed was bearing that out. Read the full story Comments (0) Real ale sets the Twittersphere abuzzWed, 03 Aug 2011 With well over 400 British cask ales to choose from at GBBF*, how do you decide where to start - or indeed where to finish? The high-tech option is to ask Twitter, and sure enough, the festival's Twitter feed (@gbbf) and hashtag (#gbbf) has been buzzing with recommendations since we opened at midday on Tuesday. Read the full story Comments (0) First love: real aleWed, 03 Aug 2011 One of the joys of GBBF is introducing people to ale for the first time. (Although can you introduce someone for the second time? Never mind...) Yesterday it was a friendly and very interested TV crew from Japan, here to film the festival, interview CAMRA chief exec Mike Benner and then cover the CBOB announcement. Read the full story Comments (2) Wood you believe it...Wed, 03 Aug 2011 Wooden casks are sadly something of a rarity at GBBF these days - but this year we have three huge examples in use, and just to confuse you, they are not on one of the British ale bars but on the Belgian and Dutch bar, Vesalius/P5. Read the full story Comments (1) Community Pubs Minister visits GBBFWed, 03 Aug 2011 Yesterday, Community Pubs Minister Bob Neill joined us at the festival. Before enjoying a tour by CAMRA Chairman (and GBBF Bar Manager) Colin Valentine, Bob took the opportunity to launch a Government consultation on banning restrictive covenants. Read the full story Comments (0) A brewer's caution over Brewers ReserveWed, 03 Aug 2011 Fullers bar came under siege on Tuesday afternoon, as the first cask of the latest Brewers Reserve No.3 went on sale. Only available in thirds, it is £1.80 and around 9%, and the next cask is due on sale at 6pm on Wednesday. Read the full story Comments (4) GBBF Day 1: Daily StatsWed, 03 Aug 2011 Well, as we put day one to bed, and look forward to opening on day two, we retired to the Volunteers Arms to listen to festival organizer Marc 'Goliath' Holmes' round-up of the day. Here are some stats for you from day one: Read the full story Comments (1) Festival Freebies at GBBFTue, 02 Aug 2011 If you're coming to GBBF this week, you could walk away as a winner - and not just from the famous CAMRA tombola... Several of the brewery stands are running competitions and give-aways, and so is GBBF itself - if you check-in at the festival on Facebook or Foursquare, find the Festival Organiser and show him your check-in, you'll get a free beer! Read the full story Comments (0) Ready for take-offTue, 02 Aug 2011 If you've been watching our live webcam you'll know we are pretty much there now. The bars are all up and ready to go, and the food stalls and other stands are just adding their final touches. Read the full story Comments (0) More than just a breakfast drinkTue, 02 Aug 2011 My contact with beer started even before I reached GBBF this morning. It wasn't quite bitter for breakfast - though in hindsight that might have been nice - but while cycling to Earls Court the delicious aroma of brewing wafted under my nose, carried by a kind breeze from Fullers. Perhaps it helped in getting the journey time down from yesterday's 30 minutes to around 25 minutes today, but more likely it was just the practice. Read the full story Comments (0) Have you got the bottle?Mon, 01 Aug 2011 So today is the judging for the 2011 Champion Bottled Beer of Britain (CBBOB). I can't tell you the result yet of course, partly because the judging hasn't finished yet and partly because it's a blind tasting and the organisers won't even tell the judges which beers were which! Read the full story Comments (0) GBBF 2011 - A preview to Britain's Biggest Beer FestivalThu, 28 Jul 2011 Another year is upon us. My suitcase is nearly packed and my silly hat for Thursday's hat day is suitably silly, so I thought it time to give you a preview of some of the things I'm looking forward to at this year's GBBF. Read the full story Comments (0) Great British Beer Festival - A pint with... competition WINNERS!Wed, 27 Jul 2011 We asked you, which famous person would you most like to have a pint with? In this section: |
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