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I always forget about this festival as it comes so close after Christmas. I'm still not sure if I'll end up going but I did notice that there were cheap day trips to Manchester available with Ryanair on the Thursday though it would make for a very long day as the flight is at mad o'clock in the morning.

Details of festival here -
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We have our own winter ales festival down in Cork the following month. See the Calendar for more info.

hoping to make that too! hopefully i'll remember to bring my camera to manchester and I may write up a little report given the huge numbers interested <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

Is there an 'organised' dublin members trip to the well?

Going to one in Chelmsford in Feb as part of a stag. It looks great but it's no GBBF!

(Bump!)

Managed to make this last Thursday. Gigantic selection of cask ales and a great variety with most styles being well represented. 80p for a half-pint (which were actually consistently generous third-pint measures) so fantastic price-wise also. Definitely recommended.

...now if I could just get the taste of hops out of my mouth. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

&amp;quot;UncleBen&amp;quot;:31op6tk0 wrote: 80p for a half-pint (which were actually consistently generous third-pint measures)[/quote:31op6tk0]

sounds like you were diddled!