2012 Hitchin Beer & Cider Festival
March 9th to 10th
Not long to go now!
2011 Hitchin Beer Festival Beer
Hurrah, we’re back in Hitchin town hall 2012 Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival! Mark down March 9th and 10th in your diaries! Bookmark this page and check back later for further developments!
We have a preliminary beer list for you to peruse! Much of this order has yet to be confirmed, so this is just to whet your appetite and inspire you to come along to the festival. We do expect that the majority of this list will make it to the festival! Why is Buntingford missing from the list? Well… we currently have them down for four barrels of “TBA” (now there’s an interesting idea for a beer name!) The list is at the bottom of the page, you can skip down to see it. A particular theme in this list is that we’re picking from the selection of interesting new London breweries via the London Brewers Alliance. In the next two weeks we’ll firm up the beer order and post a finalised list closer to the festival date – watch this space for updates.
We’re always looking for more volunteers to help out at the festival – and especially for the before and after for set-up and clean-up. To volunteer you need to be a CAMRA or Hitchin Round Table member. Volunteers get their pints for a pound, a t-shirt, and a free festival glass! To volunteer email Paul Beardsley on: socialsecretary@camranorthherts.org.uk
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Preliminary Beer List
Not all of these are confirmed for the festival yet – there may be changes! (Yes, there will be beers from Buntingford, we just don’t know which ones yet.)
Woohoo! My requests are on the list! Looking forward to Nethergate’s Old Growler and Backyard Brewhouse’s Spring! Not tried Spring before, but Summer was gorgeous.
Also like Bartram’s Adams Ale, good do a session on that. And of course one of my favourites, Milton Pegasus.
Roll on Friday 9th!
Where can I get my hands on some Orkney Isle brews please?
Dark Island is one of my favourites, but hard to get hold of.
The list looks great.
Hi Kendal,
Shop: Orkney ales are fairly widely available I believe. I think I’ve seen Dark Island, and others, in Waitrose & Tesco at least. Otherwise, try asking your local independant offie to stock Orkney
Online: Beer Ritz (http://www.beerritz.co.uk/) in Leeds sells a range of Orkney beers – I have ordered from Beer Ritz in the past and can recommend them from my experience. (I checked all my other usual suppliers, BR seems to be the only one stocking Orkney.)
As for cask – no pubs I know around Hitchin do their beers with any regularity. I think I’ve seen some on in the Half Moon in the past though. If you’re particularly keen for it in cask format find a freehouse and suggest it to the landlord.
Cheers
-Yvan