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"TheBeerNut":3ofq2fy9 wrote: I think he means they were ordering thirds and getting halves.[/quote:3ofq2fy9]That's right.

Great festival glass as well. Also, mentioned Beoir to a few of the Camra volunteers and they seemed to have gathered an awareness/enthusiasm towards us Irish <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

&amp;quot;UncleBen&amp;quot;:2mz6fra9 wrote: (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:) -->[/quote:2mz6fra9]

We were there at the same time so....
Really enjoyed this festival, it's a lot more manageable than the GBBF in terms of tasting a good proportion of the beers.
Obviously a lot of the beers were concentrated on the darker end of things and figuring out which porter after 3 or 4 in a row was your favourite was a bit tricky.
The third of a pint measure was particularly useful for trying the stronger beers. I really enjoyed most of the beers me and my mates tried.
I think my favourite was the Liverpool Organic Brewery's Imperial Russion Stout (thanks to the Beernut for the tip) dangerously drinkable even at 8.9% though the Affumicator and the Gouden Carolous ran it close - as did the Little Valley Hebden Cloudy Wheat which was deliciously quaffable - oh and Thornbridge's Russian Imperial. My mate's favourites were the Amber Ales Chocolate Orange Stout and the Smokey Joe's Black Beer by Hopstar.
Ones we didn't rate were the O Garden from Otley which I noted tasted like Special Brew mixed with Hoogaarden, the Black Cherry Mild which just didn't hold together well and the Little Valley Ginger Pale Ale which had great aroma but lacked flavour.
Would recommend this festival and would hope to head back next year.

&amp;quot;dereko1969&amp;quot;:1taztt2q wrote: as did the Little Valley Hebden Cloudy Wheat which was deliciously quaffable[/quote:1taztt2q]Chalk up another wheat beer that's great on cask but pants from the bottle, I guess.

&amp;quot;dereko1969&amp;quot;:1taztt2q wrote: Ones we didn't rate were the O Garden from Otley[/quote:1taztt2q]I think I've only ever had one Otley beer, and it wasn't very good. But the English writers drool over them. Dunno what that's about.