March in The Shires

4th March has the Oxford Spires crawl which I believe is going to be popular. There is however a little thing going on in Wellington, Shropshire that day too.

It’s Charter Day in Wellington where we celebrate the Royal Charter of 1244 granting the town a market. Lots of things go on: bands, street performers, Morris dancers and the appointing of the Town Crier, Clerk of the Market and an Ale Taster (me again). After the reappointments I have to judge a Bun baking contest and lead a Pub Crawl around the town. A local brewery has brewed a special Medieval Beer using ’Bog Myrtle’ in the kettle, so that should be ’different’.

I know that no one reading this will actually come: but it’s just to let the city slickers know that life in the Shires is fun.

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Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March, a good month for the Midlands. Hopefully I will be going to both.

Originally posted by imdownthepub
Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March, a good month for the Midlands. Hopefully I will be going to both.

Originally posted by imdownthepub
Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March

Originally posted by chriso

Originally posted by imdownthepub
Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March

I had thought about going to Coventry BF and combining with a day pub ticking. But I see that the beer festival is only Friday & Saturday, which doesn’t suit me at all. I much prefer to go to beer festivals earlier in the week.

Originally posted by imdownthepub

Originally posted by chriso

Originally posted by imdownthepub
Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March

I had thought about going to Coventry BF and combining with a day pub ticking. But I see that the beer festival is only Friday & Saturday, which doesn’t suit me at all. I much prefer to go to beer festivals earlier in the week.

I will be there on the Saturday, the one advantage of short Festivals is that the beer is still fresh and plentiful on the last day. Not a lot on the Pub front in Coventry, having had their best pub closed recently, there are a couple of Brewery Taps recently opened plus there is the new Gonzo tap.

if anyone at a loose end tomorrow, To Ol TTO at Shakespeare, Sheffield...

KEGS
To Øl Nutcracker 12% hazlenut stout
To Øl Mr pink 4.5% lychee and guava berliner weisse
To Øl By udder means 7% milk stout
To Øl Campale 6% grapefruit blonde
To Øl !ipa simcoe centennial nelson 7% ipa
To Øl Sur Mosaic 6% mosaic hopped sour

BOTTLES
To Øl !!pa citra galaxy
To Øl Sur citra
To Øl velvets are blue

Originally posted by Fin

Originally posted by imdownthepub

Originally posted by chriso

Originally posted by imdownthepub
Both Leicester and Coventry Beer Festivals are on in March

I had thought about going to Coventry BF and combining with a day pub ticking. But I see that the beer festival is only Friday & Saturday, which doesn’t suit me at all. I much prefer to go to beer festivals earlier in the week.

I will be there on the Saturday, the one advantage of short Festivals is that the beer is still fresh and plentiful on the last day. Not a lot on the Pub front in Coventry, having had their best pub closed recently, there are a couple of Brewery Taps recently opened plus there is the new Gonzo tap.

Beer Gonzo and Twisted Barrel are well worth a visit alone but if combined with the beer festival should make a good day. I think that there is a pretty decent pub close’ish’ to Beer Gonzo but I forget the name.

In Durham-shire, Darlington Beer festival at the Forum Thursday 23rd—Saturday 25th March 2017
Beer list here: http://www.darlo.camra.org.uk/dl.php?id=51241