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Thursday 31 March 2011

Sparging Arm

I did some brewing yesterday using the BAD brewing kit.

I managed to get a connector on to the sparging arm so I could actually use it for the first time.



It is watertight and span easily & quickly (it's just a blur in the picture).

I'll find out in a few weeks how well I have learnt from the head brewer.

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Friday 11 March 2011

LBF Post Script

Look at the queue!

20 minutes at least in the cold.



Wear a jumper.

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LBF 18:45

I'm officially tired but not particularly emotional.

My glass is empty & it's nearly time to leave.



If you are on your way, still here or cannot make it I wish you all good health.

If anyone wants to take over posting from the blog please do so.

I'll see you at the symposium.

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LBF 16:30

I'm still here.

Fran has arrived & is studying the beer list.



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Paul Wood and Keith "Phantom Hand" Morley join the party



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LBF 13:45

John & Lou are here.



John very kindly gave me a length of his sausage.

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LBF 13:00

Lunch time



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LBF 12:25

Linda's arm, Ganty's torso & the last half of Charnwood Cider.

The cider should be the star.



Local cider for local people

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Leicester Beer Festival 2011

Another year and back again, but this time with live updates.

I appear to be first of the BAD group to make it through the doors.

Here's to my first sample, Full Mash Chopper Fuel.




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Sunday 6 March 2011

Leicester Beer Festival

I was in The Pub on New Walk when they asked some questions for spot prizes.

I now have something to wear for the festival.


See you on Friday.


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Tuesday 1 March 2011

Leicester Beer Festival

Leicester Beer Festival, The Charotar Patidar Samaj, Bay St, Leicester LE1 3AE
March 9th - March 12th
Open Weds 1700 - 2300, Thurs / Fri 1100 - 2300, Sat 1100 - 2200
Free entry to CAMRA Members with card.
English Food and Curries as usual.

LocAle Bars - All brewed within 25 miles of the festival.

