Other beer festivals, Pub events etc

FALMOUTH Beer Festival
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October 2009

A huge 'thank you' to everyone who came to the Princess Pavilion and helped make the Cornwall CAMRA real beer and cider festival another tremendous sell-out success.  Over 4000 of you came and got through no fewer than 21,000 pints of the good stuff (and a few of some evil stuff too!).  And of course, enjoying yourselves to the full and finally disappearing into the night in good humour and with no unpleasantness (no such thing as a real ale lout!).  It has encoureged us to go for it again next year, so see under CAMRA Beer Festivals for a few more dates for the diary.

The blind tastings this year involved a team of hard-working tasters working their way through 180 different brews to find the winners of the Beers of the Festival competition.  The results are presented below:

CHAMPION BEERS OF THE FESTIVAL

Gold: NOBBY'S BREWERY Wild West Ale
Silver: SKINNER's BREWERY  Ginger Tosser
Bronze: PENZANCE BREWING Co Potion No. 9

CHAMPION CORNISH BEERS OF THE FESTIVAL

Champion: SKINNER's BREWERY Ginger Tosser
Runner-up: PENZANCE BREWING Co  Potion No. 9

MILD ALES

Gold: POTBELLY BREWERY Beijing Black
Silver: BRAIN'S BREWERY   Dark
Bronze: THWAITE'S BREWERY Nutty Black

BITTERS (up to 3.9% abv):

Gold: BRECONSHIRE BREWERY Brecon County Ale
Silver: TYDD STEAM BREWERY  Barn Ale
Bronze: BAY'S BREWERY Bay's Best

BEST BITTERS (4.0 - 4.5% abv):

Gold: COTSWOLD SPRING BREWERY Codrington Codger
Silver: BRAIN'S BREWERY  Reverend James
Bronze: NOTTINGHAM BREWERY Legend

GOLDEN ALES:

Gold: PENZANCE BREWING Co Potion No. 9
Silver: NOTTINGHAM BREWERY Bullion
Bronze: CHOUGH BREWERY Halzephron Gold

STRONG ALES (4.6% abv upwards):

Gold: NOBBY'S BREWERY Wild West Ale
Silver: DIGFIELD BREWERY  IPA
Bronze: FUN FAIR BREWERY Chaos

STOUTS & PORTERS:

Gold: TITANIC BREWERY Last Porter Call
Silver: SKINNER's BREWERY  Pennycomequick
Bronze: PENPONT BREWERY Penpont Porter

SPECIALITY BREWS:

Gold: SKINNER's  BREWERY Ginger Tosser
Silver: ST AUSTELL BREWERY  XPX Triple Extra Stout
Bronze: COASTAL BREWERY Winnie's Honey Heaven


OTHER LOCAL BEER FESTIVALS, Pub Events etc

CAMRA Beer Festivals

Day Date Venue Event
Fri-Sat 8-9 Jan 09 Football Ground, St James Park, Exeter Exeter CAMRA Winter Beer Festival
Fri-Sat 19-20 Feb 10 Bodmin Public Rooms CAMRA Kernow beer festival
Fri-Sat 4-5 Jun 10 St Ives Concert Hall CAMRA Kernow beer festival
Fri-Sat 22-23 Oct 10 Princess Pavilion, Falmouth CAMRA Kernow beer festival

Independent (non-pub) Beer Festivals

Day Date Venue Event
Fri-Sun 19-21 Dec 09 Newquay Newquay Jazz and Ale Festival

(All events subject to confirmation and licence)

Beer Festivals at Pubs 

Day Date Venue Event
Fri-Sat 13-14 Nov 09 Watermill Inn, Lelant Beer festival
Sat 14 Nov 09 London Inn, St Neot Theakston's evening, start 19.30.  Traditional cooper, barrel-making demo; come and have a go yourself.  Theakston's beers available. Call 01579 320263, or Tara on 01579 340813

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