Attention Forward Planners
15th St Albans Beer Festival - the premier event in the drinkers calendar is back!
29th September – 2nd October 2010
Issued 23rd August 2010
- Venue: The Alban Arena, St Peters St, St Albans, AL1 3PD
- Six Bars: 350+ real ales – including the current and many former Champion Beers of Britain
- Many new beers, festival specials and new breweries available for the first time at this festival
- Real Ciders and Perries 40+
- Foreign beers from around the world including Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, France and others 75 +
- Wide range of bottle-conditioned beers (real ale brewed for the bottle) 30 +
- Bar specially dedicated to the beers from Hertfordshire breweries
- Finals of the Hertfordshire Beer of Year Competition
- St Albans Beer Festival Beer of the Year Competition
- Over-sized glasses to guarantee a full pint (or half pint) every time
- Tombola with lots of prizes
- Entertainment to suit all tastes including local band Runaway Boys (Thursday) and Climax Blues Band (Saturday) only their sixth appearance in the UK this year!
- Team pub quiz on Saturday afternoon
- Breweriana Auction every evening
- Balcony smoking area easily accessible from the Arena
- 2011 Good Beer Guide on sale – hot off the press; editor Roger Protz will be present to sign copies
New Opening Times
| Wednesday 29th September | 12.00 –10.30pm |
| Thursday 30th September | 11.00am - 11.00pm |
| Friday 1st October | 11.00am - 11.00pm |
| Saturday 2nd October | 11.00am - 11.00pm |
Admission charges
(CAMRA members free at all times)
| Wednesday evening | £2.50 |
| Thursday until 4pm | £2.00 |
| Thursday after 4pm | £2.50 |
| Friday until 4pm | £2.00 |
| Friday after 4pm | £3.00 |
| Saturday until 4pm | £2.00 |
| Saturday after 4pm | £4.00 |
Visit the Festival site on www.stalbansbeerfestival.com
For more information on the Beer Festival contact:
John Bishop, Branch Contact,
South Herts CAMRA
Tel: +44 (0)7720 295 419
e-mail realales@yahoo.com
Sent by:
Peter Hicks,
Media Officer, South Herts CAMRA.
Tel: +44 (0)7951 057 629