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In case you missed this year’s festival (8600 didn’t!), or want a reminder of what happened,
here are some pictures of the event.
But first some facts and figures:
150 new members recruited to CAMRA
Over 32,000 pints of real ale sold plus British bottle conditioned beers (Real Ale in a Bottle)
plus draught and bottled foreign beers
plus 4000 pints of real cider and perry
95% of British bottle conditioned beers sold out by late Friday evening

The provisional dates for next year’s Festival are September 30 to October 3. See you in 2009!
Main Bar

Main Bar

Hall, Stage Bar

Hall and Stage Bar

Saturday Night with Dr Feelgood

Cider and Perry Bar

The Auctioneer

Hertfordshire Bar

Foreign Beers Bar

A bit of a queue but worth the wait

© South Herts CAMRA Branch & Tony Dawes

12 October 2008

Champion Beer of Hertfordshire (blind tasting)

Gold: Tring Colleys Dog 5.2% ABV

Silver: McMullen Country Bitter 4.3% ABV

Bronze: Tring Blonde 4.0% ABV

 

Beer of the Festival

1st Tring Colleys Dog 5.2% ABV

2nd Greene King XX Mild 3.0%ABV

3rd Caledonian Deuchars IPA 3.8%ABV

4th Mauldon Black Adder 5.3%ABV

Pictures by Katie Sutton