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HUTCHYHIBBY
08-07-2015, 02:32 PM
Starts tomorrow, should be good!

BEER FESTIVAL (http://www.sraf.camra.org.uk/)

Mr White
08-07-2015, 04:55 PM
Heading along tomorrow afternoon for a few. Looking forward to it, I missed last years and 2013s. Be good to add another glass to the collection :greengrin

HUTCHYHIBBY
08-07-2015, 04:58 PM
Im going more for the cider than the beer, although a couple did catch my eye. Be careful with The Skullsplitter, its a hefty brew! :-)

Mr White
08-07-2015, 05:10 PM
Im going more for the cider than the beer, although a couple did catch my eye. Be careful with The Skullsplitter, its a hefty brew! :-)

I'm a lightweight and tend to stick to beers around 4% or 5%. Mostly.

HUTCHYHIBBY
08-07-2015, 07:03 PM
One'll not hurt you too much! ;-)

Mr White
08-07-2015, 07:25 PM
:greengrin

Mr White
08-07-2015, 09:20 PM
Just having a look through the beer list and there's one from the spey valley brewery called sunshine on keith :tee hee:

Hibee Ryan
08-07-2015, 10:32 PM
Mates birthday on saturday so heading along for the day

Mr White
09-07-2015, 04:00 PM
This is going to get messy :drunk:

Scouse Hibee
09-07-2015, 08:17 PM
Just having a look through the beer list and there's one from the spey valley brewery called sunshine on keith :tee hee:

Is that a spelling error or is it really Keith? If yes it's aptly named for me :-)

HUTCHYHIBBY
09-07-2015, 10:51 PM
Just got to my pit, dont buy the 10.5% stuff (Harviestoun's Ola Dubh*), the pretend description in the programme is oddly accurate! :-(

* I'm sure Ola Jordan would taste better! :-o

Mr White
10-07-2015, 03:00 AM
Is that a spelling error or is it really Keith? If yes it's aptly named for me :-)

Aye it's from keith in moray. Tasty beer too.

The Pointer
10-07-2015, 09:56 AM
Would love to go to this sometime.

Was at the Brewdog bash in Aberdeen last month which was awesome. Tried to keep to the lower end of the gravitational pull until my son got us pints of 'Dogma' which is around 7.2%. It was all downhill from there.

Keep your eyes open for my favourite beer of all time - Fyne Ales 'Jarl'. It's made just up the road from me and tastes like an explosion of fruit in your mouth. Cold lager on a hot day - you can stick it. Jarl every time.

Scouse Hibee
11-07-2015, 10:06 AM
Not related to this festival but has anyone tried Guinness Golden Ale?

Gus
11-07-2015, 10:13 AM
Would love to go to this sometime.

Was at the Brewdog bash in Aberdeen last month which was awesome. Tried to keep to the lower end of the gravitational pull until my son got us pints of 'Dogma' which is around 7.2%. It was all downhill from there.

Keep your eyes open for my favourite beer of all time - Fyne Ales 'Jarl'. It's made just up the road from me and tastes like an explosion of fruit in your mouth. Cold lager on a hot day - you can stick it. Jarl every time.

I was at Fynefest last year and Jarl was easily my fave all weekend, doubled up with 4 venison burgers a day.......good weekend

Mr White
11-07-2015, 07:41 PM
Anyone been along over the last couple of days? Any particular favourites? I steered away from a lot of the usual suspects and felt like a lot of the hoppy blonde ales are all pretty much of a muchness. I particularly liked the campervan stout, fyne ales mildish and tempests armadillo. They all started to taste the same after a while though :greengrin

The 2 stewart's speciality ones I tried were surprisingly good I thought: heart of tartness and ka pow.

Mr White
11-07-2015, 07:49 PM
Not related to this festival but has anyone tried Guinness Golden Ale?

I got a bottle the other week and didn't think too much of it tbh.

HUTCHYHIBBY
11-07-2015, 09:33 PM
The half cider/half perry knocked me sideways for about 5 mins, I'm blaming drinking it on top of Orkney Skullsplitter! oops.