1 Atomic LSD 3.7 FEST
2 Atomic Power 4.8
3 Atomic Half Life 5.0
4 Barrowden Pilot 2.6
5 Barrowden Own Gear 4.0
6 Barrowden Black Adder 4.6
7 Belvoir Dark Horse 3.4
8 Belvoir Whippling 3.6
9 Belvoir Decimal P'int 4.0 FEST
10 Belvoir Blue Brew 4.2
11 Belvoir Old Dalby 5.1
12 Brunswick Inspiration 4.8
13 Brunswick Father Mikes 5.8
14 Castle Rock Harvest Pale 3.8
15 Castle Rock George Green 4.2
16 Castle Rock Merlin 4.7
17 Castle Rock Screech Owl 5.5
18 Church End Karl's Berg 3.6
19 Church End Penny Sweet 4.4 FEST
20 Church End Black Monday 4.6 FEST
21 Church End Lemon Nugget 5.0 FEST
22 Dancing Duck Ay Up 3.9
23 Dancing Duck 22 4.3
24 Dancing Duck Gold 4.7
25 Derby Half Moon 4.4
26 Dowbridge Acris 3.8
27 Dowbridge Legion 3.9
28 Dowbridge Decimus 4.6 FEST
29 Dowbridge Praetorian Porter 5.0
30 Falstaff Fist Full of Hops 4.5
31 Falstaff Phoenix 4.7
32 Flipside Sterling Pale 3.9
33 Flipside Copper Penny 4.2
34 Flipside Dusty Penny 5.0
35 Full Mash Ha'penny Mild 3.3 FEST
36 Full Mash Chopper Fuel 3.8 Charity
37 Full Mash Spend a Penny 3.9 FEST
38 Full Mash 2p or not 2p 4.2 FEST
39 Full Mash Thrupenny Bit Porter 5.0 FEST
40 Grainstore Rutland Bitter 3.4
41 Grainstore Rutland Panther 3.4
42 Grainstore Springtime 4.5
43 Grainstore Ten Fifty 5.0
44 Grainstore Rutland Beast 5.3
45 Grainstore Nip 7.2
46 Great Oakley Eleanor Cross 3.8
47 Great Oakley Abbey Stout 5.0
48 Julian Church Lions Den 4.0
49 Julian Church Midnight Mass 4.2
50 Julian Church Ten Pint Nun 5.2 FEST
51 Julian Church Headstoned 5.8
52 Langton Farrier 3.8
53 Langton Sovereign 4.2 FEST
54 Langton Beer Engine 4.3
55 Langton Welland Poacher 7.5 Bottled version
56 Long Lane Quids In 4.8 FEST
57 Long Lane Florins Nighting Ale 5.0 FEST
58 Long Lane Lucky Sixpence 5.5 FEST
59 Merry Miner Warwickshire's Finest 3.8
60 Merry Miner Deputy Drop 4.3
61 Mr Grundys Over the Top 4.1
62 Mr Grundys 1914 5.0
63 Muirhouse Pennies from Heaven 4.3 FEST
64 Muirhouse Magnum Mild 4.5
65 Muirhouse Tuppence a Bag 4.9 FEST
66 Nobbys Guilsborough Guzzler 3.6
67 Nobbys Guilsborough Gold 4.0
68 Nobbys Ha'p'ny Ginger Dip 4.6 FEST
69 Nobbys Ralph's Revenge 5.0
Res Nottingham Rock Mild 3.8
70 Nottingham EPA 4.2
71 Parish Trudy's Tipple 4.3
72 Parish Crooked Sixpence 4.8 FEST
73 Parish Bonce Blower 12.0
74 Potbelly Beijing Black 4.4
75 Potbelly Bellowhead 4.5
76 Potbelly Old Barsteward 4.5
77 Potbelly Roy Ale 5.0 Bottled version
78 Rowditch St Stephens 3.6
79 Shardlow Golden Hop 4.1
80 Shardlow Rev Eaton 4.5
81 Shardlow Morgans Ale 5.9
82 Tap House Pride of Ashby 3.8
83 Tap House Gold 4.0
Everards Bar
90 Everards Beacon Bitter 3.8
91 Everards Sunchaser 4.0
92 Everards Tiger 4.2
93 Everards Coppernob 4.5
94 Everards Original 5.2
Guest Ales Bar
101 1648 Ginger No 1 4.2
102 1648 Winter Warrant 4.8
103 Andwell Gold Muddler 3.9
104 Andwell King John 4.2
Res Andwell Spring Twist 4.2
105 Andwell Ruddy Darter 4.6
106 Angel Versio VI 3.8
107 Angel Kismet 4.1
Res Arbor Ales Inferiority Complex 3.4
108 Arbor Ales Yakima Valley 7.0
109 Arbor Ales Breakfast Stout 7.4
Res Art Brew Art Lemon 3.9
110 Art Brew Blackcurrant Stout 4.5
111 Ascot Cob 4.5
112 Ascot Anastasia's Sloe Stout 5.0
113 Backyard D&B Porter 4.3
114 Backyard Heriot 4.4
115 Barum ESP 4.5
116 Birds Ashborough Pale 4.0
117 Birds Black Widow Stout 4.5
118 Birds Firebird 4.8
119 Blue Ball Blonde Bombshell 5.2
120 Blue Ball Espresso Stout 5.4
121 Blue Ball Industrial IPA 6.0
122 Bollington Night Porter 4.2
123 Bollington Winter Reserve 4.6
Res Box Steam Golden Bolt 3.8
Res Box Steam Funnel Blower 4.5
124 Branscombe Vale MMMM 4.2
125 Bronte's Wuthering Heights 3.7
126 Bronte's Heathcliffe 4.1
127 Burnside Black Katz 3.6
128 Burnside Golden X 4.1
129 Burnside M-Pire 5.2
