Beer Beer, We Want More Beer

It's up. It's tapped and it's nearly all ready... So here's a breakdown of what we've got coming up...

Thursday 8th November

Lucky 7s is 5! five whole years you've been inflicting each others' record collections on everyone, and yet it's still going strong. Some of the ales will be ready no doubt, so if you fancy a sneak preview of what's in store over the weekend, come down from 7pm, and we'll get the ball rolling. Bring some 45s if you want to DJ in the pub later...

Friday 9th November

DJ TAYO joins us on the wheels of steel to funk you into the weekend as our beer festival kicks off proper...

Beers featuring:

TATTON ALES - GOLD
OFF BEAT - OUTLANDISH PALE
ROOSTERS - FORT SMITH
WEETWOOD ALES =- AMBUSH
(All from cheshire, and all jolly good. Thanks to The Yew Tree in Bunbury for the erm lost memories... OK so the Roosters is froim N Yorkshire. But we got it from The Yew Tree...)



AMBER - CHOCOLATE ORANGE STOUT
ATLAS - LATITUDE
BIG LAMP - PRINCE BISHOP ALE
BLACK IRIS - PEREGRINE PALE
BLINDMAN'S - ICARUS
CAIRNGORM - SHEEPSHAGGER GOLD
GRAFTERS - WOBBLE GOB
HADRIAN & BORDER - REIVER IPA
INVERALMOND - THRAPPLEDOUSER
NORTHUMBERLAND - BUCKING FASTARD
TRIPLE FFF - PRESSED RAT AND WARTHJOG
TSA - STERLING BRIG
YEOVIL - SUMMERSET ALE
ALLENDALE - WOLF
BROWN COW - THRILLER IN VANILLA
WYLAM - GOLD TANKARD

PLUS 2 LOCAL GEMS FROM OUR FAVE S LONDON BREWERS CLARENCE & FREDERICKS

Ciders featuring :

BROADOAK - MOONSHINE
BURNARD'S - OAKEY DOKEY
ORCHARD PIG - NAVEL GAZER
MR WHITEHEADS - CIRRUS MINOR.

Saturday 10th November

The beer festival stumbles into another 12 hours of bare existence, ably aided and abetted by our very own King of the Blues IDRIS DAVIES, who will be joined later on by the wonderful ANDREW BAZELY, who some of you will have seen playing a great set on a sunday afternoon a month or so ago... So good we got him back. Later still DJ TESTIFY  will ramp it up a bit from his psychobilly, rock'n'roll and R&B collection.



Sunday 11th November - OUR 9TH GOWLETT BIRTHDAY!!


If you came last year, you know no trip to The Gowlett Beer Festival is complete without a large portion of meat. This year we will be serving up Hoggett (year old lamb) and Blytheburgh free range pork back to back on a charcoal spitroast... Local hero turned ex-pat Steve Smith is back as one half of THE RETRO BROTHERS playing a not to be missed set from 2 til 4, and if everything works out we will have a very special guest band, THE HOMETOWN BOYS, appearing early evening, to leave THE MIGHTY TREVOR to close things up... There may even be a cake for me to fall into...

Phew... I'm off to bed. This looks like it could be a very large few days!

jonny