Saturday 13 March 2010

Leicesterval 2010

After the failure of Northern Rail to successfully deliver us to this year's Rotherham Beer Festival, I thought I'd shop around for an alternative service provider.  East Midlands Trains were very keen for our business (who wouldn't be?) and so we travelled to Leicester on Saturday for the CAMRA Leicester Beer Festival 2010.  Me, Harrison, Jon, Nick, Pete & Ginny (aka 'Pinny') and Martin & Charlotte made the trip.  There were over 200 beers, ciders and perries, as well as an on-site curry kitchen.

As a team we managed to try 73 different brews; Pete, Hazza, Nick and Hicko led the way with 12 each, I had 10, Jon and Lottie had eight and Ginwaldo seven (I know that adds up to 81, there was some duplication) - I'm ignoring the Fosters on the train home!  However, as Jon was drinking pints, he wins the prize for the most amount drunk with 8 pints (Hicko 6, Pete 5⁵⁄₆, Hazza & Nick 5¾, Shep 5, Lottie 4 and Ginny 3½) - Jon was always the bookie's favourite!  Nick wins the prize for the strongest ale with Baz's Bonce Blower at 12% (although he only drank ¼ pint because it was foul!).  Nick also won the 'who can go the longest without breaking the seal' prize, narrowly beating me into second.

I reckon it was a very successful and enjoyable trip and it may even replace Rotherham as our annual beer trip of choice.

Full list of brews tried is below:

Posted by Shep at Saturday, March 13, 2010

2 comments:

  1. Shep15 March 2010 at 17:14

    Pete's claiming he also had the Allgates Hop Devil. This wasn't written in my book - can anyone validate his claim? It would mean he's the outright winner with regard to variety.

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  2. Hicko15 March 2010 at 18:52

    It sounds possible but I have no memory of such an ale being drunk. Do remember a hairy bear shaped pork scratter though. I have a video!

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