Res Cannon Royall Fruiterer's Mild 3.7
130 Cannon Royall Arrowhead Extra 4.3
131 Captain Cook Slipway 4.2
132 Copthorne Black Beauty 4.8
133 Dark Star M & M 6.5
134 Dark Star Critical Mass 7.8
135 Dawkins Sixty Six 4.0
Res Dawkins Somerstout 4.1
136 Dawkins The Dog Delusion 4.5
137 Dawkins Double Dawkins 5.0
138 Digfield IPA 4.7
139 Digfield Mad Monk 4.8
140 Enville Cherry Blonde 4.2
141 Flowerpots Flowerpots Bitter 3.8
142 Flowerpots Stottidge Stout 4.5
Res Flowerpots Goodens Gold 4.8
143 Flowerpots Flowerpots IPA 6.0
144 Hammerpot Shooting Star 3.8
145 Hammerpot Bottle Wreck Porter 4.7
146 Hammerpot Madgwick Gold 5.0
147 Heart of Wales Charioteer 5.7
148 Holdens Mardy Maude 4.0
149 Hopping Mad Brainstorm 4.3
150 Hopping Mad Fruitcase 4.5
151 Hopshackle Aniseed Porter 4.8
152 Hopshackle Vanilla Porter 4.8
153 Hopshackle Hibernator 5.8
154 Hornbeam Mary Rose 3.8
155 Hornbeam Battle Cruiser 5.4
156 Irwell Works 1888 R Mason 4.0
157 Irwell Works Iron Plate 4.2
158 Itchen Valley Hampshire Tigers 4.6
159 Keswick Thirst Preview 3.6
160 Kinver Life Begins 4.0 CAMRA 40th Birthday beer.
161 Kinver The Noble 600 4.5
162 Kinver Khyber IPA 5.8
163 Kinver Decimation 6.8 FEST
164 Landlords Friend Mr Cuddle 4.0
165 Landlords Friend Local Joes Perfect Pitch 4.1
Res Landlords Friend Lucky Cookie 4.3
166 Landlords Friend Mr JK's Irish Stout 4.4
167 Langham Halfway to Heaven 3.5
168 Langham Triple X 4.5
169 Leatherbritches Lemongrass & Ginger 3.8
Res Leatherbritches Ginger Helmet 4.7
170 Leeds New Moon 4.3
171 Merlin Kings Ale 3.6
172 Merlin Dragon Slayer 5.6
Res Mighty Hop Mighty Red IPA 3.8
173 Mighty Hop Festival Special Bitter 3.9
174 Mighty Hop What Ho Ginger 4.0
175 Mighty Hop Black Pearl Porter 4.4
Res Mighty Hop Mighty Blonde 4.4
176 Milestone Lemon & Ginger 4.2
177 Milestone Millennium 4.0
178 Milestone Raspberry Wheat 5.6
179 Mithril Black Elf 4.1
180 Mithril Sweet Chariot 4.2
181 Monty's Monty's Match 3.4
Res Monty's Sunshine 4.2
182 Morton Essington Gold 4.4
183 Morton Essington Old 5.0
184 Naked R.W.B Oracle 4.0
185 Oakham Inferno 4.0
186 Oakham Citra 4.2
187 Oakham Warspite 6.2
188 Oakham Tranquility 6.5
189 Oakham X-Terminator 7.9
190 Oakleaf Bunny's Delight 4.5
191 Oakwell Dark Mild 3.8
192 Oakwell Senior 4.3
193 Oldershaw Heavenly Blonde 3.8
194 Oldershaw Bob a Job 4.5 FEST
195 Oldershaw Blonde Volupta 5.0
Res Peerless Port Sunlight 3.7
Res Peerless Fugglehop 4.1
196 Peerless Paxton's Peculiar 4.1
197 Peerless Viking Gold 4.6
198 Penzance Lacey's Bitter 5.2
199 Plain Ales InnCognito 4.8
Res Prospect Whatever 3.8
200 Quantock Plastered Pheasant 4.8
201 Raw Majic Mild 3.2
202 Raw Citra 4.4
203 Raw Dark Peak Stout 4.5
204 Redwillow Directionless 4.2
205 Redwillow Smokeless 5.7
206 Redwillow Ageless 7.2
207 Rotters Utter Rotter 3.9
208 Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby 6.0
209 Saxon City Strange Brew 3.8
210 Shires Coalport Mild 3.5
Res Shires Spring Classic 4.5
211 Shires Severn Gorgeous 4.8
212 Small Paul's Challenger II 4.3
213 Small Paul's Elder Sarum 4.7
Res South Hams Golden Harvest 4.0
214 Strathaven Line Out 4.0
215 Stringers Yellow Lorry 4.0
216 Stringers Mutiny 9.3
217 Toft Nightwatchman 4.5
Res Town Mill Black Ven 5.0
218 Tripple FFF Porter 6.0
219 Two Towers Chamberlain Pale 4.5
220 Two Towers Jewellery Porter 5.0
221 Two Towers Livery Street Mild 5.4
222 Weltons Swing Low 3.6
223 Weltons Molly Malone 4.1
Res Weltons Yin Metal Rabbit 4.2
224 Weltons Flower of Scotland 4.7
225 Weltons Le Coq 5.1
226 Wessex Rocking Horse III 4.2
227 Wharfebank Arctic Fox 4.0
228 Wharfebank Urban Fox 4.5
229 Whites White's Dark 4.0
230 Whites Conqueror 5.1
231 Wickwar Rite Flanker 4.3
232 Windsor Castle E Type Jag 50th 3.8

NOTE- Festival Specials
All festival specials are genuine brews except for the
following:-
Atomic - LSD is Strike 3.7 with added chilli
Church End - Penny Sweet is Vicars Ruin with added Rhubard & Custard.
Church End - Black Monday is Stout Coffin with Choc / Cherry.
Church End - Lemmon Nugget is Fallen Angel with Lemoncello.
Ciders
Brook Farm, Herefordshire.
Cider - Winter Warmer (Dry) 7.5%
Perry - Blended
Burrow Hill, Somerset.
Cider 6.5%
Chant, Somerset.
Cider 6.5%
Charnwood, Leicestershire.
Cider 6.0%
Farmer Fear, Leicestershire.
Cider (Dry) 6.0%
Cider (Med) 6.0%
Gwatkin, Herefordshire.
Perry - Farmhouse 7.5%
Cider – Stoke Red
Cider – Yarlington Mill
Gwynt y Ddraig, Glamorgan.
Cider - Black Dragon 6.5%
Cider - Haymaker 5.5%
Perry - Malvern Hills 5.5%
Perry - Two Trees 5.0%
Pyder 6.0%
Hecks, Somerset.
Cider - Porters Perfection
Cider - Port Wine of Glastonbury 6.5%
Perry - Blakeney Red
Perry – (Med)
Naish, Somerset.
Cider (Dry) 6.0%
Newton Court, Herefordshire.
Cider
Perry
Olivers, Herefordshire.
Cider 6.3%
Perry 6.5%
Pickled Pig, Cambridgeshire.
Cider – New Season Porker
Cider – Rum Cask 6.5%
Cider – Sweet Little Pig 6.5%
Rich's, Somerset.
Cider - Legbender 6.0%
Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire.
Cider - Vilberie Vintage
Perry – Malvern Hill Vintage
Ross Cider Co, Herefordshire.
Cider
Perry
Thatchers, Somerset.
Cider - Cheddar Valley 6.0%
Torkard, Nottinghamshire.
Cider – Floppy Tabs
Westcroft, Somerset.
Cider - Janet's Jungle Juice 6.5%
Cider (Dry) 6.5%
Willkins, Somerset.
Cider 6.0%